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| US11016646B1 |
Method and mechanism for context driven alteration of UI artifacts instances behavior using expression based pluggable UI aspects
A selection of a user interface artifact from a set of one or more user interface artifacts associated with a first user interface to an enterprise content management system is received. A selection of a user interface aspect from a set of one or more user interface aspects is received. Each user interface aspect in the set of user interface aspects is capable of modifying at least one user interface artifact from the set of user interface artifact. A second user interface to the enterprise content management system is generated using the selected user interface artifact and the selected user interface aspect where the selected user interface artifact in the second user interface is implemented per the selected user interface aspect. |
| US11016635B2 |
Layout system for devices with variable display screen sizes and orientations
A method for operating a data processing system having a display screen on which a GUI is displayed is disclosed. The GUI has a plurality of configurations having different aspect ratios or numbers of pixels. The method includes providing a layout description and a runtime system that generates the GUI in response to the layout description and the display configuration. The layout description defines a first container having a plurality of components to be shown in the GUI within a first container space. Each component has a component layout description within the first container. The runtime system automatically allocates the first container space depending on the display configuration, and automatically divides the first container space into a plurality of component spaces. Each component is shown in a corresponding one of the component spaces. The first container space and the component spaces automatically change when the display configuration changes. |
| US11016625B2 |
Display panel and deformation sensing method thereof, and display device
A display panel and deformation sensing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, and a deformation sensing unit on the substrate; the deformation sensing unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode, the second electrode and the third electrode being configured to form a first capacitor, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to form a second capacitor, the first electrode and the third electrode being configured to form a third capacitor, and the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor being configured to determine a shape-state of the display panel. |
| US11016623B2 |
Touch sensor panel
A touch sensor panel may be provided that includes a plurality of drive electrodes formed in a first layer; and a plurality of receiving electrodes which are arranged to cross the plurality of drive electrodes and are formed in a second layer. In the plurality of drive electrodes, a column of drive electrodes is formed by connecting a plurality of lozenge-shaped unit electrodes in a column direction, and the drive electrodes of each column are disposed at a regular interval in a row direction. The plurality of receiving electrodes are composed of a line having a predetermined width and are arranged in the row direction in such a way as to pass through a center of the unit electrode. Through this, the touch sensor panel capable of linearly detecting the change of the capacitance is provided, so that touch position can be accurately detected. |
| US11016619B2 |
Touch panel, method of manufacturing the same and touch display panel
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a touch panel a method of manufacturing the touch panel and a touch display panel. The touch panel includes a touch substrate; and a plurality of touch electrodes on the touch substrate, the plurality of touch electrodes being spaced apart from each other in a first direction and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a width of each of the touch electrodes gradually increases or decreases in the second direction. |
| US11016617B2 |
Touch sensitive processing method and apparatus and touch sensitive system
A touch sensitive processing method, comprising: selecting a detection area including N first electrodes; repeating following steps N times: designating N−1 of the first electrodes among the N first electrodes as a i-th combination, where i is a positive integer ranged from 1 to N; simultaneously applying driving signals to the first electrodes designated as the i-th combination in a first time period; and retrieving i-th period one-dimension sensing information based on sensed induced driving signals of the second electrodes; adding all of the i-th period one-dimension sensing information to generate one all-period one-dimension sensing information; and calculating a two-dimension sensing information according to the all-period one-dimension sensing information and all of the i-th period one-dimension sensing information. |
| US11016613B2 |
Image recognition device, image recognition method and image recognition unit
An image recognition device, an image recognition method and an image recognition unit capable of performing touch recognition high in accuracy. The image recognition device includes a pattern display section adapted to display a first pattern in which bright lines are arranged with a first pitch, and a second pattern in which bright lines are arranged with a second pitch at respective time points different from each other, a measurement point determination section adapted to detect a finger located between a camera and a screen, and determine a fingertip of the finger, and a position detection section adapted to detect the position of the fingertip with respect to the screen based on an image including the first pattern and an image including the second pattern obtained by the camera. |
| US11016611B2 |
Touch processing method and electronic device for supporting the same
An electronic device and method thereof are provided. In one aspect, the electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen with edges, and one or more processors. First and second touch recognition regions are defined adjacent to one of the touch screen edges. The one or more processors determine whether to ignore a touch input based at least on whether the touch input is in one of the first and second touch recognition region and at least one of the type and the duration of the touch input. |
| US11016606B1 |
Method and device for controlling touch screen, and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a method and device for controlling a touch screen, and an electronic device. The method includes: applying a first driving voltage to a voltage input terminal of the bridge, and obtaining a first voltage difference between a first voltage output terminal and a second voltage output terminal of the bridge corresponding to the first driving voltage; determining a first equivalent resistance value of the bridge corresponding to the first driving voltage at a current temperature according to the first driving voltage and a preset equation; determining a first compensation voltage value corresponding to the current temperature according to the first equivalent resistance value, the first voltage difference, and a preset formula; determining whether to trigger a touch unit corresponding to the bridge according to the first voltage difference and the first compensation voltage value. |
| US11016599B2 |
Light distribution controllable touch panel device and display device
Disclosed is a light distribution controllable touch panel device including: an upper transparent substrate; a lower transparent substrate; one or more lower light distribution control electrodes on a top face of the lower transparent substrate; touch panel electrodes on an underface of the upper transparent substrate; electrophoretic elements sandwiched between the one or more lower light distribution control electrodes and the touch panel electrodes, each of the electrophoretic elements including colored electrophoretic particles and dispersion medium; and a controller. The controller is configured to: provide driving potentials to the touch panel electrodes in measuring capacitances for detecting a touch point; and provide driving potentials to the one or more lower light distribution control electrodes with reference to the driving potentials given to the touch panel electrodes to control a state of the colored electrophoretic particles in the plurality of electrophoretic elements. |
| US11016597B2 |
Haptic device with indirect haptic feedback
A device including a body configured to be grasped by a user's hand and a touch surface oriented on a first surface of the body, wherein the touch surface is configured to be engaged by an appendage of the user's hand when the body is grasped by the user's hand. The device also includes a friction modulator associated with the touch surface, wherein the friction modulator is configured to modulate a coefficient of friction between the user's appendage and the touch surface to provide haptic feedback. |
| US11016596B2 |
Input device and image processing apparatus
In an input device: a position detection portion includes a main surface that faces up, and detects a position where an external force is applied on the main surface; a cover member is separated upward from a specific portion of the main surface, covers the specific portion, and exposes an operation portion of the main surface excluding the specific portion; a base portion is provided to be in contact with the cover member, above a separate portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is separated from the operation portion; and a flexible portion extends from the base portion toward the operation portion, and is in contact with an adjacent portion that is a portion of the specific portion and is located between the operation portion and the separate portion, the flexible portion being separated downward from the cover member and flexible with respect to the base portion. |
| US11016595B1 |
Film sensor and touch display including the same
A film sensor includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, and an optical adhesive layer. The metal nanowire layer is formed on the substrate and includes a plurality of electrode wires spaced apart from one another. The optical adhesive layer is formed on the metal nanowire layer and is matched with the metal nanowire layer, such that a line resistance variation of the electrode wires is less than 10% and an insulation resistance between adjacent two of the electrode wires is greater than 300 MΩ under a weathering test conducted at a high temperature of 65° C., a high relative humidity of 90%, and a DC voltage of 5V for 240 hours. |
| US11016594B2 |
Touch sensing type display device and method of fabricating the same
A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate. |
| US11016590B2 |
Vehicle interior systems having a curved cover glass and display or touch panel and methods for forming the same
Embodiments of a vehicle interior system are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the system includes a base with a curved surface, and a display or touch panel disposed on the curved surface. The display includes a cold-bent glass substrate with a thickness of 1.5 mm or less and a first radius of curvature of 20 mm or greater, and a display module and/or touch panel attached to the glass substrate having a second radius of curvature that is within 10% of the first radius of curvature. Methods for forming such systems are also disclosed. |
| US11016587B2 |
Watch crown haptic support to provide detent-like operation
In an embodiment, a system implements detent operation using tactile and audio effects that give the user the effect of a detent without including the mechanical devices that detents would normally imply. The detent operation may be implemented in software and may be synchronized to events on the display of the system (e.g. animation events), which may provide a convincing user experience. A low latency path from the applications and user interface program of the system to the hardware that implements the detent operation may be provided to help ensure that the synchronization of animation events and detent operations is maintained. |
| US11016586B2 |
Method using active stylus and sensor controller, sensor controller, and active stylus
A method of using an active stylus and a sensor controller is provided including generally four steps. The active stylus, in response to a trigger indicative of a pen lowering operation, sends replaceable pen tip information indicating a type of a replaceable pen tip that forms a pen tip of the active stylus. The sensor controller receives the replaceable pen tip information and identifies the replaceable pen tip type of the active stylus. The active stylus repeatedly sends a data signal including a pen pressure value applied to the replaceable pen tip. The sensor controller derives a position of the active stylus based on the data signal using a position deriving method that corresponds to the replaceable pen tip information. |
| US11016585B2 |
Electronic pen including waterproof structure and electronic device including the same
According to various exemplary embodiments, an electronic pen and an electronic device for detecting the same are provided. The electronic pen includes: a pen housing; a substrate assembly mounted inside the pen housing, and comprises a coil and a substrate which configured to generate a resonant frequency by an induced current generated in the coil; and at least one packing member disposed on at least a part of the substrate of the substrate assembly, and includes at least a part thereof overlap an inner surface of the pen housing when the substrate assembly is mounted in the pen housing. |
| US11016584B2 |
Electronic device having a curved display and control method thereof
An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main display area and an auxiliary display area extended from the main display area, a sensing part configured to detect a signal of an electronic pen located on the display, and a processor configured to control the electronic device according to the detected signal. The processor is further configured to, based on an area in which the signal is detected being a first area of the auxiliary display area, carry out a first function corresponding to the signal, and based on an area in which the signal is detected being a second area of the auxiliary display area, to carry out a second function corresponding to the signal. |
| US11016580B1 |
Mouse
A mouse includes an optical module and a casing. The optical module includes an optical element and two rotation portions. The optical element locates between the rotation portions. The casing includes a body, two extension portions, a driving piece and a rod. The extension portions connect to the body and define a space therebetween. The optical module locates at the space. The rotation portions insert into the extension portions. The driving piece moves inside the body and the extension portions. The driving piece is connected with one of the rotation portions and configured to rotate the corresponding rotation portion such that the optical element faces to a first direction or a second direction different from the first direction. A first end of the rod connects with the driving piece to move the driving piece. A second end of the rod is exposable outside the body. |
| US11016574B2 |
Millimeter-wave-radar-based electromagnetic apparatus
A wearable electromagnetic, EM, apparatus includes: at least one antenna operable in a millimeter-wave-radar-based, MWRB, application; at least one computer processor disposed in signal communication with the at least one antenna; an attachment system configured and adapted to attach to an actor; the at least one antenna and the at least one computer processor disposed in a supported relationship with the attachment system, such that the attachment system with the supported at least one antenna and the at least one computer processor at least partially forms a wearable apparatus that is wearable by the actor. |
| US11016572B2 |
Efficient detection of human machine interface interaction using a resonant phase sensing system
A system may include a tactile actuator for providing tactile feedback and a resonant phase sensing system. The resonant phase sensing system may include a resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and a measurement circuit communicatively coupled to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor and the tactile actuator. The resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor may be configured to measure phase information associated with the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, based on the phase information, detect an indication of human interaction with the system proximate to the resistive-inductive-capacitive sensor, and trigger the tactile actuator to generate tactile feedback responsive to detecting the indication of human interaction. |
| US11016571B2 |
Operator control unit for a device
The operator control unit (10) for a device is provided with an operator control element (14) which has a touch-sensitive operator control surface (16). The operator control element (14) is, for the purpose of being automatically returned to its inoperative position after being deflected out of said inoperative position, elastically mounted in said inoperative position. The mechanical excitation of the operator control element (14) out of its inoperative position for the purpose of tactile feedback in response to operation of the operator control element (14) is performed by means of an actuator (24). A sensor (26) identifies the movement of the operator control element (14) and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element (14). When a movement of the operator control element (14) and/or an acceleration and/or force acting on the operator control element (14) are/is identified without sensing contact with the operator control surface (16), the evaluation and actuation unit (22) actuates the actuator (24) to maintain the inoperative position of the operator control element (14) and/or to move the operator control element (14) back to its inoperative position and/or to stabilize the operator control element (14). |
| US11016569B2 |
Wearable device and method for providing feedback of wearable device
A method performed by a wearable device to provide feedback includes detecting a user motion; determining, based on the detected user motion, a body part to which a feedback signal is to be transmitted; generating the feedback signal; and outputting the feedback signal, wherein the feedback signal is an electrical signal to stimulate muscles of the body part. |
| US11016567B1 |
Letter and number recognition system using EEG-fNIRS for speech impaired people
A brain-computer interface (BCI) designed with a hybrid electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for letter and number recognition system for people who cannot speak. By this system, the words and numbers a subject thinks of are reflected on a display screen. A speech tool has been designed for these individuals allowing them to express themselves. |
| US11016564B2 |
System and method for providing information
Systems, methods and apparatus for presenting information using an electronic device. In an aspect, when a standby or idle device detects that a user gazes at it, it starts showing content items on a display. In other aspects, when a standby or idle device detects that a user shakes it, taps on it, or speaks to it, plus that the user gazes at it, the device begins to show content items on a display. The content items may include advertisements. |
| US11016563B2 |
Image changes based on voice
An embodiment combines the concepts of image enhancement and voice-sound command and control to enhance the experience of viewing images by tracking where the viewer is indicating with his/her voice. The result is to make the viewing experience more like viewing the original scene, or to enhance the viewing experience in new ways beyond the original experience, either automatically, or by interacting with a photographer's previously specified intentions for what should happen when the viewer identifies, with his/her voice sounds, including, but not limited to, words, voice tone, voice inflection, voice pitch, or voice loudness, a particular portion of an image or images taken by that photographer. |
| US11016561B2 |
Multimodal eye tracking
A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye. |
| US11016560B1 |
Video timewarp for mixed reality and cloud rendering applications
A mixed reality (MR) system is disclosed. The MR system may determine a first predicted head pose corresponding to a time that virtual reality imagery is rendered, determine a second predicted head pose corresponding to a selected point in time during a camera shutter period, and combine the virtual reality imagery with the stereoscopic imagery based on the first predicted head pose and the second predicted head pose. A simulator that employs remote (e.g., cloud) rendering is also disclosed. The simulator/client device may determine a first pose (e.g., vehicle pose and/or head pose), receive video imagery rendered by a remote server based on the first pose, and apply a timewarp correction to the video imagery based on a comparison of the first pose and a second pose. |
| US11016559B2 |
Display system and display control method of display system
A terminal display device which a user wears on a user's head displays on a display unit an information object to be overlapped with a field of view of the user, detects a motion of the terminal display device, and stores a pattern of a motion of the terminal display device and an operation content of the information object that is displayed in association with each other. An information type management memory unit stores information related to a display mode of each of the information objects. A display control unit determines an operation content of the terminal display device based on the motion that is detected and an association between the motion pattern and the operation content, specifies the information object disposed at a predetermined position of the display unit, and performs an operation specified with the determined operation content on the specified information object. |
| US11016556B2 |
Instruction and logic for parallel multi-step power management flow
A parallel multi-step power management flow apparatus and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit comprises a plurality of processing entities to execute operations, a power controller coupled to the plurality of processing entities to control power management for the plurality of processing entities, and a plurality of agents, where each of the plurality of agents is operable to perform a power control flow for one of the processing entities by separately scheduling, using a scheduler, and executing a plurality of power control flow phases in response to a plurality of requests received from the power controller, and each agent is operable to send a plurality of acknowledgements, one acknowledgement for each phase, upon completion of the plurality of power control flow phases. |
| US11016554B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus
A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of chips and a first bypass switch. The chips are coupled in series between a power end and a reference ground end. The first bypass switch is coupled in series between a first end and a second end of a first chip among the chips, wherein the first end is coupled to the power end and the second end is coupled to the reference ground end. The first bypass switch is turned on according to a first control signal when an operational efficiency of the first chip is less than a threshold value and the first chip is determined to be damaged. |
| US11016552B2 |
Image forming apparatus
To provide an image forming apparatus whose detection range of a person by using a pyroelectric sensor is adjustable without adjusting sensitivity of the pyroelectric sensor, an image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus main body; and a pyroelectric sensor that detects presence of a person based on light received from the periphery of the image forming apparatus main body, wherein the pyroelectric sensor is rotatably mounted to the image forming apparatus main body. |
| US11016551B2 |
Thermal rotation of power supply phases
Power supply circuitry and enhanced associated techniques are presented herein. In one example, a method includes powering a circuit with a plurality of power supply phases, and monitoring thermal properties of the plurality of power supply phases. Responsive to the thermal properties indicating at least one of the plurality of power supply phases exceeds a thermal threshold, the method includes selecting a dormant power supply phase to supplant the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases. |
| US11016547B2 |
Control of electronic displays
An electronic display has a display panel with a display surface visible through a housing. A processor controls functions of the display and operating conditions within the housing. Input sensors are disposed within the housing and sense operating conditions within the housing. Output components respond to control signals. Modules have a unique address identifier and a connection to one of the input sensors and output components. A CAN bus communicates between the modules and electronic processor. Processing of signals received from the input sensors and control signals is distributed amongst microcontrollers on the modules. The processor uses a unique address identifier to receive a temperature reading from a module connected to a temperature sensor; process the temperature reading to determine one or more new fan speed setting; and send data via the bus to a module to a fan speed to the new setting. |
| US11016542B1 |
Touch pad sensors operative as antennas
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for touch pad sensors that are further operative as antennas, are disclosed. One apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors, a controller, and a radio. The controller is operative to receive sensed signals of the plurality of touch sensors, and provide controls of the apparatus in response to the receive sensed signals of the plurality of touch sensors. The radio is operative to wirelessly communicate with an external wireless device. One or more conductive lines electrically connect the radio with one or more of the plurality of touch sensors, wherein the plurality of touch sensors operate as one or more antennas for facilitating the wireless communication. |
| US11016540B2 |
Bi-stable synchronized dual axle hinge
A portable information handling system housing rotationally couples first and second housing portions with a hinge assembly having first and second breakaway brackets that define an adjacent position of the first and second housing portions relative to each other and a spread position. The first and second breakaway brackets expand the spacing between the first and second housing portions in the event that the housing portions close over an object disposed between them. The breakaway brackets bias to the adjacent position with a biasing device and a retainer that maintains the adjacent position unless a predetermined force is applied through the hinge assembly at the breakaway brackets. |
| US11016537B2 |
Mobile terminal and control method therof
A mobile terminal includes a body including first and second bodies and being in one of a first state where the first and second bodies are positioned on the same plane and a second state where one of the first and second bodies is folded with respect to the other, and a display assembly disposed at one side of the first and second bodies, at least part of the display assembly being superposed on the first and second bodies. The display assembly includes a flat area remaining flat in the second state, and a bent area bent in the second state. The display assembly includes a display panel, a first layer provided to the front side of the display panel, and a second layer provided to the rear side of the display panel. |
| US11016531B2 |
Foldable device and method for controlling image capturing by using plurality of cameras
The disclosure relates to a foldable electronic device and a method for controlling image capturing by using a plurality of cameras. The foldable electronic device includes: a first housing including a first surface and a third surface; a second housing including a second surface and a fourth surface; a first display disposed on the first and second surfaces; a second display disposed on the third surface; a first camera module disposed on the third surface; second camera modules disposed on the fourth surface; a memory; and a processor. The processor is configured to: when the foldable electronic device is in a closed state, display a preview image obtained from the first camera module on the second display; detect a user input for changing an image capturing mode; sense whether a state of the foldable electronic device is changed; and when the state of the foldable electronic device is changed, display information relating to the second camera modules on the second display. Other embodiments are possible and disclosed. |
| US11016528B2 |
Foldable electronic device
A foldable electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a pivot module, a linkage mechanism, and an input module. The pivot module is connected to the first body and the second body. The second body is pivoted on the first body through the pivot module. The linkage mechanism is disposed in the first body and is connected to the pivot module. The input module is movably disposed on the first body through the linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism is configured to be driven by the pivot module to cause the input module to move to be close to or away from the pivot module and cause the input module to be inclined or parallel to the first body. |
| US11016527B2 |
Electronic device including foldable housing and flexible display
Disclosed is an electronic device capable of maintaining flatness of a display by minimizing stress occurring at an inflection point at which a length of the display changes rapidly upon folding. |
| US11016526B2 |
Integrated circuit with clock distribution
An integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) is disclosed, which is configured to be connected to an antenna module (3) having multiple antenna elements (17). The integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) comprises a plurality of communications circuits (50j), each of which is configured to be connected to an antenna element (17) of the antenna module (3). It also comprises a first clock input terminal (551) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a first clock-distribution network (601) connected between the first clock input terminal (551) and a first subset (651) of the communication circuits (50j). Furthermore, it comprises a second clock input terminal (552) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a second clock-distribution network (601) connected between the second clock input terminal (552) and a second subset (652) of the communication circuits (50j). |
| US11016516B2 |
Energy packet switches
Energy packet switches (EPS) employing supercapacitors as storage provide aggregation and delivery of energy to users based on shared-capacitance in a digital power grid. The EPS aggregates energy from one or multiple energy sources, stores and dispatches the energy in discrete amounts as energy packets to one or multiple users. The payload of the energy packet is adjusted by the voltages of the supercapacitors which are used as energy containers for both the EPS and the users. The EPS has a control plane where data transmitted is used to control the operation of the EPS, and a power plane to receive and transmit energy between ports. The power and data planes work in parallel and with a parallel data network. Control and management of the EPS are based on a request-grant transport protocol. The data network is used to receive energy requests and grants, and a granting scheme is used to select which loads are granted energy. By sending addresses of granted loads on the data network and energy on the energy grid, energy is delivered to addressed destinations. |
| US11016514B2 |
Control line stabilizer for a pressure regulator
A control line stabilizer includes a body defining an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, a passageway connecting the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber, a first seat, and a second seat. A disc is disposed in the passageway and is movable between a first closed position, in which the disc engages the first seat, an open position, in which the disc is spaced away from the first seat and the second seat, and a second closed position in which the disc engages the second seat. A first spring is disposed in the outlet chamber and is operatively coupled to the disc. A second spring is disposed in the inlet chamber and is operatively coupled to the disc. The disc restricts fluid flow through the passageway by moving to the first closed position and by moving to the second closed position. |
| US11016512B2 |
Externally adjustable flow management valve assembly and system
Disclosed is a system and valve assembly that can be used to promote the laminar flow of a variety of fluids and gases. In one embodiment, the valve assembly can be used to remove entrained water bubbles from a water supply. This, in turn, increases the density of water running through an associated water meter. This ensures that the water meter is not inaccurately including entrained air as metered water. The result is more accurate water readings and reduced utility bills. The assembly can be externally adjusted using an adjustment tool so as to increase or decrease the tension on an interior spring which, in turn, increases or decreases the rate at which the interior block oscillates. |
| US11016506B2 |
Propulsor trim prediction for aircraft
A control circuitry includes a first filter configured to filter a gravity compensated longitudinal acceleration of an aircraft to generate a filtered gravity compensated longitudinal acceleration. The propulsor trim control circuitry also includes a second filter configured to generate a filtered speed of the aircraft based on a speed of the aircraft. The propulsor trim control circuitry includes intermediary circuitry configured to generate a filtered longitudinal control effector error based on the filtered gravity compensated longitudinal acceleration and the speed. The propulsor trim control circuitry also includes a third filter configured to generate a filtered longitudinal thrust effector command value based on a longitudinal thrust effector command value. The propulsor trim control circuitry further includes output circuitry configured to generate a predicted longitudinal thrust effector trim value for a target horizontal state based on the filtered longitudinal control effector error and the filtered longitudinal thrust effector command value. |
| US11016502B1 |
Autonomous travel system
There is provided an autonomous travel system with which a travel route of an autonomous travel device can be easily set.The autonomous travel system includes an autonomous travel device (2), a line (1) for guiding travel that is placed on a travel route traveled by the autonomous travel device (2), and a marker (3) that is placed on the travel route. To the marker (3), operation control information related to an operation of the autonomous travel device (2) is recorded so as to be readable. The autonomous travel device (2) includes a detection unit (line sensor (21)) that detects the line (1), an acquisition unit (detection sensor (22)) that acquires the operation control information from the marker (3), and a control unit (23) that controls an operation of the autonomous travel device (2) on the basis of a detection result from the detection unit and the operation control information acquired by the acquisition unit. |
| US11016496B2 |
Transferring synthetic LiDAR system data to real world domain for autonomous vehicle training applications
Methods and systems are disclosed for correlating synthetic LiDAR data to a real-world domain for use in training an autonomous vehicle in how to operate in an environment. To do this, the system will obtain a data set of synthetic LiDAR data, transfer the synthetic LiDAR data to a two-dimensional representation, use the two-dimensional representation to train a model of a real-world environment, and use the trained model of the real-world environment to train an autonomous vehicle. |
| US11016495B2 |
Method and system for end-to-end learning of control commands for autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods are provided for end-to-end learning of commands for controlling an autonomous vehicle. A pre-processor pre-processes image data acquired by sensors at a current time step (CTS) to generate pre-processed image data that is concatenated with additional input(s) (e.g., a segmentation map and/or optical flow map) to generate a dynamic scene output. A convolutional neural network (CNN) processes the dynamic scene output to generate a feature map that includes extracted spatial features that are concatenated with vehicle kinematics to generate a spatial context feature vector. An LSTM network processes, during the (CTS), the spatial context feature vector at the (CTS) and one or more previous LSTM outputs at corresponding previous time steps to generate an encoded temporal context vector at the (CTS). The fully connected layer processes the encoded temporal context vector to learn control command(s) (e.g., steering angle, acceleration rate and/or a brake rate control commands). |
| US11016493B2 |
Planning robot stopping points to avoid collisions
An example method includes determining a path to be followed by a vehicle through an environment. The path includes an ordered sequence of positions. The method also includes determining an intersection between a first object in the environment and a first area planned to be occupied by the vehicle while moving along the path and, in response, sequentially testing the ordered sequence of positions to identify a first ordinal position in the ordered sequence of positions, where the first ordinal position corresponds to a second area planned to be occupied by the vehicle while moving along the path, and where the second area is within a threshold distance of the first object. The method additionally includes trimming the path to remove (i) the first ordinal position and (ii) any positions subsequent thereto and causing the vehicle to stop at an end of the trimmed path. |
| US11016488B2 |
Aerial operation support and real-time management
A method for supporting aerial operation over a surface includes obtaining a representation of the surface that comprises a plurality of flight sections, and identifying a flight path based on the representation of the surface. The flight path allows an aircraft, when following the flight path, to conduct an operation over the flight sections. |
| US11016487B1 |
Optimizing a navigation path of a robotic device
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for using a drone to monitor a community. The drone may include a processor and a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving an instruction to deploy based on a determination, by a community monitoring system that an event was detected at a property of the community, navigating towards the property along an initial navigation path, obtaining local monitoring system data from a local monitoring system of a property of the community, generating based on the local monitoring system data a navigational model that identifies a location of each of one or more surveillance objectives, determining an adjusted navigation path to a location of a surveillance objective of the one or more surveillance objectives, and navigating along the adjusted navigation path. |
| US11016481B2 |
Error detection and resetting of a robotic work tool
A method of controlling a mobile communication device comprising a wireless communication interface and a display is disclosed. The method comprising: executing a mobile application for controlling a robotic work tool; receiving an error signal through said wireless communication interface from said robotic work tool; displaying an error status on the display; disabling functions relating to an operating state; receiving a reset signal through said wireless communication interface from said robotic work tool; and in response thereto enabling the functions relating to an operating state. |
| US11016479B2 |
System and method for fleet reliabity monitoring
A computer-based monitoring system and monitoring method implemented in computer software for analyzing the reliability data collected in the maintenance and repair operations in a fleet of assets with parts of the same type over a period of time. The reliability data include reliability event data, such as failures, repairs, and replacements of the parts. The reliability data further include asset usage data, such as usage time, or usage missions, or usage mileage, or usage flight hours, or such. The monitoring system analyses historical reliability data to build a reliability model. This model is further used in reliability SPC algorithms detecting bad actor assets and bad actor parts that show consistently worse reliability than normal parts and assets. |
| US11016476B2 |
Monitoring and reporting of industrial equipment status
A system includes one or more sensors coupled to industrial equipment, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to obtain one or more measurements associated with one or more operating characteristics of the industrial equipment. The system also includes a computing device that includes a user interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: receive the one or more measurements of the one or more operating characteristics of the industrial equipment; determine a status of the industrial equipment based on the one or more measurements; determine a date and a time based on the one or more measurements; and update a cell in a grid of cells organized according to time increments based on the status, the date, and the time. |
| US11016473B2 |
Process control system and data processing method
A process control system includes: one or a plurality of field devices configured to be placed in a plant; and a control apparatus configured to perform at least one of input and output on the field device to control the plant; and a change trend calculation device configured to calculate a change trend in time-series data including an observed value at each point in time of the field device. |
| US11016471B2 |
Commitment of technical development data
A method for semi-automated development data management for control devices includes saving a development data model in a central data store comprising a plurality of mutually related configuration data units, wherein the configuration data units each store control commands and/or configuration parameters. The method further includes providing a ruleset and identifying an initial configuration data unit, wherein it is possible, using the ruleset, to identify further configuration data units automatically on a basis of a relationship thereof with the initial configuration data unit. In addition, the method includes applying the provided ruleset to the development data model in order to identify a subset of configuration data units within the development data model and saving the identified subset. |
| US11016470B2 |
Conversion of mesh geometry to watertight boundary representation
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for computer aided design of physical structures include: obtaining a first 3D model including a polygon mesh associated with one or more modelled solids, the one or more modelled solids being in a boundary representation format; producing from the polygon mesh a quad patch network that combines, using transfinite interpolation, the polygon mesh with one or more smooth boundary curves corresponding to the one or more modelled solids; defining one or more locally refinable smooth surface representations using the quad patch network as input and based at least in part on a smallest dimension representable by a geometry modeling kernel of a computer aided design program; and combining the one or more locally refinable smooth surface representations with the one or more modelled solids to form a second 3D model that is watertight at the one or more smooth boundary curves. |
| US11016462B2 |
Method, system and apparatus for communication of operational status of controllers on a vehicle
An illustrative example embodiment of a method of communicating between controllers on a vehicle includes communicating a first operation request from a first controller to a second controller. The first operation request is indicative of the second controller performing a first operation. The second controller attempts to perform the first operation at a time when it cannot be performed, determines that the first operation cannot be performed, and communicates an indication that the first operation request cannot currently be satisfied. The second controller continues to attempt to perform the first operation at a subsequent time. |
| US11016458B2 |
Methods and systems for adjusting power consumption based on dynamic power option agreement
Examples relate to adjusting load power consumption based on a power option agreement. A computing system may receive power option data that is based on a power option agreement and specify minimum power thresholds associated with time intervals. The computing system may determine a performance strategy for a load (e.g., set of computing systems) based on a combination of the power option data and one or more monitored conditions. The performance strategy may specify a power consumption target for the load for each time interval such that each power consumption target is equal to or greater than the minimum power threshold associated with each time interval. The computing system may provide instructions the set of computing systems to perform one or more computational operations based on the performance strategy. |
