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US11719036B2	Anti-graffiti laminate with visual indicia An anti-graffiti window film covering system that includes multiple polymeric film layers. Each layer includes a unique visual indicia to identify the number of sheets remaining in the system.
US11719031B2	Window regulator A window regulator includes a guide rail, a carrier plate, and a raising/lowering means to raise/lower the carrier plate along the guide rail. The carrier plate includes a front surface sliding member configured to slide on a front surface of a flange portion of the guide rail and a back surface sliding member configured to slide on a back surface of the flange portion. The back surface sliding member includes a contact portion coming into contact with the back surface and a base portion that presses the contact portion against the back surface by a restoring force of elastic deformation. The contact portion extends toward the back surface and is elastically deformed and bent on the end side to allow the flange portion to enter from a lateral side in an extending direction thereof when assembling the carrier plate to the guide rail.
US11719030B2	Fastening arrangement for vehicle sliding door A fastening arrangement for fastening a vehicle sliding door to a vehicle body while enabling opening and closing of the sliding door. The fastening arrangement includes a motion element configured for being movingly arranged within or on a vehicle body guiding rail for enabling movement of the motion element along the vehicle body guiding rail, and a variable-length motion mechanism connected to the motion element and configured for being fastened to the sliding door at a lower attachment area of the sliding door. The variable-length motion mechanism is configured for enabling variable distance between the motion element and the lower attachment area of the sliding door.
US11719027B2	Mechanical object tracking system Apparatus and associated methods relate to an access control system having a planar interlocking mechanism including two reflectively symmetric rotating moon gears mechanically coupled by a linear slide configured to respond to rotation of the moon gears. In an illustrative example, the moon gears are mechanically coupled by the linear slide via respective actuating cams. The moon gears may be provided, for example, with locking cams configured to releasably secure the linear slide via a corresponding follower on the linear slide. Rotation of one moon gear into a first mode may, for example, place the other moon gear in a second mode, and vice versa. Each moon gear may be configured, for example, to be operated by a removable peg. Various embodiments may advantageously be configured such that release of a removable peg from one moon gear captures a peg in a corresponding moon gear.
US11719024B2	Method of unlocking a vehicle door A method of deactivating a secondary lock feature of a vehicle includes sensing a movement of an interior door handle, and determining a status of the secondary lock feature to ascertain whether the secondary lock feature is active. The method includes starting a timer to measure an elapsed time since sensing the movement of the interior door handle, sensing an environmental condition of an interior passenger compartment of the vehicle with a sensor, and setting an unlock delay time based on the environmental condition. When the secondary lock feature is disposed in an active state and the elapsed time period is greater than or equal to the unlock delay time, the method includes automatically generating a control signal to thereby deactivate the secondary lock feature.
US11719023B2	Vehicular door lock device and vehicular door lock system A lower lock device includes a base being fixed to a slide door, a first hook and a second hook each including a base end portion being rotatably supported by the base, and a driving link that is rotatably supported by the base, and drives the first hook and the second hook. The first hook and the second hook rotate between an engaged position of sandwiching a lower striker by tip portions being close to each other and a retracted position in which the tip portions are separated from each other. The driving link is displaced between a first position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the engaged position and a second position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the retracted position.
US11719021B2	Sensing and control of access control devices An exemplary method generally relates to operating an access control device including a motor, a locking member, and a target component operably connected with the locking member. The motor may be operated to drive the locking member in a first direction from an initial position toward a desired position. When the locking member is blocked from moving beyond a blockage position, a target location of the target component is detected. The motor may then be operated to drive the locking member in a second direction opposite the first direction. The motor may then be operated to drive the locking member in the first direction toward the blockage position while monitoring the location of the target component. As the target component reaches the target location, the motor is supplied with a boost current to drive the locking member beyond the blockage position and toward the desired position.
US11719018B2	Removable magnetic door handle A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a support structure including upper and lower supports attached to the access panel, each of the upper and lower supports comprising a top face and a bottom face; a handle for selectively engaging with the support structure, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion, each of the upper and lower flanges comprising a top face; and a retention mechanism for retaining the handle in contact with the support structure with a combination of magnetic and mechanical force.
US11719008B2	Machine for removing formwork from ceiling structure A machine for removing beams from underneath formwork at an underside of a concrete slab includes a wheeled base movable on and supported at a support structure, a raisable-and-lowerable structure disposed on the wheeled base, and a beam-removal device coupled to the raisable-and-lowerable structure. The beam-removal device includes a beam-gripping mechanism. With the raisable-and-lowerable structure raised to position the beam-removal device at a beam that supports the formwork at the underside of the concrete slab, the beam-gripping mechanism operates to grasp the beam. With the beam grasped by the beam-gripping mechanism, the machine is operated to remove the beam from the formwork.
US11718998B2	Stair stringer A stair stringer may include a body. The body may include a horizontal arm, a center angled portion coupled to the horizontal arm, and a vertical arm coupled to the center angled portion. The stair stringer may also include a first appendage coupled to a first edge of the horizontal arm, a second appendage coupled to a second edge of the horizontal arm, a third appendage coupled to a third edge of the vertical arm, and a fourth appendage coupled to a fourth edge of the vertical arm. The fourth edge may be adjacent the third edge. The first appendage, the second appendage, and the third appendage are parallel with respect to one another. A stairway system may include a first stair stringer and a second stair stringer. The second stair stringer may be an architectural chiral with respect to the first stair stringer.
US11718993B1	Hip and ridge liner with shingle retaining tabs or clips This invention is a hip and ridge liner for a roof on a building. It is a waterproof and weather proof barrier that is installed on top of a hip line or a ridge line on a roof. Hip and ridge shingles are then installed on top of the hip and ridge liner. Embodiments of this invention include a plurality of external tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of internal tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of shingle retaining clips which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years.
US11718992B1	Hip and ridge liner with shingle retaining tabs or clips This invention is a hip and ridge liner for a roof on a building. It is a waterproof and weather proof barrier that is installed on top of a hip line or a ridge line on a roof. Hip and ridge shingles are then installed on top of the hip and ridge liner. Embodiments of this invention include a plurality of external tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of internal tabs which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years. Other embodiments of this invention include a plurality of shingle retaining clips which function to securely retain the hip and ridge shingles and keep them in place for many years.
US11718990B2	Rebar anchoring method A rebar anchoring system and method are provided. The system includes: a rebar, with an external thread formed on the periphery of at least one end; an anchoring head, with a first perforation and a second perforation disposed respectively at both ends extending axially into the anchoring head and communicating with each other, the inner sides of the first and second perforations being formed respectively with a first internal thread matching with the external thread of the rebar and a second internal thread, and the anchoring head being mounted on the end of the rebar through the first internal thread and the external thread of the rebar; and a bolt, having a screw rod matching with the second internal thread, the screw rod being locked into the second perforation of the anchoring head, and the end of the screw rod pressing against the end of the rebar.
US11718982B2	Built-up beams and building structures A built-up beam includes a pair of I-beams each having opposing flanges, a web that extends between the opposing flanges, a plurality of flange openings in each of the opposing flanges, a plurality of web openings in the web, and a plurality of bolt holes in one of the opposing flanges. The I-beams are stacked together flange-to-flange in a stacked beam configuration and a plurality of bolts extend through the plurality of bolt holes and secure the pair of I-beams together in the stacked beam configuration.
US11718977B2	Work machine Provided is a work machine which can achieve both of excellent operability when an operator manually operates a machine body or a work device and an accuracy of control of the machine body or the work device when a controller performs automatic control. The controller is configured to, in a case where the automatic control function selector switch gives an instruction to disable the automatic control function, adjust an opening amount of a bleed-off valve to a maximum opening amount or an opening amount corresponding to input amounts of control levers, and in a case where the automatic control function selector switch gives the instruction to enable the automatic control function, adjust the opening amount of the bleed-off valve, in at least part of an operation region of the control levers, so as to be smaller than the opening amount with the instruction to disable the automatic control function being given.
US11718974B2	Motor graders incorporating mount kits for work implement assemblies and methods of servicing motor graders A grader includes a chassis and a work implement assembly. The work implement assembly has a draft frame pivotally coupled to the chassis, a circle frame coupled to the draft frame for rotation relative thereto to adjust an angular orientation of a moldboard supported by the circle frame, and a mount kit to pivotally retain the circle frame to the draft frame. The draft frame includes a platform having a first side that faces the moldboard, a second side arranged opposite the first side that faces away from the moldboard, and an opening extending through the first and second sides. The circle frame is arranged in confronting relation to the first side of the platform.
US11718972B2	Image-based attachment identification and position detection Method and systems for operating a work vehicle with a selectively interchangeable implement. Image data is captured by a camera (and/or other type of optical sensor) mounted on the work vehicle. The captured image data includes at least a portion of a first implement and the implement type of the first implement is identified by processing the captured image data. Operation information correspond to the identified implement type is accessed from a non-transitory computer-readable memory and an operation of the work vehicle is automatically adjusted based on the accessed operation information for the identified implement type. In some implementations, the implement type is determined by providing the captured image data as input to an artificial neural network and, in some implementations, the artificial neural network is configured to also output an indication of a current operating position of the implement based on the captured image data.
US11718969B1	Modular sea wall system The modular sea wall forms a sea wall constructed from two different blocking bodies: a front blocking body and a rear blocking body. The front blocking body is located seaward and the rear blocking body is located shoreward. The front blocking body provides a front wall that curves upward to the uppermost surface of the front blocking body. The front blocking body attaches to the rear blocking body at the top of the curve. The rear blocking body provides a rear wall that attaches to the front blocking body. The rear wall may be a vertical wall that extends vertically downward without curving or a curved wall that curves downwards from the attachment point to the rear end of the rear attachment body. The front wall and rear wall may provide openings that allow water to flow through the front wall and the rear wall.
US11718965B2	Apparatus and method for reinforcing a partially submerged structural element An apparatus and method for reinforcement of partially submerged structural elements such as piles, posts, pillars, and pipes are disclosed. The apparatus includes an upper unit which may be fixed to the structural element above the waterline and a lower unit which is suspended from the upper unit via cables or other support members. The apparatus enables a reinforcing sleeve structure to be constructed in multiple segmented layers from above the waterline which the sleeve structure is lowered beneath the waterline. The lower unit guides the lower end of the sleeve structure down around the submerged portion of the structural element and supports the weight of the sleeve structure until it is fixed in place and filled with concrete or another reinforcing core filler material.
US11718964B2	Bridge apparatus, systems and methods of construction Bridge systems and methods for constructing bridges having overhang surfaces employing generally rectangular, precast, prestressed concrete panels. One method includes delivering a plurality of generally rectangular, precast, prestressed concrete panels to an installation site, and delivering one or more support beams to the installation site, each support beam having a support and a base. The concrete panels are positioned on the supports of the one or more support beams with an overhang panel section and a traffic panel section. The concrete panels are then connected to the support beams by positioning steel reinforcement in block outs or voids, pouring unsolidified concrete into the voids, and curing the unsolidified concrete to form an overhang traffic surface. Bridges constructed employing the precast, prestressed concrete panels and methods. Other bridge systems employ prestressed concrete L-walls and double-T members, where weight-bearing L-walls have pockets for webs of the double-T members.
US11718963B2	Machine and method for profiling and distributing ballast of a track A machine for profiling and distributing ballast of a track, having a frame supported on on-track undercarriages and lateral ballast pick-up devices which are adjustably fastened to the frame, wherein each ballast pick-up device is actuated by a conveyor drive. In this, the machine is designed in such a way that, in an inoperative position, the upper contours of the machine are arranged below a delimiting plane which slopes downward in the working direction and extends through a field of vision of a driver's cabin of a rail vehicle to be coupled to the machine at the rear end thereof. Thus, the machine can be employed as a leading wagon of the rail vehicle, wherein sufficient visibility from the driver's cabin to the track is ensured.
US11718958B2	Shoe press belt and method for producing a shoe press belt The object of the invention is to provide a shoe press belt which has an excellent strength while the variation in strength among its parts being suppressed, and to provide a method for producing such a shoe press belt.Provided is a shoe press belt for use in a papermaking machine comprising at least one resin layer, wherein the resin layer comprises a polyurethane resin formed by curing an urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group with a curing agent having an active hydrogen group, wherein the curing agent comprises one or more polycarbonate diol(s) expressed by the following formulae (1) and (2). HO-Am-Bn—R1OH (1)
US11718954B2	Fungal textile materials and leather analogs Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.
US11718953B2	Fabric and a new leather product with collagen fiber bundles forming a reticular structure A fabric and a leather product in which collagen fiber bundles form a network structure has a base yarn woven layer, and also has collagen fiber bundles. The collagen fiber bundles sheathed in the base yarn woven layer protrude on the surface of the base yarn woven layer, and the protruding collagen fiber bundles and their branches are interwoven to form a network structure, where a part of the branches in the collagen fiber bundle is sheathed on the base yarn so that at least one end of the branch protrudes from the base yarn braided layer. Leather products may include these fabrics and leather surface layers.
US11718940B2	Embroidery system and embroidery frame assembly An embroidery system including an embroidery frame assembly having an inner first frame (51) and an outer second frame (53), a portion of a planar formation to be processed being able to be clamped therebetween. The first frame (51) is connected by a bridge (61) to a radially outer secondary connector (57), and a connecting portion (63) of this bridge (61) bridges the second frame (53) when the latter is connected to the first frame (51). When combined with an embroidery module connected to a free arm sewing machine, the embroidery frame assembly enables in a simple manner the embroidering of pouch-type and tubular planar formations.
US11718939B2	Double needle threader A double needle threader, includes an elongate graspable body having a pair of threading ledges formed thereupon, including a first threading ledge and a second threading ledge, a pair of threading apertures including a first threading aperture and a second threading aperture extending through said threading ledges, a pair of ridges including a first ridge and a second ridge formed adjacent said threading apertures, said ridges each having a collapsible wire loops, including a first wire loop and a second wire loop projecting therefrom extending over said threading apertures, said wire loops each having a generally angular return bend formed therein, said wire loops being configured to be passable through the eye of a needle, wherein the threading loops are of different sizes, the first wire loop being coarser than the second wire loop so that the first wire loop accommodates larger needles and sewing machines, while the second wire loop has a finer wire for smaller needles.
US11718938B2	3-dimensional vision system for stitching along a predetermined path Disclosed are various systems and features for use with a machine, such as a sewing machine, to facilitate 3-dimensional vision systems that may enable operations on non-flat objects and paths. Such systems and features may be useful in the context of performing an action along a self-guided path on a substrate.
US11718937B2	Adaptive apparatus for transporting and sewing material along arbitrary seam shapes Various examples are provided related to transporting and sewing material in, e.g., automation of sewing robots. Multiple pieces of layered materials can be transported on a flat planar surface while maintaining the material layer's position and orientation relative to one another during a sewing procedure of these materials along any arbitrary seam shape. In one example, among others, a system includes a sewing machine including a sewing needle, a material holding assembly and a translation system. The material holding assembly can include mechanical fingers that can contact material on a sewing plane adjacent to the sewing needle and a structural grounding system supporting the mechanical fingers. The translation system can reposition the material on the sewing plane via the mechanical fingers. Clearance around the sewing needle can be provided by repositioning individual mechanical fingers around the sewing needle.
US11718935B2	Quilted border loop sidewall panel for bed mattress or foundation and method of making same A method is provided for making, with a programmable multi-needle quilting machine, a quilted border loop sidewall panel for a bed mattress or foundation. The method involves executing programming on the machine to run a stitch pattern having a repeat length equal to or greater than a length of a side or end of the mattress or foundation, and preferably corresponding to the length around its perimeter. The stitch pattern presented in the programmed pattern repeat length includes a “prime pattern” having plural stitch pattern elements arranged to provide aperiodic pattern element variation along its length, which length is also equal to or greater than the length of the side or end of the mattress. Once made, the border loop sidewall panel is integrated into a mattress or foundation such that the pattern elements are placed in predetermined registry with selected other portions of the mattress or foundation. In this manner, it is possible to form a desired, reproducible aesthetic effect with high production efficiency.
US11718933B2	Penta-axial braiding machine A penta-axial braiding assembly comprising: a braiding machine comprising: a circular machine bed with an interior curved surface, an exterior curved surface, and a front face; radial bobbins associated with the interior curved surface and configured to dispense a first number of yarns; and front face bobbins associated with the front face and configured to dispense a second number of yarns. A first guide assembly comprising a first braiding plate configured to form a first braiding point for the first number of yarns from the radial bobbins. A second guide assembly comprising a second braiding plate configured to form a second braiding point for the second number of yarns dispensed from the front face bobbins.
US11718931B2	Weaving machine, method for simultaneously weaving two pile fabrics on such a machine and pile fabric obtainable with such a method This weaving machine (2) is for simultaneously weaving top and bottom pile fabrics (F2, F4) presenting some pile patterns (P2, P2′, P4) and including tufts, made from warp yarns (24), binding warp yarns (14, 16) and inwoven weft yarns. This machine includes a pile warp yarns feeding unit (20), a binding warp yarns feeding unit (18), a shedding unit (6) and a weft insertion unit (8) for inserting the weft yarns in the shed. The machine also includes a beating-up mechanism (32), a take up system (70), a drawing-in unit (26), and a control unit (80). A treatment unit (90) is located, along a path of the pile warp yarns (24), between the pile warp yarns feeding unit (20) and the shedding unit (6), for applying different segments of treatment on at least some of the pile warp yarns (24).
US11718926B2	Method of single crystal growth by controlling the heating of a source material and the cooling of a backside of a lid A method of single crystal growth includes disposing a polycrystalline source material in a chamber of a single crystal growth apparatus, disposing a seed layer in the chamber of the single crystal growth apparatus, wherein the seed layer is fixed below a lid of the single crystal growth apparatus, heating the polycrystalline source material by a heater of the single crystal growth apparatus to deposit a semiconductor material layer on the seed layer, and after depositing the semiconductor material layer, providing a coolant gas at a backside of the lid to cool down the seed layer and the semiconductor material layer.
US11718924B2	Methods of three-dimensional electrophoretic deposition for ceramic and cermet applications and systems thereof A method for forming a ceramic according to one embodiment includes electrophoretically depositing a plurality of layers of particles of a non-cubic material. The particles of the deposited non-cubic material are oriented in a common direction.
US11718923B2	Film forming method for forming metal film and film forming apparatus for forming metal film Provided is a method for forming a metal film capable of forming a homogeneous metal film having a uniform film thickness by stably ensuring a fluid pressure of an electrolytic solution during film formation. The method places a substrate on a mount base. While sucking a gas between the substrate and a porous film through which the electrolytic solution can pass from a suction port of a suction passage formed on the mount base, the method brings the porous film into contact with the surface of the substrate. The method interrupts the suction passage while the porous film contacts the surface of the substrate. While interrupting the suction passage, the method allows the electrolytic solution to pass through the porous film while pressing the porous film against the surface of the substrate with a fluid pressure of the electrolytic solution and deposits metal from metal ions in the passed electrolytic solution on the surface of the substrate, thereby forming the metal film.
US11718922B2	Laminated structure including electrodes [Problem] To provide a stacked structure including electrodes that can effectively prevent misalignment between units. [Solution] A stacked structure 2 including electrodes 232, 332, 412, 233, 333, 422, wherein multiple units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 including flat units are stacked and fastened by fasteners 25, the respective units 23, 33, 24, 41, 42 comprising frame-shaped fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b on outer peripheral portions on both surfaces thereof, being stacked by the surfaces of the respective fastening portions 237a, 237b, 337a, 337b, 247a, 247b, 417a, 417b, 427a, 427b being pressed against each other, and being formed so that the width of fastening portions 247a, 247b, 337a, 337b, 427a, 427b on one unit is different from the width of fastening portions 237a, 237b, 417a, 417b on another unit.
US11718920B2	Electrochemical, dehydrogenation, epoxidation, substitution, and halogenation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives A method of making alkenes and/or epoxides from alkanes and hydroxy-alkanes, respectively. In a reactor having an anode and a cathode separated by an ion exchange membrane, and containing a solution comprising water, halogen ions, and an alkane and/or a hydroxy-alkane, apply a potential across the anode and the cathode such that a halogenated intermediate is produced at the anode as an anolyte and hydroxyl ions are produced at the cathode as a catholyte; and combining the anolyte and the catholyte to yield an alkene and/or an epoxide.
US11718918B2	Method for inhibiting metal corrosion during acid cleaning or pickling A corrosion inhibitor composition, which includes i) an aqueous alcohol base fluid, ii) a mixture of at least three polysaccharides selected from carboxymethyl cellulose, gum arabic, pectin, a salt of alginic acid, chitosan, dextran, hydroxyethyl cellulose, and soluble starch, with each polysaccharide that is present in the mixture being present in an amount of 0.05 to 0.5 wt. %, based on a total weight of the corrosion inhibitor composition, iii) silver nanoparticles, and iv) a pineapple leaves extract. A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid cleaning/pickling whereby the metal is treated with an acidic treatment fluid containing an acid and the corrosion inhibitor composition.
US11718917B2	Phosphor thermometry device for synchronized acquisition of luminescence lifetime decay and intensity on thermal barrier coatings A phosphor thermometry device includes a laser that generates a laser pulse onto a thermal barrier coating (TBC) applied onto a substrate. A metallic bond coat layer is on the substrate. A ceramic top coat layer is on the bond coat layer and includes an undoped layer and a doped sensing layer having co-doped first and second rare-earth luminescent dopants that emit respective first and second different emission wavelengths upon excitation by the laser pulse. A detector receives reflected, convoluted luminescence signals from the TBC. First and second photomultiplier devices detect respective first and second different emission wavelengths of the convoluted luminescence signals. A controller receives and processes signals generated from respective first and second photomultiplier devices and determines luminescence lifetime decay and intensity variations for each of the respective first and second rare-earth luminescent dopants for temperature monitoring of the TBC.
US11718914B2	Techniques for controlling precursors in chemical deposition processes An apparatus for controlling precursor flow. The apparatus may include a processor; and a memory unit coupled to the processor, including a flux control routine. The flux control routine may be operative on the processor to monitor the precursor flow and may include a flux calculation processor to determine a precursor flux value based upon a change in detected signal intensity received from a cell of a gas delivery system to deliver a precursor.
US11718907B2	Sputtering target and manufacturing method therefor A sputtering target according to one embodiment is an integrated sputtering target comprising a target portion and a backing plate portion, both of them being made of copper and unavoidable impurities, wherein a Vickers hardness Hv is 90 or more, and wherein a flat ratio of crystal grains in a cross section orthogonal to a sputtering surface is 0.35 or more and 0.65 or less.
US11718906B2	Method of metallic component surface modification for electrochemical applications Method for forming a metallic component surface to achieve lower electrical contact resistance. The method comprises modifying a surface chemical composition and creating a micro-textured surface structure of the metallic component that includes small peaks and/or pits. The small peaks and pits have a round or irregular cross-sectional shape with a diameter between 10 nm and 10 microns, a height/depth between 10 nm and 10 microns, and a distribution density between 0.4 million/cm2 and 5 billion cm2.
US11718901B2	Method for producing coated magnetic powder, method for producing dust core, and method for producing electromagnetic component A method for producing a coated magnetic powder in which particle surfaces of a soft magnetic powder are coated with a silicone resin includes a preparation step of preparing a silicone emulsion by mixing a silicone resin with water containing a surfactant and dispersing the silicone resin in the water, an application step of applying the silicone emulsion onto particle surfaces of a soft magnetic powder, and a drying step of drying the soft magnetic powder after the silicone emulsion is applied.
US11718899B1	Preparation method of cemented carbide with iron, cobalt and copper medium-entropy alloy as binding phase A preparation method of cemented carbide with FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy as binding phase is provided. The preparation method includes: 1) preparing FeCoCu precursor powders by solution combustion synthesis; 2) preparing FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy powders by mechanical alloying; 3) evenly mixing the FeCoCu medium-entropy alloy powders with ultra-fine WC powders and a binder to obtain mixed powders and pressing the mixed powders into a shaped green body; 4) preparing a WC-FeCoCu cemented carbide by microwave sintering after removing the binder from the shaped green body. The preparation method reduces sintering temperature and time and obtains a new-type cemented carbide with fine grains, high hardness and good toughness while reducing the cost.
US11718896B2	Nano-lanthanum oxide reinforced tungsten-based composite material and preparation method thereof The present disclosure discloses a nano-lanthanum oxide reinforced tungsten-based composite material and a preparation method thereof. A pure tungsten powder and a nano-lanthanum oxide powder are mixed to obtain a mixed powder, and in the mixed powder, the nano-lanthanum oxide powder accounts for 0.5-2% of the mixed powder by mass percent; and then, 3D printing forming is conducted on the mixed powder to obtain a bulk material of the nano-lanthanum oxide reinforced tungsten-based composite material. The nano-lanthanum oxide reinforced tungsten-based composite material of the present disclosure has excellent mechanical properties.
US11718895B2	Method for dissolving lithium compound, method for manufacturing lithium carbonate, and method for recovering lithium from lithium ion secondary cell scrap A method for dissolving a lithium compound according to the present invention includes bringing a lithium compound into contact with water or an acidic solution, and feeding, separately from the lithium compound, a carbonate ion to the water or the acidic solution to produce carbonic acid, and allowing the carbonic acid to react with the lithium compound to produce lithium hydrogen carbonate.
US11718894B2	Method for separating copper, and nickel and cobalt Provided is a method for separating copper from nickel and cobalt, which can efficiently and selectively separate copper from nickel and cobalt in a substance containing copper, nickel, and cobalt in a waste lithium ion battery, etc. In this method, a substance containing copper, nickel, and cobalt is sulfurated to obtain a sulfide, the obtained sulfide that contains copper, nickel, and cobalt is brought into contact with an acid solution to obtain a solid containing copper and a leachate containing nickel and cobalt. The sulfide preferably contains copper sulfide as a main component, and contains nickel metal and cobalt metal. In-addition, when bringing the sulfide into contact with the acid solution, the added amounts of the sulfide and the acid solution are preferably adjusted such that the oxidation-reduction potential of the obtained leachate is maintained at 150 mV or less where a silver/silver chloride electrode is a reference electrode.
US11718892B2	Biological ore processing for the isolation of heavy metals The invention provides an assay for identifying a bacterium capable of binding elemental heavy metal, comprising the following steps: cultivating a test bacterium in a suitable first culture medium; immersing at least a surface portion of a test tool into the first culture medium for a second predetermined period of time, said surface portion being coated by elemental heavy metal, respectively; removing said test tool from said first culture medium and optionally rinsing the test tool; contacting a second culture medium with the surface portion coated by elemental heavy metal of said test tool removed in the previous step; and identifying the test bacterium as being capable of binding elemental heavy metal from growth of the test bacterium in said second culture medium.
US11718891B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for producing same, and motor core and method for producing same A non-oriented electrical steel sheet with an average magnetostriction λp-p at 400 Hz and 1.0 T of not more than 4.5×10−6, and area ratio of recrystallized grains at a section in rolling direction of steel sheet of 40 to 95% and an average grain size of 10 to 40 μm is obtained by subjecting a steel slab containing, in mass %, C: not more than 0.005%, Si: 2.8 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, Al: not more than 3.0%, P: not more than 0.20%, S: not more than 0.005%, N: not more than 0.005%, Ti: not more than 0.003%, V: not more than 0.005% and Nb: not more than 0.005% and satisfying Si-2Al—Mn≥0 to hot rolling, hot-band annealing, cold rolling and finish annealing under adequate cold rolling and finish annealing conditions, and a motor core is manufactured by such a steel sheet.
US11718887B2	Ferrite-based stainless steel having excellent impact toughness, and method for producing same Disclosed is a ferritic stainless hot-rolled annealed steel sheet with excellent impact properties of 6 mm or more in thickness and a manufacturing method thereof. A ferritic stainless steel with excellent impact toughness according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: more than 0 and 0.01% or less, Si: 0.8% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, Cr: 10 to 14%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.45%, N: more than 0 and 0.015% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and an average misorientation between grains of microstructure is 0.6 to 1.1°.
US11718883B2	Compositions and methods for detection of Babesia Methods for the rapid detection of the presence or absence of Babesia in a biological or non-biological sample are described. The methods can include performing an amplifying step, a hybridizing step, and a detecting step. Furthermore, primers and probes targeting Babesia and kits are provided that are designed for the detection of Babesia, including, but not limited to, the Babesia species of B. microti, B. divergens, B. duncani, and B. venatorum. Also described are kits, reaction mixtures, and oligonucleotides (e.g., primer and probe) for the amplification and detection of Babesia.
US11718882B2	EML4-ALK gene mutation analysis method qRT-PCR primers capable of detecting EML4-ALK gene variant based on circulating tumor cells at a more sensitive detection limit than a conventional method. Also disclosed is a lung cancer patient screening method which is capable of detecting EML4-ALK gene variant using circulating tumor cells even in a lung cancer patient on whom ALK-FISH testing has been difficult to perform, due to difficulty in collecting a solid lung cancer tissue sample, and is able to determine whether an anticancer drug targeting the EML4-ALK gene variant may be applied to the lung cancer patient.
US11718880B2	Marker and diagnosis method for noninvasive diagnosis of myocardial infarction The present invention discloses a marker and a diagnosis method for the noninvasive diagnosis of myocardial infarction. According to the method disclosed by the present invention, second-generation sequencing and QPCR methods are used to find that there are significant differences in the expression of ING1, RAE1, DOCK10, KDSR, IVD, and MAEA in the blood of patients with myocardial infarction and normal subjects, that is, the expression of ING1, RAE1, DOCK10, KDSR, IVD and MAEA can be detected to determine whether the subjects suffer from myocardial infarction. According to the correlation between the two, the present invention develops a kit for the diagnosis of the myocardial infarction, and the kit is used for the diagnosis of the myocardial infarction by detecting the expression of ING1, RAE1, DOCK10, KDSR, IVD and MAEA. The diagnostic kit can be used for the early diagnosis of diseases, and has wide application prospect clinically.
US11718879B2	Non-coding RNAS (NCRNA) for the diagnosis of cognitive disorders The present invention describes a method for the diagnosis of a cognitive disorder including but not limited to Alzheimer disease in a subject at risk of having or developing a cognitive disorder.
US11718877B2	Methods for use in the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases This disclosure provides new genetic targets, diagnostic methods, and therapeutic treatment regimens for multiple autoimmune disorders, including pediatric autoimmune disorders that are co-inherited and genetically shared. The disclosure, for example, provides methods of diagnosing or determining a susceptibility for one or more autoimmune diseases and methods of determining treatment protocols for patients with one or more autoimmune diseases based on determining if the patients have genetic alterations in particular genes.
US11718874B2	Hybridization chain reaction methods for in situ molecular detection The disclosure provides a method for detecting a target analyte in a biological sample including contacting the sample with one or more probe sets each comprising a primary probe and a linker, contacting the sample with an initiator sequence, contacting the sample with a plurality of fluorescent DNA hairpins, wherein the probe binds the target molecule, the linker connects the probe to the initiator sequence, and wherein the initiator sequence nucleates with the cognate hairpin and triggers self-assembly of tethered fluorescent amplification polymers, and detecting the target molecule by measuring fluorescent signal of the sample.
US11718872B2	Method for obtaining single-cell mRNA sequence A method for obtaining a single-cell mRNA sequence, including: (1) capturing mRNA of a cell by using a cell tag carrier, and performing reverse transcription to obtain cDNA having a cell tag; (2) obtaining multiple cDNA fragments having molecular tags by using a transposase complex and a molecular tag carrier; (3) performing high-throughput sequencing; (4) performing sequence assembly according to the molecular tags to obtain the sequence of each mRNA; and (5) obtaining the sequence of all mRNAs of each single cell according to the cell tags.
US11718867B2	Thermochromic sensing devices, systems, and methods One or more live substances is cultured at a plurality of test locations of a test vessel. The test locations include a thermochromic material and one or more test substances. A spectral shift in light emanating from the thermochromic material of the test locations is detected. The spectral shift occurs in response to an increase or decrease in energy conversion by the live substance. An effect of the one or more test substances on the live substances is determined based on the detected spectral shift.
US11718866B2	Engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) and uses thereof Various embodiments of the present invention relate to, among other things, systems for generating engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) comprising reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methods for inactivating at least one of viruses, bacteria, bacterial spores, and fungi in or on a wound of a subject in need thereof or on produce by applying EWNS to the wound or to the produce.
