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| US11754181B2 |
Overmolded diaphragm for use in a pump
A diaphragm for use in a pump includes a cover configured to contact fluid to pump the fluid and a backing disposed at least partially within the cover. The backing includes a flexible plate that extends outward relative to a core of the backing, the flexible plate configured to flex during reciprocation of the diaphragm. The cover is formed from a first polymer and the flexible plate is formed from a second polymer. |
| US11754177B2 |
Electronic shift control apparatus
An electronic shift control apparatus may include a shift dial that a user operates to select an R-range, an N-range (Nd-range and Nr-range), and a D-range, a P-range button which is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shifting range (R-range) of a vehicle by operating the shift dial, a haptic signal may be transmitted to the driver. |
| US11754176B2 |
Control method and apparatus for protecting damper clutch of vehicle
In one aspect, a control method and a control apparatus are provided for protecting a damper clutch of a vehicle. In one aspect, the control method of protecting the damper clutch of the vehicle includes determining whether a vehicle state satisfies a condition for operating a damper clutch protection logic, calculating a slip power in real time on the basis of a turbine speed of a torque converter, an engine speed, a capacity coefficient of the torque converter, a clutch torque, and a hydraulic torque when the condition for operating the damper clutch protection logic is satisfied, determining whether a repetitive tip-in/tip-out that is intentionally performed occurs or not on the basis of a change in the slip power that is calculated in real time for a set time, and operating the damper clutch protection logic for restraining a slip of the damper clutch when there is the repetitive tip-in/tip-out that is intentionally performed. |
| US11754169B1 |
Lubrication and cooling oil distribution system for a vehicle transaxle
A vehicle transaxle includes a housing, an electric machine, and rotating components. The housing defines an internal cavity, a first channel, and a second channel. The first and second channels branch from a common inlet. The electric machine and rotating components are disposed within the internal cavity. The first channel is configured to deliver fluid to the electric machine for cooling. The second channel is configured to deliver the fluid to the rotating components for lubrication. The cooling channel is sized relative to the lubrication channel such that the fluid is biased from the inlet and toward the second channel in response to a temperature of the fluid being less than a threshold and is biased from the inlet and toward the first channel in response to the temperature of the fluid being greater than the threshold. |
| US11754168B2 |
Oil drainage
An arrangement including a transmission housing forming a lubricant sump and a pipeline including a first piece and a second piece. The first piece and the second piece of the pipeline respectively open into the lubricant sump. The first piece and the second piece of the pipeline are inserted into one another. |
| US11754164B2 |
Gear, gearwheel pair, and method for producing a gear
A gearwheel pair for a gear unit, comprising a first gear and a second gear, which can be meshed with one another, wherein the first gear consists entirely or partially of metal or plastic and the second spur gear comprises an outer part having a gear rim made of a first plastic and having a number of injection-molded portions, an inlay part made of metal, and a connecting part, which is arranged between the inlay part and the outer part and is made of a second plastic for the interlocked and/or materially-bonded connection of the inlay part and the outer part and further relates to the second spur gear per se, a gear unit having such a gearwheel pair, and a method for producing a second gear, which is used for such a gear unit. |
| US11754158B2 |
Gear unit for a vehicle and powertrain with such a gear unit
Gear unit with an integral differential arranged between an input shaft and two output shafts, having a first and a second planetary gearset with gearset elements. One gearset element is connected to an epicyclic gear train input, an output of the epicyclic gear train and a stationary component of the gear unit. A first gearset element is connected to the input shaft, a second gearset element is connected to the first output shaft, and a third gearset element is connected to a first gearset element of the second planetary gearset. A second gearset element is connectible to a second gearset element of the epicyclic gear train. A third gearset element is connected to the second output shaft. A first gearset element of the epicyclic gear train is connected to the input shaft. A third gearset element of the epicyclic gear train is connected to the stationary structural component. |
| US11754156B2 |
Drive device
A drive device comprises a housing, a drive portion, a spindle member to rotate by driving of the drive portion, a nut member screwed with the spindle member); a moving member coupled to the nut member, and a rotation regulating portion which suppresses rotation of the nut member to move the nut member) in an axis X direction of the spindle member, wherein the moving member has a fragile portion to be broken by a predetermined force being weaker than a force required to break the nut member, and the fragile portion is configured that a fracture portion with which the nut member is pressable by the moving member toward the drive portion is formable when the fragile portion is broken. |
| US11754154B2 |
Mechanical linkage
A linkage system is disclosed that is suitable for connecting an input shaft and an output shaft. The linkage system has a wide variety of applications, with non-limiting examples disclosed including a hinge for a door or gate, and a hub for a bicycle or similar. The linkage system comprises a first member having an input location fixedly connected to the input shaft, a second member having an input location pivotally connected to an output location of the first member, a third member having an input location pivotally connected to an output location of the second member, and a fourth member having an input location pivotally connected to an output location of the third member and having an output location fixedly connected to the output shaft. The linkage system has an engaged mode of operation whereby rotation of the input shaft causes corresponding rotation of the output shaft, and a disengaged mode of operation whereby the input shaft can be rotated independently of the output shaft. |
| US11754146B2 |
Belt element for vehicular transmission belt
A belt element for a vehicular transmission belt is designed to be supported by the bands such that the head portion is located on an outer side of the bands. The base, head and connecting portions define two slots for engagement with the respective annular bands, and the base portion has an edge extending in its width direction. The edge includes a first edge located inwardly of widthwise ends of the head portion and functioning as a fulcrum of the belt element upon rocking of the belt element, and second edges located outwardly of the widthwise ends. The base portion has a smaller thickness on an inner side of the edge than on an outer side of the edge, and the second edges are located nearer to the head portion than the first edge. |
| US11754142B2 |
Low displacement, fail safe, all attitude, universal isolator
An isolator, the isolator comprising an isolator comprising a lower isolator post and an upper isolator post; an isolator compression disk configured to be secured to the upper isolator post; and at least three gaskets configured to be retained, in use, between an upper face of the isolator and a lower face of the isolator compression disk, wherein the lower isolator post, in use, is configured to be affixed to a first apparatus, wherein the upper isolator post is configured to be inserted through an aperture of a second apparatus, wherein the isolator compression disk is configured to retain the second apparatus against the isolator, and wherein the at least three gaskets are configured to prevent any direct contact between the isolator and the second apparatus. |
| US11754139B2 |
Vehicle suspension
In a vehicle suspension, a preload is adjusted by selective engagement of cam surfaces of different heights with a cam receiving part by rotation of an adjuster part, the adjuster part includes a vertical wall part erected in an axial direction of a spring from a spring receiving part and an engaging part with which a tool to rotate the adjuster part is to be engaged, and the engaging part includes a first engaging part formed by a gap between the plurality of vertical wall parts disposed separately from each other in a circumferential direction of the adjuster part and a second engaging part formed by a hole penetrating the vertical wall part. |
| US11754136B2 |
Elastomeric compression spring with load tuning feature and associated method of tuning
An elastomeric compression spring for isolating vibrations between a first part and a second part. The first part is movable in a direction relative to the second part. The elastomeric compression spring comprises a tube elongated along a central axis of the tube. The central axis of the tube is perpendicular to the direction. The tube is configured to compress in the direction. The tube comprises an outer surface comprising an initial contact line configured to initially receive contact from the first part. The tube further comprises at least one load tuning feature in the outer surface, parallel to the central axis, and circumferentially spaced apart from the initial contact line. The at least one load tuning feature creates a localized change in a thickness of the tube and a stiffness of the elastomeric compression spring at the at least one load tuning feature. |
| US11754135B2 |
Methods and apparatus to dynamically determine brake pad wear
Methods and apparatus to sense brake pad wear are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least one memory device and at least one processor to execute instructions to, in response to an anti-lock braking system event, determine a volume of brake fluid in a brake piston chamber based on a flow rate of the brake fluid and a pressure within the brake piston chamber, and determine at least one of a thickness of a brake pad or a wear of the brake pad based on the volume of the brake fluid in the brake piston chamber and a volume of the brake piston chamber. |
| US11754127B2 |
Two-piece clutch hub with centrally located hub providing added strength and stability
The present invention provides methods and systems for a clutch hub that includes a plate with a top surface and a bottom surface that extends outwardly to an outer edge. An annular ring portion with an exterior surface extends upward from the top surface of the plate at a distance from the outer edge and forming an outer flange between the exterior surface and the outer edge. A plurality of splines disposed on the exterior surface of the annular ring portion. |
| US11754118B2 |
Inner half-ring for a spherical plain bearing
An inner half-ring of a spherical plain bearing has a spherical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface, and a first flat front face and a second flat front face delimiting the half-ring in a circumferential direction. The first and second flat front faces extend between the outer surface and the inner surface, and a first central groove is formed in the first front face and extends between the outer surface and the inner surface. |
| US11754115B1 |
Multi-material bushing for rotatably mounting a rotating structure to a stationary structure
An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This assembly includes a rotating structure, a stationary structure and a bushing. The rotating structure extends axially along and is rotatable about a centerline. The stationary structure extends circumferentially about the rotating structure. The stationary structure is configured from or otherwise includes stationary structure material with a coefficient of thermal expansion between 10 μin/in-° F. and 15 μin/in-° F. The bushing is radially between the rotating structure and the stationary structure. The bushing includes a mount and a bearing within the mount. The mount is configured from or otherwise includes mount material with a coefficient of thermal expansion between 9 μin/in-° F. and 10 μin/in-° F. The mount material contacts the stationary structure material. The bearing is configured from or otherwise includes bearing material, where the bearing material is engaged with and rotatably supports the rotating structure. The bearing material is or otherwise includes copper. |
| US11754112B2 |
Locking thread fasteners
The present specification discloses a locking fastener that includes a first threaded fastener axially positioned within an axial through hole of a second threaded fastener, and captured therein by a rotating joint that permits rotation of the first threaded fastener and the second threaded fastener relative to one another about a common thread axis. In one or more embodiments, the first threaded fastener thread handedness is opposite to the second threaded fastener thread handedness. Additionally disclosed, is a screwdriver tool configured to simultaneously engage and oppositely rotate the first threaded fastener and the second threaded fastener into a mating component having a first mating thread and a second mating thread configured to receive the first threaded fastener and the second threaded fastener, respectively, driven at the same axial advance distance for each turn. Once tightened, the present locking fastener resists loosening and provides a tamper-resistant hold. |
| US11754109B2 |
Polymeric fastener
A polymeric fastener for use in the construction industry for fastening wood and other basic materials together. The polymeric fastener can be formed in the basic shape of a nail and/or a staple-like fastener. Preferred embodiments of the polymeric fastener include a hardened binder embedded with a filler and/or a core for adequate strength as required for use with a delivery device powered by pneumatics, hydraulics, or other mechanical systems. |
| US11754106B2 |
Attachment assembly and method
An attachment assembly includes a first component, a second component, and a locking device assembly. The locking device assembly is structured to move between an unlocked position corresponding to the second component being attachable to, and removable from, the first component and a locked position corresponding to the second component being securely coupled to the first component. |
| US11754099B2 |
Method for repairing a piston-cylinder unit within a working machine
Disclosed is a method for repairing a piston-cylinder unit within a working machine or within an attachment, wherein a connection of the piston rod with the machine or implement structure is released and the piston rod, the piston and at least one bearing head is jointly removed from the cylinder housing as an assembly and replaced by a premounted substitute assembly consisting of piston rod, piston and at least one bearing head. |
| US11754095B2 |
Pump front chamber automatic compensation device for improving closed impeller backflow
A pump front chamber automatic compensation device for improving closed impeller backflow is provided. The automatic compensation device is mounted on the inner wall surface of the pump body front chamber, extending from the inner wall surface of the pump body front chamber to the impeller front cover plate, stopping the flow of fluid from the impeller outlet to the pump front chamber. The automatic compensation device includes a spacer plate and a compensation feedback device. One end of the spacer plate extends into the pump front chamber, and the other end is connected to the automatic compensation assembly, through which the length of the spacer extension is automatically compensated. The pump front chamber automatic compensation device can prevent the fluid flowing out of the impeller outlet from entering the front chamber of the centrifugal pump, thus improving the operating efficiency and stability of the centrifugal pump. |
| US11754091B2 |
Induced draft fan
An induced draft fan includes a motor, a volute, a wind wheel, and a conversion interface. The volute includes a cavity for accommodating the wind wheel. The volute further includes a bottom surface and a side surface. The bottom surface includes an air inlet and the side surface includes an air outlet. The air inlet and the air outlet communicate with the cavity. The conversion interface includes a connection section, a transition section, and an exit section. The connection section and the exit section are disposed on two ends of the transition section, respectively. The transition section tilts upward so that the exit section and the connection section are staggered with each other. The connection section includes a rectangular hollow frame including an upper side plate, a lower side plate, a left side plate, and a right side plate. |
| US11754084B2 |
Motor drive control device using feedback speed control and motor current control
A motor drive control device has a control circuit that generates a drive control signal for controlling a rotational speed of a motor based on a speed command signal indicating a target rotational speed of the motor, and a motor driving unit that drives the motor based on the drive control signal. The control circuit performs speed feedback control for generating the drive control signal so that the rotational speed of the motor coincides with the target rotational speed when the target rotational speed is lower than a rotational speed threshold value, and generates the drive control signal based on a relationship between current flowing through the motor and a reference current value when the target rotational speed is higher than the rotational speed threshold value. |
| US11754082B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller provided in a housing; a throttling portion provided in front of the impeller in the housing; an actuator rod connected to an actuator and including a plate portion including a plane at its end; and a connecting portion connected to the throttling portion and including a pair of projections facing each other across the plate portion in an axial direction of the actuator rod. |
| US11754081B2 |
Vacuum pump and leak detector
A vacuum pump comprises: a rotor rotatable in a predetermined rotation direction; and a case housing the rotor; and a fixed component arranged facing an inner wall of the case. A clearance is formed between the inner wall of the case and the fixed component, and a groove allowing communication between the clearance and an exhaust path in the case is formed at either the inner wall of the case or the fixed component. |
| US11754080B2 |
Neck fan
A neck fan includes an arc-shaped shell and a fan assembly. The arc-shaped shell is configured to be worn around a neck of a user. The shell has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. Each of the first side and the second side defines air inlets. At least one of the first side and the second side defines air outlets. The shell further defines a receiving space, and the receiving space includes an air duct communicating with the air inlets and outlets. The fan assembly is received in the receiving space and configured to drive the air to flow from the air inlets of both sides, through the air duct, reaching the air outlets. |
| US11754079B2 |
Modular fan unit systems and assemblies
The present disclosure describes modular fan unit systems and assemblies. A modular fan unit system assembly may include a mounting structure; and a modular fan unit system. The system may include a plurality of modular fan units, each modular fan unit having an outer housing surrounding an internal fan, the modular fan units being configured to be individually separated from the system; a filter housing unit having a plurality of filter compartments, each filter compartment configured to hold an individual air filter, wherein each modular fan unit is mounted and secured to a back side of the filter housing unit such that each modular fan unit aligns with a respective filter compartment; a plurality of louvre units, each louvre unit removably mounted to a front side of the filter housing unit such that each louvre unit aligns with a respective filter compartment; and a controller communicatively coupled with each of the modular fan units, wherein the modular fan unit system is mounted to the mounting structure. |
| US11754076B2 |
Magnetic coupling suspension pump
A magnetic coupling suspension pump includes a stator body and a rotor. The stator body includes a magnetic suspension stator assembly and a magnetic coupler stator assembly; the rotor includes a magnetic suspension rotor assembly and a magnetic coupler rotor assembly; the magnetic suspension stator assembly and the magnetic suspension rotor assembly constitute a magnetic suspension assembly, and the magnetic suspension assembly is configured to generate radial uni-polar magnetic poles and magnetic fields arranged along a circumferential direction, resulting in that the rotor suspends; and the magnetic coupler stator assembly and the magnetic coupler rotor assembly constitute a magnetic coupler assembly, and the magnetic coupler assembly is configured to generate radial non-zero even number of periodic magnetic poles and magnetic fields arranged along the circumferential direction, resulting in that the rotor rotates. |
| US11754075B2 |
Impeller for an implantable, vascular support system
An impeller (1) for an implantable vascular support system (2) is provided. The impeller includes an impeller body (3) having a first longitudinal portion (4) and a second longitudinal portion (5) forming a first inner rotor (12) having at least one magnet encapsulated in the second longitudinal portion (5). At least one blade (6) formed in the first longitudinal portion (4) is configured to axially convey a fluid upon rotation. A second outer rotor (13) extends axially and includes at least one magnet. The first rotor (12) and the second rotor (13) form a magnetic coupling (14). The magnets of the first and second rotor being arranged to partially axially overlap with an axial offset and are entirely radially offset. |
| US11754073B2 |
Compressor fault diagnostic apparatus and system
A compressor fault diagnostic apparatus including a current sensing unit to sense a current flowing through a motor of the compressor, a fault diagnostic unit to determine whether or not the motor performs a reverse rotation based on the current flowing through the motor, and a cut-off unit to remove power based on a determination of the fault diagnostic unit. |
| US11754060B2 |
Hydraulic fracturing pump system
A modular pump skid includes a base, a prime mover mounted on the base, and one or more hydraulic pump circuits removably mounted on the base and operationally coupled to the prime mover, wherein each hydraulic pump circuit has a hydraulic pump operationally coupled to the prime mover and a hydraulically driven pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic pump. Each hydraulic pump circuit is in a closed loop independent of other hydraulic pump circuits. |
| US11754059B2 |
Piston of a hydraulic machine and hydraulic piston machine
A piston (1) of a hydraulic piston machine is described, the piston (1) having a hollow (2) surrounded by a wall (3) and an insert (4) arranged in the hollow (2). Such a piston is used to have a piston machine with high efficiency at low costs. To this end at least two pliable rings (12, 13) are arranged between the insert (4) and the wall (3). |
| US11754058B2 |
Intelligent control gas suction-type electric propulsion system applicable to multi-flow regimes
An intelligent control gas suction-type electric propulsion system applicable to multi-flow regimes: an ultra-low orbit rare gas is used as a working medium for attitude orbit control and resistance compensation propulsion, the gas is collected and inputted into an intelligent feedback pressurization system by means of a parabolic gas intake duct, intelligent feedback and pressurization are performed on the gas working medium by a molecular pump and a gas pump and the medium is stored in a working fluid storage tank so as to supply a hybrid thruster system that consists of seven sets of electric thrusters to generate thrust, which may achieve multiple thrust modes, and achieve the purpose of attitude orbit control and resistance compensation. |
| US11754055B2 |
Bearing arrangement of a wind turbine
Bearing arrangement of a wind turbine, including a bearing with an outer ring and an inner ring and a lubrication fluid provided between both rings, and at least one sealing means arranged at each side of the bearing for sealing the gap between the outer and the inner ring, whereby each sealing means is fixed to one ring and contacts the other ring with a flexible lip-like sealing element, wherein a pressure device for at least temporarily providing a gas overpressure in the sealed gap for increasing the contact load of the lip-like sealing element to the ring is provided. |
| US11754049B2 |
Platform for a wind turbine, wind turbine with the platform and method for assembling a wind turbine
A platform for a wind turbine, the platform including a lift beam for carrying a load of a transport cabin of a tower lift of the wind turbine is provided. By the lift beam being part of the platform, an easier installation of the platform and the lift beam is possible. Furthermore, less components are needed. Another advantage is that the lift beam is installed at a smaller height of the tower where the tower has a larger diameter compared to a conventional lift beam. This increases the available space for lift cables hanging from the lift beam. |
| US11754047B2 |
Wave, wind and tidal energy generator
A wind turbine and wave/tidal energy apparatus has a vertical axis blade assembly, a lower cylindrical tube and an upper cylindrical tube. A rotor shaft is connected to the blade assembly and the upper cylindrical tube. A magnetic chamber is housed inside an upper cylindrical frame and is connected with the blade assembly through the rotor shaft. The frictionless levitation chamber is housed inside the upper cylindrical frame. The rotor shaft may protrude through the magnetic chamber into the frictionless levitation chamber and may have a magnet attached on the end of the rotor shaft. The magnetic array chamber is housed inside the lower cylindrical frame and may have a magnetic array axle with plurality of fixed magnets on it. The magnetic array axle may protrude into the frictionless levitation chamber and have a magnet attached to it. The floating inductive coil is located externally of the lower cylindrical frame. |
| US11754046B2 |
Rotating pedestal and wind power generation system
To provide a rotating pedestal capable of directing a wind power generation apparatus with high accuracy in the direction from which wind comes, regardless of the presence or absence of a duct is an object.Provided is a rotating pedestal comprising: a bearing that rotatably supports a wind power generation apparatus; a control device that determines a rotational angle based on information regarding a wind direction and a wind speed in a vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus, the information being transmitted from an anemometer installed to be able to measure the wind direction and the wind speed in the vicinity of the wind power generation apparatus; and a motor that rotates the bearing based on the rotational angle determined by the control device. |
| US11754045B2 |
Blade pitch controller for a wind turbine
A blade pitch controller for a wind turbine includes a nominal control system and a tower feedback loop. The tower feedback loop includes a filtering system. The filtering system is arranged to control wind turbine blade pitch so as to provide additional effective stiffness to the wind turbine in response to motion of the wind turbine which is above a filter frequency of the filtering system. |
| US11754039B1 |
Load dependent autonomous yaw control for a wind turbine
The present application discloses novel systems and methods for yawing an autonomous wind turbine. In an embodiment, the wind turbine includes a control system configured to determine a control action signal for a yaw drive mechanism of the wind turbine as a function of the wind condition(s) and as a function of the load condition(s). The control system is configured to monitor change(s) associated with the load condition(s) to determine if the load condition(s) is too high for too long, or in need of attention, before yawing of the wind turbine is initiated or, if the load condition(s) are getting too high, after yawing has been initiated. In another embodiment, the control system includes a load sensor system with proximity sensors arranged adjacent, on, and/or about the main shaft flange of the nacelle or on the rotor blades of the wind turbine. |
| US11754037B2 |
Root portion of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, wind turbine blade, root assembly and wind turbine
Provided is a root portion of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, whereby the root portion includes multiple first bolts arranged within the root portion and extending out of a root attachment face of the root portion for attachment of the root attachment face to a bearing or a hub flange, and whereby the root portion includes multiple first connectors fixedly arranged within the root portion, wherein the multiple first bolts are connected to the root portion by the first connectors for transmission of force from the multiple first bolts to the root portion via the multiple first connectors, whereby the first connectors are arranged in a first row along the root portion and each of a multiple of second connectors is fixedly arranged within the root portion and in a second row along root portion. |
| US11754036B2 |
Displacement device including force displacement mechanism with constant volume boot
A bi-level tank includes a transfer tank and a return tank containing a volume of water, including transfer and return components in the transfer and return tanks, respectively, and a transition component. A bellows couples an upper surface of a piston in the transfer tank to the return component that exerts pressure on the upper surface, while a lower surface of the piston is under pressure from a pressured fluid supplied by a source thereof, producing a pressure differential on the piston. Actuation of a force-applying mechanism on the piston sufficient to overcome the pressure differential displaces the piston for exchanging respective volumes of the return component and the fluid from the source. An extensible and retractable constant-volume boot holds the transition component around the bellows and has valves configured to open and close for equalizing pressure between the boot and the transfer tank. |
| US11754035B2 |
Assembly for capturing oscillating fluid energy with hinged propeller and segmented driveshaft
An oscillating fluid energy capturing assembly, including at least one hinged propeller assembly, each hinged propellor assembly of the at least one hinged propeller assembly including a driveshaft including a first end and a second end, a first plurality of blades pivotably connected to the first end, and a second plurality of blades pivotably connected to the second end. |
| US11754031B2 |
Rechargeable battery jump starting device with depleted or discharged battery pre-conditioning system
A rechargeable battery jump starting device is provided that includes a first 12V battery, a second 12V battery, a supplemental power supply, a first switching circuit electrically coupled to the first and second 12V batteries and configured to select the first 12V battery and/or the second 12V battery to provide either a 12V operating voltage or a 24V operating voltage, and a second switching circuit for switching in the supplemental power supply with the first 12V battery and/or the second 12V battery for increasing the 12V operating voltage or the 24V operating voltage for jump starting a depleted or discharged vehicle battery. |
| US11754026B2 |
System for enhancing performance of carburetor engine and peripherals of an all-terrain vehicle
A pair of engine mounting brackets for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is provided. The engine mounting bracket includes the following: a first portion having a mitten shape; a hole in a fingertip portion of the mitten shape; a hole in a thumb portion of the mitten shape; a second portion parallel to the first portion; a middle portion interconnecting the first portion and the second portion at first and second interfaces, respectively, the middle portion being oriented transversely relative to the first and second portions wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other; and a middle hole in the middle portion just downward of the first interface, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the holes of the first portion and the middle hole being mirror images of each other relative to each engine mounting bracket of the pair though not the middle portions. |
| US11754025B2 |
Air-induction system with hydrocarbon emissions valve
An engine includes an intake manifold and an air-induction system configured to deliver air to the intake manifold. The air-induction system includes a throttle attached to the intake manifold, an air cleaner, conduit connecting between the air cleaner and the throttle to create a flow path therebetween, and a valve disposed in the flow path to be upstream of the throttle and downstream the air cleaner. The valve has a closed position in which the flow path is blocked to hold hydrocarbons within the intake manifold and inhibit emission therefrom and has an open position in which the flow path is unimpeded. |
| US11754023B2 |
Process for improving engine efficiency using a fuel reforming system
A method of operating an engine includes igniting a combustible mixture in a combustion chamber of the engine, which produces exhaust gases. The exhaust gases are ejected into an exhaust manifold of the engine to create a primary exhaust stream. A portion of the exhaust gases is separated from the primary exhaust stream to create a secondary exhaust stream. Air and fuel are then mixed with the secondary exhaust stream to form a reformer feed mixture. The reformer feed mixture is reacted in a catalytic reformer to create a reformate exhaust stream, which is then mixed with an intake air stream to create a mixed air stream. The mixed air stream is the fed to the combustion chamber of the engine as the combustible mixture. |
| US11754020B2 |
Heat exchanger for a turbomachine and manufacturing thereof
An annular heat exchanger for a turbomachine, is intended, for example, to be supported by an annular ferrule of a housing of the turbomachine, and includes an annular one-piece part having a first fluid circuit having at least one first conduit and at least one second conduit extending in an annular manner. The first conduit and the second conduit lead into a first cavity formed on a first circumferential end of said annular part, and the heat exchanger includes detachable sealing means which are applied to said first end and designed to allow a flow of fluid from the second conduit into the first cavity then into the first conduit. |
| US11754019B2 |
Articulating slider for nacelle
A thrust reverser may comprise translating sleeve panel. A first articulating slider and a second articulating slider may be located at a circumferential end of the translating sleeve panel. Each of the first articulating slider and the second articulating slider may include a slider bar and a slider ball. The slider ball may be attached to the translating sleeve panel and located in a spherical opening defined by the slider bar. |
| US11754014B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling transitions in a multi-combustion mode internal-combustion engine within a hybrid-electric vehicle
Vehicle designers are largely walking away from internal-combustion engines to battery and electric motors. Until infrastructure is developed to support total electrification, hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) which include both an internal combustion engine and an electric machine are a step toward electrification and higher system fuel efficiency while retaining the expected vehicle range. To obtain even higher system fuel efficiency combustion modes that provide higher efficiency than spark-ignition (SI) operation can be used in HEVs. A problem with such combustion modes is that they cannot be used over as wide an operating range as SI operation and transitions among modes is slow and cumbersome. By having the ICE installed into a HEV be a multi-combustion mode engine and having the EM to coordinate mode switches to be smooth, the high fuel-efficiency of alternative combustion modes can be exploited while providing smooth operation expected by vehicle users. |
| US11754004B2 |
Control method and control device for internal combustion engine
A control method for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including a valve timing control mechanism on at least an intake side and configured to control an operation of the valve timing control mechanism on the intake side during acceleration, the method including, calculating a relational expression between an intake valve timing, the intake valve timing being an operation timing of an intake valve, and a cylinder air charge amount in a range in which the intake valve timing can be advanced or retarded within a predetermined calculation cycle from a current value, calculating a target air charge amount, the target air charge amount being a target value of the cylinder air charge amount during the acceleration, based on an operating state of the internal combustion engine, calculating a target value of the intake valve timing corresponding to the target air charge amount from the relational expression for each calculation cycle, and setting a command signal for the valve timing control mechanism on the intake side based on a calculated target value of the intake valve timing. |
| US11754002B2 |
Epicyclic reduction gear for a turbomachine
The invention relates to an epicyclic reduction gear for a turbomachine, including a sun wheel that is rotatable about a first axis (A); a ring gear surrounding the sun wheel and being rotatable about the first axis (A); at least one planetary gear that is rotatable about a second axis (B), the planetary gear being meshed with the sun wheel and the ring gear; an immobile planet carrier, the planetary gear being rotatably guided about the second axis (B) with respect to a bearing of the planet carrier; an item of equipment including a rotor. The invention is characterized in that the item of equipment is fastened to the bearing of the planet carrier and the rotor of the item of equipment is rotatably driven by the planetary gear. |
| US11753994B2 |
Fuel feed passages for an attritable engine
An additively manufactured attritable engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an engine case wall, which surrounds the compressor section, the combustion section, and the turbine section. The engine case wall includes a first cavity embedded in the engine case wall that defines an injector that is in fluid communication with the combustion section. The engine case wall includes a second cavity embedded within the engine case wall and defines a fuel feed passage that is in thermal communication through the exterior surface of the engine case wall. |
| US11753989B2 |
Turbomachinery and method for designing turbomachinery
A turbomachinery includes a casing, a rotor shaft rotatably attached to the casing, a first blade row fixed to either one of the rotor shaft or the casing, and a second blade row fixed to either one of the rotor shaft or the casing and arranged adjacent to the upstream side or downstream side of the first blade row, wherein the turbomachinery sets the number of first blades and the number of second blades in a manner that the interblade phase angle difference of the second blade row is ±180°. |
| US11753983B2 |
Multi-fan cooling system
Cooling systems of a work vehicle that provide targeted cooling, regenerative cooling and/or a combination therein. A cooling system includes plural fans configured to provide airflow across a radiator and a fan controller in communication with the plural fans. The fan controller is configured to receive operating condition data associated with at least one of the radiator and an engine. The fan controller is configured to determine a total target heat rejection value based on the operating condition data; determine a plurality of target fan operation values for the plural fans, based on the total target heat rejection value and the operating condition data; and control operation of the plural fans at plural independent fan speeds based on the plural fan operation values. |
| US11753982B2 |
Method for replacing an exhaust aftertreatment component
The invention relates to a method for replacing an exhaust aftertreatment component of an exhaust aftertreatment system in a vehicle or vessel. The exhaust aftertreatment system is delimited by an outer casing and comprises a first sleeve, which extends in an axial direction and contains a first exhaust aftertreatment component mounted directly in the first sleeve. The method comprises the steps of: removing the first exhaust aftertreatment component from the first sleeve, the first sleeve thereby remaining intact within the outer casing, providing a second exhaust aftertreatment component being mounted in a second sleeve, the second sleeve being configured to fit within the first sleeve, and mounting the second sleeve with the second exhaust aftertreatment component in the first sleeve by inserting the second sleeve into the first sleeve in the axial direction thereof. |
| US11753978B2 |
Method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine
A method is disclosed to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system with at least one catalytic converter arranged along an exhaust duct and a burner, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases into the exhaust duct, wherein inside the burner there is defined a combustion chamber, which receives fresh air through an air feeding circuit and fuel from an injector; the method comprises housing a temperature and pressure sensor interposed between a pumping device and the burner or leaving the burner; acquiring the pressure signal generated by the combustion inside the combustion chamber and detected by said temperature and pressure sensor; and controlling the combustion inside the combustion chamber as a function of said pressure signal. |
| US11753976B2 |
Asymmetrical channel structure of particulate trap filter body
A particulate trap filter body has asymmetrical channels. The cross-sectional shape of the asymmetrical channel structure includes a combination of hexagonal, square and triangular shapes. The hexagonal channel and the triangular channel act as inlet channel, and the square channel acts as outlet channel. Compared with the traditional symmetrical filter body structure, the inlet channel volume and filter body wall area can be effectively increased by more than 30%, which means that with capturing the same amount of particles, the particle cake layer formed on the wall surface is thinner. The limiting carbon load of the new channel structure is increased by more than 30%, having a very positive effect on reducing the regeneration frequency and prolonging the service life of the trap. |
| US11753971B2 |
Method for verifying CVVD location learning result and CVVD system thereof
A continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) system includes a controller configured to determine whether a learning value existing in the CVVD system is required to be verified during one of a hardware abnormality, a learning value abnormality, and a motor voltage abnormality. In particular, the controller performs a learning value verification control using a rotation detection value and switches from a learning value verification control to a re-learning control when re-learning is required. |
| US11753967B2 |
Fan case assembly for a gas turbine engine
Aspects of the disclosure regard a fan case assembly for a gas turbine engine, the fan case assembly comprising a fan case having an inner surface, a fan case liner having an outer surface, and a reclosable fastening system attaching the fan case liner to the fan case, the reclosable fastening system comprising two components, a first component being attached to the fan case inner surface and a second component being attached to the fan case liner outer surface. |
| US11753962B2 |
Element for distributing a cooling fluid and associated turbine ring assembly