| US11016457B1 |
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for use with SCADA devices having disparate communication technologies
A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system includes an input/output (I/O) management system in communication with a SCADA application and multiple SCADA devices. The I/O management system is configured to receive multiple request messages, and for each of the messages, forward the request message to a device driver associated with the SCADA device, and establish an asynchronous connection for communicating with the SCADA device. The I/O management system then receives request message data associated with the request message from the device driver, and forwards the request message data to the SCADA device through the asynchronous connection. When response message data is received from the SCADA device, the I/O management system forwards the response message data to the device driver for generating a response message. When response message is received from the device driver, the I/O management system forwards the response message to the SCADA application. The request message data is transmitted independently of when the request message data associated with each of the other request messages are transmitted. |
| US11016450B2 |
Real-time predictive systems for intelligent energy monitoring and management of electrical power networks
A system for intelligent monitoring and management of an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a real-time energy pricing engine, virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, a machine learning engine and a schematic user interface creator engine. The real-time energy pricing engine generates real-time utility power pricing data. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The machine learning engine stores and processes patterns observed from the real-time data output and the predicted data output to forecast an aspect of the electrical system. |
| US11016449B2 |
Duplexing process control device
An address and a control data accessed when the CPU performs the program calculation in the control data memory of the control system controller are transmitted to the standby system controller, in the standby system controller, the control data transmitted from the control system controller to the address transmitted from the control system controller before the program calculation of the CPU of the standby system controller is expanded, the control data equalization of the control system controller and the standby system controller is performed, the control data is efficiently transmitted from the control system controller to the standby system controller, thus, the processing performance of the duplexing process control device is improved. |
| US11016443B2 |
Holographic reconstruction apparatus and method
Provided are an improved holographic reconstruction apparatus and method.A holographic reconstruction method includes: obtaining an object hologram of a measurement target object; generating a digital reference hologram calculated from the obtained object hologram; extracting each of a first phase information of the object hologram and a second phase information of the calculated digital reference hologram; calculating a phase information difference from the first phase information of the object hologram and the second phase information of the calculated digital reference hologram; and compensating for distorted phase information based on the calculated phase information difference, and calculating quantitative thickness information of the measurement target object by using the compensated distorted phase information to reconstruct 3-dimensional (3D) shape information and quantitative thickness information of the measurement target object. |
| US11016439B2 |
Process cartridge
There is provided a process cartridge that includes a driving assembly engageable with a driving shaft having a recess in an image forming apparatus. The driving assembly includes a coupling member, configured to receive a driving force from the driving shaft and provided with a power receiving portion engageable with the recess of the driving shaft; and a body portion capable of rotating after receiving the driving force transmitted by the power receiving portion. When the driving assembly is mounted in the image forming apparatus, the power receiving portion can urge the axis of the driving shaft to be inclined with respect to the axis of the driving assembly. The coupling member urges the driving shaft to be inclined to implement engagement and disengagement, thus solving the technical problem in the prior art that the driving assembly has complicated molding process, high production costs and unstable transmission of the driving force. |
| US11016437B2 |
Image forming apparatus that controls regulation unit to switch regulating state of a detachable replacement
The image forming apparatus includes a cartridge replaceable by detachably mounting to the image forming apparatus, a door that takes a closed state or an open state, a locking pin that switches a state of the regulation unit between a regulating state in which the replacement unit is prevented to be detached from the image forming apparatus and a release state in which the replacement unit is to be detachable from the image forming apparatus, and a lock control unit (a control unit) that makes a determination as to whether or not the state of the regulation unit is to be switched from the release state to the regulating state, at a predetermined timing when initial processing is completed after a power source is turned on or a state of the door becomes the closed state from the open state. |
| US11016435B2 |
Drum cartridge and developing cartridge capable of suppressing variation in position of electrical contact surface
A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge including a storage medium having an electrical contact surface is detachably attachable; a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; and a conveying roller. The drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one end portion of the frame in a second direction. The transfer roller is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction and in contact with the drum. The conveying roller is rotatable about a third axis extending in the first direction and separated from the transfer roller in the second direction. A first opening of the frame is positioned between the transfer roller and the conveying roller in the second direction. The electrical contact surface is exposed to an outside through the first opening in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the frame. |
| US11016426B1 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
According to one embodiment, a fixing device, includes a fixing member having a first surface configured to be pressed against a recording medium and a heater on a second surface of the fixing member. A first heat conducting member contacts aback surface side of the heater, and a second heat conducting member is provided to be moveable between a first state, in which the second heat conducting member is in contact with the first heat conducting member and the second surface of the fixing member, and a second state, in which the second heat conducting member is contacting the first heat conducting member, but separated from the second surface of the fixing member. |
| US11016425B2 |
Image heating device and image forming apparatus
In a case where an image formed on a recording material includes a contiguous image portion formed across a plurality of heating regions at a given density, power supplied to a plurality of heating elements that heat the plurality of heating regions is controlled by correcting respective control heating amounts of the plurality of heating regions set in accordance with respective maximum densities of image regions resulting from dividing the image into the plurality of heating regions, so that a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of the control heating amounts among the plurality of heating regions in which the image portion is heated from among the plurality of heating regions, lies within a predetermined range. |
| US11016424B2 |
Image forming apparatus and developer container
An image forming apparatus of the embodiment has a fixing unit and a temperature controller. The fixing unit performs the fixing process of developer transferred to a sheet by applying heat to the sheet at a predetermined fixing temperature. The temperature controller corrects the fixing temperature in the fixing process based on information indicating the manufacturing time of the developer. |
| US11016421B1 |
Belt positioning structure, belt roller unit, and image forming apparatus
According to one embodiment, a belt positioning structure includes a belt roller around which an endless belt is wound. The belt comprises a belt-side positioning component curbing position aberration from the belt roller in a roller shaft direction. The belt roller comprises a roller-side positioning component curbing position aberration of the belt in a belt shaft direction. The roller-side positioning component comprises a regulation plate formed along a virtual tapered surface that has a diameter on one side in the roller shaft direction larger than a diameter on an opposite side of the regulation plate. The regulation plate comprises a movement regulation component that regulates movement of the belt-side positioning component to the one side of the belt-side positioning component in the roller shaft direction and strengthens a movement regulation force to the one side of the belt-side positioning component in the roller shaft direction. |
| US11016420B2 |
Inhibiting ink flow streaks
A technique includes rotating a squeegee roller to regulate a film thickness of ink on a developer roller; and using the developer roller to transfer a portion of the ink from the developer roller to a photoconductive member. The technique includes creating, by an electrode, a potential bias with the developer roller to transfer the ink to the developer roller; and inhibiting flow streaks on the developer roller, where inhibiting the flow streaks includes restricting a flow of ink between the squeegee roller and the electrode. |
| US11016419B2 |
Printing fluid developer assembly
A binary printing fluid developer assembly may include a developer roller to receive a printing fluid and transfer a portion of the printing fluid to a photoconductive member; a number of electrodes to create an electrical potential bias between the number of electrodes and the developer roller; a cleaner roller to remove an amount of printing fluid from the developer roller; and a sponge roller to clean the cleaner roller wherein a gap is maintained between the sponge roller and the number of electrodes. |
| US11016413B2 |
Image forming apparatus that controls a thermal fixing condition of a fixing portion based on thermal characteristic information of toner
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of cartridges containing toners, each cartridge including a storage element that stores a type of thermal characteristic information of the toner contained therein, and a reading portion configured to read the type of thermal characteristic information. A fixing portion thermally fixes a toner image, formed by a plurality of toners of different colors contained in the cartridges, respectively, onto a recording material, and a control portion controls the fixing portion by switching a thermal fixing condition in accordance with a combination of the types of the thermal characteristic information read by the reading portion, the thermal fixing condition being a condition that prioritizes the performance of fixing, to a recording material, a toner, of the toners that form the toner image, that is transferred first to the recording material, from among the plurality of toners of different colors. |
| US11016410B2 |
Image forming apparatus and process cartridge
The image forming apparatus includes a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum and a drum drive input member; a developing cartridge configured to be movably mounted to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge comprising a developing roller disposed so as to face the photosensitive drum and a developing drive input member; a drum drive transmission member configured to engage with the drum drive input member and configured to transmit drum driving force to the drum drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the drum drive input member within a predetermined range; and a developing drive transmission member configured to engage with the developing drive input member and configured to transmit developing driving force to the developing drive input member while permitting a positional gap of the developing drive input member within a predetermined range. |
| US11016406B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatuses includes an apparatus body configured to house a replacement part. The apparatus body includes a guiding face configured to guide a guided face of the replacement part. The guided face is on a side along a movement direction in which the replacement part moves between a set position in the apparatus body and an attaching and detaching position at which the replacement part is attached to and detached from the apparatus body. The apparatus further include a moving device configured to move the replacement part between the set position and the attaching and detaching position, and a pressing device configured to press the guided face of the replacement part against the guiding face of the apparatus body while the replacement part moves between the set position and the attaching and detaching position. |
| US11016405B2 |
Electrophotograph toner
A toner for electrophotography includes a toner particle including a binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent, and an additive material including a quantum dot-inorganic particle composite. The additive material is attached to an external surface of the toner particle. The quantum dot-inorganic particle composite includes quantum dot particles and inorganic particles present between the quantum dot particles. |
| US11016400B1 |
Extreme ultraviolet exposure system
An extreme ultraviolet exposure system includes an exposure chamber having an internal space, upper and lower electrostatic chucks, a power supply, a light source, and a mask. The upper electrostatic chuck includes first and second electrodes that are adjacent to one another and that generate an electric field of different polarities, respectively, to provide an electrostatic force. The mask is attachable to the lower surface of the upper electrostatic chuck by the electrostatic force. The mask has a metal thin film pattern including a first region in which a metal thin film that shields the electric field, and a second region in which the metal thin film is not disposed and through which the electric field is transmitted. When the mask is attached, the electric field transmitted through the second region applies an attractive force or a repulsive force to charged particles in the exposure chamber. |
| US11016398B2 |
Integrated circuit overlay test patterns and method thereof
Integrated circuits and methods for overlap measure are provided. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes a plurality of functional cells including at least one gap disposed adjacent to at least one functional cell of the plurality of functional cells and a first overlay test pattern cell disposed within the at least one gap, wherein the first overlay test pattern cell includes a first number of patterns disposed along a first direction at a first pitch. The first pitch is smaller than a smallest wavelength on a full spectrum of humanly visible lights. |
| US11016397B2 |
Source separation from metrology data
A method and a computer program product that relates to lithographic apparatuses and, processes, and more particularly to a method and computer program to inspect substrates produced by the lithographic apparatuses and processes. The method and/or computer program product includes determining contributions from independent sources from results measured from a lithography process or a substrate processed by the lithography process, wherein the results are measured using a plurality of different substrate measurement recipes. |
| US11016395B2 |
Methods of determining scattering of radiation by structures of finite thicknesses on a patterning device
A method including: obtaining a thin-mask transmission function of a patterning device and a M3D model for a lithographic process, wherein the thin-mask transmission function represents a continuous transmission mask and the M3D model at least represents a portion of M3D attributable to multiple edges of structures on the patterning device; determining a M3D mask transmission function of the patterning device by using the thin-mask transmission function and the M3D model; and determining an aerial image produced by the patterning device and the lithographic process, by using the M3D mask transmission function. |
| US11016394B2 |
Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
An immersion lithographic apparatus has adaptations to prevent or reduce bubble formation in one or more gaps in the substrate table by preventing bubbles escaping from the gap into the beam path and/or extracting bubbles that may form in the gap. |
| US11016393B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus may include a display panel, an optical member that is disposed behind the display panel and that is configured to guide light to the display panel, a light source that is configured to irradiate light to the optical member, a holder that is configured to support the display panel and the optical member, and a contraction member that is disposed parallel to the optical member, and that comprises a negative thermal expansion (NTE) substance. |
| US11016392B2 |
Amide combinations for cleaning and stripping of electronic parts
A solvent consisting essentially of: (A) a first component consisting of N,N-diethylacetamide (DEAC); (B) a second component consisting of 3-methoxy-N, N-dimethyl propionamide (M3DMPA); and (C) an optional third component consisting of one or more glycol ethers or glycol ether acetates; or a solvent consisting essentially of: (1) a first component consisting of one or more acyclic amides of Formula (I): and (2) an optional second component consisting of one or more of DEAC, M3DMPA, N,N-dimethylpropionamide, one or more glycol ethers or glycol ether acetates, and one or more cyclic amides of Formulae (II-IV). |
| US11016387B2 |
Chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition, method of manufacturing substrate with template, and method of manufacturing plated article
A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition containing a predetermined amount of organic solvent (S1) having a boiling point of 120 to 180° C., and satisfying the following requirements: a solvent residual rate measured by the following steps (1) and (2) is 3.5% by mass or less: (1) forming a coated film of 40 μm by applying the photosensitive resin composition to a substrate; and (2) baking the coated film at a temperature that is higher by 10° C. than the boiling point of the organic solvent (S1) for 30 seconds, and calculating the rate of the organic solvent (S1) in a total mass of the coated film after baking by gas chromatography. |
| US11016386B2 |
Photoresist composition and method of forming photoresist pattern
A method of forming a photoresist pattern includes forming a protective layer over a photoresist layer formed on a substrate, and selectively exposing the protective layer and the photoresist layer to actinic radiation. The protective layer and the photoresist layer are developed to form a pattern in the photoresist layer, and the protective layer is removed. The protective layer includes a polymer having pendant fluorocarbon groups and pendant acid leaving groups. |
| US11016383B2 |
Pellicle for an EUV lithography mask and a method of manufacturing thereof
A pellicle for an EUV photo mask includes a first capping layer, a matrix layer disposed over the first capping layer, a second capping layer disposed over the matrix layer; and a metallic layer disposed over the second capping layer. |
| US11016380B2 |
Projection video display apparatus
A projection video display apparatus includes: a video projection screen, having a front and a rear surface, arranged in an indoor space. The video projection screen transmits video light from behind the rear surface or in front of the front surface to display video on the front surface. The front surface functions as a video display surface. A video projecting apparatus, arranged in a side of the rear surface or the front surface, enlarges and projects the video light from the rear or front surface. The video projecting apparatus is configured by an optical scanning video projecting apparatus that forms the video by scanning video light composed of coherent light on the video projection screen. The video projection screen guides the video light from the video projecting apparatus toward a direction to the front surface, and causes part of the light in the indoor space to be transmitted therethrough. |
| US11016379B2 |
Projector and control method of projector for notifying image supply device of resolution information
A projector includes: a projecting section projecting a second image based on image information onto a projection surface onto which a first image is projected by another projector; a generating section generating resolution information indicating a resolution different between a first mode in which the first image and the second image are portions of an image indicated by the image information and the second image is connected with the first image and a second mode in which the first image and the second image are the image indicated by the image information and the second image is superimposed on the first image; and a notifying section notifying an image supply device supplying the image information of the resolution information generated by the generating section. |
| US11016378B2 |
Laser light source
The present invention is directed to a laser light source. |
| US11016377B2 |
Image display apparatus and control method thereof
A projector includes an image projection unit for displaying an image by a liquid crystal panel, and a controller that powers off the projector after displaying a black image in the image projection unit for a predetermined time (a set refresh time) in a refresh mode for improving burn-in of the liquid crystal panel, in which the controller stops the refresh mode when an interrupt event is generated before the set refresh time elapses in the refresh mode and powers off the projector after executing an interrupt process according to the interrupt event. |
| US11016374B2 |
Apparatus for projecting a light spot
The disclosed subject matter relates to an apparatus for projecting a light spot, comprising a light source emitting a light beam having a wavelength and a divergence angle, a mirror arranged in the path of the light beam to deflect said light beam about a nominal deflection angle, the mirror having a surface with a known curvature, and a collimation lens arranged between the light source and the mirror in the path of the light beam, wherein the lens is mounted at a distance z1≠f1 from the light source, f1 being the focal length of the lens, and wherein the distance z1 is chosen such that the width of the deflected light beam has a minimum at a pre-determined projection distance. |
| US11016371B2 |
Gimbal and photographing assembly having the gimbal
The present application relates to the technical field of a photographing apparatus, provides a gimbal and a photographing assembly having the gimbal. The gimbal includes: a stability augmentation assembly configured to mount the photographing apparatus; a handle connected to the stability augmentation assembly; a display screen mounted to the handle and configured to display an image photographed by the photographing apparatus, so that a user may control the stability augmentation assembly according to the photographed image. |
| US11016369B2 |
Camera supporting base
A camera supporting base includes a mounting platform with a mounting surface, a lower surface, and a recess area. The mounting surface is raised above and non-coplanar with the lower surface of the mounting platform. The camera supporting base also includes a pliable mass surrounding the mounting platform. The mounting surface of the mounting platform is recessed below a highest contour of the pliable mass. |
| US11016365B2 |
Lens apparatus and imaging system using the same
A lens apparatus includes a conductive mount member, and a nonconductive fixed member fixed onto the mount member and having a conductive pattern. |
| US11016360B1 |
Optical modulator RF electrodes
The performance of an electro-optic modulator depends in part on the capacitance, the inductance, the electric field distribution, and the signal insertion loss of a microwave transmission line that modulates the refractive index of a waveguide via the electro-optic effect. Conventional electro-optic modulators are typically unable to improve one of these properties without negatively affecting other properties, resulting in lower performance. These shortcomings may be overcome, in part, by the inclusion of capacitive structures to decouple these properties. The capacitive structure may include a fang and/or a hook to tune the capacitance and the electric field distribution without appreciably changing the inductance or the signal insertion losses. The inductance and the signal insertion losses may be tuned by changing the sizes and shapes of a signal conductor, a ground conductor, and a slot formed between the signal and ground conductors without appreciably changing the capacitance or the electric field distribution. |
| US11016359B2 |
Hydrogen occlusion body, gasochromic light control element, hydrogen sensing element, and hydrogen sensor
In one aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen occlusion body includes: a hydrogen occlusion layer containing a material whose optical property reversibly changes upon hydrogenation and dehydrogenation; and a catalyst layer containing a palladium-ruthenium alloy. |
| US11016358B2 |
Porous backplane for electro-optic display
A backplane for an electro-optic display including an electrode and a substrate. The substrate may be porous to liquids, e.g., water, and may formed, from cellulose or a similar hydrophilic polymer. The electrode is desirably also porous to the same liquid as the substrate, so that the electrodes do not form liquid-impervious areas on the substrate. For example, when the liquid is water (or an aqueous solution) the electrodes may be formed of a hydrophilic carbon black, which may be coated or screen-printed on to the substrate. |
| US11016357B2 |
Self-contained EC IGU
Onboard EC window controllers are described. The controllers are configured in close proximity to the EC window, for example, within the IGU. The controller may be part of a window assembly, which includes an IGU having one or more EC panes, and thus does not have to be matched with the EC window, and installed, in the field. The window controllers described herein have a number of advantages because they are matched to the IGU containing one or more EC devices and their proximity to the EC panes of the window overcomes a number of problems associated with conventional controller configurations. Also described are self-meshing networks for electrochromic windows. |
| US11016356B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a color filter layer, an illumination device and a selection layer. The illumination device illuminates the color filter layer with mixed light including first and second components. The color filter layer includes first and second filters. The selection layer includes a phase element layer including first and second phase elements, and first and second polarizers. The first phase element changes a polarization state of the mixed color light such that the first component is transmitted through the second polarizer. The second phase element changes a polarization state of the mixed color light such that the second component is transmitted through the second polarizer. |
| US11016354B2 |
Liquid crystal display device and electronic device
To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11016352B1 |
Electro-optical device, manufacturing method for electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus
An electro-optical device includes a pixel electrode group including a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, a layered body including a plurality of insulating layers, a first transistor, and a second transistor, a lens layer including a first lens overlapping with the first pixel electrode and a second lens overlapping with the second pixel electrode, a first contact that electrically couples the first transistor and the first pixel electrode, and a second contact that electrically couples the second transistor and the second pixel electrode. The layered body, the lens layer, and the pixel electrode group are arranged in this order. Each of the first lens and the second lens, and the layered body are disposed with a space interposed therebetween layered body, and each of the first contact and the second contact extends through the lens layer and the space. |
| US11016349B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a first display area and a second display area. The first display area includes first pixel areas, each including one or more first pixels. The second display area includes second pixel areas including one or more second pixels and a light transmittance area having a higher light transmittance than the second pixel area. The first and second display areas include a common electrode that transmits a constant common voltage. The common electrode in the second display area includes patterned regions that correspond to a first light transmittance area included in the light transmittance area. A thickness of the common electrode in the patterned regions is smaller than a thickness of the common electrode in a region other than the patterned regions or equals zero. The patterned regions and the second pixel areas extend alternately along a first direction in the second display area. |
| US11016347B2 |
Display device
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including a substrate including a display area in which a plurality of pixel groups are disposed and a peripheral area disposed around the display area, and a plurality of alignment keys disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel groups may include a plurality of pixels displaying different colors, and the plurality of alignment keys may include first alignment keys that are disposed in the pixel groups adjacent to edges of at least two corners of the display area and that are disposed in a plurality of first pixels that display the same color among a plurality of pixels included in the pixel group. |
| US11016346B2 |
Display substrate, display apparatus, and method of fabricating display substrate
The present application discloses a display substrate having an array of a plurality of pixel areas. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of main spacers on the base substrate. The array of the plurality of pixel areas includes at least one group of pixel areas. Each of the at least one group of pixel areas includes a matrix of pixel areas. In each of the at least one group of pixel areas, each row of the plurality of pixel areas corresponds to at least one of the plurality of main spacers, and each column of the plurality of pixel areas corresponds to at least one of the plurality of main spacers. |
| US11016345B2 |
Liquid crystal cell and liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal cell 10A according to the present invention includes: a pair of substrates 11 and 12 facing each other and having alignment films 11a and 12a formed on surfaces of the substrates, respectively, the surfaces facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer LC interposed between the substrates 11 and 12. The alignment films 11a and 12a contain a polymer for alignment films which has a hydrazide functional group represented by Chemical Formula (1). |
| US11016339B2 |
Backlight module and in vehicle display device
The present disclosure provides a backlight module and an in-vehicle display device. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light board, a diffusion plate, and a bracket layer. The bracket layer is arranged between the light board and the diffusion plate. The bracket layer is used to support the diffusion plate and spaces the light board apart from the diffusion plate to form a light mixture space. By adjusting a height of the bracket layer, it is convenient to adjust a distance of the light mixture space formed between the diffusion plate and the light board. Accordingly, backlight display performance of the backlight module and the in-vehicle display device is improved. |
| US11016336B2 |
Bragg grating-based display filtering
A display includes a display modulation layer, a backlight unit configured to generate light for illumination of the display modulation layer, and a filter film disposed between the backlight unit and the display modulation layer. The filter film includes a plurality of Bragg grating sets. Each Bragg grating set is configured to reflect the light in a wavelength-selective and angular-selective manner rearward toward the backlight unit. |
| US11016333B2 |
Polarizer and liquid crystal display device having porous protective layer
The present disclosure discloses a polarizer and a liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first protective layer (1); a polarizing layer (2), wherein the first protective layer is located on one layer surface of the polarizing layer; and a second protective layer (3) located on another layer surface of the polarizing layer; wherein at least one of the first protective layer (1) and the second protective layer (3) has a porous structure. |
| US11016332B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel including a plurality of pixel units is provided. The display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other a first light-shielding layer including a plurality of first openings as light-transmitting regions for the pixel units, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each pixel unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a lens. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to form an electric field in response to receiving a voltage, the electric field is configured to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer to deflect to change a ratio of transmission and reflection of linearly polarized light incident onto the liquid crystal layer at the light incident surface of the lens. |
| US11016330B2 |
Color substrate including retroreflective layer and display device including the color substrate
A color substrate and a display device including the same. The color substrate includes: a substrate including first and second pixel regions spaced apart from each other, and a light shielding region between the first and second pixel regions; a first color conversion layer over the first pixel region and configured to convert incident light into first color light; a second color conversion layer over the second pixel region and configured to convert the incident light into second color light; and a retroreflective layer over the light shielding region and configured to retroreflect incident light through the first and second color conversion layer. |
| US11016329B2 |
Display panel, data processor, and method for manufacturing display panel
Provided is a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable, a novel data processor that is highly convenient or reliable, or a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel and a terminal electrically connected to the pixel. The pixel includes a first insulating film, a first contact portion in a first opening provided in the first insulating film, a pixel circuit electrically connected to the first contact portion, a second contact portion electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a first display element electrically connected to the first contact portion, and a second display element electrically connected to the second contact portion. The first insulating film includes a region lying between the first display element and the second display element. The terminal includes a surface at which contact with other component can be made. |
| US11016326B2 |
Curved display panel and method of producing the same
A curved display panel including a display surface curved around one curving axis includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate while having a space therebetween, first pixel sections included in the first substrate and arranged within a surface area of the display surface, and second pixel sections included in the second substrate and arranged within the surface area of the display surface and overlapping the first pixel sections, respectively, in a curved state of the display surface. For at least some of the second pixel sections that are to be displaced by curving, position relation with respect to the first pixel sections in the flat state of the display surface is changed from that in the curved state of the display surface by a correction displacement amount based on an assumed displacement amount corresponding to a position within the surface area of the display surface. |
| US11016320B2 |
Display device with viewing angle switching, display method and fabrication method thereof
A display device with viewing angle switching, and its display method and fabrication method are provided. The display device includes a display module and a guest-host effect box. The guest-host effect box includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a display dielectric layer. A first transparent electrode is disposed on a surface of the first substrate and a second transparent electrode is disposed on a surface of the second substrate. A first alignment film layer is disposed on a surface of the first transparent electrode, and a second alignment film layer is disposed on a surface of the second transparent electrode. When a bias voltage is not applied to the first and second transparent electrodes, a display mode is a narrow viewing angle mode; and when the bias voltage is applied to the first and second transparent electrodes, the display mode is a wide viewing angle mode. |
| US11016319B2 |
Display device mountable to wall surface
A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a back cover disposed on a back face side of the display panel, and a mounting member for fixing the display device to a wall surface. The mounting member is provided in a region extending from a front end of the display panel on a display surface side to a back end of the back cover on the back face side so as to fall within a region of the display device when seen from a side of the display device. |
| US11016318B2 |
Optical stack for switchable directional display
A privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator and a compensated switchable liquid crystal retarder arranged between first and second polarisers arranged in series with the spatial light modulator. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction over a wide polar field. In a wide angle mode of operation, the switchable liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance is substantially unmodified. |
| US11016314B2 |
Non-volatilely programmable optical devices and methods to configure such optical devices
A method to configure an optical device. The method may rely on an optical device that includes two parallel mirrors extending, each, parallel to a reference plane, and an active material extending between the mirrors. An average plane of the active material is parallel to said reference plane, so as to form an optical resonator. The active material is energized so as to non-volatilely alter a refractive index and/or an optical absorption in one or more regions of said material. This results in forming one or more cavities, respectively, in which light can be laterally confined, in-plane with said average plane, in addition to being confined between the mirrors, along a direction perpendicular to said reference plane. Each of the one or more cavities has an altered mode profile compared to a non-altered region of the active material. Related methods and optical devices are also disclosed. |
| US11016310B2 |
Method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens; associated method of calculating an ophthalmic lens
A method for determining a three dimensional performance of an ophthalmic lens including: calculating a domain in which a condition between a local optical criterion and at a threshold value is fulfilled; determining the three dimensional performance of the ophthalmic lens according to the domain. A method of calculating an ophthalmic lens includes the method. |
| US11016307B2 |
Method and apparatus for a shaped optical path length extender
A digital light path length modulator includes an optical path length extender (OPLE) and a polarization modulator. The OPLE has two light paths with different path lengths, such that the light having a first polarization is directed through a first light path, and the light having a second polarization is directed through a second light path. |
| US11016300B2 |
Architectures and methods for outputting different wavelength light out of waveguides
Architectures are provided for selectively outputting light for forming images, the light having different wavelengths and being outputted with low levels of crosstalk. In some embodiments, light is incoupled into a waveguide and deflected to propagate in different directions, depending on wavelength. The incoupled light then outcoupled by outcoupling optical elements that outcouple light based on the direction of propagation of the light. In some other embodiments, color filters are between a waveguide and outcoupling elements. The color filters limit the wavelengths of light that interact with and are outcoupled by the outcoupling elements. In yet other embodiments, a different waveguide is provided for each range of wavelengths to be outputted. Incoupling optical elements selectively incouple light of the appropriate range of wavelengths into a corresponding waveguide, from which the light is outcoupled. |
| US11016298B2 |
Microlens collimator for scanning optical fiber in virtual/augmented reality system
A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a collimation element mounted to a distal end of the optical fiber for collimating light from the optical fiber. The virtual image generation system further comprises a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted to the drive assembly. The mechanical drive assembly is configured for displacing the distal end of the optical fiber, along with the collimation element, in accordance with a scan pattern. The virtual image generation system further comprises an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the collimated light from the collimation element down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays image frames to the end user. |
| US11016297B2 |
Image generation apparatus and image generation method
Methods and apparatus provide for receiving an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display unit generated in a first frequency by an image generation apparatus using information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation of the head of a user who wears a head-mounted display unit, where the information is acquired at a certain point of time; correcting the image using updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation at a different point of time, where the receiving and correcting includes receiving updated information relating to at least one of a position and a rotation in a second frequency corresponding to a frame rate of the head-mounted display unit, and performing multiple times of correction of the image in the first frequency using a plurality of the updated information relating to at least one of the position and the rotation received in the second frequency higher than the first frequency. |
| US11016295B2 |
Eyeglasses wearable device, method of controlling the eyeglasses wearable device and data management server
According to one embodiment, an eyeglasses wearable device includes a sensing signal acquisition module configured to acquire sensing signals from potential sensors, a display configured to display display data, a display data output module configured to transmit first display data to the display, a characteristic determination module configured to determine at least timing of blinking of the user based on variations in the sensing signals when the first display data is displayed on the display, and an oversight determination module configured to determine whether the user has overlooked an important display position in the first display data by comparing the timing of blinking with an elapsed time position of the first display data. |
| US11016293B2 |
Virtual reality head-mounted apparatus
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted apparatus are provided. One of the apparatus includes an apparatus body and a heat-generating element. The apparatus body may comprise an installation space and a heat dissipating channel having a non-straight-line structure. The heat-generating element may be installed in the installation space, and two ends of the heat dissipating channel may be in connection with the installation space and the exterior of the apparatus body. The VR head-mounted apparatus provides improved heat dissipating capability without adversely affecting immersive VR experience. |
| US11016286B2 |
Light beam irradiation device