US11718861B2	Cancer immunotherapy by delivering class II MHC antigens using a VLP-replicon Described herein is a method of preventing or treating a disease in a mammalian subject, comprising administering to the subject who is in need thereof an effective dosage of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a virus like particle (VLP) comprising: an alphavirus replicon comprising a recombinant polynucleotide, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a sequence encoding both subunits of a human class II major histocompatibility antigen, a retroviral gag protein, and a fusogenic envelope protein, wherein the VLP does not contain an alphavirus structural protein gene.
US11718860B2	Synthetic promoters Synthetic promoters that are differentially modulated between certain diseased cells (e.g., cancer cells) and normal cells (e.g., non-cancer cells) are described. The synthetic promoters may be used to drive expression of gene(s) of interest in a specific cell type or during a specific cellular state. These synthetic promoters are useful, for example, for targeted expression of therapeutic molecules in diseased cells.
US11718858B2	Biocontainment/biocontrol system and methods This disclosure describes, in one aspect, a cell that includes a biocontainment system. Generally, the biocontainment system includes a coding region whose overexpression decreases growth of the cell, a transcription regulatory region that includes a silent mutation and is operably linked upstream of the coding region, and a polynucleotide that encodes a programmable transcription activator engineered to bind to the transcription regulatory region in the absence of the silent mutation. Thus, in the absence of the silent mutation, the programmable transcription activator induces overexpression of the coding region; in the presence of the silent mutation, the programmable transcription activator does not initiate overexpression of the coding region.
US11718857B2	Broad host range genetic tools for engineering microalgae Disclosed herein are a suite of genetic tools suitable for engineering both the nucleus and chloroplast in diverse microalgae.
US11718855B2	Methods for producing transgenic plants A method of producing a stably transformed corn plant in a single container is demonstrated. This method allows for the automation of the transformation process and reduces labor, material, and ergonomic costs associated with traditional plant tissue culture systems.
US11718852B2	Non-liposomal systems for nucleic acid delivery The present invention provides novel, stable lipid particles having a non-lamellar structure and comprising one or more active agents or therapeutic agents, methods of making such lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering such lipid particles. More particularly, the present invention provides stable nucleic acid-lipid particles (SNALP) that have a non-lamellar structure and that comprise a nucleic acid (such as one or more interfering RNA), methods of making the SNALP, and methods of delivering and/or administering the SNALP.
US11718850B2	Primers and assays for linking regions using polymerases Particular forward and reverse primers may be used to link distant regions of the same large DNA molecule into a smaller DNA molecule. A reverse primer R1 can have a first portion complementary to an ending sequence of region A and can have a second portion having an overlapping sequence. A forward primer F2 can have a first portion complementary to a starting sequence of region B, where the forward primer includes a complementary overlapping sequence (e.g., the same first portion or a second portion) that is complementary to the overlapping sequence. The first portion of F2 may be the entire primer. The smaller DNA molecules can be used to determine haplotypes of regions. Kits including the particular forward and reverse primers are also described.
US11718849B2	Phosphopeptide-encoding oligonucleotide libraries and methods for detecting phosphorylation-dependent molecular interactions The present invention relates to libraries of phosphopeptide-encoding oligonucleotides and methods of preparing such libraries. The present invention also relates to methods of detecting, visualizing, or screening for phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interactions using recombinant phosphopeptides and/or phosphopeptide-encoding oligonucleotides. The present invention also relates to sets or kits of oligonucleotides having regions that encode phosphopeptides.
US11718848B1	Methods for depletion of high-copy sequences in multiplexed whole genome sequencing libraries A depleted sequencing library can be prepared by providing a composition comprising a heterogeneous mixture of linear nucleic acids having a first terminus and a second terminus. A first subset of target nucleic acids and a second subset of non-target nucleic acids can include a first adaptor region at the first terminus and a second adaptor region at the second terminus. A third subset of the target nucleic acids and a fourth subset of the non-target nucleic acids include the second adaptor region at the first terminus and at the second terminus. Removable blocker oligonucleotides can be added to the composition, non-target nucleic acids can be removed from the composition by sequence capture to bait oligonucleotides, and the composition can be treated to reduce a quantity of free blocker oligonucleotides that are not annealed to an adaptor sequence or to a sequence substantially complementary to an adaptor sequence.
US11718839B1	Compositions and methods for deactivating enveloped viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 A composition and method for preventing and treating infections caused by enveloped viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2 virus. The invention includes compounds having a catalytic domain of a glycosidase and a binding domain that binds the compound to the surface of the targeted virus. The invention also includes a pharmaceutical formulation comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to deliver the active portion of the compound to the infecting virus within an infected human or animal. The pharmaceutical formulation can be an inhalant or a nasal spray to the infected human or animal. The invention also includes methods of using a glycosidase or the catalytic part of a glycosidase to deactivate enveloped virus by removing glycans from the viral surface protein.
US11718832B2	Method to reduce oncogenic potential of induced pluripotent stem cells from aged donors Disclosed are findings that: (a) induced pluripotent stem cells derived from aged donors (A-iPSC) show increased genomic instability, a defect in apoptosis, a defect in glucose metabolism, and a blunted DNA damage response are compared to those derived from young donors (Y-iPSC); and (b) inhibition of excessive glutathione-mediated H2O2 scavenging activity, found to be associated with A-iPSC and in turn inhibiting DNA damage response and apoptosis, substantially rescues these defects and reduces the oncogenic potential of A-iPSC. Supplementation of pluripotency factor ZSCAN10 (shown to be poorly activated in A-iPSC and to act upstream of glutathione involvement), e.g., by expression as an adjunct to the four Yamanaka iPSC reprogramming factors, led to substantial recovery of genomic stability, DNA damage response, and apoptosis in A-iPSC through enhancing GLUT3 and normalizing homeostasis of glutathione/H2O2; GLUT3 (a pluripotent stem cell-specific glucose transporter acting upstream of glutathione and also poorly activated in A-iPSC) has similar effects, indicating that inhibition of glutathione/H2O2 notably through delivery of ZSCAN 10 and/or GLUT3 and/or an exosome subunit will be clinically useful, resulting in A-iPSC of improved properties and reduced oncogenic potential.
US11718831B2	Reagent for differentiating somatic cells into alveolar epithelial cells, and use of said reagent A reagent for differentiating somatic cells into alveolar epithelial cells includes an NK2 homeobox family gene expression vector, and a Fox family gene expression vector, a method for manufacturing alveolar epithelial cells, the method including forcing a somatic cell to express an NK2 homeobox family gene and a Fox family gene and culturing the somatic cell after forced expression, an alveolar epithelial cell manufactured by the manufacturing method, and a cell medicine including the alveolar epithelial cell.
US11718828B2	Cartilage gel for cartilage repair, comprising chitosan and chondrocytes The present invention concerns a method for obtaining an implantable cartilage gel for tissue repair of hyaline cartilage, comprising particles of chitosan hydrogel and cells that are capable of forming hyaline cartilage, said method comprising a step for amplification of primary cells in a three-dimensional structure comprising particles of physical hydrogel of chitosan or a chitosan derivative, then a step for re-differentiation and induction of the synthesis of extracellular matrix by said amplified cells, in the same three-dimensional structure, wherein said cells are primary articular chondrocytes and/or mesenchymal stem cells differentiated into chondrocytes. The present invention also concerns the cartilage gel obtained thereby, and its various uses for cartilage repair following a traumatic lesion or an osteoarticular disease such as osteoarthritis. The invention also concerns a three-dimensional matrix comprising particles of physical hydrogel of chitosan or of chitosan derivative, optionally supplemented with an anionic molecule such as hyaluronic acid or a derivative of hyaluronic acid or a complex of hyaluronic acid.
US11718827B2	LRFFT2 cell Some embodiments of the disclosure use human peripheral blood for ctDNA sequencing or tumor tissues for whole exome sequencing, screen out mutation sites to perform antigen epitope prediction, connect and synthesize an expression gene sequence of mutant peptides. Other embodiments of the disclosure construct a lentiviral vector, package the lentivirus, transfect an APC cell to complete transformation of a specific LV cell, co-culture in vitro with PBMC separated from the peripheral blood, screen out an effective polypeptide, and transform common T cells into RFF cells. Suppressive signaling molecules include one or more of PD-1, Tim-3, LAG3, CTLA-4, BTLA, VISTA, CD160, and 2B4 (CD244). Antigen presenting cells include one or more of PBMC, a dendritic cell, neutrophil, B lymphocyte, and macrophage.
US11718826B2	System and method for sorting particles A multi-channel system for classifying particles in a mixture of particles according to one or more characteristics including a common source of electromagnetic radiation for producing a beam of electromagnetic radiation and a beam splitter for producing multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation for directing multiple beams of electromagnetic radiation to each interrogation location associated with each flow channel of the multi-channel system.
US11718821B2	Pairing probiotics and prebiotics, methods for growth and use, separately and in combination A method for growing probiotic organisms wherein the growth media includes prebiotics especially selected and prepared to be paired with the probiotic organisms being grown. The prebiotic formula is optimized to grow the desired probiotic organisms, as well as important byproducts of the growth process. Specialized freeze-drying buffers may also be paired with certain probiotic organisms for the freeze-drying process.
US11718818B2	Bioreactor with integrated flue gas distribution A system includes a photobioreactor that provides a channel configured to contain an algae slurry, a duct positioned adjacent the channel and configured to convey a gas, and a barrier separating the duct from the channel and providing one or more apertures to allow a portion of the gas to be injected into the algae slurry from the duct.
US11718816B2	Microplastic-free, opacified liquid laundry detergents A microplastic-free, in-vitro opacified detergent composition includes a surfactant component present in an amount of about 8 to about 65 weight percent actives and including (1) an alcohol ethoxy sulfate having a C8-C20 backbone that is ethoxylated with from about 1 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide, (2) at least one non-ionic surfactant having an alkoxylated alcohol, and (3) at least one anionic surfactant having a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate. The detergent composition also includes water present in a total amount of from about 5 to about 90 weight percent, free fatty acids in a total amount from about 1 to 15 weight percent and a magnesium cation in a total amount of from 0.005 to 0.3 weight percent. The composition has a turbidity value of at least 250 NTU at 75° F.
US11718814B2	Composition comprising hueing agent This invention relates to a laundry care composition comprising a laundry care ingredient and a polymeric thiophene hueing agent.
US11718813B2	2-in-1 sanitizing and rinse aid compositions employing amine based surfactants in machine warewashing Sanitizing cleaning/rinse aid compositions for various applications including institutional machine warewash sanitizing are disclosed. In particular, concentrated and use compositions, such as concentrated liquid rinse aid compositions or ware wash detergents, employing an amine-based surfactant and a defoaming agent are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for providing a sanitizing rinse with desired antimicrobial efficacy against a broad spectrum of gram-negative microbes, suitable foaming profiles, and beneficial applications of use of the same.
US11718811B2	Extracting essential oils A system and method for extracting essential oils from organic material is provided. One embodiment places organic material into an extraction chamber that is a cylindrical wall of rigid material, wherein a diameter and a height of the extraction chamber is sized to define an interior that accommodates a desired amount of an organic material having essential oils; fills the extraction chamber with a solvent after the organic matter has been placed into the extraction chamber; and moves a vortex plunger disposed over the surface of the organic material in a repeated upward and downward motion during an agitation process so that the vortex vanes generate a fluid vortex in the solvent, wherein the fluid vortex causes the solvent to be drawn upward into the organic material and then to be pushed downward through the organic material so that the solvent extracts essential oils from the organic material.
US11718807B2	Hydrophilic slippery treatment agent and surface treatment method A hydrophilic slippery treatment agent which allows for the formation of a coating having hydrophilicity concurrently with water droplet removability via drying at lower temperatures, a surface treatment method using the hydrophilic slippery treatment agent, a substrate having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method, and a fin material for a heat exchanger having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method are provided.The treatment agent contains an organosilicon compound with a specific structure including both a hydrophilic-chain-containing group and a hydrolyzable group, and a metal alkoxide.
US11718806B2	Transformer oil basestock and transformer oil composition comprising the same A transformer oil basestock is disclosed that includes at least 99 wt % of naphthenes and paraffins, based on the total weight of the transformer oil basestock, wherein the weight ratio of naphthenes to paraffins is at least 1, as measured by GC-MS, and wherein the paraffins consist essentially of isoparaffins, as determined by GC-FID. In addition, a transformer oil composition is disclosed that includes the transformer oil basestock, an anti-gassing agent and an antioxidant.
US11718804B2	Aqueous metal colloid combustion additive The present invention relates to a combustion additive comprising a colloidal solution containing dispersed fine metal particles. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the colloid. More particularly the present teaching relates to a combustion additive having a colloid, wherein the colloid comprises metal particles providing in an alkaline aqueous solution, the metal particles being dispersed within that solution and having an average diameter in the range of 30 nm to 30 μm. The colloid can partly/fully substitute water of a water injection system or used as an air humidification component for combustion.
US11718801B2	Apparatus to simulate biocide performance in crude pipeline conditions An apparatus to simulate biocide performance in crude oil pipeline conditions is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a reactor to simulate a two-phase crude oil pipeline which includes a crude oil phase above a water phase. The reactor has an agitator to control a flow of the water phase in the reactor in response to a motor that drives an agitation rate of the agitator. A crude oil inlet supplies crude oil to the reactor for the crude oil phase. A water inlet supplies water to the reactor for the water phase. A control circuit is configured by code to control a proportion of the water to the crude oil supplied to the reactor and to control the motor to drive a desired agitation rate of the agitator. A biocide inlet supplies biocide to the reactor. A water sample outlet enables sampling of the water phase of the reactor.
US11718800B2	Method to prepare an aviation fuel component The present disclosure relates to methods for preparing aviation fuel component from a feedstock containing fossil hydrotreating feed and a second feed containing esters of fatty acids and rosins, free fatty acids and resin acids. The method includes subjecting the feedstock to hydrotreatment reaction conditions to produce a hydrotreated stream, separating the hydrotreated stream to three fractions from which at least part the highest boiling fraction is subjected to hydrocracking reaction to produce a hydrocracked stream. At least part of the hydrocracked stream is admixed with at least part of the hydrotreated stream, and their admixture is processed further until desired conversion of the feedstock to the aviation fuel component is obtained.
US11718798B2	Compositions and methods of removing contaminants in refinery desalting It has been discovered that contaminants such as metals and/or amines can be transferred from a hydrocarbon phase to a water phase in an emulsion breaking process by using a composition that contains water-soluble C5-C12 polyhydroxy carboxylic acids, ammonium salts thereof, alkali metal salts thereof, and mixtures of all of these. The composition may also optionally include a mineral acid to reduce the pH of the desalter wash water. The method permits transfer of metals and/or amines into the aqueous phase with little or no hydrocarbon phase undercarry into the aqueous phase. Resolving the emulsion into the hydrocarbon phase and the aqueous phase occurs in a refinery desalting process using electrostatic coalescence. The composition is particularly useful in treating crude oil emulsions, and in removing calcium and other metals therefrom. The polyhydroxy carboxylic acid additionally inhibits metal corrosion of metal pipe or other equipment used in a crude unit.
US11718797B2	Device for treatment of a liquid A device is configured to increase the portion of low-boiling fractions of a liquid, particularly mineral oil. A device includes a pressure wave generator for generating a pressure wave having a first frequency, in which the pressure wave generator is arranged to subject the liquid to the pressure waves in a region of application, at least one pipe which is arranged through which treated liquid flows after the region of application, and means for exciting the at least one pipe through which such treated liquid flows to oscillations of a second frequency, which is the resonance frequency of the excited system.
US11718791B2	Polymerisable compounds and the use thereof in liquid-crystal displays The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to liquid-crystal (LC) media comprising them, and to the use of the polymerisable compounds and LC media for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the polymer sustained alignment type.
US11718790B2	Method for the preparation of a liquid crystal polymer film The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a homogeneous aligned liquid crystal polymer film, a polymer film obtainable from the corresponding method of production, and to the use of such polymer film for optical components and electro-optical decorative, as well as to components and devices comprising such polymer film.
US11718789B2	Quantum dots and device including the same A cadmium free quantum dot or a population thereof or a device including the same, wherein the cadmium free quantum dot includes a core (or a semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a first semiconductor including a Group IIB-VI compound and a shell (or a coating) disposed on the core (or the semiconductor nanocrystal particle) including a Group IIB-V compound and exhibits a quantum efficiency of about 60% or higher.
US11718778B2	Gas hydrate inhibitors and method of use thereof Disclosed herein is a gas hydrate inhibitor that includes from 1 to 99% by weight of an alcohol, from 1 to 99% by weight of a polyol, from 0.01 to 2.0% by weight of an organic acid, and from 1 to 99% by weight of water. The gas hydrate inhibitor is useful in preventing and/or removing hydrates in a fluid to ensure a continuous flow of the fluid.
US11718775B2	HFO-1234ZE, HFO-1225ZC and HFO-1234YF containing compositions and processes for producing and using the compositions A fluoropropene composition comprising E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total amount of 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 1.0 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the fluoropropene composition. A method of producing the fluoropropene, composition and methods for using the fluoropropene composition are also disclosed.
US11718772B2	Curable composition, and production method of joined structure Provided are a curable composition that exhibits favorable adhesiveness without heating at elevated temperatures, and a method for producing a joined structure using the curable composition. As a curable composition for use in forming one or more bonding layers bonding the two or more adherends, in which at least one of the two or more adherends includes a low heat-resistance material, a curable composition that contains an epoxy resin including a structural unit of a specific structure including an epoxy group, and yields a cured product exhibiting a water contact angle of 40° or more and 50° or less by heating at 80° C. or higher and 100° C. or lower and an exposure is used.
US11718767B2	Chemical mechanical planarization composition for polishing oxide materials and method of use thereof Polishing compositions comprising ceria coated silica particles and organic acids having one selected from the group consisting of sulfonic acid group, phosphonic acid group, pyridine compound, and combinations thereof, with pH between 5 and 10 and electrical conductivity between 0.2 and 10 millisiemens per centimeter provide very high silicon oxide removal rates for advanced semiconductor device manufacturing.
US11718751B2	Water-borne polymer composition This invention pertains to a water-borne polyaryletherketone composition which possesses outstanding shelf stability and which, when coated onto a variety of substrates, provides for excellent adhesion, to a method of coating a substrate using the same, and to coated substrates obtained therefrom.
US11718750B2	Thermoplastic resin composition for laser direct structuring process, and molded product comprising same The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition for laser direct structuring process, and a molded product comprising the same. In one specific embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition comprises: approximately 100 parts by weight of a base resin; approximately 0.1-20 parts by weight of an additive for laser direct structuring; and approximately 1-20 parts by weight of an impact modifier, wherein the base resin comprises a polycarbonate resin, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer and a polyester resin.
US11718748B2	Composition, method for the manufacture thereof, and articles made therefrom A composition includes particular amounts of a poly(phenylene ether); a poly(alkylene terephtalate); a hydrogenated block copolymer of an alkenyl aromatic monomer and a conjugated diene; a compatibilizing agent; an arc suppressant comprising a nitrogen-containing compound, a phosphorus-containing compound, or a combination thereof; glass fiber, a mineral filler; and poly(tetrafluoroethylene). The composition can be particularly useful for use in molded circuit breakers.
US11718745B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, method of preparing the same, and molded article including the same A thermoplastic resin composition of the present invention includes 55 to 70% by weight of a non-grafted copolymer (A) containing 65 to 83% by weight of a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester compound, 2 to 12% by weight of an N-substituted maleimide compound, 1 to 6% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 7 to 17% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound; 20 to 42% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (B) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 50 to 200 nm; and 1 to 15% by weight of an acrylate-based rubber-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (C) containing acrylate-based rubber having an average particle diameter of 300 to 600 nm. Within this range, a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent weather resistance, heat resistance, scratch resistance, and colorability.
US11718743B2	Build materials for 3D printing Polymerizable liquids are described herein which, in some embodiments, can produce 3D printed articles of high resolution and desirable mechanical properties. In one aspect, a polymerizable liquid comprises an acrylate component, a polymeric additive, and a monomeric curing agent, wherein the acrylate component and monomeric curing agent are copolymerizable upon exposure to light. In being copolymerizable, the acrylate component and monomeric curing agent can form a copolymer. As described father herein, the monomeric curing agent can enable further reaction of the copolymer with one or more crosslinking species to link the copolymer with one more polymeric networks.
US11718742B2	Superabsorbent polymer composition A superabsorbent polymer composition exhibiting very improved antimicrobial and deodorizing properties while maintaining basic absorption performance, and can significantly reduce the generation of dust during the application for a process, and thus fulfills both stability and processability and can be usefully applied for hygienic goods such as a diaper and the like. The superabsorbent polymer composition includes: a) superabsorbent polymer particles including a crosslinked polymer of water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomers including acid groups, of which at least a part are neutralized, and b) an antimicrobial agent having a controlled particle size, containing a chelating agent including EDTA or an alkali metal salt thereof; a mixture of an organic acid and a silicate-based salt; and an agent for controlling a particle size.
US11718740B2	Method for producing thermoplastic elastomer composition Provided is a method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition that can form a molded article having both good appearance and high stiffness. The method for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition comprises the following first step and second step, wherein the produced thermoplastic elastomer composition contains 5 mass % or less of a mineral oil (C): first step: a step of melt-kneading polypropylene (A-1) and an ethylene-based copolymer rubber (B) in the presence of an organic peroxide, the polypropylene (A-1) being polypropylene of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [ηcxis] of 0.1 dl/g or more and less than 1.5 dl/g; and second step: a step of further adding polypropylene (A-2) of which 20° C. xylene insoluble fraction has an intrinsic viscosity [ηcxis] of 1.5 dl/g or more and 7 dl/g or less, and melt-kneading the resulting mixture.
US11718738B2	Adhesive composition including ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer The present invention provides an adhesive composition including an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer; and a tackifier, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer has narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and particularly a small amount of vinylidene among the unsaturated functional groups, thereby showing excellent physical properties.
US11718733B2	Starch nanocomposite materials In one aspect, the invention provides a substantially exfoliated nanocomposite material including starch and hydrophobically modified layered silicate clay. In another aspect, the invention provides packaging made from material including the substantially exfoliated nanocomposite material described above. The nanocomposite material has improved mechanical and rheological properties and reduced sensitivity to moisture in that the rates of moisture update and/or loss are reduced. In another aspect, the invention provides a process for preparing the substantially exfoliated nanocomposite material described above, including a step of mixing the starch in the form of an aqueous gel with the hydrophobic clay in a melt mixing device. In a further aspect, the invention provides a process for preparing the substantially exfoliated nanocomposite material, including the steps of mixing the starch with the hydrophobic clay to form a masterbatch (hereinafter “the masterbatch process”) and mixing the masterbatch with further starch.
US11718732B2	Resin composition, filament and resin powder for three-dimensional printer, and shaped object and production process therefor Provided is a resin composition, a filament and resin powder for a three-dimensional printer, a shaped object, and a production method for the shaped object, all of which make it easy to produce a shaped object and can improve, in shaping using a three-dimensional printer, the resistance to delamination of the shaped object and the resistance to warpage and shrinkage of the shaped object. A resin composition contains: inorganic fibers having an average fiber length of 1 μm to 300 μm and an average aspect ratio of 3 to 200; and a thermoplastic resin and serves as a shaping material for a three-dimensional printer.
US11718722B2	Hard coating film and image display device having the same A hard coating film comprises a substrate, and a hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the hard coating layer is formed from a hard coating composition comprising a hydroxyl group-containing light-transmitting resin, a fluorine-based UV-curable functional group-containing compound, a photoinitiator, and a solvent, and when measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on a surface of the hard coating layer, atomic percent of elemental fluorine (F) on the surface of the hard coating layer is 10 to 55 at %. The hard coating film uses a hard coating composition including a hydroxyl group-containing light-transmitting resin and a fluorine-based UV-curable functional group-containing compound to control the atomic percent of the elemental fluorine (F) on the surface of the hard coating layer to a specific range, thereby providing excellent antifouling properties together with good wear resistance, scratch resistance, and bending resistance.
US11718719B2	Oriented films comprising ethlyene-based polymers and methods of making same Provided are oriented films comprising linear low density polyethylene polymer and having improved balance of properties including improved machine direction tear strength. The oriented polymer film has at least one layer comprising 50 to 100 wt. % of an ethylene-based polymer. The MDO polymer film has a normalized MD Elmendorf Tear (ASTM D-1922) of at least 40 g/μm. In certain embodiments, the MDO polymer film surprisingly does not tear when MD Elmendorf Tear is measured according to ASTM D-1922.
US11718718B2	Refractory material Provided is an expansive refractory material that not only has excellent fire resistance but also can provide a heat insulating function for protecting a content by expanding to form a heat insulating layer when the refractory material is brought close to a heat source or comes into contact with flame. The refractory material at least includes: discontinuous reinforcing fibers having a thermal conductivity of 4 W/(m·K) or higher; and a flame-retardant thermoplastic resin, wherein the discontinuous reinforcing fibers are dispersed in the refractory material. The refractory material has a post-expansion porosity of 30% or higher.
US11718710B2	Method of light-promoted frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization A method of light-promoted frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization includes providing a monomer solution including dicyclopentadiene, a ruthenium-based catalyst and a phosphite inhibitor, and exposing the monomer solution to ultraviolet light having a wavelength in a range from 315 nm to 400 nm, thereby initiating an exothermic polymerization reaction and generating a self-propagating polymerization front. The polymerization front moves through the monomer solution and polymerizes the dicyclopentadiene.
US11718709B2	Ring-opening copolymer composition A ring-opened copolymer composition has a ring-opened copolymer containing structural unit derived from a norbornene compound represented by general formula (1) below and structural unit derived from a monocyclic olefin, wherein a content of a norbornene compound represented by general formula (1) is 1 ppm by weight or more and 1000 ppm by weight or less based on the ring-opened copolymer, wherein R1 to R4 are each a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituent containing a halogen atom, a silicon atom, an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom, and R2 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a ring, and “m” is 0 or 1.
US11718707B2	Epoxy resin The present disclosure relates to epoxide containing compounds comprising three benzene units linked by bridging groups. The disclosure also relates to the production of curable epoxy resin formulations comprising said epoxide containing compounds, and their possible incorporation into composite materials such as fibre reinforced composites. Possible methods for formulating the compounds epoxide containing compounds, as described herein, are also disclosed.
US11718705B2	In-situ formed polyether polyols, a process for their preparation, and a process for the preparation of polyurethane foams This invention relates to an in-situ formed polyether polyol blend having an overall functionality of 2 to 3 and an overall hydroxyl number of 40 to 220 mg KOH/g. A process for preparing these in-situ formed polyether polyol blends is also disclosed. These in-situ formed polyether polyol blends are suitable for a process of preparing viscoelastic flexible polyurethane foams.
US11718701B2	Preparation of polymeric resins and carbon materials The present application is directed to methods for preparation of carbon materials. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries.
US11718700B2	Rubber-steel cord composite and pneumatic tire A rubber-steel cord composite according to an embodiment is formed by vulcanizing and bonding a rubber composition containing 1 to 10 parts by mass of sulfur, 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of N,N-dibenzylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide, and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of either one or both of hexamethylene bis-thiosulfate disodium salt dihydrate and 1,6-bis(N,N-dibenzylthiocarbamoyldithio)hexane, with respect to 100 parts by mass of diene rubber containing natural rubber, and a steel cord. A pneumatic tire according to an embodiment includes the rubber-steel cord composite.
US11718697B2	Multi-stage latex particles with peg in outer stage Disclosed herein is an aqueous latex composition comprising a substantially acrylic core-shell latex, wherein a water-retaining monomer is copolymerized to the shell. The Tg of the core ranges from about 0° C. to about 12° C., and the Tg of the shell ranges from about 13° C. to about 40° C. The mean volume average particle size of the latex ranges from about 125 nm to about 200 nm. The core-shell latex comprises at least one acrylic monomer having a solubility that ranges about 10 g/L to about 30 g/L at 30° C., and this at least one acrylic monomer is present in the shell polymer in an amount greater than about 50 wt. % of all monomers in the shell. Preferably, the at least one acrylic monomer is methyl methacrylate.
US11718696B2	Process for fast dissolution of powder comprising low molecular weight acrylamide-based polymer A process for making down a powder is provided. The process comprises making down a powder comprising one or more acrylamide-based polymer(s) to form a made down powder solution, comprising blending a mixture of the powder and a solvent for no more than about 15 minutes to yield the made down powder solution, wherein the powder comprises particles having been dry-cut to a median particle size of from about 200 microns to about 10,000 microns.
US11718695B2	Curable composition, cured product, color filter, method for producing color filter, solid imaging element, and image display device Provided are a curable composition including a pigment, a resin having a structural unit represented by Formula 1, and a photopolymerization initiator; as well as a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, a color filter including the cured product, a method for producing the color filter, and a solid-state imaging element or an image display device, each of which including the color filter. R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X1 represents —COO—, —CONR—, or an arylene group, R4 represents a divalent linking group, L1 represents a group represented by Formula 2 or 3, R5 represents an (n+1)-valent linking group, X2 represents an oxygen atom or —NRA—, RA represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, and n represents an integer of 1 or more.
US11718689B2	Method for isolating cellulose- or chitin-nanocrystals by means of periodate oxidation For the isolating of nanocrystals from a lignocellulose- or chitin-containing starting material, the starting material is exposed to an oxidative effect of periodate anions in an aqueous suspension. The pH value of the aqueous suspension is adjusted to greater than pH 7.0. The periodate anions are provided in a quantity of at least 5 mol per kg of the starting material, and the starting material is exposed to the oxidative effect of the periodate anions in the aqueous suspension for a period of at least one day.
US11718682B2	Assays for TIMP2 having improved performance in biological samples The present invention relates to antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that binds to human “TIMP2. Further provided are methods for treating subjects, including human subjects, in need of treatment with the isolated TIMP2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof disclosed herein. Further provided are pharmaceutical or sterile compositions of anti-TIMP2 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the invention, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient. Further provided are kits comprising one or more components that include an anti-TIMP2 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention or a pharmaceutical composition thereof.
US11718681B2	Anti-SIRP α antibodies The invention relates to antibodies against SIRPα that are suitable for use in anti-cancer therapy. The invention also relates to the use of the anti-SIRPα antibodies in the treatment of human solid tumours and haematological malignancies, optionally in combination with other anti-cancer therapies.
US11718678B2	Method for altering plasma retention and immunogenicity of antigen-binding molecule The present invention demonstrated that the modification of the Fc region of an antigen-binding molecule into an Fc region that does not form in a neutral pH range a heterotetramer complex containing two molecules of FcRn and an active Fcγ receptor improved the pharmacokinetics of the antigen-binding molecule and reduced the immune response to the antigen-binding molecule. The present invention also revealed methods for producing antigen-binding molecules having the properties described above, and successfully demonstrated that pharmaceutical compositions containing as an active ingredient such an antigen-binding molecule or an antigen-binding molecule produced by a production method of the present invention have excellent features over conventional antigen-binding molecules in that when administered, they exhibit improved pharmacokinetics and reduced in vivo immune response.
US11718672B2	CD137- and DLL3-targeting multispecific antigen-binding molecules The disclosure provides multispecific antigen-binding molecules that comprise a first antigen-binding moiety and a second antigen-binding moiety, each of which is capable of binding to CD3 and CD137, but does not bind to CD3 and CD137 at the same time; and a third antigen-binding moiety that is capable of binding to DLL3, preferably human DLL3, which induce T-cell dependent cytotoxity more efficiently whilst circumventing adverse toxicity concerns or side effects that other multispecific antigen-binding molecules may have. The present invention provides multispecific antigen-binding molecules and pharmaceutical compositions that can treat various cancers, especially those associated with DLL3, by comprising the antigen-binding molecule as an active ingredient.
US11718668B2	Checkpoint blockade and microsatellite instability Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce.
US11718666B2	Inhibitors of neuroligin 4-neurexin 1-beta protein-protein interaction for treatment of liver disorders Method for treating, attenuating and/or preventing progression of a liver disorder in a subject, the method including administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of interfering with, inhibiting and/or preventing neuroligin 4 (NLGn4)-Neurexin 1-beta (Nrx1b) protein-protein interaction; and compositions including the agent.
US11718664B2	Methods for reducing migraine frequency in a subject in need thereof The present invention relates to methods for selecting a headache patient responsive to treatment with an anti-CGRP antibody and to methods for reducing headache frequency in the selected patient comprising administering an anti-CGRP antibody.