A distribution element intended to be fixed to a support structure for supplying cooling fluid to a wall to be cooled facing the distribution element, the distribution element including a body defining a cooling fluid distribution internal volume and a multi-perforated plate which delimits the internal volume and includes a plurality of outlet through-perforations which put the cooling fluid distribution internal volume into communication with the wall to be cooled, the distribution element including an inlet orifice opening into the cooling fluid distribution internal volume, wherein for directing the cooling fluid from the inlet orifice to the plurality of outlet through-perforations the cooling fluid distribution internal volume includes directional fins. |
| US11753960B2 |
Nozzle vane
A nozzle vane of a variable geometry turbocharger comprises: a nozzle vane body rotatably disposed in an exhaust gas passage defined between a shroud surface and a hub surface; and a fin disposed on at least one of a pressure surface or a suction surface of the nozzle vane body and disposed within a range of 0.6L from a trailing edge of the nozzle vane body, where L refers to a chord length of the nozzle vane body. The fin satisfies a relationship of 0.3L≤X, where X refers to a length of the fin along a chord direction of the nozzle vane body. |
| US11753957B2 |
Method for detecting a roughness in an abradable layer in a fan casing
A method for detecting at least one roughness in a face of an abradable layer in a fan casing is provided. The method includes a step of depositing on the abradable layer a first coating and a second coating covering the first coating. The first and second coatings have respective thicknesses (N1, N2) and a physical appearance that differ from one another. Local appearance of the first coating is indicative of a need for a localized touch-up, and local disappearance of the first coating and the second coating is indicative of a need for a localized replacement of the abradable layer. |
| US11753955B2 |
Seal for a gas turbine engine
A seal arrangement configured to provide an airtight and fluid-tight seal between a first component and a second component, having a first pressure boundary seal disposable at least partially within the gap between the first component and the second component, the first pressure boundary seal being fixable to one of the first or second components to create an airtight seal with the other of the first or second component, the seal arrangement also having a first flame deflector that is configured to bridge across and cover the gap between the first component and the second component so as to create a fluid-tight seal over the gap between the first component and the second component, where the first flame deflector has a convex external shape so as to prevent any fluid impinging upon the first flame deflector from pooling on the first pressure boundary seal. |
| US11753949B2 |
Fibrous texture for manufacturing a fan blade made of composite material
A fibrous texture intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a turbomachine blade made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix, wherein the fibrous texture includes an area of reduced stiffness including warp yarns or strands made of second fibers having a second elongation at break greater than the first elongation at break, the area of reduced stiffness extending in the longitudinal direction from the stilt area and up to a height less than or equal to 30% of the height of the blade, extending in the transverse direction between a first area and a second area, the first area extending over a first length from a first edge of the texture intended to form a leading edge, and the second area extending over a second length from a second edge of the texture intended to form a trailing edge. |
| US11753935B2 |
Directional drilling-exploring-monitoring integrated method for guaranteeing safety of underwater shield tunnel
A directional drilling-exploring-monitoring integrated method for guaranteeing safety of an underwater shield tunnel includes: drilling a small-diameter borehole below a water area, and establishing an initial geological model; reaming the small-diameter borehole into a large-diameter borehole, placing a parallel electrical method (PEM) power cable and a monitoring optical fiber cable into the large-diameter borehole, acquiring zero field data, primary field data and secondary field data through carbon rod measurement electrodes before tunnel excavation, and processing the data with an existing inversion method to form an inversion image, thereby obtaining a refined geological model of a stratum; starting the tunnel excavation, and respectively acquiring a disturbance condition of rock and soil and a sedimentation and deformation condition of rock and soil around the tunnel during the excavation, thereby implementing safety excavation of the tunnel; and continuously monitoring the tunnel and the surrounding rock and soil in later use of the tunnel. |
| US11753927B2 |
Collapse pressure in-situ tester
A method and an apparatus for determining a collapse pressure of a well using a drill stem test tool (DSTT). The method includes isolating a zone of interest in the wellbore, then reducing and recording pressure inside the drill string while recording acoustic emissions from the sensors on the DSTT, then correlating the recordings of the acoustic emissions with the pressure. The method includes using the processed acoustic emissions to determine a candidate sound of interest and a pressure at which the candidate sound of interest is recorded, then comparing the candidate sound of interest with a reference lookup table of known lithology classifications. The method includes determining a collapse pressure of the wellbore using the lithology of the wellbore and the pressure at which the candidate sound of interest is recorded. |
| US11753923B2 |
Using pre-fracturing hydraulic conductivity measurements to avoid fracture treatment problems
A method for predicting fracture treatment performance includes inducing tube waves in a well drilled through a formation to be fracture treated. A polarity of reflected tube waves in the well is determined, and using the reflected tube waves, hydraulic conductivity of at least one zone in the well hydraulically connected to the formation is estimated. The estimated hydraulic conductivity is compared to a selected threshold. The selected threshold is based on pumping parameters and pumping pressure behavior of at least one pumped hydraulic fracture treatment. A warning signal is generated when the hydraulic conductivity is below the selected threshold and/or the determined polarity indicates a closed boundary condition so that the treatment may be adjusted to avoid screenouts and other operational and treatment issues. |
| US11753919B2 |
Method to improve hydraulic fracturing in the near wellbore region
The present disclosure relates to a method for stimulating a subterranean formation that includes performing an initial stimulation in a wellbore positioned within the subterranean formation to place a designed volume of a first proppant in fractures, determining a near wellbore fracture width of the fractures, determining an unpropped fracture length of the fractures based on a rock bending model, determining an unpropped fracture volume based on the unpropped fracture length and near wellbore width of the fractures and performing a second stimulation treatment to place a proppant in fractures in an amount equal to the unpropped fracture volume. This operation allows to restore the conductivity of fracture in the damaged zone. |
| US11753918B2 |
Method for multilayer hydraulic fracturing treatment with real-time adjusting
Methods include designing and performing hydraulic fracturing treatments that utilize tube wave analysis by a combination of a flow rate splitting simulator and a multilayer fracturing (MLF) simulator to optimize treatment design parameters. Methods may also be directed to monitoring, controlling, evaluating and improving hydraulic fracturing treatments in real-time. |
| US11753916B2 |
Integrated fracking system
An integrated fracking system includes a substructure assembly including one or more frame rails. The integrated fracking system includes a pump subsystem having a frac pump and a motor. The pump subsystem is coupled to the frame rails of the substructure assembly. The integrated fracking system includes a variable frequency drive, a transformer, and a cooling subsystem, each coupled to the frame rails of the substructure assembly. |
| US11753914B2 |
Slurry analysis system using flow restriction
A slurry analysis system (14) for estimating a first characteristic of a slurry (12) having a plurality of particles (18) suspended in a dispersion medium (20) can include a flow restriction assembly (40); a sensor assembly (43) that senses a sensed condition of the slurry (12) as it flows through the flow restriction assembly (40); and a control and analysis system (26) that estimates the first characteristic of the slurry (12) based on the sensed condition. Further, the control and analysis system (26) can select a selected clogging behavior using the sensed condition, and estimate the first characteristic based on the selected clogging behavior. |
| US11753913B1 |
Gas lift systems and methods for producing liquids from a well
A method of unloading and producing liquids from a well uses a plurality of gas injection valves installed on a production tubing. The injection valves are controlled by pressure signals transmitted through a single fluid control line. A first pressure signal is applied to the control line to open the plurality of injection valves. Gas is pumped into the annulus at an injection pressure until a first pressure drop occurs in the injection pressure, the first pressure drop being indicative of gas flowing through a first, upper one of the injection valves. Pumping of gas is continued until a second pressure drop occurs in the injection pressure, the second pressure drop being indicative of gas flowing through a second, lower one of the injection valves. A second, lower pressure signal then is applied to close the first injection valve while leaving the second injection valve open. |
| US11753912B2 |
Phase changing gas-lift valves for a wellbore
A gas-lift valve in a wellbore may include a valve housing and a flow restrictor. The valve housing may at least in part define a chamber for receiving an actuation fluid. The flow restrictor may have a position that is controllable by adjusting a downhole pressure to change a density of the actuation fluid in the chamber. The gas-lift valve may be positioned on production tubing in an annulus of a wellbore. Controlling the position of the flow restrictor may restrict an opening in the production tubing through which gas may flow. |
| US11753910B2 |
Variable flow resistance system for use with a subterranean well
A variable flow resistance system for use with a subterranean well includes a first flow path configured to receive a fluid, a sensor configured to measure a property of the fluid received into the first flow path, and an actuator configured to control an inflow rate of the fluid received into the first flow path based upon the property of the fluid measured by the sensor. |
| US11753907B2 |
Pressure adjuster for a downhole tool
A downhole tool includes a housing and a housing chamber. The housing chamber is separated from a fluid chamber by a seal. The seal maintains a pressure differential between the housing chamber and the fluid chamber. A pressure adjuster between the housing chamber and the fluid chamber maintains the pressure differential below a maximum pressure differential. |
| US11753906B2 |
Ball seat release apparatus including sliding shear sleeve
Provided, in one aspect, is a ball seat release apparatus. The ball seat release apparatus, according to this embodiment, includes a shear sleeve having a recess pocket and a ball seat body slidingly engaged within the shear sleeve, the ball seat body configured to move from a first linear position to a second linear position. The ball seat body further includes a longitudinal fluid passageway, a ball seat located in the longitudinal fluid passageway, one or more first fluid bypass ports coupling the longitudinal fluid passageway and an exterior of the ball seat body, the one or more first fluid bypass ports located on a first side of the ball seat, and one or more second fluid bypass ports coupling the longitudinal fluid passageway and the exterior of the ball seat body, the one or more second fluid bypass ports located on a second opposing side of the ball seat. |
| US11753905B2 |
Downhole tool actuator with viscous fluid clearance paths
A flow tube is axially moveable within an actuator body between a first axial position and a second axial position for actuating a downhole tool, such as for closing a subsurface safety valve. The flow tube includes an interior flow bore for conveying fluids from the tubing string through the actuator body. An external flow tube profile defined on the flow tube includes an upper shoulder for engagement with a wiper in the first axial position, a lower shoulder for engagement with the wiper in the second axial position, and a clearance path between the upper and lower shoulders for allowing viscous flow past the wiper when the flow tube is moved between the first and second axial positions. |
| US11753899B2 |
Control system for a well control device
A control system automatically operates a subsea well control device on detecting that a load in an Intervention Riser System (IRS) coupled to the subsea well control device has reached a threshold. The control system has a first control unit to detect that the load in the IRS has reached the threshold and a second control unit triggering actuation of the subsea well control device. The first control unit is in communication with the second control unit and issues an activation command to the second control unit to cause it to trigger actuation of the subsea well control device. The first control unit automatically issues the activation command to the second control unit upon detecting that the load in the IRS has reached the threshold, to trigger actuation of the subsea well control device prior to structural failure of an IRS. |
| US11753898B2 |
PandA setting with exothermic material
A method of plugging a hydrocarbon well includes deploying a downhole tool to remove at least a portion of a casing at a section of well to be plugged. Then a plugging material is put downhole onto a blocking device to fill an area to be plugged. An exothermic fluid is added, wherein activation of the exothermic material liquefies the plugging material. Allowing the plugging material and the exothermic fluid to solidify form a cast-in-place plug that fills the section of well to be plugged. |
| US11753895B2 |
Multipurpose latch for jack-up rig
A multipurpose latch assembly (MPLA) for installation above the bore of a blowout preventer includes an annular sidewall extending between a top flange and a bottom flange and having an interior bore surface defining an interior bore. A plurality of latching slots extend through the sidewall and a latching dog is slidably positioned in each latching slot. Actuators are connected to the latching dogs to extend and retract them through the latching slots. A tool having an external slot can be inserted into the bore of the MPLA and selectively engaged by the latching dogs to secure the tool in the bore of above the blowout preventer. |
| US11753894B1 |
Downhole through-tubing vibration tool, system and method
A downhole tool includes a main body configured to be disposed by a conveyance member within a tubing string disposed in a wellbore drilled into a subterranean zone, and a plurality of hammers disposed about a central axis of the main body, each of the plurality of hammers configured to reciprocate radially with respect to the central axis. The tool also includes a plurality of electric motors, each of the plurality of electric motors configured to drive the reciprocation of a respective one of the plurality of hammers, such that each of the electric motors can cause a respective hammer to repetitively strike an interior surface of the tubing string and thereby impart vibration in the tubing string. |
| US11753892B2 |
Electrically activated downhole anchor system
A system for a downhole tubular includes a tubular having an outer surface and an inner surface. An anchor setting system is disposed in the tubular. The anchor setting system includes a motor system. An anchor assembly is disposed on the tubular. The anchor assembly includes slip and a setting system having a piston assembly. A window cutting system is arranged along the tubular. An actuator extends from the motor system, through the window cutting system, to the piston assembly. The motor system is selectively activated through a signal to deploy the slip. |
| US11753890B2 |
Real-time pump-down perforating data acquisition and application automation response
Systems and methods presented herein enable the automation of perforation gun deployment to a downhole location in a well at an oilfield. For example, at least one perforation gun may be deployed into the well with a conveyance line coupled to a head of a downhole tool string that includes the at least one perforation gun, and advanced with pump assistance from at least one pump unit at the oilfield. Deployment of the at least one perforation gun may be adjusted by a coordinated controller in an automated manner based at least in part on monitoring of a pump rate of the at least one pump unit and a tension at a head of the downhole tool string. |
| US11753888B2 |
Biased control unit
A control unit includes a rotatable tubular body that rotates around a spindle. A torque transfer unit may be attached to the tubular body and the spindle. A force applied to the torque transfer unit by a biasing element may control a first torque applied by the tubular body to the spindle. The first torque is independent of a rotational velocity of the tubular body. A second torque is applied to the spindle with a torque generator, the second torque controlling the net torque. Controlling the net torque allows the absolute orientation of the control unit to be controlled. |
| US11753886B2 |
Expandable metal packing stacks
Seal elements for establishing fluid seals in a wellbore may be constructed of expandable metal materials. For example, an elongated gland of expandable metal may replace some or all the components in a packing stack of a locking mandrel. The gland may be recessed within the locking mandrel, or narrower than a seal bore of a landing nipple, such that the gland is protected from damage as the locking mandrel passes through landing nipples to reach a target landing nipple. The expandable metal may be induced to chemically react with a brine or other water-based fluid to form metal hydroxides and may thus create a seal with the target landing nipple. Once an intended purpose of the locking mandrel has been achieved, a pressure reversal may be employed to break the seal and/or a mild acid may be introduced to accelerate dissolving of the expandable metal seal. |
| US11753885B2 |
Autonomous tractor using counter flow-driven propulsion
Provided is a wellbore tractor and method for operating a well system. The wellbore tractor, in one aspect, includes a base member, and one or more turbines fixed to the base member for rotating the base member in a first rotational direction based upon a first direction of fluid flow. The wellbore tractor, according to this aspect, further includes one or more wellbore engaging devices radially extending from the base member, the one or more wellbore engaging devices contactable with a surface of a wellbore for displacing the base member and one or more turbines axially downhole as the one or more turbines rotate in the first rotational direction. |
| US11753881B2 |
Tubular detection system for a fingerboard
A system comprising a rig, a fingerboard, a first sensor, and a second sensor, with the first sensor positioned on an opposite side of the entrance from the second sensor, where the first sensor and the second sensor are used to detect when a tubular enters or exits the fingerboard and to detect a parameter of the tubular, such as diameter of the tubular, speed of the tubular, and an angle of entry of the tubular. A method comprising sensing, via first and second sensors, when a tubular is entering a fingerboard through an entrance of the fingerboard, restricting movement of a top drive at an elevated position until the first and second sensors sense the tubular entering the fingerboard, and enabling movement of the top drive when the first and second sensors sense the tubular entering the fingerboard. |
| US11753880B2 |
Winch overload protection system
The present disclosure provides a winch overload protection system, a workover system, and a method for operating a workover system. The winch overload protection system, in one embodiment, includes an overload detection unit operable to detect when a load on a winch of a workover system exceeds a safety load limit. The winch overload protection system, in this embodiment, further includes an overload control unit configured to receive an overload signal from the overload detection unit, and in response thereto release a brake on the winch. |
| US11753879B2 |
Wireline cased-hole standoff
The present invention relates to a wireline cased-hole standoff (WCSO) for installation on a wireline cable of a wellbore logging tool. In embodiments, WCSO may be capable of significantly reducing wireline cable drag in a cased-hole section of a well or wellbore as well as reduce logging tensions and improve force transmission from wellbore surface to logging tool cable head during wireline logging operations. In one embodiment, WCSO comprises two cable insert halves, two opposing WCSO body halves (an upper body and a lower body), and two outer shells (an upper low-friction shell and a lower low-friction shell). Such components may be fastened together onto the wireline cable using screws, bolts, dowel pins, spigots, or any combinations thereof. |
| US11753873B1 |
Polycrystalline diamond compact and applications therefor
Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table having a structure for enhancing at least one of abrasion resistance, thermal stability, or impact resistance. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a PCD table. The PCD table includes a lower region including a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting a lower average grain size and at least an upper region adjacent to the lower region and including a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting an upper average grain size. The lower average grain size may be at least two times greater than that of the upper average grain size. The PDC includes a substrate having an interfacial surface that is bonded to the lower region of the PCD table. Other embodiments are directed methods of forming PDCs, and various applications for such PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies. |
| US11753872B2 |
Percussion drill bit with at least one wear insert, related systems, and methods
Various drill bits, drilling systems and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, a drill bit comprises a bit body having a face and a shank, at least one insert having a convex engagement surface coupled with the face and at least one wear insert coupled with the shank. In one particular embodiment, the at least one wear insert may be positioned immediately adjacent a coupling end of the shank. The at least one wear insert may include a superabrasive table which may be bonded with a substrate. The at least one wear insert includes a wear surface defined in the superabrasive table. In one embodiment, the superabrasive table may comprise polycrystalline diamond. Similarly, the inset having a convex engagement surface may include a superabrasive material, such as polycrystalline diamond, bonded with a substrate. Such a drill bit may be used, for example, in a top hammer percussion drilling operation. |
| US11753863B2 |
Drop down seal for doors or windows with sliding panel
A drop down seal is provided which has a channel-shaped external support profile configured to be fixed to a base of a panel of a door or window, a rod-shaped support element slidably housed in the channel-shaped external support profile and a movable element connected to the rod-shaped support element by a parallelogram articulation mechanism allowing the movable element to move in height between a raised rest position and a lowered working position. The movable element, when in the raised rest position, is also operationally and removably connected to the channel-shaped external support profile. The rod-shaped support element, at a proximal end thereof, forms, or is provided with, a laterally protruding control portion configured to be engaged by a trigger base fixed to an abutment surface. |
| US11753861B2 |
Automated door system
Many embodiments can include a system. The system can comprise one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer readable mediums storing computing instructions. The computing instructions can be configured to run on the one or more processors and cause the one or more processors to perform: receiving, at a first sensor coupled in a fixed position relative to an automated door, a signal from a portable sensor associated with a user; in response to receiving the signal from the portable sensor, facilitating a customized opening actuation of the automated door or a customized closing actuation of the automated door, wherein at least one of the customized opening actuation or the customized closing actuation is customized for the user. |
| US11753859B2 |
Vehicle operation detection device and vehicle operation detection method
A vehicle operation detection device is applicable to a vehicle including a vehicle body in which an opening portion is provided, an opening and closing body which opens and closes the opening portion, an actuator which causes the opening and closing body to perform opening and closing operations, and a camera which captures an image around the opening portion, and is configured to detect a gesture of a user for starting at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation. The device includes: a direction specifying unit that specifies a direction of the user with respect to the vehicle based on the image captured by the camera; and a gesture detection unit that detects the gesture including a motion in a direction associated with the direction of the user, based on the image captured by the camera, when the direction specifying unit specifies the direction of the user. |
| US11753857B2 |
Hinge for the opening and closing of hinged doors of furniture
Hinge for the opening and the closing of hinged doors of furniture units, including a first fixed body designed to be housed in a seat of a horizontal plane of the structure of a furniture unit, such as a base or a top, and a second movable body designed to be housed in a seat of a door of the furniture unit, to actuate the door during opening and closing by way of a movement mechanism including at least one lever or connecting rod connecting a pin placed on the fixed part of the hinge and a pin placed on the movable part, wherein the closing force of the door is determined by a spring, the spring acting, with a tilting action, on an extension of the connecting rod beyond the hinge pin. |
| US11753855B2 |
Closing system
The invention relates to a closing system for a door, in particular a side door of a motor vehicle, comprising a door lock, an inner door handle for opening the door lock, an outer door handle for opening the door lock, an actuator unit and a control mechanism, which is driven by the actuator unit, for implementing different closing states of the closing system. |
| US11753849B2 |
Electronic lockbox
An electronic lockbox uses a rotary actuator with multiple positions to achieve multiple locking states. Multiple positions of the actuator are detected, using optical sensors. The locking mechanism includes an outer sleeve and an inner cylindrical barrel that are coupled with torsion springs. The lockbox has a shackle and a key bin that are retained by the inner barrel when in the locked state, and the barrel can be rotated to either release the shackle or to release the key bin that typically holds a building's key. |
| US11753844B2 |
Rooftop tent assembly for vehicles
A rooftop tent assembly for vehicles is disclosed. The rooftop tent assembly comprises a base affixed to a roof portion of the vehicle. The base is hingedly connected with an extension plate on one end for providing sheltered living space and is affixed with a cover to conceal the rooftop tent assembly to another end of the base plate. The cover is formed by welding a tread plate to a top portion of the shell frame. The tent assembly is positioned over the base of the vehicle by pulling the ladder affixed to the extension plate down and adjusting the extension plate until it gets parallel with the base, after opening the cover. An internal seal system is provided with a gasket affixed to internal flange on the bottom portion of the cover to prevent water, dust, and other particulates from entering into the rooftop tent assembly when closed. |
| US11753842B2 |
Tower of a wind turbine
Provided is a tower of a wind turbine, having a hollow inner space and a door for opening and closing an aperture into the inner space, wherein the door is a sliding door, which is slidingly arranged on a tower aperture member attached to the tower, and which sliding door is at least partially sealed by a seal to the tower aperture member at least when the door is in the closed position. |
| US11753834B2 |
Formwork systems and related methods
A formwork system includes (a) a wallform panel for forming a wall portion; and (b) at least one brace assembly including a pair of vertically spaced apart props pivotably connected to the wallform panel for pivoting of the brace assembly relative to the wallform panel between a storage position, in which the brace assembly lies adjacent the wallform panel, and a deployed position, in which the brace assembly projects from the wallform panel for anchoring the props to a ground surface through a common base plate connected to each prop. |
| US11753830B2 |
Paver supporting apparatus
The invention relates to a paver supporting apparatus. The paver supporting apparatus has a pedestal with a top plate. A modular grid is positioned on the top plate and has a ballast receiving opening and a ballast is located in the ballast receiving opening. |
| US11753829B2 |
Telescopic staircase system and uses thereof
The invention relates to a telescopic staircase to be installed on construction sites for providing a safe staircase for workers during building construction. The telescopic staircase comprising at least one lateral guard comprising a top rail, a bottom rail and at least two newels, the bottom rail having a plurality of connecting holes, and a plurality of tread assembly comprising a tread plate, at least two stringer portions and at least two pairs of support members, each support member having at least one connecting hole, in which the at least one lateral guard includes a first portion being retractable into and extensible from a second portion, in which each support member substantially forms a 45° angle with the tread plate, and in which the support members are to be attached to the top surface of the bottom rail via attachment means through the connecting holes. |
| US11753822B2 |
Ceiling system
Described herein is a spring clip for mounting ceiling panels equipped with torsion springs to a ceiling support grid. The spring clip includes a body including a mounting portion defining a downwardly open receptacle configured for receiving a portion of a ceiling grid support member of the ceiling support grid, the downwardly open receptacle extending along a receptacle axis from a first side open end to a second side open end; and a pair of lateral flanges extending transversely outwards from the mounting portion and terminating in lateral edges, at least one of the flanges includes a slot extending parallel to the receptacle axis and configured to receive arms of a torsion spring, and a lateral opening extending from the lateral edge to the slot to allow lateral insertion of the arms of the torsion spring into the slot. |
| US11753813B2 |
Hold down system with distributed loading for building walls
A hold down system for a building wall comprises a first rigid member and a second rigid member, the second rigid member being vertically spaced apart from the first rigid member, the first rigid member is supported on a horizontal member of a stud wall, the first and second rigid members including first and second openings, respectively; a tie-rod with a lower end portion for being anchored to an anchorage, the tie-rod extending transversely through the first and second openings, the tie-rod dividing the first and second rigid members into a first lateral section on one side of the tie-rod and a second lateral section on a diametrically opposite side of the tie-rod; first support and second support disposed between the first and second rigid members, the first support being disposed in the first lateral section, the second support being disposed in the second lateral section, the tie-rod extending through the first and second rigid members outside of the first support or the second support; and a nut threaded to the tie-rod, the nut exerting pressure on the second rigid member to place the tie rod under tension loading, the tension loading is transferred by the second rigid member to the first and second supports to subject the first and second supports to compression loading, thereby causing the first rigid member to press on the horizontal member of the stud wall via the first and second lateral sections of the first rigid member, thus distributing the compression loading. |
| US11753808B2 |
Air drive system for a toilet
An air drive system for a toilet includes a compression cylinder including an air space, a fluid space, a base orifice adjoining the fluid space, and an outlet orifice adjoining the air space, and an air drive passage configured to carry pressurized air to the toilet. The flow of water increases the fluid space of the compression cylinder or increases an air pressure associated with the air space of the compression cylinder. |
| US11753803B2 |
Fixture accessory apparatus and method of using same
Existing plumbing fixtures, such as hose bibs, sillcocks, spigots often become loose over time due to stripped holes of securing screws, rusted screws, deterioration of material behind, or inadequate installation from the start. A fixture accessory adapted to tighten the loose fixture can include a plate or split-plate assembly that can slide behind the fixture to secure it without removing the fixture. The fixture can be secured to the plate by a variety of attachment means such as screws, bolts, clamps, or an adhesive, and the plate can be secured to the wall by a variety of attachment means. Also disclosed is a system to firmly hold a freeze-prevention cover over a plumbing fixture. |
| US11753801B2 |
Hydraulic drive system
A hydraulic drive system raises and lowers an object by supplying and discharging operating oil to and from each of two ports of an actuator and includes a control device, first to third electromagnetic proportional control valves, a hydraulic pump, a control valve, and a lock valve. When a second pilot pressure is output, the control valve causes the operating oil to be discharged from a first port in order to lower the object. The lock valve is disposed so as to be able to prevent the operating oil from being discharged from the first port by closing a path between the first port and the control valve, and only when a third pilot pressure is output, allows the operating oil to be discharged from the first port by opening the path between the first port and the control valve. |
| US11753799B2 |
Work vehicle
Provided is a work vehicle which can prevent an engine from stalling regardless of type of a system mounted on a vehicle body. In a wheel loader 1 equipped with a loading work device 11 operated by an electric operation lever 19, first and second directional control valves 5, 6 include neutral positions 5N, 6N for causing hydraulic oil discharged from a hydraulic pump 12 to return to a hydraulic oil tank 10, respectively, and in the case where a discharge pressure P of the hydraulic pump 12 is a main relief pressure Pr or more and an engine rotational speed N is less than a low idle rotational speed NL, a controller 2, 2A restricts the output of control signals to first and second solenoid control valves 3, 4 so as to cause the first and second directional control valves 5, 6 to be switched to the neutral positions 5N, 6N, respectively. |
| US11753795B2 |
Device for detecting rotary angle and excavator
A device for detecting a rotary angle used for an excavator. The device can include: a synchronous belt, arranged around a rotating shaft of a slewing mechanism of the excavator, a tooth-shaped surface of the synchronous belt being away from a surface of the rotating shaft; a transmission part, engaged with the tooth-shaped surface of the synchronous belt and arranged on a supporting base; an angle detection part, in transmission connection to the transmission part; and the supporting base, connected to a chassis of the excavator. |
| US11753793B2 |
Treatment method for a river system in a reservoir area and treatment system
A treatment method for a river system in a reservoir area, comprising: S1. determining whether a time from a current date to the rainy season is less than a preset duration; S2. moving a pressure sensor upward; S3. determining whether the pressure data meets corresponding conditions; S4. determining whether a duration of the pressure data is less than the preset duration; S5. determining whether an interval between the current time and the time for collecting pressure/nitrogen and phosphorus is greater than a preset number of days; S6. acquiring an image information of a river bottom, and sending it to neural network model for identification to obtain a depth of a sludge; S7. determining whether the depth of a sludge has reached a dredging depth, if so, starting a sludge pump to clean up; S8. collecting nitrogen and phosphorus concentration, and removing nitrogen and phosphorus when the concentration exceeds a standard. |
| US11753780B2 |
Mid-span axial force-free connecting device for earth-anchored cable-stayed bridge and method for mounting same
The present disclosure discloses a mid-span axial force-free connecting device for an earth-anchored cable-stayed bridge and a method for mounting same. The mid-span axial force-free connecting device for an earth-anchored cable-stayed bridge includes an externally sleeved large steel box girder and an internally embedded small steel box girder. A plurality of bearing beams are arranged on the inner periphery of the externally sleeved large steel box girder. Transverse spherical bearings or vertical spherical bearings are arranged on the bearing beams. The internally embedded small steel box girder is fixedly supported in the externally sleeved large steel box girder through a plurality of transverse spherical bearings and vertical spherical bearings. In the same section, the transverse spherical bearings are symmetrically arranged, and the vertical spherical bearings are also symmetrically arranged. |
| US11753773B2 |
Paperboard product
The present disclosure relates to paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship and methods of making paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship. In particular, a paperboard provided herein includes a refined cellulose in at least 1 ply. |
| US11753767B2 |
Method of and device for manufacturing rubber coated twisted wire cord
In a method of manufacturing a rubber coated twisted wire cord, when an outer circumferential surface of a twisted wire cord that is moving from an unreeling unit to a winding unit is coated with unvulcanized rubber extruded by a rubber extruder, by a coating unit disposed between the unreeling unit and a winding unit, in a state of additional tension being imparted on the moving twisted wire cord by a tension imparting unit disposed at a nearby position on an upstream side from the coating unit in a moving direction of the twisted wire cord, the unvulcanized rubber coats the outer circumferential surface of the twisted wire cord in this state to continuously manufacture a rubber coated twisted wire cord. |
| US11753765B2 |
Biomimetic self-adaptable systems
Self-adaptive systems, uses of the systems, and methods for adapting one or more properties of a material are disclosed. |
| US11753762B1 |
Convertible trellis clothesline
A clothesline that folds, collapses, and converts into a decorative trellis when the clothesline is not being used as a conventional outdoor clothesline to dry clothes or air freshen items. The decorative clothesline trellis may be wall-mounted such that when fully collapsed, the clothesline presents as a wall-mounted decorative trellis of various and possibly interchangeable decorative styles. |
| US11753760B2 |
Voltage doubling circuit for laundry treating appliance with high power variable frequency drive
A voltage doubling circuit that increases input voltage to higher output voltage connected to a variable frequency drive. The voltage doubling circuit can include a power input that receives the input voltage from a power source and a first capacitor bank and a second capacitor bank connected with the power input. A current-limiting surge suppressor is positioned between the power input and the first capacitor bank and the second capacitor bank. The current-limiting surge suppressor includes a first current-limiting path and a second bypass path. A drain, when operable, dissipates the charge of the first capacitor bank and the second capacitor bank. A variable frequency drive (VFD) is operable in response to the higher voltage output from the first capacitor bank and the second capacitor bank. |
| US11753757B2 |
Method of making article with ribbon structure and embroidered edges
A method of making an article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The method includes laying down ribbon elements in straight and winding sections. The method includes stitching or otherwise attaching the ribbon elements to a backing layer. The method also includes embroidering a periphery of the ribbon structure to tack down any raised portions of the ribbon at the periphery. The method also includes inserting a lace through loops in the ribbon structure. |
| US11753756B2 |
Hem sewing system
A dual plate mount system with adjustment brackets, a hook, and fabric spaces is used to improve hem sewing speed and consistency. The target fabric is threaded around and through the hook end and loop, the apparatus adjusting to the desired width and overhang. The apparatus can be used in connection with a sewing machine or manually. The apparatus aligns the fabric hem that is pushed or pulled through toward the sewing machine needle plate. |
| US11753755B2 |
Braided tube formation apparatus and methods of use
A braided tube formation apparatus and associated methods of use are disclosed for assisting in the manufacture of a braided tube. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides at least one elongated core mandrel, and at least one elongated, radially collapsible primary tube sized and configured for removably receiving the at least one elongated core mandrel therewithin. Each of the at least one primary tube provides a plurality of spaced apart primary tube portions circumferentially arranged and configured for cooperating to define said primary tube. During use, after the braided tube is circumferentially formed on an outer surface of the at least one primary tube, the at least one core mandrel is removed from within the at least one primary tube, thereby allowing the primary tube portions to radially move inwardly toward one another so that braided tube may be disengaged from the at least one primary tube. |
| US11753751B2 |
Surface-colored glass cloth and fiber-reinforced resin molded product
A surface-colored glass cloth including a glass cloth which includes a warp and a weft and a plurality of colored portions which are attached to a surface of the glass cloth is disclosed. One colored portion is disposed in each area including one colored point. An average distance D between the adjacent colored points is 0.50 to 10.00 mm. When the number of warp rows is St, a warp widening degree is Et, the number of weft rows is Sy, and a weft widening degree is Ey in the glass cloth, D, St, Et, Sy, and Ey satisfy a formula: 3.3≤100×D1/2×(Et×Ey)/(St×Sy)≤25.0. |
| US11753750B2 |
Conductive aerosol generating composite substrate for aerosol source member
The present disclosure provides an aerosol source member, a substrate portion, and a method of creating a substrate portion for use in an aerosol source member. In an example implementation, a substrate portion of the present disclosure may comprise a series of overlapping layers of a composite substrate sheet, wherein the composite substrate sheet may comprise a non-woven web at least partially formed from regenerated cellulose fibers, a plurality of conductive threads integrated into the non-woven web, and a coating that includes a fibrous material and an aerosol precursor composition. |
| US11753749B2 |