A light beam irradiation device includes a light source unit that emits a light beam, a reflection mirror and a driving unit that swings the reflection mirror under supply of a driving signal, and comprises the light deflection unit receiving and reflecting the light beam emitted from the light source unit using the reflection mirror, a light deflection angle detection unit that includes a light reception surface that receives the light beam reflected by the reflection mirror, the light deflection angle detection unit detecting a position of the light beam on the light reception surface at a frequency equal to or higher than four times a resonance frequency of the light deflection unit and outputting a detection signal indicating the position, and an operation control unit that corrects the driving signal on the basis of the detection signal and outputs the corrected driving signal to the light deflection unit. |
| US11016285B2 |
Shuttered switch mirror
Methods and apparatus for a sensor system having a structure having a reflective surface, wherein the structure is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. Channels provide respective paths from an entry into the channels to the reflective surface. A shroud selectively block ones of the channels to provide an operational configuration and a calibration configuration. |
| US11016279B2 |
Observation device
An observation device includes: an illumination optical system that irradiates illumination light onto a sample, an objective optical system that has a phase modulation region and a light blocking region and that acquires an image of the illumination light transmitted through the sample, and an autofocus mechanism. The objective optical system selectively outputs the illumination light from a first output region disposed at a position where the illumination light is to be projected onto the phase modulation region and a second output region disposed at a position where a portion of the illumination light is to be projected onto the light blocking region. The autofocus mechanism causes the objective optical system to acquire an image of the illumination light while causing the illumination light to be output from the second output region, and detects the focus position of the objective optical system based on the contrast of the acquired image. |
| US11016278B2 |
Reflective objective lens and observation method
An objective lens according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first element having a first surface to a fourth surface and a second element having a first planar surface and a second planar surface and being located on the specimen-side of the first element. The first surface is a transmissive planar surface located on the optical axis, the second surface is a reflective convex surface located on the optical axis, the third surface is a reflective concave surface located on the outer side of the first surface, and the fourth surface is a transmissive planar surface located on the outer side of the second surface. The first planar surface is a transmissive planar surface to be joined to the fourth surface and the second planar surface is a transmissive planar surface parallel to the first planar surface. |
| US11016275B2 |
Wide-angle lens
A wide-angle lens 100 includes a first lens 10, a second lens 20, a third lens 30, a diaphragm 72, a fourth lens 40, and a fifth lens 50. The first lens 10 is a negative meniscus lens whose lens surface on an image side Lb is a concave curved surface. The second lens 20 is a negative lens whose lens surface on the image side Lb is a concave curved surface and whose lens surface on the object side La is convex curved surface. The third lens 30 is a positive lens whose lens surface on the image side Lb is a convex curved surface. The fourth lens 40 is a negative lens whose lens surface on the image side Lb is a concave curved surface. The fifth lens 50 is a biconvex lens. A refractive index n1 of the first lens 10 satisfies a conditional expression. |
| US11016270B2 |
Photographing optical lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device
A photographing optical lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including at least one convex critical point in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US11016267B2 |
Imaging lens
An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The second lens has a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis thereof. The fifth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The sixth lens has a convex surface facing the image plane side near an optical axis thereof. The first lens is arranged so that a surface thereof on the object side is away from an image plane by a specific distance on an optical axis thereof. The second lens is arranged to be away from the third lens by a specific distance on the optical axis thereof. The third lens has a specific Abbe's number. |
| US11016266B2 |
Ocular optical system, and observation apparatus and imaging apparatus including the same
In an ocular optical system including a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having negative refractive power, a third lens having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens having positive refractive power which are arranged in this order from an object side to an observation side, the shape and position of each lens is set appropriately to increase the angle of view and to minimize on-axis and magnification chromatic aberrations. |
| US11016265B2 |
Mounting assembly for a mirror in a laser scanning unit of an image forming device
A mounting assembly for mounting a mirror to a frame in a laser scanning unit of an electrophotographic image forming device includes a bracket attached between the frame and the mirror. The bracket includes a body having a first surface and a second surface transverse to the first surface. A first set of protrusions extends from the first surface for defining a first gap between the frame and the bracket that limits adhesive thickness therebetween when the first surface of the bracket is adhesively attached to the frame. A second set of protrusions extends form the second surface for defining a second gap between the mirror and the bracket that limits adhesive thickness therebetween when the second surface of the bracket is adhesively attached to the mirror. |
| US11016258B2 |
System for locking optical fibers within a fiber optic cable
The present disclosure includes a fiber optic cable having a conduit including a conduit wall defining a conduit passage that extends longitudinally through the conduit. The conduit also includes an adhesive injection port defined through the conduit wall and at least one optical fiber within the conduit passage. The cable further includes a fiber lock including an adhesive volume in communication with the adhesive injection port. The adhesive volume includes a main adhesive volume positioned within the conduit passage and bonded to the optical fiber. The main adhesive volume is fixed to prevent longitudinal movement relative to the conduit. |
| US11016256B2 |
Flame retardant optical cable
A flame-retardant optical cable is disclosed which includes a polymeric central loose tube housing optical fibres, a metallic armour surrounding the polymeric central loose tube, and a multi-layered sheath surrounding and in direct contact with the metallic armour. The multi-layered sheath includes an inner layer, an intermediate layer, and an outer layer, all made of a LSoH flame-retardant material. The LSoH flame-retardant material of the intermediate layer has a limiting oxygen index (LOI) higher than the LOI of the LSoH flame-retardant material of the inner layer and of the outer layer. Such cable has improved flame-retardant properties, particularly in terms of slowing flame propagation, heat release, droplets and emission of smokes, when it is exposed to flames during fire. |
| US11016254B2 |
Wearable device, optical module and driving method thereof
An optical module includes an optical transmitting assembly and a driver. The optical transmitting assembly is configured to emit an optical signal based on a driving current. The driver includes a calibration circuit and a driving current setting circuit. The calibration circuit is configured to obtain an original monitoring current feedback value MONDACbefore corresponding to a monitoring current of the optical transmitting assembly, obtain a tracking error value TE of a current temperature relative to a reference temperature, and calibrate the original monitoring current feedback value MONDACbefore based on the tracking error value to obtain a calibrated monitoring current feedback value MONDACafter. The driving current setting circuit is configured to set the driving current based on the calibrated monitoring current feedback value MONDACafter to control the optical power output by the optical transmitting assembly. |
| US11016253B1 |
Adiabatic waveguide couplers with ultra-low back-reflection
An optical coupler comprises an adiabatic waveguide structure having a proximal end and a distal end, with the adiabatic waveguide structure comprising: a first waveguide comprising an input section at the proximal end; a first coupling section contiguous with the input section and extending toward the distal end; and a first laterally displaced section contiguous with the first coupling section. The first waveguide narrows along the first coupling section, from the input section to the first laterally displaced section. A second waveguide is separate from the first waveguide and comprises a second laterally displaced section adjacent to the proximal end; a second coupling section contiguous with the second laterally displaced section and extending toward the distal end; and an output section contiguous with the second coupling section. The second waveguide widens along the second coupling section, from the second laterally displaced section to the output section. |
| US11016239B1 |
Lighting device and display device
A lighting device includes light guide plates each of which includes a light exit section including a light it surface and a light entering section extending from the light exit section toward a light source row and including an extended end surface as a light entering surface. The light exit section has a thickness dimension that is smaller than that of the light entering section at an extended end thereof. The light guide plates are stacked on each other such that the light exit sections thereof overlap each other seen from a normal direction of the light exit surface. The light entering section of one light guide plate and the light entering section of another light guide plate are disposed next to each other in an arrangement direction of the light sources so as not to overlap each other seen from the normal direction of light exit surface. |
| US11016235B2 |
Multiview backlighting having a color-tailored emission pattern
Multiview backlighting having a color-tailored emission pattern provides directional light beams corresponding to a plurality of different views of a multiview image. A multiview backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light as guided light and a color-tailored multibeam element. The color-tailored multibeam element is configured to provide emitted light having the color-tailored emission pattern from the guided light. The emitted light includes a plurality of directional light beams having different principal angular directions corresponding to respective different view directions of a multiview display. The color-tailored emission pattern corresponds to an arrangement of color sub-pixels of a view pixel in the multiview display. |
| US11016234B2 |
Electronic device stack assembly
An electronic device includes a stack assembly and a cover glass. The stack assembly includes an electrophoretic display sub-assembly for rendering content, a front light sub-assembly comprising a light guide, a light FPC, and a plurality of light sources, and a capacitive touch sensing sub-assembly for detecting touch inputs. A yellow-pigmented tape is applied over the light sources and an edge of the light guide. A stiffener member is coupled to the light FPC opposite the yellow-pigmented tape. |
| US11016233B2 |
Optical waveguide structure, phosphor element, and method for manufacturing optical waveguide structure
An optical waveguide structure includes an optical waveguide, a reflection film provided on the optical waveguide and reflecting a light propagating in the optical waveguide, a metal film provided on the reflection film, and a surface oxidized film provided on the metal film and generated by surface oxidation of the metal film. |
| US11016231B2 |
Retarder
A retarder including first and second outer layers and a birefringent layer disposed between and in direct contact with the first and second outer layers is described. The birefringent layer may include a first polyester having greater than 45 mole percent naphthalate units and greater than 45 mole percent ethylene units. Each of the first and second outer layers includes a second polyester which may include 40 to 50 mole percent naphthalate units, at least 25 mole percent ethylene units, and 10 to 25 mole percent of branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units. The retarder has a retardance in a range of 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers. |
| US11016230B2 |
Optical element and optical device
Provided is an optical element including a wavelength selective reflective polarizer and a λ/2 plate in which the λ/2 plate includes an optically anisotropic layer which has an optical axis in a direction parallel to a surface and is formed of a cured layer of a liquid crystal composition and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of the optical axis changes while continuously rotating in at least one direction in a plane of the optically anisotropic layer, and light in the specific wavelength range which is circularly polarized light oriented in a direction opposite to that of the specific circularly polarized light among light incident on a surface of the optical element on the λ/2 plate side is reflected in a direction different from a regular reflection direction of the incident light. |
| US11016228B2 |
System and method for forming diffracted optical element having varied gratings
Embodiments herein provide systems and methods for forming an optical component. A method may include providing a plurality of proximity masks between a plasma source and a workpiece, the workpiece including a plurality of substrates secured thereto. Each of the plurality of substrates may include first and second target areas. The method may further include delivering, from the plasma source, an angled ion beam towards the workpiece, wherein the angled ion beam is then received at one of the plurality of masks. A first proximity mask may include a first set of openings permitting the angled ion beam to pass therethrough to just the first target area of each of the plurality of substrates. A second proximity mask may include a second set of openings permitting the angled ion beam to pass therethrough just to the second target area of each of the plurality of substrates. |
| US11016224B2 |
Combination microlens optical device
An optical device, preferably a security device for a security document, including a substrate having a first side and a second side, an arrangement of microlenses located on the first side and an arrangement of microimages such that the microimages are viewable or can be made viewable through the microlenses, wherein the arrangement of microlenses includes first and second microlenses and wherein the arrangement of microimages includes first and second microimages, wherein the first microlenses and first microimages are configured for providing a first visual effect and wherein the second microlenses and second microimages are configured for providing a second visual effect, and wherein the first microlenses are of a different height with respect to the substrate than the second microlenses. |
| US11016217B2 |
Water crest monitoring using electromagnetic transmissions
Provided are systems and methods for monitoring water cresting in a subsurface formation. Embodiments include, for each of a plurality of locations along a length of a horizontal section of a wellbore extending into a hydrocarbon reservoir of a subsurface formation, advancing an omnidirectional electromagnetic logging tool (ODEMLT) to the location, operating the ODEMLT to transmit (into a portion of the subsurface formation below the horizontal section of the wellbore) an electromagnetic (EM) source signal comprising a multi-frequency waveform, operating the ODEMLT to sense an EM return signal comprising a reflection of the multi-frequency waveform from the subsurface formation, and generating a subset of saturation data for the location corresponding to the sensed EM return signal, and generating, based on the subsets of saturation data, a radargram including a two-dimensional mapping of water saturation within the portion of the subsurface formation. |
| US11016216B2 |
Multi-spacing array tool for determining pipe thickness of a multi-pipe structure
Systems and methods to investigate multi-pipe structures for detection of corrosion and quantitative assessment of thickness in the multiple pipes can be implemented in a variety of applications. Systems can include a set of transmitters and multiple receivers arranged on a tool structure with variable distances to the transmitters of the set of transmitters, where the receivers are arranged to measure electromagnetic responses from a multi-pipe structure to excitation of the set of transmitters with the tool structure disposed in the multi-pipe structure. The electromagnetic responses may include responses correlated to a near field zone, a transition zone, and a far field zone, where the electromagnetic responses can be processed to recover individual thicknesses of each pipe of the multi-pipe structure. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US11016214B2 |
Dolomite reservoir prediction method and system based on well and seismic combination, and storage medium
The invention discloses a dolomite reservoir prediction method and system based on well and seismic combination, and storage medium. The method steps include: obtaining the dolomite index characteristic curve through well log sensitivity analysis, and distinguishing the dolomite and limestone according to the difference in their response range; after the artificial intelligence deep learning is performed on the dolomite index characteristic curve of the drilling area, the dolomite index characteristic curve of the virtual drilling area is obtained; according to the dolomite index characteristic curve of the drilling area and the virtual drilling area, the post-stack seismic data is used for inversion to obtain the distribution and development status of the dolomite reservoir in the test area. The invention effectively distinguishes the dolomite and limestone through the dolomite index characteristic curve, and accurately predicts the distribution and development status of the dolomite reservoir in the test area with less wells. |
| US11016213B2 |
Gradient-based 4D seabed acquisition positioning
A method includes receiving desired locations of nodes for deployment on a seabed of a seismic survey where each of the nodes includes a sealed housing and, within the sealed housing, at least one battery and spaced seismic sensors electrically powered by the at least one battery; determining locations of the nodes as deployed on the seabed where at least some of the determined locations differ from their corresponding desired locations; acquiring seismic data sensed by the spaced seismic sensors of the nodes where the acquired seismic data corresponds to the determined locations; and, based at least in part on the acquired seismic data, a spacing of the spaced seismic sensors and the desired locations, generating seismic data for the desired locations. |
| US11016210B2 |
Stimulated fracture network partitioning from microseismicity analysis
An illustrative hydraulic fracture mapping method includes: collecting microseismic signals during a multistage hydraulic fracturing operation; deriving microseismic event locations from the microseismic signals to create a microseismic event map for each stage of the operation; fitting a set of fracture planes to the microseismic event maps; determining a stimulated reservoir volume (“SRV”) region for each said stage; identifying where SRV regions overlap to form an overlap region; partitioning the overlap region to eliminate any overlap between the SRV regions; truncating the set of fracture planes for the SRV regions to discard any portion outside the revised SRV regions; and storing or displaying the truncated set of fracture planes for the first revised SRV region. |
| US11016204B2 |
Imaging system and method for making the same
An imaging system is provided. A method for installing the imaging system is provided. The imaging system may include a first modality imaging apparatus. The first modality imaging apparatus may have a detector including a scintillator unit, a photodetector unit, a circuit unit, a supporting block, and a supporting board. The supporting block may be disposed on an end of the scintillator unit. The supporting board may be disposed between the photodetector unit and the circuit unit. |
| US11016200B2 |
Signal receiving station for an ADS-B surveillance system
A signal receiving station for an ADS-B surveillance system used in air traffic control includes a housing to be attached to a mast. The housing includes an ADS-B signal receiving antenna, a GPS signal receiving antenna, and an electronic module for receiving and processing ADS-B signals and GPS signals. The ADS-B signal receiving antenna and GPS signal receiving antenna are connected to the electronic receiving and processing module inside the housing. |
| US11016199B1 |
System and method for validating GNSS ambiguities
A system and method for determining a mobile receiver position includes receiving a first and a second set of satellite observations; determining a first and second fixed ambiguity set associated with a first and second transformation respectively; determining cross-validated ambiguities between the first and second fixed ambiguity sets; and determining the mobile receiver position based on at least one of the first or second fixed ambiguity sets. |
| US11016197B1 |
LIDAR system
A LIDAR system includes a laser source, a first scanner, and a second scanner. The first scanner receives a first beam from the laser source and applies a first angle modulation to the first beam to output a second beam at a first angle. The second scanner receives the second beam and applies a second angle modulation to the second beam to output a third beam at a second angle. |
| US11016195B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing coherent detection from multiple apertures in a LiDAR system
An aperture array comprises apertures arranged over one or more dimensions. Each aperture is configured to receive a respective portion of a received optical wavefront. Each aperture is coupled to a respective optical mixer that coherently interferes the respective portion of the received optical wavefront with a respective local oscillator optical wave. A processing module is configured to process electrical signals detected from outputs of the optical mixers, including: for each optical mixer, determining at least one phase/amplitude information from at least one electrical signal detected from at least one output of that optical mixer, determining direction-based information, associated with a subset of the field of view, based on phase/amplitude information derived from at least two optical mixers of the plurality of optical mixers, and determining distance information from the direction-based information. |
| US11016189B2 |
Systems and methods for security system device tamper detection
Systems and methods for detecting tampering with a security device are provided. Some systems can include detecting an object within a detection range of one or more sensors of the security device, analyzing position data from the one or more sensors, wherein the position data is indicative of a position of the object relative to the security device, determining whether the positon data indicates that the object is approaching a security device, and when the position data indicates that the object is approaching the security device, issuing a warning signal. |
| US11016185B1 |
Systems and methods for bi-static or multi-static holographic navigation
The application relates to bi-static or multi-static holographic navigation systems, including methods of localizing an emitter or receiver with high precision relative to the sea floor. The system and methods can be used with a fully active sonar or radar system using well synchronized transmitters and receivers. The system and methods can be used with a passive sonar or radar system localizing a transmitter or a receiver based on poorly timed received signals. |
| US11016184B2 |
Device for determining a distance from an object, and corresponding method
The invention relates to a device for determining a distance from an object, including a transmission device for emitting several light pulses including a pulse duration, including a reception device for receiving signals and for generating detection signals, and including an evaluation device for evaluating the detection signals. The evaluation device determines, on the basis of a number of the light pulses emitted and on the basis of the detection signals, probability values of several time windows which each have a respective time period equaling the pulse duration which relate to probabilities for reception of a signal within one of the time windows, respectively. In addition, the evaluation device determines, in accordance with the time-of-flight method, a measure of the distance of the object on the basis of the probability values determined. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding method. |
| US11016183B2 |
Real time LiDAR signal processing FPGA modules
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system and method for performing time of flight estimation of a laser pulse using a LiDAR signal processing. A plurality of digital waveforms are correlated to a transmitted pulse for time of flight estimation. Each of the plurality of digital waveforms can be correlated independently by a corresponding correlator in a plurality of correlators working in parallel. Each of the correlators can include signal processing modules for time of flight estimation including an interpolating filters and peak detect modules. |
| US11016178B2 |
Eye-safe scanning LIDAR system
A LIDAR illuminator includes a plurality of laser sources, each comprising an electrical input that receives a modulation drive signal that causes each of the plurality of laser sources to generate an optical beam. A controller having a plurality of electrical outputs, where a respective one of the plurality of electrical outputs is connected to an electrical input of a respective one of the plurality of laser sources, generates a plurality of modulation drive signals that cause the plurality of laser sources to generate a plurality of optical beams that form a combined optical beam. A peak optical energy of the combined optical beam in a measurement aperture at a measurement distance is less than a desired value. |
| US11016174B2 |
Radar mounting estimation with unstructured data
The present application describes a method including transmitting at least two radar signals by a radar unit of a vehicle, where a first signal is transmitted from a first location and a second signal is transmitted from a second location. The method also includes receiving a respective reflection signal associated with each of the transmitted signals. Additionally, the method includes determining, by a processor, at least one stationary object that caused a reflection. Further, the method includes based on the determined stationary object, determining, by the processor, an offset for the radar unit. The method yet further includes operating the radar unit based on the determined offset. Furthermore, the method includes controlling an autonomous vehicle based on the radar unit being operated with the determined offset. |
| US11016173B2 |
System and methods for calibrating an antenna array using targets
Systems, device and methods are provided for calibrating an antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas such as a plurality of transmit and receive antennas by utilizing an arena comprising one or more targets and a medium. The methods may comprise transmitting a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) signals from at least one RF antenna of a plurality of RF antennas towards an arena, obtaining by the antenna array affected multiple RF signals from the arena, measuring the plurality of reflected RF signals by a Radio Frequency Signal Measurement Unit (RFSMU) and calculating a plurality of channel responses from said plurality of affected RF signals, providing by at least one processing unit a first model, which is configured to produce an expected electromagnetic (EM) channel responses of the antenna array and the arena and providing a second model, which comprises a relation between the first model and the antenna array calibration parameters and calculating the array calibration parameters to calibrate the antenna array. |
| US11016171B2 |
Radar sensing with phase correction
A radar method is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment the method includes receiving a plurality of chirp echoes of transmitted radar signals, generating a digital signal based on the plurality of chirp echoes, and calculating a range map based on the digital signal. The range map includes a plurality of values, each value is represented by an amplitude value and a phase value, and each value is associated with one frequency bin of a set of frequency bins and one chirp echo of the plurality of chirp echoes. The method further includes identifying chirp echoes which are affected by interference and determining, for one or more selected frequency bins, corrected phase values based on phase values that are associated with chirp echoes not identified as affected by interference. |
| US11016169B2 |
Method and system for reducing interference caused by phase noise in a radar system
A method is described in particular for reducing interference due to phase noise in a radar system, in which in a first noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE1) a first signal (sigTX1) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via a path (SP), in a further, in particular second noncoherent transceiver unit (NKSE2), a first signal (sigTX2) is generated and transmitted, in particular emitted, via the path (SP), the signals (sigTX1 and sigTX2) are received directly or indirectly in the respective other transceiver unit and are processed further therein as received signals sigRX12 and sigRX21, in the first transceiver unit (NKSE1), a comparison signal (sigC12) is formed from its first signal (sigTX1) and from such a first signal (sigRTX2) received from the further transceiver unit (NKSE2) via the path (SP), and in the further transceiver unit (NKSE2), a further comparison signal (sigC21) is formed from its first signal (sigTX2) and from such a first signal (sigTX1) received from the first transceiver unit (NKSE1) via the path (SP), wherein the further comparison signal (sigC21) is transmitted, in particular communicated, from the further transceiver unit (NKSE2) to the first transceiver unit (NKSE1), wherein in a first step, deviations of the signals sigC21 and sigC12 which are induced by systematic deviations in the transceiver units (NKSE2, NKSE1), are compensated for, wherein in a second step, at least one complex value from a first of the two comparison signals or from a signal which was derived from this first comparison signal is used for the purpose of adapting at least one complex value of the second of the two comparison signals or a value of a signal which was derived from the second comparison signal, and thus to form a signal (sigCC), wherein the adaptation takes place such that by a mathematical operation, the vector sum or the difference of the complex values is formed or the sum or the difference of the phases of the complex values is formed. |
| US11016167B2 |
Three dimensional object-localization and tracking using ultrasonic pulses
A tracking method includes displaying visual content on a screen of a head mounted display (HMD). One or more base stations may be stationary with respect to the screen while the visual content is being displayed. In contrast, one or more objects may move with respect to the screen while the visual content is being displayed. Time-difference-of-arrival (TDoA) and/or time-of-flight (ToF) may be measured for one or more ultrasonic pulses transmitted from the base station, one or more objects, or HMD. Position and orientation of the objects and HMD may be calculated based on the TDoA and ToF. Different frequencies of pulses may be used to locate the HMD and the objects. An electromagnetic synchronization signal from the HMD and/or base station may be used to measure TDoA. Position and orientation measurements may be fused with outputs from IMUS (inertial measurement units) to reduce jitter. |
| US11016161B2 |
Method and an apparatus for reconstructing magnetic resonance image
Provided is an apparatus of reconstructing a magnetic resonance (MR) image, the apparatus including: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: obtain a plurality of segments of K-space data corresponding to a plurality of pulses which are applied to an object based on a pulse sequence; determine, based on radio frequency (RF) coils of the apparatus, a correction coefficient for merging the plurality of segments of K-space data; and generate a magnetic resonance (MR) image of the object by merging the plurality of segments of K-space data based on the determined correction coefficient. |
| US11016160B2 |
Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method
Disclosed are Parkinson's disease diagnosing apparatus and method and a configuration which includes an image acquiring unit which acquires a multi-echo magnitude and a phase image from MRI obtained by capturing a brain of a patient, an image processing unit which post-processes only substantia nigra and a nigrosome-1 region proposed as an imaging biomarker of the Parkinson's disease from the acquired image to be observed; an image analyzing unit which classifies images including the nigrosome-1 region by analyzing the processed images and detects the nigrosome-1 region from the classified image, and a diagnosing unit which determines whether the nigrosome-1 region is normal in the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease is provided so that only the image which includes the nigrosome-1 region is classified in the MRI and the nigrosome-1 region is analyzed from the classified image to diagnose the Parkinson's disease. |
| US11016152B2 |
Method for creating hyperpolarization at microtesla magnetic fields
Provided are methods for nuclear spin polarization enhancement via signal amplification by reversible exchange at very low magnetic fields. The spin polarization is hyperpolarization of isotopically enriched heteronuclei by using a catalyst and parahydrogen to create a complex using iridium and applying magnetic fields in the microtesia range to transfer the spin order from parahydrogen to the complex. |
| US11016149B2 |
Detecting internal short circuits in batteries
A battery management system (BMS) described herein determines the internal resistance for a cell that may have an internal short circuit. In one aspect, the BMS monitors the voltage across each of a plurality cells that are coupled in series. If the voltage across one of the cells differs from the voltages across the other cells, the BMS can flag the cell as potentially having an internal short circuit. Once flagged, the BMS can use a simulator that stores a model cell that has similar characteristics as the cells monitored by the BMS to determine the internal resistance of the flagged cell. In one aspect, the simulator changes the value of a surrogate resistor that is parallel with the model cell until the voltage across the model cell matches the voltage of the flagged cell. The value of the surrogate resistor indicates the internal resistance of the flagged cell. |
| US11016140B1 |
Battery diode fault monitoring
A system is disclosed to detect failure of a diode that is connected in series with a battery and a contactor or other switch configured to connect the battery to a load when the contactor or other switch is in a closed position and to isolate the battery from the load when the contactor or other switch is in an open position. In various embodiments, the system includes a high value resistor connected between the anode terminal of the diode and ground, the connection to the anode terminal being on a load side of the contactor or other switch; and a voltage meter configured to measure a voltage across the high value resistor at least during a test in which a voltage is applied to a bus associated with the load while the contactor or other switch is in the open position. |
| US11016138B2 |
Diagnosis system for power conversion device, diagnosis method for semiconductor module, and power conversion device
A diagnostic system for a power conversion apparatus including a semiconductor device and performing a switching operation for carrying and interrupting a main current to a main current is disclosed. This system includes a trigger circuit that acquires reference time for the switching operation; and a delay time calculation circuit that acquires first time at which the main current takes a first main current set value and second time at which the main current takes a second main current set value, and that detects numerical data about a difference between the first time and the reference time and numerical data about a difference between the second time and the reference time. |
| US11016137B2 |
Semiconductor inspection jig
A semiconductor inspection jig includes: a jig body having a recessed part provided on a top surface of the jig body; a printed circuit board provided on the top surface of the jig body; a GND block provided in the recessed part and having first and second side faces opposite to each other; first and second blocks provided in the recessed part and sandwiching the GND block; a push-up part pushing up the GND block from a bottom surface of the recessed part; a first press part pressing the first block against the first side face of the GND block; and a second press part pressing the second block against the second side face of the GND block. |
| US11016135B2 |
Systems and methods for ground fault detection in power systems using communication network
Systems, methods, storage media, and computing platforms for determining a fault in a power system, executing on a controller are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a first value of current flow from a first current sensor installed on a first bus of the power system; receive a second value of current flow from a second current sensor installed on a second bus of the power system; determine a first direction of power flow in the first current sensor using the first value of current flow; determine a second direction of power flow in the second current sensor using the second value of current flow; and determine a power fault is located on one of the first bus of the power system or the second bus of the power system based on the first direction of power flow and the second direction of power flow. |
| US11016131B2 |
Monitoring circuitry
In an example, monitoring circuitry includes a first and a second coupling to electrically connect the monitoring circuitry to a monitored circuit having a resistance. The resistance of the monitored circuit may be indicative of a status, and the monitored circuit may be connected in series between the first and second coupling. The first coupling comprises a plurality of galvanically separated connection elements which are to form an electrical connection with a common connection element of the monitored circuit. The monitoring circuitry further comprises a monitoring apparatus to determine the resistance of the monitored circuit via the first coupling and the second coupling. The monitoring apparatus is to acquire a plurality of electrical values and to use the plurality of electrical values to determine a value of the resistance of the monitored circuit. |
| US11016129B1 |
Voltage event tracking and classification
A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property is disclosed. In one aspect, the monitoring system includes a sensor that is located at the property and that is configured to generate sensor data. The monitoring system further includes a voltage sensor that is configured to generate voltage data by measuring voltage at an electrical outlet located at the property. The monitoring system further includes a monitor control unit that is configured to receive the sensor data; receive the voltage data; determine an action of an electrical device that is located in the property or that is located at a neighboring property in a vicinity of the property; determine whether the electrical device is located at the property or at the neighboring property in the vicinity of the property; and perform a monitoring system action. |
| US11016128B2 |
Method and apparatus for electrical line testing
A method and apparatus for electrical line testing. The method and apparatus provides audio, visual and/or electronic information to indicate electricity is flowing or not flowing through an electrical circuit controlled by a remote circuit breaker. The method and system help identify which electrical sockets are controlled by which remote circuit breakers. The method and apparatus is used over short distances in a residential home or over long distances in a commercial building such as a warehouse or factory. The method and apparatus is used with or without an external network devices such as a smartphone, electronic tablet, wearable device, etc. |
| US11016125B2 |
Current sensor
A current sensor includes a substrate, a first bus bar, and a second bus bar. The first bus bar includes a first terminal portion, a first rising portion, a first extending portion, a first cutout portion, and a first stepped portion. The second bus bar includes a second terminal portion, a second rising portion, a second extending portion, a second cutout portion, and a second stepped portion. The second stepped portion and the second rising portion are connected together. A second magneto-electric conversion element is mounted on the lower surface of the substrate. A first magneto-electric conversion elements is mounted on the upper surface of the substrate. |
| US11016120B2 |
Sharpening method for probe tip of atomic force microscope (AFM)
A sharpening method for a probe tip of an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) includes the steps of dripping a prepared slurry on a glass slide to form a droplet on the glass slide, where particles of the prepared slurry are diamond powder; infiltrating the tip to be sharpened with the prepared slurry; setting operation mode of the AFM to tapping in the fluid and lowering the probe into droplet till the probe cantilever beam is immersed completely in the droplet; setting vibration parameters, scanning parameters, and sharpening time, performing tip sharpening; and evaluating the sharpening results, and finishing sharpening. When the AFM works in a tapping mode in fluid, the tip of the self-excited oscillating probe is sharpened under the grinding effect of the diamond particles. The method is simple and effective, and easy to implement. |
| US11016117B2 |
Air data probe replacement determination system
Method and systems of determining when to replace an air data probe are provided. The method includes measuring a temperature of a heating element of an air data probe; tracking an amount of time the heating element is within at least one temperature range; and providing an air data probe replacement indication when a replacement threshold is met that is at least in part based on reaching a cumulative amount of time the heating element has a measured temperature within the at least one temperature range. |
| US11016116B2 |
Correction of accumulated errors in inertial measurement units attached to a user
A system including: a plurality of sensor modules having inertial measurement units and attached to different parts of a user (e.g., head, hands, arms) to measure their orientations; a plurality of optical marks attached to the user; a camera attached to the user; and a computing device configured to correct an accumulated error by detecting the optical marks in an image generated by the camera and identifying mismatches in directions of the optical marks (or the sensors, or parts of the users) as measured and/or calculated based on the image and the corresponding directions of the optical marks (or the sensors, or parts of the users) as measured and/or calculated from the orientation measurements generated by the sensor modules. |
| US11016114B1 |
Determining aircraft flying conditions based on acoustic signals caused by airflow
Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining airspeed and/or altitude based on acoustic waves caused by airflow. One of more acoustic transducers are positioned along an exterior surface of an aircraft. Each of the one or more acoustic transducers is configured to detect acoustic waves caused by the airflow. The acoustic waves detected are indicative of an airstream condition proximate the acoustic transducer, such as, for example, airspeed and/or altitude. A processor is configured to determine airspeed and/or altitude of the aircraft based, at least in part, on the acoustic waves detected. |
| US11016113B2 |
Sensor bearing unit, assembly method of said unit and method for assembling said sensor bearing unit on shaft
Sensor bearing unit providing at least two bearings stacked one relative to the other and each having an inner ring and an outer ring, the sensor bearing unit having a sleeve radially surrounding the bearings and having a radial projection in axial contact with one of the bearings, an annular flange having a radial portion in axial contact with the other bearing and an axial portion radially surrounding the sleeve and connected to the sleeve, and a wire carrier configured to support at least one wire and at least one connector, the wire carrier includes at least one fastening element mounted on the bearing. |
| US11016108B2 |
Microfluidic devices and methods for performing serum separation and blood cross-matching
