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| US11022243B2 |
Pipe coupling
A pipe coupling for coupling a first pipe to a second pipe wherein a gap exists between a first pipe end and a second pipe end. The pipe coupling includes a tubular insert configured to fit within the gap and match an inside diameter and outside diameter of the pipes, thereby providing a through-butt joint between the insert and the pipes. The pipe coupling also includes a half-tubular first fitting section and a half-tubular second fitting section, configured to snap-lock and form a tubular shape over the insert, the first pipe end and the second pipe end. In some embodiments, the insert is integral with the fitting sections. |
| US11022240B2 |
Cooling and insulating manifold seal assembly for a propulsion system
A seal assembly for a propulsion system couples a plurality of manifolds of a manifold assembly of the propulsion system generally in fluid communication. Each of the manifolds defines a first end and a second end. The seal assembly includes a coupling member attaching the first end and the second end of the manifold assembly together in fluid communication; one or more seals disposed between the coupling member and at least one of the first end and the second end of the manifold; and a retainer adjacent to the coupling member and the seal. The retainer defines a radial wall and an axial wall, in which the radial wall is extended generally from one or more of the first end and the second end of the manifold alongside the coupling member and the seal, and the axial wall is extended generally from the radial wall alongside the coupling member and the seal. |
| US11022237B2 |
Hose assemblies with reduced axial stress
A hose assembly with reduced axial stress including an underlying hose, such as a composite hose, and one or more elongate matrices extending over a portion of the hose along an axis of vibration. The elongate matrices can be an extruded, molded, or braided matrix formed of engineered fibers, metallic materials, and/or elastomeric materials formulated to impart a desired amount of rigidity along an axis of vibration to which it is applied. The elongate matrix can be a composite matrix including one or more rigid members, such as wire rods, embedded in an elastomeric matrix which is chemically and/or mechanically coupled to the underlying hose. |
| US11022236B2 |
Long tubular pipe comprising a separating member and methods for mounting and bending such a pipe
The invention relates to a long tubular pipe comprising an outer tube, an inner fluid-transporting tube mounted in the outer tube, and a separating member designed to transmit bending efforts between said outer tube and said inner tube when said outer tube is bent, the separating member comprising means for the longitudinal passage of fluid between the inner tube and the outer tube, the separating member comprising a first edge and a second edge together defining an assembly slot, the first edge and the second edge respectively comprising a first connecting element and a second connecting element designed to cooperate mechanically on the outer periphery of the inner tube. |
| US11022233B2 |
Magnetic latch throttle valve
A latch valve includes a ferromagnetic shell, a ferromagnetic pole, a permanent magnet disposed within the ferromagnetic shell, an electromagnet disposed within the ferromagnetic shell, a seal, and a magnetic plunger disposed within the ferromagnetic shell. The ferromagnetic shell, the permanent magnet, the electromagnet and the magnetic plunger are configured in a magnetic circuit, and the magnetic plunger is configured to selectively compresses the seal based on a force produced by the magnetic circuit. |
| US11022231B2 |
Solenoid valve
A solenoid operated valve includes a valve block defining a valve lumen, a poppet slidably disposed within the valve lumen, a solenoid including an annular winding with an internal surface defining a winding lumen and an external surface, and a core including a central core portion disposed within the winding lumen and an annular core portion disposed outside the external surface of the winding, and an armature including a central armature portion disposed within the winding lumen and an annular armature portion disposed outside the external surface of the winding, wherein the armature is in communication with the poppet so that movement of one is translated into movement of the other. Solenoids for such valves are provided. Also provided are methods of assembling solenoid valves. |
| US11022223B2 |
Encapsulated valve system and method of use
An encapsulated valve system includes a first housing portion having a first facing surface, the first facing surface comprising a plurality of branch pathways formed as a recess within the first facing surface. The valve system further includes a second housing portion having a second facing surface, the second facing surface comprising a plurality of branch pathways formed as a recess within the second facing surface. A disposable conduit is configured to be interposed between the first and second housing portions and disposed within the recess of the first facing surface and the recess of the second facing surface. The disposable conduit is thus sandwiched between the first and second facing surfaces. A plurality of pinch valve actuators are mounted on one or both of the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the plurality of pinch valve actuators configured to pinch the disposable conduit at selective branch pathways. |