Spinning device having a floating spinning ring and balloon limiter tube
A spinning device, for a ring spinning or ring twisting machine, having a spinning spindle for holding a yarn tube such that the yarn tube is oriented coaxial with a spindle axis, a spinning ring for guiding, on the outside thereof, a yarn to be wound on the yarn tube, the spinning ring being arranged coaxial with the spindle axis, and a spinning-ring guiding unit arranged coaxial with the spindle axis, wherein the spinning ring is floatingly fixed at the spinning-ring guiding unit in the spindle-axis direction. In order to provide a spinning device and a spinning machine having a spinning device which allow a spinning process to be reliably performed without limitation of the spindle speed and without use of a ring traveller, a balloon limiter tube is arranged coaxial with the spindle axis such that the yarn is guided on an inner face of the balloon limiter tube. |
| US11753747B2 |
Process for operating an air-jet spinning device, yarn guide channel and air-jet spinning machine comprising such a yarn guide channel
A process for operating an air-jet spinning device such that after a spinning interruption the yarn end of the spun yarn accumulated on a take-up package is picked up by a suction nozzle and transferred to a yarn end preparation device. The yarn end is processed in the yarn end preparation device and is then transferred to a first area of an outlet opening of the spinning cone, the yarn end is pneumatically transported to a second area of an inlet opening of the spinning cone and is positioned there within the air-jet spinning device at a distance in front of the inlet opening, the drafting system of the relevant workstation is raised and the sliver is conveyed through a sliver guide of the nozzle block into the second area of the inlet opening of the spinning cone and there spun onto the prepared yarn end of the spun yarn. |
| US11753745B2 |
Fibrous elements comprising polyethylene oxide
Fibrous elements containing one or more fibrous element-forming materials and one or more polyethylene oxides, and methods for making same are provided. |
| US11753744B2 |
DNA barcoding of designer mononucleosome and chromatin array libraries for the profiling of chromatin readers, writers, erasers, and modulators thereof
Compositions and methods are provided for DNA barcoding of designer mononucleosome and polynucleosome (chromatin array) libraries for use, for example, for the profiling of chromatin readers, writers, erasers, and modulators thereof. |
| US11753738B2 |
Nanopore forming method and uses thereof
The invention relates to a method for making nanopores in thin layers or monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides that enables accurate and controllable formation of pore within those thin layer(s) with sub-nanometer precision. |
| US11753733B2 |
Method for producing high-purity electrolytic copper
In a method for producing high-purity electrolytic copper, a first additive (A) containing an aromatic ring of a hydrophobic group and a polyoxyalkylene group of a hydrophilic group, a second additive (B) formed of polyvinyl alcohols, and a third additive (C) formed of tetrazoles are added to a copper electrolyte, copper electrolysis is performed by controlling each concentration of the first additive (A), the second additive (B), and the third additive (C), a current density and a bath temperature, and accordingly, electrolytic copper in which a concentration of Ag is less than 0.2 mass ppm, a concentration of S is less than 0.07 mass ppm, a concentration of all impurities is less than 0.2 mass ppm, and an area ratio of crystal grains having an average crystal grain misorientation (referred to as a GOS value) exceeding 2.5° is 10% or less is obtained. |
| US11753729B2 |
Cathodic protection monitoring system
A cathodic protection (CP) interruption system includes a metallic structure and a plurality of passive CP units embedded in an electrolytic medium, a plurality of test units electrically coupled with the structure and each of the CP units, and a low-power consumption component arrangement. The arrangement includes a real-time clock (RTC) and a GPS receiver coupled with each test unit for receiving GPS time from a GPS satellite. A controller is communicatively coupled with each RTC and GPS receiver for activating the GPS receiver once the RTC reaches a predetermined time to synchronize a RTC time of each RTC with GPS time. Interruption modules are coupled in electrical and data communication with the controller. The controller selectively changes an activation state of each interruption module once the RTC time reaches a predetermined activation state change time to selectively electrically couple or decouple each CP unit from the structure. |
| US11753726B2 |
Protection of components from corrosion
Using the systems and methods discussed herein, CMAS corrosion is inhibited via CMAS interception in an engine environment and/or is prevented or reduced by the formation of a metal oxide protective coating on a hot engine section component. The CMAS interception can occur while the engine is in operation in flight or in a testing or quality control environment. The metal oxide protective coating can be applied over other coatings, including Gd-zirconates (GZO) or yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). The metal oxide protective coating is applied at original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and can also be applied in-situ using a gas injection system during engine use in-flight or during maintenance or quality testing. The metal oxide protective coating contains a rare earth element, aluminum, zirconium, chromium, or combinations thereof. |
| US11753725B2 |
Non-metal member with colored surface and method of coloring non-metal surface
According to one aspect of the present invention, a non-metal member having a colored surface is provided. The non-metal member having a colored surface includes a non-metal substrate; a metal coating layer disposed on the non-metal substrate; a light-transmissive dielectric layer disposed on the metal coating layer; and a color pattern structure disposed on the light-transmissive dielectric layer. |
| US11753722B2 |
Method of preparing nanocomposite material plated with network-type metal layer through silica self-cracks and wearable electronics carbon fiber prepared therefrom
Provided is a method of preparing a nanocomposite material plated with a network-type metal layer through silica self-cracks and a wearable electronics carbon fiber prepared therefrom. The present disclosure provides a nanocomposite material having excellent electrical conductivity and bending resistance by plating a network-type metal layer on a substrate having a flat surface and/or a curved surface through a method of preparing the nanocomposite material in which the network-type metal layer is plated on silica self-cracks by applying a silica coating solution on the substrate having a flat or curved surface, performing drying after the applying of the silica coating solution to form the silica self-cracks having random crack directions and sizes, and performing electroless metal plating on the surface of the substrate. Further, the present disclosure provides a wearable electronics carbon fiber having excellent electrical conductivity and bending resistance. |
| US11753718B2 |
SiO2 thin film produced by atomic layer deposition at room temperature
A method for atomic layer deposition for the deposition of silicon oxide on a substrate, performed at room temperature, involving at least three precursors, being silicon tetrachloride, water and one Lewis base agent, being in various instances ammonia. The process comprises the steps of exposing on the substrate during an exposure time (a) the one Lewis base agent, (b) the silicon tetrachloride, and (c) the water. The process is remarkable in that at least one step of purge with nitrogen gas is performed after each of the steps (a), (b) and (c) during a purge time. Additionally, a film of silicon oxide which is remarkable in that it comprises a low level of chlorine contaminant and a significant degree of porosity with pores, the pores being in various instances micropores, mesopores or nanopores. |
| US11753715B2 |
Apparatus and methods for controlling concentration of precursors to processing chamber
Apparatus and methods for supplying a vapor to a processing chamber are described. The vapor delivery apparatus comprises an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit, each with two valves, in fluid communication with an ampoule. A bypass conduit connects the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit. A flow restrictive device restricts flow through the outlet conduit. |
| US11753704B2 |
Low melt superalloy powder for liquid assisted additive manufacturing of a superalloy component
A low melt superalloy powder mixture is provided for use with additive manufacturing or welding metal components or portions thereof. The low melt superalloy powder may include by weight about 9.5% to about 10.5% chromium, about 2.9% to about 3.4% cobalt, about 8.0% to about 9.0% aluminum, about 3.8% to about 4.3% tungsten, about 0.8% to about 1.2% molybdenum, about 10% to about 20% tantalum, about 3% to about 12% hafnium, and at least 40% nickel. |
| US11753699B2 |
Cost-effective method for recovering precious metals in circuit board components
A cost-effective method for recovering precious metals in circuit board components utilizes the basic principle of oxidation-reduction reaction, adopts a mixed solution of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide and a mixed solution of hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride and sodium chlorate, and also adopts ammonia water and formaldehyde to reduce silver. According to the characteristic that the redox potential of gold and palladium ions is higher, the gold and palladium ions in the chlorination leaching solution are selectively reduced into elements by using a reducing agent which is low in price and moderate in reducibility, then the elements are separated through filtration to realize resource recycling. |
| US11753692B2 |
Apparatus for the thermal treatment of metallic products
The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for the thermal treatment of metallic products, which comprises (a) a support and transport plane (24); (b) at least one collector module (12) comprising at least one collector (14, 16), the collector (14) being provided with a perforated plate (22) facing the support and transport plane (24); (b-2) a conduit (20) connected to said at least one collector (14), and (b-3) integrated in said conduit (20), at least one stop valve (18). The stop valve (18) is situated at a distance from the collector (14) which does not exceed 60 cm. The perforated plate (22) is provided with holes which are arranged in rows parallel to each other but not in parallel rows with respect to the sides of said perforated plate. The rows are inclined with respect to two opposite sides of the plate (22) of an acute angle. |
| US11753687B2 |
Diagnosis of melanoma and solar lentigo by nucleic acid analysis
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing melanoma and/or solar lentigo in a subject by analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing melanoma from solar lentigo and/or dysplastic nevi and/or normal pigmented skin. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample. |
| US11753686B2 |
Methods for using mosaicism in nucleic acids sampled distal to their origin
Disclosed herein are methods for improving detection and monitoring of human diseases. The methods can be used to provide spatial and/or developmental localization of the source of each differential mutation within the body. The methods can also be used to generate a mutation map of a subject. And the mutation map can be used to monitoring state(s) of health of one or more tissues of a subject. |
| US11753685B2 |
Circulating RNA signatures specific to preeclampsia
The present invention includes methods and materials for use in the detection preeclampsia and/or determining an increased risk for preeclampsia in a pregnant female, the method including identifying in a biosample obtained from the pregnant women a plurality of circulating RNA (C-RNA) molecules. |
| US11753684B2 |
Detection of fetal chromosomal aneuploidies using DNA regions that are differentially methylated between the fetus and the pregnant female
Methods for detecting a chromosomal aneuploidy in a foetus carried by a pregnant female are provided. Such methods are based on one or more of particular configurations and/or detections and/or analyses of two or more regions of DNA, including those that show differential methylation between DNA that originates from cells of a foetus (and/or the placenta of a foetus) and DNA of maternal origin. Such methods utilise a sample taken from a pregnant female, which sample comprises DNA that originates from cells of a foetus and/or the placenta of a foetus in admixture with differently methylated DNA of maternal origin. Such methods have diagnostic, prognostic and/or predictive utility; in particular for the detection/diagnosis of chromosomal aneuploidy, such as a trisomy, in a foetus, and/or for detecting an increased risk of a pregnant female suffering from or developing a pregnancy-associated medical condition. Also disclosed are compositions, kits, computer program products and other aspects that may be used in, useful for or related to the practice of such methods. |
| US11753683B2 |
MCC as epigenetic marker for the identification of immune cells, in particular basophil granulocytes
The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method, for identifying basophil granulocytes, comprising analyzing a modification such as for example the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the mammalian gene region for the gene “mutated in colorectal cancer” (MCC), wherein a demethylation or lack of modification or methylation of said gene region is indicative for a basophil granulocyte, when compared to a non-basophil granulocyte, or any other cell type in the peripheral blood or in other tissues. The analyses according to the invention can identify basophil granulocytes on an epigenetic level and distinguish them from all other cells in complex samples, such as, for example, other blood or immune cells. The present invention furthermore provides an improved method for quantifying basophil granulocytes, in particular in complex samples. The method can be performed with or without a step of purifying and/or enriching cells, preferably in whole blood and/or non-trypsinized tissue. Finally, the invention provides primers, probes and amplicons based on bisulfite treated nucleic acids. |
| US11753678B2 |
Spatial sequencing
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods of use thereof for interrogating a sample comprising a cell. |
| US11753673B2 |
Methods, compositions, and kits for blocking a capture probe on a spatial array
Provided are methods for determining a location of a target nucleic acid in a biological sample including: disposing the biological sample onto an array including a plurality of capture probes, where a first capture probe includes a first spatial barcode and a capture domain and a second capture probe includes a second spatial barcode and the capture domain. The second capture probe is not covered by the biological sample on the array and is contacted with a solution comprising TdT and one or more dideoxynucleotides, such that a dideoxynucleotide is incorporated into the second capture domain. Target nucleic acids are captured by the first capture probe, and the sequence of the first spatial barcode or a complement thereof and all or a portion of a sequence of the target nucleic acid, or a complement thereof, are used to determine the location of the target nucleic acid in the biological sample. |
| US11753668B2 |
Copper supplementation for control of glycosylation in mammalian cell culture process
The present invention pertains to a cell culture medium comprising copper as a media supplement, which was shown to control recombinant protein glycosylation and methods of sing thereof. The present invention further pertains to a method of controlling or manipulating glycosylation of a recombinant protein of interest in a large scale cell culture. |
| US11753667B2 |
RNA-mediated gene assembly from DNA oligonucleotides
The present invention is directed to methods and materials for RNA-mediated gene assembly from oligonucleotide sequences. In some embodiments, the oligonucleotides used for gene assembly are provided in an array format. An RNA polymerase promoter is appended to surface-bound oligonucleotides and a plurality of RNA copies of each oligonucleotide are then produced with an RNA polymerase. These RNA molecules self-assemble into a desired full-length RNA transcript by hybridization and ligation. The resulting RNA transcript may then be converted into double stand DNA useful in a variety of applications including protein expression. |
| US11753666B2 |
Method and system for production of adenosine triphosphate
The present invention relates to a system for production of ATP. This system is comprised of a support and one or more enzymes coupled to that support which are capable of collectively producing ATP from glucose or fructose metabolism. The present invention is additionally directed to a device, which includes the system, and to a method for carrying out a reaction involving the conversion of ATP to ADP using the system. |
| US11753663B2 |
Microorganisms and methods for enhancing the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol, and for producing adipate, 6-aminocaproate, hexamethylenediamine or caprolactam related thereto
Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a methanol metabolic pathway that can enhance the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol. Such reducing equivalents can be used to increase the product yield of organic compounds produced by the microbial organism, such as adipate, 6-aminocaproate, hexamethylenediamine or caprolactam. Also provided herein are methods for using such an organism to produce adipate, 6-aminocaproate, hexamethylenediamine or caprolactam. |
| US11753662B2 |
Method for producing 3-Oxoadipic acid
A method of producing 3-oxoadipic acid from an aliphatic compound easily utilizable by a microorganism, such as a saccharide, by utilization of a metabolic pathway of the microorganism is disclosed. The method of producing 3-oxoadipic acid includes the step of culturing at least one type of microorganism having a capacity to produce 3-oxoadipic acid, selected from the group consisting of, for example, microorganisms belonging to the genus Serratia, microorganisms belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, microorganisms belonging to the genus Hafnia, microorganisms belonging to the genus Bacillus, microorganisms belonging to the genus Escherichia, microorganisms belonging to the genus Pseudomonas, microorganisms belonging to the genus Acinetobacter, microorganisms belonging to the genus Alcaligenes, microorganisms belonging to the genus Shimwellia, microorganisms belonging to the genus Planomicrobium, microorganisms belonging to the genus Nocardioides, microorganisms belonging to the genus Yarrowia, microorganisms belonging to the genus Cupriavidus, microorganisms belonging to the genus Rhodosporidium, microorganisms belonging to the genus Streptomyces, and microorganisms belonging to the genus Microbacterium. |
| US11753652B2 |
Cassette encoding a FPV/brachyury fusion protein
The present invention relates to one or more promoters and/or expression cassettes that can be used for enhancing expression of a heterologous gene, such as Brachury. In particular, the one or more promoters and/or expression cassettes enhance expression of heterologous genes as part of a viral vector, such as a poxvirus. |
| US11753649B2 |
Targeted mutagenesis of tobacco berberine bridge enzyme-like nucleic acids
The present invention relates to modifications of berberine bridge enzyme-like nucleic acids and their use in modulation of nicotine biosynthesis in plants. |
| US11753646B2 |
Fructose-4-epimerase and method of producing tagatose using the same
Provided are a tagatose-bisphosphate aldolase variant having tagatose conversion activity, and a method of preparing tagatose using the same. |
| US11753644B2 |
Compounds and methods for reducing IFNAR1 expression
Provided are oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of IFNAR1 RNA in a cell or animal, and in certain instances reducing the amount of IFNAR1 protein in a cell or animal Such oligomeric compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to treat diseases and conditions associated with neuroinflammation, including Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome, stroke, neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus, neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury, neuro-autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer's disease, post-operative delirium and cognitive decline, cranial radiation-induced cognitive decline, viral infection-induced cognitive decline, neuromyelitis optica, and ataxia telangiectasia. |
| US11753640B2 |
Oligonucleotides for modulating Tau expression
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of modulating expression of Tau in a target cell. The oligonucleotides hybridize to MAPT mRNA. The present invention further relates to conjugates of the oligonucleotide and pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of Tauopathies, Alzheimzer's disease, fronto-temporal dementia (FTD), FTDP-17, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBD), epilepsy, Dravet syndrome, depression, seizure disorders and movement disorders. |
| US11753633B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of pain
Embodied herein are engineered fusion proteins that bind and target nociceptor neurons, compositions comprising these engineered fusion proteins, and methods for treatment of pain using these engineered fusion proteins or compositions containing the engineered fusion proteins. The engineered fusion proteins contain domains derived from protein toxins such as the anthrax toxin, clostridial botulinum family of toxins, disulphide-containing toxins, and AB component type toxins. |
| US11753632B2 |
Highly potent acid alpha-glucosidase with enhanced carbohydrates
Recombinant human alpha glucosidase (rhGAA) composition derived from CHO cells that contains a more optimized glycan composition consisting of a higher amount of rhGAA containing N-glycans carrying mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) or bis-M6P than conventional rhGAAs, along with low amount of non-phosphorylated high mannose glycans, and low amount of terminal galactose on complex oligosaccharides. Compositions containing the rhGAA, and methods of use are described. |
| US11753629B2 |
Directed evolution of CYP52A12 gene and its use in dicarboxylic acid production
The invention is directed to a method of preparing a long chain dicarboxylic acid producing strain by using directed evolution and homologous recombination, a strain obtained by this method that is capable of producing a long chain dicarboxylic acid under an acidic condition and the use of the strain. In particular, the invention is directed to a method of preparing a long chain dicarboxylic acid producing strain by using directed evolution of CYP52A12 gene and homologous recombination, a strain obtained by this method that is capable of producing a long chain dicarboxylic acid under an acidic condition and the use of the strain. |
| US11753628B2 |
HSD17B13 variants and uses thereof
Provided are compositions related to HSD17B13 variants, including nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides related to variants of HSD17B13, and cells comprising those nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides. Also provided are methods related to HSD17B13 variants. Such methods include methods for detecting the presence of the HSD17B13 rs72613567 variant in a biological sample comprising genomic DNA, for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 Transcripts C, D, E, F, G, and H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising mRNA or cDNA, or for detecting the presence or levels of any one of variant HSD17B13 protein Isoforms C, D, E, F, G, or H, and particularly D, in a biological sample comprising protein. Also provided are methods for determining a subject's susceptibility to developing a liver disease or of diagnosing a subject with liver disease. |
| US11753621B2 |
Method for constructing functional exosomes capable of efficiently loading specific miRNA
The invention discloses a method for constructing functional exosomes capable of efficiently loading specific miRNA. In order to enable the exosome to carry miRNA with specific regulation function more efficiently so as to play a role in targeted regulation more accurately and efficiently, MS2 phage capsid protein is utilized to edit and construct a capture element of a specific miRNA molecule, and placenta mesenchymal stem cells are reprogrammed to enable the secreted exosome to efficiently load a target miRNA molecule, so that the target miRNA molecule is delivered to tissue cells to play a role in effective regulation, and therefore a new strategy is provided for realizing specific precise treatment in the future. |
| US11753618B2 |
Method for propagating microorganisms within plant bioreactors and stably storing microorganisms within agricultural seeds
The present invention relates to methods of scalably producing microorganisms by propagating them within plant tissues and introducing them into agricultural seeds to improve their shelf-life during long-term storage, to produce substances of interest, and to create libraries of microbes. |
| US11753617B2 |
Media compositions for promoting bacterial and fungal growth
Methods and compositions for enhancing or promoting germination of bacterial spores, and yeasts are disclosed herein. The composition of the present invention comprises an extract obtained from banana or any member belonging to the genus Musa that may be used alone or in a growth medium to promote and enhance germination of bacterial spores, growth of bacterial, yeast, and fungal cell cultures. |
| US11753612B2 |
Control of bioreactor processes
Processes, as well as associated systems and computer program (software) products, are disclosed for the biological conversion of CO into desired end products such as ethanol. The control methodologies used for these processes can advantageously result in a reduced time required for a batch operation or other initial operating period, prior to achieving a continuous operation, which may be demarcated either by the addition of fresh culture medium at a defined flow rate or by another process initiation target. The control methodologies may alternatively, or in combination, improve a process performance parameter, such as productivity of the desired end product or bacterial growth rate, during this batch operation or other initial operating period. |
| US11753609B1 |
Eco-friendly laundry sheet comprising a poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) binder
Provided herein are formulations for liquidless cleansing products having high biobased content. The cleansing formulations may be substantially free of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no more than a negligible amount of polyvinyl alcohol. The cleansing composition may contain no detectable amount of polyvinyl alcohol. |
| US11753604B2 |
Cleaning product
The need for a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, which provides improved polymeric grease cleaning and suds mileage, and hence reduced time to clean the dishes, is met by a cleaning product comprising a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition, the composition is housed in the spray dispenser and wherein the cleaning composition comprises anionic surfactant and alkyl glucamide surfactant. |
| US11753603B2 |
Acidic cleaning and disinfecting compositions comprising a citric/methansulfonic acid mixture
The present invention is for an acidic cleaning composition which has excellent cleaning performance, low toxicity and good antimicrobial efficacy. The inventive acidic cleaning compositions are capable of sanitizing or disinfecting a variety of hard surfaces. The inventive acidic cleaning compositions can take a variety of forms, such as: disinfecting wipes, all-purpose disinfecting sprays, kitchen cleaners, bathroom cleaners, toilet cleaners, etc. The inventive acidic cleaning compositions have good cleaning properties and low residue. |
| US11753600B2 |
Viscosity index-improving composition and lubricating oil composition
The present invention aims to provide a viscosity index improver composition and a lubricating oil composition having a low HTHS viscosity at 100° C., an excellent shear stability, and an excellent low temperature viscosity. The present invention relates to, for example, a viscosity index improver composition (C), containing: a copolymer (A) containing a polyolefin-based monomer (a) represented by the following formula (1) as a constituent monomer; a copolymer (B) containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (c) having a C12-C15 straight-chain or branched alkyl group and a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester (d) having a C16-C20 straight-chain or branched alkyl group as constituent monomers; and a base oil, wherein a weight average molecular weight ratio {(A)/(B)} of the copolymer (A) to the copolymer (B) is 2 to 55, and a weight ratio (A/B) of the copolymer (A) to the copolymer (B) constituting the viscosity index improver composition (C) is 5 to 100: |
| US11753599B2 |
Lubricating compositions for a hybrid engine
The present disclosure relates to methods for improving phosphorus retention and improving antiwear performance in an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle, comprising lubricating the internal combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle with a lubricating oil composition comprising: greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil of lubricating viscosity; and an amount of one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate compound(s) sufficient to provide: from about 100 ppmw phosphorus to about 1000 ppmw phosphorus, based on a total weight of the lubricating oil composition; and from about 10 ppmw zinc to about 1200 ppmw zinc, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition. |
| US11753598B1 |
Process and system for producing engineered fuel
A process and system for producing an engineered fuel product that meets customer specifications for composition and combustion characteristics is provided. The engineered fuel product is preferably a high-BTU, alternative fuel that burns cleaner than coal or petroleum coke (petcoke) and has significantly reduced NOx, SO2 and GHG emissions. |
| US11753589B2 |
Quantum dots, quantum dot-polymer composite, and electronic device including the same
A quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, and an electronic device including the same. The quantum dot includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal; a first shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-VI compound on the core; and a second shell including a third semiconductor nanocrystal having a composition different from that of the second semiconductor nanocrystal on the first shell; wherein one of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the third semiconductor nanocrystal includes a Group III-V compound. |
| US11753587B2 |
Method for synthesis of blue-emitting ZnSe1-xTEx alloy nanocrystals
The invention relates to highly luminescent nanostructures, particularly highly luminescent nanostructures comprising a ZnSe1-xTex core and ZnS and/or ZnSe shell layers. The invention also relates to methods of producing such nanostructures. |
| US11753585B2 |
Organic acid system with high temperature resistance
An organic acid system with high temperature resistance, including: 80-90% by weight of a solid organic acid anhydride, 3-10% by weight of a hydrolysis catalyst, and 5-10% by weight of a stabilizer. A preparation method and an application of the organic acid system are also provided herein. |
| US11753584B2 |
Liquid sand treatment optimization
A method of hydraulic fracturing may comprise mixing at least one liquid sand mixture with a fluid to produce a fracturing fluid; and conveying the fracturing fluid to two or more wellbores simultaneously, wherein the wellbores penetrate a subterranean formation. |
| US11753574B2 |
Packer fluid with nanosilica dispersion and sodium bicarbonate for thermal insulation
A downhole system includes a packer sealing an annular space around a downhole tubing and an insulating packer fluid positioned within the annular space and adjacent to the packer. The insulating packer fluid includes a sodium bicarbonate activator and an acidic nanosilica dispersion having silica nanoparticles and a stabilizer, wherein the pH of the acidic nanosilica dispersion ranges from 2 to 5, and the silica nanoparticles form at least 20 percent by weight of the acidic nanosilica dispersion. |
| US11753573B2 |
Calcium carbonate lost circulation material morphologies for use in subterranean formation operations
Methods including precipitated and mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials for use in subterranean formation operations. The precipitated calcium carbonate lost circulation materials are formed under a chosen set of precipitation conditions, including in situ in a subterranean formation. The mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials are obtained in a desired morphological form under naturally occurring mined conditions. The precipitated and mined calcium carbonate lost circulation materials may be needle-shaped aragonite having an aspect ratio of about 1.4 to about 15. |
| US11753566B2 |
Low volatile tackifier compositions
A tackifier composition comprising at least one thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin and an antioxidant composition is provided; wherein a portion of the volatile organic compounds in the thermoplastic hydrocarbon resin has been removed; wherein the antioxidant composition comprises at least one primary antioxidant and at least one secondary antioxidant; and wherein the levels of individual volatile organic compound monitored in the tackifier composition are less than about 0.5 ppm as measured by GC/MS headspace analysis. Processes for producing the tackifier composition are also provided as well as adhesives comprising the tackifier compositions. |
| US11753562B2 |
Epoxy resin composition for coating purposes
The invention relates to an epoxy resin composition comprising at least one epoxy liquid resin, bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane and a wax. The claimed composition can be processed in an excellent manner, cures very rapidly and virtually no yellowing occurs, has a hard, glossy surface of high quality, even during curing under moist conditions such as, for example, 8° C. and 80% relative humidity. The claimed composition is particularly suitable for use as a floor coating, in particular as a top coat or sealing, where low emission together with high demands on the workability, impact strength and the aesthetics exist. |
| US11753560B2 |
Ink set, recording method, and printed item
An ink set for single-pass printing including at least a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and a gray ink, wherein the magenta ink satisfies a specific condition regarding spectral reflectance, and the gray ink has a spectral reflectance at a wavelength of 500 nm of 20 to 70% and satisfies the specific condition regarding spectral reflectance. |
| US11753557B2 |
Continuous roll-to-roll fabrication of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) coatings
A method of large-scale continuous roll-to-roll fabrication of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) coatings with controlled anisotropy, and CNC-coated flexible substrates prepared thereby. An order parameter of 0.78 is observed in CNC-poly(vinyl alcohol) (CNC-PVA) coating systems at 70% CNC loadings. |
| US11753554B2 |
De-flocculant as slurry and EPD bath stabilizer and uses thereof
The technology concerns methods for stabilizing slurries and/or electrophoretic deposition (EPD) bath suspensions for the preparation of electrodes and/or separation area or any other coating and specifically, to electrodes and separators for use in energy storage devices. |
| US11753548B2 |
Treatment of surface-reacted calcium carbonate
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate, wherein the treatment agent is selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid and/or salts thereof, gallic acid and/or salts thereof, unsaturated fatty acids and/or salts thereof, elemental iron, iron (II)-salts, iron (II)-comprising oxides, iron (II, III)-comprising oxides and mixtures thereof, a treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate as well as a use of the treated surface-reacted calcium carbonate as oxygen scavenger. |
| US11753546B2 |
Binder that is solid at room temperature
A binder composition includes at least: a binder base selected among an oil, a bitumen base, a pitch, a clear binder, or mixtures thereof; an acid compound of general formula (I): R—(COOH)z (I); an amide compound of general formula (II): R′—(NH)nCONH—(X)m—(NHCO)p(NH)n—R″ (II), the compounds of formula (I) and formula (II) being provided in a weight ratio of 10:1 to 1:16. A process for manufacturing bituminous mixes including at least the binder composition and aggregates, includes at least the steps of: heating the aggregates to a temperature ranging from 100° C. to 180° C., mixing the aggregates with the binder composition, and obtaining bituminous mixes. A method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling the binder composition includes transporting and/or storing and/or handling the binder composition in the form of blocks or pellets. |
| US11753545B2 |
Gel composition, cable filler, cable, and crumb for gel composition
A gel composition is a gel composition containing a base oil (a) and a hydrogenated block copolymer (b), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) is a hydrogenated product of a diblock copolymer composed of a polymer block (A) consisting mainly of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) consisting mainly of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, the content of the polymer block (A) in the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) being 38.0 to 45.0% by mass; and the content of the hydrogenated block copolymer (b) in the gel composition is 1 to 20 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the base oil (a) and the hydrogenated block copolymer (b). |
| US11753544B2 |
Insulation precursors, rocket motors, and related methods
An insulation material includes a matrix comprising a reaction product formed from a silicon carbide precursor resin and a silicon dioxide precursor resin. At least one filler, such as hollow glass microspheres and/or carbon fiber is dispersed within the matrix. A rocket motor includes a case, the insulation material within and bonded to the case, and a solid propellant within the case. An insulation precursor includes a silicon carbide precursor resin, a silicon dioxide precursor resin, and the at least one filler. Related methods are also disclosed. |
| US11753542B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition
Disclosed are a thermoplastic polyamide resin composition, a method for preparing the same and a molded article produced thereby. The molded article may have improved impact strength and heat resistance, produced from the thermoplastic polyamide resin composition including a nucleating agent containing an aromatic polyamide and a heat-dissipation filler, polyamide 66 and polyamide 6, thereby improving the speed of process and realize uniform crystallization. |
| US11753539B2 |
Simulated marble slab and process
Disclosed herein is a process for making a marble appearing casting having superior depth characteristics by placing a low-density polymerizable resin into a mold to at least partially cover the bottom thereof placing a high-density polymerizable resin on top of the low-density resin to completely cover the low-density resin, allowing the low-density resin to float up through the high-density resin as both resins polymerize and solidify. |
| US11753537B2 |
Compositions for the production of fracture-tough dental parts by means of stereolithography
The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition, which comprises (a) at least one radically polymerizable oligomer, (b) at least one radically polymerizable monomer and (c) at least one initiator for the radical polymerization, characterized in that the radically polymerizable oligomer (a) is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic urethane (meth)acrylate oligomers, epoxy (meth)acrylate oligomers and polyether urethane (meth)acrylate oligomers, and the radically polymerizable monomer (b) is polyfunctional. |
| US11753536B2 |
Oxygen-tight plastic, and packaging material produced therefrom
The invention relates to a polymer blend comprising 15 to 70 Wt. % of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and/or of a PVOH copolymer as well as 30 to 85 Wt. % of a further polymer, to a method for preparing a polymer blend, to the use of a polymer blend for producing a packaging material and to a packaging material. The packaging material obtained from the polymer blend is characterized in particular by a low gas permeability and can be produced by means of cost-effective methods. |
| US11753534B2 |
Compatibilization of post consumer resins
Compositions comprising post-consumer recycled (PCR) waste are described. The PCR is combined with at least one virgin resin and a propylene-based compatibilizer that enhances the blend between the PCR and virgin resin as well as improving one or more physical properties of the composition. The propylene-based compatibilizer is a reactor made thermoplastic polyolefin or a heterophasic copolymer with a semi-crystalline matrix and a rubber component. This allows for the selection of a compatibilizer that can shift the composition's physical properties based on the end use application, and provide a stronger, miscible blend. |
| US11753532B2 |
Resin composition, and communication cable and wire harness using same
A communication cable includes 51 to 85 parts by mass of a polyolefin resin, 15 to 49 parts by mass of a flexible resin, 10 to 80 parts by mass of a halogenated flame retardant per 100 parts by mass of a total of the polyolefin resin and the flexible resin, and at least one of titanium oxide or metal hydroxide, the resin composition having a permittivity of 2.5 to 3.5. |
| US11753530B2 |
Inter-penetrating elastomer network derived from ground tire rubber particles
Crumb rubber obtained from recycled tires is subjected to an interlinked substitution process. The process utilizes a reactive component that interferes with sulfur bonds. The resulting treated rubber exhibits properties similar to those of the virgin composite rubber structure prior to being granulated, and is suitable for use in fabricating new tires, engineered rubber articles, and asphalt rubber for use in waterproofing and paving applications. |
| US11753527B2 |
Flame retardant composition and flame-retardant synthetic resin composition containing same
In a flame retardant composition containing (poly)phosphoric acid amine salts, the amine excess ratio (mol %) represented by formula (I) is 0.01-10 mol %. In the formula, n represents the number of types of amines in the (poly)phosphoric acid amine salt, and A1-An represent the maximum number of dissociation steps of each amine. Here, the maximum number of dissociation steps is the maximum number of dissociation steps with a base dissociation constant pKb at 25° C. in the 0-13 range. B1-Bn represent the number of mol of the amine when an amine is assumed to be present alone in the (poly)phosphoric acid amine salt. |
| US11753523B2 |
Crosslinkable elastomer composition and fluororubber molded article
A crosslinkable elastomer composition including a crosslinkable elastomer and a surface-oxidized non-oxide ceramic. Also disclosed is a fluoroelastomer molded article having a weight reduction percentage of 2.5% by mass or less and an amount of particles generated of 0.05% by mass or less after O2 plasma irradiation, a weight reduction percentage of 1.8% by mass or less, an amount of particles generated of 0.05% by mass or less after NF3 plasma irradiation, and a compression set of 50% or less after aging at 300° C. for 70 hours. |
| US11753521B2 |
Ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer compositions with improved continuous high temperature resistance
A composition comprising at least the following components: A) one or more ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymers, which comprise ≤3.5 wt % of a non-conjugated diene, based on the weight of the one or more ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymers; B) an acid acceptor selected from the following: MgO, ZnO, or combination thereof. |
| US11753519B2 |
Conductive roll for electrophotographic machine