US11718663B2	Anti-GPC3 antibody An object of the present invention is to provide: an anti-GPC3 antibody that recognizes an epitope different from that for existing antibodies (e.g., GC33 and GC199) and can specifically bind, even in the form of single chain antibody, to GPC3 localized on a cell membrane; CAR comprising the anti-GPC3 single chain antibody; an immunocompetent cell expressing the CAR; a gene of the anti-GPC3 antibody or a gene of the CAR; a vector comprising the anti-GPC3 antibody gene or the CAR gene; a host cell in which the vector has been introduced; a method for specifically detecting GPC3; and a kit for specifically detecting GPC3. An antibody comprising particular heavy chain CDR1 to CDR3 and particular light chain CDR1 to CDR3 defined in claim 1, and specifically binding to a human-derived GPC3 polypeptide specifically binds to GPC3 localized on a cell membrane. CAR-immunocompetent cells prepared on the basis of CAR comprising such single chain antibody are useful for cancer immunotherapy.
US11718660B2	Recombinant polyclonal proteins targeting Zika and methods of use thereof Provided herein are compositions comprising recombinant polyclonal protein (RPP) derived from mammalian plasma cells and plasmablasts. Specifically, RPPs specific to Zika virus are provided. Also provided are the methods of using the RPP for treatment of viral infection and the methods of making the RPPs.
US11718657B2	T cell receptors The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) that bind the HLA-A*02 restricted peptide SLLQHLIGL (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the germline cancer antigen PRAME. Said TCRs may comprise non-natural mutations within the alpha and/or beta variable domains relative to a native PRAME TCR. The TCRs of the invention are particularly suitable for use as novel immunotherapeutic reagents for the treatment of malignant disease.
US11718655B2	Masked interleukin-12 polypeptides Provided herein are cytokines or functional fragments thereof that, in some embodiments, are engineered to be masked by a masking moiety at one or more receptor binding site(s) of the cytokine or functional fragment thereof. In some embodiments, the cytokines are engineered to be activatable by a protease at a target site, such as in a tumor microenvironment, by including a proteolytically cleavable linker. In some embodiments, the proteolytically cleavable linker links the cytokine to the masking moiety, links the cytokine to a half-life extension domain, and/or links the masking moiety to a half-life extension domain. The masking moiety blocks, occludes, inhibits (e.g., decreases) or otherwise prevents (e.g., masks) the activity or binding of the cytokine to its cognate receptor or protein. Upon proteolytic cleavage of the cleavable linker at the target site, the cytokine becomes activated, which renders it capable of binding to its cognate receptor or protein with increased affinity.
US11718653B2	Method for in vitro glycoengineering of an erythropoiesis stimulating protein The present invention relates to a method for the production of in vitro glycoengineered erythropoiesis stimulating protein, comprising the steps of providing sialic acid free erythropoiesis stimulating protein, treating the erythropoiesis stimulating protein with N-Acetyl-Glucosamin-transferase B3GNT2, treating the erythropoiesis stimulating protein with galactosyltransferase, and treating the erythropoiesis stimulating protein with sialyltransferase.
US11718651B2	CRP capture/detection of gram positive bacteria Described herein are engineered microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, kits comprising the same, and uses thereof. Such microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, or the kits comprising the same can bind or capture of a microbe or microbial matter thereof, and can thus be used in various applications, such as diagnosis or treatment of an infection caused by microbes in a subject or any environmental surface.
US11718650B2	Immunogenic peptides and their use in immune disorders The present invention provides novel peptides and homologues thereof. The peptides of the invention comprise (i) a T-cell epitope of an antigen (self or non-self) with a potential to trigger an immune reaction presented by a class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) determinant and recognised by CD4+ T cell more specifically of an allergen or auto-antigen, coupled, optionally through the use of a linker to (ii) an amino acid sequence having a reducing activity, such as a thioreductase sequence. The peptides of the invention have been shown to be useful a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of immune disorders, more specifically of allergic disorders or autoimmune diseases. The present invention thus provides for the use of said peptides for the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of an immune disorder and further provides for methods of treatment or preventing immune disorders by using said peptides. The present invention also provides for compositions comprising said peptides.
US11718647B2	Virus-like particles and methods of use The invention features modified alphavirus or flavivirus virus-like particles (VLPs). The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring the modified VLPs. The invention also features methods for enhancing production of modified VLPs for use in the prevention or treatment of alphavirus and flavivirus-mediated diseases. The invention also provides methods for delivering agents to a cell using the modified VLPs.
US11718645B2	Macrocyclic therapeutic agents, methods of manufacture, and methods of treatment The instant invention describes macrocyclic compounds having therapeutic activity, and the mechanism and methods of treating disorders such as autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and cancer, tumors and cell proliferation related disorders.
US11718644B2	Purified protein compositions and methods of production The present disclosure provides methods for producing consumable recombinant proteins that are substantially free from herein-disclosed undesired byproducts.
US11718641B2	Bile acid derivatives as FXR/TGR5 agonists and methods of use thereof The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to prevent or treat FXR-mediated or TGR5-mediated diseases or conditions.
US11718640B2	Process for extraction of cholesterol from fish oil waste residue The present invention discloses an improved process for extracting cholesterol in high yield and purity from fish oil waste residue. The so obtained cholesterol of pharmaceutical grade is useful as a precursor for the preparation of vitamin D3.
US11718634B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices Cyclometallated iridium complexes having triphenylene or aza triphenylene and bulky alkyl substitution that can be used as emitters in OLEDs to improve the external quantum efficiency (EQE) and lifetime of OLEDs are disclosed.
US11718632B2	Catalyst composition and method for preparing isobutene-based oligomer using the same The present invention relates to a catalyst composition including an oxonium ion-based catalyst and an aluminum-based cocatalyst, and a method for preparing an isobutene-based polymer using the same.
US11718628B2	SREBP inhibitors comprising a 6-membered central ring Provided herein are compounds comprising a three-ring core, such as compounds of Formula (X), Formula (X-A), Formula (X-Ai), Formula (X-B), Formula (X-Bi), Formula (Z), Formula (Z-A), Formula (Z-Ai), Formula (Z-B), Formula (Z-Bi), Formula (I), Formula (I-A), Formula (I-Ai), Formula (I-B), and Formula (I-Bi), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers, isotopes, or isomers thereof. Also provided herein are methods of inhibiting a component of the sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP) pathway, such as an SREBP or SREBP cleavage activating protein (SCAP), using these compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, tautomers, isotopes, or isomers thereof. Further provided are methods of treating a disorder in a subject in need thereof, such as liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, insulin resistance, or cancer.
US11718626B2	Macrocyclic compounds for treatment of medical disorders Macrocyclic Complement Factor D inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof, as well as processes for their manufacture are provided. The compounds provided include Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, Formula VI, Formula VII, and Formula VIII or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, isotopic analog, N-oxide, or isolated isomer thereof, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The inhibitors described herein target Factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade.
US11718620B2	Method for treating a cancer mediated by abnormality of multi-kinases The present invention relates to a method for treating a cancer mediated by abnormality of multi-kinases, comprising administrating a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and stereoisomer thereof, wherein R1, R2, X, Y, P, W, and Ar are as defined in the description. Also provided is a method for treating a cancer mediated by abnormality of multi-kinases, comprising administrating a crystal form I of a compound 4-(5-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-2,10-dihydropyrazolo[4,3-b]pyrido[4,3-e][1,4]diazepin-8-yl)morpholine, wherein in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of crystal form I, there are characteristic peaks at 7.4±0.2°, 17.9±0.2°, 18.9±0.2°, 19.4±0.2°, 21.5±0.2°, and 23.7±0.2°.
US11718613B2	N-(phenylsulfonyl)benzamides and related compounds as Bcl-2 inhibitors The present disclosure provides compounds having Formula I-A: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, X1, X2, X3 R1a, R1b, E, and are as defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure also provides compounds of Formula I-A for use to treat a disease, disorder, or condition responsive to Bcl-2 protein inhibition such as cancer.
US11718611B2	Benzenesulfonylbenazamide compound for inhibiting BCL-2 protein and composition and use thereof An N-benzenesulfonylbenzamide compound represented by the formula (I), or a crystal form, a prodrug, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, a stereoisomer, a solvate or a hydrate thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and a use thereof as a Bcl-2 protein inhibitor for preparing a medicament for treatment of leukemia or a cancer.
US11718609B2	Heparanase inhibitors and use thereof The invention relates to functionalized quinazoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds as heparanase inhibitors for the treatment of diseases or conditions related to heparanse activity.
US11718607B2	Atypical coupling method for the preparation of 1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethene-1,2-diol compounds via a Cu(II) catalyst Presented herein is a coupling method for the preparation of 1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethane-1,2-diol compounds, including (E)-1,2-di(thiophen-2-yl)ethene-1,2-diol, via a Cu(II) catalyst.
US11718605B2	Heterocyclic compounds as immunomodulators Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US11718602B2	EGFR inhibitors The present disclosure provides a compound represented by structural formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful for treating a cancer.
US11718598B2	Processes for the preparation of alkyl furans using bifunctional copper catalysts The present disclosure relates to the selective hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of bio-based furanic ketones with a bifunctional copper-based catalyst in the presence of a solvent to prepare alkyl furans with high yield, purity, and scalability. The alkyl furans prepared herein are useful in the preparation of surfactants.
US11718596B2	Amyloid targeting agents and methods of using the same Provided herein is the design and synthesis of novel molecular rotor fluorophores useful for detection of amyloid or amyloid like proteins. The fluorophores are designed to exhibit enhanced fluorescence emission upon associating with amyloid or amyloid like proteins as compared to unbound compound. Also disclosed herein are methods for treating diseases associated with amyloid or amyloid like proteins.
US11718591B2	Crystalline (2S,4R)-5-(5′-chloro-2′-fluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-(ethoxymethyl)-4-(3-hydroxyisoxazole-5-carboxamido)-2- methylpentanoic acid and uses thereof In one aspect, the invention relates to a crystalline form of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this crystalline form; methods of using this crystalline form and its soluble form (I); and processes for preparing soluble (I) and crystalline (I′) forms.
US11718589B2	Compositions and methods of modulating short-chain dehydrogenase Compounds and methods of modulating 15-PGDH activity, modulating tissue prostaglandin levels, treating disease, diseases disorders, or conditions in which it is desired to modulate 15-PGDH activity and/or prostaglandin levels include 15-PGDH inhibitors described herein.
US11718588B2	5-[(piperazin-1-yl)-3-oxo-propyl]-imidazolidine-2,4-dione derivatives as ADAMTS inhibitors for the treatment of osteoarthritis The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: Wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, and Cy are as defined herein.The present invention relates to compounds inhibiting ADAMTS, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions, and/or diseases involving degradation of cartilage and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis by administering a compound of the invention.
US11718587B2	Compound, epoxy curing catalyst and method for producing compound A novel compound suitable as an epoxy curing catalyst; an epoxy curing catalyst using the compound; and a method for producing the compound. A compound represented by formula (1) in which Xm+ represents an m valent counter cation, R1 represents an aromatic group which may have a substituent; R2 represents an alkylene group which may have a substituent; R3 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, a sulfide group, a silyl group, a silanol group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a sulfonic acid ester group, a phosphino group, a phosphinyl group, a phosphonic acid ester group or an organic group; m represents an integer of 1 or more; n represents an integer of 0-3; and R2 may bond with R1 to form a cyclic structure.
US11718584B2	Process for the synthesis anthranilic diamide compounds and intermediates thereof The present invention disclosed a process for the synthesis of anthranilic diamide compound of formula (I), wherein, R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R3c, R4, R5, R6 and Z are as defined in the detailed description. The process comprising the step of obtaining a mono- or dicyano substituted aniline compound of formula (IV) which is then converted to an anthranilic acid compound of formula (V) or an anthranilic amide compound of formula (Va). Further, the compound of formula (VI) can be optionally synthesized from compound of formula (IV or V or Va)
US11718579B2	Method for producing highly polymerizable N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer A method for producing a highly polymerizable N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer includes (A) melting a crude N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer comprising 50 to 88 mass % of an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer by heating, followed by cooling for precipitation, and subjecting precipitated N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals to solid-liquid separation (step (A)), and (B) further dissolving the N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystals separated in step (A) in a mixed solvent of acetonitrile and an aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms, then performing crystallization, performing solid-liquid separation, and recovering an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer purified product (step (B)), wherein a mass ratio of acetonitrile/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in step (B) is 0.01 to 0.5, and a mass ratio of aliphatic hydrocarbon having 6 to 7 carbon atoms/N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide monomer crystal in step (B) is 0.5 to 3.0.
US11718577B2	Lipid compositions comprising triacylglycerol with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to lipid comprising docosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid wherein the docosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid may be preferentially esterified at the sn-2 position of triacylglycerol, and processes for producing and using the lipid.
US11718565B2	Panel for forming a floor covering and such floor covering The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, suitable for forming a floor covering, wherein the panel has a substantially planar top side, and a substantially planar bottom side, at least four substantially linear side edges comprising at least one pair of opposite side edges, preferably provided with locking means.
US11718562B2	Paver adhesive and method of laying pavers using same Disclosed herein are paver adhesives including dry concrete mixes. The paver adhesive can include cement, silica sand, alumina silicate, and latex or acrylic polymer. The paver adhesive can be configured to be applied to a substrate in a dry state. The paver adhesive can be configured to become hydrated subsequent to pavers being installed over the paver adhesive, and the paver adhesive can be configured to cure and adhere paver tiles to the substrate following the hydrating.
US11718558B2	Process to make calcium oxide or ordinary Portland cement from calcium bearing rocks and minerals Aspects of the invention include a method of producing a cement material comprising step of: first reacting a calcium-bearing starting material with a first acid to produce an aqueous first calcium salt; second reacting the aqueous first calcium salt with a second acid to produce a solid second calcium salt; wherein the second acid is different from the first acid and the second calcium salt is different from the first calcium salt; and thermally treating the second calcium salt to produce a first cement material. Preferably, but not necessarily, during the second reacting step, reaction between the first calcium salt and the second acid regenerates the first acid.
US11718554B2	Chemically strengthenable lithium aluminosilicate glasses with inherent damage resistance A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 μm; in others, at least about 100 μm. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
US11718551B2	Method for manufacturing flush vehicle glazing Method for manufacturing a flush vehicle glazing that allows to achieve a perfect alignment between the adjacent sections of the glazing vehicle area in the final assembled product by providing a vehicle glass panel which comprise at least two adjacent sections of the vehicle glazing area in one single panel, followed by bending the vehicle glass panel and LASER cutting before cooling thereof.
US11718544B2	Floating individualized air supply for wastewater aeration A wastewater treatment facility with aerators located on the bottom of a lagoon features a bundled group of air supply lines to supply air individually to each submerged aerator. The bundled group of air supply lines floats—and may additionally be supported by a surface-anchored tether line—at the surface of the lagoon, and the air supply lines are individually supplied with air from a manifold located by the side of the lagoon.
US11718542B2	Electrolytic biocide generating system for use on-board a watercraft The present disclosure relates to a biocide generating system for inhibiting bio-fouling within a water system of a watercraft. The water system is configured to draw water from a body of water on which the watercraft is supported. The biocide generating system includes an electrode arrangement adapted to be incorporated as part of an electrolytic cell through which the water of the water system flows.
US11718541B2	Laser ablation and filtration apparatus and process for removal of hydrocarbons and contaminants A laser ablation and filtration process and apparatus wherein liquid containing hydrocarbons or other contaminants is purified. The liquid is exposed to laser energy at one or more selected wavelengths wherein the laser energy travels through the liquid and reaches the hydrocarbons or other contaminants and vaporizes, denatures, breaks down, neutralizes, renders inert and/or separates the hydrocarbons or contaminants from the liquid. A laser source is positioned in or on a vessel based on pre-set parameters to maximize exposure of the liquid to the laser energy, including sizing parameters, angle and inclination of the laser, retention time for the laser process to be applied and geometry of the containment for proper inclination. One or more collection chambers, which may include perforated membranes may be included to collect gases, separated hydrocarbons or contaminants and other by-products of the process. The vessel utilized may be submergible in water to pull or flow contaminated water therethough. The vessel may also be utilized outside a body of water wherein contaminated water from a source is introduced within the vessel.
US11718540B2	Enhanced foam fractionation of oil phase from aqueous/oil mixed phase via increased viscoelasticity The present invention provides improved methods for purifying and/or removing oily particles, and/or contaminants suspended or dissolved in water. In particular the process relates to an additive composition that has the appropriate surfactant characteristics for effectively removing an oil phase from an oil/aqueous mixed phase via foam fractionation. According to the invention, a hydrophobically modified polymer that acts as an associative thickener is combined with surfactant in appropriate ratios to facilitate oil removal for water purification in any of a number of commercial, environmental and industrial applications.
US11718538B2	Centrifugal aluminum chloride generator A metal chloride generator is provided. The metal chloride generator is a metal chloride centrifugal reactor that can be operated under conditions sufficient to cause metal particles and chlorine in the generator to be brought into contact with one another and react using centrifugal force to form metal chloride. A process for manufacturing titanium dioxide that utilizes the metal chloride generator is also provided.
US11718537B2	Synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles A method of synthesizing copper oxide nanoparticles includes preparing a liquid extract of Rumex vesicarius, dissolving copper salt in the liquid extract to provide a solution with copper nanoparticles, adding a base to the solution with copper nanoparticles to form a precipitate including copper oxide nanoparticles. Copper oxide nanoparticles prepared according to the method are effective photocatalysts for degrading organic dyes and antibacterial agents and exhibit anticancer activities.
US11718535B1	Ammonia synthesis converter and method for small production units An ammonia synthesis converter for small production units which provides full access for routine maintenance and catalyst replacement while providing adequate catalyst pressure drop to ensure kinetic performance and reduce heat leak from the catalyst beds. A shell has a removable top head and an annular basket is removably mounted in the shell. First and second catalyst beds are disposed in the annular zone of the basket for axial down-flow in series. A quench gas is introduced into effluent from the first catalyst bed and the resulting mixture into a top of the second catalyst bed. A feed-effluent interchanger in the inner basket zone is adapted to receive effluent from the second catalyst bed and indirectly heat a feed to the first catalyst bed. Also, methods of operating and servicing the converter.
US11718533B2	Power storage device A power storage device, containing two electrodes, and a plate-like crystal structure smectite-based clay film between the electrodes.
US11718530B2	Allotrope of carbon having increased electron delocalization Newly discovered allotrope of carbon having a multilayered nanocarbon array exhibits among other properties exceptional stability, electrical conductivity and electromagnetic frequency (emf) attenuation characteristics. Members of this new allotrope include nanocarbon structures possessing vast electron delocalization in multiple directions unavailable to known fullerene-characterized materials like carbon nano-onions (CNOs), multiwalled carbon nano-tubes (MWNTs), graphene, carbon nano-horns, and carbon nano-ellipsoids such that stabilizing electron delocalization crosses or proceeds between layers as well as along layers in multiple directions within a continuous cyclic structure having an advanced interlayer connectivity bonding system involving the whole carbon array apart from incidental defects.
US11718523B2	Method for producing hydrogen fluoride The present invention provides a novel method for producing hydrogen fluoride which can suppress the occurrence of the pasty state over the whole process of producing hydrogen fluoride, reduce the problem of corrosion caused by sulfuric acid, and improve energy efficiency of the process. A method for producing hydrogen fluoride by reacting calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid comprises: (a) mixing and reacting calcium fluoride and sulfuric acid such that a mixture comprising calcium fluoride particles and sulfuric acid substantially maintains a form of particulate to obtain hydrogen fluoride while supplying sulfuric acid to the calcium fluoride particles at a flow rate of 0.002 to 1 mol/min relative to 1 mol of calcium fluoride to such an amount that a molar ratio of sulfuric acid/calcium fluoride is 0.9 to 1.1.
US11718522B2	Black powder catalyst for hydrogen production via bi-reforming A bi-reforming catalyst that includes treated black powder (primarily hematite), and a method of treating black powder (e.g., from a natural gas pipeline) to give the treated black powder. A bi-reformer having the treated black powder as reforming catalyst, and a method of producing syngas with the bi-reformer.
US11718521B2	Method and system for converting non-methane hydrocarbons to recover hydrogen gas and/or methane gas therefrom The disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatus arranged and designed for converting non-methane hydrocarbon gases into multiple product gas streams including a predominately hydrogen gas stream and a predominately methane gas steam. Hydrocarbon gas streams are reformed, cracked, or converted into a synthesis gas stream and methane gas stream by receiving a volume of flare gas or other hydrocarbon liquid or gas feed, where the volume of hydrocarbon feed includes a volume of methane and volume of nonmethane hydrocarbons. The hydrogen contained in the syngas may be separated into a pure hydrogen gas stream. A corresponding gas conversion system can include a super heater to provide a hydrocarbon feed/steam mixture, a heavy hydrocarbon reactor for synthesis gas formation, and a hydrogen separator to recover the hydrogen portion of the synthesis gas.
US11718515B2	Liquid sale management device A liquid sales management device is to be added to a liquid supply system supplying a liquid within a storage container to a dispensing device through a supply pipe with the liquid pressurized in order to cool the liquid in the dispensing device, and dispensing the cooled liquid to a drinking container. The liquid sales management device includes an actual flow rate determining unit that determines an actual measured flow rate of the liquid dispensed into the drinking container from the dispensing device, a cleaning mode detection unit that detects a cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and a consumption flow rate acquisition unit that determines an actual consumption of the liquid based on the number of cycles of the cleaning mode, a known liquid amount consumed in one cycle of the cleaning mode in the liquid supply system, and the actual measured flow rate.
US11718512B2	Vehicle wheel elevating dock A wheel elevating dock including a body member, a first plurality of ramp members attached to a first end of the body member and defining gaps between each ramp member of the first plurality of ramp members, and a second plurality of ramp members attached to a second end of the body member. The gaps defined by the first plurality of ramp members are configured to permit ramp members from an adjacent wheel elevating dock to be positioned within the gaps.
US11718511B2	Pivot-forming crane element for an element-mounted crane A pivot-forming crane element for a rotating portion of an element-mounted crane includes a framework on which a motor-driven orienting system, a hoisting winch and a dispensing winch are mounted. The motor-driven orienting system includes a pivot mechanism about an orienting axis and at least one orienting electric motor cooperating with the pivot mechanism to make the framework pivot about the orienting axis. The hoisting winch is provided with a hoisting electric motor cooperating with a hoisting drum around which a hoisting rope is wound. The dispensing winch is provided with a dispensing electric motor cooperating with a dispensing drum around which a dispensing rope is wound.
US11718508B2	Load orienting device and method of operating same A load orienting device and method of operating the load orienting device are disclosed. The load orienting device includes a frame, first and second posts disposed on the frame, and first and second propellers disposed on the first and second posts, respectively. The first and second posts are movable to adjust a distance between the first and second propellers and a controller operates the first and second propellers to adjust an orientation of the load orienting device relative to a vertical axis of the load orienting device.
US11718507B2	Pile lifting device capable of preventing overturning A pile lifting chuck including a chuck housing which is inserted into an inner diameter of a pile and has extension-installing pockets vertically formed at predetermined intervals to face each other in a radial direction. The pile lifting chuck further includes a pair of extensions which are disposed in the pockets and installed to be movable in the radial direction and a chucking cylinder which has one end connected to any one of the extensions and the other end connected to the other one of the extensions and which is configured to, by using a reaction force on the any one of the extensions, move the other one of the extensions to chuck the pile.
US11718502B2	Safety system for building-related passenger transportation system A safety system for a building-related passenger transport system includes a safety unit for receiving safety-relevant signals from components of the passenger transport system and for triggering a safety measure, and an updating unit for receiving updated software via an external interface and for transmitting the updated software to the safety unit via an internal interface.
US11718501B2	Elevator sheave wear detection An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave wear monitoring device includes at least one detector situated to detect a position of elevator roping that is indicative of a condition of a sheave that the roping at least partially wraps around, the at least one detector providing an output corresponding to the detected position of the elevator roping and indicating an amount of wear of the sheave that exceeds at least one threshold.
US11718499B2	Cloud based elevator dispatching resource management Provided are techniques for performing cloud-based elevator dispatching resource management. The techniques include receiving usage information of one or more elevators of an elevator system, obtaining configuration parameters of a controller configured to control the one or more elevators, and analyzing a performance of the one or more elevators based at least in part on the usage information. The techniques also include dynamically updating the configuration parameters of the controller based on the performance and the usage information, storing the configuration parameters and corresponding performance, and operating the one or more elevators based at least in part on the updated configuration parameters.
US11718497B2	Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first conveyance unit including an image forming unit to convey a sheet on which an image is formed, and a second conveyance unit including a cover movable between a close position and an open position, the second conveyance unit being movable between a first position where the sheet can be conveyed to the sheet conveyance path and a second position separated from the first position. The first conveyance unit includes a retaining portion to retain the cover at a predetermined position, wherein the cover does not interfere with the retaining portion when the second conveyance unit is positioned at the first position, and the cover is in contact with the retaining portion and retained at the open position in a condition where the second conveyance unit is positioned at the second position and the cover is moved from the close position to the open position.
US11718488B2	Linear motor conveyor system with diverter and method for design and configuration thereof A linear motor conveyor system having a moving element including a first and a second magnetic element on opposite sides; a first track including a first linear motor configured to generate a dynamic magnetic field which acts on the first magnetic element to provide a first lateral force and a first longitudinal force; a second track with a transfer region positioned adjacent to the first track, the second track configured to generate a magnetic field that acts on the second magnetic element to provide a second lateral force; and a controller to control the first linear motor such that the first dynamic lateral force is configured to bias the moving element toward the first linear motor until the moving element reaches a switch point in the transfer region, where the first and second lateral forces are selectively adjusted to bias the moving element toward the second track.
US11718485B1	Bulk container unload An inventory-handling system can receive inventory containers filled with inventory items. The inventory containers can be received between guides and advanced through the inventory-handling system. The guides can be curved to rotate the inventory containers being advanced through the inventory-handling system. The inventory containers can be rotated from an upright orientation to an inverted orientation for emptying the inventory items.
US11718484B2	Method for transversely positioning an article to be transported In order to be able to shingle articles individual slices or partial portions of slices shingled in a longitudinal direction in a transverse direction relative to the running direction of conveyor units on which these articles are transported, the two conveyor units, on each of which one of the two articles is fully supported, are not brought to overlap in order to achieve the transverse shingling, but one of the articles is transported on its conveyor unit with a lateral overhang to the other conveyor unit, and the other article placed there on the edge side with such a height difference that the two articles can finally overlap and be placed on top of each other. However, the two conveyor units only have to be guided closely next to each other for this purpose without overlapping themselves. This simplifies the design of the overlapping unit and reduces its overall height.
US11718483B2	Conveyor arrangement with sensors with bus data encoding The invention relates to a conveyor arrangement, comprising a motor-operated conveyor roller, comprising a roller body which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a roller axis, a drive unit which is arranged within the roller body and is mechanically coupled between the roller body and an axle element and is designed to generate a torque between the axle element and the roller body, and a control data interface which is connected in a signal-transmitting fashion to the drive unit. The invention is characterized by an electronic addressing model which can be coupled in a signal-transmitting fashion to the sensor and to the bus line and is designed to encode a sensor signal, which is generated by the sensor and received in the addressing module, to form a bus-encoded sensor data block which comprises a digital sensor signal data block which characterises the sensor signal and a sensor address data block, and to transmit the bus-encoded sensor data block into the bus line.
US11718482B2	System and method of monitoring disturbance force in an independent cart system, compensation of said disturbance force A system and method for monitoring disturbance forces experienced by a mover in an independent cart system monitors current generated by a controller and a feedback signal corresponding to operation of the mover in response to the current generated by the controller. The controller stores a value of the current reference and of the feedback signal, sampled in tandem, and determines a disturbance force experienced by the mover as it travels along the track as a function of the stored values of the current reference and of the feedback signal. The controller may store the measured disturbance force experienced by the mover as a function of the location of the mover along the track. For each subsequent time the mover travels along the same length of track, the controller may add a compensation value to the current reference to reduce the disturbance force experienced by the mover.
US11718473B1	Fork and carrying robot The application relates to a carrying robot including a fork. The fork includes a telescopic arm and a temporary storage tray. The telescopic arm includes a fixed arm and a movable arm connected to the fixed arm. The movable arm is telescopically movable relative to the fixed arm. The temporary storage tray is mounted to the fixed arm and is configured to temporarily store goods. The temporary storage tray is able to extend relative to the fixed arm. An extending direction of the temporary storage tray is consistent with an extending direction of the movable arm. When the fork pulls in or pushes out the goods, containers can be stably transferred between a stationary rack and the temporary storage tray.
US11718468B2	Pack for preparing foamed food or beverage products The invention relates to a pack (100) for preparing a food or beverage product from one or more food or beverage ingredients comprising an insert (10) and a container (20) where the ingredient or ingredients are stored, the insert (10) comprising at least a fluid inlet (110) configured for introducing an aqueous fluid under the form of a jet in the inner volume of the pack, the insert (10) further comprising at least an air conduit (130) configured to allow introducing air from the exterior of the pack and into the inner volume of the said pack through at least an air nozzle (132). The at least one fluid inlet (110) communicates with a depression chamber (200) through at least one liquid nozzle (120) in order to create a jet from a pressurized fluid introduced through the fluid inlet (110). The invention further relates to the use of a pack as described for preparing a food or beverage product.
US11718467B1	Foldable disc display case A foldable case having an ultrasonic seal around a record, wherein the case is capable of displaying one or multiple records in a linear arrangement. The foldable disc display case includes a disc case having a first base plate mounted to a disc plate, wherein the disc case includes an ultrasonic seal and can house a vinyl record. An album case, formed by a second base plate mounted to an album plate, is pivotally connected to the disc case via a hinge to form a side-to-side arrangement. The album case can house an album cover. In some embodiments, the album case is designed to receive a double album cover instead of a single album cover to accommodate a thicker, double album cover. A hinge spacer is mounted between the hinge and the base plates to allow the disc case and the album case to be coplanar with one another.
US11718462B2	Loading box The present invention provides a loading box, which includes a box body, a first groove set, and a first positioning member. The box body includes a base and a side wall protruding from the base along a plurality of sides of the base. The first groove set has a plurality of first grooves, and is disposed on the base along a first side. The first positioning member is arranged corresponding to the first groove set, and includes: a first baffle, detachably inserted into one of the first grooves in the first groove set; and a first supporting arm and a second supporting arm, respectively connected to the first baffle and protruding from the first baffle toward the side wall. One ends of the first supporting arm and the second supporting arm of the first positioning member away from the first baffle are detachably connected to the box body.
US11718458B2	Biodegradable fastener A fastener includes an elongate body defined by a first end, a second end, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The elongate body includes a plurality of discrete slits along at least the first side portion, and the plurality of slits extend at least partially into the elongate body of the fastener. The elongate body of the fastener includes a biodegradable material.
US11718457B2	Closure assembly A closure including a base, a cutter and a cap is described which is configured to be attached to a container. Upon initial removal of the cap from the base, the cutter is configured to move downwards relative to the base so as to create an opening through the container. The portion of the container through which the cutter creates an opening may be formed of a film that is configured to be easily pierceable by the cutter. Methods of molding the closure components may include co-molding the cutter and base an in integral unit so as to facilitate and expedite assembly of the base, cutter and cap components to form the closure.
US11718456B2	Child-resistant closure system A child-resistant resealable container comprising a closure strip assembly having first and second lateral interlocking members. The first lateral interlocking member is attached to a first extension strip, and the second lateral interlocking member is attached to a second extension strip. The first and second extension strips are attached to the interior surfaces of the respective first and second walls below the top edge of the first and second walls such that a portion of the first and second walls extends to define first and second flaps. The first and second lateral interlocking members are configured to become disengaged from each other when the first flap and the second flap are pulled apart from each other as the first flap is gripped while the first extension strip is not gripped and the second flap is gripped while the second extension strip is not gripped.
US11718453B2	System and coupling device for pouring A pouring system comprising a spout retainer and a pour spout that form a liquid-tight seal when attached to, or disposed with respect to, a liquid container, such as a bottle, thereby reducing or eliminating losses from poor seals suffered by use of conventional pour spouts. A spout retainer is configured to forms an essentially liquid-proof seal with an open portion of a container and a pour spout inserted into the container.