| US11022219B2 |
Seal element for connecting a first component and a second component in a fluid-tight and electrically conductive manner, and corresponding component assembly
A seal element for connecting a first component and a second component in a fluid-tight and electrically conductive manner. In this case, the seal element has an electrically conductive support element with a holding region and a main seal region which is angled relative to the holding region. The holding region has a first contact surface on one side for contacting the first component and a second contact surface on the other side for contacting the second component. At least one respective spring tongue which is formed integrally with the support element extends from the first contact surface and the second contact surface in the direction facing away from the respective other contact surface. |
| US11022217B2 |
Shift-type multi-phase-shifter drive transmission device
A shift-type multi-phase-shifter drive transmission device includes a drive device (3), a shifting mechanism, multiple angle adjustment mechanisms and multiple ruler mechanisms. When the shift-type drive transmission device works, the drive device (3) firstly drives a shifting rack (11) of the shifting mechanism to move to a position which is corresponding to one of the angle adjustment mechanisms, a shifting bulge (111) on the shifting rack (11) is against a driving lever (13) for engaging an active clutch gear (16) with a passive clutch gear (17) of the corresponding angle adjustment mechanism, so as to further drive a transmission screw (19), thus a transmission nut (20) on the transmission screw (19) implements the reciprocating linear motion. The shift-type drive transmission device is able to drive multiple phase shifters through one drive device (3) to perform angle adjustment, which reduces an amount of the drive sources and effectively decreases cost. |
| US11022213B2 |
Variable-speed gear box with hydraulic system for tiltrotor aircraft
An aircraft includes a variable-speed gearbox. The variable-speed gearbox includes a low-speed gear train and a high-speed gear train, each gear train of which is configured to selectively provide torque from an engine of the aircraft to a proprotor. The variable-speed gearbox also includes a hydraulic system configured to provide torque to the proprotor. The hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump driven by the engine of the tiltrotor aircraft and a variable-displacement motor driven by a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump. |
| US11022210B2 |
Planet wheel shaft for a planetary gear
A planet wheel shaft includes a bearing portion for acting as a slide-bearing in cooperation with a planet wheel of a planetary gear. On at least one axial region of the bearing portion, a cross-sectional shape deviates from a circular shape so that the bearing portion is thicker in a first direction than in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The deviation from the circular shape widens a wedge-shaped gap that is between the bearing portion and the planet wheel when there is load in the first direction. This facilitates oil supply to an area where hydrodynamic oil pressure is formed for carrying load in the first direction because the widening the wedge-shaped gap compensates for narrowing the gap due to ovalization of the planet wheel caused by load in the second direction. |
| US11022209B2 |
Scavenge system for gear assembly
A gear assembly including a first gear disposed at a centerline axis of the gear assembly; a second gear coupled to the first gear in adjacent radial arrangement; and a spraybar assembly disposed between a plurality of the second gear. The spraybar assembly defines an elongated neck extended between the plurality of second gear. A supply opening is defined through the elongated neck and the elongated neck defines a groove extended along a longitudinal direction. |
| US11022208B2 |
Drive-force transmitting apparatus for vehicle
A vehicle drive-force transmitting apparatus including: a casing provided with an oil supply hole through which an oil is to be supplied to a lubrication-required element. The casing is provided with a first guide portion and a second guide portion. The first guide portion defines a first path that is configured to guide the oil to flow from a diagonally upper side of the oil supply hole, toward the oil supply hole. The second guide portion defines a second path that is configured to separate the oil flowing along the first path, into a part of the oil and another part of the oil in an intermediate portion of the first path and to cause the part of the oil to join with the another part the oil in a position located right above the oil supply hole. |
| US11022207B2 |
Hydraulic control unit for limited slip differential