Provided is a conductive roll for an electrophotographic machine. The conductive roll is a charging roll and includes a shaft body, and an elastic body layer formed on an outer periphery of the shaft body. The elastic body layer is a crosslinked body of a composition containing a diene-based polymer (a), a sulfur or peroxide crosslinking agent (b), carbon black (c), and a coupling agent (d). (c) has a specific surface area of 40 to 300 m2/g. (d) is a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and a SSO3H group, or a coupling agent having a NHR1 group and an ene structure (where R1 is H or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms). The contents of (c) and (d) in the composition are respectively 10 to 45 parts by mass and 0.5 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of (a). |
| US11753515B2 |
Method for producing molded foam articles, and molded foam articles
A method for producing molded foam articles that molds molded foam articles continuously, the method comprising continuously repeating the following step 1, step 2, step 3 and step 4 in this order; wherein step 1 comprises melting a resin composition that includes a liquid crystal polyester; step 2 comprises introducing, with an introduction device, a supercritical fluid that is unreactive, in a supercritical state, with the liquid crystal polyester, and is a gas at normal temperature and normal pressure, into the resin composition in an amount of at least 0.1 parts by mass but not more than 0.3 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal polyester, and then melt-kneading the resultant mixture; step 3 comprises injecting the melt-kneaded resin composition containing the supercritical fluid into a mold; and step 4 comprises conducting foaming by lowering at least one of the pressure and the temperature of the supercritical fluid contained in the resin composition to a value below the critical point of the supercritical fluid, thereby producing a molded foam article. This liquid crystal polyester has a melt tension at a temperature 20° C. higher than the flow start temperature of at least 5 mN but not more than 100 mN. |
| US11753512B2 |
Flame-retardant polyester film
A flame-retardant polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The flame-retardant polyester film includes a physically recycled polyester resin and a chemically recycled polyester resin. The physically recycled polyester resin is formed by a plurality of physically recycled polyester chips. The chemically recycled polyester resin is formed by a plurality of chemically recycled polyester chips and mixed with the physically recycled polyester resin. The plurality of chemically recycled polyester chips further includes chemically recycled electrostatic pinning polyester chips. The chemically recycled electrostatic pinning polyester chips contain electrostatic pinning additives, and the electrostatic pinning additives are metal salts. Expressed in percent by weight based on a total weight of the polyester film, a content of the electrostatic pinning additives in the polyester film is between 0.005% and 0.1% by weight. The flame-retardant polyester film further includes a flame-retardant additive. |
| US11753509B2 |
In-situ polymerization method for producing a polyethylene nanocomposite
A method for producing a polyethylene nanocomposite by polymerizing ethylene in a polymerization mixture that contains a graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite, a metallocene catalyst, an alkylaluminoxane co-catalyst, and an organic solvent to form a polyethylene nanocomposite in which the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite is dispersed in a matrix of polyethylene and wherein the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite contains 1 to 7 wt. % graphene relative to a total weight of the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite. |
| US11753508B2 |
Treatment of polymer particles
A method for treating polymer particles is disclosed. Polymer particles and a liquid are provided. The method includes the following steps (a) and (b). (a) Mixing said polymer particles with said carrier liquid to form a dispersion of said particles in said carrier liquid at a concentration of at least 0.1 g/L, based on the volume of the dispersion. (b) Subjecting the dispersion to microfluidization treatment thereby causing particle stretching, particle size reduction and increasing the surface area per unit mass of the polymer particles. Also disclosed is a particulate composition comprising polymer particles mixed with nanoplates derived from a layered material, wherein the particulate composition has a BET surface area of at least 10 m2/g. Furthermore, there is disclosed a method for the manufacture of a component formed of a composite of a polymer with a dispersion of nanoplates. The particulate composition is provided as a precursor particulate. Then the precursor particulate is formed into the component. |
| US11753507B2 |
Addition curable composition comprising siloxane-imide copolymers
A curable silicone adhesive composition comprising a heat stable siloxane-imide copolymer is shown and described herein. The composition includes an alkenyl silicone, a silicone hydride based cross linker, hydrosilylation catalyst and additives that is curable at relatively low temperatures and shows good heat stability. |
| US11753505B2 |
Polyamides with pendent optical absorbers and related methods
Methods for producing a polyamide having an optical absorber pendent from the polyamide's backbone (OAMB-polyamide) may comprise: esterifying a hydroxyl-pendent optical absorber with a halogen-terminal aliphatic acid to yield a halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber; and N-alkylating a polyamide with the halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber to yield the OAMB-polyamide. Other methods for producing an OAMB-polyamide may comprise: esterifying a carboxyl-pendent optical absorber with a halogen-terminal aliphatic alcohol to yield a halogen-terminal alkyl-optical absorber; and N-alkylating a polyamide with the modified optical absorber to yield a polyamide having the OAMB-polyamide. |
| US11753501B2 |
Frontally polymerized polymeric body and method of producing a polymeric body having spatially varying properties
A frontally polymerized polymeric body includes, according to a first embodiment, a deformable polymer comprising polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) and/or poly(5-ethylidene-2-norbornene) (pENB), where the deformable polymer has a fracture strain of at least about 0.5 mm mm−1. According to a second embodiment, the frontally polymerized polymeric body includes a first polymer comprising pDCPD and/or pENB, and a second polymer adjacent to the first polymer also comprising the pDCPD and/or the pENB. The second polymer is more or less deformable than the first polymer. Thus, the frontally polymerized polymeric body exhibits spatially varying mechanical and/or other properties. |
| US11753497B2 |
Photocurable composition
In one embodiment, a photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material and a photoinitiator, wherein the polymerizable material includes an isocyanate group containing compound of formula (1): R1-R2-N═C═O (1), with R1 including a carbon-carbon double bond, and R2 being substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl. An amount of 1 wt % to 10 wt % of the isocyanate group containing compound can cause a strong adhesion strength of the photocurable composition to a silicon substrate after curing, and may allow the omission of an adhesion layer between substrate and the photo-cured layer. |
| US11753491B2 |
Low-reflectivity black film and method of manufacturing laminated body
A low-reflectivity black film according includes porous black pigment having a porosity of 50% or larger and a binder component at a volume ratio of 50:50-100:0, in which, with regard to surface roughness parameters Rt and Ra, Rt is 0.15-5 μm and Ra is 0.01-0.5 μm, an L* value is equal to or smaller than 20, and in a range of 400-700 nm, the maximum value of regular reflectivity is equal to or smaller than 0.8%, the maximum value of scattering reflectivity is equal to or smaller than 2%, and the maximum value of light transmittance is equal to or smaller than 5%. |
| US11753490B2 |
Method for producing temperature-stable polyalkenylenes
The polymerization of cycloalkenamer is stopped by adding an alkyl vinyl derivative. Subsequently compound A is added, wherein compound A has at least one of the features i) or ii): i) at least one functional group or ii) at least one saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic heterocyclic ring having 3 to 14 ring atoms, wherein the ring atoms contain at least one carbon atom and at least one atom selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur. A membrane filtration is subsequently carried out. This type of production produces polyalkenamers which are temperature-stable at 180° C. |
| US11753489B2 |
Nanoparticles using anionic polymer, preparation method and composition thereof
The present invention relates to novel nanoparticles using an anionic polymer, a preparation method thereof, a composition, and the like, and the present invention is used for a method of necrosing cancer cells by blocking major blood vessels that supply nutrients to cancer cells to induce an embolic effect, and thus may be used for the treatment of patients with cancer. |
| US11753486B2 |
Catalyst and preparation thereof
The present invention relates to a process for producing of solid particulate olefin polymerisation catalyst or catalyst carrier comprising forming a solution of the catalyst or a catalyst carrier in a solvent, subjecting the solution into an atomization by spraying the solution via a capillary vibrating spray nozzle with a capillary orifice having a diameter of 5 to 100 μm generating a laminar jet of liquid, which disintegrates into liquid droplets entering into the spray-dryer, transforming the droplets with aid of a gas to solid particulate catalyst or carrier in the spray-dryer and recovering the solid particulate olefin polymerisation catalyst or carrier having particle size distribution defined by a volumetric SPAN of 0.7 or less. The invention further relates to the catalyst produced by the methods, and use thereof in olefin polymerisation process. |
| US11753484B2 |
Cellulose ether-lactam hybrid polymers, compositions, and methods for preparing and using the hybrid polymers
The present invention provides novel hybrid polymers having unique physical properties. The hybrid polymers comprise a cellulose ether moiety, a linking group moiety, a spacer group moiety, and a lactam moiety. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the hybrid polymers and methods for preparing and using the hybrid polymers.In a first embodiment, the hybrid polymers have the structure: A-(L1-S—(B)k)q wherein A is derived from a cellulose ether moiety comprising a —OH group; L1 is a linking group moiety selected from the group consisting of urethanes, amides, esters, carbonates, and phosphate esters, or is derived from a moiety selected from the group consisting of anhydrides, cyclic ethers, and aziridines; S is a spacer group moiety, selected from the group consisting of straight- or branched-chain functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, and aryl groups, wherein any of the above groups may be with or without heteroatoms, or is a direct bond; and B is a lactam moiety; wherein k≥1 and q≥1. In a second embodiment, the hybrid polymers have the structure: A-(L2-S—B)y wherein A is derived from a cellulose ether moiety comprising a —OH group; L2 is an ether linking group moiety; S is a spacer group moiety, selected from the group consisting of straight- or branched-chain functionalized and unfunctionalized alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, and aryl groups, wherein any of the above groups may be with or without heteroatoms, or is a direct bond; and B is a lactam moiety; wherein y≥1; with the proviso that when the cellulose ether moiety is hydroxyethyl cellulose, -(L2-S—B)y is not derived from 1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-pyrrolidinone. |
| US11753483B2 |
Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate and method for producing the same
There is provided a method for producing hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS), including an esterification step of reacting hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose with an acetylating agent and a succinoylating agent in the presence of an aliphatic carboxylic acid in a kneader reactor equipped with two or more stirring blades rotating around their own axes and orbitally revolving, to obtain a reaction product solution containing HPMCAS; a precipitation step of precipitating the HPMCAS by mixing the reaction product solution with water to obtain a suspension of the precipitated HPMCAS; and a washing and recovery step of washing the HPMCAS in the suspension and recovering the washed HPMCAS. Further, there is provided HPMCAS having yellowness at 20° C. of 15.0 or less, as determined in a 2% by mass solution of the HPMCAS in a mixed solvent of dichloromethane, methanol and water in a mass ratio of 44:44:10. |
| US11753482B2 |
System for the production of a spinning dope composition
The present invention describes a method for the production of a spinning dope composition, said method comprising a homogenization involving vigorous mixing of a cellulosic pulp material in alkali solution, vigorous mixing implying supplying a power density to agitators used in the homogenization step of at least 150 kW/m3 (kW supplied to agitators per mixed unit of liquid volume), and thereafter a dissolution involving mixing of the cellulosic pulp material in the alkali solution to obtain a spinning dope composition, wherein the power density supplied to agitators used in the dissolution step is maximum 75 kW/m3 (kW supplied to agitators per mixed unit of liquid volume); and wherein the cellulosic pulp material in alkali solution is kept at a temperature of less than 0° C. during the homogenization and during at least part of the dissolution. The present invention is also directed to a system intended for the production of a spinning dope composition. |
| US11753473B2 |
Anti-PD-L1 antibodies
The present disclosure relates to an isolated PD-L1 antibody whose binding to PD-L1 at acidic pH is substantially lower than its binding to PD-L1 at neutral pH at the same assay setting and an isolated PD-L1 antibody that is not pH dependent in binding to PD-L1. Also provided is the pharmaceutical composition of the antibody, encoding polynucleotide and expression vector, isolated host cell thereof as well as a kit comprising the PD-L1 antibody. Also provided herein are methods of treating a PD-L1 associated condition using the PD-L1 antibody. |
| US11753472B2 |
Antibodies directed against T cell immunoglobulin and mucin protein 3 (TIM-3)
Provided herein are anti-T Cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin Protein-3 (TIM 3) antibodies having particular immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide sequences and methods of using the anti-TIM-3 antibodies to treat a disorder or disease that is responsive to TIM-3 inhibition, such as cancer, an infectious disease, or an autoimmune disease. |
| US11753470B2 |
Bispecific anti PD1-anti TIM3 antibodies
The disclosure provides means and methods for interfering with Programmed Cell Death 1 protein (PD-1) and T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (TIM-3) mediated inhibition in a PD-1 and/or TIM-3 positive cell. A method may comprise contacting said cell with an antibody or a functional part, derivative and/or analogue thereof that comprises a variable domain that can bind to an extracellular part of PD-1 and a variable domain that can bind to an extracellular part of TIM-3, thereby inhibiting PD-1 and/or TIM-3 mediated activity in said cell. The invention also provides antibodies or variants thereof that comprises a variable domain that can bind to an extracellular part of PD-1 and a variable domain that can bind to an extracellular part of TIM-3. |
| US11753469B2 |
Methods of using bispecific CD33 and CD3 binding proteins
Described herein are binding proteins that specifically bind to human CD33, and in particular to bispecific binding proteins that specifically bind to human CD33 and human CD3. Also described herein are bispecific tandem diabodies that bind to CD33 and CD33, and their uses for immunotherapy of CD33+ cancers, diseases and conditions such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). |
| US11753467B2 |
Anti-TIM3 monoclonal antibodies and chimeric antigen receptors
Antibodies, fragments thereof, and chimeric proteins comprising same are presented that have specific binding activity against T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 3 (TIM3). Advantageously, contemplated molecules can be used in pharmaceutical compositions for immune therapy, particularly in individuals receiving cancer vaccines and/or checkpoint inhibitor treatment. |
| US11753464B2 |
Methods and compositions for targeting polyubiquitin
Anti-K63-linked polyubiquitin monoclonal antibodies, and methods for using the antibodies, are provided. |
| US11753456B2 |
T cell receptors
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide GVYDGEEHSV (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the MAGE-B2 protein. The TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent specificity profiles for this MAGE epitope. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the TCRs, cells engineered to present the TCRs, cells harbouring expression vectors encoding the TCRs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TCRs, nucleic acids or cells of the invention. |
| US11753455B2 |
Compounds for treatment of obesity
The invention relates to a construct comprising a compound targeting areas in the brain involved in the regulation of body weight and an allosteric ligand to a receptor located in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The invention also relates to compositions and uses of such construct, for example in the prevention or treatment of overweight and obesity. Preferred compounds for regulation of body weight include GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), and preferred receptors located in the BBB include the transferrin receptor (TfR). Exemplary fusions and conjugates of GLP-1 RA's and anti TfR-Fab's exhibit an increased binding to brain regions expressing the GLP-1 receptor as compared to fusions or conjugates with inactive control Fab's, in particular in brain areas protected by the BBB. In vivo mice studies confirm increased reduction in food intake as well as weight loss for the active construct compared to the inactive one. |
| US11753451B2 |
Potato protein isolates
The present invention relates to a process for obtaining a potato protein fraction using a specific absorbent. Specifically, the invention relates to the carrier material, which comprises a specific polymeric material, functionalised with suitable ligands. By the use of a functionalised support carrier according to the present invention, a potato protein fraction can be obtained with higher effectiveness. |
| US11753450B2 |
Alkali-tolerant affinity chromatography ligands
The Sequence Listing associated with this application is provided in text form in lieu of a paper copy, and is hereby incorporated by reference into the specification. The name of the text file containing the Sequence Listing is SequenceListing.txt. The text file is 36.3 KB, and was created on Sep. 30, 2020. |
| US11753447B2 |
Cyclic peptides, methods of synthesis, and methods of treatment
Cyclic peptide compounds and methods of their synthesis are provided. Formulations and medicaments are also provided that are directed to the treatment of coronavirus. Therapeutics are also provided containing a therapeutically effective dose of one or more cyclic peptide compounds, present either as pharmaceutically effective salt or in pure form, including, but not limited to, formulations for oral, intravenous, or pulmonary administration. |
| US11753445B2 |
Therapeutic peptides
Provided herein are peptides and peptide analogs and methods of treating a metabolic disease, e.g., obesity, diabetes, methods of treating cancer, methods of treating a liver disease, and methods of modulating fatty acid metabolism. |
| US11753444B2 |
Modulation of structured polypeptide specificity
The invention describes peptide ligands specific for human plasma Kallikrein. |
| US11753441B2 |
Solution phase synthesis of beta-turn peptidomimetic cyclic salts
The present disclosure relates to methods of preparing and crystallizing β-turn cyclic peptidomimetic salts of formula I: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R10, X, Y and n are as defined in the specification. The present disclosure provides a more efficient route for preparing a crystalline form of a β-turn cyclic peptidomimetic compounds and salts thereof. |
| US11753440B2 |
Methods for the synthesis of arginine-containing peptides
Methods for the synthesis of arginine-containing peptides are provided. The methods include a deprotection step that minimizes the transfer of by-products deriving from cleaved sulfonyl-5 based side chain protecting groups from arginine to amino acids carrying electron rich side chains. |
| US11753438B2 |
Method of cleaning and/or sanitizing a separation matrix
The present invention concerns a method of cleaning and/or sanitizing a separation matrix comprising multimers of immunoglobulin-binding alkali-stabilized Protein A domains covalently coupled to a porous support. The method comprises the steps of: a) optionally purifying a mixture comprising a first immunoglobulin using the separation matrix; b) providing a cleaning liquid comprising at least 50% by volume of an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution; and c) cleaning and/or sanitizing the separation matrix by contacting the cleaning liquid with the separation matrix for a predetermined contact time. The alkali-stabilized Protein A domains comprise mutants of a parental Fc-binding domain of Staphylococcus Protein A (SpA), as defined by SEQ ID NO 51 or SEQ ID NO 52, wherein the amino acid residues at positions 13 and 44 of SEQ ID NO 51 or 52 are asparagines and wherein at least the asparagine residue at position 3 of SEQ ID NO 51 or 52 has been mutated to an amino acid selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, lysine, tyrosine, threonine, phenylalanine, leucine, isoleucine, tryptophan, methionine, valine, alanine, histidine and arginine. |
| US11753437B2 |
Peptide purification using mixed-phase solid phase extraction material
The present invention relates to a method of purifying peptides and/or polypeptides, said method comprising or consisting of: (a) loading a sample comprising peptides and/or polypeptides under acidic or neutral aqueous conditions on mixed-phase solid phase extraction (SPE) material, wherein said material consists of or comprises reversed phase/ion exchange material; (b) washing said mixed-phase SPE material with (ba) an acidic or neutral composition comprising at least 50% (v/v) organic solvent; and/or (bb) an acidic or neutral aqueous solution; and (c) eluting said peptides and/or polypeptides from said mixed-phase SPE material with an alkaline composition comprising at least 50% (v/v) organic solvent. |
| US11753436B2 |
Analogs of celastrol
Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating or preventing obesity and using the same. |
| US11753433B2 |
Methods of synthesizing substituted purine compounds
The present invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of (2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-((((1r,3S)-3-(2-(5-(tert-butyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethyl)cyclobutyl)(isopropyl)amino)methyl)tetrahydrofuran-3,4-diol and hydrates thereof and methods for treating disorders in which DOT1-mediated protein methylation plays a part, such as cancer and neurological disorders, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also provides novel crystalline forms of (2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-((((1r,3S)-3-(2-(5-(tert-butyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethyl)cyclobutyl)(isopropyl)amino)methyl)tetrahydrofuran-3,4-diol and hydrates thereof (Form A, Form B, and Form C), characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well as a unique crystalline structure. |
| US11753432B2 |
Compound with analgesic effect for use in prevention and treatment of pain
Compounds for use in prevention and/or treatment of pain are disclosed. The compounds are derived by conjugation of N6-(4-hydroxybenzyl)adenosine and analogous compounds with amino acids or peptides. In one embodiment of the invention, the compound is 5′-O-(glycine-N-carbonyl-N6-(4-hydroxybenzyl)adenosine (I-a1). In another embodiment of the invention, the compound is 5-deoxy-5′-(glycine-N-amido)-N6-(4-hydroxybenzyl)adenosine (I-d1). Also disclosed are methods of making and using the same. |
| US11753424B2 |
Crystalline form of phenyl bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide with large particle size and crystallization method for making same
A crystalline form of phenyl bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, with a large particle size, which belongs to a triclinic crystal system and space group P-1. A crystallization method for making the crystalline form of phenyl bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, comprising adding a solid of phenyl bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide to a solvent and mixing; followed by heating to 50 to 70° C. to achieve complete dissolution; cooling the solution to room temperature; and adding an anti-solvent to the resulting solution to cause precipitation of crystals. The crystals are allowed to grow at a constant temperature for 10 to 60 minutes, so as to give a slurry containing the crystals. Said slurry is subjected to filtration and then drying to obtain the crystalline form of phenyl bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide. |
| US11753423B2 |
Method for producing herbicide intermediate
A method for producing methyldichlorophosphane, the method including: allowing methane and phosphorus trichloride to react in the presence of an additive using a metal compound, or a metal compound carried on a carrier, or both thereof. |
| US11753420B2 |
Low halide lanthanum precursors for vapor deposition
Lanthanide compounds for vapor deposition having ≤50.0 ppm, ≤30.0 ppm, or ≤10.0 ppm of all halide impurity combined is provided. The purification systems and methods are also provided. |
| US11753413B2 |
Substituted pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine compounds as JAK2 V617F inhibitors
The present application provides pyrrolotriazine compounds that modulate the activity of the V617F variant of JAK2, which are useful in the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. |
| US11753411B2 |
Substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as TYK2 pseudokinase ligands
Described herein are TYK2 pseudokinase ligands of Formula (I′), methods of utilizing these TYK2 pseudokinase ligands in the treatment of diseases, disorders or conditions, and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds: wherein X, Y, L1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R8 are defined in the specification. |
| US11753408B2 |
Compounds and method for blocking transmission of malarial parasite
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) and formula (II): wherein R1, R2, A, and B are as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of blocking transmission of a Plasmodium parasite and a method of treating or preventing malaria comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of a first compound of formula (I) or (II) either alone or in combination with a second compound selected from elesclomol, NSC174938, NVP-AUY922, Maduramicin, Narasin, Alvespimycin, Omacetaxine, Thiram, Zinc pyrithione, Phanquinone, Bortezomib, Salinomycin sodium, Monensin sodium, Dipyrithione, Dicyclopentamethylene-thiuram disulfide, YM155, Withaferin A, Adriamycin, Romidepsin, AZD-1152-HQPA, CAY10581, Plicamycin, CUDC-101, Auranofin, Trametinib, GSK-458, Afatinib, and Panobinostat. |
| US11753407B2 |
Compounds for treating spinal muscular atrophy
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I): and forms thereof, wherein w1, w2, w3, w4, w5, w6 and w7 are as defined herein, including compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy. |
| US11753403B2 |
EIF4E inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds inhibiting eIF4E activity, and compositions and methods of using thereof. |
| US11753402B2 |
Plasticizer composition and resin composition including the same
Provided is a plasticizer composition, including: a cyclohexane-1,2-diester-based substance in which two alkyl groups are bonded to the ester groups, and the alkyl groups each independently are a C4 to C12 alkyl group; and an epoxidized alkyl ester composition comprising one or more compounds of the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein in Chemical Formula 1: R1 is a C8 to C20 alkyl group comprising one or more epoxy groups; and R2 is a C4 to C10 alkyl group. |
| US11753397B2 |
Cereblon binders for the degradation of ikaros
The invention provides cereblon binders of Formulas: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for the degradation of Ikaros or Aiolos by the ubiquitin proteasome pathway along with their use in therapeutic applications to treat medical disorders including, but not limited to cancer. |
| US11753394B2 |
Synthesis of omecamtiv mecarbil
Provided herein is a synthesis for omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride hydrate and various intermediates. |
| US11753391B2 |
Method for producing glycolide
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing glycolide, with which a production rate of glycolide can be further enhanced.The method for producing glycolide that achieves the object described above includes: an oligomer preparation step of heating an aqueous glycolic acid solution and subjecting glycolic acid contained in the aqueous glycolic acid solution to dehydrating polycondensation, to obtain a glycolic acid oligomer; and a depolymerization step of depolymerizing the glycolic acid oligomer in the presence of ferrous ions to obtain glycolide. |
| US11753390B2 |
Δ-8-tetrahydrocannabinol from cannabidiol extracted from hemp
The present invention describes a process to isomerize industrial hemp derived Cannabidiol (CBD) to a pure Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC) extract. This procedure will produce Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol that is essentially free from any detectable levels of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC). Included in this filing are methods and processes to scale the reaction from the lab to process to large scale manufacturing. Additionally, the resulting extract from said methods and processes consists of higher purity than previously reported in the art and greater efficiency compared to prior art. |
| US11753378B2 |
Ketamine compounds and processes for making and using them
Disclosed are compounds comprising ketamine (2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-cyclohexanone) chemically conjugated to one or more oxoacids, amino acids, polyethylene glycols (PEG or PEO), peptides, phosphates, and/or vitamin compounds, and salts of such compounds. Also disclosed are compositions comprising at least one ketamine compound, or a salt thereof, methods of making such compounds, and methods of using such ketamine compounds and compositions. |
| US11753376B2 |
Benzyloxy pyridine derivatives and uses thereof
The present specification discloses a novel benzyloxy pyridine derivative compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a salt thereof, a stereoisomer thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a solvate thereof, and novel uses thereof. The uses comprise the uses in the preparation of a composition for activating autophagy, a composition for activating p62 protein, a composition for inducing oligomerization of p62 protein, or a composition for ameliorating, preventing or treating a disease caused by misfolded protein. |
| US11753374B2 |
Compounds for the treatment of acute and chronic kidney disease
The present disclosure is concerned with biaryl aminomaleimide compounds for the treatment of disorders associated with heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) signaling dysfunction such as, for example, kidney diseases (e.g., chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US11753372B2 |
Process for the production of epsilon caprolactam from 6-aminocaproic acid
A new process for the production of epsilon caprolactam (CPL) from 6-aminocaproic acid (6-ACA) can be obtained either from traditional petro chemical processes or can be obtained from biochemical processes. With the proposed process, the reaction time for conversion of 6-aminocaproic acid to the Nylon 6 monomer is shorter and significant energy savings are possible which is advantageous for industrial scale production. The conversion of 6-aminocaproic acid to the Nylon 6 monomer runs at atmospheric pressure and in the final product epsilon caprolactam with no oligomers formation of significance is obtained. |
| US11753370B2 |
Methods of making deuterium-enriched N-acetylcysteine amide (d-NACA) and (2R, 2R′)-3,3′-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide) (diNACA) and using d-NACA and diNACA to treat diseases involving oxidative stress
The present invention includes pharmaceutical composition comprising (2R,2R′)-3,3′-disulfanediyl bis(2-acetamidopropanamide)(diNACA) or D3-N-acetyl cysteine amide, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, having a deuterium enrichment above the natural abundance of deuterium, and derivatives or solids thereof, and methods of using diNACA to treat eye diseases and other diseases associated with oxidative damage including, e.g., antivenom, beta-thallassemia, cataract, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, macular degeneration, contrast-induced nephropathy, asthma, lung contusion, methamphetamine-induced oxidative stress, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, platelet apoptosis, Tardive dyskinesia, Alzheimer disease, HIV-1-associated dementia, mitochondrial diseases, myocardial myopathy, neurodegenerative diseases, pulmonary fibrosis, skin pigmentation, skin in need of rejuventation, antimicrobial infection, Friedreich's ataxia. |
| US11753369B2 |
Creatine prodrugs, compositions and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides creatine prodrug analogs and their compositions useful for the treatment of creatine deficiencies. |
| US11753368B2 |
Treatment of sleep-wake disorders
This invention is directed to a method of treating Excessive daytime Sleepiness (EDS) in a subject, comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein Rx is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, halogen selected from F, Cl, Br and I, alkoxy containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms, nitro, hydroxy, trifluoromethyl, and thioalkoxy containing 1 to 3 carbon atoms; x is an integer of 1 to 3, with the proviso that R may be the same or different when x is 2 or 3; R1 and R2 can be the same or different from each other and are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, aryl, arylalkyl, cycloalkyl of 3 to 7 carbon atoms; R1 and R2 can be joined to form a 5 to 7-membered heterocycle substituted with a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and aryl groups, wherein the cyclic compound can comprise 1 to 2 nitrogen atoms and 0 to 1 oxygen atom, wherein the nitrogen atoms are not directly connected with each other or with the ox en atom. |
| US11753364B2 |
Method for producing C2-C4 mono alkanol amines using an acid cation exchanger as a catalyst
A process for continuous production of C2-C4-monoalkanolamines by reaction of a corresponding C2-C4-alkylene oxide with a molar excess of ammonia (NH3), wherein aqueous ammonia is employed, in the liquid phase and in the presence of an acidic cation exchanger as catalyst which contains a crosslinked copolymer comprising acidic functional groups as the carrier matrix, wherein the cation exchanger has a total exchange capacity of not less than 1.8 eq/L. |
| US11753362B2 |
Method of oxidizing glycolaldehyde using nitric acid
The present invention relates to a method of synthesizing at least one organic acid comprising oxidizing glycolaldehyde with nitric acid in the presence of a solvent. Advantageously, it is an industrially applicable process, which prepares organic acid, notably glycolic acid and/or glyoxylic acid in a high yield based on bio-based feedstocks. |
| US11753353B2 |
PBX composition
The invention relates to a cast explosive composition. There is provided a precure castable explosive composition comprising an explosive material, a polymerisable binder, said cross linking reagent comprising at least two reactive groups each of which is protected by a labile blocking group. |
| US11753350B2 |
Composting device sliding lid with a seal assembly
The disclosure relates to a composting device including a housing defining an interior with an access opening providing access to the interior, a composter bin located within the interior and in communication with the access opening, and a cover slidably mounted to the housing and slidable along a sliding path between opened and closed conditions to selectively open and close the access opening. A seal assembly comprising a seal depending from one of the cover or the housing and a sealing surface provided on the other of the cover or housing about the access opening. The seal arranged such that a space between the seal and the sealing surface decreases as the cover is slid from the opened to the closed condition, and the seal abuts and compresses against the sealing surface in the closed condition to seal the cover relative to the housing. |
| US11753344B2 |
Ceramic radiation detector device and method
A ceramic lithium indium diselenide or like radiation detector device formed as a pressed material that exhibits scintillation properties substantially identical to a corresponding single crystal growth radiation detector device, exhibiting the intrinsic property of the chemical compound, with an acceptable decrease in light output, but at a markedly lower cost due to the time savings associated with pressing versus single crystal growth. |
| US11753341B2 |
Engineered stone product and methods of making the same
An engineered stone product is made using a material that includes ceramic powder, glass sand, and a binder. |
| US11753338B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling carbon burn out
Systems and methods for beneficiating a recovered fly ash material and/or recovering fly ash from an impound site are described. The method may include thermally treating a first portion of a recovered fly ash material to form a thermally treated fly ash having a first temperature of at least 1000° F., and contacting the thermally treated fly ash with a second portion of the recovered fly ash material to cool the thermally treated fly ash to a second temperature of less than or equal to 500° F. and form a fly ash product. The fly ash product may have a carbon content less than 8% by weight, based on the total dry weight of the fly ash product. |
| US11753337B2 |
Electrically conductive concrete composition and system design for resistive heating of pavements with low volume fractions of carbon microfiber
The present application relates to a concrete pre-mix composition comprising a cementitious material and a plurality of conductive carbon microfibers mixed with said cementitious material, where said conductive carbon microfibers are present in the concrete pre-mix composition in an amount such that, when said concrete pre-mix composition is hydrated to form concrete and cured, the conductive carbon microfibers are dispersed in the cured concrete in an amount of 0.75% to 2.00% of total mass of the concrete. The present application further relates to a concrete composition, a method of producing an electrically conductive concrete composition, an electrically conductive cured concrete form, and a system for heating pavement. |
| US11753336B2 |
Method for manufacturing articles in the form of a slab or block with a hardening binder, and articles thus obtained
In a method for manufacturing articles in the form of a slab or block, the articles are obtained from an initial mix comprising aggregates and a binder. Synthetic aggregates and fillers have a hardness greater than or equal to 5 Mohs, and contain silicon dioxide substantially only in amorphous form, the silicon dioxide in crystalline form being present in quantities of less than 1% by weight. |
| US11753335B2 |
Glass mat and method of making the glass mat
A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size. |
| US11753334B2 |
Ion exchange processes and chemically strengthened glass substrates resulting therefrom
A method of performing ion exchange of a thin, flexible glass substrate having an average thickness equal to or less than about 0.3 mm to chemically strengthen the glass substrate is disclosed. The chemically strengthened glass substrate comprises a first compressive stress layer having a first depth of layer, and a second compressive stress layer having a second depth of layer, the first and second stress layers being separated by a layer of tensile stress. A laminated article comprising the chemically strengthened glass substrate is also described. |
| US11753330B2 |
Glass substrate, laminated substrate, and laminate
A glass substrate contains, as a glass matrix composition as represented by mole percentage based on oxides, SiO2: 58-75%, Al2O3: 4.5-16%, B2O3: 0-6%, MgO: 0-6%, CaO: 0-6%, SrO: 5-20%, BaO: 5-20%, and MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO:15-40%. The glass substrate has an alkali metal oxide content of 0-0.1% as represented by mole percentage based on oxides. The glass substrate has an average coefficient of thermal expansion α of 56-90 (×10−7/° C.) at 50° C.-350° C. |
| US11753326B2 |
Glass manufacturing apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for manufacturing glass containers handles the containers individually after a hot forming process and annealing to prevent glass-to-glass contact. By handling the containers individually and preventing glass-to-glass contact damage to the containers in the form of checks and scratches is avoided. To prevent contact of the containers and damage arising from the contact, the equipment including conveyors, pushers, starwheels, shuttles, and transfer heads that move the glass containers through the apparatus maintains the glass containers in uniform spaced relationship at each stage of container processing until the containers are packaged. |
| US11753323B2 |
In-situ remediation of sulfate contamination
The present disclosure provides an in-situ method for removing sulfates. The method comprises delivering at least one low molecular weight organic compound (LMWOC) to soil or groundwater to attain a concentration of the LMWOC of 750-3000 mg/L, such as 1000-2000 mg/L, or about 1500 mg/L, especially whereby sulfate is reduced to below 250 mg/L in the soil or groundwater. The method may further comprise contacting the soil or groundwater with an oxidizer, such as hydrogen peroxide, whereby the concentration of metals or metalloids is reduced in the soil or groundwater. |
| US11753320B2 |
Process for decontamination of hazardous sulfur compounds in sour water tanks
A method and system treat contaminated water. In one embodiment, the method comprises treating contaminated water by introducing a methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution to a vessel. The vessel contains the contaminated water and iron oxide. The contaminated water comprises contaminants. In addition, the methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution comprises methylmorpholine-N-oxide and water. The method further comprises contacting the methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution with the contaminated water. In addition, the method comprises treating the contaminated water by allowing the methylmorpholine-N-oxide to react with the contaminants in the presence of the iron oxide. |
| US11753319B2 |
Method for intensification of advanced biological nitrogen removal and reduction of endocrine disrupting toxicity
A method for intensification of advanced biological nitrogen removal and reduction of endocrine disrupting toxicity, and belongs to the technical field of advanced wastewater treatment includes the steps of utilizing the reaction of calcium sulfate and hydrogen peroxide solution under alkaline conditions to prepare nano-calcium peroxide (n-CP) oxygen-releasing materials, then the polyvinyl alcohol is used as a framework material, the sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is used as a bonding agent, the stearic acid is used as buffering agent and stabilizing agent, the prepared n-CP is used as an oxygen-releasing material, and the quartz sand is used to increase the material density to the sustained-release calcium peroxide nanoparticles (SR-nCPs) through the encapsulation method. |
| US11753318B2 |
Disinfectant against Legionella, method for treating water, additive for bathtub water, and additive for air-conditioning cooling tower water