Microfluidic cartridges or devices for serum separation and blood cross-match analysis are provided. The devices may include a serum separation subcircuit alone or in combination with a solute mixing subcircuit. The serum separation subcircuit promotes on-cartridge clotting of a blood sample and manipulates the flow of the separated serum sample for subsequent cross-match analysis with a second blood sample, for example. The solute mixing subcircuit includes at least two intake channels, one for a whole blood sample from, for example, a blood donor and the other for the separated serum sample from, for example, a transfusion recipient. The solute mixing subcircuit further includes a serpentine mixing channel conjoined to a downstream channel. Under vacuum generated by a conjoined finger pump, the two input streams fill the serpentine mixing and downstream channels due to capillary action, enabling visualization of an agglutination reaction. |
| US11016101B2 |
Simplified nuclei analysis platform and biomarker matrix that supports genotoxic mode of action determinations
The present invention relates a simple method for evaluating free eukaryotic cell nuclei for biomarkers of DNA damage and/or transcription factor activation, activity, or expression levels and/or epigenetic modifications to chromatin or chromatin-associated factors. The invention also teaches useful strategies for combining nuclear biomarkers into a matrix of endpoints that are capable of elucidating genotoxicants' primary mode of DNA-damaging activity. Kits for conducting methods according to the invention are also described. |
| US11016098B2 |
Method for determining a concentration of a target analyte in a sample of bodily fluid
A method and an apparatus for determining a concentration of a target analyte in a sample of bodily fluid are disclosed. The method involves providing a sample of bodily fluid including the target analyte, providing an internal standard solution including a mixture of components having a plurality of isotopes of the target analyte, wherein a concentration of each isotope is unknown, adding the internal standard solution to the sample, analyzing the sample including the internal standard solution using a mass spectrometer, creating a sample function curve based on signal intensities, wherein the signal intensities define arbitrary units, transferring an analyte signal into a corresponding arbitrary analyte unit by means of the sample function curve, and transferring the arbitrary analyte unit into the concentration of a target analyte by means of a standardization function representing a curve of concentrations depending on the arbitrary units. |
| US11016094B2 |
Compositions and methods for allergen detection
The present invention is drawn to nucleic acid aptamer based signaling polynucleotides (SPNs) for allergen detection in samples. Disclosed herein include compositions, compounds, assays and methods of using said SPNs to detect one or more allergens in a sample, particularly food allergens in a food product. |
| US11016088B2 |
Chemically-sensitive field effect transistors, systems, and methods for manufacturing and using the same
This invention concerns Chemically-sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) that are preferably fabricated using semiconductor fabrication methods on a semiconductor wafer, and in preferred embodiments, on top of an integrated circuit structure made using semiconductor fabrication methods. The instant ChemFETs typically comprise a conductive source, a conductive drain, and a channel composed of a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) transistor nanomaterial, which channel extends from the source to the drain and is fabricated using semiconductor fabrication techniques on top of a wafer. The ChemFET also includes a gate, often the gate voltage is provided through a fluid or solution proximate the ChemFET. Such ChemFETs, preferably configured in independently addressable arrays, may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological samples, including nucleic acid hybridization and/or sequencing reactions. |
| US11016087B2 |
Implement for inspection, inspecting device and inspecting method
Provided is an implement for inspection capable of measuring the concentration of a test substance with high accuracy. The implement for inspection according to the present invention is an implement for inspection used for measuring the concentration of a test substance that includes a compound for reacting with a test substance to form a granular substance or a compound which is for being bound to the test substance and is a granular substance, and a wall portion having a periodic structure on its surface. |
| US11016085B2 |
ZNT8 assays for drug development and pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention describes methods of identifying drugs for the treatment or prevention of diabetes by measuring the activity of the human zinc transporter ZnT8 and pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11016080B2 |
Medical device and method operating same
The present invention refers to a medical device (100) comprising: •a measurement unit (110) adapted to measure a value of a physiological parameter, for example a blood glucose level, •a data storage (130) adapted to store ∘a plurality of measurement values of the physiological parameter, ∘for each measurement value an associated event tag, ∘for each measurement value an associated time stamp, ∘for each at least one predefined event an associated current time range for tagging preselection, •a processor (140) adapted to ∘receive from the measurement unit (110) or from the data storage (130) a new measurement value with an associated time, ∘comparing the associated time stamp of the new measurement value with the stored at least one time range for tagging preselection, ∘if the time stamp is within one current time range for tagging preselection the corresponding tag of the predefined event is preselected and initiated for user confirmation, ∘in case one particular predefined tag of one particular predefined event is then selected and confirmed with regard to the new measurement value, the associated time stamps of a predefined number of consecutive recent measurement values tagged with the one particular predefined event is received from a data storage (130), ∘calculate a new time range for tagging preselection for the one predefined event at least partly based on the associated time stamps of the predefined number of consecutive recent measurement values and on the associated time stamp of the new measurement value, preferably only if at least one validation criterion is met, and ∘initiate storing the new time range as current time range for tagging preselection for the one particular predefined event in the data storage (130), preferably only if the at least one validation criterion is met. The invention further refers to a corresponding method and computer program for operating a medical device as well as to a corresponding computer program product. |
| US11016078B2 |
Electrochemical measurement method, electrochemical measurement device and transducer
An electrochemical measurement method is provided in which a working electrode that causes an oxidation-reduction reaction with a measurement target and a counter electrode connected to the working electrode are provided in an electrolytic solution containing the measurement target, and a measuring voltage is applied between the working electrode and the counter electrode to measure a current that flows between the working electrode and the counter electrode in proportion to the amount of the measurement target, wherein an eliminating electrode is provided in the electrolytic solution, and the method performs: eliminating the measurement target by applying an eliminating voltage, which has the same polarity as the measuring voltage, between the eliminating electrode and the counter electrode to oxidize or reduce the measurement target; diffusing a new measurement target; and measuring the current by applying the measuring voltage between the working electrode and the counter electrode. |
| US11016076B2 |
Evaluation of component condition through analysis of material interaction
There is described herein methods and systems relating to the use of the interaction of different materials to perform early detection of component failure. In particular, when the debris in a fluid sample comes from more than one source, a “level of interaction” is determined in order to monitor the degradation of the parts or components associated with the debris, as a function of the composition of the particles found in the fluid sample. |
| US11016072B2 |
Transmitter and receiver configuration for detecting content level
A measurement device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal. The measurement device also includes a receiver configured to receive the interrogation signal that has been reflected within a container. The received reflected interrogation signal corresponds to a fill level of the container. A protective barrier covers at least the transmitter or the receiver. If the protective barrier covers the transmitter, the transmitter transmits the interrogation signal through the protective barrier and the transmitter and the protective barrier are separated by a gap. |
| US11016070B2 |
System for assessing the quality of air and drinking water
A system for assessing the quality of air and/or drinking water, the system comprising a plurality of sample traps, wherein each of the sample traps is configured to test for a different environmental contaminant; a base unit having a pump for drawing air, a mount for connecting a sample trap to the pump so as to draw air through that sample trap when the pump is operated, a central processing unit (CPU) pre-programmed to operate the pump in a plurality of modes of operation, and a plurality of buttons communicating with the CPU; and a marking scheme comprising a plurality of unique markings, wherein each of the buttons is marked with a different unique marking, and further wherein each of the sample traps is marked with the same unique marking as the button which causes the pump to operate in a particular mode of operation. |
| US11016068B2 |
Replaceable emitter assembly for interfacing a separation column to a mass spectrometer
An electrospray emitter assembly for interfacing a separation column to a mass spectrometer is disclosed. An emitter capillary includes an inlet end and an outlet end. A fitting is coupled to the inlet end of the emitter, configured to be removably connected to the separation column A stop with a defined through hole is integrated proximate the inlet end of the emitter to produce a path for liquid to flow from the separation column to the emitter via the through hole where a voltage is applied to the liquid entering the emitter. |
| US11016066B2 |
Compact gas analysis device and method
A gas analysis device suited for e.g. medical analysis of exhaled breath from a subject. A gas inlet receives a gas sample to a flow path for guiding the gas sample to two or more gas separators, e.g. gas chromatography columns, with respective molecule selectivity properties which are different. One or more detectors, each with a sensor, are arranged to generate respective responses to outputs from the two or more gas separators. A communication module generate output data in response to the respective responses from the one or more detectors, e.g. data indicative of selected molecules in the gas sample, e.g. data indicative of one or more diseases identified as a result of identified biomarkers in the gas sample. The device is suitable as a compact device, e.g. a handheld breath analysis device, since the use of a plurality of gas separators allows use of very molecule specific gas separators which can be implemented with a small size. E.g. a flow path with several parallel paths each comprising one or more gas separator may be used. |
| US11016062B2 |
System and method of measuring cell viability and growth
A novel SH-SAW biosensor capable of non-invasive and touch-free detection of cancer cell viability and growth or proliferation in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures as well as stem cell regeneration as it pertains to cancer cell biology and anti-cancer drug development is presented. The biosensor includes two pairs of resonators including interdigital transducers reflecting fingers to quantify mass loading by the cells in suspension as well as within a tumoroid culture platform. The biosensor can be part of a perfused 3PNS-tumoroid system that is amenable to real-time non-invasive monitoring of the cell proliferation, viability, and multiplexed detection of key physiologic and clinical biomarkers. |
| US11016060B2 |
Method and apparatus for evaluating damage to magnetic linear body
A damage evaluation apparatus, to evaluate damage to a tendon embedded in concrete. The apparatus includes a magnetizer for generating magnetic force, and a detector for detecting change in magnetism produced from a damaged area of the tendon when magnetized. The magnetizer includes a excitation coil; an iron core passing through a center hole of the excitation coil; a pair of columnar yokes connected to respective ends of the iron core and extending toward the concrete; and a pair of plate-shaped yokes connected to the pair of columnar yokes at a distal end thereof for forming magnetic poles having spread along the surface of the concrete. By passing an electric current through the excitation coil, a magnetic circuit is formed by the yoke shaft, the pair of columnar yokes, the pair of plate-shaped yokes, and the tendon over a range thereof situated between the pair of plate-shaped yokes. |
| US11016057B2 |
Pulse-field multiplex capillary electrophoresis system
The invention is a multiplex, pulsed-field capillary electrophoresis instrument with the ability to analyze DNA fragments with sizes greater than 150,000 base pairs. The parallel capillary electrophoresis system allows for the simultaneous analysis of at least 12 samples while applying a pulse or varying electric field for separation. Sequences of pulse-field electric fields are iterated to achieve accurate separation of DNA smears. |
| US11016055B2 |
Sensors with a front-end-of-line solution-receiving cavity
Structures for transistor-based sensors and related fabrication methods. A layer stack is formed that includes a semiconductor layer and a cavity. A transistor is formed that has a gate electrode over the layer stack, and an interconnect structure is formed over the layer stack and the transistor. First and second openings are formed that extend through the metallization levels of the interconnect structure and the semiconductor layer to the cavity. The first opening defines a fluid inlet coupled to the cavity, and the second opening defines a fluid outlet coupled to the cavity. |
| US11016047B2 |
Temperature-corrected control data for verifying of structural integrity of materials
The disclosure describes techniques for detecting a crack or defect in a material. A computing device may determine whether a tested material includes a crack or other defect based on a temperature-scaled control data set and a measurement data set. |
| US11016041B2 |
Apparatus and method for calculating a recording trajectory
A calculating unit for calculating a recording trajectory of a CT system has a receive interface, an optimizer and a control unit. The receive interface serves for receiving measurement and simulation data relative to the object to be recorded. The optimizer is configured to determine the recording trajectory based on known degrees of freedom of the CT system, based on the measurement and simulation data and based on a test task from a group having a plurality of test tasks. The control unit is configured to output data in correspondence with the recording trajectory for controlling the CT system. |
| US11016035B2 |
Smart defect calibration system and the method thereof
A smart defect calibration, diagnosis, sampling system and the method thereof for manufacturing fab is provided. The intelligent defect diagnosis method includes: receiving pluralities of defect data, design layout data, analyzing the defect data, design layouts, by a Critical Area Analysis (CAA) system, selecting defect samples based on the defect classification data, selecting alarm defect and filtering false defect with pattern match with defect pattern library and frequent failure defect library, performing coordinate conversion and pattern match between defect image contour, defect image pattern, and design layout for coordinate correction, creating a CAA accuracy correction system and defect size calibration system by analyzing original defect size data and defect contour size from image analysis, evaluating the defect size using measurement uncertainty analysis with statistical analysis methods to reach the purposes of increasing CAA accuracy and Killer Defect identification rate. |
| US11016033B2 |
Diamond clarity measurement process and system
A process operable using a computerized system (300) grades the clarity of a diamond (315, 400) as a function of internal defects within its body (315, 400). The computerized system (300) includes an optical image acquisition device (310), a processor module (320) and an output module (340) operably interconnected together. The process includes the steps of (i) acquiring via an optical image acquisition device (310) a plurality of top view images of a diamond (315, 400); (ii) in a processor module (320), detecting defects within the body of the diamond (315, 400); and (iii) from an output module (340), providing a signal indicative of the clarity grade assigned in (ii). |
| US11016031B2 |
Ballast water analysis system
The present invention relates in one aspect to a ballast water analysis system comprising fluorometer and light scattering meter. The fluorometer comprises a first light source arranged to illuminate a first ballast water sample for obtaining a first fluorescence measurement on a first ballast water sample. The light scattering meter comprises a second light source arranged to illuminate a second ballast water sample with a second light beam and first and second photodetectors arranged to receive light at respective angles relative to a direction of the second light beam. The second and third photodetectors are configured to receive scattered light resulting from interaction between light from the second light source and matter, such as viable or non-viable microorganisms and other particles, in the second ballast water sample. |
| US11016029B2 |
Measuring chamber, working method of measuring chamber, chemiluminescence measurement method of measuring chamber and chemiluminescence detector
The present disclosure relates to a measuring chamber, a working method of the measuring chamber, a chemiluminescence measurement method of the measuring chamber and a chemiluminescence detector. The measuring chamber includes a dark chamber, a first substrate nozzle, a photomultiplier detection component, a waste liquor adsorption needle component, a reaction cup turntable and a plurality of reaction cup processing stations; the reaction cup turntable is provided in the measuring chamber rotationally; and the plurality of reaction cup processing stations are sealed in a mutually light-isolated manner. When the instrument works, reaction cups in the reaction cup turntable are moved in the dark chamber; and after the reaction cups are moved to corresponding processing stations for processing the reaction cups, the plurality of different processing stations for processing, the reaction cups may simultaneously process the reaction cups moved to the corresponding reaction cup processing stations. |
| US11016025B2 |
Systems and methods for determining sample osmolarity
Systems and methods for determining the osmolarity of a sample are provided. Aspects of the subject methods include contacting a sensing surface of a surface plasmon resonance based sensor with a sample, and generating one or more data sets at at least two wavelengths over a time interval, wherein the data sets are used to determine the osmolarity of the sample. The subject methods find use in determining the osmolarity of a sample, such as a biological sample (e.g., a tear fluid), and in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of various diseases and disorders, such as, e.g., dry eye disease. |
| US11016023B1 |
Far-infrared spectroscopic device and far-infrared spectroscopic method
In an is-TPG method in which lasers having two different wavelengths are used to generate a wavelength-variable far-infrared light, a far-infrared light (TPG light) having an unstable output at a broad wavelength is also slightly generated at the same time with only one laser light. The generated is-TPG and the TPG light are converted, after passing through a specimen, to near-infrared light inside a nonlinear optical crystal for detection and are observed by a detector. The signal light output of the is-TPG light becomes unstable due to the TPG light. According to the present invention, the TPG light is removed by means of a slit and the like (filter) immediately before the specimen and is not introduced into the nonlinear optical crystal for detection. At this time, by using a change in the emission direction when the frequency of the is TPG light is changed, the filter is moved in accordance with the frequency so that only the is-TPG light passes therethrough (see FIG. 1C). |
| US11016022B2 |
Multimodal imaging system
A multimodal imaging system comprises a light source, an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels, and an optical filter comprising a first filter element and a second filter element. The light source emits partially coherent polarized light, and the first filter element and second filter element are arranged as an array parallel to the image sensor. The first filter element is configured for attenuated transmission of a first light spectrum, which comprises polarized light emitted by the light source, and the second filter element is configured for transmission of a second light spectrum. The image sensor is configured to simultaneously capture light impinging on the image sensor from both the first filter element and the second filter element. Each filter element of the optical filter is configured for transmission of light to a subset of the imager pixels. |
| US11016013B2 |
Apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data, and use method and calibration method thereof
An apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data, and a use method and calibration method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a movable support part (101), a fixed support part (102), a connection part (103), a rotary shaft (104), a magnet (105), a Hall element (106), and a processing unit (107). One end of the movable support part (101) is fixedly connected to the rotary shaft (104), and the other end of the movable support part (101) is connected to the fixed support part (102) by means of the connection part (103); the movable support part (101) is fixedly connected to the magnet (105); the rotary shaft (104) is able to rotate relative to the fixed support part (102) under the driving force of measured blood and drive the movable support part (101) to rotate; the movable support part (101) is able to move the magnet (105) to cause a change in the magnetic field of the magnet (105); the Hall element (106) is connected to the processing unit (107); the Hall element (106) is used for outputting a measurement electric signal according to the magnetic field change of the magnet (105); and the processing unit (107) is used for determining blood coagulation data of the measured blood according to the measurement electric signal. The present apparatus can improve the accuracy in measurement of blood coagulation data. |
| US11016011B2 |
Breaking prediction method, program, recording medium, and arithmetic processing device
In a breaking prediction method of predicting a breaking portion of a component, which is obtained by forming a metal sheet, by using a finite element method, the breaking portion is easily and reliably extracted. This breaking prediction method includes a first step of performing forming analysis by using a finite element method in each of a case where the metal sheet is divided on the basis of a first mesh coarseness and a case where the metal sheet is divided on the basis of a second mesh coarseness which is coarser than the first mesh coarseness, a second step of obtaining a maximum main stress for each mesh in each of the case of the first mesh coarseness and the case of the second mesh coarseness, and a third step of obtaining a difference value between the maximum main stress in the case of the first mesh coarseness and the maximum main stress in the case of the second mesh coarseness in each portion of the component, and extracting a portion in the case of the first mesh coarseness, which corresponds to a portion in which the difference value is larger than a predetermined value, as the breaking portion. |
| US11016010B1 |
Triaxial rock mechanics test system for high-strain-rate cyclic dynamic loading
A triaxial rock mechanics test system for high-strain-rate cyclic dynamic loading is provided, including: a host loading module, a dynamic cyclic loading module, and a dynamic measurement module. The host loading module includes a loading frame, a triaxial pressure mechanism and an actuator that are provided inside the loading frame. The dynamic cyclic loading module includes a driving mechanism, a fixed mechanism and a mobile mechanism. The dynamic measurement module is configured to acquire axial pressure data, radial deformation data and axial deformation data of the rock sample during a test. In the triaxial rock mechanics test system for high-strain-rate cyclic dynamic loading of the present invention, an energetic rod is driven by an electrical explosion of a metal wire to generate a strong shock wave with controllable peak pressure, duration and waveform. |
| US11016008B2 |
Reagent nozzle sipper mixing system and method
An analysis instrument may perform analytical operations on an analyte that is combined with multiple reagents prior to being introduced into a flow cell. The instrument may include a nozzle sipper that aspirates reagents from a recipient, along with an analyte. The reagents may be directed to a volume and may be repeatedly moved into and out of the volume by cycling of a pump. The reagents may be ejected into a destination recipient with the nozzle sipper promoting vorticity in the recipient to enhance mixing. The repeated aspiration and ejection through the nozzle sipper effectively mixes the reagents and the template in an automated or semi-automated fashion. |
| US11016007B2 |
System and method for the automated preparation of biological samples
The present invention describes an automated platform for inoculating a variety of receptacles with biological samples for testing and analysis. The lab automation system includes a plurality of modules used to automate the inoculation of media for subsequent analysis. In this regard, the lab automation system has one module to enter specimen/order information and store an inventory of petri dishes. Another module is used to label the sample receptacles with a unique identifier that associates the receptacles with the sample. Yet another module includes a robot for retrieving sample and inoculating the receptacles. The sample inoculation module also includes an apparatus that will receive slides, inoculate those slides, and further process the slides for analysis. Finally, the lab automation system includes a module that streaks the culture media with the sample. Thus, the automated lab system described herein provides consistent samples with minimal input from a lab operator. |
| US11016002B2 |
In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors
In situ vibration-based verification of vehicle doors may be performed to identify defects in the doors. An example vehicle includes a vibration exciter affixed to a door and a vibration sensor affixed to a window of the door. The example vehicle also includes a processor coupled to memory storing expected vibration data. The processor performs, via the vibration exciter, a sine sweep on the door and measures, via the vibration sensor, a vibration response of the door to the sine sweep. Based on the vibration response and the expected vibration data, the processor determines whether the door is defective. |
| US11016001B2 |
Systems and methods for leak detection in liquid-cooled information handling systems
The method may include: in a first measurement phase, generating a first input signal to the first input terminal of a leak detection cable interface circuit and receiving a first response signal in response the first input signal; in a second measurement phase, generating a second input signal to the second input terminal of the leak detection cable interface circuit and receiving a second response signal in response the second input signal; and based on at least the first response signal and the second response signal, determining a state of a leak detection cable communicatively coupled to the leak detection cable interface circuit. |
| US11016000B2 |
Purging for welding
A system and method of purge testing for welding piping, including flowing a purge gas through a test pipe, determining concentration of a gas component in the purge gas discharged from the test pipe, and determining a time period to reach a lower threshold of the concentration. The testing may consider different flow rates, pipe sizes, and inlet/outlet bore sizes. |
| US11015995B2 |
In-situ pressure sensor bias determination apparatus, subsea sensor node apparatus and method of determining a bias of a pressure sensing apparatus
An in-situ pressure sensor bias determination apparatus (300) comprises a measurement pressure sensor (400), a reference pressure sensor (402), an electronically controllable pressure adjustment device (406), and a fluid conduit network (410) having an ambient access port (412). The measurement pressure sensor (400) has a greater operating pressure range than the reference pressure sensor (402). The measurement pressure sensor (400), the reference pressure sensor (402) and the pressure adjustment device (406) are sealingly coupled to the fluid conduit network (410) so as to define a volume that is open only at the ambient access port (412). An ambient isolation device (420) is arranged to isolate selectively the ambient access port (412) from the measurement pressure sensor (400), the reference pressure sensor (402) and the pressure adjustment device (406), thereby closing the open volume. |
| US11015992B2 |
Load sensor unit and input device
A load sensor unit according to an aspect of the present invention includes an operating part movable forward and backward in a first direction; a load sensor that has a pressure receiving part and outputs a signal according to a load received in the first direction by the pressure receiving part; a linking part that has one end part linked to the operating part and an other end part that causes the pressure receiving part to operate and is movable forward and backward in the first direction in synchronization with the operating part; and an elastic member that gives biasing force to the other end part of the linking part and gives an initial load to the pressure receiving part through the other end part. This can prevent a load sensor from being broken by an overload with a simple configuration and fully demonstrate detection accuracy of the load sensor. |
| US11015991B2 |
Bending sensor for flexible display panel
Disclosed herein are flexible display panels and bend detection circuits for flexible display panels where the bend detection circuit can be formed on a flexible substrate of the flexible display panel stack. The bend detection circuit including a number of sensor elements arranged to change an electric response to an applied electric signal based on an applied physical force. The bend detection circuits also including a bend sensing circuit arranged to measure a time delay of the number of sensor elements to the applied electric signal. |
| US11015989B2 |
Resistive-capacitive deformation sensor
A deformation sensing apparatus comprises an elastic substrate, a first strain-gauge element formed on a first surface of the elastic substrate, and configured to output a first signal in response to a strain applied in a first direction, and a second strain-gauge element formed on a second surface of the elastic substrate opposite to the first surface, and configured to output a second signal in response to a strain applied in the same first direction. |
| US11015986B2 |
Temperature sensor
A temperature sensor comprising a light emitter, an electrical circuit for applying a reverse bias voltage across the light emitter and for measuring a reverse current, and means for calculating a temperature from the measured reverse current. |
| US11015981B2 |
Method and optical system for acquiring the tomographical distribution of wave fronts of electromagnetic fields
The invention relates to a method for the two-dimensional reconstruction of wave fronts (104) of light for use in an optical system (100) comprising: measuring the distribution function of the light intensity in at least two images at different optical planes (101, 102) having an optical path difference. In particular this method is suitable for probing the tomographical distribution of wave fronts of electromagnetic fields with an image detector, e.g. any standard two-dimensional camera. |
| US11015980B2 |
Infrared radiation sensors and methods of manufacturing infrared radiation sensors
An infrared radiation sensor comprises a substrate, a membrane formed in or at the substrate, a first counter electrode, a second counter electrode, and a composite comprising at least two layers of materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion. At least a portion of the membrane forms a deflectable electrode and the deflectable electrode is electrically floating. A first capacitance is formed between the deflectable electrode and the first counter electrode, and a second capacitance is formed between the deflectable electrode and the second counter electrode. The membrane comprises the composite or is supported at the substrate by the composite. The membrane comprises an absorption region configured to cause deformation of the composite by absorbing infrared radiation, the deformation resulting in a deflection of the deflectable electrode, which causes a change of the first and second capacitances. |
| US11015978B2 |
Infrared image sensor
An image sensor includes on a support a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels intended to detect an infrared radiation emitted by an element of a scene. Each of the pixels includes a bolometric membrane suspended above a reflector covering the support, wherein the reflector of each of the first pixels is covered with a first dielectric layer, and the reflector of each of the second pixels is covered with a second dielectric layer differing from the first dielectric layer by its optical properties. |
| US11015975B2 |
Fast computational phase and timing correction for multiheterodyne spectroscopy
Disclosed herein is an all-digital phase and timing correction procedure for coherent averaging in dual-comb and multiheterodyne spectroscopy—applicable to any dual-comb spectroscopy setup. It can account for large frequency/phase instabilities of the used sources, yielding a significant reduction of the noise pedestal and an increase in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the radio frequency (RF) beat notes. This technique is computationally efficient and can be conveniently implemented either as a post-processing algorithm or in a real-time data acquisition and processing platform without the necessity of adding any additional optical elements to the dual-comb spectroscopy system. By implementing this technique, the performance of any comb- or comb-like-source-based DCS system with a sufficient degree of mutual coherence between the optical modes can be improved in terms of SNR and number of spectroscopically-usable RF beat notes. The described technique is compatible with a DC-centered RF spectrum, where the negative frequencies are folded to the positive domain to double the number of beat notes within the detector bandwidth. The technique enables coherent averaging over extended time-scales even for free-running combs, thus increasing the sensitivity of absorption and dispersion DCS measurements. |
| US11015972B2 |
Apparatus for monitoring the condition of a machine
A method for analyzing the condition of a machine, and an apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine are described. |
| US11015968B2 |
Fluid flow sensor system having a universal stem
A universal fluid flow sensor system and method installable in a toilet tank. A system is disclosed that includes a housing that contains a power source and an event processing system; a flow sensor coupled to a base of the housing, wherein the flow sensor provides flow rate data to the event processing system, the flow sensor having an inlet adapted to receive an inflow of water from a fill tube and an outlet adapted to expel an outflow; a universal stem that extends from the housing and includes at least two different mounting systems adapted to seat the housing onto different overflow tube types, wherein the universal stem includes an elbow assembly configured to receive and redirect the outflow into an overflow tube; and a pair of cylindrical probes positioned in parallel within the elbow assembly, wherein the probes activate the event processing system in response to a detection of water contacting the probes. |
| US11015962B2 |
Fluid monitoring assembly with replaceable sensor functionality
A fluid monitoring assembly includes a conduit having a wall defining a lumen for carrying fluid. A sensor mount is integrally formed with the wall of the conduit and extends generally transverse with respect to a longitudinal axis of the conduit, the sensor mount including an aperture defining an inner surface extending to the lumen. The assembly includes a sensor configured to be removably secured within the sensor mount, the sensor having an elongate body terminating at one end thereof in a sensing portion, the elongate body having a male projection on a portion thereof and configured to rest within the inner surface of the sensor mount. The assembly further includes a housing having first and second portions connected to one another, the housing defining an interior portion configured to encapsulate the conduit, at least a portion of the elongate body of the sensor, and the sensor mount. |
| US11015959B2 |
Encoder and control system
A control system in which an encoder and a controller are connected by serial communication. The encoder includes a data transmission unit configured to: embed, in serial data, position information which is information related to a position of a detection object, and position information generation timing information that indicates a timing at which the position information is generated; and transmit to the controller the serial data. The controller includes a correction unit configured to correct, based on the position information and the position information generation timing information received from the encoder, the position information of the detection object. |
| US11015954B2 |
Step detection using IMU and magnetometer data fusion
Systems and methods for detecting and counting steps. Acceleration data is used to determine acceleration norms. Peaks and valleys in the resulting acceleration norms data are then detected. These peaks and valleys are indicative of steps and are validated using measurements from gyroscopes and magnetometers. The systems and methods can thus be used to assist in location tracking and/or navigation. |
| US11015950B2 |
Dynamically controlling map viewport in view of user signals
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that implement an application programming interface (API) for generating digital maps. When invoked by a software module executing on one or more processors of a client device, the API operates to (i) determine a geographic location to be included in a digital map, where the geographic location is specified by a server device coupled to the client device via a communication network, (ii) select a parameter for a viewport of the digital map based at least on a distance from a current location of the client device to the specified geographic location, (iii) generate the digital map in accordance with the selected parameter, and display the digital map via a user interface of the client device. |
| US11015947B2 |
Mobile-object control system
[Problem] To simply simulate a situation where a plurality of mobile objects move in a space.[Solution] A mobile-object control system is configured such that the system includes a path-point-data store unit to store path-point data containing coordinates of each of a plurality of path points on a route along which a mobile object moves; a sign-data store unit to store sign data containing coordinates of a sign object that influences moving velocity or moving direction of the mobile object and content of an instruction regarding the moving velocity or the moving direction that the sign object gives to the mobile object which catches this sign object within a prescribed range from the mobile object; a mobile-object-data store unit to store mobile-object data containing current coordinates, current moving velocity and current moving direction of each of a plurality of the mobile objects; and a simulation unit to iteratively calculate the coordinates, the moving velocity and the moving direction of each of the mobile objects moving in the space in every unit time with reference to the path-point data, the sign data and the mobile-object data, and to write the calculated new coordinates, the calculated new moving velocity and the calculated new moving direction of each of the mobile objects into the mobile-object-data store unit. |
| US11015945B2 |
Providing information regarding relevant points of interest
A device can determine route information associated with a route of a vehicle, identify a point of interest (POI) based on the route information, and identify a portion of the route that has a shortest distance to the POI. The device can determine one or more paths from the POI, and determine whether the portion of the route is included in an initial portion of a path of the one or more paths. The device can determine whether the POI is located to a right of the portion of the route, and perform one or more actions to cause the route information and information regarding the POI to be provided to a user device associated with the vehicle based on whether the portion of the route is included in the initial portion of the path, and whether the POI is located to the right of the portion of the route. |
| US11015944B2 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic navigation modification
A system includes a processor configured to receive an instruction to avoid a user-identified route-portion. The processor is also configured to send the route-portion to a remote server. The processor is further configured to receive an updated recommendation relating to a size of the route-portion, responsive to the sending, and calculate a route avoiding the route-portion updated by the recommendation. |
| US11015942B1 |
Autonomous vehicle routing
Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle routing are disclosed. Roadway suitability for autonomous operation is scored to facilitate use in route determination. Maps of roadways suitable for various levels of autonomous operation may be generated. Such map data may be used by autonomous vehicles or other computer devices in determining routes based upon criteria for vehicle trips. Such routes may be automatically updated based upon changes in road conditions, vehicle conditions, operator conditions, or environmental conditions. Emergency routing using such map data is described, such as automatic routing and travel when a passenger is experiencing a medical emergency. |
| US11015940B2 |
Systems and methods for longitudinal position correction of a vehicle using mapped landmarks
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to correcting the longitudinal position of a vehicle using mapped landmarks. One embodiment identifies, in stored map data, a mapped landmark that is within a predetermined distance from the vehicle; identifies one or more detected stationary objects that are within a predetermined distance from the mapped landmark; tracks the one or more detected stationary objects for at least a first predetermined time period; matches, with the mapped landmark, a particular object among the one or more tracked detected stationary objects; tracks the particular object for at least a second predetermined time period; calculates a longitudinal distance between the particular object and the mapped landmark; and corrects the longitudinal position of the vehicle based on the longitudinal distance. |
| US11015939B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting a closure and/or opening of a navigable element
A method of detecting the closure and/or opening of a navigable element forming part of a network of navigable elements within a geographic area. A passability parameter is associated with each segment of an electronic map representing the navigable network and indicates a likelihood of closure of the element represented by the segment. The value of the passability parameter decays over time. When a device is detected on the element represented by the segment, the passability parameter is increased, and when a closure report is received relating to the segment, the parameter is decreased. In one set of embodiments, when the passability parameter decreases below a first threshold value, the element represented by the segment is determined to be potentially closed. In another set of embodiments, when the passability parameter increases above a second threshold value, the closed element represented by the segment is determined to be opened. |
| US11015936B2 |
Positioning method and device