A hydraulic control unit that delivers hydraulic fluid to a limited slip differential includes a hydraulic control unit housing, a motor and a pump. The hydraulic control unit housing has a manifold housing portion and an accumulator housing portion. The manifold housing portion defines a fluid pathway arrangement for communicating fluid along at least a first fluid pathway. The accumulator housing portion houses an accumulator assembly having a biasing assembly and a piston. The accumulator housing portion and manifold housing portion cooperate to form an accumulator chamber that houses the biasing assembly. The motor is disposed on the first side of the manifold housing portion. The pump is disposed on a second side of the manifold portion, opposite the first side. The pump is configured to pump fluid into the accumulator chamber of the accumulator housing portion. |
| US11022205B2 |
Transmission module, gripper module with transmission module and gripper device with gripper module
A transmission module for transmitting torques having a base, a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft parallel thereto, a first output shaft and a second output shaft, both rotatable about a common axis, the axes of the drive shafts are arranged parallel to the axis of the output shafts, a gear unit, where the two drive shafts, the gear unit and the first output shaft are rotatably supported in the base, and the second output shaft is rotatably supported in the first output shaft and the gear unit is designed in such a way that a synchronous rotary movement of the two output shafts can be effected by a rotary movement of the first drive shaft and a relative rotary movement of the two output shafts can be effected by a rotary movement of the second drive shaft. |
| US11022201B1 |
Power train for electric vehicle
A power train for an electric vehicle may include a planetary gear set including three rotation elements having a first rotation element, a second rotation element and a third rotation element, wherein the first rotation element is connected to a first shaft, the second rotation element is connected to a second shaft, and the third rotation element is connected to a third shaft; a first motor mounted to selectively supply power to the first shaft in two or more gear ratios; and a second motor mounted to selectively supply power to the first shaft in two or more gear ratios. The third shaft is configured to be fixed to a transmission housing, and any two of the first shaft, the second shaft, and the third shaft are configured to be coupled to each other. |
| US11022197B2 |
Fastener for cable conveyor belt
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a fastener is provided for securing to an end of a conveyor belt having cables. The fastener comprises a crimp configured to be fixed to a conveyor belt cable and a connector. The connector has a unitary, one-piece fastener body with an upper portion for being disposed adjacent an upper surface of the conveyor belt end and a lower portion for being disposed adjacent a lower surface of the conveyor belt end. The upper and lower portions are spaced apart to receive the crimp therebetween and permit the conveyor belt cable to extend in an outboard direction between the upper and lower portions. The connector includes a stop arranged to block inboard movement of the crimp and the conveyor belt cable fixed thereto. |
| US11022195B2 |
Elastic mount
An elastic mount for absorbing static and dynamic loads includes an inner part, an outer part, and at least one elastomer mount that elastically connects the parts. The elastomer mount transfers from a first position to a second position when absorbing a static load acting in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the mount, and may have a first elastomer body, second elastomer body, and an intermediate element arranged between the two elastomer bodies. The intermediate element may have a first connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the first elastomer body is soft in shear in the Z-direction, and rigid in the X-direction and/or the Y-direction; and a second connection surface aligned with the longitudinal axis such that in the second position the second elastomer body is soft in shear in the X-direction and/or in the Y-direction and rigid in the Z-direction. |
| US11022194B2 |
Adjustable damper in angle of attack sensors
A damper assembly for an angle of attack sensor includes a rotor including a conical portion, a damper housing in which the rotor is positioned, the damper housing being configured to be adjusted axially with respect to the rotor and including a tapered interior surface that matches a profile of the conical portion, and a locking mechanism adjacent the damper housing. |
| US11022189B2 |
Hydraulic pump for a hydraulic connection interface of a clutch mechanism
The invention concerns a hydraulic pump (6, 7) for a clutch mechanism (1) of a vehicle transmission, the hydraulic pump (6, 7) comprising a body (60, 70) in which there are formed a chamber (61, 71), an inlet opening (62, 72) through which a hydraulic fluid can enter the chamber (61, 71), and an outlet opening (63, 73) through which the hydraulic fluid can leave the chamber (61, 71), the chamber (61, 71) receiving at least one hydraulic wheel of the hydraulic pump (6, 7), the inlet opening (62, 72) and the outlet opening (63, 73) each opening into the chamber (61, 71) of the body (60, 70), the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) being delimited by an outer edge (80) on which at least one peripheral groove (81, 82) is formed, configured to receive a gasket (83, 84), the gasket (83, 84) being intended to provide contact sealing between the body (60, 70) of the hydraulic pump (6, 7) and a hydraulic connection interface (4) of the clutch mechanism (1). |