Provided is a disinfectant against Legionella, including an iron salt as an active ingredient. Examples of the iron salt include ferrous salts such as iron (II) sulfate (ferrous sulfate), and ferric salts such as ammonium iron (III) sulfate (ferric ammonium sulfate). Provided is a method for treating water, including bringing target water into a state in which the target water contains an iron salt or an iron ion, thereby suppressing or inhibiting proliferation of Legionella existing in the target water. The present invention can sterilize and disinfect Legionella existing in, for example, bathtub water and air-conditioning cooling tower water, with high safety and sense of security in a simple and easy manner. |
| US11753313B2 |
Rapid evaporation of water for desalination and dewatering using nanobubbles and micro-droplets
Rapid evaporation of water for desalination and dewatering using nanobubbles and micro-droplets is disclosed. Warm nanobubbles of air are injected into seawater or another water source to be treated, and the normal stasis of the nanobubbles is disrupted with ultrasonic energy. The nanobubbles implode and violently recombine into microbubbles. Energized by the effects of the nanobubble state change, these energetic, relatively high surface area microbubbles bubbles quickly rise to the surface of the water, creating an aerosol of micro-water droplets above the surface that is drawn into a dry, warm stream of air and rapidly evaporates, precipitating out salt crystals. The air is then cooled with a chiller, condensing the moisture in the air into fresh water. |
| US11753312B2 |
Water quality management apparatus and method for aquaculture pond
Provided is a water quality management apparatus for an aquaculture pond, the apparatus having a storage unit for storing water quality-related measured values measured at appropriate time intervals by external sensors set in the aquaculture pond, an assessment unit for calculating a predicted future value on the basis of fluctuations in the measured values and determining the time when the predicted value will exceed a reference value that indicates deterioration of water quality, and a display unit for displaying the time when the reference value will be exceeded. Said time is the time when exchange of pond water will be necessary. |
| US11753311B2 |
Household water purifier and filter quick knockdown mechanism thereof
A household water purifier and a filter quick knockdown mechanism thereof are provided. The water purifier includes the filter quick knockdown mechanism, and a housing. The filter included in the filter quick knockdown mechanism and the housing are connected via the filter quick knockdown mechanism. A lower end surface of the filter is movably connected with a pressing plate, and the pressing plate is configured to lift the filter and press the pressing lid of the filter quick knockdown mechanism upon disassembling the filter. The filter quick knockdown mechanism includes a first positioning mechanism and a locking mechanism. When the first positioning mechanism provided on the filter is configured to be mated with a second positioning mechanism provided on the housing, the filter is coupled with the housing via the locking mechanism. |
| US11753310B2 |
Ferrite nanoparticles
Methods of forming spinel ferrite nanoparticles containing a chromium-substituted copper ferrite as well as properties (e.g. particle size, crystallite size, pore size, surface area) of these spinel ferrite nanoparticles are described. Methods of preventing or reducing microbe growth on a surface by applying these spinel ferrite nanoparticles onto the surface in the form of a suspension or an antimicrobial product are also described. |
| US11753304B2 |
Systems and methods for high yield and high throughput production of graphene
Systems and method for producing graphene on a substrate are described. Certain types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a substrate gas scavenging environment and an annealing environment. Certain other types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a graphene producing environment and a cooling environment, which cools the graphene produced on the substrate. Yet other types of exemplar systems include lateral arrangements of a localized annealing environment, localized graphene producing environment and a localized cooling environment inside the same enclosure.Certain type of exemplar methods for producing graphene on a substrate include scavenging a first portion of the substrate and preferably, contemporaneously annealing a second portion of the substrate. Certain other type of exemplar methods for producing graphene include novel annealing techniques and/or implementing temperature profiles and gas flow rate profiles that vary as a function of lateral distance and/or cooling graphene after producing it. |
| US11753302B2 |
Method of producing beta-sialon fluorescent material
Provided a method of producing a β-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity. The method includes providing a first composition containing aluminum, an oxygen atom, and a europium-containing silicon nitride, heat treating the first composition, contacting the heat-treated composition and a basic substance to obtain a second composition, and contacting the second composition resulting from contacting the heat-treated composition with the basic substance and an acidic liquid medium containing an acidic substance. |
| US11753298B2 |
Process for producing hydrogen by steam reforming and conversion of co
The invention relates to a process for producing hydrogen from a light hydrocarbon source, in which a synthesis gas is generated by steam methane reforming after desulfurization and optionally pre-reforming of the feedstock. The synthesis gas is enriched with hydrogen by steam conversion of carbon monoxide, and is subsequently purified in a pressure swing adsorption unit to give a pure H2 product and a residual gas mixture containing CH4, CO, H2 and CO2; in accordance with the invention, the conversion step is performed in a cooled reactor in which the heat of the conversion reaction is transferred to a fluid which feeds the burners of the reformer, or to the gas for reforming. |
| US11753295B2 |
MEMS device with electrodes and a dielectric
A MEMS device can include a solid dielectric including a plurality of apertures, the solid dielectric having a first side and a second side. The MEMS device can include a first plurality of electrodes extending completely through a first subset of the plurality of apertures, a second plurality of electrodes extending partially through a second subset of the plurality of apertures, a third plurality of electrodes extending partially into a third subset of the plurality of apertures. The MEMS device can include a first diaphragm coupled to the first plurality and to the third plurality of electrodes, the first diaphragm facing the first side of the solid dielectric. The MEMS device can include a second diaphragm coupled to the first plurality and to the second plurality of electrodes the second diaphragm facing the second side of the solid dielectric. |
| US11753284B2 |
Lifting crane with a system for automated determination of the reeving
A lifting crane having a jib and a lifting device with double reeving configured to distribute and lift a load along the jib, wherein the lifting device is reversibly configurable between two reeving configurations including a single reeving configuration with two lifting strands and a double reeving configuration with four lifting strands. The lifting device includes a reeving change system for performing a reeving change between the single reeving configuration and the double reeving configuration, and vice versa. The lifting crane further includes a system for automated determination of the reeving configured to automatically determine the reeving configuration between the single reeving configuration and the double reeving configuration. |
| US11753282B2 |
Jib system for a vehicle crane comprising a bracing apparatus and method for rigging and de-rigging a bracing apparatus of a vehicle crane
A jib system for a vehicle crane having a telescopic jib and a bracing apparatus that can be coupled to the jib by its base frame, where the jib has a roller head and a lifting cable that is deflected via the roller head. Only minor structural measures and preparations are required for automatically rigging and de-rigging the vehicle crane, including by providing at least one transfer rocker that can be integrated in an articulated manner between the jib and the bracing apparatus. By the pivotable support of the transfer rocker on the jib, the base frame configured for coupling to the lifting cable can be displaced by a change in the length of the lifting cable that is effected in the coupled state on a circular path around its roller head from a set-down position of the bracing apparatus to a set-up position of the bracing apparatus and back. |
| US11753280B2 |
Axial rotation damping mechanism
A damping mechanism may comprise a housing, a shaft, a spring arm assembly including a first spring arm, wherein the spring arm assembly is coupled to the shaft and configured to rotate in response to a rotation of the shaft, wherein the first spring arm extends relatively radially outward of the spring arm assembly toward the housing in response to the rotation of the shaft, and wherein the rotation of the shaft is damped in response to extending the first spring arm. |
| US11753278B2 |
Stairlift rail and method of forming same
A rail segment for a stairlift and its method of formation are provided. The rail segment includes an elongate tube made of a first material, the tube comprising a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal retaining slot extending from the first end to the second end; a rack made of a second material, the rack comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rack is held within the retaining slot; and anchor securing the rack within the retaining slot to the tube at or adjacent to ends of the tube. |
| US11753277B2 |
Staircase mobility system
A staircase mobility system is disclosed. The system includes a docking assembly that is configured to dock or undock with a dockable seat assembly. The docking assembly includes support rods configured to engage or disengage with the dockable seat assembly when docked or undocked, respectively. Further, the docking assembly includes dock connecters are disposed along the support rods. The dock connecters are configured to communicatively connect or disconnect with the dockable seat assembly when docked or undocked, respectively. Further, the system includes a drive assembly coupled to the docking assembly. The drive assembly includes a motor that is configured to drive the docking assembly along a guide rail in a forward or reverse direction, and to operate the docking assembly to dock or undock with the dockable seat assembly. |
| US11753269B2 |
Post-processing apparatus and image forming system
A post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on paper in which an image is formed, the apparatus including: a paper cutter that cuts the paper in which the image is formed; a reader that reads the paper cut by the paper cutter; and a hardware processor that determines whether a cutting position of the paper cut by the paper cutter is good or not based on a read result read by the reader, wherein the hardware processor determines whether the cutting position of the paper in which partial cutting is performed is good or not, the partial cutting being cutting a portion of the paper by the paper cutter. |
| US11753268B2 |
Finishing system, piercing member abnormality determination device, and recording medium
A finishing system includes a piercing unit, an image reader, and a controller. The piercing unit includes a piercing member that performs piercing processing on a sheet. The image reader reads the sheet on which the piercing processing is performed to acquire a read image. The controller determines abnormality of the piercing member based on the read image. |
| US11753259B2 |
Process and system for manual multi-layer stacking of articles on a load carrier
A process and system for manual multi-layer stacking of objects having different dimensions on a load carrier in a predetermined spatial arrangement including determining the spatial arrangement of the objects to be packed according to an order listing, delivering the objects to a supply level of a workstation in a sequence based on the spatial arrangement automatically by an autonomous mobile robot and/or an automated guided vehicle, supplying objects to a working level of the workstation and there presenting the objects to the operator, manually moving the objects onto a support connected to a manual stacking station in the working level and presenting the load carrier in the manual stacking station, where the load carrier defines a work surface for the stack being formed on four sides as it is packed with objects, and manually placing each object at a position in the stack according to the predetermined spatial arrangement. |
| US11753256B2 |
Conveyor system with multiple robot singulators
A conveyor system includes: a pick conveyor defining a picking area for a bulk flow of parcels; a place conveyor positioned downstream of the picking area; a first robot singulator and a second robot singulator, which work in parallel to transfer parcels within a picking area of the pick conveyor to the place conveyor; and a vision and control subsystem that communicates instructions to control operation of some or all of the foregoing components. The vision and control subsystem includes a target camera for acquiring one or more images of the picking area, which are processed within the system to determine the location of parcels positioned within the picking area. The vision and control subsystem can execute one or more routines or subroutines to reduce system downtime associated with image acquisition and processing, parcel transfer to the place conveyor, and/or parcel delivery to the picking area. |
| US11753255B2 |
Motorized dry food dispensing apparatus
The present invention provides a new motorized bulk, dry foods dispensing apparatus and system for commercial, retail and home use designed to dispense a predetermined volume of dry bulk food into a bowl or other receptacle without crushing or breaking the food. The bulk food dispenser includes a hopper, a feed house including two or more openings, and a feed wheel located within the feed house, where the feed wheel further includes a plurality of protrusions for directing a solid material out of the hopper when the feed wheel is rotated mechanically via a motor, where at least one of the two or more openings receive the solid material directed by a baffle, and where at least one of the two or more openings dispense the solid material out of the feed house. |
| US11753252B2 |
Mobile machine for handling aggregate material having a movable component carrier above a conveyor line
A mobile machine for conveying and/or processing mineral aggregate material, includes a machine frame and a conveyor module supported on the machine frame so as to be displaceable relative to the latter. A conveyor line runs along a virtual conveyor path (FB), the conveyor module being designed at least for conveying the aggregate material along the conveyor path on the conveyor line. A component carrier in a working state of the machine runs in an elevation direction (H) at a distance from the conveyor line crosswise with respect to the conveyor path above the conveyor line. The component carrier supports at least one functional module which interacts with the aggregate material conveyed on the conveyor line. The conveyor module is displaceable relative to the machine frame with a displacement component in the elevation direction. The component carrier is movable both relative to the conveyor module and the machine frame. |
| US11753251B1 |
Conveyor end drive with weighted take-up roller
A conveyor assembly for a continuous belt conveyor. The conveyor assembly includes a drive assembly and a belt tensioner that are both mounted to one end of the conveyor assembly. The belt tensioner includes a housing that surrounds a catenary sag portion of an endless conveyor belt. A weighted tension roller is positioned in contact with the conveyor belt in the catenary sag portion to exert tension onto the conveyor belt due to gravity. The tension roller includes a main body and a pair of weight plates that increase the overall weight of the tension roller. The housing of the belt tensioner includes a pair of guide slots that guide the vertical movement of the tension roller. A stationary ratchet plate and a movable ratchet member restrict the direction of vertical movement of the tension roller in the pair of guide slots. |
| US11753248B2 |
Picking facility
In a picking facility, if both a first picking operation and a second picking operation are performed based on order information, a third container is transported from a housing portion to a second picking portion, a fourth container is transported from the housing portion to the second picking portion, after the second picking operation has been performed, the fourth container in which a target article has been housed by the second picking operation is transported as a second container to a first picking portion, a first container is transported from the housing portion to the first picking portion, and, after the first picking operation has been performed, the second container in which the target articles have been housed by the first picking operation and the second picking operation is transported to a shipping portion. |
| US11753247B2 |
Automated warehouse systems, assemblies, apparatuses, and methods for assembling mixed pallets and facilitating order picking
This disclosure is directed to automated warehouse facilities that are configured to assemble mixed pallets. The warehouse facilities can include one or more layer handling devices that are configured to remove layers from pallets in a delayering operational mode, and to add layers to pallets in a palletizing operation mode. The warehouse facilities also may include one or more item retrieval devices that are configured to retrieve individual items from storage racks. The warehouse facilities can include other automated devices as well. |
| US11753246B1 |
Automated warehouse systems, assemblies, apparatuses, and methods for assembling mixed pallets and facilitating order picking
This disclosure is directed to automated warehouse facilities that are configured to assemble mixed pallets. The warehouse facilities can include one or more layer handling devices that are configured to remove layers from pallets in a delayering operational mode, and to add layers to pallets in a palletizing operation mode. The warehouse facilities also may include one or more item retrieval devices that are configured to retrieve individual items from storage racks. The warehouse facilities can include other automated devices as well. |
| US11753245B1 |
Pharmaceutical container holder
A pharmaceutical container holder for holding pharmaceutical containers includes a receiver having an interior sized and shaped to receive and hold the pharmaceutical containers as a stack of pharmaceutical containers. The receiver has a removal location from which the pharmaceutical containers are removed from the receiver. A lift raises the pharmaceutical containers disposed in the interior of the receiver upward to move the pharmaceutical containers toward the removal location. A lift controller operates the lift to move the pharmaceutical containers upward toward the removal location after an upper-most pharmaceutical container of the stack of pharmaceutical containers has been removed from the removal location to move a subsequent upper-most pharmaceutical container of the stack of pharmaceutical containers to the removal location. |
| US11753240B2 |
Document destruction lid
Disclosed herein is a document destruction lid for preventing the retrieval of documents inserted through the lid. The lid comprises a skirt extending around a periphery of the lid for securing the lid to a container. A vertical sidewall extending downward from a top surface of the lid, having a height greater than or equal to 70% of a height of a lip of the container. A security structure for depositing the documents extends from a top surface of the lid. The security structure comprises a front wall, a horizontal slot, a rear wall extending upwards from the top surface of the lid opposite the front wall, and a top surface joining the front wall to the rear wall. The front wall and rear wall are angled away from each other to make document retrieval difficult while still allowing easy disposal of the documents. |
| US11753239B2 |
Cassette for dispensing pleated tubing
A cassette to dispense a pleated tubing. The cassette includes a circular body having an annular channel housing with a central cylindrical core. At least one wall has an upper end with a lip disposed thereon. An annular cover is attached to the lip at the upper end defining a gap over the annular body. A tubing is disposed within the annular channel housing and withdrawn from the gap. At least one of a plurality of apertures is provided at a lower end of the annular channel housing. The apertures have reinforced walls. The apertures are adapted to be aligned with a projection extending upward from within a container. |
| US11753232B1 |
Tray and packaging assembly for data storage devices
A tray for holding a plurality of storage drives includes a sheet of material formed to include: a plurality of tray sidewalls, each having a top edge and a bottom edge; a plurality of tray ends walls arranged relative to the plurality of tray sidewalls to define a plurality of corner regions, each tray end wall having a top edge and a bottom edge; at least one side extension included in each of the tray sidewalls; at least one corner extension included in a corner region; and a tray top spanning the tray sidewalls and the tray ends walls. The tray top includes a pair of top-side surfaces that extend inward from the top edge of a respective one of the tray sidewalls, and a central slotted structure spanning the top-side surfaces. The central slotted structure forms a plurality of slots, each configured to receive one of the plurality of storage drives. |
| US11753231B2 |
Multi-use bottle shipping assembly with resilient elements
A packing tray (10) for packaging glass bottles (B), such as a glass wine bottle, the packing tray comprising: a plastic foam or molded fiber sheet (12) comprising a top wall (14) and an array (20) of recessed cell pockets (22) extending from the top wall; the top wall having a peripheral surface (18) surrounding the array of cell pockets and defining a top reference plane TRP; each cell pocket (22) comprising an open ring-shaped recess (24) having an elongated longitudinal axis LA transverse to the TRP and configured to be substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of a glass bottle disposed upright in the recess; the ring-shaped recess (24) including an upper cell portion (26) of a first diameter (FD) larger than a body diameter (BD) of the glass bottle, and lower ring portion (28) having resilient elements (30) radially disposed and spaced apart about a circumference (C) of the ring-shaped recess (24) and that extend radially inwardly from the first diameter (FD) and configured to engage the body diameter (BD) of the glass bottle and bend under lateral stress (LS) such that the resilient elements provide repeatable shock absorption; the peripheral surface (18) of the packing tray being sized to engage inner walls (42) of an outer shipping carton (40) in which the packing tray and glass bottles in the array of cell pockets are disposed for shipping. |
| US11753230B2 |
Battery pack packaging box, and battery pack stored in same
A battery pack packing box capable of easily fixing a battery pack in a lower case by using a buffering member including an insertion hole into which the upper portion of the battery pack is inserted is provided. The buffering member includes a frame and a plurality of wing-shaped ribs. |
| US11753229B2 |
Tray for an electronic smoking device or parts thereof
The present invention relates generally to electronic smoking devices and in particular to a tray for at least a portion of an electronic smoking device.The tray (100) comprises at least one cavity (101) for containing the portion. The tray (100) is configured to be reversibly deformed from a default form into a deformed form by finger interaction with interaction elements of the tray (100) having a distance to each other of at least 90% of the average distance between thumb tip and index finger tip or a middle finger tip of an adult. The tray (100) is configured to return to the default form once the finger interaction is terminated. The default form provides the at least one cavity (101) for containing the portion in an inaccessible manner and the deformed form is required for accessing the portion. |
| US11753228B2 |
Adaptive pinscreen transport case for classified articles
An article transport case comprising an outer shell including opposing sections, first and second pinscreen assemblies, and first and second securement mechanisms. The pinscreen assemblies each include a frame, a securement plate, and a number of pins. The first and second securement mechanisms are configured to be in a secured configuration to retain the first and second sections in a closed configuration and keep the securement plates in a secured position thereby restraining the pins against the article in an article conforming arrangement. The securement plates are in an unsecured position so that the pins are free to translate longitudinally when the securement mechanisms are in an unsecured configuration such that the pins are not restrained in the article conforming arrangement when the shell is open. |
| US11753227B2 |
Film-packaged tissue assembly package and method for producing film-packaged tissue assembly package
Provided is a film-packaged tissue assembly package in which an outlet forming portion is not unintentionally broken.The problem is solved by a film-packaged tissue assembly package in which a plurality of substantially hexahedron-shaped film-packaged tissues having an upper surface having an outlet forming portion are arranged and packaged in a gusset packaging bag having a grip portion on the top surface side, wherein a plurality of film-packaged tissues are arranged in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape in such a manner that the end surfaces face the top surface side where the grip portion is provided, and a bottom surface side facing the top surface side, and the film-packaged tissue is packaged in such a manner that the outlet forming portion has a shape in which an easily tearable line having cut portions and non-cut portions arranged alternately protrude toward the outside, the interval between non-cut portions at one end portion is smaller than the interval between non-cut portions at the other end portion, and the side where the end portion with a smaller interval between non-cut portions is located on the top surface side. |
| US11753224B2 |
Article carrier and blank therefor
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a nestable blank for forming a basket-style carrier. The blank comprises a plurality of panels for forming walls of the carrier, which panels include a first side panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. The first side panel is hinged to the bottom panel and the bottom panel is asymmetrical. The bottom panel has first and second opposed end edges, and the first end edge is offset from a first end edge of the adjacent first side panel by a first distance. The second end edge of the bottom panel is offset from a second end edge of the adjacent first side panel by a second distance, and the first distance is greater than the second distance. The bottom panel also comprises a beveled corner. |
| US11753218B2 |
Eco-friendly recyclable dropper and bottle
The present invention discloses an eco-friendly recyclable dropper, comprising a pressing portion and a pipette, wherein a bottom of the pressing portion is wrapped around a top of the pipette, wherein a bottom inner wall of the pressing portion includes a concave groove, wherein a top outer wall of the pipette includes a corresponding convex circle, wherein the concave groove matches with the convex circle and become airtight based on the characteristics of both material, wherein the pressing portion is made of PE material, wherein the pipette is made of PP material. Since the pressing head is made of PE material or a mixture material of PE and PP, and the pipette is made of PP material, a combination of the pressing head and the pipette is better in airtightness comparing to prior arts using glass pipettes; furthermore, the design of the pressing head and the concave groove and the convex circle of the pipette provides better airtightness; the dropper and the bottle of this invention both used PP and PE material, which can be fully recycled and reused after using the liquid within, avoids environmental pollution and saves resources. The market of this invention is very wide and this invention has a breakthrough meaning in the dropper field. |
| US11753217B2 |
Tethered flip closure
A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other. |
| US11753215B2 |
Container closure of synthetic resin
A container closure of synthetic resin is for a container having a mouth-and-neck portion with an external thread on an outer periphery thereof and an engaging jaw portion positioned below the external thread. The container closure includes a body and a tamper evident skirt portion, and is configured to not be entirely separated from the mouth-and-neck portion of the container even after unsealing the container at the mouth-and-neck portion. At least in an angle region in which a protruding piece on a skirt wall of the body is present, an extending portion is defined at an engaging piece on the tamper evident skirt portion. When the container closure is mounted on the mouth-and-neck portion of the container, the extending portion of the container closure is positioned between the engaging jaw portion of the mouth-and-neck portion of the container and the tamper evident skirt portion of the container closure. |
| US11753212B2 |
Separable beverage freshness preserver
This invention discloses a separable beverage freshness preserver including a gas outlet assembly and a sealing assembly connected with the gas outlet assembly. The separable beverage freshness preserver is characterized in that the sealing assembly includes a liquid guiding assembly and a bottle stopper assembly connected with the liquid guiding assembly; the liquid guiding assembly includes a cock and a liquid dispensing pipe connected with the cock; and the liquid dispensing pipe is detachably connected with the cock. The liquid dispensing pipe and the like can be separated from a bottle body, and thus, beverages can be placed in a place with a narrow space, such as a refrigerator and the like, and occupy a small space so as to facilitate refrigeration and preservation of beverages. |
| US11753210B1 |
Bucket band devices and methods
The present disclosure is a device for carrying tools and sundries that has a bucket with an outside surface and an inside surface. Further, the device has at least one metal band coupled around the outside surface of the bucket and at least one magnet coupled to the metal band and configured for securing tools. |
| US11753204B2 |
Pourable food container with drink spout
A container for pourable food comprises an initially sealed body portion for holding the pourable food and a drink spout for drinking from the container. The proximal end of a base portion of the drink spout is permanently attached to the outer surface of the container, and has an opening to receive pourable food from the body of the container. The distal end of the base portion has an opening for drinking the pourable food from the container. The drink spout comprises a lid portion initially attached to the base portion to seal the opening at the distal end by a breakable sealing portion. The drink spout comprises a connection portion permanently attaching the lid portion to the base portion. The connection portion is a flexure hinge allowing the lid portion to pivot away from the base portion after the breakable sealing portion has been broken. |
| US11753203B2 |
Separable modular container
Separable modular container and methods of manufacturing the same are herein disclosed. The separable modular container generally includes a plurality of packages formed from a single die-cut panel. The packages formed from the single die-cut panel are detachable from one another. |
| US11753202B2 |
Packaging containers, systems, and methods
A system or method for packaging is disclosed including a packaging container with one or more flaps, optionally a packaging liner, one or more carrying handles on the packaging container, a first tear strip located on a top face of the packaging container, a second tear strip located on a bottom face of the packaging container, and one or more tabs located on the first and second tear strips. The system or method may include the use of a remnant flap on the top face of the packaging container to retain the packaging container in a closed position. |
| US11753201B2 |
Dispensing package
A dispensing package for holding and dispensing food products, such as yogurts, frozen confections, custards, and the like, and may comprise a unitary, one-piece package body preferably comprising wicking-resistant, polymer-coated paperboard material which is liquid impermeable. Non-coated paperboard may alternatively be employed. The package body includes a sidewall having a generally elongated, downwardly and inwardly tapering configuration, and can include a crimped bottom. The sidewall is inwardly deformable so that inward deformation urges product within the package upwardly through the open mouth of the package for dispensing the product. The package can alternatively be configured with a flat bottom, and include a horizontal, bottom flex panel to facilitate deformation of the package for dispensing product. This embodiment permits the package to be readily positioned in a standing, upright orientation during consumption so that product does not inadvertently flow from the package. |
| US11753196B2 |
Vacuum sealer and method of sealing same
A vacuum sealer includes: a housing comprising a vacuum chamber therein; a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber; a sealing mechanism adjacent a periphery of the vacuum chamber; a valve positioned and configured to releasably seal the vacuum chamber, the valve movable between a first position, in which the valve forms a seal with the sealing chamber, and a second position, in which the valve does not form a seal with the sealing chamber; and a controller operatively connected with the vacuum pump, the sealing mechanism, and the valve. The controller is configured to move the valve from the first position to the second position during sealing. |
| US11753195B2 |
Cable wrapping system
A cable wrapper has a carriage coupled to a main frame with a plurality of twine compartments coupled to the carriage, each twine compartment comprising a roll of twine. The twine of each twine compartment is fed into the carriage. A plurality of cables are pulled through the carriage and the twine of each twine compartment is secured to the cables. As the cable is then pulled through the carriage, the twine is pulled and, via one or more pulley systems, causes the carriage to rotate. As the carriage rotates, the twine from each twine compartment wraps the cables, ensuring they are secured together their entire length. |
| US11753194B2 |
System and method for optimizing the wrapping of palletized loads with film and wrapping method for a wrapping machine
A method determines a wrapping configuration of a film wrapped around products to form a palletized load to be moved along a path. The method includes using a defined wrapping configuration, measuring physical quantities acting on the load as a result of movements and/or stresses when the load is moved along different test paths, obtaining a path as a suitable composition of base elementary path stretches, obtaining physical quantities acting on the load along the path as physical quantities associated to the base elementary path stretches, positioning the load on a motion platform, operating the motion platform based on the physical quantities to simulate movements and/or stresses acting on the load moved along the path, checking if the load has remained stable and/or compact, modifying the wrapping configuration if the load did not remain stable and/or compact, and repeating the steps. |
| US11753191B1 |
Method of packaging a soil in a packaging apparatus
A method of packaging a soil mixture in a packaging apparatus. The method includes adding the soil mixture inside the packaging apparatus. The method can also include the use of an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve to support the packaging apparatus as the soil mixture is packed therein. The method can also incorporate a press mold to compress the soil mixture in the packaging apparatus. |
| US11753190B2 |
Gas-based material compression and portioning
An apparatus configured to provide portioned instances of a compressible material includes a channel assembly, a gas source, a cutting assembly, and a discharge assembly. The channel assembly holds a bulk instance of the material extending through upper and lower channels of a continuous channel. The gas source supplies gas to compress the bulk instance. The cutting assembly moves in relation to the channel assembly to isolate the upper and lower channels, severing upper and lower material portions of the bulk instance. The discharge assembly directs gas to impinge on a lower face of the cutting assembly to discharge the lower material portion as a portioned instance. The channel assembly may be moveable, where operation of the gas source, cutting assembly, and/or discharge assembly are based on moving the channel assembly between various positions. The gas supply may be controlled based on a determined property of the portioned instance. |
| US11753187B2 |
System and method for performing enhanced maintenance of aircraft
A method of performing fault isolation for an aircraft comprises identifying a fault that occurs during a flight of the aircraft; identifying a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault; automatically determining values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values; determining whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges; and identifying a source of the fault based on the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges. |
| US11753183B2 |
Horizontal integration tooling for launch vehicles, and associated systems and methods
A representative system includes an alignment tool for aligning attachment interfaces of horizontally-oriented launch vehicle portions. The tool can include a receiver assembly for connecting to a first launch vehicle portion and an actuation assembly for connecting to a second launch vehicle portion. When a first connecting element of the receiver assembly is engaged with a second connecting element of the actuation assembly, the second connecting element can apply force to the receiver assembly, and the actuator assembly applies an opposite force to the second launch vehicle portion, to align fastening features in the launch vehicle portions and/or to reshape the launch vehicle portions. A representative method includes connecting the alignment tool to the launch vehicle portions and operating the tool to apply oppositely-directed forces to align the launch vehicle portions for installing fasteners to connect the launch vehicle portions. One or more bracing beams can connect two tools together. |
| US11753182B2 |
Pan-tilt structure for camera of unmmanned aerial vehicle
The present disclosure provides a novel pan-tilt structure for a camera of an UAV, comprising: a camera chip mounting seat, a steering mechanism, a housing, an output shaft, and a motor component, a PCBA circuit board, a speed reduction device and a position detection assembly which are all mounted in the housing; the steering mechanism is rotatably mounted on a steering mechanism mounting seat; the output shaft is located above the housing extending with a push rod; the steering mechanism connected to the push rod of the output shaft; the camera chip mounting seat is mounted at an end of the steering mechanism away from the steering mechanism mounting seat. The present disclosure realizes the miniaturization of a servo, the pan-tilt provided by the present disclosure is higher in rotation stability, more diversified in rotation angle, smaller in size, easy to mount and low in cost, and shoots clear pictures. |
| US11753180B2 |
Sensor network
A sensor network for use in an aircraft, including a plurality of wireless nodes. A first wireless node of the plurality of wireless nodes is arranged to communicate with at least one other wireless node of the plurality of wireless nodes. The communication is via a secure communications channel and is on the basis of a control message received at the first wireless node. The at least one other wireless node is arranged to perform an operation on the basis of the control message. |
| US11753179B2 |
Aircraft engines with a fuel cell
A ramjet including: a combustion area having an air inlet and an exhaust outlet; and a fuel cell in fluid communication with the air inlet and a fuel supply of the ramjet, wherein the fuel cell is in thermal communication with the combustion area. |
| US11753175B2 |
Electric connection of an electric machine in an aircraft turbomachine
An aircraft turbine engine includes a gas generator having a longitudinal axis (A), a fan which is located at an upstream end of the gas generator and which is configured to rotate about the axis, and an electric machine which has a generally annular shape. The electric machine is mounted coaxially downstream of the fan and has a rotor which is coupled in terms of rotation to the fan, and a stator which is connected to an electronic power circuit by at least one rigid electroconductive bar. |
| US11753172B2 |
Seat track assembly for use in an air vehicle
A seat track assembly for use in a vehicle. The seat track assembly includes a floor joist including a main body extending in a longitudinal direction, a seat track channel defined in the main body, and at least one support flange extending in a lateral direction from the main body. A raceway is on the at least one support flange, wherein the raceway extends longitudinally along the floor joist, and has an interior sized to receive wiring therein. The seat track assembly also includes a track cover including a top plate. The raceway is positioned between the at least one support flange and the top plate, and the top plate extends past the raceway in the lateral direction. |
| US11753169B2 |
Aircraft seat
An aircraft seat includes an actuator and a movement transmission device. The transmission device includes a frame provided with an immobilizing portion and a drive shaft. The transmission device further includes a gear wheel provided with coupling teeth having inclined side walls and a sleeve with an immobilizing portion complementary to the immobilizing portion of the frame, and coupling teeth having inclined side walls. The transmission device also has an elastic member configured to push the sleeve. The stiffness of the elastic member and the inclination of the side walls of the coupling teeth of the gear wheel and sleeve are chosen such that, when a torque greater than a threshold torque is applied to the gear wheel, the sleeve slides on the drive shaft from a position of coupling the sleeve to the gear wheel to a position of immobilizing the sleeve relative to the frame. |
| US11753162B2 |
Fixed drone visualization in security systems
An unmanned aerial vehicle is described and includes a computer carried by the unmanned aerial vehicle to control flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and at least one sensor. The unmanned aerial vehicle is caused to fly to a specific location within a facility, where the unmanned aerial vehicle enters a hover mode, where the unmanned aerial vehicle remains in a substantially fixed location hovering over the specific location within the facility and sends raw or processing results of sensor data from the sensor to a remote server system. |
| US11753158B2 |
Air vehicle's drive unit
A drive unit for air vehicle, which allows building the vertical take-off and landing vehicles, intended for use, for instance, in the production of flying taxis, as well as in the model-making branch and in the toy industry.The drive unit is composed of the air channel, in the form of a straight segment of a tube with circular section, which has fans with engines fixed on its both ends. The vertical draft force outlet-inlet nozzle opening is located between fixed fans of the drive unit. |
| US11753155B2 |
Aircraft propulsion and torque mitigation technologies