A method includes obtaining a moving track shape of a second device that is presented before and after a wireless communication connection between the second device and the first device is broken, and a moving track of the second device presented before the wireless communication coupling between the second device and the first device is broken, and matching the moving track shape of the second device presented before and after the wireless communication connection between the second device and the first device is broken and the moving track of the second device presented before the wireless communication connection between the second device and the first device is broken to determine a moving track of the second device presented after the wireless communication connection between the second device and the first device is broken. |
| US11015933B2 |
Micromechanical detection structure for a MEMS sensor device, in particular a MEMS gyroscope, with improved driving features
A micromechanical detection structure includes a substrate of semiconductor material and a driving-mass arrangement is coupled to a set of driving electrodes and driven in a driving movement following upon biasing of the set of driving electrodes. A first anchorage unit is coupled to the driving-mass arrangement for elastically coupling the driving-mass arrangement to the substrate at first anchorages. A driven-mass arrangement is elastically coupled to the driving-mass arrangement by a coupling unit and designed to be driven by the driving movement. A second anchorage unit is coupled to the driven-mass arrangement for elastically coupling the driven-mass arrangement to the substrate at second anchorages. Following upon the driving movement, the resultant of the forces and of the torques exerted on the substrate at the first and second anchorages is substantially zero. |
| US11015925B2 |
Flexible display and method for measuring angle of the same
A flexible display capable of improving an angle-measuring accuracy using different kinds of sensors and a method of measuring an angle thereof. The flexible display includes a first sensor unit disposed in a first region and including different kinds of sensors, a second sensor unit disposed in a second region adjacent to the first region and including different kinds of sensors, and an angle-measuring unit measuring a folding angle between the first region and the second region in response to sensing signals outputted from the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit. |
| US11015922B2 |
Physical parameter estimating method, physical parameter estimating device, and electronic apparatus using sampling theorem in the fractional fourier transform domain
A physical parameter estimating method, a physical parameter estimating device, and electronic apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: reading a Newton's rings fringe pattern obtained by performing an interferometric measurement on a unit to be measured; downsampling the Newton's rings fringe pattern to obtain a downsampled Newton's rings fringe pattern; calculating a magnitude spectrum of an intensity distribution signal of at least one first-direction pixel set in the downsampled Newton's rings fringe pattern under each fractional Fourier transform (FRFT) order in a searching range of FRFT orders, the first-direction direction pixel set including a line of pixels in a first direction, the first direction being one of a row direction and a column direction of the downsampled Newton's rings fringe pattern; determining a matched order of the intensity distribution signal according to the calculated magnitude spectrums; and estimating a physical parameter involved in the interferometric measurement according to at least the matched order. Therefore, physical parameters of the unit to be measured can be estimated with high accuracy even in presence of noise and obstacles in the fringe pattern. |
| US11015921B2 |
Measurement system
A measurement system includes: a measurement device configured to acquire a measurement data of a workpiece, a display configured to display a workpiece information corresponding to the workpiece, a reader configured to read the workpiece information displayed by the display; and a controller having a memory configured to store the workpiece information read by the reader and the measurement data of the workpiece acquired by the measurement device associated with each other. |
| US11015920B2 |
Wheel balancer system with hood mounted measurement sensors
An apparatus and method for use with a vehicle wheel balancing system (100) to obtain non-contact measurements of dimensions on a wheel assembly (200) secured on a spindle shaft (104), together with identification of, and distances to, operator-selected locations on various surfaces of a wheel assembly 200. |
| US11015916B2 |
Distance measuring arrangement for determining a distance from an object
A distance measuring arrangement for determining a distance from an object includes at least one light source for producing at least one first monochromatic and interference-capable light beam with a first wavelength and at least one second monochromatic and interference-capable light beam with a second wavelength, a multiplexer for coupling or combining the at least one first light beam and the at least one second light beam into a common measurement beam, an output coupling element for splitting the measurement beam into a reference beam and a signal beam, wherein the reference beam propagates along a reference path and wherein the signal beam propagates along a signal path, and a phase modulator that is arranged in the signal path and configured to modulate the phase of the signal beam periodically in time. |
| US11015914B2 |
Capacitive image sensing device and capacitive image sensing method
A capacitive image sensing device and a capacitive image sensing method are provided. The capacitive image sensing device includes a sensor array, a first charge amplifier, a second charge amplifier, a differential amplifier and a first switching circuit. The sensor array includes a plurality of sensing electrodes and a first reference sensing electrode. An input terminal of the first charge amplifier is coupled to one of the sensing electrodes. A first input terminal of the differential amplifier is selectively coupled to an output terminal of the first charge amplifier. A second input terminal of the differential amplifier is coupled to an output terminal of the second charge amplifier. The first switching circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect and disconnect the first reference sensing electrode and the input terminal of the second charge amplifier. |
| US11015910B2 |
Munitions rack with structural element and insertable ejectors
A munitions rack includes a munitions rack structure that houses multiple compact ejectors. The structure includes a pair of internal longitudinal ribs, inboard of a pair of external longitudinal ribs. A spine of the munitions rack structure links all the ribs, and the munitions rack structure may be formed out of a single piece of material. The ribs define a pair of side recesses on the port and starboard sides of the bomb, which each may be further subdivided into a forward pocket and an aft pocket. Removable ejectors are located in the pockets. The ejectors may receive pressurized gas from pressurized gas source(s) located outside of the ejectors. The ejectors may each have multiple forward pistons and multiple aft pistons. The ejectors may include pitch control valving to control the relative amounts of pressurized gas sent to the forward piston(s) and aft piston(s). |
| US11015909B2 |
Projectile with steerable control surfaces
A projectile (100) with incidence steerable control surfaces (2) each pivotable with respect to the projectile (100), comprises: central control means (5) for controlling the control surfaces (2), a control arm (11) adapted to rotate the central control means (5) around pitch (Y) and yaw (Z) axes of the projectile (100), positioning means for positioning the arm (11), adapted to position one end of the arm (11) in a position determined with respect to an absolute reference frame, the positioning means comprising a cone (13) movable in translation so as to pivot the central control means around an orientation axis (AO), and a toothed wheel (16) meshing with a motorization intended to pilot the angular position of the orientation axis in an absolute reference frame. |
| US11015906B2 |
Aerial reconnaissance marking projectile
An aerial projectile apparatus provides a means for marking terrestrial and marine locations for identification from afar, as by aerial reconnaissance. The projectile is launched from ground level at a location where identification is desired. When the projectile is lofted to an appropriate elevation, it disperses a spray of marker substance in the form of droplets or solid particles. When the sprayed marker substance settles to ground level, it leaves a mark on the landscape or marine surface indicating the location for identification by aerial reconnaissance. |
| US11015903B2 |
Enhanced ballistic protective system
A ballistic armor system comprising a metal strike face plate, a laminate composite backing material secured to the metal strike face plate and an air space provided between the metal strike face plate and the laminate composite backing material. The metal strike face plate has a predetermined defined thickness and has a plurality of slotted holes set at an oblique angle relative to the vertical orientation or axis of the metal strike face plate. The plurality of slotted holes is sufficiently small to prevent the passage of a projectile or fragment therethrough. The laminate composite backing material comprises at least one material selected from an aramid fiber material, S-glass, E-glass and UHMWPE, and is provided in combination with a polymer-based resin material. The air space provided between the metal strike face plate and the composite backing material has a depth in the range between 0-10 inches. |
| US11015900B2 |
Optic cover with releasably retained display
A cover for use with an optic device to hold and display shooting information. The cover may have resilient retention members that allow a display to be releasably attached and detached from the cover. The display may be made from a single substrate or multiple substrates in order to make the shooting information contained thereon highly visible in a variety of conditions and shooting preferences. The cover may include a flexible body for securing the cover to optic devices of a variety of sizes. |
| US11015898B2 |
Integrated handgun grip and rail
An integrated grip and rail adapter for a handgun includes two side panels having both grip sections that are adapted to form at least portions of the handgun grip and receiver sections that are adapted to extend from the grip sections along the receiver frame of the handgun beyond a trigger guard and beneath a barrel of the handgun. A mounting rail for mounting accessories beneath the barrel of the handgun is formed in the two receiver sections. |
| US11015896B1 |
Flying disc launcher
A wheel-driven flying disc launcher for conventionally sized and weighted flying discs to achieve optimal velocity, lift and angular momentum for sustained flight. Flying discs having a diameter in the range of 15 cm to 28 cm and a weight in the range of 60 gm to 120 gm engage a spinning drive wheel having a diameter in the range of 10 to 25 cm for discharge through an annulus chute having a width substantially equal to the diameter of the flying disc to be launched and extending through an angle θ around the center of the drive wheel in the range of 45 to 80 degrees. |
| US11015893B2 |
Lever-coupled device for selectively preventing a firearm from discharging
The present disclosure generally relates to a bolt catch device that prevents the bolt of a bolt carrier assembly of a firearm from moving to its forward position so as to prevent the firearm from being discharged until the user manually moves the bolt catch. The bolt catch is mechanically coupled to the selector of the firearm via a linkage, so that the bolt catch can be moved by way of the selector. This feature can prevent a self-loading firearm that otherwise could function on a semi-automatic basis from operating in such a manner. |
| US11015890B2 |
Determination of round count by hall switch encoding
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting and displaying a number of rounds in a firearm magazine comprising a maximum number of N rounds. The magazine may comprise a follower, magnets on the follower, and |
| US11015885B1 |
Flat top ARI5 type lower receiver
A flat top ar15 type lower receiver for a firearm. |
| US11015882B2 |
Adjustable multi-pass heat exchanger system
In various implementations, a heat exchanger system may include one or more flow paths. At least one of the flow paths may be associated with more than one pass and/or fluid flow through the flow path may be restricted. A setting of the heat exchanger system may include associations between flow path(s) and/or pass(es). A setting for the heat exchanger system may be determined, and the heat exchanger system may be allowed to operate in the determined setting, in some implementations. |
| US11015877B2 |
Energy storage systems including thermal storage tanks
Energy storage systems include a heat source and a thermal energy storage system to store thermal energy produced by the heat source. The thermal energy storage system includes a first tank containing a first salt having a first melting temperature and a second tank containing a second salt having a second melting temperature. At least one input conduit is configured for transferring thermal energy from the heat source to the first tank and second tank. A first output conduit is in thermal communication with the first tank. A second output conduit is in thermal communication with the second tank. Additional energy storage systems include a heat booster positioned and configured to add thermal energy to a heated heat transfer fluid prior to reaching a tank containing at least one thermal storage material. Methods include transferring thermal energy from a thermal energy source to a plurality of thermal energy storage tanks. |
| US11015874B1 |
Advanced cooling system using throttled internal cooling passage flow for a window assembly, and methods of fabrication and use thereof
A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages. |
| US11015870B2 |
Water tank for use in an air-conditioning or heating system
A water tank that is used with a solar air conditioning system and provides a supply of cold water for in-dwellings radiators of the system. In one embodiment, the tank application can begin at 32 F degrees and drop down to many degrees colder, such as, but not limited to, minus 100 F degrees. In one non-limiting embodiment, the tank can hold 2000 gallons of water. |
| US11015869B2 |
Method for reducing molten raw materials, and device for carrying out said method
A method for reducing molten raw materials, includes placing the raw materials, in a solid or molten state, on an inductively heated bed with coke pieces. The reduced melt that runs off the coke bed is collected and the waste gases are discharged. A coke bed is inwardly limited by a tube-shaped element through which the reaction gases are drawn off via a plurality of draw-off openings in the tube-shaped element. The corresponding device has a reactor for a bed with coke pieces and an induction heater with at least one induction coil. The reactor has a loading opening and a discharge opening for the treated melt. The coke bed is ring-shaped around a tube-shaped element. The material of the tube-shaped element allows inductive coupling to the induction field of the induction coil and it has draw-off openings for drawing off reaction gases from the coke bed. |
| US11015868B2 |
Hay bale dryer
The present invention provides a hay bale dryer, comprising: a platform, the platform dimensioned to support the hay bale; a spike rack movably coupled to the platform, the spike rack having a plurality of spikes, each spike having a plurality of slots and each spike dimensioned to penetrate through the hay bale; a fan coupled to the spike rack and operative to blow air through the slots in the spikes, wherein the spike rack is raised to permit loading and unloading of the hay bale, and lowered to permit drying of the hay bale via the air blown through the spikes. |
| US11015865B2 |
System and method for natural gas liquid production with flexible ethane recovery or rejection
A system and method for producing an NGL product stream in either an ethane retention or rejection mode. Rejection modes include (a) two heat exchange stages between a feed stream and first separator bottoms stream and cooling a side stream withdrawn from a fractionation tower through heat exchange with both the fractionation tower and second separator overhead streams; or (b) warming the first separator bottoms stream and fractionation overhead stream through heat exchange with the side stream prior to heat exchange with the feed stream, to achieve 4-15% ethane recovery and 97%+ propane recovery. In ethane retention mode, a portion of the feed stream and portions of a first separator overhead and bottoms streams are separately cooled through heat exchange with other process streams, including the entireties of a recycled residue gas and fractionation column overhead streams, resulting in around 99% ethane and around 100% propane recovery. |
| US11015864B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet, a door configured to open/close the cabinet, an outer plate defining a front surface of the door and having an opening formed therein to pass through the door, a door liner defining a rear surface of the door, lighting members configured to illuminate storage spaces of the door and the cabinet, a transparent panel assembly mounted to shield the opening and allowing the storage spaces to be selectively seen according to an ON/OFF state of the lighting members, an insulator filled between the outer plate and the door liner, and a blocking part arranged inside the door along a periphery of the transparent panel assembly and detachably coupled to a peripheral surface of the transparent panel assembly to fix the transparent panel assembly. |
| US11015863B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet having a storage chamber; a door to open and close the storage chamber; a drawer assembly connected to the door and having a drawer; a rail assembly to connect the drawer assembly to the cabinet; and a weight balance positioned in the drawer assembly and opposite the door. |
| US11015858B2 |
Refrigerator and cold air flow rate monitoring system thereof
A refrigerator and a cold air flow rate monitoring system for the refrigerator, the refrigerator including a main body having a refrigerating chamber therein, a cold air passage duct disposed within the main body and provided with a cold air passage therein, a control case coupled to the cold air passage duct and provided with a cold air discharge opening, a knob installed on the control case and opening and closing at least part of the cold air discharge opening in a manner of reciprocally moving in one direction, and a sensing unit provided with a conductive member mounted on the knob and a circuit portion provided on the control case, and configured to sense relative position of the knob with respect to the control case to acquire information related to an opening and closing amount of the cold air discharge opening. |
| US11015857B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, an air-conditioning membrane assembly and an air pump assembly. The refrigerator body defines a storage space and a compressor chamber therein, a storage container is arranged in the storage space, and a freshness-keeping space is defined inside the storage container. The air-conditioning membrane assembly is provided with at least one air-conditioning membrane and an oxygen-rich gas collection chamber and configured to allow more oxygen than nitrogen in airflow in a surrounding space of the air-conditioning membrane assembly to pass through the air-conditioning membrane and enter the oxygen-rich gas collection chamber. An air pump pumps gas in the oxygen-rich gas collection chamber to the outside of the freshness-keeping space, such that a ratio of the content of nitrogen in the freshness-keeping space to the content of oxygen in the freshness-keeping space is greater than 78/21. |
| US11015856B2 |
Refrigerator and method of changing a deodorizing mode according to a detected smell
A refrigerator may include a smell sensor for detecting smell in the refrigerator; a deodorizer for adsorbing, sterilizing, and deodorizing air in the refrigerator; and a controller for calculating smell values based on the detected smell at the smell sensor, changing a deodorizing mode according to the detected smell, and controlling the deodorizer. |
| US11015855B2 |
Refrigeration apparatus for containers
A container refrigeration apparatus includes: a casing which forms an external storage space communicating with the exterior of the container and an internal storage space communicating with the interior of the container; a refrigerant circuit; an external fan; an internal fan; and an inside air control system including an exhaust passage which allows a space on a blowout side of the internal fan in the internal storage space to communicate with the external storage space, and controls composition of the inside air in the container. An external end of the exhaust passage is open on a suction side of the external fan in the external storage space. |
| US11015851B2 |
Refrigeration cycle device
A refrigeration cycle device performs a heating operation and a defrosting operation. A refrigerant circulates in opposite directions in the defrosting operation and the heating operation. The refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, a decompressor, and a flow path switch. In the heating operation, the refrigerant circulates in the order of the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the decompressor, and the second heat exchanger. In the defrosting operation, the refrigerant circulates in the order of the compressor, the second heat exchanger, the decompressor, and the first heat exchanger. The defrosting operation includes a first mode and a second mode. The opening of the decompressor is greater in the first mode than in the heating operation. The opening of the decompressor is less in the second mode than in the first mode. |
| US11015850B2 |
Oil separator
An oil separator includes a capturing member inside a main body container, which includes a first capturing member portion arranged on a side closer to an inflow pipe and a second capturing member portion being arranged on a side closer to an outflow pipe and having a porosity smaller than that of the first capturing member portion. Therefore, a driving force is generated by the capturing member having the different porosities. Through the driving force, a force of gravity, and a capillary phenomenon, oil inside the main body container is transported to an oil return pipe to prevent re-scattering of the oil, thereby being capable of suppressing reduction in oil separation efficiency. At the same time, oil return efficiency to the compressor is improved. |
| US11015843B2 |
Caloric heat pump hydraulic system
A refrigerator appliance includes a fresh food working fluid circuit that couples a hot side heat exchanger, a fresh food cold side heat exchanger and a fresh food regenerator. A first pair of diverter valves and a hot side reservoir are coupled to the fresh food working fluid circuit. The hot side reservoir is positioned below one or both of the first pair of diverter valves. A freezer working fluid circuit couples a freezer cold side heat exchanger and a freezer regenerator. A second pair of diverter valves and a fresh food cold side reservoir are coupled to the freezer working fluid circuit. The fresh food cold side reservoir is positioned below one or both of the second pair of diverter valves. A liquid-liquid heat exchanger is also coupled to the fresh food working fluid circuit. |
| US11015840B2 |
Working fluid for heat cycle, composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
An object of the present invention is to provide, as a working fluid to be used for a heat cycle system, a working fluid for heat cycle that has cycle performance replaceable with that of R410A, and at the same time, has a small burden on an apparatus, low flammability, suppressed self-decomposition, and less effect on global warming, and therefore, is usable stably even if leaked, a composition for heat cycle system containing the same, and a heat cycle system using the composition. The working fluid for heat cycle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and at least one selected from 1,1-difluoroethane, fluoroethane, propane, propylene, carbon dioxide, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene at mass ratios satisfying predetermined expressions and at a ratio of the total content to be 90 to 100 mass % relative to the total amount of the working fluid and has a temperature glide of 10° C. or less. |
| US11015839B2 |
Solar concentrator
A concentrator (10) of sun rays comprising: a reflective body (15) adapted to reflect incident sun rays towards a focal segment (SF) at which the reflected sun rays intersect, wherein the reflective body (15) comprises a plurality of reflective first sheets (40) alongside each other along a flanking direction parallel to the focal segment (SF) and each of which is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to a plane passing through the middle point (PM) of the focal segment (SF) and orthogonal to the focal segment itself, wherein each first sheet (40) comprises a reflective surface defined by a plurality of parabolas (401), which are alongside each other with respect to the flanking direction of the first sheets (40) and each have a vertex (Vn1) placed on a vertex segment (SV1), which joins all the vertices (Vn1) of the parabolas (401) of each first sheet (40) have a focal distance varying along the flanking direction and are configured such that each parabola has a focal point (F1, Fn1, F2) placed on the focal segment (SF). |
| US11015835B2 |
Management device, display switch system, and air-conditioning system
A management device is connected to an apparatus and is configured to manage the apparatus. The management device includes a display unit, a wireless communication unit, and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display information about the apparatus. The wireless communication unit is configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile terminal. The control unit is configured to, when a distance between the management device and the mobile terminal is shorter than a threshold, adjust display settings of the display unit to display settings of the mobile terminal. |
| US11015831B2 |
Apparatus and methods for controlling a ventilation mechanism
The present disclosure provides controls, apparatus, systems and methods for controlling a ventilation mechanism to manage relative humidity of an area. The controls, apparatus, systems and methods utilize sensed relative humidity information and one or more inputs to provide automatic and/or manual control of a ventilation mechanism in response to high humidity events within the area. The controls, apparatus, systems and methods provided herein automatically activate a ventilation mechanism through the use of sensed relative humidity information and user input. The controls, apparatus, systems and methods provided herein automatically deactivate a ventilation mechanism through the use of sensed relative humidity information and user input. |
| US11015829B2 |
System, motor controller and associated method
An electronic control module is provided. The electronic control module is operably connected to a power supply for providing power to a motor. The electronic control module includes an input device, a processor coupled to the input device, and first and second current supply lines. The processor is configured to generate a command signal in response to an input supplied by the input device and transmit the command signal to the motor. The command signal controls an operating point of the motor. The first and second current supply lines are operably connectable to the motor and the processor. At least one of the current supply lines, the input device and the processor are adapted to utilize the current supply lines both to transmit power to the motor and to transmit the command signal to the motor over the current supply lines. |
| US11015828B2 |
Refrigeration system with utilization unit leak detection
A refrigeration system includes a plurality of utilization units provided for one air conditioning target space, a refrigerant leakage sensor that detects a leakage of the refrigerant in a lower part of the air conditioning target space, and a control unit. In a case where the refrigerant leakage sensor detects the refrigerant leakage, the control unit performs detection standby control on the utilization units such that the supply of the refrigerant to utilization-side heat exchangers is temporarily stopped. In a case where the refrigerant leakage is detected based on the state quantity of the refrigerant corresponding to the utilization units under the detection standby control, the control unit stops the use of the utilization unit in which the refrigerant leakage has been detected. |
| US11015826B2 |
Automated climate control system with override
According to one embodiment, a system includes at least one of a cooling system and a heating system, an automation controller, a sensor, and a switch. The automation controller provides a first input indicating a first temperature set point. The sensor detects a temperature of a second space proximate the sensor and provides a second input indicating the temperature of the second space and a second temperature set point. The switch activates at least one of the cooling system and the heating system based on the second temperature set point in response to a determination that the second input overrides the first input. |
| US11015825B2 |
Intelligent air-drying system and method
An intelligent air-drying system and method are provided. The intelligent air-drying system includes an air-drying device and an application program. The air-drying device includes a device body, a sensing unit, a heater, and a processing unit. The device body has a water-absorbing material for absorbing moisture in the air. The sensing unit is disposed on the device body to detect the humidity of the environment where the air-drying device is located. The heater is disposed on the device body to heat the water-absorbing material. The processing unit is coupled to the sensing unit and the heater, and the processing unit executes the application program. The startup timing of the heater is dynamically predicted based on the daily humidity change measured by the sensing unit, and the heater is started before the water-absorbing material reaches saturation to ensure the water-absorbing and dehumidifying capabilities of the water-absorbing material. |
| US11015808B2 |
Aerodynamically enhanced premixer with purge slots for reduced emissions
A System for Aerodynamic Premixer for Reduced Emissions comprising a premixer is generally cylindrical in form and defined by the relationship in physical space between a first ring, a second ring, and a plurality of radial vanes. The first and second rings are found to be generally equidistant, one from the other, at all points along their facing surfaces. Radial vanes connect the first ring to the second ring and thereby form the premixer. |
| US11015806B2 |
Combustion device test apparatus and method
A combustion device test apparatus including a combustion device, a holding station configured to hold the combustion device, a fuel supply conduit, and a pressure wave fuse coupling the fuel supply conduit to the combustion device, the pressure wave fuse being frictionally coupled to one or more of the combustion device and the fuel supply conduit at a frictional coupling such that the pressure wave fuse is configured to disengage one or more of the combustion device and the fuel supply conduit at the frictional coupling upon traversal of a flame front pressure wave through the pressure wave fuse. |
| US11015804B2 |
Gas burner system for a plurality of gas types
The present invention is a system that utilizes high pressure gas (greater than ½ psig) to control flow rate and gas discharge velocity to enable interchangeability between a plurality of gases without having to change the gas/air mixing venturi size or air opening. A new approach is to use the available incoming higher gas pressure to the appliance then control the volumetric flow rate with the first orifice and then use a second orifice to change the velocity of discharge into the gas/air mixing venturi of the burner and therefore have adjustability of gas air mixing conditions without having to change the burner system or air flow control even when changing between very different fuel gases. |
| US11015803B2 |
Combustion device
A combustion device includes at least one burner, a supporting assembly, and an infrared ray generation assembly. The at least one burner includes a flame outlet; the front cover of the supporting assembly includes a flat cover plate which has a plurality of holes; the infrared ray generation mesh which is disposed on the supporting assembly is corresponding to the flame outlet; the flames generated by the flame outlet heat the infrared ray generation mesh and the cover plate. The intensity of heating can be effectively increased by generating open fire and infrared rays and uniformly heating could be realized as well. |
| US11015801B2 |
Boiler and modifying method thereof
A modification of a power boiler is disclosed, which comprises water walls enclosing the furnace for heating water and producing steam; a superheater system provided above the furnace for superheating steam; an additional superheater mounted in the furnace for further superheating steam from the superheater system. A modifying method of a power boiler is also disclosed, which comprises steps of mounting an additional superheater on water walls in a furnace; connecting an output of a superheater system to an inlet of the additional superheater; and connecting an outlet of the additional superheater to a turbine for producing power at an improved plant heat rate. |
| US11015797B2 |
Luminaire with wireless node
A luminaire includes a housing assembly, a spacer, and a globe optic. A collar may be included on the spacer such that the luminaire can accommodate different sizes of globe optics without requiring complete replacement of the luminaire. The spacer may include airflow apertures that promote air circulation within the luminaire when the luminaire is assembled. A wireless node may be included with the luminaire. In some examples, the wireless node may be positioned on at least one of the housing assembly, the spacer, or the globe optic. |
| US11015795B2 |
Light weight radiant heat structure of thermoelectric polymer heat sink and manufacturing method of the same
Provided is a heat-conductive polymer heatsink with a lightweight heat-radiating structure, which may include: a base plate; a plurality of heat-radiating fins, which are formed in a lower part of the base plate to be spaced apart; a substrate, which is connected to an upper part of the base plate; and a light source connected to the substrate; wherein the cross-sectional area of the heat-radiating fin among the plurality of heat-radiating fins formed below the light source is larger than that of the adjacent heat-radiating fins. |
| US11015792B1 |
Luminaires having a wireless antenna
A luminaire includes a housing defining an interior volume. The luminaire also includes a lamp within the interior volume and configured to emit light. Additionally, the luminaire includes a wireless antenna positioned within the interior volume, configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal along a first direction, and configured to be operatively coupled to an access point. The wireless antenna can be entirely within the interior volume. The luminaire can include a first reflective surface within the interior volume and configured to redirect the wireless signal. The lamp can be configured to be electrically coupled to a power inserter that powers the access point. |
| US11015790B2 |
Slim linear LED lighting device
A slim linear LED lighting device is provided, including: a printed circuit board on which a connecting circuit is provided, at least one power input component, and a plurality of LED Bars. The LED Bar is formed by a plurality of the same kind of LED chips, and has a slim strip-shaped condensing lens structure integrally formed in the LED Bar packaging process by molding process to control the beam angle of the LED Bar and therefore the light distribution of the slim linear LED lighting device. The LED Bar's condensing lens has a small cross-sectional dimension; therefore the effective utilization factor of the light is improved as the slim linear LED lighting device is applied to a linear automotive lamp designed with a thin light blade structure. |
| US11015789B2 |
Wiring box for lighting apparatus
A wiring box is used for connecting an external wire to a driver circuit and for connecting the driver circuit to a lighting apparatus. The wiring box includes a box container and a foldable top cover. In some embodiments, it is preferable that the lighting apparatus have elongated shapes, like light tubes. The box container has a box opening. The foldable top cover includes a center plate and at least one lateral plate. The center plate is connected to the at least one lateral plate with an axial structure, the lateral plate is folded to align with the center plate in an elongated manner during shipping. The lateral plate is rotated with respect to the center plate along the axial structure to expand and to cover the box opening of the box container. |
| US11015788B1 |
Light fixture with integral handle
A light fixture having a housing and a handle formed integrally in the housing. In some embodiments, the handle is positioned at a center of gravity of the light fixture so as to facilitate carrying of the light fixture and/or to reduce stress on the carrier's hand. |
| US11015787B2 |
Lighting fixtures and systems including them, lighting assembly attachment system, and methods of installing same
The present disclosure relates generally to light fixtures and to lighting assembly attachment systems. The present disclosure provides a lighting fixture extending no more than 3 inches from the building surface. A light source is disposed in a housing thereof and is configured to emit light through the open side of the housing so as to direct the light in an upward direction. The disclosure also provides lighting assembly including a housing having a base and a cavity below the base, a light source disposed in the cavity of the housing, and one or more clips configured to attach to a flange of a ceiling support beam. Each clip includes an upper arm, a lower arm, and a retainer disposed on the lower arm configured to engage the base of the housing such that the housing is held up by the one or more clips. |
| US11015782B2 |
Lighting device
A lighting device extends substantially along a first axis and comprises a LED light source, which has a substantially hemispheric emission on a side of an emission plane, and an optical group, which is placed in front of the light source; the optical group is configured so as to intercept the light emitted by the light source and generate a light ring, which extends at 360° around the light source on opposite sides of the emission plane and is substantially parallel to a meridian plane, which is perpendicular to the emission plane and goes through the axis of the lighting device. |
| US11015778B2 |
System for communicating from a vehicle
A vehicle indication alert system for improving vehicle visibility for pedestrians and other motorists. The vehicle indication alert system increases the number of turn indicators on a vehicle, so the direction of the turn is more accurately known. The indicators are built directly into a vehicle windshield at the time of manufacture, and alternatively, are added as an after-market feature to an existing vehicle windshield. |
| US11015777B1 |
Magnetic suspension support structure
The disclosure relates to the field of support structures, and discloses a magnetic suspension support structure including a hollowed-out mounting base and a magnetic suspension assembly. The magnetic suspension assembly is located within the mounting base, and includes a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet, a suspension piece for mounting a display object, and a movable positioning piece for restricting turn-over of the suspension piece. The first permanent magnet is arranged on the suspension piece and located above the second permanent magnet. The second permanent magnet is arranged on the mounting base or the positioning piece. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet repel each other to produce a support force acting on the suspension piece in a magnetic repelling direction. One end of the suspension piece protrudes from the mounting base. |
| US11015774B2 |
Spa fixture lighting system
A spa fixture lighting system assembly includes a wall-fitting nut having a threaded inner circumferential portion and an interior radial seat, and a light source disposed on a light source seat selected from the group consisting of the interior radial seat, an exterior radial sidewall of the wall-fitting nut, or an exterior circumferential sidewall of the wall-fitting nut. |
| US11015770B2 |
Flashlight with multiple light sources
The present disclosure generally relates to lights and flashlights, and more specifically to a handheld flashlight which has at least two LED light sources and the ability to change between the light sources by twisting the head portion of the flashlight. |
| US11015767B1 |
Easy-to-assemble integrated LED bulb lamp
An easy-to-assemble integrated LED bulb lamp includes a lampshade, a bulb base, a lamp cap, an LED module, a driver IC, a resistor, a lampshade and a lamp cap that form a sealed cavity. The bulb base is installed to an opening of the lampshade to divide the sealed cavity into an upper compartment and a lower compartment; the LED module is installed in the upper compartment; and the LED module is partially inserted into the bulb base and connected to the driver IC in the bulb base. Since the driver IC and the LED module can be integrally fixed during the injection molding of the bulb base, therefore the actual assembling process only requires the step of soldering the solder point of the resistor, and the assembling process can be simplified significantly to increase productivity. |
| US11015766B1 |
Solid state lamp using light emitting strips
A solid state lamp includes a connector and a bulb portion with multiple strips. |
| US11015760B2 |
Throttle lockout with dissimilar action
A hand-held power tool (100) may include an electric power source (110), an electric motor (120) selectively coupled to the electric power source (110), a working assembly (130) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to perform a working function responsive to actuation of the electric motor (120), and a control assembly (140) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to provide selective control over actuation of the electric motor (120). The control assembly (140) may be configured to provide the selective control based on performance of at least two dissimilar operator actions. The control assembly (140) may include a sensing member (210) and a throttle control member (200). The sensing member (210) may be configured to be operable to an actuated state responsive to an enabling action comprising a first of the two dissimilar operator actions. The throttle control member (200) may be configured to be repeatedly operable responsive to actuation of the throttle control member (200) while the sensing member (210) is in the actuated state. Actuation of the throttle control member (200) may include a second of the two dissimilar operator actions. |
| US11015755B1 |
Sewage line plug assembly
A sewage line plug assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly comprises a plug housing having a hollow configuration. Additionally, a diaphragm plate is disposed within the plug housing including a first element disposed on the first operative end of the diaphragm plate. Furthermore, first element is configured to depress due to pressure acting thereon due to sewage build up inside a sewage line. The housing further includes a second element disposed on the inner bottom end of the housing. Additionally, the second element interacts with the first element and is configured to depress due to depression of first element. Sewage line plug assembly further includes an alarm unit coupled to second element and configured to sound an alarm on depression of second element. The alarm sound of the alarm unit is configured to sound when the pressure exceeds a pre-determined threshold value. |
| US11015754B2 |
Adjustable start collar
An adjustable duct start collar may include a base with a flange on a first end of the base and a plurality of tabs on a second end of the base. The base may be constructed of a material of substantially uniform thickness and include at least two slots in the base. The first of the slots may be positioned substantially parallel to a second of the at least two slots. Each of the slots of the at least two slots being able to independently receive the flange, whereby when the base is curved into a cylindrical shape with the flange positioned in the first of at least two slots, the curved base will form a cylindrical shape with a first diameter and when the flange is positioned in the second of the at least two slots, the curved base will form a cylindrical shape with a second diameter. |
| US11015750B2 |
Pipeline detection device and method
The invention provides a pipeline detection device and method, which is applicable to a pipeline system of an automobile. A main pipeline of the pipeline system is connected with a male connector via a connection terminal, and a conductive structure is provided at the connection terminal. An anode end of the detection circuit is connected with a power supply end of an ECU unit of the automobile, and a cathode end of the detection circuit is connected with a ground end of the ECU unit. In this way, when the connection terminal correctly connects the main circuit with the male connector, the conductive structure is in conducting state, so that a current loop is formed between the detection circuit and the ECU unit, and whether an abnormality occurs in the pipeline system is detected based on a voltage on the detection circuit. |