US11718451B2	Packaging sealing system and a packaging assembly including such a sealing system A packaging assembly includes a container body defining an interior for housing a product and an opening leading to the interior. The assembly further includes a cap that moves with respect to the container body to move the assembly between a closed position in which the cap covers the opening, and an opened position in which the opening is exposed. A first seal (40) is defined between the container body and the cap. The first seal includes a protrusion (42) formed on one of the container body about the opening or the cap, and a groove (44) formed on the other of the container body about the opening or the cap. The protrusion is received by the groove when the assembly is in the closed position, such that contact is maintained in a sealing relationship around the opening between the groove and the protrusion.
US11718450B2	Capping device intended to be fixed on the neck of a container and an assembly comprising a container and a capping device The invention refers to a capping device intended to be fixed on a neck (2) of a container including an orifice (3), including the capping device: a cap (1) which has a helical thread (7) intended to cooperate with a helical thread (6) formed in the neck (2); a lower ring (9) fixed axially to the neck (2); a hinge device that connects the cap (1) to the lower ring (9), including the capping device in addition a cap locking device (1) configured to lock the cap (1) in an open tilted position, including such a locking device a bead (22) which is formed, between the two blades (11, 12), and which is configured to rest against the neck (2) of the container when the cap (1) is in the open tilted position, the heel (22) has an internal face where at least one of the ribs of the helical thread series (7) is formed.
US11718449B2	Bag having integral handle A bag includes a header, a body, a seal positioned between the header and the body, and an integral handle. The integral handle includes a central portion, a first end portion including a first end first branch and a first end second branch, and a second end portion including a second end first branch and a second end second branch. The header includes a top end generally opposing the seal. The handle is positioned between the top end and the seal. The handle is perforated, scored or cut. The first end portion and the second end portion are located at each end of the central portion.
US11718443B2	Containers for transporting items and methods of arranging such containers Containers for storing and transporting items such as but not limited to traditional disposable aluminum pans, and methods of arranging such containers. A first container includes a base panel, four side panels coupled to the base panel, two cover panels pivotally coupled to two of the side panels, and two top panels pivotally coupled to the other two side panels. A second container includes a base panel, four side panels coupled to the base panel, two cover panels pivotally coupled to two of the side panels, a top panel pivotally coupled to another of the side panels, a front panel pivotally coupled to the top panel, and a separation panel pivotally coupled to the last of the side panels. The containers are configured to be arranged in assembled configurations that define enclosed compartments suitable for storing items.
US11718441B2	Resin container Provided is a resin container for a water server, the container including an upper surface portion where a liquid inlet and outlet portion is formed, a side surface portion connected to the upper surface portion, and a bottom surface portion disposed on a side opposite to the upper surface portion and connected to the side surface portion. A round corner surface portion is formed to the side surface portion such that the container has a polygonal shape with round corners when the container is viewed from an upper surface portion side. A wall thickness of a shoulder portion of the upper surface portion which is defined between the round corner surface portion of the side surface portion and the inlet and outlet portion is larger than a wall thickness of a portion of the upper surface portion which is adjacent to the shoulder portion.
US11718440B2	Wine bottle with cork retainer and re-use features A wine bottle is provided with a punt at a lower end which includes a cork retainer therein. A cork can thus be stored within the cork retainer. In one embodiment, the cork retainer includes two retainer surfaces which are opposing each other horizontally, and spaced apart by a length similar to opposing portions of the cork to allow the cork to fit tightly between these retainer surfaces. Space above the retainer surfaces can hold a foil wrap with the cork within the cork retainer and holding the foil wrap in place. Full re-use of the bottle is thus facilitated. In one embodiment, the bottle has an octagonal shape so that multiple bottles can be shipped together and placed adjacent each other with flat surfaces distributing loads therebetween, without forces concentrated at points thereof, and to keep the bottles in good shape for washing, refilling and re-use.
US11718439B2	Container pressure base A polymeric container formed from a preform and configured for storing a commodity under pressure. A base of the container includes a standing ring configured to support the container upright when the standing ring is seated on a planar standing surface. A curved diaphragm of the base extends from the standing surface to a center of the base. A plurality of dimples are defined by the base and are evenly spaced apart along the standing surface.
US11718438B1	Fuel additive bottle for use with capless diesel fuel system A fuel additive bottle has a neck and thread pattern that allows insertion into a capless diesel fuel system so the bottle's contents can be poured by gravity into a fuel tank. The neck of the bottle is elongated and has a diameter of approximately 0.932 inches, and the novel thread pattern includes thread interruptions that form two or four threadless paths. In use, the spring loaded tabs of a capless fuel system are depressed by the threadless path portion of bottle, thereby triggering the self-sealing mechanism to open, so the fluid receiving aperture is exposed. The use of the threadless paths facilitates the safe and easy entry and removal of the bottle from the capless fuel system.
US11718435B2	Pack to pouch systems A method includes separating a portion of a flattened tube of stock packing material to a custom length to form a pouch pre-form and closing a first end of the pouch pre-form leaving a second end of the pouch pre-form open. The method can include placing product into the pouch pre-form and closing the one open end of the pouch pre-form to form a closed pouch containing the product.
US11718434B2	Packaging device A packaging device and a packaging method are disclosed in which, in a provisioning section, a plurality of folding boxes is arranged with the main cover flap projecting upward from a folding box shell, in which the folding boxes, in order to form a folding box group are conveyed in a first conveying direction from the provisioning section to a filling preparation section, with an offset device offsetting at least one of the folding boxes in a direction extending orthogonally to the first conveying direction by a predetermined offset distance and in which the folding box group is transferred along a second conveying direction from the filling preparation section to the filling section.
US11718430B2	Sealing tool for strap A tool for sealing overlying courses of a strap that includes a gripping unit, a power supply unit detachably affixed to one end of the gripping unit, and a motor in the gripping unit. A cam is coupled to the motor and a notching unit is coupled to the cam by a plurality of linkages.
US11718429B2	Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.
US11718427B1	Volumetric isobaric filling system A new fluid fill piston pump device comprising a piston chamber defined by an inner surface. Inside this piston chamber is an oscillating piston having an outer surface forming a sliding seal to the inner surface of the piston chamber. The oscillating piston separates the piston chamber into a gas chamber and a fluid chamber such that the sum of the two chambers remains the same as the piston oscillates changing the volume of the two chambers in opposition. As fluid is pumped into the container from the fluid chamber of the piston chamber, gas is drawn from the container into the gas chamber in the same action.
US11718425B2	Spacecraft systems airlock for international space station access and interface and methods of operation Embodiments provide a spacecraft airlock system. Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for attaching space exposed payloads to a space station. The spacecraft airlock system provides a defined volume of space payload to the international space station. The airlock further includes a means of attaching to a space station, a closed structure attached to said means, said means of attaching is capable of robotic manipulation, and a cooling system for cooling payload components within said closed structure.
US11718421B2	Thermal management system for structures in space An antenna assembly has a solar layer having one or more solar cells generating solar power, an antenna layer connected to the solar layer and having electronic components utilizing the solar power generated by the solar layer, and a thermal dissipation device dissipating heat locally at the antenna assembly. A large number of antenna assemblies are connected to form an antenna array in which heat is generated locally at each antenna assembly and dissipated locally at each antenna assembly.
US11718419B2	Aircraft inspection systems and methods An aircraft inspection system is configured to inspect one or more components of an aircraft before a flight. The aircraft inspection system includes an inspection robot that is configured to inspect the component(s) of the aircraft. The inspection robot includes a conveying sub-system that is configured to efficiently move the inspection robot to different locations, and a sensing sub-system including one or more sensors that are configured to sense one or more characteristics of the component(s) during an inspection. The sensing sub-system is configured to record the characteristic(s) as inspection data.
US11718418B2	Determining servicability and remaining life of an in-service structure using three-dimensional scan data According to an embodiment, three-dimensional (3D) scan data representative of an in-service structure that is captured by a scanning device is accessed by a processor circuit. Based on the 3D scan data, in-service computer-aided design (CAD) data representative of an in-service surface corresponding to the in-service structure is generated by the processor circuit. Based on the in-service CAD data representative of the in-service surface, at least one of a serviceability level or remaining life estimate of the in-service structure is determined.
US11718415B2	Energy autonomous aircraft evacuation slide systems and methods A self-powered, wireless lighting system for an aircraft evacuation system. The lighting system includes a piezoelectric sensor configured to generate electrical energy under an aircraft evacuation event when the aircraft evacuation system is deployed, and a first light source disposed on the aircraft evacuation system, the first light source configured to provide illumination to the aircraft evacuation system. The piezoelectric sensor is operably connected to the first light source and configured to supply electrical energy to the light source based on vibrations in the evacuation system during deployment of the evacuation system and during use of the evacuation system as passengers evacuate the aircraft.
US11718408B2	Electric power system for powerplants of a multi-engine aircraft A multi-engine aircraft that includes two or more powerplants, each including an electric motor, and an electric power system controlling electrical distribution and operatively connected to the electric motors. The electric power system includes primary battery packs operatively connected to the electric motor of a respective one of the two or more powerplants, a reserve battery pack, and a switch interconnecting the reserve battery pack and the electric motors. The reserve battery pack is shared by the electric motors by the switch and configured such that the reserve battery pack provides electric power to a selected one of the electric motors.
US11718406B2	Cockpit of an airplane and method of operating an airplane A cockpit for an airplane having, in a plan view, an aft direction, a central longitudinal axis parallel to the aft direction and a rear axis perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis. The cockpit as seen in the plan view comprises: a first seat having a first seating surface with a first seat rear edge passing through an intersection between the longitudinal and rear axes, the first seat being disposed within the cockpit and configured so as to allow a pilot sitting on the first seating surface to perform pre-determined primary pilot functions; and a second seat having a second seating surface with a second seat rear edge. The second seat has: an operational state, in which the second seat is disposed within the cockpit and configured so as to allow operational seating of a pilot on the second seating surface to perform pre-determined secondary pilot functions, the second seat rear edge being at an operational distance from the rear axis; and at least one non-operational state, in which the operational seating of the secondary pilot is disabled, the at least one non-operational state comprising a resting state in which the footprint of the second seat in plan view is longer in at least one dimension than the footprint of the second seat in the operational state, allowing a lying-down position of the secondary pilot.
US11718404B2	Container for aerial delivery of goods A container for dropping from an aerial vehicle in flight comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, a plurality of side walls, and a plurality of air brakes comprising flat panels. A plurality of side air brakes, wherein each side air brake is connected to a corresponding side wall at or near an upper edge thereof, is freely pivotable around a side air brake pivot axis at or near the upper edge of the corresponding side wall from a passive position, in which the side air brake extends substantially parallel to the corresponding side wall, to a deployed position, in which the side air brake extends substantially transversely relative to the corresponding side wall, by air flowing between the side air brake and the corresponding side wall. A top air brake is connected, with one edge thereof, to the upper wall or one of the side walls, and configured to extend substantially transversely from the upper wall to tilt the container during dropping around a horizontal axis for pivoting the side air brakes from the passive position thereof to the deployed position thereof.
US11718403B2	Extremely quiet short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft An extremely quiet short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft includes: two wings, wherein each wing comprises an engine system; a fuselage structurally connected to each wing; and a ducted fan thruster positioned on the fuselage in an orientation that is rotated relative to the typical orientation on a helicopter. An extremely quiet STOL aircraft includes: two wings, wherein each wing comprises an engine system; a fuselage structurally connected to each wing; channel shrouds surrounding at least one of the engine systems; and a ducted fan thruster positioned on the fuselage. An extremely quiet STOL aircraft includes: two wings, wherein each wing comprises an engine system, the engine system comprising two engine dual packs; a fuselage structurally connected to each wing; and a ducted fan thruster positioned on the fuselage.
US11718397B2	Electric tiltrotor aircraft Embodiments include an aircraft comprising a fuselage; a wing connected to the fuselage; and first and second propulsion systems connected to the wing on opposite sides of the fuselage, wherein at least a portion of each of the first and second propulsion systems and at least a portion of the wing are tiltable between a first position in which the aircraft is in a hover mode and a second position in which the aircraft is in a cruise mode, wherein each of the propulsion systems includes pylon and a rotor assembly comprising a plurality of rotor blades.
US11718389B2	Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft Methods and apparatus to recover rotorcraft are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a rotor of a vehicle, a rotatable hub to support the rotor, and a rotor hook disposed on the rotor. The rotor hook has a groove to receive a recovery line. The rotor is to contact the recovery line when the vehicle is flown toward the recovery line.
US11718385B2	Panels for obstructing air flow through apertures in an aircraft wing Apparatus for improving flow characteristics around aircraft wings by obstructing air flow through an aperture formed in a wing skin for a movable duct or track are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substantially rigid panel movable at least partially across the aperture for at least partially occluding the aperture and for accommodating movement of a slat track extending through the aperture. In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hinged panel configured to swing outwardly from an outer side of the wing skin toward an open position to accommodate movement of an anti-icing duct extending through the aperture and to swing toward a closed position at least partially occluding the aperture.
US11718384B2	Hat-stringer assemblies for an aircraft and methods of forming same A hat-stringer assembly for an aircraft comprises a hat stringer with a first hat-stringer leg, a second hat-stringer leg, a first hat-stringer sidewall, a connecting wall, a second hat-stringer sidewall, and a ventilation opening, extending through the connecting wall. The hat stringer assembly also comprises a fitting, comprising a first channel member in contact with the first hat-stringer sidewall and the first hat-stringer leg. The fitting also comprises a second channel member in contact with the second hat-stringer sidewall and the second hat-stringer leg. The fitting further comprises a web cap, in contact with the first channel member and the second channel member. The web cap comprises a web-cap opening, which is in fluidic communication with the ventilation opening.
US11718383B2	Joint structure for bathroom door body of airplane bathroom unit A joining structure of a door panel for a lavatory of an aircraft lavatory unit is provided. A plurality of pairs of end surfaces of a structural frame side hinge portion end surface and a door panel side hinge portion end surface facing each other in the vertical direction are alternately provided at intervals in the vertical direction. Bearing members each formed in a cylindrical shape and including a shaft insertion hole are disposed between at least two pairs of end surfaces adjacent to each other in the vertical direction, of the plurality of pairs of end surfaces. Both surfaces of the bearing member are in contact with each of the two pairs of end surfaces.
US11718382B2	Aircraft door with additional safety lift Aircraft door (1) having: an opening panel (2) provided with engagement abutments (26); a frame (3) intended to be attached to the fuselage (4) of the aircraft and including engagement counter-abutments (27); a hinge arm (5); a lifting lever (10); and a rotary control lever (20) which can be operated in a disengagement direction in order to unlock the opening panel (2). The door includes a one-way operating rod (18) which connects the control lever (20) to the lifting lever (10) and is designed to drive the lifting lever (10) only when the control lever (20) is actuated in the direction of disengagement.
US11718381B2	Transmission for hybrid propulsion system A transmission system for a hybrid power plant, such as a hybrid propulsion system of a marine vessel, is described. The transmission is configured to selectively couple a primary mover and/or a secondary mover to an output of the transmission for providing a power output, and optionally selectively couple the primary mover to the secondary mover, decoupling the output, for electrical energy generation in a compact and light-weight design.
US11718380B2	Bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat includes a horizontal portion, a vertical portion that provides a vertical surface that matches an angle of the vessel transom, generally. The horizontal portion includes an enclosure. The vertical portion forms a transom-facing surface in a plane that is generally at a right angle relative to a horizontal plane, within a small range of angles. The transom-facing surface can angled to match the angle of the transom of a boat to which the thruster bracket is mounted. A thruster is mounted to the thruster bracket on a rotatable thruster mount that allows the thruster to be rotated in a generally horizontal plane relative to the bracket and the vessel to facilitate low speed maneuvering.
US11718379B2	Equipment for the reversible conversion of a sailboat hull into a rowing boat Equipment for the conversion of a sailboat hull, having a substantially rectangular cockpit, into a rowing boat includes a frame that is substantially rectangular. Such frame is shaped to be arranged with the two major sides at the two major sides of the cockpit and is provided with a removable locking system of the frame to the hull of the boat. Two cantilever members jut out beyond the sides of the hull and are connected to the frame at one end and are provided with rowlocks on the other end. A seat is also provided, slidable along at least one couple of guides parallel to the major sides of the frame.
US11718366B2	Pedal for bicycles A pedal for bicycles comprising: a pedal-pin which extends along a reference axis, a pedal-body that comprises a hub coupled in a freely rotatable manner on the pedal-pin, an electronic measurement circuit firmly coupled to the pedal-pin to provide electrical measurement signals indicative of the deformation of the pedal-pin, a mechanical clamping member comprising: a first clamping element which is arranged on the pedal-pin to rotate around the reference axis and is positioned in abutment against a shoulder of the pedal-pin in order to be axially clamped along said axis), and a second clamping element that firmly couples the hub to the first clamping element so that the hub is axially clamped to the pedal-pin.
US11718365B2	Vehicle with pedals movable along sliders Vehicle includes a frame, a seat arranged on the frame, a wheel rotatably mounted on the frame, an elongate directional slider, a pedal on the directional slider that slides between first and second positions, a main drive chain connected to the first wheel, a main drive sprocket that rotates the main drive chain and thus the first wheel, a flywheel that rotates the main drive sprocket, and an energy generating system that converts sliding of the pedal on the directional slider into rotational force to rotate the flywheel. The energy generating system may include a first electrical coil assembly connected to the pedal, a second electrical coil assembly in connection with the directional slider and that cooperates with the first electrical coil assembly to cause generation of electricity, and an electrical motor that is powered by the generated electricity and is coupled to the flywheel to rotate the flywheel.
US11718362B2	Crown air volume A crown assembly including at least one crown fluid chamber having a first volume, and a fork side opening for fluidly coupling the at least one crown fluid chamber with at least one fluid spring chamber of a fork leg to provide an additional amount of available fluid volume to the at least one fluid spring chamber.
US11718354B2	Vehicle with body panel including flexible fabric An example vehicle includes a frame and a body panel attached to the frame and providing an exterior surface of the vehicle. The body panel includes a flexible fabric material. This provides a number of benefits, including providing a resilient, lightweight, and customizable body panel. These and other benefits will be appreciated from the detailed description and drawings.
US11718353B2	Hybrid material vehicle panel and methods of making the same The present disclosure relates to a hybrid material panel assembly for a vehicle. The panel assembly includes a panel and a plurality of mounting flanges integrally formed with the panel. The panel is formed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The plurality of mounting flanges are formed of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, where each of the plurality of mounting flanges include a mounting area that defines a mounting surface and at least one mounting hole. The first coefficient of thermal expansion is greater than the second coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11718352B2	Vehicle engine cradle structure A vehicle engine cradle structure includes a front member, a rear assembly and a side member. The front member extends in a vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard end and a second outboard end. The rear assembly extends in the vehicle lateral direction and has a first outboard area and a second outboard area opposite the first outboard area. The first side member has a first forward end, a first rearward end and a first forward outboard portion all being formed as a single monolithic unitary element. The first forward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard end of the front member. The first rearward end is fixedly attached to the first outboard area of the rear assembly. The first forward outboard portion extends in an outboard direction from the first outboard end of the front member defining an off-center impact area.
US11718350B2	Vehicle body side structure This vehicle body side structure includes: side sills provided at both end portions of a floor section in a width direction of a vehicle and extending in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle; a pillar extending upward from each of the side sills and having a pillar outer provided on an outside in the width direction of the vehicle; a crushing member provided on an inside in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pillar outer, having a lower portion joined to the side sill, and extending upward; an impactor which is provided above the crushing member, which is joined to an inside of the pillar outer in the width direction of the vehicle, and in which the impactor and the crushing member at least partially overlap in an upward/downward direction; and a seatbelt winding device provided on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the crushing member and disposed inside an accommodation concave section formed in the impactor.
US11718341B2	Vehicle driver assistance system A vehicle driver assistance system includes: a steering assist torque generation device configured to generate steering assist torque; a control device configured to control the steering assist torque generation device; and a switch configured to switch a steering mode between a manual steering mode and an automatic steering mode. The manual steering mode is a mode in which steered wheels are steered as a driver operates a steering wheel. The automatic steering mode is a mode in which the steered wheels are steered by the steering assist torque generated by the steering assist torque generation device.
US11718340B2	Actuator leadscrew assembly for steering column An actuator leadscrew assembly is provided. The assembly includes a leadscrew shaft extending longitudinally. The assembly also includes a first bearing pressed over the leadscrew shaft. The assembly further includes a housing pressed over the leadscrew shaft and in abutment with the first bearing. The assembly yet further includes a second bearing pressed over the leadscrew shaft and in abutment with the housing. The assembly also includes a retaining ring disposed over the leadscrew shaft retaining the second bearing.
US11718338B2	Stroller with heating and cooling seat A stroller includes a frame, a handle, a plurality of support legs, a wheel attached to a lower end of each support leg, and a seat attached to the frame. The seat includes an internal Peltier device for selectively heating or cooling the seat. The Peltier device is powered via an onboard battery installed in an electronics housing that includes multiple USB ports. A blanket is removably secured to the seat via one or more fasteners. A processor in the electronics housing performs a method that includes activating the Peltier device to bring the seat to a preset temperature, receiving a temperature setting for the Peltier device from a temperature control button disposed on the handle, detecting a current temperature of an area within the seat, and if the current temperature of the area within the seat is greater than a threshold safe upper temperature, then deactivating the Peltier device.
US11718334B1	Cart configured to carry vehicle doors and vehicle roofs A cart configured to carry vehicle doors and vehicle roofs includes a bottom frame, a top frame, three front vertical rods, three rear vertical rods, a middle frame, three moving rods, two inner chassis, two side chassis, a rear chassis, and a plurality of universal wheels. The bottom frame includes a front bottom rod, a rear bottom rod, a left bottom rod, and a right bottom rod. The front bottom rod, the rear bottom rod, the left bottom rod, and the right bottom rod are connected end to end. Each two adjacent bottom rods of the bottom frame are detachably installed and connected through a first corner brace and first T-shaped screws. The top frame is arranged directly above the bottom frame. A shape and a size of the top frame are same as a shape and a size of the bottom frame.
US11718331B2	Non-national standard turnout drive system based on double 2-vote-2 architecture The disclosure relates to a non-national standard turnout drive system based on a double 2-vote-2 architecture, including an interlocking processing subsystem IPS, an interlocking maintenance station SDM, a non-national standard turnout drive module HIOM and an interlocking maintenance station SDM, wherein the non-national standard turnout drive module HIOM, a full-electronic communication module EIOCOM2, and the interlocking processing subsystem IPS are connected with each other in order, and the full-electronic communication module EIOCOM2 is connected to the interlocking maintenance station SDM; two non-national standard turnout drive module HIOMs, which are mutually redundant, obtain turnout drive commands through the interlocking processing subsystem IPS to control drive relays in a non-national standard turnout to lift and fall for driving the turnout to rotate toward a specified direction, while collecting representation information of the turnout and determining a position of the turnout. Compared with the prior art, the disclosure has advantages of high reliability and strong maintainability.
US11718330B2	Controlled roof drainage via the bellows A gangway bellow includes an outer bellow presenting corrugations forming a plurality of valleys presenting each a valley top portion facing upwardly and connected at each end to a valley top corner forming a junction between the valley top portion and a respective bellow side. The gangway bellow further includes at least one drainage channel so that liquid accumulating into at least one of the valley top portions flows through the at least one drainage channel along the respective bellow side.
US11718328B2	Method and device for supporting an attentiveness and/or driving readiness of a driver during an automated driving operation of a vehicle A method for supporting an attentiveness and/or driving readiness of a driver during automated driving operation of a vehicle, including computing a failure probability value using at least one read-in map information signal, environmental condition signal, and/or probability signal. The failure probability value represents a failure probability of a driver assistance system for performing an automated driving operation. The probability signal represents an error probability and/or failure probability of at least one vehicle sensor of the driver assistance system. The method also includes determining a comparison parameter in response to the computed failure probability value, the comparison parameter representing the result of a comparison of an extent of a necessary driving requirement on the traveled travel route of the vehicle to a degree of instantaneous driver attentiveness. The method also includes providing an advance warning signal in response to the determined comparison parameter.
US11718326B2	Apparatus for controlling automated driving, and method thereof The present invention relates to an autonomous driving control apparatus and an autonomous driving control method, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides the autonomous driving control apparatus including: a driver seating sensor configured to recognize whether or not the driver is seated; a driver monitoring device configured to recognize whether a driver is looking ahead; and a processor configured to determine whether control authority is switchable for activating an autonomous driving control function based on sensing results of the driver seating sensor and the driver monitoring device.
US11718322B2	Risk based assessment A method for risk based processing, the method may include detecting, based on first sensed information sensed at a first period, a suspected risk within an environment of a vehicle; selecting, from reference information, a situation related subset of the reference information, wherein the situation related subset of the reference information is related to the situation; selecting, from reference information, a suspected risk related subset reference information, wherein the potential risk related subset of the reference information is related to the potential risk; and determining whether the suspected risk is an actual risk, based at least on part on the suspected risk related subset reference information.
US11718320B1	Using transmission sensor(s) in localization of an autonomous vehicle Systems and methods for using transmission sensor(s) in localization of an autonomous vehicle (“AV”) are described herein. Some implementations receive instance(s) of transmission sensor data generated by transmission sensor(s) of the AV, generate pose instance(s) of a pose of the AV based on the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data, and cause the AV to be controlled based on the pose instance(s). In some of those implementations, the pose instance(s) can be generated based on steering data the AV that indicates steering angle(s) of the autonomous, and that temporally correspond to the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data. In various implementations, the pose instance(s) may only be generated or utilized based on the instance(s) of the transmission sensor data (and optionally the steering data) in response to detecting an adverse event at the AV.
US11718315B2	Periodically mapping calibration scene for calibrating autonomous vehicle sensors A sensor calibration system periodically receives scene data from a detector in a calibration scene. The calibration scene includes calibration targets. The sensor calibration system generates a calibration map based on the scene data. The calibration map is a virtual representation of the calibration scene and includes features of the calibration targets that can be used as ground truth features for calibrating AV sensors. The sensor calibration system can periodically update the calibration map. For instance, the sensor calibration system receives the scene data at a predetermined frequency and updates the calibration map every time it receives new scene data. The predetermined frequency may be a frequency of the detector completing a full scan of the calibration scene. The sensor calibration system provides a latest version of the calibration map for being used by an AV to calibrate a sensor on the AV 110.
US11718310B2	Device and method for controlling updates of ECUs of vehicle A device and a method for controlling updates of ECUs of a vehicle are provided. A communication device receives a request for associated software updates of electronic control units (ECUs) arranged within a vehicle, and a controller determines whether to start the vehicle based on a state of charge (SOC) of a battery. The controller performs updates of ECUs in a first group in a start on state of the vehicle, and performs updates of ECUs in a second group in a start off state of the vehicle to complete a software update for a function involving the plurality of ECUs.
US11718306B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring sample deviation data, and electronic device The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for acquiring sample deviation data and an electric device, which relate to the fields of artificial intelligence technology, automatic driving technology, intelligent transportation technology and deep learning technology. The specific implementation solution is: in case of acquiring the sample deviation data, a first driving behavior parameter of a vehicle and a second driving behavior parameter of the vehicle in a simulated automatic driving mode are respectively acquired in the manual driving mode; and it is determined whether there is a deviation between the first driving behavior parameter and the second driving behavior parameter, and if there is a deviation, the vehicle is controlled to acquire the sample deviation data within a preset time period.
US11718305B2	Evaluating driving control systems for elegant driving In particular embodiments, a computing system may determine a measured driving characteristic of a driving control system based on observations of vehicles driven by the driving control system. The system may determine a difference between the measured driving characteristic and a target driving characteristic, which is based on objectivations of one or more manually controlled vehicles. The system may determine an evaluation objective for the driving control system. The system may determine a weight function for the evaluation objective. The system may determine a score for the driving control system with respect to the evaluation objective by weighting the difference between the measured driving characteristic and the target driving characteristic using the weight function. The system may apply, based on the score, an adjustment to the driving control system to reduce a difference between a subsequently measured driving characteristic of the driving control system and the target driving characteristic.
US11718302B2	System and method for increasing upshift engine torque A drive train control method includes transmitting a total time period of a stroke phase and a torque phase of an upshift from a transmission control unit of an automatic transmission to an engine control unit of an engine. The method also includes closing a first shift element of the automatic transmission and opening a second shift element of the automatic transmission during the upshift. A control pressure of the first shift element increases during the torque phase relative to the control pressure of the first shift element at an end of the stroke phase. A control pressure of the second shift element decreases during the torque phase relative to the control pressure of the second shift element at the end of the stroke phase. The method further includes, based at least in part on the total time period of the stroke and torque phases, increasing an actual torque of the engine during the upshift such that the actual torque of the engine increases to a higher gear torque prior to an end of the torque phase.
US11718294B2	Lane departure prevention control apparatus for vehicle A lane departure prevention control apparatus includes a recognizer that recognizes environment ahead of a vehicle and detects left and right lane markers of a lane where the vehicle is traveling based on the environment, a first detector that detects vehicle behavior, a determiner that predicts whether the vehicle will depart from the lane markers based on the lane markers and the vehicle behavior, a setting unit that sets a range for permitting lane departure prevention control from the lane markers, a calculator that transmits a signal corresponding to steering torque for preventing the vehicle departure from the lane markers to a steering controller when the vehicle departs from the lane markers and the vehicle is within the control permission range, and a second detector that detects a shape change in the lane. The unit variably sets the control permission range based on the shape change.
US11718293B2	Driver assistance apparatus In accordance with an aspect of a driver assistance system includes a radar sensor installed in a vehicle, having a side sensing field of view of the vehicle, and configured to acquire side sensing data; and a controller including a processor configured to process the side sensing data; and the controller may be configured to estimate motion state of a moving object at the side of the vehicle based on applying the side sensing data to at least one of a first estimation model and a second estimation model.
US11718291B2	Vehicular collision avoidance system A vehicular collision avoidance system includes a forward-viewing camera viewing through the windshield at least forward of the equipped vehicle, a rearward-sensing radar sensor sensing at least rearward of the equipped vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The vehicular collision avoidance system detects vehicles present forward and/or rearward of the equipped vehicle. Responsive to data processing of radar data captured by the rearward-sensing radar sensor, the vehicular collision avoidance system detects another vehicle approaching the equipped vehicle from the rear, determines distance between the equipped vehicle and the other vehicle, and determines speed difference between the equipped vehicle and the other vehicle. Based at least in part on the determined distance between the equipped vehicle and the other vehicle and the determined speed difference between the equipped vehicle and the other vehicle, the vehicular collision avoidance system controls the equipped vehicle to mitigate impact by the other vehicle.
US11718289B2	Collision avoidance device, vehicle having the same and method of controlling the vehicle A vehicle acquires position information of the obstacle, identifies a collision point that may collide with the obstacle based on the acquired position information of the obstacle, controls one of steering and braking based on the position information of the identified collision point, and when controlling the steering, acquires a collision avoidance margin distance value corresponding to the position information of the identified collision point, predicts the collision position based on the position information of the obstacle and the information detected by the velocity detector, acquires a distance value between the predicted collision position and the current position, acquires a lateral movement distance value based on the acquired distance value and a preset turning radius of the vehicle, acquires a steering angle based on the acquired lateral movement distance value and the acquired collision avoidance margin distance value and controls steering based on the acquired steering angle.
US11718287B2	Automated system and method for parking a commercial vehicle A system for automatically parking a commercial vehicle comprises a service brake system having at least one braking valve, a braking controller for controlling the service brake system, and an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) controller. The ADAS controller communicates with the braking controller and requests activation of the service brakes of the commercial vehicle until the vehicle is stationary. The braking controller, in response to the ADAS controller requesting activation of the service brakes, determines the commercial vehicle should remain stationary and activates at least one braking valve to exhaust system pressure to mechanically park the vehicle.
US11718286B2	Method for controlling a parking process A method of controlling a parking process of a vehicle includes the following steps: identifying a driver; learning driver parameters during a manual parking process performed by the driver, and associating the driver parameters with the identified driver; determining parking parameters based on the driver parameters; and controlling, based on the parking parameters, an autonomous parking process of the vehicle performed by a parking assistance system.
US11718285B2	Device and method for improving turning motion of vehicle A device and a method for improving a turning motion of a vehicle may improve turning stability by cooperative control of an electric motor and the electronic controlled suspension (ECS) and improve behavior stability by optimizing a pitch/roll behavior by allowing realization of a target yaw moment required to improve turning characteristic of the vehicle to be reinforced by not only a yaw moment directly generated by a braking torque or a driving torque of the electric motor, but also a yaw moment indirectly generated by a load movement caused by controlling a damping force of the electronic controlled suspension (ECS).