Aircraft propulsion and torque mitigation technologies for aircraft are described. In embodiments, the disclosed technologies enable the provision of rotational torque for rotating the rotor blades of a vertical lift aircraft, while mitigating or even eliminating the need for counter torque methods and apparatuses such as tail rotors and counter rotating blades. |
| US11753154B2 |
Tilt rotor aircraft noise reduction
A control system for a multi-rotor aircraft is described that results in lower operating noise. Allowing blades to flap during flight reduces aerodynamic interference as blades pass by other aircraft components, such as wings or the fuselage. Pitch links coupled to a rotational swashplate can be used to allow flapping during flight. The swashplates can allow the canting of the rotors to change a rotational or out-of-plane angle of the blades to decrease noise. |
| US11753151B2 |
Landing gear controller
A landing gear controller (120) to control extension and retraction of a landing gear for an aircraft, the landing gear controller (120) configured to cause, during an aircraft take-off or landing procedure, a landing gear extension and retraction system (110) to perform only a first portion of a landing gear extension or retraction process, on the basis of a status of the aircraft and prior to receiving a command for the landing gear to be extended or retracted. |
| US11753148B2 |
Landing gear door system and operation method
A landing gear door system, including a landing gear bay including an opening and accommodating a landing gear in a retracted position, a landing gear door for opening and closing the opening, an actuator for operating the landing gear door between an open and a closed position, a lock located in the landing gear bay and latching the landing gear door in the closed position, a stop fitting located in the landing gear bay and configured to be in connection with the landing gear door at least in its latched position. The landing gear door system further includes an additional actuator configured to apply a force to the landing gear door in its closed position and to elastically deform the landing gear door towards the landing gear door bay. |
| US11753147B2 |
System and method for monitoring the state of an unmanned aircraft
A system for monitoring the state of an unmanned aircraft includes a first communication unit, a second communication unit that can be integrated within the aircraft, a state transmission unit that can be integrated within the aircraft for transferring state data of the aircraft, a receiving unit integrated within the aircraft for receiving control commands, a computing unit assigned to the aircraft for validating the state of the aircraft, and an external control and monitoring unit connected to the computing unit. The computing unit executes a simulation model of the aircraft, which is based on numerical integration of a system of equations with a simulation state vector. The computing unit sends a warning signal to the control and monitoring unit on the occurrence of one or repeated instances of a model error correction term exceeding specified interval limits. |
| US11753145B2 |
Split cam braking system
A system and method for preventing back-drive in a braking system for a rotary actuator. The braking system comprises a housing and split cam design. A driving cam located within the housing is associated with an upstream side of the braking system. The driving cam is configured to rotate when a torque is applied to the upstream side. The braking system has a wedging cam and a plurality of cylindrical rollers. The wedging cam located within the housing and is associated with a downstream side of the braking system. The wedging cam is configured to react and prevent back-drive motion when torque is applied to the downstream side. The plurality of cylindrical rollers is positioned between the wedging cam and the housing. The plurality of cylindrical rollers is configured to wedge between a surface of the wedging cam and the housing when the torque is applied to the downstream side. |
| US11753139B2 |
Aircraft pressurised cabin door with internal force-absorbing frame
An aircraft pressurized cabin door (1) having a fuselage panel (2) and a door structure (3) that includes: two circumferential beams (4) arranged on the lateral edges of the door (1); a plurality of longitudinal beams (5). Each longitudinal beam (5) is an open profile having an outer face to which the fuselage panel (2) is fixed and an inner face, the door structure (3) further including an internal force-absorbing frame (12) fixed to the inner face of each longitudinal beam (5), this internal force-absorbing frame (12) having a plurality of uprights (13) each extending opposite a circumferential beam (4), each upright (13) being fixed to several longitudinal beams (5). |
| US11753138B2 |
Aircraft door lock, aircraft door and aircraft having an aircraft door
An aircraft door lock having a bolt and a closure block, wherein the bolt is fastened in a movable manner to a door leaf structure and the closure block can at least partially receive the bolt. The closure block prevents any movement of the bolt in at least one direction, wherein the closure block is arranged on a portion of a hinge arm that overlaps the door leaf structure when the door leaf structure is in a closed position. Furthermore, an aircraft door having such an aircraft door lock, and an aircraft having such an aircraft door are described. |
| US11753133B2 |
Flying robot with Coanda effect fan and internal rear projector
A flying robot (10) with projector, including a movable end (100) and a fixed end (200). A distributed working mode is used on the movable end (100) and the fixed end (200). The movable end (100) includes a top (110), a main body (120) and a bottom (130). The top (110) includes a lift system (112) and one or more proximity sensors (114); the main body (120) is a sealed hollow spherical body or spheroid body made of a film material capable of being used as a rear projection screen, and is filled with a gas of which the density is less than that of the air. The bottom (130) includes one or more rear projectors (131), a wireless communication module (132), a microcontroller (133), a battery (134), a direction and steering controlling device (135), a camera device (136), a sound capturing and reproduction device (137), a height sensor (138) and other sensors, etc. The fixed end (200) includes a wireless communication module (220), a control apparatus (240), a charging port (260), and other data interfaces, etc. The flying robot (10) with projector according to the present invention facilitates human-machine interaction and is suitable for being used in both indoor and outdoor environments. |
| US11753130B2 |
Marine hybrid system and control method for marine hybrid system
In a marine hybrid system which includes an engine, an electric motor, a thrust generation device, and a clutch mechanism configured to be able to switch connection states therebetween, if it is determined that the engine is in an overload condition, the clutch mechanism is controlled such that a load of the engine is reduced. |
| US11753124B2 |
Inflatable toroidal polyhedron buoyancy tube for a life raft
Disclosed is a buoyancy tube for a life raft having: a first panel including: a first panel top edge and a first panel bottom edge, the first panel top edge defines a first repeating pattern, and the first panel bottom edge defines a second repeating pattern that is a rotated version of the first panel top edge; a second panel that has a same shape as the first panel, the first and second panels connected by a first elongated seam and a second elongated seam that are non-overlapping with one another, the first and second panels, when connected, define outer an inner boundaries of the life raft, the outer boundary defines an outer polygon having outer sides and the inner boundary defines an inner polygon having inner sides such that each of the plurality of outer sides is parallel with one of the plurality of inner sides. |
| US11753122B2 |
Method and apparatus for installing a boat fender
A device that can be easily and releasably fixed, moved, and reattached in any desired location on a boat; and provides for the easy attachment and securing of multiple ropes or other fastening means, at the same time, which are then attached to a single or multiple boat fender(s) or other floatation device(s) to facilitate the proper placement and location of the boat fender(s) or other floatation device(s) in relation to the boat, as needed, in that location. |
| US11753120B2 |
Hydrojet propulsion system
A personal watercraft is disclosed including a flotation portion, a strut extending from the flotation portion, and a motor pod is disposed along the strut with an electric motor operably coupled to a driveshaft. A hydrojet unit is removably attached to the motor pod and includes an inlet portion removably attached to the motor pod and a substantially cylindrical housing. The inlet portion includes a substantially conical motor interface with a shaft through-hole for receiving the driveshaft therein, one or more fins extending outwardly from the conical motor interface, and at least one ring encircling the conical motor interface and connecting to each of the one or more fins for inhibiting objects from passing through the inlet region. The housing defines a fluid flow path to an outlet portion. The hydrojet unit includes an impeller coupled to the driveshaft and a stator disposed within the housing. |
| US11753116B1 |
Wakeboats, wakeboat displays, and systems and methods of measuring and indicating wakeboat potential
A wakeboat creates a wake, the performance level of the wake varying depending upon the mass of the wakeboat, the wakeboat including a hull; an engine supported by the hull; a controller supported by the hull; a processor coupled to the controller; a memory coupled to the processor; a sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the wakeboat, the controller being coupled to the sensor and being configured to receive data from the sensor, the controller being configured to derive the present mass of the wakeboat from said sensor data, the controller being configured to determine the present wake performance level of the wakeboat based on the present mass of the wakeboat; and a tablet computer coupled to the controller, the controller being configured to use the tablet computer to indicate the present wake performance level of the wakeboat. |
| US11753111B2 |
Hybrid drive
A system includes a support arm. The system includes an engine supported by the support arm. The system includes an armature supported by the support arm. The system includes a coupling device disposed around the armature and slidable between a first position in which the coupling device couples the engine to the armature, and a second position in which the coupling device is uncoupled from the engine. |
| US11753110B2 |
Reverse trike suspension and drivetrain improvements
A rear suspension for a three-wheeled reverse trike includes a front lever arm pivotably affixed to a frame pivotable about a front lever arm pivot axis. A slider is translatably attached to the front lever arm. A first pushrod is pivotably connected at a first end to the slider and pivotably connected at a second end to at least one of a front upper or lower control arms for the front wheels. A rear lever arm is pivotably affixed to the frame and pivotable about a rear lever arm pivot axis, the rear lever arm extending to a rear lever arm distal end. A rod pivotably connects the front and lever arms. A first pivotable end of the rear upper control arm is pivotably connected to the rear lever arm distal end, and a second pivotable end of the rear upper control arm is pivotably connected to a rear spindle. |
| US11753109B2 |
Bicycle electric/electronic derailleur of the articulated parallelogram type
A bicycle electric/electronic derailleur has a plurality of mutually movable components: a support body configured to be attached to a bicycle frame, a chain guide, and a pair of connecting arms, for connection between the support body and the chain guide at respective geometric articulation axes. A geared motor controls the motion of the plurality of mutually movable components. At least one first component has a case with a chamber containing the geared motor and/or one or more electric/electronic devices. The chamber crosses at least one articulation axis. The case comprises a blind hole that is coaxial with the one axis and open outwards of the case. A second component has a pivot pivotable in the blind hole. |
| US11753105B2 |
Three-wheel motor vehicle and control system
A three-wheeled vehicle having a front wheel assembly attached to a chassis. The chassis includes a rotational control shaft having a rotational axis that is generally directed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The rotational control shaft is integrated with or secured to the chassis in a non-rotational manner and passes through the front wheel assembly in a rotationally-free manner, such that the rotational control shaft can rotate about its rotational axis. The front wheel assembly includes one or more lean control motors, which are operably configured to rotate the rotational control shaft about its rotational axis thereby causing the chassis to lean from side to side to improve the handling ability of the vehicle. Some embodiments include a lean control system configured to automatically control the degree of rotation of the chassis. |
| US11753102B2 |
Saddle-ride type vehicle
A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a retainer that is provided behind a head pipe; an inflator; and an airbag that is housed in the retainer, inflates by gas discharged by the inflator, and is deployed in front of an occupant. The airbag is housed in the retainer in a state of being folded bilaterally asymmetrically with respect to a horizontally central portion of the airbag in a cross section in a vehicle top view. |
| US11753101B2 |
Electric saddle type vehicle with storage areas
A motorcycle, or saddle type vehicle, is disclosed that may have at least one seat and at least two wheels, at least one hub electric motor. A large dry storage compartment may be positioned between the rider and steering mount. A rechargeable battery and battery management system may be located below the storage compartment in a battery housing, where the battery housing may be a structural component of the chassis. A rear electronics housing may be attached to and located behind the battery housing, and may contain major electrical components such as electric motor controller and contactors. Two structural members, or frame side rails, may form sides of the storage compartment and extend between the electronics housing and steering mount. The electronics housing may also connect to the battery housing such that the battery housing reinforces and strengthens the chassis, or structural frame. A secondary storage compartment may be located under the seat. Additionally, the storage compartments may have electronic locking mechanisms that are activated via a wireless connection to a remote electronic device. |
| US11753098B2 |
Seat post head assembly
A seat post head assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing coupled to a seat post, the housing including a cylindrical bore, and a first and second threaded chamber. A rotatable core is inserted into and rotates within the cylindrical bore, the rotatable core including a seat rail clamp assembly to fixedly clamp a set of seat rails and provide independent adjustment of a fore-aft location of the seat without affecting a pitch of the seat. The assembly additionally includes a first threaded member that threads into the first threaded chamber, contacts the rotatable core, and adjusts the pitch of the seat without affecting the fore-aft location of the seat. The assembly also includes a second threaded member that threads into the second threaded chamber, contacts a different portion of the rotatable core, and provides a physical hard stop against a change in the pitch. |
| US11753096B2 |
Adjustable interior bicycle stand
An adjustable interior bicycle stand for storing a bicycle in the interior of a vehicle during transportation. The adjustable interior bicycle stand comprises a base and vertical supports. The base further comprises a first set of holes and a second set of holes for housing the vertical supports. The vertical supports further comprise an anchor end and a support end. The anchor end of the vertical supports being seated in the combination of the first and second set of holes of the base. The support end of the vertical supports further comprises an adjustment means and a cradle. The vertical supports further comprising an elevating means for adjusting the location of the cradle in distal relation to the base. |
| US11753094B2 |
Track driven work machine
A track driven work machine including a body, a first track laying assembly pivotally connected to the body, and a second track laying assembly pivotally connected to the body. The second track laying assembly is spaced apart from the first track laying assembly in a direction transverse to a running direction of the track laying assemblies. In order to navigate uneven grounds, the track driven work machine includes a hydraulic system for synchronizing pivotal movement of the first and second track laying assembly and which is configured to pivot the second track laying assembly in an opposite direction to the first track laying assembly when the first track laying assembly is pivoted in a first direction, and vice versa. |
| US11753089B2 |
Integrated drag reduction system for a vehicle when trailering
A pickup truck including a passenger compartment, a cargo bed operatively coupled to the passenger compartment, and a selectively deployable drag reduction system mounted at the cargo bed. The selectively deployable drag reduction system includes a deflector that is shiftable between a non-deployed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration the deflector is exposed to an airflow passing over the pickup truck. |
| US11753088B2 |
Bumper spoiler structure
A bumper spoiler structure includes: a bumper panel provided in a bumper of a vehicle; a bumper spoiler capable of advancing and retreating relative to the bumper panel by being moved in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle; a first actuator movable in the inside-outside direction and configured to move the bumper spoiler in the inside-outside direction; a first controller configured to control the first actuator; a second actuator configured to move the bumper spoiler and the first actuator in the inside-outside direction; and a second controller configured to control the second actuator. When at least one of the first actuator and the first controller is lost in a deployed state in which the bumper spoiler protrudes with respect to the bumper panel, the second controller moves the bumper spoiler and the first actuator toward an inner side of the vehicle by using the second actuator. |
| US11753086B2 |
Ramp system for vehicle with extendable cargo bed
A cargo bed system of a vehicle includes a bed floor assembly of a cargo bed. The bed floor assembly is configured to transition back-and-forth between a standard bed position and an extended bed position. A ramp assembly moves together with the bed floor assembly back-and-forth between the standard bed position and the extended bed position. The ramp assembly is configured to move back-and-forth between a stowed position and a deployed position. |
| US11753084B2 |
Vehicle body structure
A vehicle body structure includes a body side section (1) configured of a first composite component (10) and a body lower section (2) configured of a second composite component (20). Each of the first and second composite components (10, 20) comprises a metal plate (11, 21) and a fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion (12, 22) that contains discontinuous fibers. The fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion (12) of the first composite component (10) includes a lining layer formed on the metal plate (11) and reinforcing ribs raised from the lining layer. The fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion (22) of the second composite component (20) includes a planar portion (24) infilled in an opening (23) opened on the metal plate 21. The discontinuous fibers in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion (22) of the second composite component (20) are longer than the discontinuous fibers in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic portion (12) of the first composite component (10). |
| US11753081B2 |
Hybrid cowl cross bar and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a hybrid cowl cross bar manufactured through an improved method of performing an insert injection molding without applying hydraulic pressure to the inside of a metal pipe during injection molding in order to simplify a manufacturing process of a hybrid cowl cross bar and to secure rigidity of the cowl cross bar. According to an aspect of the present invention, a reinforcing material is inserted into a metal pipe that is a material of a cowl cross bar. The metal pipe may be made of a material such as aluminum, magnesium, or steel, like a conventional cowl cross bar. The reinforcing material may be manufactured by extruding a synthetic resin or a composite material (for example, PP+GF50%). A rib may be formed inside the reinforcing material to increase a capability to resist injection pressure when the metal pipe is insert-injected and to secure rigidity. |
| US11753079B2 |
Side sill for a motor vehicle
A side sill for a motor vehicle has a side-sill inner part assigned to a floor assembly, a bottom flange and a side-sill outer part which bounds a cavity of the side sill, in which a reinforcing part, which is fastened to the side-sill inner part, is arranged. In order to provide a side sill which is optimized in respect of simple manufacturing and installation and also needs-oriented design, and by which improved adaptability of the components to different construction variants is possible, the side-sill inner part and the bottom flange are designed as separate components which are connected to each other at least indirectly along a flange connection running in the direction of longitudinal extent of the side sill. |
| US11753077B2 |
Partial body for an at least part-electrically operated motor vehicle, and motor vehicle
A partial body for an at least part-electrically operated motor vehicle includes a first receiving portion for a traction battery and a second receiving portion for an electric drive unit. The receiving portions are arranged behind one another with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction and are arranged at least partially at the same height with respect to a vehicle vertical direction. Here, a body transverse wall, which is of double-walled design at least in certain portions and which extends in the vehicle vertical direction and vehicle transverse direction, is arranged between the first and second receiving portion such that, in the event of an accident-induced displacement of the drive unit in the direction of the traction battery. The drive unit can be supported on the body transverse wall in a targeted manner. |
| US11753076B2 |
Automated hitching system with subject trailer selection from multiple identified trailers
A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller acquiring image data from the vehicle and identifying a plurality of trailers within in a specified area of the image data. The specified area is less than a total field of the image data and corresponds at least with left and right steering angle limits of the vehicle. The controller further receives a selection of a subject trailer of the plurality of trailers identified within the specified area, identifies a coupler of the subject trailer, and outputs a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler of the subject trailer. |
| US11753073B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a vehicle with a front dig mode
Systems and methods are provided herein for operating a vehicle in a front dig mode. The front dig mode is engaged in response to determining that speed of the vehicle is below a speed threshold and determining that the amount that at least one of the front wheels of the vehicle is turned exceeds a turn threshold. While operating in the front dig mode, forward torque is provided to the front wheels of the vehicle. Further, resistance is applied to forward rotation of the inner back wheel of the vehicle. Yet further, forward torque is provided to the outer back wheel of the vehicle. |
| US11753072B2 |
Steering assembly for vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis and a front axle assembly coupled to a front end of the chassis. The chassis includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail. The first frame rail defines a first vertical plane. The second frame rail is spaced from the first frame rail and defines a second vertical plane. The front axle assembly includes a solid axle and a steering assembly. The steering assembly includes a pair of wheel hubs, a steering gear mechanism, and a linkage assembly. The pair of wheel hubs are coupled to opposing ends of the solid axle. The pair of wheel hubs are configured to facilitate coupling wheels to the front axle assembly. The steering gear mechanism is positioned between the first vertical plane and the second vertical plane. The linkage assembly couples the steering gear mechanism to the pair of wheel hubs. |
| US11753070B2 |
Predictive and real-time vehicle disturbance compensation methods and systems
A method and system for compensating for vehicle disturbances during vehicle operation, including: an algorithm for obtaining predicted driving condition data from a database, wherein the database includes one or more of geospatial data and remote vehicle data; an algorithm for obtaining real-time vehicle state data from equipment communicatively connected to a vehicle; an algorithm for combining the predicted driving condition data and the real-time vehicle state data to formulate a desired steering torque request necessary to compensate for predicted and actual driving conditions experienced by the vehicle; and an algorithm for providing the desired steering torque request to a power steering assist system of the vehicle to compensate for the predicted and actual driving conditions experienced by the vehicle. |
| US11753064B2 |
Energy absorbing apparatus
A steering column that includes a first jacket and a second jacket that is axially movable with respect to the first jacket. An energy absorbing apparatus is located between the first jacket and the second jacket. The energy absorbing apparatus includes a strap body that extends between a first end and a second end. A curved portion is located between the first end and the second end and a spring segment is configured to bias the curved portion towards the first end when the connector strap is fixed to a jacket of the steering column. |
| US11753062B1 |
Hauling mat device
A hauling mat device for conveniently attaching to a hitch ball and hauling a load by dragging the device along the ground includes a sheet constructed of a resilient, flexible material having a pair of hitch holes extending through the sheet on each end edge of a pair of end edges of the sheet, wherein the pair of hitch holes are configured for receiving a hitch ball therethrough. The device is deployable in a first mode, wherein one of the hitch holes is hitched to the hitch ball and a load is placed on the sheet for hauling. The device is also deployable in a second mode, wherein both hitch holes are hitched to the hitch ball with the load placed in a loop defined by the sheet. In the first and second modes, the load is hauled by dragging the device along a ground surface. |
| US11753059B2 |
Assisted thrust system for carriages or for loads in general moved on wheels
An assisted thrust system for a carriage provided with wheels that includes a base to which a first directional wheel and a second directional wheel are fixed that are connected to the base so as to be able to rotate around a respective axis perpendicular to the base; to the base a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel are further fixed that are rotated by at least one gearmotor unit, which drives the first drive wheel by a first magnetic coupling device and the second drive wheel by a second magnetic coupling device. |
| US11753058B2 |
Movement assisting tool
A movement assisting tool (23) includes an attachment portion (24) that can be attached to and removed from a main body portion (11) of a battery unit (4), leg portions (25) that are coupled to the attachment portion (24) and extend from the attachment portion (24), and moving wheels (26) that are supported by extension portions of the leg portions (25). In a state where the attachment portion (24) has been attached to the main body portion (11) of the battery unit (4) and the moving wheels (26) are touching the ground, the battery unit (4) can be kept in an inclined orientation in which the wheels (13) are touching the ground and ground contact portions (14) are raised above the ground. |
| US11753056B2 |
Cloud platform-based comprehensive line network monitoring method and system
Provided are a cloud platform-based comprehensive line network monitoring method and system. Device state data of each line is acquired, and stored in a monitoring platform and a data platform that are built on a cloud platform. The monitoring platform can only store only the latest device state data, perform data monitoring processing on the device state data to obtain real-time monitoring data, and transmit corresponding real-time monitoring data to a client at an application layer based on a data subscription demand of the client, to allow the client to perform real-time device monitoring processing based on the real-time monitoring data. Also, the data platform can provide, in response to a historical data application request sent by the client, the device state data to the client as historical statistical analysis data, to allow the client to perform historical state monitoring processing based on the historical statistical analysis data. |
| US11753055B2 |
Controlled architecture for transport systems
Control architecture for use with transport systems, such as linear drive systems, rotary drive systems, or a combination thereof, comprising a computer system having a controller for operating control system software for receiving input commands and protocols for creating a motion profile for each transport element, and a gateway for receiving the motion profile from the control system software and for operating gateway drive software that functions to select the appropriate drives to move each transport element along one or more tracks in accordance with their motion profiles. |
| US11753051B2 |
Intermodal transportation system
A system for improved intermodal freight transportation is described herein. Improved carriages and support trusses are provided that beneficially move the load-bearing structure to interconnected support trusses forming a top-end spine of the train with freight containers equipped with wheels hanging underneath. Upon entering a terminal, the floor adjacent to the rails may be configured to gradually rise until the container's wheels are supporting the container's weight. When properly aligned with a container exchange station, the container's connections to the train may be configured to release the container from the train, and the container's wheels may be configured to pivot, allowing the container to be rolled to the side of the train and replaced by another. This may allow the container to be replaced without having to lift the container or disconnect any of the rolling stock components. |
| US11753050B2 |
Ascent aid on a rail vehicle
An ascent aid on a rail vehicle having a vehicle body includes a step and at least one folding mechanism fastened to the step at one end, as seen in longitudinal direction of the step. The folding mechanism has two lateral rods connecting the step to the vehicle body at hinges. The folding mechanism has a connecting rod additionally connecting one of the lateral rods to the vehicle body at hinges. The connecting rod is split into two parts by a folding hinge. The folding hinge is coupled to an action of force on the folding hinge causing the step to be folded at the hinges between first and second positions relative to the vehicle. In the first position, an ascent to a driver's cab of the vehicle is assisted. In the second position, the step is folded to maintain a predetermined clearance gauge of the vehicle. |
| US11753048B2 |
Monitoring of neural-network-based driving functions
The invention relates to a control system for controlling a brake, a steering and/or a drive of an autonomous or automated vehicle. This involves an artificial-intelligence-based first control apparatus being monitored by virtue of a criticality of a driving situation being determined on the basis of simple calculation values, wherein a specific criticality of the driving situation, or an inappropriate reaction by the first control apparatus to the driving situation, can result in changeover to a second control apparatus that undertakes the control of the vehicle on the basis of a deterministic calculation rule. |
| US11753047B2 |
Impaired driver assistance
A system in a vehicle can have a camera and/or a sensor. Such a camera can be configured to record a visual feature of a user in the vehicle and send data derived from the visual feature. Such a sensor can be configured to sense a non-visual feature of the user in the vehicle and send data derived from the non-visual feature. The system can have a computing system configured to receive such data from the camera and the sensor. The computing device can also be configured to determine a state of the user based on the received data derived from visual and non-visual features, as well as an AI system. The computing device can also be configured to enable or disable a function of the vehicle based at least partially on the state of the user, which the AI system can infer from the received data. |
| US11753044B2 |
Method and system for forecasting reactions of other road users in autonomous driving
A method of determining a trajectory for an autonomous vehicle (AV) is disclosed. When the AV's on-board system detects another actor near the AV, it will generate a virtual doppelganger that is co-located with the autonomous vehicle. The system will predict possible modalities for the other actor and, for each of the modalities, one or more possible trajectories for the other actor. The system then forecast candidate actions of the virtual doppelganger, each of which corresponds to one or more of the possible trajectories of the other actor. The computing system will then determine candidate trajectories of the autonomous vehicle, and it will select one of the candidate trajectories as a selected trajectory for the autonomous vehicle to follow. |
| US11753037B2 |
Method and processor for controlling in-lane movement of autonomous vehicle
A method and a processor for controlling in-lane movement of a Self-Driving Vehicle (SDV) are provided. The method comprises: acquiring initial kinematic data associated with an obstacle; determining future kinematic data associated with the obstacle; acquiring initial kinematic data associated with the SDV; determining future kinematic data associated with the SDV which is indicative of at least two candidate future states of the SDV at a future moment in time; determining at least two candidate state-transition datasets for the SDV to transition from the initial state of the SDV to a respective one of the at least two candidate future states of the SDV using only in-lane movement; determining, by the electronic device, an energy efficiency score for a respective one of the at least two candidate state-transition datasets; determining a target state-transition dataset for the SDV based on respective energy efficiency scores. |
| US11753034B2 |
Vehicle control device, medium for storing computer program for vehicle control, and method for controlling vehicle
A vehicle control device has a processor configured to determine whether or not a problem exists with the level of active operation by the driver and when there is a problem with the driver, to set a stopping location for the vehicle on a traveling lane and to determine whether or not another traffic lane is adjacent on the side of the stopping location opposite from a passing lane and, when another traffic lane is adjacent, to determine whether or not the stopping location is within a stop avoidance area set in the traveling lane, based on an adjacent start location or an adjacent end location and, when the stopping location is within the stop avoidance area, to generate a stopping plan for stopping of the vehicle at a location between the adjacent start location and the adjacent end location other than in the stop avoidance area. |
| US11753026B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device includes a plurality of IC units, while maintaining the operational reliability. The vehicle control device includes an IC unit for performing image processing on outputs from cameras; an IC unit for performing recognition processing of an external environment of the vehicle; and an IC unit for performing judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle. A control flow is provided so as to allow the IC unit to transmit a control signal to the IC units and. The control flow is provided separately from a data flow configured to transmit the output from the cameras, the image data, and the external environment data. |
| US11753021B2 |
Tire pressure monitoring method
The present disclosure may relate to a method capable of monitoring a tire pressure, and may include estimating a tire necessary air pressure based on a location and an external temperature of a vehicle, determining whether a change in a current applied to an in-wheel motor is included in a preset range, when the vehicle is driving at a uniform speed during a preset time, calculating weights according to a plurality of conditions, respectively, and calculating a tire pressure based on the weights. |
| US11753018B2 |
Lane-type and roadway hypotheses determinations in a road model
This document describes techniques and systems to make determinations of lane-type and roadway hypotheses in a road model. The road-perception system can fuse various forms of evidence to determine lane-type hypotheses and respective belief masses associated with the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system the computes, using the belief masses, a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses. One or more roadway hypotheses are then determined using the lane-type hypotheses. The road-perception system then uses the respective belief parameter and plausibility parameter associated with the lane-type hypotheses to compute a belief parameter and a plausibility parameter associated with the roadway hypotheses. In this way, the described techniques and systems can provide an accurate and reliable road model with quantified uncertainty. |
| US11753017B2 |
Systems and methods for providing off-track drivability guidance
The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for providing off-road track drivability guidance. In an example scenario, a processor receives a sensor signal that is generated when a vehicle is driven on an off-road track. The processor evaluates the sensor signal to obtain information about a driving surface of the off-road track such as, a material composition, a gradient, and/or an amount of provided traction. The processor conveys the information to another processor (which may be a part of a server computer) that determines a drivability status of the off-road track based on the information about the driving surface and additional parameters, such as present and/or future weather conditions. The server computer may provide the drivability status in response to a query from a processor that is located in another vehicle (or in a personal communication device carried by a driver of the vehicle). |
| US11753015B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling overtake maneuver in vehicles
A system for controlling an overtake maneuver of a control vehicle comprises a controller structured to determine an overtake velocity for the control vehicle traveling in a vehicle lane to overtake a front vehicle traveling ahead of the control vehicle in the vehicle lane. The controller determines an overtake time for the control vehicle to overtake the front vehicle based on the overtake velocity. The controller determines a direction of traffic in an overtake lane that is adjacent to the vehicle lane. If the direction of traffic in the overtake lane is the same as a direction of traffic in the vehicle lane, and the overtake velocity is less than or equal to an allowed velocity, the controller executes the overtake maneuver by one of adjusting a parameter of an engine and/or a transmission of the control vehicle or providing a command to an operator of the control vehicle. |
| US11753014B2 |
Method and control unit automatically controlling lane change assist
Provided are a control unit and a method in a control unit to automatically control a lane change assist function in a vehicle. Multiple conditions indicating that a lane change assist function are activated at a current position of the vehicle are evaluated in the control unit. The conditions are selected from sensor based conditions, historical based conditions, and map based conditions. Sensor based conditions are conditions based on sensor. Historical based conditions are conditions based on historical data received. Map based conditions are conditions based on digital map data. If conditions from at least two different groups of conditions are evaluated as met, a digital signal is provided in the control unit enabling activation of the lane change assist function in the vehicle. |
| US11753004B2 |
Apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle, system having the same and method thereof
An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving includes: a processor to determine a travelling situation and a lane position, and determine an autonomous driving control maneuver of a vehicle depending on the determination result, and a non-transitory storage medium to store a result calculated by the processor and a set of instructions executed by the processor. The processor determines a safety of each lane of a road on which the vehicle is travelling to control the vehicle to stop on a lane representing a highest safety, after starting a minimum risk maneuver of the autonomous driving control maneuver. |
| US11752998B2 |
Vehicle control device, method, program, and vehicle
A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle includes: an operation detection unit that detects an operation performed on the vehicle by a user; a power supply control unit that controls execution of power supply from a first battery involved in vehicle traveling to an auxiliary load powered by a second battery that is different from the first battery, with a start switch of the vehicle being off; and a prohibition control unit that prohibits the power supply to the auxiliary load by the power supply control unit, in response to the operation of the user detected by the operation detection unit. |
| US11752993B2 |
Spring brake, brake system, and motor vehicle
A spring brake cylinder (100) for a brake system (800) of a motor vehicle (1000) includes a brake release mechanism (110), configured to axially contract a brake spring chamber (112) against a brake spring force in a release direction (RD) from a parking position (PP) to a driving position (PD). A brake state indicator (120) includes an actuation element (128) axially held in a force equilibrium (EF) between an actuation spring (124), exerting an actuation force (FA) on the actuation element (128), and a return spring (126), exerting a return force (FR) on the actuation element (128). The actuation force (FA) is altered by nut motion (MN) of a running nut (122), caused by rotational motion of a release screw (132) to shift the force equilibrium (FE), resulting in an axial movement (ME) of an actuation element (128) operatively coupled to an indicator pin (134) of the brake state indicator (120). |
| US11752990B2 |
Apparatus for controlling Anti lock Brake System of ESC integrated brake system and method thereof
An apparatus for controlling an ABS of an ESC integrated brake system and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a main master cylinder generating hydraulic brake pressure through a piston that is moved forward/backward by an actuator that is operated when a brake pedal of a vehicle is pressed down; and a controller controlling forward/backward movement direction change of the piston by controlling a driving current that is applied to the actuator by determining whether a direction change condition according the control state of wheel pressure is satisfied, when a brake mode of the vehicle is an ABS mode and the piston has reached a predetermined direction change position for forward/backward movement direction change. |