| US11022188B2 |
Overload clutch
The disclosure relates to an overload clutch, comprising a cylindrical clutch housing having a housing body and a housing cover, and comprising two clutch elements arranged within the clutch housing, via which a drive movement is transmissible in an engaged state, wherein the clutch elements, for transmitting the drive movement in the engaged state, are engaged with each other in an interlocking and/or frictional manner and, can be brought out of engagement when an overload occurs. The housing body comprises a plurality of engagement elements, and the housing cover comprises a plurality of retaining structures corresponding to the engagement elements, wherein the engagement elements are able to be brought into engagement with the retaining structures by rotating the housing cover relative to the housing body. |
| US11022182B2 |
Method for assembling cruciform universal joint, and cruciform universal joint
After a cup bearing (13a) is incorporated into a circular hole (11c) of a coupling arm portion (10c) forming a yoke, a notch (25) having a V-shaped cross section is formed in a portion near the periphery of the circular hole (11c) on an outer side surface of the coupling arm portion (10c). Thereafter, a thin-walled portion (27) having a substantially trapezoidal cross section formed in a radially inner portion of the notch (25) in an opening edge portion of the circular hole (11c) is plastically deformed inward in a radial direction to form a staking portion (14a). Therefore, it is possible to achieve a method of assembling a joint cross type universal joint and a joint cross type universal joint which can form the staking portion for preventing the cup bearing from falling off without complicating the staking work. |
| US11022179B2 |
Shaft coupling structure and telescopic shaft
The shaft coupling structure includes: a male joint, and a female shaft that is coupled to male joint. The outer peripheral surface of the male joint has an outer peripheral side concave-convex portion having a concave-convex shape in the circumferential direction and an annular concave groove, and the inner peripheral surface of the female shaft has an inner peripheral side concave-convex portion having a concave-convex shape in the circumferential direction. The outer peripheral side concave-convex portion and the inner peripheral side concave-convex portion engage with a concave-convex engagement. The outer peripheral surface of the male joint and an end portion on one side of the female shaft in the axial direction are welded and fixed together, and an embossed portion provided on the inner peripheral surface of the female shaft is arranged on the inner side of the annular concave groove. |
| US11022178B2 |
Sealing device and rolling bearing device
A sealing device includes a seal member and a slinger. The slinger has a slinger fixing part, a first radial part, a first axial part, a second radial part, and a second axial part facing a seal fixing part of the seal member in a radial direction across a first clearance. The seal member has a large-diameter part facing, in an axial direction, an end of the second axial part on the other side in an axial direction across a second clearance. An outer circumferential surface of the large-diameter part and an outer circumferential surface of the second axial part are included in a flow passage surface of a continuous outside flow passage that extends in a straight line along the axial direction. The first clearance and the second clearance communicate with each other, and the sealing device has a labyrinth clearance including the first clearance and the second clearance. |
| US11022176B2 |
Slewing bearing with sealing arrangement
A slewing bearing including a first ring, a second ring, the first and second rings being in relative rotation around a rotation axis, at least one row of rolling elements arranged between the rings, and at least two seals having each an annular heel mounted on a cylindrical frontal surface of first ring, and an oblique sealing lip in sliding frictional contact with part of the second ring. The slewing bearing further includes a guiding ring axially arranged between the two seals. The guiding ring provides a flange that prevents the reversion of one sealing lip, and an annular axial collar that radially blocks the annular heel of the other seal in a radial outwards direction. |
| US11022174B2 |
Drain arrangement for a squeeze film damper
An oil scavenge system of a rotatable machine having an axis of rotation is disclosed. The oil scavenge system comprises a sump housing, a scavenge conduit, a bearing, and a squeeze film damper. The sump housing is arranged about the axis and at least partly defining a sump. The sump housing has a radially inner surface for directing the flow of oil and defining a collection orifice. The scavenge conduit is in fluid communication with the collection orifice and a downstream location remote from the sump. The bearing is disposed within the sump. The squeeze film damper is positioned proximate the bearing. The squeeze film damper comprises an annular channel and a supply line. The supply line supplies oil to the annular channel. The squeeze film damper further comprises a discharge line. The discharge line is axially aligned with and discharges toward an inner wall of the scavenge conduit. |