US11718280B2	Actuating apparatus for a motor vehicle brake An actuating device for a motor vehicle brake may include an actuating device/brake pedal, a pressure supply device driven by an electric motor, a (master) piston-cylinder unit that may be actuated by the actuating device, and which is connected hydraulically with a fluid reservoir, a valve assembly for wheel-specifically adjusting brake pressures and for connecting or disconnecting the wheel brakes to/from the pressure supply device and the piston-cylinder unit, an electronic control unit, and one or more sensor devices that may be used to provide sense various conditions and to provide inputs to the electronic control unit.
US11718278B2	Low profile wheel chock Provided is a chocking device, including a frame, a plate, and a stop. The frame has an uppermost surface and a lowermost surface opposite the uppermost surface. The plate has a contact surface and is movable between a first position, wherein a portion of the contact surface is substantially coextensive with the uppermost surface of the frame, and a second position, wherein the portion of the contact surface is between the uppermost and lowermost surface of the frame. The stop is coupled to the frame and arranged in direct contact with the plate. The stop is rotatable such that movement of the plate from the first position to the second position rotates the stop from a first to a second stop position. The plate is movable such that the contact surface is substantially parallel when the plate is in the first and second positions.
US11718274B2	Systems and methods for thermal management of vehicle sensor devices Methods and systems for thermal management of sensors of a vehicle. The system includes a processor and a sensor cleaning subsystem including a cleaning fluid reservoir and a port that is positioned to direct cleaning fluid from the reservoir to a vehicle sensor. The processor is configured to: receive temperature data corresponding to the sensor from a temperature monitor, determine that a current temperature of the sensor is greater than a first threshold temperature, and cause the sensor cleaning subsystem to initiate a cleaning cycle and direct the cleaning fluid to the sensor to cool down the sensor in response to determining that the current temperature of the sensor is greater than the first threshold temperature.
US11718271B2	System and method to defrost a windshield One general aspect includes a system having one or more heat pads installed at a vehicle, the one or more heat pads configured to provide infrared energy transmissions to a vehicle component to defrost, defog, or both defrost and defog a surface of the vehicle component. The system may also carry out the following steps: (a) determining that ice or fog or both ice and fog has accumulated on the surface of the vehicle component; and (b) based on the determination made in step (a), activating the one or more heat pads to defrost, defog, or both defrost and defog a surface of the vehicle component.
US11718269B2	System and method for device tracking and contactless order delivery and pick up The present technology discloses methods, non-transitory computer-readable media, and systems for generating, for a transaction, a transaction code, wherein the transaction code includes a temporary key allowing access to a vehicle at a delivery location; sending, to a merchant device, the transaction code; sending, to the merchant device, an alert that the vehicle has arrived at the delivery location, wherein the temporary key is used to access the vehicle for placing a product inside the vehicle; receiving a notification that the product has been placed inside the vehicle; and disabling the temporary key.
US11718261B2	Vehicle passenger protection system comprising an airbag module A vehicle occupant protection system for a convertible includes an airbag disposed in the door. The airbag has a lower cell area, an upper cell area, and an intermediate area. The intermediate area, in a filled state of the airbag has a smaller thickness than the lower cell area and/or the upper cell area. A positioning strap has one end fastened to the vehicle at a fastening location, and a second end fastened to a fastening point at the intermediate area. A length of the positioning strap between the fastening location and the fastening point is configured to be shorter than a length of an airbag fabric between a lower edge of the airbag and the intermediate area of the airbag.
US11718260B2	Vehicle occupant protection device A vehicle occupant protection device includes: an airbag main body that includes a front-rear chamber that is deployed to a seat front side along a side of a head of an occupant by a gas ejected from an inflator operated when a collision of a vehicle is detected or predicted, and a tip end chamber that is deployed inward in a seat width direction from an end portion of the front-rear chamber on the seat front side; and a headrest that includes a main body portion that supports the head of the occupant from a seat rear side, and a side portion that is provided on at least a side of the main body portion, that protrudes to the seat front side until a deployment of the front-rear chamber is completed, and that is interposed between the front-rear chamber and the head of the occupant.
US11718258B2	Occupant protection device for vehicle An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes right and left bag bodies and an inflator. The right and left bag bodies are accommodated along at least both right and left side portions of a seat back portion of a seat of the vehicle. Each of the right and left bag bodies is configured to be deployed between both ends thereof fixed to the seat. The inflator is configured to deploy the right and left bag bodies. Each of the right and left bag bodies is accommodated in a state of being wound with the both ends located outside. The right and left bag bodies are configured to be deployed in such a manner that the right and left bag bodies are unwound from a state of being accommodated to reach positions in front of an upper body of an occupant to be seated on the seat.
US11718255B2	System and method for radar-based determination of a number of passengers inside a vehicle passenger compartment A method of operating a radar sensor system for determining a number of passengers in a vehicle passenger compartment. The radar sensor system includes at least one radar transmitting antenna and at least one radar receiving antenna and an evaluation and control unit for evaluating Doppler information from the received radar waves. The method includes: transmitting radar waves towards the vehicle passenger compartment; receiving radar waves reflected by a passenger or by passengers being present in the vehicle passenger compartment; generating received radar signals from the received radar waves; mathematically decomposing the received radar signals into a plurality of received signal components; providing values of the received signal components regarding a characteristic parameter to a classifier trained with a plurality of scenarios; identifying one of trained scenarios, based on the provided values; and generating an output signal indicative of the identified scenario.
US11718250B2	Transportation vehicle electrical system, method for operating a transportation vehicle electrical system, and safety device for a transportation vehicle electrical system A transportation vehicle on-board power supply system, a method, and a fuse device. The transportation vehicle on-board power supply system includes a battery, consumers, a primary fuse and paths via which the primary fuse, is electrically coupled in series with each one of the consumers, wherein each path has at least one secondary fuse. The primary fuse and the secondary fuses are reversible fuses and a control device of the transportation vehicle on-board power supply system accesses the fuses. The control device determines whether a fault has arisen in the transportation vehicle on-board power supply system, the fault satisfying a triggering criterion at least for one of the fuses having at least two of the paths, and selectively actuates the fuses so the fault-free paths are identified and the fuses in the fault-free paths are switched on again.
US11718245B2	Noise mitigation hood Systems and apparatuses include a hood for a machine including a noise inhibitor housing inhibiting transmission of noise in a horizontal plane from the machine, and a noise diffusive panel supported by the noise inhibitor housing and structured to release noise upward.
US11718244B2	Trim part A trim part for a motor vehicle, having a support part made from a thermoplastic material and having a cover part which has a visible surface and is connected at least sectionally to a fastening element opposite the visible surface, wherein the cover part is formed from a glass.
US11718242B2	Vehicle lighting and display systems using switchable opaque film An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a transparent lighting source, a switchable opaque film bonded to the transparent lighting source to provide a vehicle component, and an electrical connection that connects to the transparent lighting source and the switchable opaque film such that the switchable opaque film is electrically controlled to switch between an opaque state and a transparent state. A control unit independently controls the switchable opaque film and the transparent lighting source based on a predetermined application for the vehicle component.
US11718240B2	All-terrain vehicle An all-terrain vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame, an outer body supported by the frame, and a cargo rack pivotably coupled to the outer body. The cargo rack is moveably between a closed position and an opened position and includes a hinge assembly comprising hinge leaves and a removable hinge pin.
US11718237B2	Sliding type glove box A sliding type glove box is proposed. The sliding type glove box includes a housing mounted to a dashboard, a plurality of rails provided inside the housing, and a storage part configured to be ejected in a sliding manner while being moved along the rails, wherein the rails include: outer rails mounted to the housing; and inner rails configured to be movable along the outer rails and connected to a lower portion of the storage part, wherein each of the outer rails has a stopper removably provided thereon to limit a moving distance of the storage part.
US11718229B2	Image processing device and image processing method The image processing device acquires feature quantities (maximum value, minimum value, average value, histogram, etc.) of the entire area (GA) of the image and feature quantities of each local area (LA) of the image from the input image, and calculates a plurality of modulation gain values (gamma correction curves) for GA and each LA. Furthermore, the image processing device determines the correction intensity for each LA from the feature quantity of the GA and the feature quantity of each LA, and creates the LA correction intensity map. Finally, the image processing device finally applies the result of combining a plurality of modulation gain values based on the LA correction intensity map to the input image.
US11718226B2	Vehicle control system In a vehicle control system, a risk frequency calculation unit counts the number of times that a risk level determination unit determines that a risk level is equal to or higher than a predetermined risk level within a predetermined period. Then, a warning frequency setting unit sets a frequency of warning in accordance with the number of times, counted by the risk frequency calculation unit, that the risk level of the driving operation by the driver is determined to be equal to or higher than the predetermined risk level within the predetermined period and activates a warning device.
US11718219B2	Control apparatus of lamp and operating method of the same, and vehicle Disclosed is a lamp control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which includes information acquirer that acquires information on a sensor of a vehicle and acquires distance information between the sensor and a ground from the sensor, and a controller that calculates a slope of the vehicle based on the information on the sensor and the distance information between the sensor and the ground and generates a control signal for controlling a lamp of the vehicle based on the calculated slope of the vehicle.
US11718217B2	Vehicle for receiving and delivering agricultural seeds and other granular material A vehicle for receiving and delivering granular material, such as agricultural seeds, includes a frame supporting a container defining an open top chamber having a bottom outlet. An elongated conveyor is supported by a system which includes a first support arm having one end pivotally connected to a side wall of the container for multiple directional movements and a second support arm pivotably connected to the opposite end of the first support arm. The opposite end of the second support arm supports an intermediate portion of the conveyor near its center of gravity and in suspended relation for tilting and rotating the conveyor. Power actuators are connected to rotate and pivot the first support arm to position the conveyor in many selected positions including the conveyor inlet under the outlet of the chamber, a storage position and a position between horizontal and substantially inclined for filling other containers.
US11718213B2	Assembly for a vehicle seat An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a padding element, a support element, and a connector attached to the support element, with the support element assembled on the padding element. The assembly has an assembly member extending from a surface of the padding element, or formed by at least a portion of the support element, with the connector and the padding element each defining a first contact surface and a second contact surface, respectively, in contact with the first contact surface. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are substantially complementary, with the support element being assembled on the padding element by means of the assembly member, in an assembly direction.
US11718211B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat on which an occupant of a vehicle is seated, includes: a cover covering a seat frame, a wire harness routed inside the cover, and a flexible wrapping member attached to the seat frame and wrapping a part of the wire harness.
US11718210B2	Ventilated seat system A ventilated seat system for a vehicle includes a seating assembly including a seatback operably coupled to a seat base. A blower is coupled to the seating assembly. The blower generates a sound transmission when activated. The blower includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. A first metamaterial silencer is coupled to an interior surface of the housing proximate to the inlet, and a second metamaterial silencer is coupled to the interior surface of the housing proximate to the outlet. Each of the first metamaterial silencer and the second metamaterial silencer reduces the sound transmission generated by the blower.
US11718209B2	Adjustable suspended seat apparatus having tuned frequency-tailored damping through a stratified seat structure An adjustable suspended seat apparatus having a tuned frequency-tailored damping through stratified seat structure is described. The damping seat structure includes: a first material of a plurality of materials having a first characteristic to provide a first damping effect in a first layer. A second material of the plurality of materials based on a second characteristic to provide a second damping effect in a second layer, the first material or the second material having an adjustable damping characteristic. The suspended seat apparatus includes a seat base configured to have the seat coupled thereto; a suspension system coupled to the seat base, the suspension system comprising: an adjustment feature configured to adjust operation of the suspension system; and a chassis mount coupled to the suspension system, the chassis mount configured to be coupled to a vehicle.
US11718200B2	Facilitating battery maintenance It is desirable to facilitate maintenance of a battery of a vehicle. Ideally, any non-optimal action performed on the battery—for instance excessive charging—should be identified such that an appropriate recommendation for a battery maintenance operation can be provided. For instance, a user of the vehicle may be instructed to charge the battery less often. Thus, in an embodiment, a device such as an Electronic Control Unit (ECU), will monitor one or more operational properties of the battery. Thereafter, the monitored property is evaluated by the ECU to determine an effect that the monitored property has on the lifetime of the battery. Based on this evaluation, the ECU performs an action with aim to prolong the lifetime of the battery, such as instructing a user of the vehicle to perform a particular action.
US11718199B2	Vehicle, in particular logistics vehicle A vehicle, in particular a logistics vehicle, includes a frame and a housing component secured in place thereon. An insert part on the housing component is insertable into a space region of the vehicle, and a first or a second energy store module is situated on the insert part and a DC/DC converter which is electrically connected to the energy store module.
US11718197B1	Apparatus for authorizing an electric aircraft to charge at a charging structure and a method for its use In an aspect the current disclosure is an apparatus for authorizing an electric aircraft to charge at a charging structure. The apparatus may include a housing configured to mate with an electric vehicle port of an electric vehicle, at least a current conductor configured to conduct a current, a proximity sensor, and a computing device. The at least a current conductor comprises a direct current conductor configured to conduct a direct current and an alternating current conductor configured to conduct an alternating current. The computing device is configured to be communicatively connected to the aircraft charging structure and the proximity sensor. The computing device may further be configured to receive an aircraft credential from an aircraft controller, authorize the charging structure to charge an energy source of the aircraft as a function of the aircraft credential, and upload the aircraft credential to a remote data storage device.
US11718196B2	Transport-based exchange of electrical charge and services An example operation includes one or more of retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport, of a minimum amount of energy on a target transport, based on an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, provide a needed service, and an estimated expended energy by the originating transport to return to an original location, and retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, of the minimum amount of energy on the target transport, based on a factor related to providing the service, wherein the factor is greater than the expended energy and the estimated expended energy.
US11718195B2	Automatic electric vehicle charging device A charging device autonomously charges an electric vehicle. The charging device includes: a main body and an arm coupled to the main body. The main body is controllably moveable, and the arm is controllably extendable and retractable in a longitudinal direction. A charging plug is included at a distal end of the arm. The charging plug is controllably moveable and insertable into a charging portal of the electric vehicle. The arm comprises: a rigid chain, the rigid chain being compliant in a first direction from a neutral axis and resistant in an opposite second direction past the neutral axis, or at least one scissor arm.
US11718194B2	Charging system for electric vehicles Various systems are provided for charging electric vehicles. The systems may include a power transformation module in electrical communication with a power supply, any number of charge nodes in electrical communication with the power transformation module via one or more power distribution lines, and any number of charge transfer devices, each in electrical communication with a power system of an electric vehicle. A charge node of a charge pad may be connected to a contact pad of a charge transfer device to transfer power from the charge node, through the charge transfer device, to the vehicle power system to thereby charge the vehicle.
US11718179B2	Playback control assembly for media playback device A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system operates to transmit a media signal representative to the received media content to a vehicle media playback system so that the vehicle media playback system operates to play the media content in the vehicle.
US11718177B2	Instrument cluster with a contextual view Systems, methods and computer readable storage media provide a flexible and variability-accommodating instrument cluster for display on an in-vehicle screen and a user experience interaction model for providing dynamic driving-context-relevant information via the instrument cluster. The instrument cluster may be shown in a contextual content view, wherein the contextual content view may include a one or more gauges and/or messaging that are determined to be relevant to a determined contextual state of the vehicle. The contextual state of the vehicle may be determined based on signaling data provided by a plurality of data sources, wherein the signaling data may indicate one or a combination of conditions associated with the contextual state. The instrument cluster may be dynamically updated to display the driving-context-relevant information when the contextual state is detected.
US11718176B2	Information providing system, information providing method, information terminal, and information display method An onboard camera image application system includes multiple vehicles, an information providing system, and a PC. In the information providing system, a collection server collects image data captured by onboard cameras of the vehicles. An analysis server extracts, from the image data captured around one location, feature information associated with an extraction item for a person or a vehicle around the location. The analysis server also classifies the extracted feature information by classification item. A providing server sends the classified feature information to the PC of a user. The user is able to set a location to be processed, through the PC, and is also able to set the extraction item or the classification item.
US11718173B2	Traveling transmission device of tractor Provided are a speed changer device, a forward/reverse switchover device for converting output of the speed changer device into forward traveling power and reverse traveling power, a rear wheel differential mechanism for inputting output of the forward/reverse switchover device and transmitting it to rear wheels, and a gear transmission mechanism for transmitting power of an output shaft of the forward/reverse switchover device to an input shaft of the rear wheel differential mechanism. A transmission case is separable into a front case portion accommodating the speed changer device and a rear case portion accommodating the forward/reverse switchover device, the rear wheel differential mechanism and the gear transmission mechanism. The gear transmission mechanism is detachably provided at a portion of the inside of the transmission case which portion corresponds to a front end portion of the rear case portion.
US11718171B2	Saddled vehicle It is intended to enable a saddled vehicle, including an internal combustion engine supported by a lower part of a vehicle body frame, a fuel tank supported by an upper part of the vehicle body frame, a canister including an external air introducing pipe for introducing an external air, and a vehicle body cover covering the vehicle body frame, the internal combustion engine and the fuel tank, to efficiently discharge steam, released from the external air introducing pipe of the canister, to the outside of the vehicle. An external air introducing tubular pathway extends inside the vehicle body cover while continuing at one end thereof to the external air introducing pipe of the canister. An other end-side opened portion of the external air introducing tubular pathway is opened to the outside of the vehicle body cover while penetrating a through hole formed in the vehicle body cover.
US11718170B2	Vehicle transmission with disconnect device for power take in Methods and systems for a vehicle transmission are provided herein. The vehicle transmission includes an input interface configured to mechanically couple to a motive power source. The vehicle transmission further includes a first disconnect device releasably mechanically coupling a first output to a first drive axle and a second disconnect device releasably mechanically coupling a second output to a second drive axle.
US11718168B2	Vehicle drive device To provide a vehicle drive device capable of efficiently driving a vehicle by using a motor without falling into the vicious cycle between enhancement of driving via the motor and an increase in vehicle weight. The present invention is a vehicle drive device (10) having a motor for driving the wheels of a vehicle and includes a front wheel motor (20) for driving front wheels (2b) of a vehicle (1) and a battery (18) and a capacitor (22) that supply electric power for driving the front wheel motor (20), in which the voltage of the battery (18) and the capacitor (22) connected in series is applied to the front wheel motor (20) and the capacitor (22) is disposed between the left and right front wheels (2b) of the vehicle (1).
US11718166B2	Tonneau cover with prop rod assembly A pickup truck that includes a cab section located in front of a bed section is provided. The pickup truck comprises a tonneau cover that covers the bed section. The tonneau cover includes a plurality of panel sections; and wherein each of the plurality of panel sections is movable with respect to each other to allow access to, or conceal the bed section underneath. At least one prop rod assembly includes a longitudinally extending first rod having a first end and a second end. The first end of the longitudinally extending first rod is pivotably and removably coupled to a side rail that is secured to the first side of the bed section, and the second end of the longitudinally extending first rod is located opposite the first end and pivotably coupled to the first latch assembly of the third panel section.
US11718158B2	System for actuating and locking an automobile sun visor A sun visor actuation system including an attachment apparatus configured to attach to an automobile structure, an arm member rotatably attached to the attachment apparatus, a body member attached to the arm member, and an actuation system. The actuation system is operable to at least one of rotate the body member and prevent the rotation of the body member responsive to an indication of an imminent collision.
US11718157B2	Air discharge device An air discharge device is configured to discharge an air flow. The air discharge device includes a main hole for discharging an air flow as a working air flow, an auxiliary hole provided around the main hole to discharge a support air flow, and a vortex suppression structure configured to suppress development of vortices generated in a velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at a downstream side of an outlet of the main hole. This vortex suppression structure is configured to make a central portion of the thickness of the velocity boundary layer of the working air flow at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole to be closer to a mainstream of the support air flow, at the downstream side of the outlet of the main hole.
US11718156B2	Refrigeration cycle device A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a radiator, an air-conditioning heat exchanger, a cooling heat exchanger, an air-conditioning decompression unit, a cooler-unit decompression unit, a refrigerant flow rate detector, and a controller. The radiator is configured to radiate heat of refrigerant discharged from the compressor. The air-conditioning heat exchanger absorbs heat from air to evaporate the refrigerant. The cooling heat exchanger is arranged in parallel with the air-conditioning heat exchanger in the flow of refrigerant. The air-conditioning decompression unit adjusts a decompression amount of the refrigerant flowing into the air-conditioning heat exchanger. The cooler-unit decompression unit adjusts a decompression amount of the refrigerant flowing into the cooling heat exchanger. The controller controls the operation of the cooler-unit decompression unit so that the flow rate of the refrigerant detected by the refrigerant flow rate detector exceeds a predetermined reference flow rate.
US11718152B2	System and method for controlling temperature of seat Provided are a seat temperature control system and a control method thereof comprising a sensor unit collecting integrated information including vehicle information on vehicle environment, seat information on a state of a seat, and occupant information on a state of an occupant; an air conditioning device regulating airflow volume and temperature of an indoor space or a seat of the vehicle; and a control unit having a prioritizing criterion on the priority among a plurality of pieces of integrated information, prioritizing the plurality of pieces of integrated information according to the prioritizing criterion, setting target temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device according to the plurality of prioritized pieces of integrated information, and controlling the air conditioning device in order for the temperature of the output from the seat or the air conditioning device to reach the target temperature.
US11718150B2	Heating ventilation and air-conditioning system with an intermediate door A HVAC system (100) includes a housing (10) with at least one first inlet (20) and at least one second inlet (30) formed thereon, at least one first door (20a), at least one second door (30a) and an intermediate door (40). The first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) is for ingress of a first fluid stream and a second fluid stream inside the housing (10). The first door (20a) and the second door (30a) moves with respect to the first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) respectively to define an open configuration, a closed configuration and a partially open configuration thereof. The intermediate door (40) is disposed between the first inlet (20) and the second inlet (30) and moves between a deployed and an un-deployed configuration to respectively disrupt and allow fluid flow there across. The intermediate door (40) is a sliding door.
US11718146B2	Vehicle microclimate system and method of controlling same A HVAC thermal conditioning system provides a macroclimate environment. An auxiliary thermal conditioning system has multiple microclimate devices. The microclimate devices are configured to be arranged within an interior space that provides the macroclimate environment to an occupant. The microclimate devices provide a microclimate environment to the occupant different than the macroclimate environment. The microclimate devices are in close proximity to a region of the occupant. A controller calculates an occupant personal comfort based upon a thermal energy experienced by the occupant from thermal radiation sources, thermal convection sources, and thermal conduction sources, and to automatically command the microclimate devices in response to the calculated occupant personal comfort based upon occupant characteristics to achieve a desired occupant personal comfort. The automatic command is to adjust and apportion the thermal conduction sources and/or thermal radiation sources experienced by the occupant to achieve the desired occupant personal comfort.
US11718144B2	Vehicle thermal management system, heat transfer medium and method for cooling vehicle driving battery A vehicle thermal management system includes a vehicle driving battery that generates heat during charging and discharging and a liquid heat transfer medium that transfers heat received from the battery. The system further includes a heat receiver that causes the heat transfer medium to receive heat through heat exchange with the battery and that includes a portion in contact with the heat transfer medium and made of a material containing aluminum. The system further includes a refrigerant heat exchanger that causes the heat transfer medium to release heat through heat exchange with a refrigerant and that includes a portion in contact with the heat transfer medium and made of a material containing aluminum. The heat transfer medium includes a liquid base material including water, an orthosilicic acid ester compatible with the liquid base material, and an azole derivative and has an electric insulation property.
US11718143B2	Systems and methods for heating and cooling a vehicle using a heat pump Systems and methods for heating and cooling a vehicle using a heat pump are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system for heating and cooling the vehicle includes a heat pump having: a compressor located in an engine compartment of the vehicle, and an evaporator located in a sleeper or a cab of the vehicle. The system also includes a controller for selecting a cooling mode or a heating mode for the heat pump.
US11718138B2	Motorcycle A motorcycle includes a steering actuator configured to steer a front wheel, an actuator control unit configured to control the steering actuator, a collision determination unit configured to determine whether or not a collision has occurred in a host vehicle, and a riding determination unit configured to determine whether or not an occupant is riding the host vehicle. When it is determined that a collision has occurred and determined that no occupant is riding the host vehicle, the actuator control unit executes a step of positioning the front wheel at a position deviating from a central position.
US11718137B2	Shock assembly with automatically adjustable ride height A shock assembly with automatically adjustable ride height is disclosed. The assembly includes a main chamber including a fluid therein. A pump tube within the main chamber, the pump tube having a fluid flow path internal thereto, the pump tube disposed axially along a center of the main chamber. A damping piston coupled to a shaft, the damping piston and a portion of the shaft disposed axially about the pump tube, the damping piston disposed in the main chamber to divide the main chamber into a compression side fluid chamber and a rebound side fluid chamber. An automatic ride height adjustment assembly including a tube-in-shaft pump assembly and a spring preload piston assembly.
US11718135B2	Air spring upper support, vehicle air spring assembly, and vehicle Provided are an air spring upper support, a vehicle air spring assembly, and a vehicle. The air spring upper support is used for a vehicle air spring. The air spring upper support is configured to be of a split structure having an upper housing and a lower housing, the upper housing and the lower housing are connected to each other and form a receiving space, the air spring upper support further has a bushing, and the bushing is arranged in the receiving space.
US11718127B2	Axle assembly with internal lubrication system An axle assembly includes a spindle to receive a drive shaft having a rotational input about an axis and a wheel hub rotatably supported by at least one roller bearing disposed on the spindle. A tire inflation system defines a spindle gas passage to route pressurized gas from an onboard source through the spindle. The tire inflation system includes a seal chamber between the spindle and wheel hub to transfer gas from the spindle to the wheel hub, and a hub gas passage in fluid communication with the seal chamber is arranged to route the pressurized gas to a tire. A lubrication system having a reservoir is located axially outboard of the seal chamber and at least one hub lubricant passage routes lubricant between the reservoir to a roller bearing located axially inboard of the seal chamber. The hub lubricant passage routes lubricant radially outward of the seal chamber.
US11718126B2	Non-pneumatic tires with strain limiting features A non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel portion, a tread ring portion, a plurality of flexible spokes extending between and attached to the wheel portion and the tread ring portion, and plurality of bump stops positioned between the wheel portion and the tread ring portion. The bumps stops are configured to limit deformation and/or compressive strain of the plurality of flexible spokes. The plurality of bump stops includes a plurality of tower bump stops, a plurality of triangular-shaped bump stops, and/or a plurality of roof-top shaped bump stops.
US11718123B2	Laser textured identification document surfaces Security features used on identification documents such as plastic cards and passport pages are described. The security features include a textured portion that is formed on a portion of the surface of the identification document using a laser. The security features can also include a printed portion and/or a laser marked portion. The printed portion (if present) can be formed above or beneath the textured portion. The laser marked portion (if present) is formed within the thickness of the identification document below the textured portion. The textured portion and the printed portion and/or the laser marked portion can be in congruence with one another to form the security feature.
US11718115B2	Architected stamps for liquid transfer printing The present invention relates to architected stamps having beneficial printing properties. In particular, negative Poisson ratio structures and/or porous reservoirs can be employed to control fluid dynamics and to provide metered ink transfer.
US11718109B2	Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a decision unit, a determination unit, and a change unit. The acquisition unit acquires a measurement result regarding a printing medium characteristic value. The decision unit decides a candidate for a printing medium type based on the acquired measurement result, and a reference characteristic value of each of printing media types set in advance to identify a type of the measured printing medium. Information associated with the printing medium type to be printed is input. The determination unit determines whether to change the reference characteristic value of the printing medium type associated with the input information based on the measurement result and the printing medium type associated with the input information. Wherein, when the determination unit determines to change the reference characteristic value, the change unit changes the reference characteristic value of the printing medium type based on the measurement result.
US11718101B2	Thermal printer and method for correcting printing positions An information process device according to an embodiment includes a thermal head that prints on paper at positions along a width direction based on a reference position. The sensor is at a sensor position in the width direction and detects marks on paper being conveyed by a conveyance unit. The controller controls the conveyance unit to convey a confirmation sheet and then detects a position of a mark on the confirmation sheet with the sensor. The detected position corresponds to the sensor position. The controller next controls the conveyance unit and the thermal head to print a line on a sheet corresponding to the sensor position. The controller is configured to receive a corrected sensor position based on a measured distance of the printed line to an edge of the sheet and update the print reference position accordingly.
US11718100B2	Ink jet ink composition, ink jet recording method, and ink set A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a cyclic ester compound, at least one first solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower: R1O—(R2O)m—R3, a second solvent represented by the General Formula (1), and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment. In the at least one first solvent represented by General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6. The second solvent represented by General Formula (1) includes a glycol monoether compound in which at least one of R1 and R3 is hydrogen. A volume average particle diameter of the PO-43 is 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.
US11718095B2	Flow channel member, liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method for manufacturing liquid ejecting apparatus A flow channel member includes a first flow channel member non-transmissive of ultraviolet light and absorbent of laser light, a second flow channel member non-transmissive of ultraviolet light and absorbent of laser light, the second flow channel member being stacked on the first flow channel member to define a flow channel for liquid to flow between the second flow channel member and the first flow channel member, and a third flow channel member transmissive of laser light, the third flow channel member being fixed to the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member in such a manner as to close a gap between the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member.
US11718090B2	Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge method A liquid discharge head includes first and second groups of nozzles and first and second groups of actuators corresponding to the first and second groups of nozzles, respectively, and a head drive circuit. The head drive circuit is configured to receive a sequence of input data portions including first and second data portions, and select a setting mode between a first setting mode, in which the first group of actuators is driven based on the first input data portion and the second group of actuators is driven based on the second input data portion, and a second setting mode, in which the second group of actuators is driven based on the first input data portion and the first group of actuators is driven based on an input data portion that is after the first data portion in the sequence.
US11718089B2	Liquid discharge device, liquid discharge method, and program A liquid discharge device includes: a transporter to transport a recording medium in a transport direction by using a rotating body; a first detector to detect a first measure of detection indicating an amount of rotation of the rotating body; a second detector to detect a second measure of detection based on a pattern on the recording medium identified by image-capturing the recording medium, the second measure of detection indicating a position of the recording medium in the transport direction, a transport speed of the recording medium in the transport direction, or a combination of the position and the speed; a corrector to calculate a second timing by correcting a first timing based on the second measure of detection, the first timing being for discharging a liquid determined based on the first measure of detection; and a discharger to discharge the liquid to the recording medium at the second timing.
US11718080B2	Coated sheets for improved additive manufacturing parts A coated sheet for use in additive manufacturing includes a base polymer layer formed of a base polymer material and a coating polymer layer formed of a coating polymer material. At least the coating polymer material is susceptible to dielectric heating in response to electromagnetic radiation, thereby promoting fusion between adjacent coated sheets during the additive manufacturing process. Specifically, when electromagnetic radiation is applied to at least an interface area between adjacent coated sheets, the polymer coating layer of each coated sheet melts to diffuse across an interface area, thereby preventing formation of voids. The base polymer material and the coating polymer material also may have similar melting points and compatible solubility parameters to further promote fusion between sheets.
US11718079B2	Co-extruded, biaxially oriented, matte, HDPE films Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may comprise a core layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of low-density polyethylene, optionally linear, and at least about 80 wt. % of high-density polyethylene, as well as a second skin layer comprising either: (i) one or more low-density polyethylenes, any or all of them optionally being linear; or (ii) one or more polypropylene-based copolymers. The multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.
US11718077B2	Clear film for tapes and labels A multilayer film for use in adhesive tape or adhesive label applications comprising a core layer and skin layers on each side of the core layer. The core layer comprises a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer, wherein the mini-random homopolymer comprises polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and a acid neutralizer in a concentration up to 5000 ppm calcium. The skin layers each comprise a) at least about 95 wt % of a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer comprising polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and an acid neutralizer in a concentration up to about 5000 ppm, and b) an anti-block agent in a concentration up to about 1 wt %, wherein the anti-block agent comprises at least 95 wt % homopolymer of polypropylene and 1 to 5 wt % of silica having a particle size between about 1 to 3 μm.
US11718075B2	High clarity, recyclable, polyethylene-based packaging films A recyclable packaging film comprising a coextruded web having a high degree of optical clarity and a high level of moisture barrier. The coextruded web comprises a skin layer comprising polyethylene having a high degree of optical clarity and a heat sealant layer which forms an innermost layer of the packaging film, the heat sealant layer comprising a polyolefin polymer. The coextruded web also includes a moisture barrier layer which is disposed intermediate the skin layer and the heat sealant layer. An energy-cured coating is disposed on the skin layer of the coextruded web, wherein the energy-cured coating has a coating weight which is effective to impart a property in the packaging film selected from reduced susceptibility to melting, reduced susceptibility to stretching, or both.