| US11015749B2 |
Fluid system connector
A universal fluid system connector creates an airtight seal between a variety of smoke evacuation system receptacles and various hoses. The universal connector includes a body and a seal having a plurality of radially extending flexible fins. A plurality of fins on the seal are disposed along the length of the body with the outer edges of the fins forming a frustoconical shape. The fins also include one or more flexion zones of various stiffness and one or more flexible fin extensions. The fins deform against the inner wall of a receptacle and form an airtight friction fit between the universal connector and the receptacle, regardless of the taper angle, size, threads, or other features of the receptacle. |
| US11015748B2 |
Compression pipe fitting with wide range grip rings
Compression fittings for pipes having a range of diameters, including a support body with a central section between end sections, the central section having a smaller diameter than the end sections, with a transition surface between the central section and each end section. A gasket fits over a pipe and engages one of the support body end section end surfaces. A fitting nut is movable axially over the support body to draw the support body and the gasket together in the axial direction and bias the gasket radially inward against the pipe. A grip ring encircles the pipe at one gasket end and has a surface engaging the fitting nut whereby the fitting nut biases the grip ring radially inwardly toward the pipe. An insert adapter has a hub with a radially extending flange may block the other gasket end to load the gasket between its axial ends. |
| US11015740B2 |
Support member-attached wire harness and wire harness support structure
A support member-attached wire harness includes a wire harness including an electrical wire and a support member that includes a fitting portion formed in a partially cylindrical shape that is opened partially in a circumferential direction so as to be capable of being fitted to an outer peripheral portion of a bar-shaped member. On at least one of the wire harness and the support member, a support portion for supporting the wire harness disposed along an outer periphery of the fitting portion at a fixed position with respect to the fitting portion is formed. |
| US11015739B2 |
Pipe clamp
Example aspects of a pipe clamp and a method for attaching a pipe clamp to a pipe are disclosed. The pipe clamp can comprise a first clamp segment defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side, and a second side, the inner surface defining a first semi-cylindrical wall; a second clamp segment defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first side, and a second side, the inner surface defining a second semi-cylindrical wall, the first semi-cylindrical wall and second semi-cylindrical wall defining a cylindrical void wall, the cylindrical void wall defining a void, the void configured to receive a pipe extending therethrough; and a plurality of projections monolithically formed with and extending from the cylindrical void wall, wherein the plurality of projections are spaced apart in a circumferential row around the cylindrical void wall. |
| US11015735B2 |
Valve system
A first flow path is connected to an inlet for introducing gas into a microvalve. A second flow path is connected to an outlet for allowing gas to flow out of the microvalve. A third flow path is for introducing a pneumatic fluid into the microvalve. A negative pressure generation mechanism (a pump) is for generating a negative pressure on the second flow path to suck gas from the first flow path forward the second flow path via the microvalve. A pressure adjustment mechanism (a connection flow path and a valve) is for reducing a pressure difference between the second flow path and the third flow path to prevent the inlet and the outlet from being blocked by a diaphragm layer in response to the negative pressure generated on the second flow path side. |
| US11015734B2 |
Valve position control
A method for calibrating a position of a control valve within a gas valve assembly for controlling fuel flow to a combustion appliance. The method may include moving the control valve to a second end stop, moving the control valve from the second end stop to a first end stop while counting a number of steps traveled by a stepper motor driving the control valve, and comparing the counted number of steps traveled from the second end stop to the first end stop to a reference value stored in a memory of the controller. If the counted number of steps does not match the reference value, the gas valve assembly may be placed in a lockout mode. |
| US11015732B2 |
Axially restricted pressure shuttle
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for coupling objects in a wellbore includes a unidirectional valve having a body. The body includes two or more body lugs extending radially outward, each body lug of the two or more body lugs extending at least a portion of a circumferential distance of the body. The system also includes a tubing hanger having a bore that receives the unidirectional valve. The bore includes an axial restraint system that receives the two or more body lugs and blocks axial movement of the unidirectional valve in a first position and enables axial movement of the unidirectional valve in a section position, the unidirectional valve being non-threadingly coupled to the tubing hanger. |
| US11015731B2 |
Valve, more particularly a pump valve, for delivering abrasive and/or heterogeneous mixtures
A valve, a pump valve, and a pump including a pump valve has a valve housing in which a valve seat and a closing body that is movable in the axial direction, relative to the valve seat, are provided. The closing body is radially connected to the valve housing via at least one element made of flexible material and is radially connected to the valve housing at least at two axially mutually spaced clamping points by at least one element made of flexible material, in each case. |
| US11015728B2 |
Stepper motor driven proportional rotary actuator
A stepper motor driven actuator system is provided. The system includes a stepper motor, a cam, and a gearbox system. The gearbox system operatively connects the stepper motor to the cam. The cam rotates in response to stepping of the stepper motor. The system also includes a valve having a control piston located therein. The control piston is configured to translate in response to rotation of the cam. The system further includes a rotary actuator. The rotary actuator is fluidly connected to the valve, and the rotary actuator is configured to rotate the cam in response to translation of the control piston. |
| US11015724B2 |
Fluid housing for a fluid collection or fluid distribution system and fluid collection or fluid distribution system
A fluid housing for a fluid collection system or a fluid distribution system is described, which comprises at least two fluid housing modules adjoining one another along an alignment direction. On each fluid housing module at least one fluid connection is provided, which is connected fluidically to a first central fluid duct via a respectively assigned lateral fluid duct. In addition, on each of the fluid housing modules at least two contact surfaces are provided, which protrude with respect to an assigned fluid housing module basic body along the alignment direction. Adjacent fluid housing modules are positioned in relation to one another via the contact surfaces. Furthermore, a fluid collection system or a fluid distribution system with such a fluid housing is presented. |
| US11015720B2 |
Closed-loop control valve module
A closed-loop control valve module for closed-loop controlling a fluid flow is described, which comprises an electrical valve actuator motor, wherein a valve spindle comprising a frustoconical sealing section is displaceable by means of the valve actuator motor along a valve spindle axis and the frustoconical sealing section, depending on the position of the valve spindle, releases or separates off a flow channel connecting a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A pressure compensation channel is provided which, at least in the closed state of the closed-loop control valve module, connects an end of the valve spindle opposite the valve actuator motor to a pressure compensation area or the fluid inlet in terms of flow. |
| US11015711B2 |
Layered head gasket and method
A layered head gasket includes a gasket core, a head-layer, a block-layer, and a plurality of apertures. The head gasket may be useful for sealing an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head, a cylinder block, a plurality of combustion chamber passageways, a plurality of coolant passageways, and a plurality of oil passageways. The gasket core is made of a copper sheet. The head-layer may be made of spring steel and may be fixed to a top side of the gasket core, being configured to interface with the cylinder head. Likewise, the block-layer may be made of spring steel and may be fixed to a bottom side of the gasket core, being configured to interface with the cylinder block. The plurality of apertures may pass through the head-layer, the gasket core, and the block-layer. |
| US11015708B2 |
Axle drive unit with a power-shiftable 2-way transmission
In the case of an axle drive unit with a power-shiftable two-speed transmission unit, in order to enable particularly simple and advantageous control of a gear change and to manage with a small number of components and a less complex control logic and control sensor system, the coordination of mechanically-passively implemented shifting thresholds of a friction clutch and a blocking device of a freewheel is provided, which makes it possible to control the friction clutch and the blocking device with the same control variable at always the same level. |
| US11015707B2 |
Hydraulic circuit, torque transmission device having a hydraulic circuit, and method for operating a hydraulic circuit
The invention relates to a hydraulic circuit having a first hydraulically actuable clutch that is closed in a rest state and a second hydraulically actuable clutch that is closed in the rest state, wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured in such a way that a hydraulic medium present in a main pressure line can be loaded with a working pressure by a pressure generating device and/or a pressure accumulator, and the hydraulic medium can be discharged for pressure dissipation via a main return line into the return reservoir. In some embodiments, the hydraulic circuit has a first distributor pressure line and a separate, first collector return line for the hydraulic supply of a first part circuit and at least one separate, second distributor pressure line and at least one separate, second collector return line for the hydraulic supply of a second part circuit, and the first clutch is assigned to the first part circuit and the second clutch is assigned to the second part circuit. |
| US11015706B2 |
Method and device for controlling a transmission of a working machine
A method for controlling the transmission of a working machine, by which, with at least one sensor of the working machine, at least one specific parameter is determined and transmitted to a control unit for controlling the transmission. The working machine has a lifting mechanism and the at least one specific parameter which characterizes an actuation condition of the lifting mechanism. A predetermined shifting strategy is adapted, by the method, as a function of the at least one specific parameter. |
| US11015695B2 |
Bicycle sprocket assembly component and bicycle motion transmission system
A sprocket assembly component with at least one first toothed wheel configured to have the most teeth of the sprocket assembly. The first toothed wheel has an axially inner surface and a supporting assembly that extends in the axial direction up to a free end arranged axially more internally with respect to the axially inner surface of the first toothed wheel. |
| US11015693B2 |
Wave gear device
A wave gear device includes a circular spline that has an annular shape and rigidity; a flex spline that has an annular shape and flexibility, and is disposed in the circular spline; and a wave generator that is disposed in the flex spline, is configured to cause the flex spline to be distorted in a radial direction and is configured to partially mesh with the circular spline, and is configured to move a meshing position between the circular spline and the flex spline in a circumferential direction. The ratio of the Vickers hardness on an inner circumferential surface of the flex spline to the Vickers hardness on an outer circumferential surface of the wave generator is 1.2 or more and 1.7 or less. |
| US11015690B2 |
Differential mechanism, and vehicle
The present specification discloses a differential mechanism and a vehicle. The differential mechanism includes a shell. A left half axle gear, a right half axle gear, a planet wheel and a planet wheel axle are disposed in the shell. The planet wheel is rotatably mounted on the planet wheel axle and meshes with the left half axle gear and the right half axle gear. A power engagement device includes a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion is connected with the left half axle gear or the right half axle gear, and the second engagement portion rotates synchronously with and moves axially relative to the shell. An engagement portion drive device includes a drive pin and a drive portion. The drive portion is configured to drive the drive pin to drive the second engagement portion close to the first engagement portion along an axial direction. |
| US11015685B2 |
Axial cam gearbox mechanism
The gearbox mechanism includes a plurality of cam-actuated rocker block assemblies, for transferring power to an output gear. Each rocker block assembly includes a gear pad having a surface that periodically interfaces with the output gear. The interface surface comprises a plurality of projections which correspond to complementary projections on the output gear. Each rocker block assembly further includes a gear pad, a rocker arm, cam followers and/or path followers, which connect or link the rocker block to a cam assembly, which in turn is connected to a power source. The cam assembly includes about its circumference a unique pathway or groove for each cam followers and/or a second unique pathway or groove in the cam's planar surface for the pathway follower so that the movement of the gear block may be controlled in two or three dimensions in accordance with a certain design parameter. |
| US11015682B2 |
Fixed-ratio planetary traction gear
The gear is used for driving pneumatic turbomachinery while providing insignificant impact of the tolerances on the performance parameters leading to extended service life. It comprises a sun shaft (1) supported and driven by at least three planet wheels (2) rotating around their axes, on each side of which in axial direction there is an identical radially-elastic flat frame (7) in the shape of a flat planar closed-contour element having at least three annular bearing slots (7.1) with a cylindrical hole accepting the respective bearings (4) of the planet wheels (2). The bearing slots (7.1) are equidistant from the center of the frame (7) and each two adjacent bearing slots (7.1) are connected to one another via a respective curvilinear bridge (7.2) whose inner bend, towards the center, has an ear formed thereon (7.4) accepting the respective support pillar (6) fixed to the rear housing (5). |
| US11015679B2 |
V-belt and method for the production thereof
V-belt from an elastomeric material, composed of an in each case annular V-belt substructure and V-belt back that are connected to one another and are produced as a V-belt composite from two individually tailored and conjointly vulcanized part-blanks, specifically a first part-blank that is configured as a V-belt substructure and includes the belt profile, and a second part-blank that is configured as a wound V-belt back, wherein the V-belt has one or a plurality of tiers of reinforcing support cords and on the belt back and/or on the profile side of said V-belt has a woven fabric, wherein the reinforcing support cords are radially disposed so as to be in a circumferential plane in the V-belt back and so as to be outside the V-belt substructure. |
| US11015677B2 |
Torsional vibration damper with torque limiter
A torsional vibration damper (10) with a torque limiter includes an input part (14), an output part (18), and at least two torque-transmitting intermediate elements (20) arranged between the input part (14) and the output part (18) so as to move radially by cam mechanisms (22) in the case of a relative rotation of the input part (14) and the output part (18). In the case of a relative rotation between the input part and the output part, a torsional characteristic curve (32) of a drive torque over the rotary angle has a damper stage (34) and an end stage (36) which adjoins the damper stage (34), he damper stage (34) specifies a damper capacity of the drive torque over the rotary angle, and the end stage (36) includes a torque limitation of the drive torque over the rotary angle. |
| US11015673B2 |
Torsional vibration damper and arrangement for the drivetrain of a motor vehicle with such a torsional vibration damper
The present invention relates to a torsional vibration damper (18) comprising a first component (20) and a second component (22) which are torsionally elastically coupled to one another, wherein a force transmission device (26) is provided for transmitting an actuating force from the one axial side (48) of the torsional vibration damper (18) to the opposite axial side (50) of the torsional vibration damper (18) to a device (54) to be actuated. In addition, the present invention relates to an arrangement (2) for the drivetrain of a motor vehicle comprising such a torsional vibration damper (18). |
| US11015671B2 |
Dual-stage, mixed gas/fluid shock strut servicing
A method for servicing a dual-stage, mixed gas/fluid shock strut may comprise measuring a servicing temperature, charging a secondary gas chamber with compressed gas, wherein a secondary chamber pressure corresponds to the servicing temperature, pumping oil into a primary chamber of the shock strut, and charging the primary chamber with compressed gas. |
| US11015667B2 |
Brake mounting bracket
A brake mounting bracket mountable onto a trailing arm or a steering knuckle in a vehicle is provided. The bracket includes a first bracket mounting hole via which the bracket is mounted onto the trailing arm or the steering knuckle. The bracket includes at least one second bracket mounting hole via which a parking brake assembly is mounted to the bracket. The bracket includes at least one caliper mounting hole via which a brake caliper is mounted to the bracket. A vehicle including such a brake mounting bracket is also provided. |
| US11015665B2 |
Proportional control brake
A proportional braking system is provided for use with a movable surface which is movable relative to a housing. The proportional braking system includes a variable displacement brake which is configured for displacement toward or away from braking engagement with the movable surface in proportion to an input command and a brake driver which is receptive of data reflective of movements of the movable surface relative to the housing and which issues the input command to the variable displacement brake in accordance with the data. |
| US11015657B2 |
Parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism
A parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism includes a crank shaft, a driven device to which a power of an engine and/or a motor generator is transmitted, an input shaft disposed on the driven device, a flywheel connected to the crank shaft, and a rotor disposed on the motor generator, including a first connecting portion connected to an outside of the flywheel. The rotor is configured to supply and receive a rotational power to and from the flywheel through the first connecting portion. The parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism further includes a coupling arranged independently from the rotor, including a second connecting portion connected to an inside of the flywheel, the coupling being configured to receive the rotational power of the flywheel through the second connecting portion, and an intermediate shaft connecting the coupling and the input shaft to each other, the intermediate shaft being configured to transmit the rotational power received by the coupling to the input shaft. |
| US11015656B2 |
Torque transmission joint and electric power steering device
A driving-side concave-convex portion of a driving-side transmission member is engaged with an elastic member. The driving-side concave-convex portion is engaged with an intermediate concave-convex portion of an intermediate transmission member with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. A driven-side concave-convex portion of a driven-side transmission member is engaged with the elastic member. The driven-side concave-convex portion is engaged with the intermediate concave-convex portion with a circumferential gap being interposed therebetween. Both axial side surfaces and a periphery of the intermediate transmission member are covered by a side surface covering portion and a periphery covering portion of the elastic member. |
| US11015655B2 |
Bearing seal assembly including a pulse wheel
A bearing seal assembly includes at least one seal unit and at least one pulse wheel attached to the seal unit in an interference-fit and/or a materially bonded manner. The seal unit may include a radially outer member surrounding a radially inner member, the radially inner member may have a cylindrical seal surface and a flange projecting radially outwardly from an end of the seal surface and the radially outer member may have a metal profile element at least partially covered by an elastomer body that defines a first seal lip that directly contacts the cylindrical seal surface of the radially inner member. The pulse wheel may be attached to the radially outer member by a radially inwardly directed flange of the metal profile element overlying a radially outer edge of the pulse wheel. |
| US11015654B2 |
Rolling-element bearing unit
A rolling-element bearing unit includes at least one inner ring, an outer ring, and first and second rolling-element rows between the at least one inner ring and the outer ring, the second rolling-element row being axially spaced from the first rolling-element row by a gap, and the bearing unit including at least one sensor unit in the gap. |
| US11015631B2 |
Retractable locks
In an example, a retractable lock may include a lock tab disposed within a first device in a first position. The lock tab may engage with a complementary tab receptacle disposed within a separate, second device when the lock tab protrudes out of the first device in a second position. The retractable lock may also include a bias member to bias the lock tab towards the first position, and a magnet to urge the lock tab to the second position when the magnet is drawn towards a magnetic material. |
| US11015628B2 |
Connecting element for producing a connection between a hollow profiled element and a further component
The invention relates to a connecting element (1) for producing a connection between a hollow profiled element (16) and a further component (17), wherein the connecting element (1) is designed for at least interlockingly engaging with the hollow profiled element (16) and for connecting to the further component (17). According to the invention, at least two contact surfaces (2, 3), which are arranged at an offset to each other in height, are provided on the connecting element (1) for contact with at least two sections (18, 19) of the hollow profiled element (16) that correspond to said contact surface. |
| US11015625B2 |
Connecting element for the friction-increasing connection of components, process for making a connecting element and use of a connecting element
The present disclosure relates to a connecting element and to a process for producing said connecting element. The present disclosure further relates to the use of said connecting element for friction-increasing connection of components to be joined in machine, plant and motor vehicle construction and energy generation. |
| US11015619B2 |
Pressure intensifier device, diecasting machine casting unit and operating method
A pressure intensifier device for increasing pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit and a casting unit provided therewith for a diecasting machine, and also an associated operating method are provided. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region. Over a portion that can be passed through by the free end portion of the piston rod during movement from the release position into the blocking position, the outlet region has a free passage cross section for the free piston rod end portion that is at least equal in size to a rod cross section of the free piston rod end portion. Advantageously, a pressure intensifier inlet valve can be controlled independently of a pressure in the pressurized fluid chamber of the piston/cylinder unit. |
| US11015618B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor includes a compressor impeller attached to a rotary shaft and a housing accommodating the rotary shaft and the compressor impeller. The housing includes a suction portion formed upstream of the compressor impeller and a high pressure part formed on a rear face side of the compressor impeller and having a pressure higher than a pressure in the suction portion during rotation of the compressor impeller. The housing has a discharge passage formed for connecting the high pressure part to a low pressure part including the suction portion and a gas flow path upstream of the suction portion. |
| US11015609B2 |
Magnetic levitation control device and vacuum pump
A magnetic levitation control device comprises: a control signal generation section configured to generate a first excitation current control signal based on current deviation information on the excitation current detection signal with respect to the current setting signal and a second excitation current control signal based on the current setting signal; and a selection section including a first switching section configured to select either one of the first excitation current control signal or the second excitation current control signal or a second switching section configured to select either one of a third excitation current control signal obtained by summation of the first excitation current control signal and the second excitation current control signal or the second excitation current control signal. The excitation amplifier is PWM-controlled based on the excitation current control signal selected by the selection section. |
| US11015602B2 |
Screw compressor
Screw compressor with a compression chamber that is formed by a compression housing, in which a pair of meshed helical compressor rotors in the form of a screw are rotatably mounted and with a drive motor that is provided with a motor chamber formed by a motor housing, in which a motor shaft is rotatably mounted. The motor shaft drives at least one of the aforementioned two compressor rotors, where the compression housing and the motor housing are connected directly together to form a compressor housing, where the rotor shafts of the compressor rotors, as well as the motor shaft, extend along axial directions that are oblique or transverse to the horizontal plane. The motor chamber and the compression chamber have the same or similar pressure. |
| US11015595B2 |
Piston pump and seal ring
A piston for a single-stroke pump includes a pump rod, a seal ring extending about the pump rod and having a central bore, and a retaining device disposed on the pump rod and retaining the seal ring on the pump rod. In a forward stroke, the seal ring is in a first position whereby the seal ring sealingly engages the pump rod such that the seal ring and pump rod drive a fluid out of the pump chamber. When transitioning to a return stroke, the seal ring is maintained stationary relative to the pump cylinder until retaining device engages seal ring, such that seal ring is in a second position. With the seal ring in the second position, a flow path is opened between the seal ring and the pump rod, allowing fluid to flow into the pump chamber to prime the pump the next pump cycle. |
| US11015591B2 |
Gas operated infinite step valve
An inlet valve system for a cylinder chamber of a reciprocating compressor and a method for unloading the inlet valve system are provided. The inlet valve system may include an unloader, a valve assembly including a cylindrical valve body circumferentially disposed about a central axis of the inlet valve system, and a control valve actuator including a control valve body circumferentially disposed about the central axis of the inlet valve system. A control valve passage of the control valve body may extend along the central axis of the inlet valve system, a control valve element may be disposed in the control valve passage, and a control pressure source may be fluidly coupled to the control valve passage. |
| US11015587B2 |
Piston compressor
A piston compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a fixed swash plate, a plurality of pistons, a movable body, and a control valve. The housing includes a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores and a plurality of first communication passages. The movable body has a second communication passage that intermittently communicates with each of the first communication passages by rotation of the drive shaft. A flow rate of refrigerant discharged from a compression chamber into a discharge chamber changes according to a position of the movable body in a direction of an axis of the drive shaft. The control valve is configured to control a control pressure. The first communication passages are connected to the second communication passage by the movable body and disconnected from the second communication passage by the drive shaft. |
| US11015586B2 |
Shoe and swash plate compressor including the shoe
There is provided a shoe capable of suppressing deformation of a member on which the shoe slides. The shoe includes: a first sliding surface which slides on a concave surface of a piston (first movable member); and a second sliding surface which bulges toward a side opposite to the first sliding surface and slides on a flat surface of a swash plate (second movable member). The second sliding surface includes: a curved outer peripheral portion which is provided along an outer periphery of the second sliding surface; and a central portion which is provided at a center of the second sliding surface so as to be continuous with the curved outer peripheral portion and has a radius of curvature greater than a radius of curvature of the curved outer peripheral portion. |
| US11015584B2 |
Shape memory alloy wire thermostatic torsional actuator and valve including it
Thermostatic shape memory alloy torsional actuator comprising a torsional shape memory alloy wire (1) connecting a stationary element (2) with a rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between a rest position and an operating position, and a return element (11) acting on the rotatable element (3) so as to move the latter between said operating position and said rest position, and fluid control thermostatic valves comprising such torsional actuator. |
| US11015580B2 |
Crossflow axes rotary mechanical devices with dynamic increased swept area
Crossflow axes rotary mechanical devices with dynamic increased swept area including at least two rotors attached to a support structure having their axes of rotation parallel to each other, having at least one blade attached to each rotor via a joint where the swept areas created by the blades of each rotor intersect, having at least one rotor synchronizing component so the blades from each rotor do not collide during the rotation are described. The rotors with blades share the space, the support structure, the rotor synchronizing component, the electric machines, as well as the characteristics, parameters, and effects that the crossflow axes rotary mechanical devices with dynamic increased swept area have compare to the crossflow axes rotary mechanical devices without dynamic increased swept area. |
| US11015575B2 |
Wind turbine drive system and wind turbine
One object is to improve the control upon detecting an excessive load in the movable section of a wind turbine, thereby to raise the capacity utilization of the wind turbine. A wind turbine drive system includes: a plurality of driving devices installed in one structure at a movable section of a wind turbine, each of the plurality of driving devices including a drive gear meshing with a ring gear installed in another structure at the movable section of the wind turbine; a state quantity detection unit for monitoring, for each of the plurality of driving devices, a load generated between the drive gear of each of the plurality of driving devices and the ring gear; and a control unit for performing control for reducing the load when the state quantity detection unit detects an abnormal load. |
| US11015574B2 |
Method for controlling an airborne object coupled to a wind turbine
A method of controlling an airborne object (2), such as a kite or a glider, is disclosed. The airborne object (2) may be an airborne energy generating system. The airborne object (2) is coupled to a part of a wind turbine (1), such as a nacelle (4), a tower (3) or a foundation, via a cable (7). At least one parameter related to movements (8) of the tower (3) of the wind turbine (1) is measured, and a cable force (9) of the cable (7) acting on the wind turbine (1) is adjusted, based on the at least one measured parameter. Thereby the tower movements (8) can be counteracted and fatigue can be reduced. |
| US11015569B2 |
Vortex generator, wind turbine blade, and wind turbine power generating apparatus
A vortex generator for a wind turbine blade to be mounted to a wind turbine blade includes: a platform portion to be mounted to a surface of the wind turbine blade; and at least one fin disposed upright on the platform portion. The platform portion has a cross section having a curved convex shape, at least along a blade spanwise direction of the wind turbine blade. |
| US11015559B2 |
Multi-hole fuel injector with twisted nozzle holes
Methods and systems are provided for a multi-hole nozzle of a fuel injector. In one example, a nozzle for a fuel injector may include multiple nozzle holes arranged at a nozzle tip, where each nozzle hole has a straight flow axis and a cross-section that twists around the straight flow axis, from an inlet to an outlet of the nozzle hole. Additionally, a long side of the cross-section may increase in length, along the nozzle hole, from the inlet to the outlet. |
| US11015553B2 |
Exhaust gas recirculation and control with twin scroll turbines
Systems and methods for internal combustion engine operation with exhaust gas recirculation and turbocharging are disclosed. The systems include an exhaust gas recirculation loop for recirculating exhaust gas flow from a first portion of the cylinders of the engine into an intake system prior to combustion. The system further includes a turbine with first and second inlets for receiving exhaust gas flows from respective first and second parts of the exhaust gas of the remaining portion of the cylinders. |
| US11015551B2 |
Device for an internal combustion engine and method for operating the device
A device for an internal combustion engine for the combustion of a gasoline-based liquid fuel, having a tank, which is gas-conductively connected to the internal combustion engine with the aid of an exhaust gas line and a first shutoff valve, a hydrocarbon storage unit, which is gas-conductively disposed between the tank and the internal combustion engine with the aid of the exhaust gas line, for temporarily storing gaseous hydrocarbon contained in an exhaust gas escaping from the tank, and a hydrocarbon sensor, which is gas-conductively disposed between the tank and the internal combustion engine with the aid of the exhaust gas line, for measuring the hydrocarbon content in a purging air supplied to the internal combustion engine, the hydrocarbon storage unit being connectable to the free surroundings with the aid of a connecting line and a second shutoff valve. |
| US11015547B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for storing redundancy repair information for memories
Apparatuses and methods for storing redundancy repair information for memories are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a fuse array, a repair plane, and a decode logic and control circuit. The fuse array stores repair information that includes repair commands and load repair addresses. The load repair addresses include a respective repair address. The repair plane includes a block of memory and repair logic. The block of memory includes a plurality of redundant memory and the repair logic includes a plurality of repair blocks. Each repair block is associated with a respective one of the plurality of redundant memory and each repair block of the plurality of repair blocks stores a repair address. The decode logic and control circuit reads the repair information and decodes the repair commands, and loads repair addresses into the plurality of repair blocks based at least in part on the decoded repair commands. |
| US11015546B2 |
Electromagnetic valve drive device
An electromagnetic valve drive device includes: a state detection unit configured to detect an on-state or an off-state of a first switch and a second switch forming a boosting circuit; a boosting control unit configured to control a boosting operation, by performing a synchronous rectification control on switching of the first switch and the second switch, depending on the state of the first switch or the second switch detected by the state detection unit; and a drive circuit configured to drive an electromagnetic valve by supplying a voltage boosted by the boosting operation to the electromagnetic valve. |
| US11015544B2 |
Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine of an agricultural vehicle and agricultural vehicle comprising the device
Method for controlling an internal combustion engine of an agricultural vehicle comprising the following steps, acquisition of a rated torque curve of said internal combustion engine, as a function of a rotation speed of said internal combustion engine, selection of a predefined speed value (PTS) of the internal combustion engine, introduction of a modified torque curve having torque values increased for speeds below said predefined speed value (PTS), switching from said rated torque curve to said modified torque curve when at least one operating condition has occurred. |
| US11015542B2 |
Plug-in hybrid vehicle and control method thereof
A plug-in hybrid vehicle of the present disclosure includes an internal combustion engine, a particulate filter configured to collect particulate matter in exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine, an electric motor that outputs a driving force and a regenerative braking force to a wheel, a power storage device that exchanges electric power with the electric motor and is chargeable with electric power from an external power supply, and a controller programmed to decrease a target SOC for charging the power storage device with the electric power from the external power supply when a deposition amount of the particulate matter in the particulate filter is more than a predetermined value, compared to when the deposition amount of the particulate matter in the particulate filter is equal to or less than the predetermined value. |
| US11015535B2 |
Light-off detection for gas turbine engines
A fuel assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fuel valve that meters flow of fluid between a combustor and a fuel supply, and a controller in communication with the fuel assembly. The controller is programmed to receive data corresponding to a present rotational speed of a gas turbine engine component and data corresponding to at least one present flight condition, and is programmed to cause a flow rate from the fuel valve to change in response to determining that a rate of change in an acceleration rate relating to the present rotational speed meets at least one predetermined threshold. At least one predetermined threshold relates to an engine light-off event of the combustor and is based upon the at least one present flight condition. |
| US11015533B2 |
Fan and low pressure compressor geared to low speed spool of gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine may include a high speed spool, a low speed spool, a first epicyclic gear system, and a second epicyclic gear system. Generally, the high speed spool mechanically connects a high pressure turbine to a high pressure compressor, and the low speed spool mechanically connects a low pressure turbine to at least one of a fan and a prop via the first epicyclic gear system and to a low pressure compressor via the second epicyclic gear system, according to various embodiments. The first epicyclic gear system and the second epicyclic gear system may include a common sun gear shaft. |
| US11015528B2 |
Tank assembly
A tank assembly (100) for a gas turbine engine is provided comprising a tank (102) and a plurality of restraints (112, 114). The restraints (112, 114) include a fixing part (124) for securing the tank (102) to a support structure (104). A first restraint (112) has a first rigidity in the direction of a length of the tank (102) and at least one second restraint (114) has a second rigidity in the direction of the length of the tank (102). Upon thermal expansion or contraction of the tank (102) relative to the support structure (104), the or each second restraint (114) flexes to a greater extent than the first restraint (112). |
| US11015526B2 |
Oil flow enhancer bearing assembly
A bearing assembly may comprise a housing, a slinger disk, and a bearing. The housing may be configured to receive a shaft and having at least one scavenge passage between an outer housing portion and an inner housing portion. The slinger disk may have a plurality of flow guides configured to direct the lubricant flow toward the at least one scavenge channel. The scavenge passage may be configured to provide a lubricant flow through the bearing. Lubricant flow may be provided in a forward direction, through the bearing and opposite a windage direction. |
| US11015524B2 |
Turbine engine air control valve
A turbine engine air control valve including a valve body having a fluid flow passage and a valve member disposed in the valve body. The valve member is configured to rotate about a rotation axis between a maximum flow position and a minimum flow position. The valve member includes a vane and a floating member operatively coupled to the vane. The floating member is configured to float relative to the vane, such that when the valve member is in the minimum flow position, the floating member is spaced apart from the valve body to form an annular flow gap that provides a controlled amount of minimum fluid flow across the valve member as the fluid flows through the annular flow gap. |
| US11015523B2 |
Turbofan with bleed supercharged auxiliary engine
An aircraft gas turbine engine system comprises first and second gas turbine engines connected by an inter-engine gas path. The first gas turbine engine has a first spool with a first compressor section, and a second spool with a second compressor section downstream of and rotationally independent from the first compressor section. The second gas turbine engine is configured to provide power to at least one of the first and second spools of the first gas turbine engine. The inter-engine gas path is disposed to receive gas flow bled from a bleed location in the first gas turbine engine downstream of the first compressor section, and to supply this gas flow to an inlet of the second gas turbine engine. |
| US11015519B2 |
Early intake valve closing and variable geometry turbocharger control
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed that include an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders and controlling a variable geometry turbocharger during early intake valve opening to reduce or prevent oil consumption. |
| US11015516B2 |
Methods and systems for high and low temperature coolant circuits
Methods and systems are provided for a cooling arrangement of a hybrid vehicle. In one example, a system comprises a high-temperature coolant circuit with a pressure line shaped to actuate an actuator of a pressure-actuated valve arranged in a low-temperature coolant circuit. |
| US11015515B2 |
Combustion chamber structure for engine
A combustion chamber structure for an engine includes a combustion chamber where SI combustion by spark ignition and CI combustion by self-ignition are conducted. A crown surface includes a cavity recessed to have a bowl-shape; a pair of first raised portions having a mound-shape along a pent roof shape; and a second raised portion provided to protrude at a position orthogonal to a ridge extending direction of the pair of first raised portions. With a height of the first raised portion relative to a height position of a deepest portion of the cavity being represented as H1 and a height of the second raised portion being represented as H2, H1/H2 as a ratio of the height H1 of the first raised portion to the height H2 of the second raised portion is set to be in a range of 1.92 or more and 2.75 or less. |
| US11015511B2 |
Methods and system for diagnosing active exhaust valves based on temperature and thermal image data
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing an active exhaust valve in an exhaust system based on thermal data. In one example, a method may include indicating degradation of a first active exhaust valve positioned in a first exhaust pipe of a first engine bank based on a difference between a first temperature of exhaust downstream of the first active exhaust valve and a second temperature of exhaust downstream of a second active exhaust valve positioned in a second exhaust pipe of a second engine bank. Degradation of the valve may be confirmed based on thermal image data acquired at outlets of the first and second exhaust pipes. |