| US11022169B2 |
Disposable rotary flexible driveshaft and surgical cutter
A flexible driveshaft includes a proximal coupler and a distal coupler each configured to couple to a respective component of an instrument, and a flexible shaft having a proximal end connected to the proximal coupler, a distal end connected to the distal coupler, and a longitudinal axis. The flexible shaft may include a sleeve, and a core having a first end and a second end. The core is housed within the sleeve. The flexible shaft also includes a plurality of coils arranged around the longitudinal axis in at least one layer. |
| US11022162B2 |
Structure for connecting cross member and stand member of bunk bed and bunk bed having same
The present invention is provided with a structure for connecting a cross member and a stand member of a bunk bed and a bunk bed. With two pairs of inclined surfaces, the cross member, the upper stand member, and the lower stand member can be quickly connected. The assembly and disassembly are quite convenient, time saving and labor saving. |
| US11022160B2 |
Plate mount
A plate mount is provided for mounting a plate to a frame assembly. The plate mount includes a generally cylindrical head extendable through an aperture the plate and having an upper surface, a lower face, an outer peripheral surface, and an alignment structure receivable in a slot of the frame member. The cylindrical head including a bolt-receiving bore extending through the cylindrical head along a bore axes at an acute angle to the upper face. A flange extending radially extending from the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical head. The flange has a diameter. At least one spacer is positionable about the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical head at a location between the flange and the plate. |
| US11022156B2 |
Actuator-operation detecting apparatus
An actuator-operation detecting apparatus is configured to check the operating state of a piston of an actuator. The actuator includes a double-acting cylinder, the piston that partitions the cylinder into a first pressure acting chamber and a second pressure acting chamber, and a rod connected to an end face of the piston facing the second pressure acting chamber. The actuator-operation detecting apparatus includes a first pressure detector to detect the pressure in the first pressure acting chamber, a second pressure detector to detect the pressure in the second pressure acting chamber, a differential amplifier circuit to calculate a thrust force acting on the piston based on the pressures detected by the first and second pressure detectors and the pressure-receiving area of the piston, and a microcomputer to monitor the operation of the piston based on the thrust force. |
| US11022154B2 |
Hydraulic actuator and multi-cylinder hydraulic actuator system
A hydraulic actuator includes a hydraulic cylinder; a piston within the hydraulic cylinder and movable in response to movement of hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic circuit coupled to the hydraulic cylinder; a synchronisation connection for receiving an input from a simultaneous transmission line; and a valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic circuit. The valve is a rotary valve comprising: a first valve section arranged to rotate in either a first rotational direction or a second rotational direction in response to input from the simultaneous transmission line in order to open a hydraulic flow path to the cylinder and urge the piston to move along the hydraulic cylinder in a corresponding first linear direction or second linear direction; and a second valve section arranged to rotate in either the first or second rotational direction. |
| US11022153B2 |
Hydraulic apparatus comprising synthetically commutated machine, and operating method
An apparatus comprising a synthetically commutated machine with one or more services, a prime mover coupled to the machine, a hydraulic circuit extending between the services and hydraulic loads to fluidically connect the services to the hydraulic loads such that groups of one or more services are fluidically connected to respective groups of one or more hydraulic loads. The apparatus configured such that the flow of hydraulic fluid to or from a group of services of the machine is controlled responsive to measuring a flow rate and/or pressure requirement of the hydraulic loads which are fluidically connected to the services, or receiving a demand signal indicative of a demanded pressure and/or flow rate based on a pressure and/or flow demand of hydraulic loads which are fluidically connected to the services. |
| US11022152B2 |
Hydraulic system
The present application is directed to a system for converting linear motion to rotary motion. The system includes at least first and second cylinders. The first and second cylinders are in fluid communication with each other. The system also includes a first piston. The first piston is slidably disposed in the first cylinder. The system further includes a second piston. The second piston is slidably disposed in the second cylinder. The first and second cylinders contain an incompressible fluid. The first piston is in operative connection with the second piston such that movement of the first piston in a first direction causes movement of the second piston in a second direction, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction. |