US11718069B2	Composite film for coating steel pipe and method of manufacturing same Proposed is a composite film including a first film layer attached to an upper surface of a steel member, a second film layer positioned on the first film layer, and a mesh film layer positioned on the second film layer and having a mesh structure. A portion of the mesh film layer is embedded into the second film layer during a heat compression process when the composite film is manufactured. The composite film improves the water resistance, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and durability of a steel member when the steel member is coated with the composite film.
US11718067B2	Composite material Disclosed herein are engineered composite materials suitable for applications that can benefit from a composite material capable of interacting with or responding to, in a controlled or pre-determined manner, changes in its surrounding environment, such as to attenuate a compression wave. The composite material generally includes a plurality of repeating units, with each repeating unit including a first layer of particles having a first mean diameter, and a second layer of particles having a second mean diameter, and an intermediary material that allows mobility of and contact between the first particles within the first layer and mobility of and contact between the second particles within the second layer; the contact allowing momentum transfer between the particles. The first mean diameter and second mean diameter are different and are less than 500 nm. The first or second particles may be core-shell particles having a core that is partly or completely filled with a liquid, a gas and/or a gel, such as a fire suppressant, a medically active agent or a dye.
US11718065B2	Composite structures A composite structure may include at least two nonwoven, polymeric layers bonded to each other. At least one nonwoven, polymeric layer may include inorganic particulate filler in an amount up to about 40% by weight of the nonwoven layer.
US11718063B2	Splice joint in laminate composite structure Layers of plies of composite material are laid on a convex tool surface. A first layer is placed with a first ply of a first section having a gap edge adjacent a gap edge of a first ply of a second section, the edges being parallel and a contraction distance from each other. A second layer is placed with a second ply of the first section having a gap edge adjacent a gap edge of a second ply of the second section, the edges being parallel and a contraction distance from each other, the second ply of the second section overlapping onto the first ply of the first section by a splice distance. Consolidation and curing cause contraction of the layers toward the tool, allowing the adjacent gap edges of each layer to be in close proximity or in contact after moving toward each other during the contraction.
US11718062B2	Perforated laminated product and method for producing this product A laminated product includes an extruded film of microperforated plastic material with a vacuum perforation process having protuberances extending in a same direction from a same face of the film, with first holes having an average diameter between 100 microns and 300 microns, produced at the vertices of the protuberances, and—a layer of nonwoven fabric mechanically joined by lamination to the film on the opposite face to that on which the protuberances extend, the laminated product being perforated with second through holes having an average diameter between 300 microns and 700 microns.
US11718061B2	Microlayer coextrusion of electrical end products A method and system for extruding multiple laminated flow streams using microlayer extrusion, and in particular to creating and forming products with electrical properties that are formed from layers and particles with dimensions in the micro to nanometer range.
US11718060B2	Powered outlet chute for dunnage conversion machine A dunnage conversion machine that converts a stock material into a less dense dunnage product includes an outlet chute having a housing with a passage therethrough from an inlet at an inlet end downstream to an outlet at an outlet end spaced from the inlet end. The output chute includes a lower guide surface that defines a bottom side of the passage. The lower guide surface has an upstream end toward the inlet and a downstream end toward the outlet. The upstream end of the lower guide surface is spaced from a centerline of the passage a distance that is greater than a distance that the downstream end is spaced from the centerline of the passage to provide an inclined surface, such that a cross-section of the passage decreases from the inlet to the outlet.
US11718059B2	Process for forming a paper container and related methods and materials Processes, assemblies, and sleeve blanks for forming a two-piece paper container are provided in which the sleeve blank includes an adhesive printed onto the sleeve blank while the sleeve blank is still part of the paper web. The adhesive can optionally be printed onto the sleeve blank in-line with printing a graphic on the sleeve blank prior to providing the sleeve blank to a container forming machine that wraps and seals the sleeve blank to a bottom blank.
US11718058B2	Folding unit for folding cardboard blanks, folding apparatus comprising such folding unit and method for folding cardboard blanks Folding unit for folding cardboard blanks having an end panel, a corner panel and a side panel, said folding unit comprising an end panel folding element actuable to pivot about a first axis and a side panel folding element actuable to pivot about a second axis, said folding unit comprising a corner panel folding element, said corner panel folding element comprising a guiding plate, said guiding plate being actuable to move about at least one axis in order to initiate folding a corner panel about an axis being substantially parallel to said second axis.
US11718057B2	Apparatus for pressing and dehydrating of waste Apparatus for pressing and drying a pre-defined amount of waste includes a metal main frame positioned to provide rigid support, and a body mechanically linked to the main frame through a plurality of linkage plates. The apparatus also includes an inlet vertically mounted on the body and a twin screw assembly to press and dehydrate the pre-defined amount of waste. A plurality of mesh screens is rigidly linked to the main frame along the longitudinal axis of the apparatus to remove compressed liquid. The body is also designed to support rotation of the twin screw assembly, and the inlet includes an ingress cross-sectional opening to receive the pre-defined amount of waste.
US11718055B2	Biodegradable, industrially compostable, and recyclable injection molded microcellular flexible foams This document discloses a process for manufacturing recyclable injection molded microcellular foams for use in, footwear components, seating components, protective gear components, and watersport accessories. The process includes the steps of providing a thermoplastic polymer which comprises at least one monomer derived from depolymerized post-consumer plastic, inserting a fluid into a barrel of a molding apparatus. The fluid is introduced under temperature and pressure conditions to produce a super critical fluid. The process further includes mixing the thermoplastic polymer and super critical fluid so as to create a single phase solution, and injecting the single phase solution into a mold of an injection molding machine under gas counter pressure. The process further includes foaming the single phase solution by controlling the head and temperature conditions within the mold.
US11718045B2	Method for increasing the difference between the melting temperature and the crystallization temperature of a polyamide powder A method for reducing the crystallization temperature and the melting temperature of a polyamide powder resulting from the polymerization of at least one predominant monomer, in which the reduction in the crystallization temperature is greater than the reduction in the melting temperature, the method including a step of polymerization of the at least one predominant monomer with at least one different minor comonomer polymerized according to the same polymerization process as the at least one predominant monomer, the at least one minor comonomer being chosen from aminocarboxylic acids, diamine/diacid pairs, lactams and/or lactones, and the at least one minor comonomer representing from 0.1% to 20% by weight of the total blend of the monomers(s) and comonomer(s), preferably from 0.5% to 15% by weight of the total blend, preferably from 1% to 10% by weight of the total blend.
US11718044B2	Fixtures and methods for induction welding An assembly is provided for induction welding. This induction welding assembly includes a fixture. The fixture includes a first support structure and a second support structure. The second support structure includes a frame and a plurality of trunks. Each of the trunks is connected to and repositionable on the frame. The fixture is configured to secure a workpiece vertically between the first support structure and the second support structure using the trunks during induction welding of the workpiece.
US11718042B2	Three-dimensional modeling apparatus and method for controlling three-dimensional modeling apparatus A three-dimensional modeling apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects a molten material, which is a plasticized thermoplastic material, a plasticization section which includes a flat screw having a groove extending in a volute shape and a driving motor that rotates the flat screw, the plasticization section rotating the flat screw to thereby guide the molten material to the nozzle through the groove, and an ejection control mechanism that is disposed in a flow path between the flat screw and the nozzle, and controls an outflow of the molten material from the nozzle.
US11718039B2	Stereolithography apparatus with periodic, transverse movement with an amplitude of .8 to 15 millimeters A stereolithography apparatus having a build platform and a tray, into which the build platform can be immersed, wherein at the bottom in or on the tray a light-transmissive film is formed or arranged and is elastically deformable, having a light source or energy source underneath the film, the tray can be filled with flowable printing material, a control apparatus controls the movement of the build platform relative to the film and the control apparatus superimposes, during the substantially vertical release movement between a slice of a structure, produced by stereolithography, on the build platform from the film, upon the release movement a substantially horizontal, in particular translational, transverse movement which transverse movement extends at an angle between 60 and 120° relative to the release movement and has alternating, in particular reciprocating, movement directions.
US11718034B2	Implantable bone scaffold printed at point of service A three dimensional (3D) printing apparatus to print an implantable bone scaffold (IBS) in an aseptic environment is described. The 3D printing apparatus includes a sterile cartridge. The sterile cartridge contains a sterile printing material, a print nozzle, and a plunger. The 3D printing apparatus also includes a heater configured to indirectly heat the printing material. In addition, the 3D printing apparatus includes a cartridge receiver configured to retain the sterile cartridge. A sterile receiving plate is positioned below the print nozzle. A cover encompasses and maintains the sterile cartridge and the sterile receiving plate in an aseptic environment. A filter fan unit (FFU) overlays a section of the cover. Positive laminar filtered air flow created by the FFU maintains the aseptic environment inside a printing chamber. An ultraviolet light source irradiates the receiving plate. A movable diaphragm separates a printer mechanism, below the receiving plate, from the printing chamber.
US11718033B2	Systems and methods for powder recovery, cleaning, and blending, for additive manufacturing A method of recycling build material powder including collecting in a keg an amount of excess build material powder during the additive manufacturing of a part cake. The part cake and keg are transferred to a de-powdering station. The part cake is de-powdered to release a mixture of reusable powder and contaminants. The mixture is sieved to remove the contaminants and deposit the reusable powder to the keg.
US11718029B2	Three-dimensional printer resin curing system using Risley prisms A resin curing system provided by stereolithography (SLA) three-dimensional (3D) printer includes a pair of Risley prism for optical steering of laser energy to achieve improved resolution.
US11718028B2	Stereolithography method The present invention relates to a stereolithography method, comprising the steps of receiving a light-curing suspension (100) comprising filler particles (103) in a tray (105); adjusting the light-curing suspension by means of a build platform (107) to a layer thickness with respect to a bottom (109) of the tray (105) which is less than the diameter of the filler particles (103); and selectively curing the adjusted layer thickness of the suspension by means of light.
US11718026B1	Recoat assemblies for additive manufacturing systems and methods of using the same A recoat assembly includes a first portion including a roller. The recoat assembly also includes a second portion pivotally coupled to the first portion and pivotable with respect to the first portion from a first position to a second position. The roller is enclosed in a powder containment section when the second portion is in the first position, and the roller is exposed when the second portion is in the second position
US11718023B2	3D printing based on self-assembled molecular building blocks for materials design and bio-applications Systems and methods for low-cost and morphologically stable 3D printing are disclosed. A solution-based method for 3D printing, comprising i) providing a substrate comprising a flat surface; ii) providing a first solution of a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) molecule comprising a functional group at each end of the SAM molecule; iii) applying the first solution to the flat surface of the substrate to form a first SAM comprising a first liquid surface; iv) providing a second solution of a metal precursor; v) applying the second solution on the first liquid surface to form a second liquid surface over the first SAM; vi) applying a first force to cross-link the first SAM; vii) repeating steps iii) and v)-vi) to form a multiple layer of the SAM; and viii) either applying a second force to anneal the multiple layer of the SAM to form a soft material or applying a third force to anneal the multiple layer of the SAM to form a hard material.
US11718014B2	Imprint apparatus, imprint method, and method of manufacturing article An imprint apparatus that forms a curable composition on a substrate using a mold includes a first measurement unit configured to measure a height distribution of the substrate at a contact position where the mold and the curable composition are brought into contact with each other. The first measurement unit measures a height of the substrate by bringing a probe into contact with a surface of the substrate, the probe having a contact surface area smaller than a contact surface area of the mold.
US11718013B2	Container production method by liquid blow molding A container production method by liquid blow molding has a liquid blow molding step of supplying a pressurized liquid into a preform disposed in a metal mold to mold the preform into a container having a trunk that has a flat shape in a plan view and holds the liquid; and a transferring step of taking the container out from the mold and transferring the container in an approximate short axis direction of the trunk.
US11718010B2	Method of making a water-soluble polymer composition A method of creating a processable water soluble polymer, the method comprising the steps of: extruding a water soluble polymer composition from an extruder barrel without use of a die, wherein the extruder barrel is not vented other than via its extruder outlet, to produce an irregularly shaped polymer extrudate; directing the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate onto a chilled conveyor to cool the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate to below 60° C.; and granulating the irregularly shaped polymer extrudate to form a granulate.
US11718008B2	Method of injection molding with down cavity detection A method of detecting and compensating for a non-operational mold cavity in an injection molding apparatus having a plurality of mold cavities and an injection molding screw or ram includes injecting, via the injection molding screw or ram, a molten thermoplastic material into the plurality of mold cavities. The method includes measuring a first process parameter of the injection molding apparatus at a pre-determined time during or after the injecting. The method also includes determining, based on the first process parameter, whether one or more mold cavities of the plurality of mold cavities are non-operational. Then, when it is determined that one or more mold cavities are non-operational, the method includes automatically adjusting the first process parameter or a second process parameter of the injection molding apparatus.
US11718007B2	State determination device and state determination method A state determination device is capable of assisting maintenance for various injection molding machines. The state determination device acquires data related to an injection molding machine, performs numeric conversion for extracting a feature in a temporal direction or an amplitude direction, with respect to time-series data of physical quantity in the acquired data, and performs machine learning using the data obtained through numeric conversion so as to generate a learning model.
US11718006B2	Material delivery device, three-dimensional shaping device, and injection molding device A material delivery device includes: a plasticizing unit including a screw; a nozzle through which a plasticized material is delivered to outside; a communication flow path provided between the screw and the nozzle and through which the plasticized material flows; a pressure detection unit including a first cylinder coupled to the communication flow path, a rod inserted into the first cylinder, and a pressure sensor disposed with the rod separated from the communication flow path, in which the rod is configured to receive a pressure of the plasticized material in the communication flow path at a first end surface facing the communication flow path, and transmit the pressure to the pressure sensor through a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; and a rotation regulation mechanism configured to regulate rotation of the rod about a central axis along a longitudinal direction of the rod by engaging a first engaging portion provided on a side surface of the rod and a second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion.
US11718000B2	Method for manufacturing a reducer wheel by overmolding A method for manufacturing a wheel integrated to a support shaft, including: making by overmolding, in a first material, of a wheelrim on the support shaft, the wheelrim having an upper face having a ribbed annular portion in which cells are formed, delimited by reinforcing ribs and having respective bottoms, making by overmolding, in a second material, of a crown on the upper face of the wheelrim, by implementing an injection in at least one injection point positioned opposite the ribbed annular portion, prior to the step of making the crown by overmolding, formation of a material deposit in at least one target cell, selected amongst the cells, so as to form a raised area with respect to bottom thereof, the injection of the second material at the injection point being performed opposite the raised area.
US11717999B2	Equipment for manufacturing carbon block filter and method for manufacturing carbon block filter Embodiments relate to apparatus for manufacturing a carbon block filter and a method for manufacturing a carbon block filter. The apparatus for manufacturing a carbon block filter according to an embodiment may include a mold having an inner space, a heater coupled to the mold to heat the mold, a material injection unit injecting a material to the mold heated by the heater, a material pressing unit pressing the material, and a filter separation unit separating a thermally treated filter from the mold heated by the heater.
US11717998B2	Device and method for producing plastics components A device is for producing a component from a plastics material by injection moulding. The device includes two mould halves that can be pressed together releasably and, in the pressed-together state, form at least one gate region and at least one common cavity for moulding the plastics material. The gate region is fluidically connected to the cavity for the purpose of introducing the plastics material into the cavity. At least one insert part is provided which is arranged at least partially in a partial region of the gate region and is formed to prevent or at least to impede flowing of the plastics material through this partial region.
US11717994B2	Apparatus and method for securing a substrate to a plastic strip, and fastening device likely to be obtained by said method A method for assembling an assembly comprising a tape (100) of retaining elements and a substrate (200), said method comprising the following steps: a step of forming a tape of retaining elements by dispensing a molding material into a molding device (1), so as to form a tape (100) of retaining elements comprising a base (51) presenting a bottom face (511) and a top face (512), the top face (511) of the base (51) being provided with retaining elements; and a step of applying a substrate (200) against the bottom face (511) of the base (51) prior to said bottom face (512) of the base (51) solidifying in such a manner as to cause the substrate (200) to penetrate at least in part beyond a plane defined by the bottom face (511) of the base (51) of the tape (100).
US11717993B2	Method for producing a cellulose product A method for producing a cellulose product from a multi-layer cellulose blank structure, wherein the method comprises the steps; forming the multi-layer cellulose blank structure from at least a first layer of dry-formed cellulose fibres and a second layer of a cellulose fibre web structure, through arranging the at least first layer and second layer in a superimposed relationship to each other and in the superimposed relationship arranging the at least first layer and second layer in contact with each other; arranging the multi-layer cellulose blank structure in a forming mould; heating the multi-layer cellulose blank structure to a forming temperature in the range of 100° C. to 300° C., and forming the cellulose product from the multi-layer cellulose blank structure in the forming mould, by pressing the heated multi-layer cellulose blank structure with an isostatic forming pressure of at least 1 MPa, preferably 4-20 MPa, wherein the multi-layer cellulose blank structure is shaped into a two-dimensional or three-dimensional fibre composite structure having a single-layer configuration.
US11717990B2	Preform for production of a plastic container in a stretch-blow-molding method A preform for a stretch-blow-molded plastic container includes an elongated, tube-like preform body. An outer wall and an inner wall delimit a bottom thickness (b). An outer wall and an inner wall delimit a wall thickness (w). An inner surface and an outer surface (E1) curved in three-dimensionally convex manners are spaced apart such that a distance from their respective apex (S, S′) to the preform body continuously increases. Extensions of the outer wall of the preform bottom along the outer three-dimensionally curved surface (E1), and of the inner wall of the preform bottom along the inner three-dimensionally curved surface (E2) are configured to be interrupted by set-backs area outside of their respective apex (S, S′) thereof.
US11717989B2	Treated plastic granules Preparing hybrid-treated plastic particles from waste plastic includes combining waste plastic particles with bio-oil to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture with microwave radiation to yield oil-treated plastic particles, and contacting the oil-treated plastic particles with carbon-containing nanoparticles to yield hybrid-treated plastic particles. The hybrid-treated plastic particles have a bio-oil modified surface and a coating comprising carbon-containing nanoparticles on the bio-oil modified surface of the plastic particle. In some examples, a diameter of the plastic particle is in a range between 250 m and 750 m, and a thickness of the coating is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm. A modified binder includes an asphalt binder or a concrete binder and a multiplicity of the treated plastic particles. The modified binder typically includes 5 wt % to 25 wt % of the hybrid-treated plastic particles.
US11717986B2	Blended fiber mat formation for structural applications A process and system are provided for introducing a blend of chopped and dispersed fibers on an automated production line amenable for inclusion in molding compositions as a blended fiber mat for structural applications. The blend of fibers are simultaneously supplied to an automated cutting machine illustratively including a rotary blade chopper disposed above a vortex supporting chamber. The blend of chopped fibers and binder form a chopped mat. The chopped mat has a veil mat placed on either side, and is consolidated with the veil mat using heated rollers maintained at the softening temperature of thermoplastic binder, with consolidated mats being amenable to being stored in rolls or as flat sheets. A charge pattern is made using the consolidated mat, and the charge pattern can be compression molded in a mold maintained at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic fibers.
US11717985B2	Nozzle unit for a reaction moulding machine and method for producing a plastic part A nozzle unit for a reaction molding machine, comprising an inlet channel prepared for connection to a mixing head outlet and comprising a first dispensing nozzle, which is prepared for applying a reactive mixture and which is connected to the inlet channel in a first operating state, a second dispensing nozzle being present, which is connected to the inlet channel in a second operating state and which is likewise prepared for applying a reactive mixture. Further disclosed is a mixing head device for a reaction molding machine having the nozzle unit, to a reaction molding machine having the mixing head device, and to a method for producing a plastic part.
US11717983B2	Sawing device A sawing device, in particular for separating long workpiece parts, has a saw blade and a retaining device for separated workpiece parts, wherein the retaining device has a retaining element, at least on the side of the saw blade facing the workpiece part that is to be separated, which retaining element is arranged ahead of the saw blade in the machining direction of the workpiece and movably in such a way that it is movable from an inactive position above the workpiece into an active position which reaches ahead of the front end of the workpiece.
US11717982B2	Booklet processing apparatus operative to switch between delivery mode and accumulating mode A three side trimmer has a trimming unit 1, an accumulating unit 3, a discharge unit 2 and a conveying mechanism 4 conveying trimmed booklets BK to the accumulating unit. The accumulating unit has a shelf 5 movable in a vertical direction, and a drive roller conveyor 7 on the shelf. The accumulating unit, in a mode, delivers the trimmed booklets to the discharge unit at every accumulation of a predetermined number of the trimmed booklets and, in another mode, accumulates the trimmed booklets without delivering.
US11717980B2	Ground detection system for ultrasonic cutting In one embodiment, systems and methods include using an ultrasonic cutter in a ground detection system to prevent damage to a substrate. The method of detecting a substrate comprises attaching a workpiece clamp to the substrate. The method further comprises cutting a layer of coating disposed on the substrate with an ultrasonic cutter, wherein the ultrasonic cutter operates at a frequency of about 20 kHz to about 40 kHz, wherein the layer of coating is non-conductive. The method further comprises contacting the substrate with the ultrasonic cutter.
US11717970B2	Controller, control method using controller, and control system A controller for controlling an operation of a machine or a robot for handling an object by includes: a sensor signal acquisition unit that acquires a signal from a sensor that outputs three-dimensional point cloud data and a corresponding camera image of an imaging subject; a region acquisition unit that acquires a region having a height lower than a predetermined value; a non-object region setting unit that sets, as a non-object region, a region of the camera image corresponding to the acquired region; a complementary color setting unit that sets a color of the non-object region to a color complementary to a color of the object; an object position recognition unit that recognizes a position of the object relative to the imaging subject from the camera image; and an operation control unit that controls the operation of the machine or the robot using at least the recognized position.
US11717968B2	Robot control device, robot control method, and collaborative operation unit A robot control device, which causes a robot mounted on a transport vehicle to be stopped on the basis of an external force applied to the robot, is equipped with a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the transport vehicle is currently traveling, and a control unit configured to cause the robot to be stopped in the case that the transport vehicle is currently traveling, and to enable the robot to be operated in the case that the transport vehicle is not currently traveling.
US11717967B2	System and method for scanning an object using an array of ultrasonic transducers A plan for scanning an object using an array of ultrasonic transducers is prepared by identifying one or more enabled transducers for each of a plurality of selected grid positions defined on a surface of the object. The identification is made considering a direction of incidence of a planned ultrasonic signal emitted by each transducer, considering the array being positioned at each of the selected positions, and considering a surface normal vector at a grid position that would be impinged by the planned ultrasonic signal. The scan plan is complete when all grid positions defined on the surface of the array are covered by moving the array to all of the selected grid positions. The scan plan is executed by moving the array according to the scan plan while collecting, by the transducers enabled at each selected grid position, eventual responses to the ultrasonic signals from their respective grid positions.
US11717964B2	Control device for robot that works collaboratively with people A control device for a robot is configured to control operation of a robotic arm having a plurality of links coupled to each other through a rotation axis, and a motor for drive provided to the rotation axis. The control device includes an angle calculating module configured to calculate an angle formed by the two links adjacent to each other through the rotation axis, and an angle monitoring module configured to monitor whether the angle calculated by the angle calculating module is a given angle or below.
US11717961B2	Robot control method and robot control device In an angular velocity calculation block, an angular velocity component is calculated based on a position command for a joint portion. In a kinetic calculation block, a kinetic torque is calculated based on the position command for the joint portion. In a command velocity component reversal detection block, a reversal timing is calculated based on the angular velocity component. In a reverse torque detection block, a reverse torque is calculated based on the kinetic torque and the reversal timing. In a backlash correction amount calculation block, the correction amount of the joint portion is calculated based on the kinetic torque, the reverse torque, and the reversal timing.
US11717956B1	Robotic joint system with integrated safety A robotic joint system with integrated safety can include a first support member, a second support member, and a tunable actuator joint assembly including a joint having an axis of rotation about which the first support member and the second support member rotate. The tunable actuator joint assembly can include a primary actuator and a quasi-passive linear pneumatic actuator coupled between the first and second support members. The quasi-passive linear pneumatic actuator can comprise an active state in which the quasi-passive linear pneumatic actuator stores energy upon a first rotation of the first and second support members and releases energy upon a second rotation of the first and second support members opposite the first rotation, and an inactive state that facilitates return of the first and second support members to a default position.
US11717952B1	Auxiliary handle attachment for a long-handled tool An auxiliary handle attachment includes a first channel member comprising a first channel closed side along a tool axis to receive an elongated shaft of a tool along the tool axis; a first clamp structure attached to the first channel member to clamp the elongated shaft of the tool to the first channel closed side; a body transverse to the tool axis; and a handle that extends from the body.
US11717951B2	Screwdriver A screwdriver comprises a handle including a butt and a shank extending from the handle and including a tip. The butt includes a first indicating element having a shape corresponding to the tip and a plurality of second indicating elements arranged around the first indicating element. Each of the second indicating elements has the shape.
US11717950B2	Dual-head tool system with rotatable handle A dual headed tool having a rotatable arm has a shank with a tool head at each end. The shank slides through a rotatable hub positioned at the distal ends of the tools handle. One half of the shank is inserted into a longitudinal bore extending through the handle while the other half of the shank extends outward so that the tool head at its end may be used. The shank may be slid out of the bore within the handle and rotated to alternate which end of the shank is used. The tour may also be configured without the shank extending into the longitudinal bore in the handle, such that the handle extends away from the shank at an angle between 0° and 180°.
US11717948B2	Electronic shelf label removal tool Examples provide an electronic shelf label (ESL) removal tool for removing an electronic shelf label from a shelf. The tool includes a central body member which is substantially cylindrical. A gripping member is included at a first end of the central body enabling a user to grip the tool. An expansion member at a second end of the central body slides between a shelf rail to expand or increase a distance between the rails. The tool enables the user to remove the ESL from between the rails more easily. A wedge-shaped tab at the second end of the central body fits between one edge of the shelf rail and the edge of the ESL to pry the ESL out from between the rails.
US11717947B2	Press tool A press tool is provided, including a base, a threaded shaft and an attachment member. The base has a head portion, a body portion and a foot portion. The head portion has a threaded hole. The foot portion has a through hole. The threaded shaft is movably screwed with the threaded hole. The threaded shaft has a first press portion configured for pushing an inner member received in a bushing disposed within a seat body. The pushing assembly is detachably disposed on the first pushing portion. The attachment member has a second press portion configured to press the bushing.
US11717944B2	Vacuum system for securing substrates A vacuum system for securing substrates is provided, having a suction line, the conveyor belt configured to receive and transport at least one substrate, wherein the conveyor belt is provided with a plurality of perforations, wherein the vacuum system is configured to produce fluid suction through the perforations towards the interior of the suction line, generating a securing force of the at least one substrate to the conveyor belt. The invention is characterized in that each perforation is equipped with a valve which allows the opening and closing of the perforation, allowing and impeding, respectively, the passage of a fluid flow through the perforation.
US11717941B2	Tool or workpiece holder A tool or workpiece holder with a receiving body and a clamping device for clamping a tool or a workpiece in a receiving opening of the receiving body. The clamping device comprises a first clamping element, which can be moved in a receiving portion of the receiving body at right angles to a central axis of the receiving opening, and a second clamping element, which can be moved relative to the first clamping element at right angles to the central axis of the receiving opening by means of an actuating element. The second clamping element has conical bottom clamping surfaces on the two clamping elements for inserting the tool or workpiece into the receiving opening. An ejecting mechanism is disposed on the first clamping element for ejecting the tool or workpiece from the receiving opening when the clamping elements are moved into a disengaged position.
US11717937B2	Automatic polishing system A three-dimensional shape measuring instrument is provided for measuring a three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face. A polishing controller is provided for controlling a polishing robot alone or with a polishing tool, based on three-dimensional shape data of the polishing subject face obtained by the shape measurement by the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument. The polishing tool provides a polishing action on the respective part of the polishing subject face through controlling of the polishing robot alone or with the polishing tool by the polishing controller. By controlling a measuring robot and the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument by the polishing controller, the three-dimensional shape measuring instrument moves to a predetermined measuring position relative to the polishing subject face to measure the three-dimensional shape of the polishing subject face.
US11717936B2	Methods for a web-based CMP system Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide methods, polishing systems with computer readable medium having the methods stored thereon, to facilitate consistent tensioning of a polishing article disposed on a web-based polishing system. In one embodiment, a substrate processing method includes winding a used portion of a polishing article onto a take-up roll of a polishing system by rotating a first spindle having the take-up roll disposed thereon; measuring, using an encoder wheel, a polishing article advancement length of the used portion of the polishing article wound onto the take-up roll; determining a tensioning torque to apply to a supply roll using the measured polishing article advancement length; and tensioning the polishing article by applying the tensioning torque to the supply roll.
US11717934B2	Annular frame cleaning accessory for grinding apparatus A grinding apparatus includes a chuck table that holds a workpiece through a protective tape, where the protective tape is attached to one surface of an annular frame so as to cover an opening of the annular frame and the workpiece is attached to the protective tape on an inner side of an inner circumferential edge of the opening of the annular frame; a grinding unit for grinding the workpiece; and a frame cleaning unit that cleans the other surface located on a side opposite to the one surface of the annular frame obtained after grinding of the workpiece, and wherein the frame cleaning unit has either: (i) a first cleaning member configured and arranged for making contact with the other surface of the annular frame and having flexibility, or (ii) a second cleaning member that jets at least either gas or liquid from above the other surface of the annular frame.
US11717929B2	Floor treatment apparatus The present invention relates to a floor treatment apparatus (1) and method for treating a floor. The apparatus comprises: •—a housing (10) comprising a top plate (11), and •—a drive system comprising: •—a transmission (21) arranged above the top plate (11), the transmission (21) comprising a transmission shaft (22) passing through an aperture in the top plate (11), •—a motor (23) attached to the transmission (21), the motor (23) arranged above the top plate (11), •—a rotatable drive plate (24) attached to the transmission shaft (22) and positioned below the top plate (11), and •—a coupling member (25) attached to a bottom of the drive plate (24) and arranged to couple a treatment member (26) for treating a floor surface, by engagement on said floor surface, to the drive plate (24), wherein the floor treatment apparatus comprises an open-ended tubular casing extending from a central aperture in the drive plate (24) through the housing (10) to an outlet opening (15) of the housing (10) to which a fluid conduit is connectable, wherein the casing is arranged for a fluid to flow through it.
US11717926B2	Control device for machine tool To provide a control device for a machine tool capable of performing thread cutting while reducing the load on the machine tool from the oscillating operation, without extending the cycle time, and capable of reliably shredding chips in a case of performing the non-oscillating operation in the present pass after the oscillating operation in the previous pass. A control device for a machine tool includes: an oscillating operation execution determination unit that determines whether to execute an oscillating operation that causes the cutting tool to oscillate in the radial direction of the workpiece; an oscillation command generation unit that generates an oscillation command of the oscillating operation based on a determination result; a control unit that superimposes the oscillation command on a position command of the feed axis to generate a drive command. The oscillating operation execution determination unit determines to intermittently execute the oscillating operation, and the oscillation command generation unit generates an oscillation command so that a non-oscillating cutting portion of a present pass includes a portion at which oscillating cutting was performed in a previous pass, or so that an oscillating cutting portion of the present pass includes a portion at which non-oscillating cutting was performed in the previous pass.
US11717925B2	Machine tool A machine tool equipped with a robot includes a stocker which has one or more effector holder units for holding an end effector to be mounted on the robot, in which the stocker can be stored within a casing of the machine tool. At least a part of the stocker is configured to be bilaterally advanceable into a machining chamber of the machine tool and an external region located outside the machine tool.
US11717920B2	Laser welding apparatus and laser processing device A first resin member including a first contact surface and formed of laser beam-transmissive resin and a second resin member including a second contact surface, which contacts the first contact surface, and formed of laser beam-absorbing resin are arranged one upon the other. A laser welding apparatus includes a clamping unit abutting the second resin member and applying clamping force to the second resin member, a laser emitter emitting laser beam, a laser controller controlling output of the laser beam, a displacement sensor measuring displacement of the second contact surface in stacking direction of the resin members, and a control unit controlling the clamping unit to adjust the clamping force corresponding to displacement amount of the second contact surface continuously or intermittently obtained from the displacement sensor.