| US11752989B2 |
Purposeful brake-induced wheel lockup for vehicle stability control in autonomous vehicles
Systems and Methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle, may include: receiving sensor data, the sensor data comprising vehicle parameter information for the autonomous vehicle; using the sensor data to determine a vehicle state for the autonomous vehicle, wherein the vehicle state comprises information regarding a magnitude of an actual or predicted effective understeer gradient for the vehicle; computing a yaw moment required to correct the effective understeer gradient based on the magnitude of the effective understeer gradient; and determining a combination of one or more vehicle control inputs, including applying a brake torque, to correct the effective understeer gradient; applying the brake torque to a single wheel of the vehicle, wherein an amount of brake torque applied is sufficient to lock up the single wheel to create a yaw moment on the vehicle to achieve the computed yaw moment required to correct the effective understeer gradient. |
| US11752987B2 |
Vehicle and braking method and device therefor
A vehicle and a braking method and a device therefor are provided. The method includes the following steps: obtaining a first state information of the vehicle, where the first state information includes a vehicle mass and a deceleration required by braking; calculating a braking torque required by the vehicle according to the first state information, and controlling the vehicle to output an electric braking torque according to the braking torque required by the vehicle; obtaining a current vehicle speed of the vehicle and an electric braking exit protection speed; and calculating an electric braking exit speed according to the braking torque required by the vehicle and the deceleration required by braking, and controlling the vehicle to unload the electric braking torque when the current vehicle speed is less than a larger one of the electric braking exit speed and the electric braking exit protection speed. |
| US11752982B2 |
System and method for automated cleaning
The present disclosure provides automatic cleaning system and method. The automatic cleaning system includes a control unit, a Micro Control Unit (MCU), a cleaning device and a sensor device. The control unit is configured to determine a cleaning type for cleaning a protective cover of a camera based on an image captured by the camera and the measured temperature and humidity on the outer surface of the protective cover. The control unit is also configured to generate a cleaning instruction based on the cleaning type. The control unit is also configured to send the instruction to the MCU. The MCU is configured to control the cleaning device to clean the protective cover of the camera in accordance with the cleaning instruction in response to receiving the instruction sent from the control unit. |
| US11752980B2 |
Image recording device, assembly, cleaning device and motor vehicle
The invention relates to an image recording device for a body of a motor vehicle. The device comprises a housing part, an optical element having an outer surface, and a driving part for engaging an engaging part of a movable cleaning device. The movable cleaning device comprises furthermore a cleaning part, preferably formed by a wiper part, for at least partly cleaning the outer surface. The driving part is furthermore for driving the movable cleaning device to have the cleaning part at least partly clean the outer surface of the optical element. The image recording device is adjustable between a first condition in which the image recording device allows at least partly introducing or taking out the engaging part of the movable cleaning device and a second condition in which the image recording device prevents the engaging part of the movable cleaning device being taken out or being introduced. |
| US11752976B1 |
Capacitance-based foreign object debris sensor
The disclosure relates to detecting and clearing debris from a sensor window. For instance, a system may include the sensor window and one or more processors. The sensor window may include a transparent thin film conductor. The one or more processors may be configured to identify a change in capacitance using the transparent thin film conductor, detect debris on the sensor window using the change in capacitance, and activate a cleaning system in order to clear the detected debris from the sensor window. |
| US11752973B1 |
Vehicle monitoring system
A system for monitoring an interior of a vehicle, comprising an identification device adapted to be carried by an individual, a vehicular unit adapted for mounting within the vehicle, and a controller adapted for remote wireless communication with the unit. The unit will activate a camera and a microphone when a person is detected within the vehicle. The unit will search for the identification device and, if the identification device is not detected, the unit will activate an alarm. If the identification device is detected, the unit will compare an access code from the identification device with authorized access codes. If the access code is not found within the authorized access codes, the unit will activate an alarm. The controller is operable to display images, broadcast sounds, and display the alarm status from the unit in real time to a user in possession of the controller. |
| US11752967B2 |
Side airbag device
A frame side plate part of a frame member of a seat along a side surface of a backrest; and a bracket attached to the frame side plate part in a condition where an airbag cushion and an inflator are secured. The frame side plate part has a notch region where a predetermined range of a front edge is cut out The bracket has: a base part which is fitted into the notch region of the frame side plate part and to which the airbag cushion and the inflator are secured; and a reaction force plate bent from a front side of the base part and extends to one side in a vehicle width direction. Guide grooves are formed on an upper edge and lower edge of the notch region, and the base part can be inserted into the notch region from the front along the guide grooves. |
| US11752966B2 |
Side airbag device
The present invention is a side airbag device housed in the side support part of a vehicle seat and includes an airbag for restraining an occupant and an inflator. The airbag includes a first bag housing the inflator which is capable of inflating and deploying, and a second bag capable of inflating and deploying on the side of the first bag. The second bag is configured to be deployed by inflation gas flowing in from the first bag. At the upper edge of the second bag, an inclined part is formed that is inclined to be lower at the front thereof than at the rear thereof when viewed from the vehicle width direction. The front portion of the inclined part is configured to be located lower than the center line extending in the longitudinal direction of the upper arm of the occupant seated in a vehicle seat. |
| US11752959B2 |
On-board power supply system and on-board control apparatus
An on-board control apparatus includes: a controller connected to a controlled device mounted in a vehicle via a signal line and configured to control the operation of the corresponding controlled device; and a power source box connected to a power source mounted in the vehicle via a power line, that is connected to the controlled device mounted in the vehicle via a power line, and configured to switch between supply and non-supply of power from the power source to the controlled device, wherein the power source box includes; a switch disposed in a power supply path from the power source to the controlled device; a reception unit configured to receive an input of the switching command; and a switching control unit configured to switch between conduction and interruption of the switch in response to the switching command received by the reception unit. |
| US11752958B2 |
Systems and methods for providing power to sensors
A system includes an alternating current (AC) power component, a cable, a sensor transformer, and a sensor. The cable is coupled to the AC power component and is can conduct current to the AC power component. The sensor transformer includes a coil disposed proximate to the cable. The coil generates an induced voltage responsive to conduction of the current through the cable. The sensor is coupled to the sensor transformer and receives power from the sensor transformer. The sensor obtains information corresponding to operation of the AC power component. |
| US11752957B1 |
Electrical distribution system for personal water craft and recreational vehicles
An electrical distribution system for personal water craft and recreational vehicles. The primary components include a digital switching device; a series of power lines; and one or more remote controls, a control panel, or both. The digital switching device is preferably a bank of solid state relay switches controlled by an MCU. The control panel also has an MCU. The control panel MCU communicates with the digital switching device MCU. This allows signals from the control panel to travel on a single communication cable to the digital switching device, significantly reducing the control panel footprint compared to prior art control panels. When a radio frequency (RF) receiver is provided, the electrical distribution system may receive signals from a remote control. The remote control may be utilized in addition to or in lieu of the control panel. Power lines run from the digital switching device to wherever power is desired in the vessel. When used with a recreational vehicle having multiple motor driven accessories, the electrical circuitry to the various motors is structured in a daisy chain to permit the digital switching device to activate only one motor at a time and not permit more than one motor to be operating at any given time. |
| US11752956B2 |
Trim assembly for a vehicle seat assembly
A trim assembly for a vehicle seat is provided with a first trim panel adapted to be pivotally connected to a lower region of a rear surface of a backrest that is pivotally adjustable relative to a seat cushion, to cover a gap between the backrest and the seat cushion in an upright position of the backrest. A second trim panel is connected to the first trim panel to cover the gap in a forward position of the backrest relative to the seat cushion. |
| US11752955B2 |
Vehicle interior panel and method of manufacturing same
A vehicle interior panel such as an instrument panel includes a substrate having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 2.25 mm, inclusive, a decorative layer, and an intermediate layer located between the substrate and the decorative layer. A post-form warpage of the substrate is less than 15 mm at an edge region of the substrate. A serpentine rib located near the edge region helps impart structural rigidity to the panel during a foaming process to achieve an adequate degree of post-form warpage. |
| US11752948B2 |
Vacuum mounted carrier for a vehicle
A carrier system for a vehicle having a pair of vacuum devices shaped and sized to mate and secure to a recreational article. Each vacuum device includes a pad shaped and sized to detachably seat with a vehicle to form a vacuum cavity. The vacuum device includes a plunger attached to the pad and in fluid communication with the vacuum cavity, and an indicator positioned on the plunger to indicate the level of vacuum pressure within the vacuum cavity. |
| US11752947B2 |
Stackable container assembly
A container including a container body and a fixture assembly configured for receiving an accessory container, the bottom surface of the container body being configured for connecting the container to a vehicle, the bottom surface including: a tongue attached to the bottom surface at a first end portion of the bottom surface, the tongue extending from the bottom surface, at least a portion of the tongue extending parallel to the bottom surface, the tongue being positioned on a first side of the container body, and an anchor attached to the bottom surface at a second end portion of the bottom surface opposite the first end portion, the anchor being positioned on a second side of the container body, the second side of the container body being oppositely disposed to the first side of the container body, the anchor including at least one anchor lock. |
| US11752946B2 |
Automotive holder for fixing bicycles and rooftop tents
Proposed is an automotive holder for fixing a bicycle and a rooftop tent, the automotive holder enabling a rooftop tent to be installed in a folded state and being able to hold a bicycle in an unfolded state at a predetermined angle. |
| US11752945B2 |
Roof rack system for a vehicle
A roof rack system for a vehicle including a bracket base configured to be secured to a roof of the vehicle, the bracket base including at least one base opening disposed on an angled base side surface; a roof rail configured to be secured to the bracket base; a bracket stay secured to an underside of the roof rail, the bracket stay including at least one stay opening disposed on an angled stay side surface, the at least one stay opening being aligned with the at least one base opening; and a fastening mechanism configured to be coupled through the at least one stay opening in the bracket stay and the at least one base opening in the bracket base to thereby secure the roof rail onto the bracket base. Also, a method of installing a roof rail on a roof of a vehicle. |
| US11752943B1 |
Auto panning camera monitoring system including image based trailer angle detection
A method for automatically panning a view for a commercial vehicle includes receiving a video feed from at least one camera defining a field of view. A plurality of objects in the video feed, includes at least one wheel and at least one line, are identified. A path of each object in the plurality of objects is tracked through an image plane of the video feed. A trailer angle corresponding to each path is identified, the identified trailer angle is associated with the corresponding path, thereby generating a plurality of trailer angle measurements. The plurality of paths are down selected to a single path and identifying a single trailer angle measurement corresponding to the single path. |
| US11752941B2 |
Mirror cleaning system
A mirror cleaning system, an improved mirror for a vehicle having the system installed thereto, and a method of cleaning the improved mirror using the system. The system includes a housing attachable to a vehicle side mirror, a heating element operably connected to a power source, a wiper, and a spray nozzle fluidly connected to a cleaning fluid source. The system is designed to de-ice and de-frost the improved mirror, spray cleaning fluid thereon, and wipe debris and fluids to improve driver visibility. |
| US11752939B2 |
Information presentation device, information presentation method and program product for presenting information
An information presentation apparatus includes an out-of-vehicle risk detection section that is configured to detect an out-of-vehicle risk object, a gaze detection section that is configured to detect a gaze direction of a driver of the vehicle, a recognition determination section that is configured to determine whether the out-of-vehicle risk object is recognized by the driver based on a detection result by the out-of-vehicle risk detection section and a detection result by the gaze detection section, and an information presentation section that is configured to present, to the driver, out-of-vehicle risk information regarding the out-of-vehicle risk object in a presentation mode. The information presentation section is further configured to change the presentation mode depending on whether the out-of-vehicle risk object is recognized by the driver based on a determination result by the recognition determination section. |
| US11752936B2 |
Industrial vehicle feedback system
A process of providing dynamic industrial vehicle feedback comprises storing in memory, data identifying a vehicle-based event that characterizes an operation of an industrial vehicle. Further, the process comprises storing into memory, operation information collected from an electronic component on the industrial vehicle that is associated with the identified event. The collected operation information characterizes a current operating state of the industrial vehicle as the industrial vehicle is being operated. The process further comprises detecting that the event has occurred based upon the collected operation information and generating an output message based on the detected event and the collected operation information. The output message is then conveyed on the industrial vehicle. |
| US11752935B2 |
Integrated guidance system of vehicle and method for controlling the same
An integrated guidance system of a vehicle, may include a sensor configured to collect vehicle information of the vehicle; a lamp configured to selectively light a point including a door or a seat in an internal space of the vehicle when emitting the light; a projector configured to display guidance information on a projection surface of the internal space of the vehicle; and a controller connected to the sensor, the lamp and the projector and configured to control whether the lamp emits the light and the lighting point according to the vehicle information, generate the guidance information for guiding a passenger of the vehicle, and provide the guidance information to the projector, and a method for controlling the same. |
| US11752934B1 |
Accent lighting systems for vehicles
An accent lighting system for a vehicle is disclosed that includes a light module and a transmitter. The light module includes a first inductive member and a diffuser that extends along a periphery of the light module so as to collect and distribute light generated by the light module. The transmitter includes a second inductive member that is configured for electromagnetic communication with the first inductive member so as to create current in the first inductive member and thereby power the light module. |
| US11752930B2 |
Systems and methods for displaying contextually-sensitive braking information
A system for displaying contextually-sensitive braking information on a surface of a vehicle is presented. The system may include a transceiver, one or more memories, an electronic display disposed on the surface, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to detect a braking event of the vehicle, wherein the braking event has an associated braking force. The one or more processors may compare the braking force to a predetermined threshold braking force to determine whether the braking force exceeds the threshold braking force. The one or more processors may further cause the electronic display to display a braking indication having an intensity that is proportional to the braking force, wherein the braking indication may include a braking rationale corresponding to the braking event in response to determining that the braking force exceeds the threshold braking force. |
| US11752929B2 |
Notification device
A notification device includes a calculation unit calculating, based on a speed of a vehicle, a vehicle stoppage distance by which the vehicle travels until the vehicle enters a stopped state while performing autonomous driving, a notification unit performing notification about information with respect to an outside of the vehicle, and a notification controller causing the notification unit not to perform notification about information indicating that the vehicle is in the middle of deceleration until the vehicle passes by a first soon-to-cross pedestrian and to cause the notification unit to perform notification about the information after the vehicle passes by the first soon-to-cross pedestrian when a distance between the vehicle and the first soon-to-cross pedestrian is smaller than the vehicle stoppage distance and a distance between the vehicle and a second soon-to-cross pedestrian is equal to or greater than the vehicle stoppage distance. |
| US11752928B2 |
Aerodynamic magnetically attached light for a towed vehicle
A removable light for a towed vehicle includes a housing with a low profile shape, an anchor, a safety tether strap, and lens protection features. |
| US11752925B2 |
Lamp device
A lamp device has a base body to be installed to a vehicle; a lamp unit; a translucent cover that is installed to the base body, covering the front surface of the base body so as to accommodate the lamp unit therein, thereby defining a lamp body space, and has a recess in the front surface at a side position in a horizontal direction of the lamp unit; and a radar unit that has a radar sensor and a radar housing accommodating the radar sensor therein, and is inserted in the recess. |
| US11752922B1 |
Method and implement for load securement
A load securement device may comprise an extendable pole and a plurality of attachments. The device may be operable to manipulate a tie down of a cargo trailer. As non-limiting examples, the tie down may be a cargo strap, a cargo chain, or an elastic cord used to secure a cargo or to secure a tarp over the cargo. The extendable pole may be lengthened to reach the top of the cargo. The extendable pole may be shortened to take up less space for storage. The plurality of attachments may alter a distal end of the extendable pole to enable the extendable pole to perform multiple tasks necessary for securing the cargo. As non-limiting examples, the plurality of attachments may enable the extendable pole to toss the cargo strap, to pull the cargo strap, or lift a hard corner. |
| US11752915B1 |
Debris collection and transport cart and method of using same
An open top debris collection and transport cart with a hitch connector at a first end wall, a pair of wheels at an opposite second end wall, and a bottom panel connecting the end walls. The second end wall is outwardly angled from the bottom panel terminating in a top end, the wheels being positioned adjacent to the ground when the bottom panel is supported on the ground or when the bottom panel is rotated to a vertical orientation and the top end contacts the ground. An elevatable boom connectible to a work vehicle and having a mating hitch connector is provided. Elevating the boom slightly when the hitch is connected supports the cart by the wheels in contact with the ground surface allowing the work vehicle to move the cart. Further boom elevation rotates the bottom panel to a vertical orientation thus dumping the cart contents. |
| US11752914B1 |
Trailer system for transport of unit load devices
A trailer system may have a first cargo area having a movable deck. The movable deck may be moved by an actuator. The movable deck may include a plurality of first rollers for engaging and translating cargo. And a movable tailgate may close the first cargo area when it is in a first position. The movable tailgate may have a plurality of second rollers for engaging and translating cargo when the movable tailgate is in a second position. The trailer system may have a plurality of movable decks, where each movable deck is coupled and moved by an actuator. Each actuator may comprise at least one of a hydraulic, pneumatic, and/or electromechanical system. The trailer system may further have a set of lower movable decks and a set of upper movable decks. The set of upper movable decks may be coupled to the lower movable decks by actuators. |
| US11752911B1 |
Occupant support with foldable headrest
An occupant support includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and a cam. The seat bottom includes a side frame member. The seat back includes a headrest configured to fold about a headrest fold axis. The side frame member is rotatably coupled to the seat back and configured to rotate relative to the seat back about a side frame rotation axis. The cam is coupled to the side frame member and coupled to the headrest such that rotation of the cam causes the headrest to rotate about the headrest fold axis. Rotation of the cam about the side frame rotation axis relative to the seat back causes the cam to pull a connecting member which causes the headrest to rotate about the headrest fold axis to a folded position. The rotation of the headrest about the headrest fold axis occurs during the occupant support folding movement. |
| US11752909B2 |
Seat assembly trim panel
A trim panel is provided with a first leather portion laminated with a stabilization material, wherein the first portion has a thickness. The trim panel is provided with a second leather portion adjacent to the first leather portion without a laminated stabilization material. The second portion has thickness that is equal to the thickness of the first portion. |
| US11752908B2 |
Car seat heater having improved energy efficiency
A car seat heater has an improved energy efficiency, which includes a heating wire which is coupled to a car seat and includes a metal-plated carbon fiber, a seat temperature sensor configured to detect temperature of the heating wire, and a variable temperature controller configured to control temperature of the heating wire according to a diameter of the metal-plated carbon fiber and a thickness of a plated metal thereof. |
| US11752907B1 |
Actuation of restraint surface adjustment safety system
A safety system for vehicle may include a restraint surface adjustment mechanism for adjusting at least one of a height or an angle of a restraint surface disposed under a vehicle seat during a collision and/or predicted collision in which the vehicle seat is facing in the direction of travel and/or the direction of the oncoming collision. The seat may comprise a bench seat including a first seating space and a second seating space. A first restraint surface adjustment mechanism may be associated with the first seating space and a second restraint surface adjustment mechanism may be associated with the second seating space. The restraint surface adjustment mechanism may include, for example, an inflatable bladder, a movable plate which rotates about an axis, or other restraint surface adjustment mechanisms that adjust at least one of the height, angle, or physical property (e.g., rigidity) of one or more restraint surfaces. |
| US11752905B2 |
Device for providing fatigue-reducing position of vehicle seat
A device for providing a fatigue-reducing position of a vehicle seat is provided. A first latch unit is mounted on a rear seat cushion such that a first striker mounted on a front seatback is fastened thereto in a lockable manner. A second latch unit is mounted on a rear surface portion of a rear seatback. A sliding-locking unit is mounted on a package panel disposed behind a rear seat in a height adjustable manner. A second striker is provided on a front end of the sliding-locking unit to be fastened to the second latch unit in a lockable manner. A seat in a second or third row in the cabin of a vehicle is detachable from the original position to be fixedly placed like a hammock between a front seat and a package panel to provide a fatigue-reducing position in which an occupant comfortably rests. |
| US11752900B2 |
Car seat alarm system
A car seat alarm system including a weight-sensor plate assembly, a power source, a dashboard sensor, and a portable device including a speaker. The weight-sensor plate assembly is positioned and configured to detect a weight of a child in a car seat. The weight-sensor plate assembly is in communication with the dashboard sensor including a transceiver. The dashboard or visor sensor is configured to communicate that a child is present within the car seat. The dashboard sensor is in wireless communication with the portable device such as a key fob or smartphone. The dashboard sensor is configured to activate an alarm through the speaker when the portable device extends past a pre-determined proximity range from the dashboard sensor is reached and if the weight of the child is present within the car seat. |
| US11752898B2 |
Aircraft battery systems having heat activated thermal barriers
A battery system includes a plurality of battery modules each formed from a plurality of battery cells. A shared cooling structure is thermally coupled to each of the battery modules. The shared cooling structure is configured to conduct heat relative to the battery modules. A thermal interface is disposed between the battery cells of each battery module and the shared cooling structure. Each thermal interface is configured to transition from a first thermal conductivity state to a second thermal conductivity state when heat generated by the respective battery cells exceeds a threshold level. The second thermal conductivity state is lower than the first thermal conductivity state such that after one of the thermal interfaces has transitioned from the first thermal conductivity state to the second thermal conductivity state, heat transfer from the respective battery cells to the shared cooling structure is reduced. |
| US11752897B2 |
Power supply apparatus
A power supply apparatus includes a storage battery and supplies a voltage from the battery to an electric load. The power supply apparatus includes first and second energizing paths connected in parallel between the battery and the load, a first switch making the first energizing path conductive and interrupting the first energizing path, and a second switch making the second energizing path conductive and interrupting the second energizing path. The power supply apparatus includes a first drive circuit that operates when a voltage is supplied and drives the first switch, a second drive circuit that operates when a voltage is supplied and drives the second switch into a conductive state in a case where the first switch is driven into a conductive state by the first drive circuit, first and second supply paths respectively supplying a voltage to the first and second drive circuits. |
| US11752891B2 |
Charging system for a vehicle
A charging station includes a charging head and a plurality of electrical connectors. The charging head is slidable along a track and rotatable along an axis. The plurality of electrical connectors is secured to the charging head and is disposed radially about the axis. Each of the electrical connectors have a different profile and are configured to engage an electrical port of an electric vehicle having a matching profile to charge the battery of the electric vehicle. The charging head is configured to slide along the track and rotate along the axis to align each of the electrical connectors with a corresponding electrical port. Each of the electrical connectors is configured to advance from and retract to the charging head to engage and disengage the corresponding electrical port. |
| US11752888B2 |
Charging connector and electric vehicle
The present disclosure provides a novel charging connector and an electric vehicle, relates to the technical field of electric vehicle accessories, and solves the technical problems of poor connection stability due to cable connection resistance between a signal terminal and a grounding terminal in the prior art. The novel charging connector comprises a connector body; a grounding terminal and a signal terminal, wherein the grounding terminal and the signal terminal are provided at intervals along the first direction, and are both provided with plug-in parts; a resistor integrated part, wherein resistor integrated part comprises an integrated part body, the integrated part body is provided in the connector body along the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the integrated part body is provided with a resistor and two elastic contact parts which are connected with the resistor and extend from the integrated part body to the first direction at intervals, and the two elastic contact parts are elastically abutted against the plug-in part on the grounding terminal and the signal terminal, respectively. The present disclosure is used to provide a novel charging connector which can effectively improve the stability of the connection between the signal terminal and the grounding terminal. |
| US11752887B2 |
Apparatus for energy transfer using converter and method of manufacturing same
According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. |
| US11752880B2 |
MM wave radar for enhanced mobility applications
Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and processes that use millimeter wave radar or other remote sensing to enhance mobility applications. Obstacles may be detected using remote sensing. Acceleration of a mobility apparatus may be controlled based on detection of the obstacle. The controlling may be performed based on characteristics of the obstacle, including location, type of obstacle, and/or trajectory of the obstacle. |
| US11752877B2 |
Control device of vehicle
A control device includes: a deceleration control unit that performs a free running deceleration control that controls free running deceleration when transition occurs from an operation state to a non-operation state; an index deriving unit that derives a transition phase perceptual risk index; and a relationship adjusting unit that adjusts a relationship between a perceptual risk index and a deceleration. The deceleration control unit derives the deceleration corresponding to the transition phase perceptual risk index based on the relationship and sets the derived deceleration as the free running deceleration. The relationship adjusting unit executes a correction control in which when the transition phase perceptual risk index is larger than the reference perceptual risk index, the reference perceptual risk index is corrected to be increased, and when the transition phase perceptual risk index is smaller than the reference perceptual risk index, the reference perceptual risk index is corrected to be decreased. |
| US11752874B2 |
Power source system
A power source system includes a first power source, a second power source, a Direct Current to Direct Current converter, a first load including a vehicle control device configured to perform predetermined control regarding at least one of traveling, steering, and braking of the vehicle regardless of a driving operation performed by a driver of the vehicle, and an electric actuator as a control target of the vehicle control device, and connected to the first path so as to be supplied with power from the first power source, and a power source control device configured to control an operation of the Direct Current to Direct Current converter such that power is supplied to the first path from the second power source in a case where the predetermined control is performed. |
| US11752859B2 |
Fuel measurement system and fuel gauge error reduction method using the same
A fuel measurement system and a fuel gauge error reduction method are provided. The fuel gauge error reduction method includes determining a driving mode of a vehicle based on an external input condition; calculating a remaining amount of fuel using a different manner corresponding to each driving mode; and providing the calculated remaining amount of fuel. |
| US11752857B2 |
Wheel-driven vehicle
A wheel-driven vehicle (1), comprising a front vehicle unit (1 A), a rear vehicle unit (1B), a power source (4), a first centre beam (8) and a second centre beam (9), a first driving means (10) and a second driving means (11) provided on each opposite sides of the first centre beam (8), a third driving means (13) and a fourth driving means (14), provided on opposite sides of the second centre beam (9), wherein the respective driving means (10, 11, 13, 14) comprises at least a driving wheel (16), a power-transmitting arrangement for transmission of power from said power source (4) to the driving wheel (16) that is included in each of the driving means (10, 11, 13, 14), wherein the power-transmitting arrangement comprises an engine (19) and a transmitting arrangement (20). The engine (19) is a hydraulic engine, the power-transmitting arrangement comprises separate hydraulic circuits (22, 23, 24, 25) for driving the hydraulic engine (19) of the respective driving means (10, 11, 13, 14), the power-transmitting arrangement comprises one or more pumps (26, 27, 28, 29) driven by the power source (4) for driving the respective hydraulic engine (19) as well as regulating means configured to individually regulate a power output on the respective hydraulic engine (19). |
| US11752855B2 |
Bearing unit for a hybrid module
A hybrid module having a damper hub connected to an internal combustion engine, a housing, a clutch, an electric machine which has a rotor and a stator connected to the housing, a torque converter has a converter housing connected to a central hub and a turbine shaft, and an output shaft. The rotor of the electric machine is connected to the central hub or the converter housing. The turbine shaft is connected to the output shaft to be fixed with respect to rotation and the clutch is arranged between the damper hub and the torque converter The central hub is supported at the output shaft via at least one bearing and is supported at the damper hub via at least two bearings and the damper hub is supported at the housing by a bearing. |
| US11752852B2 |
Traction battery module
A traction battery module has a housing body having four side walls and two end walls, and a plurality of cell elements which are arranged in the housing body, are arranged parallel to one another and parallel to two of the four side walls and are combined to form a cell element stack. A respective holding frame is positioned at the two end-side longitudinal ends of the cell element stack, on which holding frame the longitudinal ends of the cell elements are held such that the cell element stack is spaced apart in all four transverse directions from the four side walls. Each holding frame has a spring arrangement on its spring side facing a side wall and does not have a spring arrangement on its fixed side opposite the spring side. The holding frame is pressed by the spring arrangement onto the side wall assigned to the fixed side. |
| US11752845B2 |
Sunshade system and method of manufacturing
A sunshade system for a vehicle, comprises a sunscreen having at least a main part and two opposed, laterally placed, inwardly folded parts. The sunscreen includes an intermediate part extending in between the main part and the inwardly folded parts each connected to the intermediate part by means of a fold. Two opposed longitudinal guides retain the adjacent inwardly folded part and at least a part of the corresponding intermediate part of the flexible sunscreen. The guides engage the inwardly folded part. Each intermediate part includes a first compressed part extending in longitudinal direction and comprising at least material of the main part. The first compressed part is established under the influence of a compression treatment such that said material in the first compressed part has a thickness smaller than the thickness of the same material in the main part. |
| US11752842B2 |
Convertible skeleton door
A vehicle door assembly includes a door housing configured for covering a vehicle access opening. A frame member is disposed within the door housing. A module includes an intrusion beam coupled to the frame member and removable from the door housing. The module is configured to accept attachment of a module hinge and a module latch to provide a secondary door assembly. A modular vehicle door assembly and a method of assembling a door assembly to a vehicle are also disclosed. |
| US11752841B2 |
Lock release tool
A lock release tool including a stopper block, a finger grip extending from the stopper block, and a key tab extending from the stopper block. The key tab is sized for insertion within a keyhole slot in a locking assembly, the stopper block is sized to limit insertion of the key tab within the keyhole slot, and the key tab includes a contact surface at a distal end thereof. The contact surface is configured to release the locking assembly. |
| US11752840B2 |
Air vent for a vehicle with external actuating element
Air vent for a vehicle, including an air duct, which is bounded by a housing (12′), with an air inlet end and an air outlet end, wherein an air flow flowing through the air duct can flow from the air inlet end to the air outlet end along a main flow direction and a manual actuating element (22) for controlling the air outlet direction of the air flow by movement of fins (60, 62), wherein, during a translational movement of the manual actuating element along a movement axis the air outlet direction undergoes a change along the movement axis, and wherein, during a tilting movement of the manual actuating element about the movement axis, the air outlet direction undergoes a change perpendicular to the movement axis, wherein the manual actuating element is arranged outside the air flow. |
| US11752834B2 |
Vehicle heater
A vehicle heater includes a burner assembly unit (12) with a combustion chamber (18) to be fed with combustion air (V) and fuel (B) and a flame tube (24). A heat exchanger assembly unit (14) includes an inner heat exchanger housing (28) with an inner circumferential wall (30) and an outer heat exchanger housing (34) with an outer circumferential wall (36). A heat transfer medium flow space (40) is between the inner and outer heat exchanger housings, which are elongated in a longitudinal axis (L) direction. A waste gas backflow space (44), between the inner circumferential wall (30) and the flame tube, opens towards an exhaust gas outlet. A catalytic converter device (52) is provided in the waste gas backflow space associated with an energizable heating unit (58), or/and insulation material (64) is provided on an outer side (62) facing away from the heat transfer medium flow space. |
| US11752833B2 |
System for air-conditioning the air of a passenger compartment and for heat transfer with drive components of a motor vehicle and method for operating the system
A system for air-conditioning air of a passenger compartment and for heat transfer with drive components of a motor vehicle. The system has a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. The refrigerant circuit is formed with a compressor, a first refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger operated as a condenser/gas cooler, a refrigerant-air heat exchanger operated as an evaporator for conditioning supply air of the passenger compartment with an upstream expansion element, and a second refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger operated as an evaporator for heat transfer between a coolant for tempering the drive components of the motor vehicle and the refrigerant with an upstream expansion element, and with a bypass flow path around the heat exchangers operated as the evaporators on the low-pressure side. In addition to the first refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, the coolant circuit has a coolant-air heat exchanger operated as a thermal heat exchanger for heating supply air of the passenger compartment. |
| US11752829B2 |
Radiator
A radiator includes an upper tank and a lower tank for storing cooling water, and a core for connecting the upper tank and the lower tank to each other. The core includes a plurality of cooling water pipes for flowing the cooling water between the upper tank and the lower tank, and a plurality of fins that extend between the plurality of cooling water pipes to promote heat dissipation from the cooling water pipes. The core further includes a flow surface through which air can flow, the flow surface including a recess. |
| US11752826B2 |
Suspension system with improved ability to avoid getting stuck or get unstuck
A method of controlling a vehicle may include determining a proximity to a stuck condition based on measured vehicle motion parameters and a wheel speed measured by a wheel speed sensor associated with one or more wheels of the vehicle. The method may further include generating a notification to a driver of the vehicle in response to the proximity to the stuck condition indicating that the vehicle is either in a stuck condition or a nearly stuck condition, and responsive to driver selection of an unstuck mode, executing an unstuck algorithm to automatically control operation of the vehicle to achieve a free condition. |
| US11752820B1 |
Alignment clip for leaf spring suspension
A releasable alignment clip secures a primary leaf spring to one or more secondary leaf springs of a suspension of a vehicle. The releasable alignment clip prevents separation of the primary leaf spring from the secondary leaf spring during normal operation while permitting relative sliding. The releasable alignment clip has a minimum separation force such that in response to a collision forcing a wheel forwardly, the releasable alignment clip deforms and permits separation of the primary leaf spring from the secondary leaf spring to avoid the primary leaf spring from breaking between the alignment clip and a point of attachment to the vehicle. The releasable alignment clip may have a reduced thickness, notches, or one or more perforations to achieve the minimum separation force. |
| US11752816B2 |
Trailer hitch assembly