| US11015504B2 |
Method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, in particular a motor car
A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which has an exhaust gas system that exhaust gas from at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion chamber can flow through and includes at least one nitrogen oxide storage catalyst, at least one particulate filter, and at least one selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. |
| US11015499B2 |
Oil separator for separating oil from aerosol in a combustion engine
An oil separator separates oil from aerosol in a combustion engine. The oil separator includes a housing having an inlet opening for the aerosol, an impeller which can be rotatably driven about a rotational axis, and which is adapted for generating an aerosol flow along an axial direction of the impeller and arranged in the housing, and an impact wall which is designed in such a way that a projection of the impeller oriented axially and downstream in the air flow impinges on the impact wall. At least one part of a projection of the impeller oriented axially and downstream in the air flow impinges on the inlet opening. |
| US11015493B2 |
Rocker arm assembly for engine braking
An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode includes: a rocker shaft that defines a pressurized oil supply conduit; a rocker arm that receives the rocker shaft and rotates around the rocker shaft, the rocker arm including a rocker arm oil supply passage defined in the rocker arm; a valve bridge for engaging a first exhaust valve and a second exhaust valve; a hydraulic lash adjuster assembly, disposed on the rocker arm, including a first plunger body movable between a first position and a second position; and a check valve, disposed on the rocker arm, including an actuator for selectively releasing pressure in the hydraulic lash adjuster assembly. In the engine braking mode, by rotation of the rocker arm the pressurized oil supply conduit is brought into fluid communication with the rocker arm oil supply passage. |
| US11015491B2 |
Mechanism for locking a variable cam timing device
A lock pin for a VCT device that has a locked position, locking a housing assembly relative to a rotor assembly of the variable cam timing device, and an unlocked position. The lock pin has a body comprising a first diameter with a first area, a second diameter with a second area, and a chamber formed between the first area of the first diameter and the second area of the second diameter for receiving fluid, the first area being greater than the second area. When fluid is applied to the chamber through the variable cam timing phaser, a difference between first area and the second area defining the chamber creates a force imbalance, such that the oil pressure applied to the chamber of the body assists in maintaining the Sock pin in the locked position. |
| US11015490B2 |
Method for operating a combined gas and steam power plant with steam heated by an exothermic chemical reaction
The present disclosure relates to combined gas and steam power plants. Various embodiments may include methods for operating such plants, such as: generating hot steam with an exhaust gas of a gas turbine; driving a generator with the steam; diverting at least a part of the generated steam and storing the diverted steam in a steam accumulator; then, discharging at least a part of the steam stored in the steam accumulator from the steam accumulator; heating the steam discharged from the steam accumulator with heat released during an exothermic chemical reaction; and feeding the heated steam to drive the turbine device. |
| US11015489B1 |
Turbine waste heat recovery expander with passive method for system flow control
A waste heat recovery system for recovering rejected heat of an internal combustion engine includes a turbine expander. The turbine expander outputs power based on a working fluid and includes a turbine blade that is rotatable by the working fluid, a shaft that is coupled to and rotatable by the turbine blade and extends along a longitudinal axis, and a nozzle assembly for directing the working fluid to the turbine blade for rotating the turbine blade. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle housing disposed about the shaft and adjacent the turbine blade, and a nozzle for accelerating the working fluid. The nozzle component defines a nozzle throat having a geometrical configuration. The waste heat recovery system further includes a passive control coupled to the nozzle component for directing the working fluid. |
| US11015488B2 |
Heat exchange system with a joint active fluid motion device for the charging mode and for the discharging mode and method for exchanging heat by using the heat exchange system
A heat exchange system with at least one heat exchange chamber with heat exchange chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber, wherein the heat exchange chamber boundaries include at least one first opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one second opening for guiding out an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior is provided. At least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid. |
| US11015487B2 |
Clamp
A clamp for connecting a first component end to a second component end is provided. The clamp includes a web extending between a first end and a second end, each end being provided with a connecting device for connecting said web ends to each other so that the clamp encloses the component ends. The clamp further includes an alignment structure, which alignment structure is configured to fit with corresponding engagement structures provided at the first component end and the second component end for circumferentially positioning the clamp relative to the component ends. |
| US11015485B2 |
Seal ring for turbine shroud in gas turbine engine with arch-style support
A blade track assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blade track segments. The blade track segments are arranged circumferentially around a central axis to form a blade track. Each of the plurality of blade track segments includes a first circumferential end face, a second circumferential end face opposite the first circumferential end face, a radially-outer surface, and a radially inner surface opposite the radially-outer surface. |
| US11015482B2 |
Containment system for gas turbine engine
A containment system for a gas turbine engine includes an outer containment ring having a first projection that extends radially inward and an inner containment ring having at least a second projection that extends radially outward toward the outer containment ring. The second projection is offset and spaced apart from the first projection to define a chamber in a first state. The containment system includes a lattice defined within the chamber that spans the chamber, and the lattice is integrally formed with each of the outer containment ring and the inner containment ring. The second projection is configured to interlock with the first projection in a second state. |
| US11015480B2 |
Feed forward load sensing for hybrid electric systems
Hybrid electric systems and methods therefore are provided. In one exemplary aspect, a hybrid electric system includes an engine, an electric machine operatively coupled thereto and configured to generate electrical power when driven by the engine. One or more electrical loads are electrically connectable with the electric machine. An engine controller of the engine receives load state data indicative of electrical loads that anticipate electrically disconnecting from or electrically connecting to the electric machine at a predetermined time. In this way, the engine controller can anticipate electrical load changes and the engine can be controlled to adjust its torque output in anticipation of the electrical load change. In another exemplary aspect, a hybrid electric system is provided that includes features for nearly instantaneously reacting to load changes on the engine based on load state data received from feed forward inputs of the electrical system of the hybrid electric system. |
| US11015474B2 |
Geometrically segmented abradable ceramic thermal barrier coating with improved spallation resistance
A turbine article includes a substrate with a geometric surface having a multiple of divots recessed into the substrate, and a ceramic topcoat disposed over the geometric surface, the topcoat including at least a first layer having a first hardness and a second layer having a second hardness, the first hardness different than the second hardness. |
| US11015473B2 |
Carrier for blade outer air seal
A blade outer air seal assembly includes a seal segment that has a base portion that extends between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side. A first wall is axially spaced from a second wall. The first and second walls extend from the base portion to an outer wall to define a circumferentially extending seal passage. A carrier has a platform. A portion of the platform is within the seal passage. A radially extending first hook protrudes from the platform and is configured to engage with a support structure. |
| US11015472B2 |
Turbine wheels, turbine engines including the same, and methods of forming turbine wheels with improved seal plate sealing
A turbine engine includes a turbine wheel including a rotor disk and turbine blades connected to the rotor disk through blade mounts. The blade mounts and the rotor disk have fore and aft surfaces. The blade mount includes a blade attachment surface connecting the fore and aft surfaces with the turbine blade extending from the blade attachment surface. A gap is defined between and separating adjacent blade mounts and extends into the rotor disk. The gap includes a pocket having a fore opening and a rotor relief hole. The turbine wheel further includes a plug disposed in a rotor relief opening and a pocket seal disposed in the pocket. The turbine engine further includes a fore seal plate having an edge abutting the blade mounts about a circumference of the turbine wheel and a finger extending toward and contacting the plug to maintain the plug in the rotor relief opening. |
| US11015471B2 |
Clamping seal for jet engine mid-turbine frame
A mid-turbine frame (MTF”) for a jet engine is disclosed and comprises a duct that extends between a high pressure jet engine turbine (“HPT”) and a low pressure jet engine turbine (“LPT”), the duct comprising a plurality of segments that together form an outer annular structure and an inner annular structure, the inner annular structure situated radially inward of the outer annular structure, and/or a plurality of vanes that extend radially outward from the inner annular structure toward the outer annular structure, each vane comprising a channel. Each segment may be coupled to an adjacent segment by a seal. |
| US11015469B2 |
Coolant airflow assembly particulate filter with panels in series
The present disclosure concerns removal of entrained contaminant particles in a coolant airflow for a gas turbine engine. Example embodiments include a coolant airflow assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a coolant feed passage connected between a supply of coolant air and an inlet of a component to be cooled, the coolant feed passage defining a coolant airflow path and comprising first and second opposing internal faces (305, 306), the inlet of the component connected to the coolant airflow path through one of the first and second internal faces (305, 306) of the coolant feed passage; and a particulate filter for removing entrained particles from the coolant airflow path, comprising: a first filter panel extending from the first face into the coolant airflow path upstream of the inlet of the component; and a second filter panel extending from the second face into the coolant airflow path upstream of the first filter panel. |
| US11015467B2 |
Porous space fillers for ceramic matrix composites
A space filler for forming a fibrous preform may comprise an additively manufactured ceramic material. The additively manufactured ceramic material may define a plurality of pores. A shape of the additively manufactured ceramic material may complement a shape of a void formed by fibrous regions of the fibrous preform. |
| US11015466B2 |
Turbine vane and gas turbine including the same
A turbine vane and a gas turbine including the same are disclosed. The turbine vane includes an air foil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, and inner and outer shrouds disposed at opposite ends of the air foil. Each of the inner and outer shrouds includes a cooling chamber, which may be formed in at least one of opposite ends of the shroud arranged in a first direction. |
| US11015465B2 |
Compressor section of gas turbine engine including shroud with serrated casing treatment
A compressor section includes a shroud surface and a rotor with a blade tip that opposes the shroud surface. The rotor is configured to rotate within the shroud about an axis of rotation. Moreover, the compressor section includes a serration groove that is recessed into the shroud surface. The serration groove includes a forward portion with a forward transition and a forward surface that faces in the downstream direction. The forward transition is convexly contoured between the shroud surface and the forward surface. The serration groove includes a trailing portion with a taper surface and a trailing transition. The taper surface tapers inward as the taper surface extends from the forward surface to the trailing transition. The trailing transition is convexly contoured between the taper surface and the shroud surface. |
| US11015462B2 |
Blade body and a blade made of composite material having fiber reinforcement made up both of three-dimensional weaving and also of short fibers, and method of fabrication
A blade body made of composite material includes fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the blade body extending in a longitudinal direction between a root or bottom portion and a tip or top portion, and in a transverse direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The fiber reinforcement of the blade body includes a first portion constituted by a plurality of yarn layers interlinked by three-dimensional or multilayer weaving, and a second portion forming all or part of at least one leading edge or at least one trailing edge of a blade. The second portion includes a plurality of short fibers oriented in random manner, the yarns of the plurality of yarn layers of the first portion and the short fibers of the second portion being embedded in the matrix. |
| US11015461B2 |
Composite hollow blade and a method of forming the composite hollow blade
Composite hollow blade and an associated method of forming the composite hollow blade are disclosed. The method includes forming a core by fabricating a grid core structure based on a plurality of design parameters, where the grid core includes a plurality of first reinforcing components disposed in a first curable matrix material. The method further includes forming an outer layer including a plurality of second reinforcing components disposed in a second curable matrix material. Further, the method includes coupling the core to the outer layer and curing the core and the outer layer to form the composite hollow blade. |
| US11015460B2 |
Blade comprising a blade body made of composite material and a leading-edge shield
The invention relates to comprising a blade body (9) made of composite material having a polymer matrix reinforced by fibers and a leading edge shield (10) made of material having greater ability to withstand point impacts than the composite material of the blade body. The leading edge shield (10) is assembled on the blade body (9) by means of a first adhesive (16) and a second adhesive (17), both adhesives (16, 17) being deposited between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10). Both adhesives (16, 17) form respective continuous films between the blade body (9) and the leading edge shield (10). |
| US11015458B2 |
Turbomachine for a gas turbine engine
A turbomachine for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a rotor disc arranged to rotate about a fixed central axis. A plurality of rotor blades connected to the rotor disc, wherein the rotor blades extend within a gas flow path. A rotating annulus is arranged to rotate in a fixed rotational alignment relative to the rotor disc. An outer surface of the rotating annulus is arranged to define part of the boundary of the gas flow path. A gas turbine engine for an aircraft and a method of defining the boundary of a gas flow path within a turbomachine is also disclosed. |
| US11015456B2 |
Near wall leading edge cooling channel for airfoil
Airfoils, gas turbine engine assemblies including such airfoils, and methods of manufacturing the same. The airfoil includes multiple cooling channels proximate a leading edge of the airfoil, each of the cooling channels including an inlet provided on one an inner surface of the airfoil in one of the pressure side wall and the suction side wall, and an outlet provided on an outer surface of the airfoil in the other of the pressure side wall and the suction side wall. The cooling channels are arranged in a staggered configuration such there is an alternate pattern of cooling fluid flow provided at the leading edge of the airfoil, near the airfoil's stagnation point. |
| US11015455B2 |
Internally cooled turbine blade with creep reducing divider wall
A method of reducing creep in an internally cooled turbine blade, comprising: providing a radially extending intermediate wall to continuously join a localized high stress zone of a concave side wall and a convex side wall in an intermediate cooling air channel through the blade. The intermediate wall distributes stress from the localized zone to a zone of lower stress to balance the creep inducing stress and temperature more evenly. |
| US11015454B2 |
Coriolis optimized U-channel with root flag
An airfoil includes pressure and suction side walls that extend in a chord-wise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The pressure and suction side walls extend in a radial direction between a platform and a tip to provide an exterior airfoil surface. A cooling passage is arranged between the pressure and suction side walls and has a first passage along the pressure side wall and a second passage along the suction side wall. The first passage is configured to receive cooling air from a cooling air source radially inward of the platform. The second passage is configured to receive cooling air from the first passage near the tip. A root flag passage is configured to purge the cooling air from the second passage near the trailing edge. |
| US11015451B1 |
Airfoil-mounted platforms of gas turbine engines
Blade assemblies for gas turbine engines are described. The blade assemblies include a fan blade having a first tab extending from a leading edge and a second tab extending from a trailing edge. A first platform is affixed to a first side of the fan blade at the first and second tabs and a second platform is affixed to a second side of the fan blade at the first and second tabs. At least one first fastener is arranged to connect the first platform, the first tab, and the second platform at a first end and at least one second fastener is arranged to connect the first platform, the second tab, and the second platform at a second end. |
| US11015449B2 |
Steam turbine blade and steam turbine
The present invention provides a steam turbine blade and a steam turbine capable of further improving efficiency. A steam turbine blade includes a proximal end portion T11 which is formed in a blade shape having an intermediate reaction degree, an intermediate portion T12 which is formed in a blade shape having a low reaction degree; and a distal end portion T13 which is formed in a blade shape having a high reaction degree. |
| US11015447B2 |
Sampling subterranean formation fluids in a wellbore
A formation fluid sampling tool includes a housing, and at least one sampling probe proximate an external surface of the housing. The at least one sampling probe includes an opening sized and positioned to receive one or more heated formation fluids, and a plurality of heating elements arranged concentrically around the opening and configured to conductively heat a subterranean formation through an external surface of the sampling probe. |
| US11015444B2 |
Method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress
The invention discloses a method for predicting the optimal shut-in duration by coupling fluid flow and geological stress, comprising the following steps: determine basic parameters; obtain the fracture length, fracture width and reservoir stress distribution based on the basic parameters; calculate the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity after coupling change in different shut-in durations on the basis of the principle of fluid-solid coupling; take the oil saturation, pore pressure, and permeability and porosity obtained in Step 3 as initial parameters and calculate the production corresponding to different shut-in time on the basis of the productivity model; finally select the optimal shut-in time based on the principle of fastest cost recovery. The present invention can accurately predict the optimal shut-in duration after fracturing to improve the oil and gas recovery ratio in tight oil and gas reservoirs with difficulty in development and low recovery. |
| US11015443B2 |
Estimation of horizontal stresses and nonlinear constants in anisotropic formations such as interbedded carbonate layers in organic-shale reservoirs
Methods and systems are provided that identify relatively large anisotropic horizontal stresses in a formation based on (i) azimuthal variations in the compressional and shear slownesses or velocities of the formation measured from ultrasonic data acquired by at least one acoustic logging tool as well as (ii) cross-dipole dispersions of the formation measured from sonic data acquired by the at least one acoustic logging tool. In addition, the azimuthal variations in the compressional and shear slownesses or velocities of the formation and dipole flexural dispersions of the formation can be jointly inverted to obtain the elastic properties of the rock of the formation in terms of linear and nonlinear constants and the magnitude of maximum horizontal stress of the formation. A workflow for estimating the magnitude of the maximum horizontal stress can employ estimates of certain formation properties, such as overburden stress, magnitude of minimum horizontal stress, and pore pressure. |
| US11015441B2 |
Directional drilling communication protocols, apparatus and methods
A transmitter is carried proximate to an inground tool for sensing a plurality of operational parameters relating to the inground tool. The transmitter customizes a data signal to characterize one or more of the operational parameters for transmission from the inground tool based on the operational status of the inground tool. A receiver receives the data signal and recovers the operational parameters. Advanced data protocols are described. Pitch averaging and enhancement of dynamic pitch range for accelerometer readings are described based on monitoring mechanical shock and vibration of the inground tool. |
| US11015440B2 |
Stabilizer with fin-mounted electrode for providing signals to drill string antenna
A stabilizer apparatus for applying an electrical signal to a drill string antenna, comprising: an elongate member; and a fin extending radially from the elongate member, the fin having an angled leading face and an electrode face that opposes the elongate member, the electrode face including an electrode to apply electrical signals to a conductive member of the drill string antenna. |
| US11015439B1 |
Interventionless methods and systems for testing a liner top
Interventionless testing casing within a wellbore to determine a location where the casing is leaking. Testing systems include a casing disconnect tool to receive an object, such as a ball, allowing for pressurizing to test a backside between new casing associated with the disconnect tool and older casing associated with a cased hole or open hole. |
| US11015438B2 |
Zonal representation for flow visualization
Methods and systems are presented in this disclosure for determining information (e.g., visual information) about locations of different fluids flowing along a casing in a wellbore. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) tags is placed in a plurality of fluids flowing through an annulus region between a casing string in the wellbore and a reservoir formation. At a plurality of sensing nodes located along the casing string, information about the fluids is gathered by communicating with the RF MEMS tags placed in the fluids. The information about fluid locations along the casing gathered by the sensing nodes is communicated to a receiving device, and appropriate operation in relation to the wellbore is performed based on the communicated information. |
| US11015437B2 |
Systems and methods for differentiating non-radioactive tracers downhole
A method for evaluating induced fractures in a wellbore includes obtaining a first set of data in a wellbore using a downhole tool. The method also includes pumping a first proppant into the wellbore after the first set of data is obtained. The first proppant includes a first tracer that is not radioactive. The method also includes pumping a second proppant into the wellbore. The second proppant includes a second tracer that is not radioactive. The second tracer is different than the first tracer. The first proppant and the second proppant flow into fractures in the wellbore. The method also includes obtaining a second set of data in the wellbore using the downhole tool after the first and second proppants are pumped into the wellbore. The method also includes comparing the first and second sets of data. |
| US11015436B2 |
Method for evaluating and monitoring formation fracture treatment using fluid pressure waves
A method for evaluating a wellbore treatment includes inducing an acoustic wave in the wellbore prior to treatment. Acoustic energy propagating as pressure waves in the wellbore is detected. A formation in fluid communication with the wellbore is treated. The inducing an acoustic wave and detecting acoustic energy are repeated. A characteristic of the treatment is determined based on differences between the detected acoustic energy prior to the treating and at the end of the treating. In some embodiments, the observed differences are then also compared to differences observed in prior treatment stages to assess benefit of changes to treatment design. In some embodiments, the treatment design parameters are continuously iterated, adjusted, and improved to maximize the contribution to production of all subsequent stages in same or any other well. |
| US11015435B2 |
Distributed sensor arrays for measuring one or more of pressure and temperature and related methods and assemblies
A downhole sensor includes a sensor housing with one or more of a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor. A cable segment having a conductor is coupled to the sensor housing. A spacer or retention element is coupled to or secured to at least a portion of the conductor at a location proximate an interface between the cable segment and the sensor housing. Downhole sensor arrays include such sensor housings. Methods relate to forming such sensor arrays. |
| US11015432B2 |
Relative azimuth correction for resistivity inversion
A method may comprise: inserting into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation a tool comprising: a transmitter sub assembly comprising a transmitter; and a receiver sub assembly comprising a receiver; generating an electromagnetic wave at the transmitter; propagating the electromagnetic wave through the subterranean formation; receiving the electromagnetic wave in the receiver; generating a response signal in the receiver; calculating a distance to a bed boundary position in a TVDp direction, wherein the TVDp direction is a direction where an angle between the TVDp direction and a tool axis is equal to a tool inclination from a true vertical direction (TVD), wherein TVD is a direction with respect to gravity; calculating a distance to bed boundary in a TST direction, wherein the TST direction is a true stratigraphic thickness direction in a direction towards a bed boundary; calculating a distance to bed boundary in a TVD direction; generating a formation characterization comprising a visual representation of the response signal and the distance to bed boundary in the TVD direction. |
| US11015431B2 |
Eccentric ferrite coils for ranging applications
A method and system for wellbore ranging. A method for wellbore ranging may comprise placing a coil antenna in a wellbore, wherein the coil antenna may comprise one or more coil windings, and the coil windings comprise a magnetic material. The method may further comprise measuring a characteristic of an induced electromagnetic field with the coil antenna. A system for wellbore ranging may comprise an electromagnetic ranging tool which may further comprise a coil antenna, wherein the coil antenna comprises one or more coil windings, and wherein the coil windings comprise a magnetic material. The method may further comprise an information handling system, wherein the information handling system may be operable to measure a characteristic of an induced electromagnetic field with the coil antenna. |
| US11015428B2 |
Load-monitoring sensor proximate to a shifting device
A downhole tool includes a sand control device, a tubular member coupled to and positioned below the sand control device, a shifting device coupled to the tubular member, and a load-monitoring sensor coupled to the tubular member and positioned between the sand control device and the shifting device. |
| US11015424B2 |
Geosteering based on automated well performance prediction
Systems and methods for automated planning and/or control of a drilling operation are implemented to be based at least in part on automated prediction of well performance using an analytical well performance model. Substantially real-time determination of one or more drilling parameters and/or well trajectory parameters is based on measurements received from a drill tool together with the well performance model. The described techniques thus provide for automated, analytically determined well performance measures (e.g., well productivity and/or revenue) to a geosteering process. The well performance model accounts for variations of well trajectory both in inclination and in azimuth angle. |
| US11015422B2 |
Method of fracturing with delayed crosslinking of gelling agents
A non-aqueous slurry contains a non-aqueous liquid immiscible in water (such as a hydrocarbon based oil) having dispersed therein a crosslinking agent (such as a borate crosslinking agent) and an oil-wetting surface active material. The non-aqueous slurry further contains an organophilic clay. The non-aqueous slurry, when used in an aqueous fracturing fluid, provides crosslinking delay between the crosslinking agent and a hydratable polymer, such as guar or guar derivatives. The aqueous fracturing fluid provides an enhanced fracture network after being pumped into a well. |
| US11015419B2 |
Bypass devices for a subterranean wellbore
Bypass devices are disclosed for providing alternative flow paths within an annulus formed around a production string of a subterranean wellbore. In some embodiments, the bypass devices include inlet flow paths and outlet flow paths in fluid communication with the annulus so that fluids may flow through the inlet and outlet flow paths to bypass a blockage in the annulus. The bypass devices are also configured to avoid internal blockages within the internal flow paths defined by the inlet flow paths and outlet flow paths. |
| US11015417B2 |
Using cement slurries in hydrajetting tools
Methods including providing a hydrajetting tool comprising a housing having a top end and a bottom end and having a plurality of jetting nozzles disposed thereon, the top end of the housing fluidly coupled to a tool string; positioning the hydrajetting tool adjacent to a substantially solid target; perforating or cutting the substantially solid target using a cement slurry injected through at least one of the plurality of jetting nozzles, thereby forming at least one perforation or cut. |
| US11015412B2 |
Hanger orientation system
A system that includes a hanger orientation system that orients a tubing hanger within a wellhead. The hanger orientation system includes a conduit defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A sleeve couples to the conduit. The sleeve defines a spiral groove that engages a pin to rotate the tubing hanger. |
| US11015410B2 |
Dual end firing explosive column tools and methods for selectively expanding a wall of a tubular
A method of selectively expanding a wall of a tubular includes assembling an expansion tool comprising a plurality of bi-directional boosters, arranging a predetermined number of explosive pellets on the guide tube to be in a serially-arranged column between the bi-directional boosters, positioning a duel end firing explosive column tool within the tubular, and detonating the bi-directional boosters to simultaneously ignite opposing ends of the serially-arranged column to form two shock waves. The shock waves collide to create an amplified shock wave that travels radially outward to impact the tubular and expand a portion of the tubular wall radially outward, without perforating or cutting through the portion of the wall, to form a protrusion of the tubular at the portion of the wall. The protrusion extends into an annulus between an outer surface of the wall of the tubular and an inner surface of a wall of another tubular. |
| US11015405B2 |
Sand and gas separation apparatus and method thereof
A separation apparatus for separating constituents from effluent. The separation apparatus includes a gas diffuser, a hopper, and a tank. The gas diffuser includes an inlet inner tube for receiving effluent from a well. The hopper is disposed at least partially below the gas diffuser, and the tank is connected to the hopper. The gas diffuser is configured so that gas in the effluent is released from the effluent and into the atmosphere before the effluent enters the hopper. The hopper is configured so that liquid effluent in the hopper spills over a top portion of the hopper and into the tank. |
| US11015402B2 |
System and method for conducting subterranean operations
A system for conducting subterranean operations is disclosed and can include a tubular storage area, a well center area, and a robotic arm configured to move tubulars. The robotic arm can be coupled to a rig floor and configured to traverse a distance between the well center area toward the tubular storage area. |
| US11015392B2 |
Dual member pipe joint for a dual member drill string
A dual member drill string having a plurality of dual member drill string sections for use in horizontal directional drilling operations. Each drill string section having an outer member and an inner member that is rotatable independently of the outer member. The outer member has a pin end and a box end. The inner member has a pin end disposed within the pin end of the outer member and a box end disposed within the box end of the outer member. |
| US11015390B2 |
Control center for an aerial device with control lever
Control center for an aerial device, said aerial device comprising a main boom part mounted on a turret, the main boom part being inclinable around a horizontal axis in a first inclination movement, rotatable around a vertical axis in a rotation movement, and extendable and retractable in a first telescopic movement, wherein the control center comprises a first control device configured for controlling the first inclination movement and the rotation movement of the main boom part, and a second control device comprising at least a first control lever for controlling the first telescopic movement. |
| US11015388B2 |
Ladder cord fastening seat for non-pull window blind
A ladder cord fastening seat for a non-pull window blind includes two vertical posts located opposite to each other and an arc bridge. The ladder cord fastening seat is fastened in a top beam through the two vertical posts. Each of the vertical posts has a cord inserting hole for a ladder cord to be inserted therethrough. The arc bridge is used for fastening the ladder cord. The arc bridge connects the two vertical posts in such a way that an accommodation space is defined to accommodate a transmission member located in the top beam. |
| US11015386B2 |
Safety gate
A safety gate has two wall-mounted post assemblies, a main frame, and two connecting assemblies. The two wall-mounted post assemblies are mounted to two walls of an entrance. The main frame has two frame portion. The two frame portion can pivot with respect to each other. The two connecting assemblies are mounted on two sides of the main frame and detachably and pivotally connected to the wall-mounted post assemblies. A stopping assembly is elastically mounted on a side, near the main frame, of each wall-mounted post assembly and configured to limit one of the connecting assemblies. With such safety gate, a user can press either one of the stopping assemblies to withdraw into the wall-mounted post assembly, and the corresponding connecting assembly can be separated from the wall-mounted post assembly to open the safety gate. When the two stopping assemblies are pressed, the main frame can be detached. |
| US11015383B2 |
Modular door lite components
Modular components of modular door lite frame systems are disclosed. In some cases, a modular door lite frame system includes matching first and second modular frames, one or more modular male alignment members, and one or more modular female alignment members. In some cases, the modular alignment members can be coupled to modular frames of various sizes. In some cases, the modular components can be formed by casting ABS between no more than two opposed mold portions. |
| US11015382B2 |
Motor driving device provided with fan unit
A motor driving device includes a mounting member including a mounting hole; a fan unit configured to be fixed to the mounting member, the fan unit including a lid disposed to cover the mounting hole; a restricting member configured to restrict movement of the lid by sandwiching the lid between the restricting member and the mounting member; and a guide mechanism configured to guide an operation of the restricting member moving relative to the lid from a non-restricting position where movement of the lid is allowed to a restricting position where movement of the lid is restricted. |
| US11015380B2 |
Dead stop type projection windows with sealant dams for controlling flow of sealant during installation of insert windows
A dead stop type projection window assembly includes a free-standing frame and at least one insert window. The free-standing frame includes a top member, a base member spaced below the top member, at least two mullions vertically extending between the top member and the base member and spaced apart to form an insert window opening therebetween, and a stop extending along a perimeter of the insert window opening. The insert window is secured to the free-standing frame at the insert window opening and is sealed at the stop with sealant to close the insert window opening. The free-standing frame also includes a sealant dam extending from the stop and engaging the insert window to resist flow of the sealant toward the window frame opening between the stop and the insert window. |
| US11015377B2 |
Hinge assembly
An appliance includes a door coupled with a front panel of a cabinet that defines an upper pin slot. A top panel of the cabinet is configured to extend over the door when the door is closed. An upper hinge assembly includes an upper hinge pin configured to be rotatably received by the upper pin slot of the door. A fixed bracket has a first portion coupled with the front panel of the cabinet and a second portion that extends perpendicular to the first portion. The second portion defines an opening configured to receive the upper hinge pin. A rotating bracket is coupled with the upper hinge pin and is movable between first and second positions. The rotating bracket is configured to be fixedly coupled with the second portion of the fixed bracket when the rotating bracket is in the second position. |
| US11015376B2 |
Security lock for door
A security lock for a door is provided having a bracket on the interior side of the door with a locking bolt mounted in the bracket. The bolt is adapted for movement between a raised, unlocked position above a cavity on the floor below the bracket and a lowered, locked position where the bolt is in the cavity to prevent the door from being opened. A bolt restraint is mounted on the bracket and cooperates with the bracket to maintain the bolt in its unlocked position. The bolt restraint, for example, a spring-loaded ball that engages an annular recess in the bolt, releases the bolt into its locked position when a downward force is applied to the bolt. The locking bolt has an enlarged flange that stops movement of the bolt into the cavity beyond a predetermined location on the bolt. |
| US11015373B2 |
Key and security device
A key for a security device is provided. The key may include an electronic component configured to communicate with one or more security devices to initially receive one or more codes associated with each of the security devices. The key may also include a memory configured to store the one or more codes associated with the one or more security devices. The electronic component is configured to communicate with each of the one or more security devices for arming and/or disarming the security devices upon a matching of the code stored by the memory with the code associated with the security device. |
| US11015372B2 |
Anti-barricade door stop
The present invention relates to a door jamb assembly comprising a door stop member movably mounted thereon, configured such that the door stop is selectively operable to move from an extended, door-engaging position into a retracted door-disengaging position, and where the door stop member is adapted to initially move directly away from the face of a door with which it is in contact during use. Associated methods, door assemblies and suchlike are also provided. The door jamb assembly of the present invention is of particular use in situations where a door may be barricaded. |
| US11015370B2 |
Quick-action orthogonal motion conversion mechanism with direct-acting return feature
An escape release mechanism that serves as a supplementary means for unlocking a solenoid-driven locking switch. The escape release mechanism comprises a knobbed escape release switch that can be pressed by an operator from inside a protected industrial area to override the solenoid-driven lock. In response to a single-direction linear movement of the escape release key, a pin extends from the escape release mechanism in a direction orthogonal to the escape release key's linear movement. This forward movement causes the pin to displace the locking bolt of the locking switch. As the single-direction linear movement of the escape release key continues, the pin retracts from the locking switch out of the path of the locking tongue, allowing the tongue to be removed. In this way, the pin is both extended and retracted in response to a single-direction linear action by the operator. |
| US11015363B2 |
Shelters and team shelters having a repositionable canopy
Methods for using a shelter such as a team shelter includes, for example, positioning a canopy of the shelter in a raised position to provide a front facing opening under the canopy in the shelter, and moving the canopy of the shelter to a lowered position to reduce the size of the front facing opening. |
| US11015362B1 |
Post protector
A post protector includes an elongated hollow shaft, a handle provided at a first end of the elongated hollow shaft, the handle including a trigger mechanism, and a base portion provided at a second end of the elongated hollow shaft opposite the first end. A pair of protector panels are pivotally connected to the base portion and are movable between a use position in which distal ends of the panels are in contact to form together an internal shape corresponding to at least a portion of an external shape of a post to be protected, and an installation/removal position. An actuator mechanism is provided between and connected to the trigger mechanism and the protector panels. The actuator mechanism is responsive to movement of the trigger mechanism to move the pair of protector panels between the use position and the installation/removal position. |
| US11015360B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing pool steps
A molded pool step, a method of fabricating the pool step and a method of matching a decorative pattern on the pool step to the decorative pattern on a pool liner is disclosed. The pool step is fabricated by applying a decorative pattern to one surface of a transparent sheet of moldable material; positioning the sheet of material on a pool step mold such that the sheet contacts a molding surface of the pool step mold; molding the sheet of material on the pool step mold such that the decorative pattern is located a distance inwardly from an outer surface of the pool step and is thereby prevented being contacted by pool water or people using the pool. When the pool step is molded and installed the decorative pattern on the three-dimension pool step is substantially continuous with the decorative pattern on the liner adjacent the pool step. |
| US11015359B2 |
Swimming pool water exchange device
In an embodiment of the present invention, a swimming pool water exchange device is provided. In an embodiment, the device fills fresh water, from a water source, into one or more bags as the old water is pumped from the bottom of the pool. In an embodiment, the water exchange device is further provided with a regulation system. In the embodiment, the regulation system cuts off the fresh water supply if the water level exceeds a predetermined height. Furthermore, the regulation system may shut off the pump if the water level drops below a predetermined height. |
| US11015358B2 |
Frame pool