US11717918B2	Screw element of a ball screw mechanism A screw element of a ball screw mechanism includes a lead screw which, at an axial end, is joined to a rod element using a friction welding process. In order to improve the friction-welded joint, prior to the friction welding process, the lead screw has a circumferential groove on the end face facing the rod element.
US11717909B2	Powder feeding device and additive manufacturing device A powder feeding device includes: a hopper including a discharge port for discharging powder; and a conveyance device configured to move a conveyance surface disposed below the discharge port in a first direction and invert the conveyance surface in a front end portion. The hopper includes a front wall portion positioned on a downstream side of the discharge port in the first direction. A predetermined gap is formed between a lower end of the front wall portion and the conveyance surface. In the powder feeding device, powder deposited on the conveyance surface is conveyed in the first direction by the conveyance device with a thickness corresponding to the gap and dropped from the front end portion.
US11717907B2	Bonding probe for bonded dual walled turbine components A bonding probe is used for bonding a cover sheet to a core to form or repair a dual wall structure. The bonding probe includes a body, an attachment end at a distal end of the body, a head at an opposite end of the body, a tip extending from the head, and a cooling passageway. The attachment end couples the body to a resistance welder. The tip extends to form a proximate end of the body. The tip includes a contacting area having a predetermined three dimensional contoured surface. The contacting area aligns with a predetermined area of a three dimensional outer surface of a cover sheet of a dual walled structure. The cooling passageway provides a passageway for a flow of cooling fluid. The cooling passageway extends through the head, and into the tip.
US11717905B2	Methods and apparatus to communicate via a welding arc Methods and apparatus to communicate via a welding arc are disclosed. An example welding-type power supply includes a power converter, a weld monitor, and an arc modulator. The power converter outputs welding power to sustain a welding-type arc at a welding-type torch. The weld monitor monitors one or more aspects of a weld performed using the welding-type arc and the welding-type torch, and selects an audio message based on the one or more aspects. The arc modulator configured to modify the welding-type arc to output the selected audio message as a plasma speaker.
US11717901B2	Methods and arrangements relating to edge machining of building panels A tool configuration 91 for producing an improved locking system of a floor panel 1′ and a method incorporating such tool configuration. The tool configuration 91x, 91y, is a non-rotating tool configuration profiling certain surfaces of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in that the tolerances can be kept on a low level.
US11717895B2	Cutting insert and cutting tool assembly including same Embodiments of a cutting insert are provided. The cutting insert includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of side surfaces extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, an insert hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a corner portion provided with a cutting edge. At least one of the upper surface and the lower surface has a plurality of recesses extending between the insert hole and the corner portion. The plurality of recesses includes a first recess into which one portion of the mounting portion is inserted when the cutting insert is supported by the mounting portion, and a second recess into which another portion of the mounting portion is inserted when the cutting insert is supported by the mounting portion. The second recess has a side wall spaced apart from another portion of the mounting portion.
US11717892B1	Additively featured plates for heat exchangers Hybrid additive featured plates used to form an overall microchannel heat exchanger and corresponding method of manufacture are disclosed. Various additive manufacturing (AM) techniques may be used to form walls defining microchannel features on a plate substrate. The manufacturing method is a hybrid process in that leverages both additive and conventional manufacturing techniques to minimize both cost and fabrication time.
US11717890B2	Additive manufacturing apparatus An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a chamber, including a front plate; a door, provided at an opening of the front plate; an irradiator; a gas supplier, supplying an inert gas to the chamber; and a gas discharger, discharging the inert gas from the chamber. The gas supplier includes a middle nozzle and a lower nozzle. The middle nozzle is provided so as to cross the opening when the door is closed, has one end swingably supported on the front plate, and swings independently of opening and closing of the door.
US11717889B2	Multi-metallic articles of manufacture Methods disclosed herein include using additive manufacturing to create a joint between a first metallic material and a second metallic material that is different from the first metallic material, wherein the porosity of the joint is less than about 0.1 percent by volume measured according to ASTM B-962. The additive manufacturing can be performed such that no intermetallic brittle phase forms between the first metallic material and the second metallic material.
US11717884B2	Molten metal pump, and method of adjusting pumping power of molten metal pump In a molten metal pump, which includes a pump chamber portion and a drive unit and drives molten metal in a pump chamber of the pump chamber portion by the drive unit for discharging and sucking, the pump chamber portion has an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder detachably housed in the outer cylinder, the outer cylinder is configured as a bottomed cylindrical body having an outer cylinder bottom wall and an outer cylinder side wall, the inner cylinder is configured as a bottomed cylindrical body having an inner cylinder bottom wall and an inner cylinder side wall, a ring-shaped spacer, which is interposed between an inner surface of the outer cylinder bottom wall and an outer surface of the inner cylinder bottom wall in a sealed state and in a detachable manner, is further provided.
US11717882B1	Mold casting surface cooling The present invention relates to a method, system, and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a continuous casting operation. A continuous casting mold component described herein includes: a mold wall substrate defining a groove proximate a bottom of the mold wall substrate; a graphite liner having a bottom edge defining a first angled surface and a top edge defining a second angled surface, where the bottom edge is received into the groove of the mold wall substrate; and a clamping element defining an angled clamping surface attached to the mold wall substrate with at least one fastener, where the bottom angled surface of the graphite liner is driven into the groove defined in the substrate in response to the angled clamping surface of the clamping element engaging the second angled surface of the graphite liner and the fastener pressing the clamping element toward the mold wall substrate.
US11717879B2	Use of closed-pore microspheres of expanded pearlite as a filler for the production of mouldings for the foundry industry The present invention relates to the use of closed-pore microspheres of expanded perlite as a filler for producing moldings for the foundry industry, to a composition for producing moldings for the foundry industry, comprising closed-pore microspheres of expanded perlite as a filler, and a binder, the binder being selected from the group consisting of water glass, phenol-formaldehyde resins, two-component systems comprising as reactants a polyisocyanate and a polyol component containing free hydroxyl groups (OH groups), and starch, and also to moldings for the foundry industry and to a process for producing a molding for the foundry industry.
US11717875B2	Electrically initiated elastomer member expansion for controlling tubing member assembly diameter A system for controlling tubing member assembly diameter includes a control unit, a computing device, a tubing member assembly, and an elastomer member. The tubing member assembly includes an outer pipe member that defines a static diameter and an inner pipe member having an outer surface and defining a dynamic diameter that changes from a first inner pipe member value to a second inner pipe member value. The elastomer member is disposed between the outer pipe member and the inner pipe member such that an inner area of the elastomer member is disposed on the outer surface of the inner pipe member. The elastomer member expands from a first position to a second position to constrict the dynamic diameter from the first inner pipe member value to the second inner pipe member value responsive to receiving an electrical signal from the control unit.
US11717874B2	Precision compensation mechanism of full-automatic bidirectional flanging machine A precision compensation mechanism of a full-automatic bidirectional flanging machine comprises an upper die X-direction fine adjustment assembly, an upper die Y-direction fine adjustment assembly, a lower die X-direction fine adjustment assembly and a lower die Y-direction fine adjustment assembly, wherein the fine adjustment assemblies each comprise N adjusting threaded sleeves, N adjusting screws and a threaded sleeve rotation driving device; wherein the N adjusting threaded sleeves are threaded into an upper opening or a lower opening of a C-shaped flanging beam along the length direction of an upper die or a lower die; the outer wall surfaces of the N adjusting threaded sleeves are threaded into the upper opening or the lower opening of the C-shaped flanging beam to form N screw thread pairs I with the thread pitch of P1.
US11717870B2	Continuous method for producing capillaries made of nonferrous alloys A method for producing capillaries from nonferrous alloys, in particular of Al, which includes the continuous cold rotary extrusion of a blank having a solid cross-section, obtained by casting, in order to produce a tube having a hollow cross-section. The deformation of the blank to be extruded is achieved only by using friction force. The method further includes at least one step of cold drawing of the extruded tube in order to reduce its diameter to the diameters corresponding to a capillary.
US11717868B1	Repair adjusting system for thermal-assisted in-situ chemical oxidation and adjusting method Disclosed are a repair adjusting system for thermal-assisted in-situ chemical oxidation and an adjusting method. The repair adjusting system for thermal-assisted in-situ chemical oxidation comprises a chemical oxidation adjusting system and a controller, the chemical oxidation adjusting system is provided with a temperature monitor, a magnetic oxidant concentration monitor, a pollutant concentration monitor and a reaction control device, the controller is respectively connected with the temperature monitor, the magnetic oxidant concentration monitor, the pollutant concentration monitor and the reaction control device, and the controller controls an oxidation process of the chemical oxidation adjusting system through the reaction control device according to output data of the temperature monitor, the magnetic oxidant concentration monitor and the pollutant concentration monitor.
US11717863B2	System comprising a portable switching device for use with a portable electronic device A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.
US11717861B2	Apparatus and method for cleaning The apparatus and method of the present invention relate to a cleaning cloth, a cleaning cloth system, and a method for cleaning. The present invention contemplates a cleaning cloth that is adapted to operate together with a body to provide for an enhanced cleaning experience, and in at least certain embodiments provides an improved ability to more efficiently and effectively clean in tight spaces, such as for example within a relatively small opening between two adjacent structures.
US11717858B2	Article sorting system An article sorting system includes: a sorting container support apparatus including a plurality of sorting container support units; a plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; an automatic sorting apparatus that is arranged adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus and configured to automatically sort a plurality of articles into a plurality of articles; a work area that is set up adjacent to the sorting container support apparatus on a side opposite to the automatic sorting apparatus and in which an operator performs a sorting operation to sort articles into the plurality of sorting containers supported by the sorting container support units; and an operation display apparatus. The operation display apparatus displays, toward the work area, operation instruction-related information on each of the plurality of sorting container support units or each of the plurality of sorting containers.
US11717855B2	Machine, in particular padding machine, to backfill pipelines Machine, especially a padding machine, for the burying of pipes, in particular arranged in a respective excavation of the ground, quali gas pipelines, oil pipelines, aqueducts, or altri, in particular for la covering of said pipe with a corresponding material, in particular un treated material, preferably screened or frantumato, including a main support framework of the apparatus, in particular which extends according to a respective longitudinal axis of the same machine, a cabin for housing the driver of the machine, such a cabin is in the form of a cabin movable with respect to said main support frame. Said cabin for housing the driver of the machine can be positioned, in corresponding vertical positions, or placed at height levels different from each other, preferably moving vertically, or perpendicularly to said ground.
US11717851B2	Method and apparatus for producing a decorative workpiece and workpiece The inventions relates to a method for producing a decorative workpiece with a structured surface comprising the following steps: (B) applying a first liquid lacquer having a coarse structuring over the entire surface, wherein a difference in thickness between thicker regions and thinner regions is at least 50 μm, in particular at least 100 μm; (E) applying a second liquid, at least partially transparent lacquer for producing a fine structuring in some regions. Furthermore, an apparatus for performing the method and a workpiece produced by the method are claimed.
US11717849B2	Layer-by-layer coating apparatus and method Apparatus and method useful for, among other things, providing a layer by layer coating of materials on a substrate.
US11717843B2	System for spraying a wall surface of a building and method therefor The present invention provides an automated system for spraying a wall of a building. The automated system comprises a boom lift having a linear track disposed thereon, wherein the linear track is disposed horizontally with respect to the height of the building; a robotic mechanism slidably mounted on the linear track of the boom lift, the robotic mechanism further having an end effector adapted for supporting a spray nozzle thereon; a visual monitoring system configured to scan structural characteristics and profiles of the wall; a computing device disposed in communication with the visual monitoring system and the robotic mechanism, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the scanned structural characteristics and profile of the wall from the visual monitoring system; and controller communicably coupled to the computing device, the controller configured to independently control operation of respective ones of the robotic mechanism, and the spray nozzle according to the scanned structural characteristics and profiles of the wall.
US11717842B2	Spreader A spreader for spreading a material including at least one pair of rotating discs having a plurality of generally radially oriented blades attached thereon for disbursing the material in a pre-selected pattern. The discs are rotatably positioned below an end of a funnel unit to receive material passing through the funnel units. The material, as it passes through the funnel units, is directed to a predetermined impact region on each of the rotating discs by a corresponding pair of deflecting vanes integrally fit and movably attached within each funnel of the pair of funnel units. Each deflecting vane is selectably movable by a corresponding actuator from a first position to a second position while the spreader is operating.
US11717830B2	Open microfluidic system and various functional arrangements therefore An open microfluidic system is provided. The open microfluidic system including the extreme wettability of exclusive liquid repellency (ELR), open microchannels with high lateral resolution and low profile, various valve arrangements, capable of a broad range flow rates, and capable of spatially and temporally trapping particles in open fluid.
US11717829B2	System and method for processing and detecting nucleic acids A system and method for processing and detecting nucleic acids from a set of biological samples, comprising: a capture plate and a capture plate module configured to facilitate binding of nucleic acids within the set of biological samples to magnetic beads; a molecular diagnostic module configured to receive nucleic acids bound to magnetic beads, isolate nucleic acids, and analyze nucleic acids, comprising a cartridge receiving module, a heating/cooling subsystem and a magnet configured to facilitate isolation of nucleic acids, a valve actuation subsystem configured to control fluid flow through a microfluidic cartridge for processing nucleic acids, and an optical subsystem for analysis of nucleic acids; a fluid handling system configured to deliver samples and reagents to components of the system to facilitate molecular diagnostic protocols; and an assay strip configured to combine nucleic acid samples with molecular diagnostic reagents for analysis of nucleic acids.
US11717828B2	Velocimetry-based identification of single proteins and other particles Spatially distributed optical excitation and integrated waveguides are used for ultrasensitive particle detection based on individual electrokinetic velocities of particles. In some embodiments, chip-integrated systems are used to identify individual particles (e.g., individual molecules) based on their velocity as they move through an optically interrogated channel. Molecular species may be identified and quantified in a fully integrated setting, allowing for particle analysis including molecular analysis that can operate at low copy numbers down to the level of single-cell lysates. In some embodiments, the single-particle velocimetry-based identification and/or separation techniques are applied to various diagnostic assays, including nucleic acids, metabolites, macromolecules, organelles, cell, synthetic markers, small molecules, organic polymers, hormones, peptides, antibodies, lipids, carbohydrates, inorganic and organic microparticles and nanoparticles, whole viruses, and any combination thereof.
US11717824B2	Methods of analyzing biological samples using a fluidic cartridge A method for analyzing biological samples is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a fluid sample into a cartridge device, which comprises: a fluidic chamber; at least one microfluidic channel in fluid communication with the fluidic chamber; and a venting port configured to apply a pneumatic force to the fluidic chamber; and inserting the cartridge device into a reader device to perform measurements, wherein the cartridge device is positioned in a vertical or tilted position such that at least a portion of the fluid sample inside the fluidic chamber is pulled by gravity in a direction away from the venting port or towards the bottom of the fluidic chamber.
US11717820B2	Microfluidic device, production of a microfluidic device and method and system for performing inorganic determinations A method of producing a microfluidic device, including providing at least two solid layers and at least one reagent disc comprising a support disc carrying at least one dry reagent, arranging the reagent disk(s) and stacking the solid layers to form a microfluidic channel arrangement including at least one opening into a channel of the microfluidic channel arrangement and wherein the reagent disk(s) is located in the microfluidic channel arrangement.
US11717819B2	High-throughput crystallographic screening device and method for crystalizing membrane proteins using a sub physiological resting membrane potential across a lipid matrix of variable composition The invention is a high-throughput voltage screening crystallographic device and methodology that uses multiple micro wells and electric circuits capable of assaying different crystallization condition for the same or different proteins of interest at the same of different voltages under a humidity and temperature controlled environment. The protein is solubilized in a lipid matrix similar to the lipid composition of the protein in the native environment to ensure stability of the protein during crystallization. The invention provides a system and method where the protein is transferred to a lipid matrix that holds a resting membrane potential, which reduces the degree of conformational freedom of the protein. The invention overcomes the majority of the difficulties associated with vapor diffusion techniques and essentially reconstitutes the protein in its native lipid environment under “cuasi” physiological conditions.
US11717818B2	Focused acoustic radiation for the ejection of sub wavelength droplets Focused acoustic radiation, referred to as tonebursts, are applied to a volume of liquid to generate a set of droplets. The droplets generated are substantially smaller in scale than the focal spot size of the acoustic beam (e.g., the frequency at which the acoustic transducer operates). Further, the droplets have trajectories that are substantially in the direction of the acoustic beam propagation direction. In one embodiment, a first toneburst is applied to temporarily raise a protuberance on a free surface of the fluid. After the protuberance has reached a certain state, a second toneburst is applied to the protuberance to break it into very small droplets. In one embodiment, the state of the protuberance at which the second toneburst is supplied is the time period shortly after the protuberance reaches its maximum height but before the protuberance recedes back into the volume of fluid.
US11717817B2	Dispensing apparatus, liquid dispensing method, and cell dispensing method A dispensing apparatus, a liquid dispensing method, and a cell dispensing method which can dispense liquid with very high accuracy. A dispensing apparatus includes a glass pipette, a tubular elastic member, a rod-shaped member, and a piezoelectric element actuator. A portion of the tubular elastic member located adjacent to a first open end thereof covers a portion of the glass pipette located adjacent to an opening portion thereof. A portion of the tubular elastic member located adjacent to a second open end thereof covers at least a forward end portion of the rod-shaped member. When the piezoelectric element actuator pushes the rod-shaped member toward the opening portion of the glass pipette, the tubular elastic member deforms such that the volume of the internal space of the tubular elastic member decreases.
US11717814B2	Catalytic washcoat with controlled porosity for NOx abatement The present disclosure recognizes a correlation between zeolitic surface area (ZSA) of a catalyst composition and its catalytic activity. Particularly, the disclosure provides catalyst articles for diesel NOx abatement, including a substrate and a washcoat layer containing metal-promoted molecular sieves, wherein the zeolitic surface area (ZSA) of the catalyst article is about 100 m2/g or greater, the volumetric surface area is about 900 m2/in3 or greater, and/or the total zeolitic surface area (tZSA) is about 1200 m2 or greater. The disclosure further relates to methods for evaluating ZSA, volumetric ZSA, and tZSA, e.g., including the steps of coating a catalyst composition comprising metal-promoted molecular sieves onto a substrate; calcining and aging the catalyst composition; determining the ZSA (or volumetric ZSA or tZSA) thereof; and correlating the ZSA (or volumetric ZSA or tZSA) with catalyst composition NOx abatement activity to determine whether the catalyst composition is suitable for an intended use.
US11717813B2	Zeolite catalyst for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons to produce propylene and its preparation and use A method for preparing a zeolite catalyst for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons to produce propylene is provided, which specifically includes steps of mixing a silicon source, a templating agent, an aluminium source, and a solvent to form a zeolite precursor solution, which is then subjected to hydrothermal crystallization, washing, drying, and calcination to obtain a zeolite precursor; ion-exchanging the zeolite precursor with ammonium ions, followed by drying and calcination; and loading aluminum onto the ion-exchanged zeolite precursor as a carrier via incipient-wetness impregnation by using an aluminium-containing solution, followed by drying and calcination. Zeolite catalysts prepared by the method and use of the catalysts in catalytic cracking of hydrocarbons to produce propylene are also provided.
US11717806B2	Adsorber An adsorbent bed, including at least one elementary composite structure that includes adsorbent particles in a polymer matrix, wherein the adsorbent bed has a bed packing, ρbed, defined as a volume occupied by the at least one elementary composite structure Vecs divided by a volume of the adsorbent bed Vbed where ρbed is greater than 0.60.
US11717805B2	Biodegradable high-performance absorbent polymers and methods thereof Among other things, the present disclosure provides technologies useful as super absorbent polymers.
US11717803B2	Porous materials Porous materials (such as organic polyamine cage compounds) and methods of stabilising porous materials which are otherwise prone to pore-collapse are described. Such stabilisation is accomplished through the use of molecular ties to create bridges between reactive groups of a (potentially) porous material to thereby strengthen and stabilise the porous structure. The chemistry involved in, and the results of, the stabilisation of porous materials to provide a new sorption composition comprising the very materials which are generally prone to pore-collapse are also described.
US11717799B2	Continuous flow system for the production and purification of biodiesel Provided is a system and method for producing and purifying biodiesel. In particular, the system comprises a tandem arrangement of at a modular biodiesel reactor and a continuous flow separation and purification unit. The system can further comprise an evaporation unit that is placed between the biodiesel reactor and the continuous flow separation and purification unit.
US11717798B2	Food processor The present disclosure provides a food processor, including: a cup body; a cup cover detachably connected to an upper end of the cup body, the cup cover including a pumping opening communicating with an inner cavity of the cup body, and being provided with a cover handle; and a vacuum pumping device detachably connected to the cup cover, the vacuum pumping device including a pumping hole and an exhaust hole, the pumping hole being configured to communicate with the pumping opening after the vacuum pumping device is mounted on the cup cover. The food processor has a simplified vacuum pumping structure, improving the use convenience of the food processor.
US11717791B2	Mitigating leaks in membranes Two-dimensional material based filters, their method of manufacture, and their use are disclosed. In one embodiment, a membrane may include an active layer including a plurality of defects and a deposited material associated with the plurality of defects may reduce flow therethrough. Additionally, a majority of the active layer may be free from the material. In another embodiment, a membrane may include a porous substrate and an atomic layer deposited material disposed on a surface of the porous substrate. The atomic layer deposited material may be less hydrophilic than the porous substrate and an atomically thin active layer may be disposed on the atomic layer deposited material.
US11717784B1	Natural gas adsorptive separation system and method A natural gas adsorptive separation system and method is described. A method of separating natural gas includes directing a natural gas mixture through an activated carbon adsorption tower until the adsorption tower is saturated, collecting methane from the output of the adsorption tower, heating the saturated carbon adsorption tower with adsorbate using a heater and/or a vacuum pump in a closed loop circuit with the carbon adsorption tower until the input to the vacuum pump is within a specified temperature of the output of the heater, lowering the pressure in the heated activated carbon adsorption tower using the vacuum pump to desorb at least one hydrocarbon compound of the plurality of different hydrocarbon compounds, compressing and cooling the desorbed hydrocarbon compound, separating the cooled and compressed hydrocarbon compound into gas and liquid in a fluid separator, and collecting the liquid from the fluid separator.
US11717781B2	Filter cartridge assembly having fluid management structure A filter cartridge assembly is disclosed, which includes a housing having a reservoir for collecting fluids entering the housing through a gas return path, a sensor located within the reservoir for detecting a fluid level therein, and a backer plate positioned within the housing adjacent an inlet port to the reservoir and including fluid management structure to shield the sensor from fluid entering the reservoir from the gas return path through the inlet port and causing a false indication of the fluid level in the reservoir.
US11717779B2	Aerosol separator for separating aerosols in a blow-by gas The invention relates to an aerosol separator for separating aerosols in a blow-by gas, which comprises at least one feed opening for feeding a blow-by gas provided with aerosols, an outlet opening for discharging a blow-by gas cleaned of aerosols, at least one outflow opening for releasing aerosols removed from the blow-by gas, and which is arranged between a flow path of the at least one feed opening and the outlet opening, and a plurality of projections for configuring the flow path running from the at least one feed opening to the outflow opening in a meandering manner, in order to decelerate the blow-by gas which enters the feed opening and which is provided with aerosols, in terms of its flow rate. The separator is characterized in that the projections in their end region, around which blow-by gas flows, have a portion with increasing projection width.
US11717777B2	Nonwoven fabric There is disclosed a nonwoven laminate (5) or laminate fabric comprising at least three layers (10, 20) comprising spunbond/meltblown/spunbond layers, wherein the laminate (5) has: an abrasion resistance of at least 5,000 rubs or higher, and a microbiological filtration performance measured as a log reduction factor (LRF) of 3 or higher. The laminate (5) comprises a medical and/or pharmaceutical fabric such as for medical and/or sterile packaging. Beneficially the laminate (5) has been flat calendared between flat heated metal rollers (105, 110) and further, the laminate (5) has been flat calendar laminated between flat heated metal rollers (105, 110).
US11717767B2	Laboratory device for evaporating a substance A laboratory device, in particular a rotary evaporator, serves for evaporating a substance, preferably under reduced pressure, and comprises an evaporation flask for receiving the substance to be evaporated, a condenser for condensing the evaporated substance and a vapor passage for passing through the evaporated substance, which vapor passage is arranged in a vapor path between the evaporation flask and the condenser. The laboratory device further comprises a detection unit for foam detection, which detection unit is provided outside of the vapor passage and/or the evaporation flask.
US11717762B2	Animation puppet The animation puppet includes a body core, a head configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a head joint therebetween, a pair of upper limbs configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a respective pair of upper limb joints therebetween, and a pair of legs configured for friction-fit engagement with the body core and forming a respective pair of leg joints therebetween. Each of the joints include a pair of articulable surfaces in said friction-fit engagement by way of a surface interface pre-tension having a coefficient of friction relatively greater than the weight of the animation puppet such that each joint independently supports the weight of the animation puppet while simultaneously permitting relative independent position posing of one or more of the head, the pair of arms, and/or the pair of limbs relative to the body core for stop-motion animation.
US11717758B2	Systems and methods for providing tiered game trials The present disclosure relates to systems and methods providing tiered access to video game rentals or video game teasers as interactive gaming applications to users in order to entice a purchase of a full-version of the game. In various aspects, the interactive gaming application may be configured to allow varied access to portions of the video game or rental of the video game for a finite period of time. Additionally, the systems and methods may prompt the user to purchase the full game at the height or apex of their engagement with the interactive application.
US11717753B2	Methods and systems for generating modified level of detail visual assets in a video game A method for generating at least one proxy level of detail (LOD) visual asset for contents of a grid cell of a game map is described. A LOD management engine receives data indicative of grid cell contents and at least one function is applied to the data. The LOD engine generates a base proxy LOD visual asset representative of the data and an associated base proxy switch distance as a result of the applying, received by a LOD management module which generates a first proxy LOD visual asset by iteratively reducing a polygon mesh complexity of the base proxy LOD visual asset until a maximum geometric deviation of the first proxy LOD visual asset approaches a predefined threshold value. The LOD management module generates a first proxy switch distance at which the predefined threshold value, when projected on a display of a default resolution, comprises a predefined number of pixels.
US11717749B2	Cloud gaming device handover Methods and systems to identify options of secondary client devices for a device handover of game play include establishing a session of game play of a game for a primary client device by executing the game on a server and streaming video frames to the primary client device. A profile is generated for each secondary client device that is identified to be local to the primary client device. A handover option is provided to the primary client device during game play, identifying one or more of the secondary client devices, based on the profile. A selection of a secondary client device from the handover option causes pausing of the streaming of video frames to the primary client device, accessing the game state for the game, and resuming game play using the secondary client device.
US11717745B2	Tier-on-tier multiple level jigsaw puzzle A tier-on-tier multiple level jigsaw puzzle comprised of varying thickness and irregular interlocking pieces which, when assembled, form an image with visible surfaces in relief relative to the tabular surface. The puzzle is formed of a lower, base puzzle and an upper puzzle, which when combined have variable distinct surfaces and variable thickness with planar and/or textured surfaces to result in a raised relief 3D effect. The specific mix of individual pieces exhibiting variable thicknesses & distinct surfaces enhances enjoyment by adding strategic elements to puzzle assembly and optimizes the quality of the image.
US11717743B2	Method for playing a skill-based strategy game A method of playing a game includes commencing a building phase, which includes placing a plurality of first player barrier pieces and first player battle pieces, and at least one first player king piece in a first player fortress arrangement, and placing a plurality of second player barrier pieces and second player battle pieces, and at least one second player king piece in a second player fortress arrangement. The method further includes subsequently commencing a battle phase including propelling a first player battle piece toward the second player fortress arrangement, contacting the at least one second player king piece by the first player battle piece, and eliminating the second player king piece in response to being contacted.
US11717742B2	Footpad with sensor compatibility Methods and systems are provided for concave footpads for a personal transport device. In one example, the concave footpads may be coupled to the personal transport device, arranged between an operator's feet and an upper surface of the personal transport device, the upper surface including a pressure transducer.
US11717741B2	Tracked personal snow transport system The present disclosure provides a snow transport system with a frame comprising a base plate, a pair of opposed side plates, and a plurality of cross members extending between the side plates. A pair of convex lower track slides are mounted on lower portions of, and a pair of convex upper track slides are mounted on upper portions of, the pair of opposed side plates. A drive wheel is mounted at an upper front portion of the frame and connected to be driven by a motor mounted within the frame, an idler wheel is mounted at a lower rear portion of the frame, and a continuous track is wrapped around the wheels and the slides. A push arm assembly is mounted to one side of the frame and extends forwardly from the frame with a push bar portion and user controls at a forward end thereof.
US11717740B2	Apparatus and method for motorized traction device to assist alpine touring snow sport equipment movement The present disclosure comprises a novel system that attaches to skis in an alpine touring setup and provides electric, battery powered, motorized traction that assists the skier when traveling uphill or horizontal on snow. In one embodiment, the devices removably attach to the ski near the tail and have a cylindrical traction surface that sits below the ski near the tail. The traction surface is powered by an electric hub motor which engages, either with initiation of forward movement, input from sensors, or a set programmed cadence, thereby assisting the user's moving, unweighted ski forward until the completion of that step. Once arrived at the desired destination, or when downhill travel is warranted, the user removes and stores the devices from each ski and proceeds downhill.
US11717739B2	Reflective video display apparatus for interactive training and demonstration and methods of using same A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11717737B2	Athletic training system and method An athletic training system (200) has a data recording system (202) and a data engine (204). The data recording system (202) is configured to record an athletic competition event. The event may have a first team of players competing against a second team of players. The data engine (204) is configured to receive data associated with the recorded athletic competition event. The data engine (204) processes the data and displays the data as a replay of the event in animated form.
US11717735B1	Magnetic practice targets A practice target that includes: a front face; a rear face; a side face with a plurality of pockets, including first and second sets of pockets into which are disposed first and second sets of magnets. The first and second sets of magnets are identical in shape but are oriented opposite each other so that when the practice targets are stacked they have mutual attraction instead of being repelled by like magnets. The magnets include notches/cutouts/protrusions/etc. that match with similar structures in the pockets to hold them in place in the pockets. There are off-center pin holes through the magnets that make sure that they are oriented correctly during injection molding. There are netting grooves between the plurality of pockets and a tether aperture with a tether for attaching to a net.
US11717728B1	Golf ball having markings spaced from a centerline plane A method for printing a marking on a golf ball includes arranging ink in an etching pattern on a printing plate, matching a reference position on the plate to a reference position on the golf ball, transferring the ink from the printing plate to a pad, and transferring the ink from the pad to the golf ball such that the golf ball includes the marking. The pattern includes an etch corresponding to the marking, wherein the etch differs from the marking in a manner dependent on the position of the marking on the golf ball. The marking that results on the golf ball is a linear marking, and a centerline of the linear marking lies entirely within a marking plane that is not a centerline plane of the golf ball, and wherein the edges of the marking are parallel with the marking plane.
US11717724B2	Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball travelling a great flight distance on driver shots on a rainy day and having excellent spin performance on approach shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film covering the golf ball body and composed of at least one layer, wherein an outermost layer of the paint film is formed from a paint containing a polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a carbinol modified silicone oil different from the polyol compound.
US11717722B2	Collaborative exercise A report of a state of a local exercise device based at least in part on a user response to an electromagnetic resistance unit in the local exercise device is sent. An update based on a state of a remote exercise device is received. The electromagnetic resistance unit is caused to change state in reaction to the received update.
US11717718B2	Combination therapeutic and exercise single board elliptical-motion device An exercise device including a base having a channel formed therein, and a wheel rotatably connected to the base. The exercise device additionally includes a support link having a first end portion slidably connected to the channel and a second end portion pivotally connected to the wheel. The exercise device further comprises a single platform having an upper surface sized to support both feet of a user. The single platform is connected to the support link such that the single platform moves in concert with the support link. A first rotation member is coupled to the single platform and configured to rotate relative to the single platform about a first rotation axis generally perpendicular to the upper surface.
US11717716B2	Medicine ball and method of operating thereof A medicine ball has a gyroscope housed inside a rotatable capsule, a user interface configured to receive a user input, a programmable controller, and a power source each communicatively coupled with the user interface. In operation, the power source supplies power to the gyroscope, the rotatable capsule, and the programmable controller in response to receiving the user input at the user interface. The programmable controller controls the movement of the gyroscope and the rotatable capsule in response to receiving the user input at the user interface.