| US11022151B2 |
Hydraulic device and control method of hydraulic device
A hydraulic device is provided. Working fluid stored in a fluid storage portion is supplied by a fluid supply portion to a power output portion. The fluid supply portion is driven by a brushless motor. A bypass flow path portion can be switched between a first state of supplying the working fluid from the fluid supply portion to the fluid storage portion and a second state of blocking the fluid supply portion from the fluid storage portion. A control to switch the bypass flow path portion from the first state to the second state after the brushless motor is started and a control to switch the bypass flow path portion from the second state to the first state when the brushless motor is stopped is performed. Backflow of the working fluid from the power output portion to the bypass flow path portion is prevented by a backflow prevention valve. |
| US11022146B2 |
Fan assembly
There is provided a fan assembly comprising a motor-driven impeller for creating an airflow and a nozzle comprising a first air outlet. The nozzle defines a bore through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by any portion of the airflow that is emitted from the first outlet and which combines with the airflow emitted from the first air outlet to produce an amplified airflow. The fan assembly further comprises a second air outlet arranged such that any portion of the airflow that is emitted from the second air outlet does not draw air through the bore defined by the nozzle thereby producing a non-amplified airflow. |
| US11022141B2 |
Fan assembly
A fan assembly for a refrigerator interior includes a lower housing where a fan that rotates around a rotation axis as a center is installed, the rotation axis extending in an up-down direction; an upper housing that includes an inlet that sucks air from the refrigerator interior; and a side housing that covers a surrounding portion of the fan, wherein any one of the upper housing, the lower housing, and the side housing includes a flow straightening member that straightens a flow of air that is discharged from the fan, and wherein any one of the upper housing, the lower housing, and the side housing includes a discharge port. |
| US11022139B2 |
Fan wheel and radiator fan module with the fan wheel
A fan wheel has a hub cup and a plurality of blades extending radially outward from an outer wall of the hub cup, which is in particular at least substantially cylindrical. Each blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least one blade, the progression of a relative position of the blade's leading edge and/or the progression of a relative position of the blade's trailing edge has an aperiodically wave-like shape. There is also described a radiator fan module with a fan wheel of the type described above, and a motor vehicle with such a radiator fan module. |
| US11022138B2 |
Fixture mount assembly
A fixture mount assembly for coupling with a support includes a fixture mount configured for mounting one or more fixtures on a support. The fixture mount includes a fixture body surrounding a wiring cavity, and one or more fixture coupling features extending from the fixture body. A grasping clamp is coupled with the fixture body. The grasping clamp is configured to grasp the support in an installed configuration. |
| US11022137B2 |
Fan device
A fan device 1 includes a second housing 12 and a hub 27. The hub 27 includes a hub body part 272 and a hub outer peripheral wall part 271. The hub body part 272 is a surface extending in the radial direction orthogonal to the direction of the axis x, and the hub body part 272 covers the motor 20 from the upper side “a” in the direction of an axis c. The hub outer peripheral wall part 271 extends from the end portion of the hub body part 272 toward the lower side “b” from the upper side “a” in the direction of the axis x. Assuming that the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the hub outer peripheral wall part 271 is “a1”, and the outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the base outer peripheral wall part 124 is “b1”, 1.05 |
| US11022133B2 |
Sealing device for an immersible pump
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for an immersible pump. The apparatus can include a shaft for communicating with a motor. The shaft includes a first region having a first diameter, a second region having a second diameter that is less than the first diameter, and a tapering region between the two regions. A sleeve can be provided to receive the shaft. A sealing device includes a receiving area in which the tapering region is at least partially positionable to form a seal, and an abutment that is configured to form a seal with the sleeve and that is responsive to a force directed from the sleeve to enhance the seal with the tapering region. In some embodiments, the sealing device is provided with a circumferential outer wall for centering the sleeve about the shaft and/or for aligning the force with the abutment. |
| US11022130B2 |
Turbocharger