A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle frame includes a frame rail elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis that defines a hole. The vehicle includes a trailer hitch mount supported by the frame rail. The vehicle includes a face plate supported by the trailer hitch mount that defines an opening extending through the face plate that is aligned with the hole of the frame rail. The trailer hitch mount extends through the opening and is completely surrounded by the face plate. The trailer hitch mount extends into the hole of the frame rail along the vehicle-longitudinal axis. |
| US11752814B1 |
Lift devices for containers
A transport frame for use with a container with top mounting blocks and bottom mounting blocks, and a vehicle with a tow ball, is disclosed. The frame is V-shaped and connects to the top mounting blocks and to the bottom mounting blocks using novel connections. These connections may be pivotally connected to the frame, reducing the stresses on the frame during transport. The frame may also include a winch that facilitates the connection of the frame to the container. A novel cam lug is also disclosed. |
| US11752809B2 |
Pneumatic tire
In a tire 22, a length from a center PM in an axial direction of a boundary 60 between a core 48 and an apex 50 to an outer edge PA of the apex 50 is not less than 10 mm and not greater than 15 mm. In a state where the tire 22 is mounted on a normal rim and an internal pressure of the tire 22 is adjusted to 10% of a normal internal pressure, a main body portion 54 of a carcass ply 52 extending along an inner surface 62 of the apex 50 is tilted relative to the axial direction, and an angle of the main body portion 54 relative to the axial direction is not less than 40° and not greater than 60°. |
| US11752808B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion; a pair of sidewall portions; a pair of bead portions each with a bead core embedded therein; a toroidal carcass extending between the bead portions; and a sidewall rubber disposed axially outside the carcass in each of the sidewall portions. The bead portion has a bead bottom surface which contacts with a bead seat of a wheel rim when the tire is mounted thereon. The bead bottom surface comprises an axially inner region including a bead toe and an axially outer region including a bead heel. The axially inner region is formed by a canvas chafer. The axially outer region is formed by the sidewall rubber extended radially inwardly from the sidewall portion. |
| US11752805B2 |
Pneumatic tire
In a pneumatic tire including main grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in a tread portion, and including a sipe extending in a tire lateral direction on a rib defined by the main grooves, the sipe includes an edge on a leading side and an edge on a trailing side, chamfered portions shorter than a sipe length of the sipe are formed on respective edges, non-chamfered regions on which no other chamfered portion exists exist on portions opposing to respective chamfered portions in the sipe, a maximum depth x (mm) of the sipe and a maximum depth y (mm) of the chamfered portion satisfy x×0.1≤y≤x×0.3+1.0, and a sipe width of the sipe is constant in a range from an end portion positioned inside in a tire radial direction of the chamfered portion to a groove bottom of the sipe. |
| US11752804B2 |
Pneumatic tire with reinforcing part
There is provided a pneumatic tire with a reinforcing part which is mounted on a tire wheel, the pneumatic tire including: a tread having a groove that is formed in a circumferential direction of the tire wheel as being recessed toward a central axis of the tire wheel, a kerf that is formed to intersect the groove as being recessed toward the central axis of the tire wheel, and one or more blocks that are formed between the groove and the kerf and come into contact with a road surface; a shoulder formed at a side of the tread; and a reinforcing part inserted into the groove formed between the one or more blocks. The reinforcing part reduces noise produced due to contact with the road surface by being bent one or more times. |
| US11752803B2 |
Tire
A tire includes a tread portion. The tread portion includes a pair of shoulder main grooves and a plurality of crown blocks. Each of the crown blocks includes a ground contacting surface, a chamfered portion arranged so as to surround the entire circumference of the ground contacting surface, and a main body portion arranged inside the chamfered portion in a tire radial direction. The main body portion is provided with at least one step-shaped portion that is bent stepwise in a transverse cross section orthogonal to the ground contacting surface. |
| US11752802B2 |
Tire having tread sub-layer flush with the groove bottom and reinforcing elements made of high modulus rubber integrated into the tread
A tire having an axis of rotation and a median plane (CP) perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and comprising: a crown reinforcement, a tread positioned radially on the outside of the crown reinforcement and axially between two shoulders, comprising a contact face intended to come into contact with the roadway while the tire is being driven on, wherein the tread is primarily made up of at least one rubber compound of given dynamic shear modulus M and comprises a plurality of furrows oriented substantially circumferentially, each furrow having a furrow bottom, and a sub-layer disposed radially on the outside of the crown reinforcement and radially on the inside of the tread, wherein the sub-layer is made up of at least one rubber compound of given dynamic shear modulus A is flush with each furrow bottom. |
| US11752797B2 |
Dual twist structure, object ejecting device including the same, and structure for sealing the same
A dual twist structure, an object ejecting device including the same, and a structure for sealing the same, the dual twist structure including: a housing configured to accommodate a content cartridge therein and having a cam groove provided at a tip thereof; a sleeve coupled to and fitted with the content cartridge and having a cam protrusion formed on an outer portion thereof; and a tubular operation body having a twist cam groove into which the cam protrusion is slidably fitted, and a cam pin protruding and configured to move to a position misaligned with the twist cam groove by being guided by the cam groove, in which the dual twist structure has the two cam grooves. |
| US11752793B2 |
Heat-sensitive recording material
A heat-sensitive recording material including a substrate, a heat-sensitive recording layer which includes N-(4-methylphenylsulfonyl)-/V-(3-(4-methylphenylsulfonyloxy)pheny-purea and/or N42-(3-phenylureido)phenyl]benzol sulfonamide, and an intermediate layer which is arranged between the substrate and the heat-sensitive recording layer and which includes calcined aluminum silicate, and a method for producing a heat-sensitive recording material and to the use of calcined aluminum silicate in an intermediate layer of a heat-sensitive recording material. |
| US11752791B2 |
Printing system, printing control program, and print producing method
A printing system includes a media table on which a medium is placed, a printing mechanism configured to perform printing while moving relatively to the medium placed on the media table, and a control section configured to determine presence or absence of possibility of double printing in the same position of one medium and perform warning when the possibility is present. |
| US11752786B2 |
Magnetic-ink reading device and printer
A magnetic-ink reading device includes a housing and a conveyor in the housing. A medium inlet and outlet port for inserting and pulling out a medium printed using magnetic ink are in the housing. The conveyor conveys the medium along a conveying path. The magnetic-ink reading device includes a magnetizing mechanism configured to magnetize the magnetic ink of the medium on the conveying path and a magnetism detection head disposed near the magnetizing mechanism and configured to read magnetism of the magnetized magnetic ink. The magnetic-ink reading device includes a reversing mechanism provided on the medium inlet and outlet port side of the conveying path and configured to reverse front and rear surfaces of the medium on a reversing path on an inside. The reversing mechanism includes a retraction path for temporarily retracting the medium when the magnetism of the medium is read by the magnetism detection head. |
| US11752785B2 |
Image printing apparatus and method of controlling image printing apparatus
An image printing apparatus includes a print head configured to print an image on a printing medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the printing medium in a conveyance direction; a detection unit movable in an intersection direction intersecting the conveyance direction and configured to detect an end of the printing medium in the intersection direction; a cutting unit located downstream of a printing region of the print head in the conveyance direction and capable of cutting the printing medium by being moved in the intersection direction; and a control unit configured to control movement of the detection unit such that the detection unit detects a position of the end of the printing medium during movement of the cutting unit for a cutting operation of cutting the printing medium. |
| US11752781B2 |
Printer, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A printer includes a head, a lamp, a first sensor, and a processor. The head is configured to eject photocurable ink onto the object to be printed supported by a platen. The lamp is configured to irradiate light onto the object to be printed on which the ink is ejected. The first sensor is provided inside the printer, and is configured to detect a temperature inside the printer. The processor causes the first sensor to acquire the temperature inside the printer. The processor acquires, based on the print data, a duty ratio indicating a printing ratio when ejecting the ink onto an ejection region of the object to be printed. The processor sets an illuminance of the light irradiated by the lamp, based on the temperature acquired by the first sensor and the acquired duty ratio. |
| US11752778B2 |
Three-dimensional object printing apparatus and three-dimensional object printing method
Provided is a three-dimensional object printing apparatus, in which a printing operation for a workpiece includes: a first pass in which liquid is ejected toward a first region of the workpiece; a second pass in which the liquid is ejected toward a second region that partially overlaps the first region of the workpiece; a third pass in which the liquid is ejected toward a third region of the workpiece; a fourth pass in which the liquid is ejected toward a fourth region that partially overlaps the third region of the workpiece, the curvature of a surface including the first region and the second region is larger than the curvature of a surface including the third region and the fourth region, and an overlapping width between the first region and the second region is smaller than an overlapping width between the third region and the fourth region. |
| US11752772B2 |
Ink container and inkjet printer
There is provided an ink container for storing ink inside thereof. A replenishing opening refills the inside with ink. A moving member is disposed in the inside below the replenishing opening in the vertical direction. The moving member moves up and down in the vertical direction with a level of a liquid surface of the ink, stored inside, which moves up and down in the vertical direction. |
| US11752771B2 |
Discharge apparatus
A discharge head includes an orifice surface in which orifices each configured to discharge a droplet are arrayed in a predetermined direction. A detecting unit includes a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and optically detects a droplet discharged from the orifice. A suppression unit is arranged between the light emitting element and the orifice surface, and suppresses the light emitted from the light emitting element from reaching the orifice surface by shielding at least some rays of the light which are emitted from the light emitting element and would otherwise propagate to the orifice surface. |
| US11752769B2 |
Head bar unit and printing apparatus including head bar unit
There is provided a head bar unit including a head bar, an adjuster and a movement. The head bar includes a plurality of heads. The adjuster is supported by the head bar, and is configured to adjust positions in a vertical direction of the heads. The movement is configured to move the head bar and the adjuster in the vertical direction. The adjuster includes a motor, a rotator and a stopper. The rotator includes a plurality of contact portions. The rotator is configured to be rotated by the motor around a rotating shaft. The stopper is located at a position facing the rotator in the vertical direction, and is configured to position the rotator in the vertical direction, by making contact with one of the contact portions. |
| US11752767B2 |
Liquid jetting apparatus
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: individual channels; and a manifold commonly provided for the individual channels. Each of the individual channels has: a nozzle; a pressure chamber arranged away from the nozzle in a predetermined direction to extend along a plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction and connected to the manifold, a connecting channel connected to the pressure chamber to form at least a part of a channel communicating the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a circulation channel connected to the connecting channel to form a part of a channel communicating the connecting channel and the pressure chamber. The connecting channel has a throttle, and the throttle has a smaller diameter along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction than a diameter, of a part of the connecting channel except the throttle, along the plane orthogonal to the predetermined direction. |
| US11752765B2 |
Liquid discharge head and recording device
A liquid discharge head according to an embodiment includes a head body having a first surface configured to discharge a liquid and a second surface facing the first surface, a drive IC configured to drive the head body, and a head cover configured to cover at least the second surface of the head body while housing the drive IC. The head cover includes a top plate facing the second surface of the head body and a first side plate that is connected to the top plate and that is in contact with the drive IC, and in the head cover, a thickness of the first side plate is thinner than a thickness of the top plate. |
| US11752757B2 |
Transport cylinder, drying unit comprising this transport cylinder, and sheet-fed printing press comprising this drying unit
In some examples, a transport cylinder for transporting a sheet-format substrate includes at least one channel extending on an outer surface of the transport cylinder in an axial direction. Each channel includes at least one gripper, which is supported on a shaft, for holding a substrate on the outer surface of the transport cylinder. Each channel is covered by a respective cover at the outer surface of the transport cylinder. The cover and/or a shaft supporting the at least one gripper may include a cooling unit. In some examples, a drying unit that includes the transport cylinder may further include an electron beam for curing a printing fluid on a substrate on the transport cylinder. In some examples, a printing press may include the drying unit including the transport cylinder. |
| US11752754B2 |
Printing machine of the blocking press type
Printing machine of the blocking press type, comprising a heating block which comprises a curved carrier medium surface of a printing plate, an application head comprising means of guidance of the heating block in a tilting motion, and an actuator for tilting of the heating block relative to the application head. |
| US11752741B2 |
Food packaging products and methods
In an embodiment, the invention comprises a packaging structure or formable sheet comprising a first layer which comprises post-consumer resin and, in some embodiments, a polyolefin; a second layer adjacent the first layer which comprises: post-consumer resin polyethylene terephthalate; a polyolefin; ethylene methyl acrylate; and ethylene/methyl acrylate/glycidyl methacrylate terpolymer; and in some embodiments, polypropylene maleic anhydride copolymer; and a third layer adjacent the second layer which comprises post-consumer resin and, in some embodiments, a polyolefin. |
| US11752739B2 |
Printable film
An extruded multilayer film includes a top layer comprising a blend of a polyolefin and adsorbent silica. The adsorbent silica is 5% or more of the blend and the polyolefin is 95% or less of the blend. The multilayer film is oriented in at least one direction to cause fracturing of the top layer to provide a microporous surface exposing the adsorbent silica gel. The fractured top layer is receptive to receiving a printing ink on an exposed surface thereof with enhanced pigment entrapment and rapid ink drying. A single layer film in the form of the top layer, and also oriented in at least one direction also constitutes a part of this invention. |
| US11752737B2 |
Aesthetically-enhanced structures using natural fiber composites
An aesthetically-enhanced structure is formed by fusing a translucent layer with an aesthetic-enhancing layer. The translucent layer includes natural fibers impregnated by a thermoplastic. The translucent layer or the aesthetic-enhancing layer provide one or more aesthetic properties visible through the translucent layer, for example, a pattern, a color, a texture, a pigment, a dye, a design, an image or a relief. |
| US11752735B2 |
Functional element having electrically controllable optical properties
An improved functional element having electrically controllable optical properties includes a stack sequence formed of a first carrier film, a first surface electrode, an active layer, a second surface electrode, and a second carrier film, wherein the second carrier film is folded around the edge of the first carrier film at least at one side edge and seals an exit surface of the active layer at the side edge. |
| US11752734B2 |
Base material for printed circuit board and printed circuit board
A base material for a printed circuit board includes: an insulating base film; and a sintered body layer of metal particles layered on one side surface of the base film; wherein an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of a surface of the sintered body layer that is opposite to the base film is greater than or equal to 0.005 μm and less than or equal to 0.10 μm. |
| US11752732B2 |
Composite metallic panel
A composite panel comprises first and second metallic sheets each having an inner and outer surface, a silicone-based primer coating on the inner surface of the first and second metallic sheets and an organosilicon adhesive contacting the primer coating on both the first and second metallic sheets, wherein the adhesive has a gross heat of combustion (Q-PCS) of no greater than 1.4 MJ/m2. The panel is compliant with specification EN 13501-6:2018, classification A1. |
| US11752726B2 |
Systems and methods for making envelopes and/or other protective products with expanded paper cushioning
According to some illustrative embodiments, a system and method is provided that includes, e.g., means for continuously conveying an assembly of layered sheets including a first paper sheet, at least one expanded sheet and a second paper sheet in a conveying flow between, e.g., a rotary mandrel or member at an upstream position in a direction of conveyance and a rotary die crushing and cutting tool, with said rotary mandrel or member and said rotary die crushing and cutting tool maintaining the at least one expanded sheet in an expanded state, said rotary tool having a crushing component that crushes a portion of the at least one expanded sheet such as to form a flap forming region of an envelope and a cutting component that cuts the assembly of layered sheets such as to separate individual envelope units. |
| US11752713B2 |
Polymer composition and methods using said polymer composition to manufacture ophthalmic lens
The present invention proposes a polymer composition of manufacturing ophthalmic lens by polymerization of polymerizable composition wherein the shrinkage phenomenon is minimized. The polymerizable composition comprised two different categories of monomers which are able during crosslinking to control and limit said chemical shrinkage.The present invention comprises also ophthalmic lens obtained from said polymer composition using a manufacturing process of casting or additive manufacturing. |
| US11752702B2 |
Method for welding membranes
A process for welding porous membranes, the process containing i) providing first and second porous membranes; ii) at least partially superimposing the first and second porous membranes to obtain an at least partial superimposition region; iii) welding the first and second porous membranes at least in a portion of the at least one superimposition region at a temperature in the range from 100 to 300° C. to obtain an at least partially welded composite of the first and second porous membranes, wherein the first and second porous membranes are made of at least one thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane elastomer, a polyester elastomer, a polyetherester elastomer, a polyesterester elastomer, a polyamide elastomer, a polyetheramide elastomer, a polystyrene elastomer, and an ethylene-vinyl acetate elastomer, and wherein the first and second porous membranes have pores having an average pore diameter of less than 2000 nm. |
| US11752701B2 |
Method for producing an adhesive bond and support plate for producing an adhesive bond
The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive bond between at least a first and a second, at least partially transparent planar component, in which the first component is laid onto a support plate, and an adhesive is applied to the first component at specified locations on the side of the first component facing away from the support plate, and the second component is laid onto the first component and is held parallel to the first component at a predefined distance, in such a way that the second component comes into contact with the adhesive on the first component. |
| US11752700B2 |
Systems and methods for formulating material in a data-driven manner
Systems and methods for optimizing the formulation of materials are provided. The systems and methods employ a data-driven, iterative approach to derivate optimal material formulations. One portion of the system includes a sample automation system that outputs the material samples to be tested, and a second portion of the system includes an optimization engine that analyzes data extracted from the material samples and generates additional formulations for materials to be printed and tested. This process continues so that optimal material formulations can be determined based on desired mechanical properties of the material to be optimized. The optimization engine can further be capable of predicting results of formulation that have not yet been tested and using those predictions to further drive the next suggested materials to be tested. |
| US11752690B2 |
Resin composition and method for producing three-dimensionally shaped object using same
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for forming three-dimensionally shaped objects having high dimensional accuracy. In order to achieve the purpose, the resin composition is used in a three-dimensional shaping method wherein either forming a thin layer that comprises a particulate resin composition and selectively irradiating the thin layer with laser light are repeated or melt-extruding a resin composition into a filament shape and forming a layer of the filament-shaped extruded resin composition are repeated, thereby forming a three-dimensionally shaped object. The resin composition has a particulate or filament shape, comprises polysaccharide nanofibers and a resin, and has a content of the polysaccharide nanofibers of 1-70 mass %. In the resin composition, the maximum value of loss modulus at temperatures in the range of (melting temperature)±20° C. is 10-1,000 times the minimum value of loss modulus at temperatures in the range of (melting temperature)±20° C. |
| US11752688B2 |
Manufacturing process for papermaking belts using 3D printing technology
A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum. |
| US11752687B2 |
Method for 3D printing and 3D printer using ultrasound
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a completely new type of 3-dimensional (3D) printing method for producing an object by focusing ultrasound onto material that changes in state by stimulation to solidify it into a desired shape. The method for 3D printing according to an embodiment includes providing material which changes in state by stimulation, setting a target focal point in the material, focusing ultrasound onto the target focal point using at least one ultrasound transducer, and applying stimulation to the material using the focused ultrasound to induce a change in state of the material. According to the embodiments, it is possible to control the precision of the output by controlling the frequency of the ultrasound transducer or the size of the target focal point on system. |
| US11752684B2 |
Inductively heated mold system
An inductively heated mold system enables rapid heating of the mold and rapid cooling to reduce thermal cycling times by employing an inductive coil in a heater module that inductively heats a ferromagnetic layer configured on the mold body, such as around the outside perimeter of the mold body. A cooling channel may be configured between the inductive coil and the ferromagnetic layer on the mold body to allow a fluid to be passed between the mold body and the heater module to rapidly cool the mold body for removal of the molded part. A plurality of heater modules may be employed that can be coupled together such that the cooling fluid passes through the coupled cooling channels from one module to a second module. In this way heater modules can be combined to provide an inductively heated mold system for a variety of mold body sizes, or lengths. |
| US11752682B2 |
Extruder screw having paths within the screw, extruder, and extrusion method
An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened. |
| US11752681B2 |
Method for producing fused unplasticised polyvinyl chloride articles
A method for producing a fused unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) article (126) is provided. The method includes feeding an UPVC blend (103) into a co-rotating twin-screw extruder (100). The method further includes melting the UPVC blend (103) and conveying fused UPVC to an outlet (120) of the co-rotating twin-screw extruder (100). The method also includes collecting the fused UPVC from the outlet (120) at a rate of at least 100 kilograms/hour per litre of free volume (124) of the co-rotating twin-screw extruder (100). |
| US11752677B2 |
Method for on-line measurement of polymer melt temperature and apparatus thereof
The present disclosure discloses a method for on-line measurement of the polymer melt temperature, comprising: on-line measurement of ultrasonic sound velocity c of melt in an injection molding process, on-line measurement of melt pressure P in the injection molding process, and obtaining melt temperature T in the injection molding process by formula (1). The present disclosure also discloses an apparatus for on-line measurement of the polymer melt temperature. The method and the apparatus provided in the present disclosure may enable on-line and in-situ characterization of the melt density and further enable on-line quantitative measurement of the melt quality. Compared with infrared measurement methods, the method provided herein is significantly reduced in cost, which is of great significance to theoretical researches of crystallization process and shear heating. |
| US11752672B2 |
Moulding tool for foam overmolding a glass pane and at least one insert part
The invention relates to a molding tool having a tool upper part (10) and a tool lower part (20), having a glass pane (30) arranged between tool upper part (10) and tool lower part (20) and at least one sheet metal insert part (32; 321, 322, 323, 324) that can be connected to the glass pane (30) by means of foam overmolding (36) made of plastic. For an increased process reliability when connecting sheet metal insert parts (32; 321, 322, 323, 324) to panes (30), the invention provides that at least one sensor (40) for detecting the position of the sheet metal insert part (32; 321, 322, 323, 324) is arranged on the tool upper part (10) and/or the tool lower part (20) on the side of the glass pane (30) that is located opposite the at least one sheet metal insert part (32; 321, 322, 323, 324). |
| US11752670B2 |
Imprint method, imprint apparatus, and method of manufacturing article
The present invention provides an imprint method of forming a pattern of an imprint material on a shot region of a substrate using a mold, the method comprising: supplying the imprint material onto the shot region so as to arrange droplets of the imprint material in arrangement patterns different from each other between a first partial region and a second partial region adjacent to each other in the shot region; performing alignment between the mold and the shot region after it is started to bring the mold and the imprint material into contact with each other; performing preliminary curing of irradiating the imprint material on the shot region with light to increase a viscoelasticity of the imprint material before the alignment is completed; and performing main curing of curing the imprint material on the shot region after the alignment is completed. |
| US11752669B2 |
Method of fabricating 3D vacuum insulated refrigerator structure having core material
A method of fabricating a vacuum insulated refrigerator structure includes positioning a first barrier film in a female mold cavity. Porous filler material is positioned on the barrier film, and a second barrier film is positioned over the porous filler material. A male mold is brought into contact with the second barrier film to deform and compress the porous filler material into a 3D shape. A vacuum is formed between the first and second barrier films, and the first and second peripheral edge portions are sealed together to form a vacuum insulated core. The vacuum insulated core may be positioned between a liner and a wrapper to form an insulated refrigerator cabinet, door, or other vacuum insulated component. |
| US11752662B2 |
Process and device for preparing a 3-dimensional body, in particular a green body
The invention relates in a first aspect to a process for preparing a 3-dimensional body, in particular a vitreous or ceramic body, which comprises at least the following steps: a) providing an electrostatically stabilized suspension of particles; b) effecting a local destabilization of the suspension of particles by means of a localized electrical discharge between a charge injector and the suspension at a predetermined position and causing an aggregation and precipitation of the particles at said position; c) repeating step b) at different positions and causing the formation of larger aggregates until a final aggregate of particles representing a (porous) 3-dimensional body (green body) having predetermined dimensions has been formed; wherein the charge injector includes i) at least one discharge electrode which does not contact said suspension of particles or ii) a source of charged particles. A second aspect of the invention relates to a device, in particular for performing the above process, comprising at least the following components: —a vessel for receiving an electrostatically stabilized suspension of particles, —a charge injector, in particular including one or more electrodes or a source of high-energy charged particles, —means for moving the electrode and/or the vessel in the x, y and z directions, —a counter electrode arranged in the vessel for a contact with the suspension of particles, —one or more sensors for determining geometrical and physical parameters within said vessel. In one preferred embodiment, said device further comprises a means for directing a beam of gas-ionizing radiation, in particular a laser beam, to a predetermined position within the vessel. |
| US11752660B2 |
Aqueous wax emulsions and dispersions and uses thereof
An aqueous wax emulsion or dispersion comprising, wax, water and an emulsifier wherein the emulsifier comprises purified kraft lignin and a water-soluble base. A process for preparing said aqueous wax dispersions and their use. |
| US11752656B2 |
Cutting link, a saw chain and a chainsaw apparatus having the same, and a method for manufacturing the same
A cutting link, a saw chain and a chainsaw apparatus having the same, and a method for manufacturing the same. The cutting link includes: a body; a depth gauge protruding upwardly from a top side of the body; and a cutting portion protruding upwardly from the top side of the body and located at rearward side of the depth gauge, wherein the cutting portion includes a cutting edge, a rake face adjacent to the cutting edge, and a clearance face adjacent to the cutting edge, and wherein the cutting portion has one or more hardened areas including a first surface hardened area which covers at least the rake face, with other areas of the cutting link being non-surface hardened areas. The chain is a single use chain with predictable long life and economical use, and capable of minimizing the risk of chain shot. |
| US11752654B2 |
Auxiliary saw fences
Auxiliary fences for a saw that includes a saw blade and a primary fence. The auxiliary fence includes a fixed plate and a moveable plate. The fixed plate is removably coupled to the primary fence. The moveable plate is moveably coupled to the fixed plate. The moveable plate extends between a trailing end and a leading end longitudinally opposite the trailing end. The leading end is disposed proximate a cutting path of the saw. The trailing end is disposed distal the cutting path. The moveable plate is configured to move to selectively adjust the spacing between the leading end and the cutting path. |
| US11752648B2 |
Blade assembly having entrapped spring
A blade assembly for a hair cutting apparatus includes a first blade having teeth extending along a first blade edge, and a second blade having teeth extending along a second blade edge. A distance between the first and second blade edges defines a blade gap. A yoke is coupled to the second blade and configured to convert motion of a drive into reciprocation of the second blade relative to the first blade to cut hair. A spring includes a spring base and at least one spring arm configured to reciprocate with the second blade. A guide assembly includes a guide and a spring retainer, the guide being positioned between the first blade and the second blade, and the spring retainer fixing the spring base relative to the first blade, wherein in response to moving the guide relative to the first blade, the blade gap changes. |
| US11752647B2 |
Hair clipper bladeset with combined drive elements
A hair clipper bladeset includes a stationary blade having a front, stationary toothed edge and an opposite, stationary rear edge, the stationary blade defining a transverse track, a moving blade having a front, moving toothed edge and an opposite, moving rear edge, and a lower blade guide disposed between the moving blade and the stationary blade and configured for reciprocating in the track and maintaining lateral alignment of the moving blade relative to the stationary blade during lateral reciprocating movement of the moving blade. The moving blade has an engagement formation. An upper blade guide connects with the engagement formation for moving with the moving blade in the lateral reciprocating movement. A drive arm has a blade end operatively engaging the upper blade guide, and an opposite follower end configured for receiving a hair clipper drive element, the drive arm pivots about a drive post located on the stationary blade. |
| US11752646B2 |
Portable and easy-to-use alternate fish cutter
A portable and easy-to-use alternate fish cutter is provided. It includes a housing constituting a handle, a cutting knife, a driving mechanism, a switch button, and a power supply module. The cutting knife includes a pair of left and right knives arranged side by side. It also includes left and right knife arms. It also includes a worm wheel arranged behind the left knife arm and the right knife arm. It also includes a left connecting rod and a right connecting rod. It also includes a worm and a motor for driving the worm wheel to rotate. Surfaces of the worm wheel and the worm are both provided with mutually meshing helical teeth. The structure of the invention is small and portable, fits the shape of traditional knives, can improve the efficiency and experience of slaughtering. |
| US11752645B2 |
Non-planar linear actuator
A drive system includes a linear actuator with a drive shaft and having an actuation axis extending along a length of the linear actuator. A motor assembly of the drive system couples to drive shaft and is configured to rotate the drive shaft about the actuation axis of the linear actuator. The drive system further includes a nut attached to the drive shaft and a carrier housing the nut. A linkage system of the drive system extends from a proximal end away from the motor assembly to a distal end. The proximal end of the linkage system rotatably attaches to the carrier at a first proximal attachment location where the first proximal attachment location offset is from the actuation axis. The drive system also includes an output link rotatably coupled to the distal end of the linkage system where the output link is offset from the actuation axis. |
| US11752643B2 |
Robot hand guide device
A robot hand guide device includes a first connection flange configured to connect the robot hand guide device to a tool flange of a robot arm, a second connection flange configured to fasten a tool to be handled by the robot arm to the robot hand guide device, and a transfer apparatus configured to transfer forces and torques between the first connection flange and the second connection flange. A sensor device attached to the transfer apparatus is configured to detect forces and torques transferred via the transfer apparatus. The robot hand guide device further includes at least a first connection element connected to the first connection flange and configured for detachably connecting a guide handle of the robot hand guide device to the first connection flange. |
| US11752634B2 |
Rotatable fastener verification
A system is disclosed for verification of the installation of a component such as a side curtain air bag into a vehicle passenger compartment where energy absorbing quarter-turn fasteners attached to the air bag are employed to affix hanger brackets to structural base plates in the vehicle. The system includes an image capturing camera, stored data in a machine readable form of an acceptable installation, a central processing unit to compare the captured images to the stored machine readable data and an output generator to create an output signal based on the results of the comparison. |
| US11752627B2 |
Autonomous device for transporting items
A fully autonomous mobile robot is provided that transports items from one area to another. The mobile robot includes a variety of mechanisms that capture an item from a first surface and moves the item within the confines of the mobile robot. The item can then be transported to another surface either within the confines of the mobile robot or to another location. |
| US11752622B2 |
Extension tool having a plurality of links
An extension tool includes a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable to a first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links rigidly fixed to one another in the first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links defining a first passage and a second passage, the second passage being separate from the first passage when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are rigidly fixed to one another. |
| US11752620B2 |
Cooperation among mobile robots using 5G/6G communications
The future of manufacturing, agriculture, distribution, healthcare, and virtually every other labor-intensive endeavor is robotic—a multitude of autonomous, mobile, robotic systems. One of the many problems this will bring is the coordination of independently-navigating robots in limited spaces. Communication is the key to coordination. Fixed-position and mobile robots can identify and localize each other in real-time using pulses of visible or infrared light, synchronized with wireless messages in 5G or 6G. A fixed-position robotic assembly device can identify a mobile robot bringing raw components, by exchanging synchronized pulses and messages. Busy robots in a distribution center can avoid collisions and improve throughput by coordinating with other proximate robots, using the communication tools provided herein. Fixed-position robots can enforce boundary conditions and provide oversight, keeping innumerable mobile devices in-lane and on-task. Many other aspects and applications are provided. |
| US11752619B2 |
Gear motor and cooperating robot
A gear motor includes a motor and a speed reducer and drives a joint portion of a cooperating robot which performs a work in collaboration with a person. In addition, in the gear motor, an operation ratio is 20% ED or less, a reduction ratio of the speed reducer is 30 or less, and an output rotating speed of the motor is 1000 rpm or less. |
| US11752618B2 |
Compact device designed to be positioned close to a joint and general system comprising such a compact device
A device intended to be positioned close to a joint between two parts, the device including a first interface carried by a first of the two parts and a second interface carried by a second of the two parts, the device including at least one connection between the first interface and the second interface. The connection includes two cylinders mounted in parallel so that each cylinder is connected by its output rod to the first interface and by its body to the second interface, the simultaneous displacement of the two output rods allowing, when in use, movement of the second part of the joint relative to the first part of the joint. A general system including the device as well as a fluid-supply unit for said device are also provided. |
| US11752614B2 |
Handle for holding dispenser
A handle assembly includes a first arm member. The first arm member defines a proximal end and a distal end. A hand-grip is coupled to the proximal end of the first arm member. A second arm member is pivotally coupled with the distal end of the first arm member. The second arm member defines a distal end. A dispenser holding assembly is supported at the distal end of the second arm member. The dispenser holding assembly is configured to hold a dispenser. |
| US11752611B2 |
Dead blow slide hammer
A dead blow slide hammer body with a through bore that receives and slides on a shaft. The hammer body includes one-or-more internal longitudinal cavities, lateral to the through bore, filled with a dampening material. When the hammer body sliding on the shaft strikes a slide stop, the dampening material creates a “dead blow” effect, increasing the duration of impact, while insulating a user from the shock. |
| US11752606B1 |
Grasping and positioning tool and methods of using it
A grasping and positioning tool is provided that can be used to position a channel insert within channel framing. The tool includes an expandable member that can frictionally engage the channel insert in one position of the tool and release the channel insert in another position of the tool. The tool can be used to permit single handed placement of a channel nut or similar insert into channel framing. |
| US11752604B2 |
System and method for measuring torque and angle
The present invention relates to torque application tools, such as an electronic torque screwdriver, with a multiple axis gyroscope (such as a 3-axis gyroscope or other type of gyroscope) and torque sensor that allows for simultaneous or sequential measurement of torque and angle around the axis of the tool. Targets for torque and angle measurements may be used to create algorithms to detect breakaway torque, residual torque, or to perform error proofing to ensure unique fasteners are tightened. |
| US11752601B2 |
Mounting device for insulation holders
Mounting device for inserting insulation holders into insulation material, where the mounting device comprises a drive head adapted to drive the insulation holder through a central opening of the head portion of the mounting device, where the central opening is provided with a threaded portion, where the lead pitch of the threaded portion is at least 30 millimetres. The advantage of the invention is that insulation holders can be inserted into insulation material in an easy and cost-effective way. An insulation holder can be driven completely through the central opening since the insulation holder does not have a protruding head. The insulation holder is provided with a thread corresponding to the thread of the central opening, such that the insulation holder is screwed into the insulation material. |