US11717714B1	Weight-adjustable dumbbell and dumbbell assembly Disclosed are a weight-adjustable dumbbell and a dumbbell assembly. The dumbbell assembly includes a grip rod assembly and a dumbbell plate, wherein the grip rod assembly includes an outer rotary rod and a telescopic rod, the telescopic rod is telescopically connected to the outer rotary rod, the telescopic rod movably penetrates through the dumbbell plate, and a limit structure is provided between adjacent dumbbell plates for restricting an axial movement between the adjacent dumbbell plates. A dumbbell assembly includes one or more weight-adjustable dumbbells as mentioned above and a dumbbell base.
US11717713B2	Battery module with improved safety Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: a cell holder having a plurality of battery cell insertion portions and at least one fire extinguishing cell insertion portion; a plurality of battery cells respectively located in the battery cell insertion portions; and at least one fire extinguishing cell located in the fire extinguishing cell insertion portion.
US11717711B2	Aerial fire suppression system An embodiment of a fire suppression apparatus for fighting fires from an aerial vehicle is disclosed having a foam and water held in separate containers that when mixed forms a fire retardant in the separate water container, a pump driven by a first electric motor, the pump including an air induction valve positioned at the pump inlet where air and the fire retardant are drawn into the inlet and pressurized simultaneously by the pump, a primer pump driven by a second electric motor to prime the inlet with the fire retardant before starting the pump, an inverter to control startup of the first electric motor, and an aimable boom connected to the pump by a conduit, the boom including a nozzle on a distal end of the boom from which the pressurized water/foam/air fire retardant is dispensed toward a target. Vertical mount plates can attach the apparatus to opposite sides of the helicopter.
US11717705B1	Phantom holder for radiation therapy system An apparatus in a radiation therapy system includes: a base configured to support a first quality assurance phantom at a first position and a second quality assurance phantom at a second position; and at least one coupling element. The at least one coupling element is configured to: mate with at least one indexing feature of a first patient treatment couch of the radiation therapy system; and fix a position of the base relative to the first patient treatment couch.
US11717704B2	Interventional peak skin dose (PSD) estimation An apparatus comprises at least one electronic processor programmed to: control an imaging device to perform an imaging procedure on a patient wherein the imaging procedure comprises a plurality of radiation exposure events; automatically construct a data structure which stores information for the radiation exposure events including at least radiation dose information for the radiation exposure events determined during the imaging procedure; compute a peak skin dose (PSD) estimate for the imaging procedure from the information for the radiation exposure events retrieved from the data structure; determine whether the PSD estimate exceeds a PSD threshold; and output a notification if the PSD estimate exceeds the PSD threshold.
US11717703B2	Delivery of radiation by column and generating a treatment plan therefor An example method of treating a target using particle beam includes directing the particle beam along a path at least part-way through the target, and controlling an energy of the particle beam while the particle beam is directed along the path so that the particle beam treats at least interior portions of the target that are located along the path. While the particle beam is directed along the path, the particle beam delivers a dose of radiation to the target that exceeds one (1) Gray-per-second for a duration of less than five (5) seconds. A treatment plan may be generated to perform the method.
US11717688B2	Medical device and method for detecting atrioventricular block A medical device includes a motion sensor configured to sense a motion signal. The medical device includes a control circuit configured to determine at least one ventricular event metric from the motion signal sensed over multiple of atrial cycles, determine that the ventricular event metric meets atrioventricular block criteria and generate an output in response to determining the atrioventricular block.
US11717684B2	Nanoparticles for use for treating a neuronal disorder The present invention relates to the medical field, in particular to the treatment of neurological disorders. More specifically the present invention relates to a nanoparticle or nanoparticles' aggregate for use in prevention or treatment of a neurological disease or at least one symptom thereof in a subject when the nanoparticle or nanoparticles' aggregate is exposed to an electric field, wherein the nanoparticle's or nanoparticles' aggregate's material is selected from a conductor material, a semiconductor material, an insulator material with a dielectric constant εijk equal to or above 200, and an insulator material with a dielectric constant εijk equal to or below 100. It further relates to compositions and kits comprising such nanoparticles and/or nanoparticles' aggregates as well as to uses thereof.
US11717679B2	Apparatus and method for non-invasive fractional treatment of skin tissue The present invention relates to an apparatus for fractional treatment of skin tissue of a patient comprising a handpiece, at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, arranged on a base plate for applying radio frequency energy, to at least one layer of the skin, wherein the apparatus is adapted to apply electrical energy to the skin tissue with a first pulse and a second pulse following the first pulse, with the first pulse being a low energy level pulse and the second pulse being a high energy level pulse having a higher energy level than the low energy level pulse.
US11717678B2	Oral care device An oral care device for placement in the oral cavity. The oral care device may include a support component, a piezoelectric component, and/or a therapeutic element. The support component is configured for placement between one or more maxillary teeth and one or more mandibular teeth. The piezoelectric element is configured to generate an electrical current from relative movement of the maxillary teeth and the mandibular teeth. The therapeutic element is configured to release a therapeutic composition into the oral cavity at least in part in response to receiving the electrical signal. The device may include the piezoelectric component, the therapeutic element, or both.
US11717677B2	Leadless cardiac pacemaker with retrieval features An implantable leadless cardiac pacing device and associated retrieval features. The implantable device includes a docking member extending from the proximal end of the housing of the implantable device including a covering surrounding at least a portion of the docking member configured to facilitate retrieval of the implantable leadless cardiac pacing device.
US11717672B2	Apparatus and device to function as an electrical lead consisting of electrodes for neurological stimulation and signal recording A device and method consisting of conductive, non-conductive, and support materials. These materials when dispensed or extruded onto a multitude of temporary structures will create an implantable conductive and non-conductive structure suitable for neurological electrical stimulation and neurological electrical recording. This structure may also be suitable for delivering fluid and/or contain optical structures suitable for physiological sensing.
US11717671B2	Biological tissue transdermal patch A biological tissue transdermal patch houses a battery part and an active ingredient such that they do not come into contact with each other. For the use of the biological tissue transdermal patch, the battery part and the active ingredient are brought into contact to start battery reaction of the battery part and the battery part is attached to a biological tissue. Carbonized bacterial cellulose or cellulose nanofiber carbon is used for a positive electrode of the battery part.
US11717668B2	Compounding device, system, kit, software, and method An exemplary compounding system and device for mixing materials can include a housing, a first material source and a second material source. A first fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a first volume of fluid per unit time from the first material source to a final container. A second fluid line can be operationally connected to the housing and configured to transport a second volume of fluid per unit time from the second material source to the final container. The device can also include a pump system including, a first pump having a first rotor and a first platen which secures the first fluid line between the first rotor and the first platen, the first pump being configured to move the first volume of fluid through the first fluid line, and a second pump having a second rotor and a second platen which secures the second fluid line between the second rotor and the second platen, the second pump being configured to move the second volume of fluid through the second fluid line. A first platen lock can be provided and can be rotated in a first direction to lock the first platen in a closed position relative to the first rotor, and wherein rotation of the first rotor draws the first material source through the first fluid line. The pump system can also be configured such that the volume of fluid per unit time delivered by the first and second pumps is different, and/or where the first and second pumps have different head characteristics.
US11717665B2	System and method for effecting non-standard fluid line connections A Luer-like non-standard quick disconnect medical fluid connector that cannot be engaged with a standard Luer fitting.
US11717661B2	Methods and systems for ultrasound assisted delivery of a medicant to tissue This disclosure provides methods and systems for ultrasound assisted delivery of a medicant to tissue. The delivery of the medicant is enhanced by the application of high intensity ultrasound pulses, which generate an intertial cavitation effect, an acoustic streaming effect, or both. This disclosure also provides methods and systems for alleviating pain or swelling associated with the application of ultrasound energy by delivering an anesthetic across a stratum corneum layer according to the methods described herein.
US11717660B2	Silicon microneedle structure and production method A microneedle structure has one or more microneedles (104) projecting from the major surface (102) of a substrate (100). The microneedle has a penetrating tip (106) formed at an intersection between upright surfaces (108) and an inclined surface (110) corresponding to a (1 1 1) crystallographic plane. The microneedle has an expanding portion bounded by a continuation of the upright surfaces (108) and inclined surface (110), and a constant cross-section portion bounded by a continuation of the upright surfaces and a slicing plane (112) extending from an edge (114) of inclined surface (110) towards, and perpendicular to, major surface (102) of the substrate. A width W of inclined surface (110) increases monotonically from penetrating tip (106) to edge (114).
US11717658B2	Skin care device In order to achieve the above or other aims, according to one aspect of the present disclosure, a skin care device is provided which comprises: a body comprising a grip section for a user to hold, and a head section positioned at the end of the grip section; a plurality of skin-contacting plates positioned at the end of the head section; a plurality of oscillators for providing oscillations to each of the skin-contacting plates; and a control unit which supplies an electrical current to the skin-contacting plates and controls the oscillators, wherein the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the control unit are respectively connected to different skin-contacting plates.
US11717654B2	Wedge dissectors for a medical balloon A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips.
US11717653B2	Drug-coated angioplasty balloons Angioplasty balloons coated with at least one limus drug, which may be in crystalline form, optionally with at least one excipient, and methods for manufacturing such coated angioplasty balloons.
US11717649B2	Devices and methods for fluid transfer through a placed peripheral intravenous catheter An apparatus includes a catheter, an introducer, and an actuator. A distal end portion of the introducer is configured to be coupled to a peripheral intravenous line. The introducer defines an inner volume having a first portion that defines an axis parallel to and offset from an axis defined by a second portion. A first portion of the actuator is movably disposed in the first portion of the inner volume. A second portion of the actuator is movably disposed in the second portion of the inner volume and coupled to the catheter movably disposed in the second portion of the inner volume. The actuator moves the catheter between a first position, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, and a second position, in which at least a portion of the catheter is disposed within the peripheral intravenous line.
US11717638B2	Method for anesthetizing the lips The invention relates to a method for anesthetizing a patient's lips prior to a cosmetic procedure, such as lip augmentation or enhancement.
US11717637B2	Breathable gas inlet control device for respiratory treatment apparatus A breathable gas inlet control device permits flow regulation at the inlet of a flow generator for a respiratory treatment apparatus such as a ventilator or continuous positive airway pressure device. The device may implement a variable inlet aperture size based on flow conditions. In one embodiment, an inlet flow seal opens or closes the inlet to a blower in accordance with changes in pressure within a seal activation chamber near the seal. The seal may be formed by a flexible membrane. A controller selectively changes the pressure of the seal activation chamber by controlling a set of one or more flow control valves to selectively stop forward flow, prevent back flow or lock open the seal to permit either back flow or forward flow. The controller may set the flow control valves as a function of detected respiratory conditions based on data from pressure and/or flow sensors.
US11717635B2	Argon combined with thrombectomy in the event of ischaemic stroke The invention relates to an inhalable gaseous medicament containing argon gas for use in combination with a mechanical thrombectomy for treating, reducing or resorbing brain lesions subsequent to an ischaemic stroke in an individual. Preferably, the proportion by volume of argon is between 30 and 79%. The mechanical thrombectomy can be accompanied by a drug-based thrombolysis to dissolve the clot and to thin the blood of the patient.
US11717634B2	Therapeutic oxygen breathing apparatus and exercise system An exercise with oxygen therapy (EWOT) apparatus for rejuvenating oxygen-depleted cell tissue and simulating high altitude oxygen conditions. The EWOT apparatus includes a first cylindrical bladder for providing oxygen-enriched air and a second bladder for providing lower-purity hypoxic air. The first bladder is retained within an open, lightweight rectangular-shaped frame having vertical frame members. An air supply source provides the oxygen-enriched and hypoxic air to the first and second bladders, respectively. A control switch, which can be manually and/or programmed to automatically operate, selectively delivers the oxygen-enriched and/or hypoxic air to a breathing mask worn by a user while exercising on exercise equipment. The first bladder includes a plurality of weights which provide a positive pressure to the air therein. The cylindrical first bladder is attached to the vertical frame members with slidable rings and expands and collapses in a vertical direction when being filled or during use, respectively.
US11717632B2	Airway adaptor and nasal cannula An airway adaptor includes: a nasal expiration collecting portion which is to be connected to a nostril of a living body, and which collects an expiration of the nasal cavity; a gas passage portion that forms a gas passage through which the expiration collected by the nasal expiration collecting portion passes; and a gas sensor attaching portion to which a gas sensor that is disposed in the gas passage portion, and that measures the concentration of a predetermined gas component contained in the expiration is attachable. The nasal expiration collecting portion shows a flowing state where a flow of the expiration is allowed, and an obstruction state where the flow of the expiration is blocked.
US11717627B2	Respiratory mask system A respiratory mask includes a frame and a cushion module including a housing and a cushion that seals on a user's face in use. The housing includes a first connector, for example, a female connector, and the frame includes a second connector, for example, a male connector. The first and second connectors are coupled together in use. The housing includes one or more fasteners that secure the male connector to the female connector. Each fastener includes a base portion coupled to the housing and a moveable portion pivotally connected to the base portion. To assemble the mask, the male connector is inserted into the female connector such that the male connector engages the fasteners. Advancement of the male connector into the female connector causes the fasteners to change orientation from a neutral position to a toggled position and compress. The compressed fasteners apply a retention force to the male connector.
US11717625B2	Component part and base part for an inhaler, and method for making same The invention relates to a component part (1) for an inhaler (27), preferably for an electronic cigarette product, which component part comprises a carrier (2), an electric evaporator (3) arranged on the carrier (2) for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator (3), and an electric connection for supplying the evaporator (3) with electric energy and/or for receiving control signals for the evaporator (3). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (7), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (22) of the base part (20) of the inhaler (27). A base part (20) for an inhaler (27) comprises an electronic control device (21) and an electric connection for transmitting control signals to a component part (1) and/or for the electric supply of a component part (1) of the inhaler (27). The electric connection comprises a plug connector part (22), which is configured for reversible interaction with a corresponding plug connector part (7) of the component part (1).
US11717624B2	Modularized vaporizer The present invention relates to a modularized vaporizer, which enables a fuel module, a heating module, or a vaporizing module to be coupled and separated, in a drawer manner, to and from a body portion housing since a fuel module chamber, a heating module chamber, or a vaporizing module chamber is provided in the body portion housing. The modularized vaporizer reduces the carbonization of fuel or an absorbent member since the fuel or a surface of the absorbent member is uniformly heated (irradiation) by heating energy (light, beam, or heat) emitted (irradiation) from a heating member of the heating module.
US11717622B2	Blocking device The inhalation device for medically active liquids (F) for generation of an aerosol comprises a housing (1), a reservoir (2), a pumping device with a pumping chamber (3), and a nozzle (6), wherein the interior volume of the pumping chamber (3) is changeable by means of linear relative motion of the pumping chamber to the riser pipe (5). Said linear relative motion can be effected by a relative rotation of a rotatable part (1A) which is part of, or connected to, the housing (1) with respect to a second part (1B) of said housing (1), in that said relative rotation can be transferred by means of a gear mechanism into said relative translational motion. A means for the storage of potential energy (7) is provided which is chargeable by means of said relative rotation, and wherein said energy is releasable to said pumping device when released by activation of a release means. A blocking device is provided which is adapted to block activation of the release means and/or release of the means for the storage of potential energy (7) during rotation of the rotatable part (1A) and/or during loading of the means for the storage of potential energy (7). Also, a method for the prevention of undesired emission of medically active liquid or aerosol from an inhalation device is disclosed.
US11717621B2	Automatic dispenser for respiratory delivery device The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.
US11717620B2	Flexible pumping chamber The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to a pumping chamber for such an inhalation device. A pumping unit for an inhalation device for medically active liquids for generation of an aerosol comprises a tubular member (1), a check valve (2), and a counter piece, said counter piece being configured to receive at least a downstream segment of said tubular member (1) and having an interior volume, wherein upstream of said tubular member (1), a reservoir (4) can be fluidically connected with said tubular member (1), and downstream of said counter piece, a nozzle unit (6) can be fluidically connected with said counter piece, and wherein the tubular member (1) comprises an upstream section, a downstream section, and the check valve (2) which is positioned between the upstream section and the downstream section, such that a pumping chamber with a pumping chamber volume is defined which comprises the volume of the downstream section of the tubular member (1) and said interior volume of the counter piece, and wherein tubular member (1) and the counter piece can move relatively to one another, such that the pumping chamber volume is variable. The tubular member (1) comprises at least two mechanically distinct parts (1A, 1B), wherein a first part (1A) provides said upstream section, and a second part (1B) provides said downstream section, and the first part (1A) and the second part (1B) are connected to each other such as to form an interface section (1C) serving as a valve chamber (2B) for the valve (2).
US11717618B2	Medicinal fluid delivery devices and associates methods for advancing and retracting needles Medicinal fluid delivery devices and methods for advancing and retracting needles are disclosed. According to an aspect, a medicinal fluid delivery device includes a tube that defines an interior space that extends between a first and second openings. The device includes a needle including a proximal end and a distal end that substantially align in a first direction. A portion of the distal end is biased to extend in a second direction different than the first direction. A mechanism is attached to the proximal end and configured to position the distal end between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the portion of the distal end is constrained by the interior wall such that is does not extend in the second direction. In the second position, the distal end is not constrained by the interior wall such that it extends in the second direction.
US11717616B2	Medicament container holder The present invention relates to a medicament container holder (10) comprising a body (12) adapted to receive a medicament container (14), the body (12) comprising proximally directed tongues (38) at its proximal end, engagement elements (42) arranged at the proximal end of the tongues (38), directed inwards, which engagement elements (42) are arranged to engage a neck portion (46) of the medicament container (14); wherein the tongues (38) deflect radially outwards when engaged by a needle shield (16) of said medicament container (14). The invention is characterized in that said tongues (38) with said engagement elements (42), engage with said neck portion (46) of said medicament container (14) for preventing the medicament container (14) from moving in a proximal direction relative the medicament container holder (10), when disengaged with said needle shield, wherein said tongues (38) are in a stressed state when in engagement with said neck portion (46).
US11717614B2	Syringe with rolling diaphragm A syringe for a fluid delivery system includes a pressure jacket having a distal end, a proximal end, and a throughbore therebetween. The syringe further includes a rolling diaphragm having a proximal end with an end wall for engaging a plunger, a distal end received within the throughbore of the pressure jacket. The distal end of the rolling diaphragm has a nozzle and a sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the rolling diaphragm along a longitudinal axis. At least a portion of one of the sidewall and the end wall has non-uniform thickness. At least a portion of the sidewall is flexible and rolls upon itself when acted upon by the plunger such that an outer surface of the sidewall at a folding region is folded in a radially inward direction as the plunger is advanced from the proximal end to the distal end of the rolling diaphragm.
US11717613B2	Medicament delivery device with usage monitoring A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing that is arranged to accommodate a medicament container, a drive unit operably arranged to act on the medicament container upon activation, an activation mechanism operably arranged to be operated by a user, an activation preventing mechanism operably arranged to prevent the activation mechanism to be activated, an usage management module arranged to be operated by a user, which usage management module is designed as an attachable unit to the medicament delivery device. First keying elements are arranged on the device and on the usage management module designed to interact with each other when attaching said usage management module, such as to cause a deactivation of the activation preventing mechanism to allow operation of the activation mechanism. The usage management module can include a monitoring circuit arranged to monitor the use of the medicament delivery device.
US11717612B1	Multi-purpose automatic injector A multi-purpose automatic injector, comprising a base unit having a forward end and a rearward end and arranged along a longitudinal axis; a cartridge containing a medicament, the cartridge being coupled adjacent to the forward end of the base unit; a drive assembly attached to the base unit and configured to be actuated by a computerized controller; at least one piercing element configured to be operatively coupled with the drive assembly and configured to be movable by the drive member relative to the cartridge in a reciprocating manner upon receipt of a corresponding signal from the computerized controller.
US11717600B2	Administering dialysis treatment using a hybrid automated peritoneal dialysis system A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a control unit configured to operate in a hybrid automated mode during a PD treatment. A processor in the control unit is configured to engage a pump during a fill phase of the PD cycle. The volume of fluid (e.g., dialysate) transferred to a patient line during the fill phase is monitored. After a dwell period, the pump is disengaged at the start of a drain phase of the PD cycle. Disengaging the pump can include: configuring valves of a disposable cassette to bypass the pump chambers of a disposable cassette; activating a bypass valve to shunt the patient line to a drain line; or moving a roller assembly of a peristaltic pump. The fluid transferred from the patient line to the drain line is monitored during the drain phase of the PD cycle.
US11717597B2	Surface alloyed medical implant A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes: a first biocompatible metal forming a substrate (210, 310, 410), a second biocompatible metal diffused into the first biocompatible metal to form an biocompatible alloy surface (220, 314, 414), the alloy surface further including a diffusion hardening species, wherein the diffusion hardening species may be carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, boron, or any combination thereof. A method of forming a medical implant is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a first biocompatible metal or alloy that forms a substrate (210, 310, 410), providing a second biocompatible metal or alloy, diffusing the second biocompatible metal into the first biocompatible metal to form an alloy layer (220, 314, 414), removing excess second metal material from the substrate to expose the alloy layer, and diffusion hardening the alloy layer.
US11717594B2	Antimicrobial medical biomaterial and a method for preparing the same An antibacterial medical biomaterial includes an acellular small intestinal submucosal matrix material, an antibacterial gel layer located on a surface of the acellular small intestinal submucosal matrix material, and an absorbable fiber layer located on a surface of the antibacterial gel layer. Sulfadiazine silver is on the surface of the acellular small intestinal submucosal matrix material and/or within the acellular small intestinal submucosal matrix material. An absorbable fiber layer to which the sulfadiazine silver is attached, wherein the content of sulfadiazine silver in the absorbable fiber is 1 wt. %˜2 wt. %. The medical biomaterial is usable as an external medicine for treating wound infections relayed by burns or wounds, and for reducing the incidence of infection by using a conventional central venous catheter with a sulfadiazine silver antibacterial coating, so that the medical biomaterial loaded with sulfadiazine silver also has antibacterial activity consistent with sulfadiazine silver.
US11717582B2	Dispenser of liquid products for sanitation A dispenser of liquid products for sanitization, such as bactericides, germicides, disinfectants, alcohol gel, moisturizers, among others, featuring innovative construction characteristics which distribute the product onto the user's hands or onto surfaces of various objects, via spraying in micro droplets, enabling a uniform distribution, suitable to be installed in public environments such as restrooms, restaurants, malls, offices and commercial facilities.
US11717580B2	Cyclodextrin-linked polyvalent ligands for complexation of metal ions Compounds are described which include polyvalent ligands linked to a cyclodextrin scaffold which exhibit strong binding affinities for lanthanides and favorable characteristics with respect to altering the relaxation time of coordinated water molecules. The compounds are useful as contrast agents in applications such as magnetic resonance imaging. The polyvalent ligands are also useful in applications requiring chelation of metal ions in other applications such as water treatment, sequestration of metal ions and treatment of diseases or conditions caused by exposure to toxic or radioactive metal ions.
US11717574B2	Therapeutic dendrimers Disclosed are dendrimers of formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the dendrimer of formula (I) and methods of using the same for treating cancer.
US11717568B2	MVA vaccine for delivery of a UL128 complex and preventing CMV infection In one embodiment, an expression system for expressing a UL128 complex is provided herein. The expression system may include a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) construct, wherein the BAC construct comprises a viral vector inserted with a set of DNA sequences that encode a UL128 complex. In another embodiment, a vaccine composition for preventing HCMV infection is provided. The vaccine composition may include a viral or bacterial vector capable of expressing a UL128 complex and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant, additive or combination thereof or additional vector expressing a protein adjuvant. The viral vector may be an MVA and the UL128 complex includes five HCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof: UL128, UL130, UL131A, gL, and gH. In some embodiments, the viral vector is further inserted with one or more additional DNA sequences that encode one or more additional HCMVHCMV proteins or antigenic fragments thereof such as pp65, gB or both, or such as gM/gN or gO.
US11717564B2	Iterative discovery of neoepitopes and adaptive immunotherapy and methods therefor Contemplated cancer treatments comprise recursive analysis of patient-, cancer-, and location-specific neoepitopes from various biopsy sites of a patient after treatment or between successive rounds of immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy to inform further immunotherapy. Recursive analysis preferably includes various neoepitope attributes to so identify treatment relevant neoepitopes.
US11717563B2	Compositions comprising liposomes, an antigen, a polynucleotide and a carrier comprising a continuous phase of a hydrophobic substance The invention provides a composition comprising: an antigen; liposomes; a polyI:C polynucleotide; and a carrier comprising a continuous phase of a hydrophobic substance. Methods for making and using the compositions are also provided.
US11717562B2	Method and composition for treating arginase 1 deficiency A method and composition to treat a subject with arginase 1 (ARG1) deficiency (ARG1-D) and to rapidly reduce the levels of at least one of arginine and/or a guanidino compound in the subject.
US11717559B2	Interleukin 15 protein complex and use thereof An interleukin 15 (IL-15) protein complex is provided. The IL-15 protein complex includes soluble fusion proteins (I) and (II), wherein the fusion protein (I) is an IL-15 polypeptide or a functional fragment thereof, and the soluble fusion protein (II) is an IL-15Rα polypeptide or a functional fragment thereof. The soluble fusion protein (I) has at least one amino acid residue mutated to a cysteine (Cys) residue, which pairs with a corresponding mutated Cys residue on the soluble fusion protein (II), or vice versa, to form one or more disulfide bonds. The IL-15 protein complex can be used for tumor therapy.
US11717558B2	Nucleic acid molecules encoding activin receptor type IIA variants The invention features polypeptides that include an extracellular ActRIIa variant. In some embodiments, a polypeptide of the invention includes an extracellular ActRIIa variant fused to an Fc domain monomer or moiety. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the polypeptides to treat diseases and conditions involving weakness and atrophy of muscles, e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, inclusion body myositis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sarcopenia; or cancer cachexia; or metabolic diseases, e.g., obesity, Type-1 diabetes, or Type-2 diabetes.
US11717557B2	Use of PRG4 as an anti-inflammatory agent Disclosed herein are methods of using PRG4 glycoprotein, also known as lubricin, to reduce, inhibit, or down-regulate pro-inflammatory pathways in patients at risk of or suffering from an inflammatory response or allergy symptom through CD44 antagonization, regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine production, inhibiting NF-κB translocation and/or facilitating removal of inflammation-inducing cellular or matrix debris or allergens.
US11717552B2	Extract of an herbal composition as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent An extract of an herbal composition comprising at least two different dried plants useful as antimicrobial and/or antibiofilm agent in the treatment or prevention of microbial infections caused by bacteria, such as for example Escherichia, Klebsiella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Streptococcus or Staphylococcus, or by fungi, such as for example is herein described. It has been found that in such extract, the active ingredients exert their biological effects in a synergistic manner. The extract may constitute the active ingredient of a food supplement, a nutraceutical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition or a functional food or a food additive. A process for preparing said extract is also described here.
US11717550B2	Method for preparing drinking water for livestock to create environment for revitalizing intestinal effective microorganisms using treatment of components via ion exchange of natural minerals A method for preparing drinking water for livestock includes mixing 2.5 to 5.0 WT % of tourmaline and 2.5 to 5.0 WT % of illite as natural minerals in powder form of 2 to 3 μm with 90 to 95 WT % of water to produce a mixed solution, and maintaining the mixed solution for 5 to 7 hours at room temperature, and removing the tourmaline powders and illite powders to produce leachate; mixing 15 to 25 WT % of detoxified sulfur in powder form of 2 to 3 μm, 10 to 25 WT % of Rrhus verniciflua Stokes extract, and 10 to 25 WT % of Momordicae Semen extract with 25 to 65 WT % of the leachate to produce a liquid mixture, and maintaining the liquid mixture for 12 hours; and mixing 150 to 250 ml of the liquid mixture with 20 l of water and maintaining the liquid mixture for 6 to 7 hours for amplification.
US11717548B2	Synthetic oncolytic LNP-replicon RNA and uses for cancer immunotherapy The present disclosure relates to synthetic oncolytic viruses comprising a lipid nanoparticle comprising one or more types of lipid and a self-amplifying replicon RNA comprising a sequence that encodes an immunomodulatory molecule.
US11717544B2	Pairing probiotics and prebiotics, methods for growth and use, separately and in combination A method for growing probiotic organisms wherein the growth media includes prebiotics especially selected and prepared to be paired with the probiotic organisms being grown. The prebiotic formula is optimized to grow the desired probiotic organisms, as well as important byproducts of the growth process. Specialized freeze-drying buffers may also be paired with certain probiotic organisms for the freeze-drying process. Specific products may utilize selected probiotic organisms grown and supported with paired prebiotic formulas to promote and maintain physiological health in a subject.
US11717537B2	Compositions and methods for dental mineralization The present invention relates to compositions for mineralizing a dental surface, in particular tooth enamel. Methods of mineralizing hypomineralized lesions (including subsurface lesions) in the tooth enamel caused by dental caries, dental corrosion and fluorosis are also provided. In particular, the invention relates to a method of mineralizing a dental surface or subsurface comprising contacting the dental surface or subsurface with a compound that is capable of increasing or maintaining the pH of a solution and a mineralizing agent.
US11717536B2	Treatment for periodontitis The present invention relates to compositions and their use for oral care. In particular, the compositions and methods are for maintaining oral health and/or treating various oral conditions such as gingivitis. The present invention relates to methods and uses of stabilized amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) and/or stabilized amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate (ACFP) in the preparation of a medicament for reducing pathogenic oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; increasing commensal oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; decreasing the proportion of pathogenic oral bacteria at an oral site in an individual; inhibiting oral dysbiosis; reducing gingival inflammation in an individual in need thereof; treating gingivitis in an individual in need thereof; and treating chronic gingivitis in an individual in need thereof.
US11717535B2	Copper ion compositions and methods of treatment for conditions caused by coronavirus and influenza Provided herein are formulations containing copper ions and methods of treating underlying infections and conditions caused by coronavirus, particularly COVID-19, and influenzas, particularly influenza A and/or influenza B using such formulations. Methods of treating the underlying viruses and their resultant conditions using topical copper ion treatments are provided. A topical treatment in its basic form comprises a biocompatible copper ion solution or suspension obtained by leaching of the copper ions from copper metal. The copper ion solution or suspension may be combined with various carriers to form the copper ion treatment including creams or solutions. Methods of making the copper ion solution or suspension from solid copper metal in a biocompatible solution are also provided.
US11717530B2	Blockade of miR4661-3p binding to IL-17A mRNA with site-specific target site blocker prevents neuro-inflammatory-mediated disease In various aspects and embodiments the invention provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease, in particular, multiple sclerosis.
US11717529B2	Delivery of RNA to trigger multiple immune pathways RNA encoding an immunogen is co-delivered to non-immune cells as the site of delivery and also to immune cells which infiltrate the site of delivery. The responses of these two cell types to the same delivered RNA lead to two different effects, which interact to produce a strong immune response against the immunogen. The non-immune cells translate the RNA and express the immunogen. Infiltrating immune cells respond to the RNA by expressing type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines which produce a local adjuvant effect which acts on the immunogen-expressing non-immune cells to upregulate major histocompatibility complex expression, thereby increasing presentation of the translated protein to T cells. The effects on the immune and non-immune cells can be achieved by a single delivery of a single RNA e.g., by a single injection.
US11717528B2	Methods and compositions relating to the treatment of fibrosis Described herein are methods of treating fibrosis and fibrotic diseases with certain aminoglycosides, e.g., kasugamycin derivatives thereof.
US11717527B2	Multiphasic contraceptive regimen for oral combination drug formulation of progestin and estrogen A method for contraception includes administering to a female daily, in a triphasic dosing regimen during a time period of 21 successive days, an oral combination drug formulation of levonorgestrel (LNG) and ethinyl estradiol (EE), wherein doses in the second, third and fourth phases of the regimen increase by a predefined dose increment as compared to the corresponding doses administered during the previous phase, wherein the LNG dose in the first phase is 100 mcg, in the second phase is 125 mcg, and in the third phase is 150 mcg, wherein the EE dose in the first phase is 20 mcg, in the second phase is 25 mcg, and in the third phase is 30 mcg, and wherein the triphasic dosing regimen is followed by 7 days without LNG and EE administration.
US11717524B1	Varenicline compound and process of manufacture thereof The present disclosure relates to the field of synthesizing substantially pure varenicline and its intermediates. It also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising varenicline and the method of use of these pharmaceutical compositions for smoking cessation.
US11717523B2	Transient protection of normal cells during chemotherapy This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.

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