A frame pool having a plurality of vertical support tubes, a plurality of horizontal support tubes, a pool body comprising a pool bottom and a pool wall, and a reinforcing band having a continuous annular shape and provided between the inner side of the vertical support tubes and an outer surface of the pool wall. The reinforcing band entirely or partially covering the perimeter of the pool body and being fitted with the pool wall. A fixing band having a continuous annular shape is provided about an outer surface of the reinforcing band and of the vertical support tubes. At least one fixing device is fixedly coupled to the reinforcing band, wherein the fixing band passes through the fixing device. |
| US11015356B2 |
Rack assembly for an in-field 3D construction printer
The rack assembly of one 3D construction printer comprises two rows of vertical supporting posts anchored from the ground. Within each row of vertical supporting posts, between two neighboring vertical supporting posts, longitudinal beams are provided and extended along the length direction of the rack assembly, the longitudinal beams are configured to provide support and allow a cart carrying a 3D construction printer to move. On a top of the rack assembly, ring frame is provided, and on each of the longitudinal ends of the rows of vertical supporting beams, a cantilever extension end, being suspended, is connected to said rectangular ring frame. Further on the upper surface of a bottom longitudinal beam of the rectangular ring frame, guiding rails are provided in order for the cart carrying a crane to move along the longitudinal direction of the ring frame. |
| US11015348B2 |
Rear receiver and methods for use with modular platform for gutter guard systems with interchangeable components
A modular platform for configuring gutter guard systems is disclosed and claimed herein. The modular platform includes a number of interchangeable components that can be assembled to form a gutter guard system for use with specific rain gutters based on a rain gutter's style, size, color, and attachment mechanism used to secure the rain gutter to a structure and/or roofline. One such interchangeable component is a rear receiver. A rear receiver can be arranged for use with a gutter guard system that includes a main body. In one embodiment, a rear receiver includes an upper member with a first downwardly angled edge; a lower member with a second downwardly angled edge; and a vertical member connecting the upper member to the lower member. The upper member, lower member, and vertical member form a channel to accommodate and secure the rear receiver to a main body in a gutter guard system. |
| US11015345B1 |
Concrete wall section
A concrete wall section manufactured with a weight that allows the user of the concrete wall section to transport manually the concrete wall section. Combinations of concrete wall sections can be used to replace traditional frames of a structure. |
| US11015344B2 |
Cassette frame components and methods of installation
The present disclosure describes cassette frame assemblies and methods of installing them onto curtainwall structures. Assemblies can include a mullion and a first cassette frame coupled to a front end of the mullion via an anchoring tab. The anchoring tab can be configured to move within the first cassette frame prior to installation. An assembly can also include a second cassette frame coupled to the front end of the mullion via a second anchoring tab. A first glass panel can be fixed to the first cassette frame and a second glass panel can be fixed to the second cassette frame. Anchoring tabs can be slidable and pivotable to facilitate safe and efficient installation onto a curtainwall structure. |
| US11015342B2 |
Movable wall element and movable wall system
A movable wall element for a building with a floor and a ceiling is disclosed, where the movable wall element comprises at least one lower roller device comprising a wheel element which is capable of engaging the floor of the building when the wall element is to be moved across the floor. The movable wall element further comprises at least one upper roller device comprising a wheel element which is capable of engaging the ceiling of the building when the wall element is to be moved across the floor. |
| US11015340B2 |
Sealed envelope agricultural building constructions
Agricultural barns, warehouses, and methods for construction including a floor, walls that include foam wall panels, a wainscot of impact resistant panels at a lower portion of the wall, and a ceiling formed from foam roof panels integrated into the roof truss assembly. Once the floor, walls, and ceiling are assembled, walls and ceiling can be coated over with an abrasion resistant, impact resistant polymeric coating (e.g., akin to a truck-bed liner), tying these structures together in a seamless shell that provides sufficient elasticity to accommodate typical expansion/contraction due to daily and seasonal heating/cooling, humidity changes, etc. The sealed interior envelope allows the interior surfaces to easily be pressure washed daily, or whenever else needed. Such construction is particularly well suited to an agricultural barn or warehouse, where cattle or forklifts may run into the lower portion of the walls, and pressure washing may be a daily need. |
| US11015337B2 |
Method of pouring polyisocyanurate foam directly onto a facer to improve cell orientation and density stratification
A method of forming a polyisocyanurate foam board includes providing a polyol and adding an isocyanate to the polyol to form a polyisocyanurate foam. A first inner surface of a first facer material is treated with a first flow of hydroxyl containing molecules. A second inner surface of a second facer material is treated with a second flow of hydroxyl containing molecules. The polyisocyanurate foam is coupled to the first treated inner surface and the second treated inner surface such that the polyisocyanurate is sandwiched between the first facer material and the second facer material, thereby exposing opposing outer surfaces of the polyisocyanurate foam to the hydroxyl containing molecules. A density of a medial portion of the polyisocyanurate foam is greater than a density of the polyisocyanurate at the opposing outer surfaces. |
| US11015333B2 |
Publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex including a surf feature with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style lagoon and method for providing efficient utilization of limited use land
A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex. The lagoon includes a surf feature and surrounding the lagoon are entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities. The complex has a controlled public access and provides the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon having a surf feature. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee. |
| US11015332B2 |
Construction system for building a module of a dwelling
A construction system for a module of a dwelling the main elements of which are made of plastic material includes a set of hollow profiled beams (1, 1′) of elongate rectilinear shape of type 1 and of type 2. The beams (1, 1′) include at each end (5, 5′) a transverse passage opening (6, 6′). The transverse passage opening (6) of a beam (1) of type 1 comes to be nested with the transverse passage opening (6′) of a beam (1′) of type 2 when the two beams (1, 1′) are assembled end to end at a right angle leaving a passage opening (6, 6′) between the two ends (5, 5′) of the beams (1, 1′). Two beams (1) of type 1 can be assembled with two beams (1′) of type 2 to form a rectangular frame. The system further includes a set of corner assembly elements (2, 2′), each assembly element (2, 2′) including a body intended to pass through the transverse passage opening (6, 6′) of the beams (1, 1′) of type 1 and 2. The system also includes a set of plates (3) that can be assembled between two beams (1) of type 1 when assembled or two beams (1′) of type 2 when assembled to form a rectangular frame, and a set of posts (11) of hollow rectangular section the hollow ends of which come to be nested over a corner assembly element (2, 2′) of a rectangular frame formed of beams (1, 1′) of type 1 and of type 2 so as to form a three-dimensional framework. The posts (11) include longitudinal rails or grooves (8) on two adjacent surfaces to receive other plates (3′) between the posts (11) during assembly. Each hollow profile beam (1, 1′) including along an upper surface spaced rails or grooves (8) intended to receive said other plates (3′). |
| US11015329B2 |
Lavatory drain system
A lavatory drain system is disclosed. The basin, containing a U-shaped drain channel, employs one of two draining embodiments. In the first, a drain plate divides the drain channel into two chambers, allowing for fluid communication between them through openings in the drain plate. In another embodiment, the drain channel forms the upper chamber while a pipe disposed below the channel serves as a lower chamber for fluid to flow to the drain. Further, the drain cap of the claimed system is configured to direct air about the basin. One embodiment utilizes a ridge protruding over one of the basin's sides to captures air and directs it to a return duct. In the other embodiment, a series of louvres located in an opening are used to filter water and debris from the air before it returns to the fan. |
| US11015320B2 |
Rollover prevention system and method for construction machine
A rollover prevention system prevents a construction machine from rolling over. The rollover prevention system comprises a first angle detection unit (12) disposed adjacent to a turning joint (11) to detect a swing angle of the upper frame (5), a second angle detection unit (13) disposed on the upper frame to detect an angular movement of the upper frame, safety valves (40) disposed on flow passages (25, 32) communicating with hydraulic cylinders for a work attachment (10) and a swing motor (26) to control flows of working oil supplied to the hydraulic cylinders by opening and closing the flow passages in response to external signals, and an electronic controller (14) electrically connected to the first angle detection unit, the second angle detection unit, and the safety valves. The electronic controller comprises a barycenter calculating section (14a), a safety range determining section (14b), and a signal outputting section (14c). A rollover prevention method for a construction machine is also provided. The system could prevent rollover by alarming operators with information regarding the barycenter and forcibly restrain the movement of construction machines when the risk of rollover is increased by the deviation of the barycenter during operation. |
| US11015316B1 |
Top plate for cribbing stacks and associated methods
A plate for cribbing stacks having a top surface and a bottom surface, first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces; a first level attached to the first side surface; and a second level attached to the second side surface, the first and second side surfaces being in a non-parallel relationship; and wherein the top and bottom surfaces and the first, second, third, and fourth side surfaces are arranged so that the first and second levels indicate when the plate is horizontal. |
| US11015304B2 |
Self-propelled construction machine and method for operating a self-propelled construction machine
The self-propelled construction machine, in particular road-milling machine, recycler, stabiliser or surface miner, comprises a machine frame 2, which is supported by a chassis 1, which has wheels or tracks 1A, 1B. A milling drum 4 is arranged on the machine frame. The wheels or tracks 1A, 1B and the milling drum 4 are driven by a drive unit 8. Furthermore, the construction machine comprises a control unit 19 for controlling the drive unit 8 and a signal-receiving unit 18 for detecting at least one measurement variable M(t) which is characteristic of an operating state of the milling drum 4. The construction machine is characterised in that the rotational speed of the milling drum 4 is adapted, on the basis of at least one measurement variable M(t) which is characteristic of a critical operating state of the milling drum, to the operating conditions of the construction machine in such a way that the milling drum is operated in a non-critical operating state. The adaptive open-loop control of the milling drum rotational speed allows the construction machine to be operated at an optimum operating point with respect to the milling drum rotational speed. |
| US11015303B2 |
Shear cutter pick milling system
This disclosure relates to a system for removing road material. In an embodiment, the system may include a milling drum and at least one pick mounted on the milling drum. Furthermore, the pick may include polycrystalline diamond at least partially forming one or more working surfaces of the pick. |
| US11015300B2 |
Traction enabling device in application to icy roadways
The present invention provides a vehicle traction device which may be conveniently attached and applied to roadways that are subject to accumulations of ice, snow, and other wintry precipitation. The vehicle traction device provides a center strip which deters unintended horizontal motion of vehicles as well as skidding, sliding, spinning, and the general loss of traction. The center strip can include a collapsible support system which will allow the center strip to collapse to low height to permit the passage of road clearing equipment or other low clearance vehicles. In addition, the vehicle traction device provides angled strips which deter unintended sliding motion forward or reverse relative to the normal flow of traffic, especially when vehicles are ascending or descending along steeply sloping roadways. Finally, the vehicle traction device further provides bristle strips which help to dislodge ice and other accumulations on vehicle tires which may interfere with vehicle traction. |
| US11015297B2 |
Sanitary tissue products
Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel compressibility properties alone and in combination with plate stiffness properties and methods for making same. |
| US11015289B2 |
Process for dyeing of textile materials using supercritical fluid
An embodiment herein provides a process for dyeing of textile materials 108 with supercritical fluid. One or more dye materials 102 along with additives (if required) are mixed with at least one suitable solvent 104 to obtain one or more dye solutions 106. A textile material 108 is pre-treated with the one or more dye solutions 106 to obtain a dye coated textile material 110. The dye-coated textile material 110 is exposed to the supercritical fluid 112 in a supercritical fluid dyeing vessel at controlled pressure and temperature. The supercritical fluid 112 solubilizes and diffuses the one or more dye materials 102 inside the surface, pores and capillaries of the textile material 108. The supercritical fluid vessel is then depressurized below supercritical condition to entrap the one or more dye materials 102 in the textile material 108 to obtain a supercritical fluid dyed textile material 114. |
| US11015279B2 |
Clutch assembly of washing machine
A washing machine includes a motor for generating power and a clutch assembly that receives the power from the motor and drives a drum and a pulsator. The clutch assembly includes a driving shaft that receives the power from the motor and rotates, a pulsator drive portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the pulsator, and a drum driving portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the drum, The clutch assembly is provided to selectively drive a driving portion of at least one of the drum driving portion and the pulsator drive portion. With this configuration, the washing machine capable of running various modes of a washing mode and dehydration mode is implemented. |
| US11015275B2 |
Method of quilting layered input web
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for quilting webs without compressing the webs. A quilting machine includes a needle bar to which needles are attached, needle thread passing through each needle, a looper shaft to which loopers are attached, a looper corresponding to each needle and from which looper thread is provided to form stitches, and a retainer bar to which spreaders are attached to facilitate stitching. A drive pulley powered by a first servo motor rotates cranks to move the needles through a cycle and rotates a belt which rotates an indexer pulley. Rotation of the indexer pulley oscillates the looper shaft and reciprocates the retainer bar. Another drive pulley powered by a second servo motor operates to move an input web through the machine between chain stiches. |
| US11015274B2 |
Quilting machine
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for quilting webs without compressing the webs. A quilting machine includes a needle bar to which needles are attached, needle thread passing through each needle, a looper shaft to which loopers are attached, a looper corresponding to each needle and from which looper thread is provided to form stitches, and a retainer bar to which spreaders are attached to facilitate stitching. A drive pulley powered by a first servo motor rotates cranks to move the needles through a cycle and rotates a belt which rotates an indexer pulley. Rotation of the indexer pulley oscillates the looper shaft and reciprocates the retainer bar. Another drive pulley powered by a second servo motor operates to move an input web through the machine between chain stiches. |
| US11015268B2 |
Artificial turf fiber with LLDPE and LDPE
A method for manufacturing an artificial turf fiber includes creating a polymer mixture that includes, 60-99% by weight of an LLDPE polymer and 1-15% by weight of an LDPE polymer. The method further includes extruding the polymer mixture into a monofilament; quenching the monofilament; reheating the monofilament; and stretching the reheated monofilament to form the monofilament into the artificial turf fiber. |
| US11015267B2 |
System and method for electrospun fiber straining and collecting
The invention provides a system and process for manufacturing nanofibers that integrate a post-drawing process in a continuous electro spinning manufacturing process. In certain embodiments, the system and process are capable of post-drawing multiple individual electrospun nanofibers simultaneously. In certain embodiments, the system can be configured and controlled to accommodate various materials that can be electrospun. |
| US11015258B2 |
Feedback control of dimensions in nanopore and nanofluidic devices
Nanofluidic passages such as nanochannels and nanopores are closed or opened in a controlled manner through the use of a feedback system. An oxide layer is grown or removed within a passage in the presence of an electrolyte until the passage reaches selected dimensions or is closed. The change in dimensions of the nanofluidic passage is measured during fabrication. The ionic current level through the passage can be used to determine passage dimensions. Fluid flow through an array of fluidic elements can be controlled by selective oxidation of fluidic passages between elements. |
| US11015256B2 |
Near field transducers including electrodeposited plasmonic materials and methods of forming
Methods of forming near field transducers (NFTs) including electrodepositing a plasmonic material. |
| US11015250B2 |
Impeller for rotary machine, compressor, supercharger, and method for producing impeller for rotary machine
An impeller for a rotary machine includes a base material of the impeller made of Al or an Al alloy. A surface layer for the impeller is formed by an electroless plating layer with a Ni—P based alloy and an under layer disposed between the base material and the surface layer, the under layer having a smaller Vickers hardness than the surface layer. |
| US11015240B2 |
Hard decorative member and method for manufacturing the same
A hard decorative member of the invention includes a gold alloy layer that is formed as a film by a dry plating method on a base material made of titanium or composed of a base and titanium formed on a surface of the base. The hard decorative member includes an undercoat layer that is formed on the base material and includes titanium carbon nitride, an adhesion layer that is formed on the undercoat layer and includes titanium carbon nitride, gold, copper and palladium, and a gold alloy layer that is formed on the adhesion layer and includes gold, copper and palladium. The gold alloy layer contains 70.3 to 75.2% by weight of gold, 20.7 to 25.6% by weight of copper, and 3.7 to 4.3% by weight of palladium. |
| US11015237B2 |
Nickel titanium alloys, methods of manufacture thereof and article comprising the same
Disclosed herein is a shape memory alloy comprising 48 to 50 atomic percent nickel, 15 to 30 atomic percent hafnium, 1 to 5 atomic percent aluminum; with the remainder being titanium. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a shape memory alloy comprising mixing together to form an alloy nickel, hafnium, aluminum and titanium in amounts of 48 to 50 atomic percent nickel, 15 to 30 atomic percent hafnium, 1 to 5 atomic percent aluminum; with the remainder being titanium; solution treating the alloy at a temperature of 700 to 1300° C. for 50 to 200 hours; and aging the alloy at a temperature of 400 to 800° C. for a time period of 50 to 200 hours to form a shape memory alloy. |
| US11015236B2 |
Powder metallurgy moulding composition notably intended for manufacturing decorative or covering articles in sintered massive cermet and said decorative or covering articles in sintered massive cermet
A powder metallurgy moulding composition intended for manufacturing decorative or covering articles in sintered massive cermet, including an inorganic powder to form the cermet and an organic binder. The inorganic powder includes by weight of 35% to 95% of at least one ceramic phase based on ceramic selected from the group consisting of TiC, TiCN, TiN and mixtures thereof, and from 5% to 65% of a metallic phase, the metallic phase consisting by weight of at least 40% of iron, from 15% to 45% of chromium, from 0.1% to 25% of molybdenum, from 0.1% to 10% of silicon, from 0 to 10% of boron, and from 0 to 10% of niobium, the respective amounts of the elements of the metallic phase being such that their sum is equal to 100 wt % of the metallic phase. |
| US11015235B2 |
Method for producing aluminum alloy member, and aluminum alloy member obtained by same
A method for producing an aluminum alloy member includes an extrusion step for subjecting an aluminum (Al) alloy which contains from 1.6% by mass to 2.6% by mass (inclusive) of magnesium (Mg), from 6.0% by mass to 7.0% by mass (inclusive) of zinc (Zn), 0.5% by mass or less of copper (Cu), from 0.01% by mass to 0.05% by mass (inclusive) of titanium (Ti) with the balance made up of aluminum (Al) and unavoidable impurities to hot extrusion. The method further includes a cooling step for cooling the aluminum alloy after the extrusion. The method further includes a strain processing step for introducing strain that miniaturizes precipitates precipitated in the crystal grains of the aluminum alloy after the cooling. The method further includes an aging step for aging the aluminum alloy by heating. |
| US11015234B2 |
Aluminum alloy cladding material for heat exchanger
A three-layer clad material includes a core material, a cladding material 1, and a cladding material 2, the core material including an aluminum alloy that includes 0.5 to 1.8% of Mn, and either or both of more than 0.05% and less than 0.2% of Cu, and 0.05 to 0.30% of Ti, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, the cladding material 1 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 10% of Si, and 1 to 10% of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and the cladding material 2 including an aluminum alloy that includes 3 to 13% of Si, and 0.05% or less of Cu, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the Si content X (%) in the cladding material 1 and the Si content Y (%) in the cladding material 2 satisfy the value (Y−X) is −1.5 to 9%. |
| US11015233B2 |
Titanium alloy part
A titanium alloy part is characterized in that it includes, by mass %: Al: 1.0 to 8.0%; Fe: 0.10 to 0.40%; O: 0.00 to 0.30%; C: 0.00 to 0.10%; Sn: 0.00 to 0.20%; Si: 0.00 to 0.15%; and the balance: Ti and impurities, in which: an average grain diameter of α-phase crystal grains is 15.0 μm or less; an average aspect ratio of the α-phase crystal grains is 1.0 or more and 3.0 or less; and a coefficient of variation of a number density of β-phase crystal grains distributed in the α phase is 0.30 or less. |
| US11015224B2 |
RAF gene fusions
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnosis, research and therapy, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present disclosure relates to RAF gene fusions as diagnostic markers and clinical targets for cancer. |
| US11015221B2 |
Markers of immune response
The present invention concerns methods for determining if a dendritic cell is a type 2 dendritic cell or a tolerogenic dendritic cell, methods for determining if a patient undergoing immunotherapy, and/or who has been administered with a vaccine, is developing an immune response oriented either towards a regulatory T cell response or towards an effector type 2 cell response, and methods of determining response to immunotherapy. |
| US11015217B2 |
Method of inactivating microbes by citraconic anhydride
The present invention provides inactivated microbes, methods of preparing and using the same, as well as compositions and kits containing the same. The inactivated microbes are useful in the formulation of internal control reagents for use in recombinant nucleic acid techniques, especially nucleic acid amplification, e.g., by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). |
| US11015213B2 |
Method of preparing cell free nucleic acid molecules by in situ amplification
Methods for in situ amplification (ISA) of cfNA, such as cfDNA, in a sample are provided wherein the cfNA in the sample is not subject to a nucleic acid purification step. The methods disclosed may be used to generate an analyzable pool of cfNA present in the sample. The analyzable pool may be used with a variety of analytical techniques to characterize the nucleic acid in the sample. Methods of diagnosis, determining a therapeutic intervention and monitoring of a subject are also provided. |
| US11015212B2 |
Methods of reducing foam during ethanol fermentation
The invention relates to methods of reducing foam during ethanol fermentation by adding a phospholipase A and/or a phospholipase C during fermentation. |
| US11015207B2 |
RNAs from pathogens inhibit plant immunity
Provided are pathogen-resistant plants comprising a heterologous expression cassette, the expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide that is complementary to, or mediates destruction, of a plant immunity suppressing sRNA of a pathogen, wherein the plant is less susceptible to the pathogen compared to a control plant lacking the expression cassette. Methods of making and cultivating pathogen-resistant plants are also provided. |
| US11015201B2 |
Angiotensinogen (AGT) iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agents, targeting the AGT gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an AGT gene and to methods of preventing and treating an AGT-associated disorder, e.g., high blood pressure. |
| US11015200B2 |
Antisense-induced exon exclusion in myostatin
The present disclosure relates to antisense oligomers and related compositions and methods for decreasing the expression of functional human myostatin and methods for treating muscular dystrophy and related disorders and more specifically relates to inducing exclusion of myostatin exon 2 and thereby reducing the levels of myostatin protein. |
| US11015195B2 |
Compositions of asymmetric interfering RNA and uses thereof
The present invention provides asymmetrical duplex RNA molecules that are capable of effecting sequence-specific gene silencing. The RNA molecule comprises a first strand and a second strand. The first strand is longer than the second strand. The RNA molecule comprises a double-stranded region formed by the first strand and the second strand, and two ends independently selected from the group consisting of 5′-overhang, 3′-overhang, and blunt end. The RNA molecules of the present invention can be used as research tools and/or therapeutics. |
| US11015192B2 |
Method for generating a stranded RNA library
The invention relates to a method for preparing a strand-specific library from an nucleic acid or preferably RNA sample, for RNA comprising the steps of: (i) optionally fragmenting said RNA sample, (ii) generating a plurality of first cDNA strands by subjecting said fragmented RNA to reverse transcription by using a reverse transcriptase and first oligonucleotide primers, (iii) generating a plurality of second cDNA strands by using a DNA polymerase, second oligonucleotide primers, and the plurality of first cDNA strands, and (iv) ligating adapters to the 3′ and 5′ termini of the of double-stranded cDNA, (v) wherein the first cDNA strand allows no adapter ligation at its 5′ terminus and said second cDNA strand allows adapter ligation at its 5′ terminus, or vice versa, and, (v) optionally cloning, sequencing or otherwise using the strand-specific library. The invention also relates to a kit for preparing a strand-specific library from an RNA sample, wherein said kit comprises, (i) random oligonucleotide primers comprising a 5′ terminus nucleotide which allows no adaptor ligation, (ii) random oligonucleotide primers comprising a 5′ terminus nucleotide which allows adaptor ligation, (iii) optionally a reverse transcriptase for synthesizing a first cDNA strand complementary to the template RNA, (iv) optionally dNTPs, and (v) optionally a DNA polymerase. |
| US11015191B2 |
Methods and devices for high fidelity polynucleotide synthesis
Disclosed are methods for synthesizing and/or assembling at least one polynucleotide product having a predefined sequence from a plurality of different oligonucleotides. In exemplary embodiments, the methods involve synthesis and/or amplification of different oligonucleotides immobilized on a solid support, release of synthesized/amplified oligonucleotides in solution to form droplets, recognition and removal of error-containing oligonucleotides, moving or combining two droplets to allow hybridization and/or ligation between two different oligonucleotides, and further chain extension reaction following hybridization and/or ligation to hierarchically generate desired length of polynucleotide products. |
| US11015189B2 |
AAV capsid proteins for nucleic acid transfer
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) capsid proteins are provided. Methods for generating the recombinant adeno-associated viral capsid proteins and a library from which the capsids are selected are also provided. |
| US11015188B2 |
MRNA display antibody library and methods
Compositions, methods and uses of high-diversity nucleic acid library that encodes a plurality of antibodies or antibody fragments are presented. The high-diversity nucleic acid library comprises or is derived from (1) a VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, (2) a plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and (3) a VL sub-library, each of which comprises a plurality of members. Preferably, each member of the sub-libraries comprises at least one random cassette that has a plurality of degenerate base positions. In an especially preferred embodiment, at least portions of at least two members of the VH-CDR1/2 sub-library, the plurality of VH-CDR3 sub-libraries, and the VL sub-library are recombined to form an expression library member in an expression library, where each member of the expression library encodes a distinct antibody or antibody fragment. |
| US11015186B2 |
Maximizing DNA yield of blood specimens collected in rapid clot tubes
The invention provides methods for isolating DNA from a blood sample collected into tubes containing a rapid clot activator, which involves the use of a lysis buffer comprising an alcohol. |
| US11015185B1 |
Blood cell lysis reagent
Disclosed herein are lysis reagents for lysing red blood cells, thereby releasing an analyte, such as RNA from a host or pathogen, in a form suitable for analysis. The reagent includes at least a buffer, a detergent and one or both of a chloride containing salt and an anti-coagulant. The reagent serves to lyse blood cells, protect the released analyte from degradation in the lysate, and is compatible with subsequent steps for analysis of the analyte such as target capture, amplification, detection, or sequencing. |
| US11015184B2 |
Polynucleotides encoding engineered tyrosine ammonia lyase variants
The present invention provides engineered tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, the engineered TAL polypeptides have been optimized to provide enhanced catalytic activity while reducing sensitivity to proteolysis and increasing tolerance to acidic pH levels. The invention also provides methods for utilization of the compositions comprising the engineered TAL polypeptides for therapeutic and industrial purposes. |
| US11015181B2 |
Nucleic acids useful for integrating into and gene expression in hyperthermophilic acidophilic Archaea
The present invention provides for a novel recombinant or isolated nucleic acid useful for integrating or being maintained in an Archaea or acidophilic hyperthermophilic eubacteria. The nucleic acid encodes a nucleotide sequence that is capable of stably integrating into the chromosome of a host cell, or being maintained as an extrachromosomal element in a host cell, that is an Archea, and a nucleotide sequence of interest. The present invention also provides for an Archaea host cell comprising the nucleic acid stably integrated into the chromosome or maintained episomally in the host cell, and a method of expressing the nucleotide sequence of interest in the host cell and/or directing glycosylation, multimerization, and/or membrane association or integration. |
| US11015177B2 |
Compositions and methods for protein glycosylation
Described herein are oligosaccharyl transferases for use in N-glycosylating proteins of interest in vitro and in host cells. Methods for using such oligosaccharyl transferases, nucleic acids encoding such oligosaccharyl transferases, and host cells comprising such oligosaccharyl transferases are also provided herein. Glycoconjugates generated by using such oligosaccharyl transferases are also provided herein. |
| US11015176B2 |
Nucleic acid encoding a luminescent enzyme protein
The present invention provides a luminescent enzyme protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, and a mutant enzyme thereof. |
| US11015173B2 |
Scalable purification method for AAV1
A two-step chromatography purification scheme is described which selectively captures and isolates the genome-containing rAAV vector particles from the clarified, concentrated supernatant of a rAAV production cell culture. The process utilizes an affinity capture method performed at a high salt concentration followed by an anion exchange resin method performed at high pH to provide rAAV vector particles which are substantially free of rAAV intermediates. |
| US11015172B2 |
Method for culturing a subpopulation of circulating epithelial tumour cells from a body fluid
The invention relates to a method for culturing a subpopulation of circulating epithelial tumour cells from a body fluid of a human or animal suffering from an epithelial tumour, wherein cells contained in the body fluid each containing at least one cell nucleus are separated from the body fluid and cultured over at least 24 hours in suspension, with formation of spheroids. |
| US11015168B2 |
Filamentous fungal biomats, methods of their production and methods of their use
A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production. |
| US11015159B2 |
Single-use cell culturing apparatus and culturing bag
A single-use cell culturing apparatus and a culturing bag are provided, each of which can improve efficiency of stirring a culture solution and further reduce a possibility of leakage of the culture solution. The single-use cell culturing apparatus of the present invention includes a housing that accommodates the culturing bag which is flexible and can seal the culture solution inside thereof. The housing has, on an inner surface thereof, a curved convex-shaped protrusion provided at a portion of a contact face at which the housing is in contact with the culturing bag. The culturing bag of the present invention is accommodated in the housing of the single-use cell culturing apparatus; is flexible; and can seal the culture solution inside thereof. The culturing bag includes a concave portion having a shape corresponding to the curved convex protrusion disposed on a part of the housing. |
| US11015157B2 |
Brewing system for kombucha and other fermented beverages
Kombucha, kefir, and other fermented beverages may be manufactured using a fermenter that draws off some fermented beverage, then adds starter liquid to a fermenter. Production may be regulated by managing heat, oxygen, or other inputs to achieve a desired quantity of finished beverage output, and production may be increased or decreased to match consumption. A controller may monitor beverage consumption and may adjust processing variables to achieve production goals, while automatically managing the overall process. A system may have a feed tank from which unprocessed liquid may be added to the fermenter at the same or similar quantities as finished beverage may be transferred to a dispensing system. The system may operate with little expertise or knowledge by a human operator. |
| US11015154B2 |
Methods for identifying interactions amongst microorganisms
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and systems for determining specific microbial taxa, within a complex consortia of mixed taxa, which are interacting with each other in an environment of interest. In some embodiments, after diluting a sample comprising multiple different taxa of microorganisms, dilutions of the sample are cultivated for determining taxonomic information and interactions of multiple taxa of microorganisms in the sample. |
| US11015150B2 |
Compositions containing one or more poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compounds
Compositions comprising cellulase and at least one poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound having a degree of substitution with an organic group of about 0.05-3.0 are disclosed. Such compositions can be dry or aqueous, the latter of which can have a viscosity of at least about 10 cPs. The disclosed composition can be in the form of a personal care product, household product, or industrial product, for example. Also disclosed are a method for preparing an aqueous composition comprising cellulase and a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound, and a method of treating a material such as fabric by contacting it with this aqueous composition. |
| US11015146B2 |
Use of amino carboxylate for enhancing metal protection in alkaline detergents
The invention includes ware detergent compositions which prevent buildup of precipitates and also surprisingly provides significant metal protection of items exposed to alkaline detergent composition. According to the invention alkaline ware detergents may include an effective amount of amino carboxylate. Surprisingly, detergents which included amino carboxylate also provided significant metal protection against corrosion, even when traditional corrosion inhibiting components are reduced. |
| US11015145B2 |
In situ cleaning system
In situ cleaning systems and methods of use are disclosed and provide cleaning use solutions with minimal chemical additives providing environmentally-friendly cleaning compositions. The in situ cleaning system provides one or more in situ cleaning components, including water treatment components, oxidizing agent generating component and/or alkalinity generating component, providing a cleaning use solution to a washing system. |
| US11015144B2 |
Formula design for a solid laundry fabric softener
Solid laundry fabric softening compositions for laundry applications of use are disclosed. In particular, solid laundry fabric softening compositions combining quaternary dialkyl actives with low iodine values and silicone provide softness without causing any significant yellowing or loss of water absorption or wicking to the treated linen. The solid laundry fabric softening compositions can be provided as a multi-use block having uniform dispensing rates and without block sloughing. Beneficially, the combination of processing aids for solidification comprising one or more of (A) polyethylene glycol and an acidulant, (B) a surfactant and an acidulant, or (C) polyethylene glycol, a surfactant and an acidulant, are combined with the quaternary ammonium compounds and silicone to provide the stable solid composition. |
| US11015143B2 |
Cleaning compositions and methods for enhancing fragrance performance
Disclosed are fragrance-enhanced cleaning compositions including a mixture of a linear alkyLbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and a sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), wherein the mixture is present in the cleaning composition in an amount of about 1%-2% by weight and wherein a weight ratio of LAS:SLES is about 3:1 to about 1:1 or about 6:1 to about 4:1; and a fragrance. Methods of preparing and using the present cleaning compositions are also disclosed. In addition, methods of formulating a cleaning composition having an enhanced fragrance performance are provided. |
| US11015142B1 |
Extraction system and methods for preparing a botanical oil
An extraction system for obtaining oils and other constituents from raw botanical materials includes an array of separation chambers for fractionalized recovery of dissolved constituents in a supercritical solvent fluid. Collection of the dissolved constituents is facilitated with a pressure-stable collection vessel that is adaptable to sequentially collect precipitate from the array of separation chambers. |
| US11015141B2 |
Lubricant composition based on metal nanoparticles
The present disclosure relates to a lubricant composition including an anti-wear additive and metal nanoparticles. The lubricant composition according to the disclosure has, simultaneously, good stability as well as good, long-lasting friction properties. |
| US11015138B2 |
Refrigerating machine oil, and composition for refrigerating machine
The present invention relates to a refrigerator oil containing a polyvinyl ether-based compound (A) containing a structural unit (a1) having a methoxy group in a side chain thereof in an amount of 30 mol % or more and 100 mol % or less on a basis of 100 mol % of the whole amount of structural units excluding a terminal structural unit in a molecular structure thereof, a refrigerator oil composition containing the refrigerator oil, and a production method of the refrigerator oil. |
| US11015136B2 |
Supercritical water gasification with decoupled pressure and heat transfer modules
The present invention discloses a system and method for supercritical water gasification (SCWG) of biomass materials wherein the system includes a SCWG reactor and a plurality of heat exchangers located within a shared pressurized vessel, which decouples the function of containing high pressure from the high temperature function. The present invention allows the heat transfer function to be conducted independently from the pressure transfer function such that the system equipment can be designed and fabricated in manner that would support commercial scaled-up SCWG operations. By using heat exchangers coupled to the reactor in a series configuration, significant efficiencies are achieved by the present invention SCWG system over prior known SCWG systems. |
| US11015134B2 |
Polished turbine fuel
Turbine fuel provided for large-scale land based turbines used by utilities for producing electricity and desalinated water, and for large mobile engines and turbines in marine and remote applications where only liquid fuels are available. Use results in less corrosion, ash formation and emissions (NOx, SOx, CO2 and noxious metals) than firing contaminated heavy crude, refinery residual oils or high sulfur fuel oils. Manufacture is by decontaminating crude oils, non-conventional crudes, and other highly contaminated feeds. Each fuel is produced as a single product of unit operations, not ex-plant blend of various refinery products, yet using an apparatus configuration less complex than conventional crude oil refining. These fuels can be fired by advanced high efficiency turbines of combined cycle power plants having hot flow paths and heat recovery steam generation systems susceptible to corrosion, which systems cannot otherwise risk contaminated heavy crudes or refinery residual oils feeds. |
| US11015129B2 |
Naphtha hydrotreating process
A naphtha hydrotreating process containinga first step in the presence of the first catalyst containing a support;a second step in the presence of the second catalyst containing a support and an active phase, which active phase contains a Group 9 or 10 metal and a Group 6 metal;a third step in the presence of the third catalyst containing a support and an active phase, which active phase contains a Group 6 metal;whereinthe content of Group 6 metal of the third catalyst is less than the content of Group 6 metal of the second catalyst;the ratio of the loaded specific surface area of the first catalyst to that of the second catalyst is greater than or equal to 1.20;the ratio of the loaded specific surface area of the third catalyst to that of the second catalyst is greater than 1.07. |
| US11015128B1 |
Process of removing a metal from a fluid hydrocarbon
A process of removing at least one metal contaminant, such as copper, from a fluid hydrocarbon, for example, crude oil or a liquid hydrocarbon fuel, such as an aviation fuel. The process involves contacting the metal-contaminated fluid hydrocarbon with a sorbent selected from graphene oxide or a functionalized graphene oxide. The process removes greater than 99 percent of the metal contaminant without reducing concentrations of advantageous additives, such as, antioxidants, icing inhibitors and corrosion inhibitors. Also disclosed are a purified fluid hydrocarbon composition and a metal contaminant filter system. |