This turbocharger (1A) is provided with: a rotating shaft (4); a turbine wheel (2); a compressor wheel (3); a bearing housing (6) provided with journal bearings (5A, 5B) for rotatably supporting a shaft (4), and a thrust bearing (8) for supporting the rotating shaft (4) in the center axis (C) direction thereof; and a turbine housing (31) in which the turbine wheel (2) is accommodated. A fluid supply section (70A) for supplying a fluid to the turbine wheel (2) is provided within the turbine housing (31) and said fluid presses the turbine wheel (2) toward a first end (4a) side. |
| US11022129B2 |
Pressurized cooling fan and instructions for use
A pressurized cooling fan and instructions for use, which is designed specifically to solve poor cooling effect due to poor effect of pressurizing of existing similar products and the technical issues of inconvenience of production, and high production cost. The fan frame of this cooling fan is provided with inner blades, a motor assembly is provided in the guard of inner blades. Airflow enters into the fan frame through the gap between outer blades and inner blades, and is guided out through the hollow hole in the rear of the fan frame, the top plane of inner blades is lower than the frame plane of the fan frame; outer blades and inner blades are integrally connected and relatively rotate when the motor assembly rotates, the air passes through the rear part of the fan frame that is guided by the gap between the fan frame, outer blades and inner blades. |
| US11022127B2 |
Laminar flow radial ceiling fan
The prior art has used pitched blades attached to a stationary motor, normally electric. to move air within the confines of a structure or room. The preferred invention incorporates a series of solid discs. The discs are affixed to a stationary electric motor and thus rotate around a central axis. The discs are equally spaced and centrally perforated in a manner that will allow air to flow in high volumes through the perforations and pass along the discs thus exiting symmetrically between each disc perpendicularly to the flow of air that is at its entrance. Due to the less restrictive or low pressure air entrance as well as the correct vertical disc spacing a corresponding increase in the laminar flow is realized. This feature of the preferred invention allows for operation at a rotational speed that practical for use as a ceiling fan. |
| US11022126B2 |
Rotary machine
A rotary machine includes: a casing; a rotor that includes a rotatable rotary shaft located inside the casing, and a plurality of stages of impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a diaphragm group including diaphragms that are respectively provided in the plurality of stages of the impellers; gas flow paths provided respectively corresponding to the impellers and through which process gas to be compressed flows; and a discharge volute connected to the gas flow paths. The discharge volute is provided to expand inward in an axis line direction of the casing. |
| US11022125B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor includes: a rotor that includes a shaft rotatably disposed inside a casing and impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the shaft; a diaphragm that surrounds the impellers from an outer peripheral side; a suction-side casing head disposed separately from the diaphragm on a side on which fluid is sucked; a temperature controlling mechanism that is provided inside the suction-side casing head and is configured to control ambient temperature through flow of a heating medium; a heat insulating body disposed between the suction-side casing head and the diaphragm; and a locking structure that locks the heat insulating body and the suction-side casing head with each other to be relatively displaceable in a radial direction. |
| US11022120B2 |
Scroll compressor with first and second compression chambers having first and second discharge start points
A scroll compressor includes a casing, a low-pressure space and a compression mechanism. The compression mechanism includes fixed and movable scrolls, a fluid chamber including first and second compression chambers, and an adjustment mechanism. The fluid chamber has different discharge start points between the first and second compression chambers. An oil inflow groove is formed in one sliding surface, and an oil relief passage is formed in the other sliding surface. The oil relief passage includes a communication portion that communicates with the oil inflow groove in a predetermined angular range, lubricating oil flowing from the oil inflow groove into the low-pressure space through the communication portion. The predetermined angular range is from a position between a discharge start point of the first compression chamber and a discharge start point of the second compression chamber to a position after the discharge start of the second compression chamber. |
| US11022115B2 |
Controlled variable delivery external gear machine
A controlled variable delivery external gear machine (VD-EGM). The VD-EGM includes a housing, an inlet, a drive gear, a driven gear, the drive gear configured to engage the driven gear in an angular mesh zone, an outlet, a first slider comprising a first longitudinal portion connected to a second longitudinal portion such that longitudinal forces applied to the first and second longitudinal portions substantially cancel each other thereby requiring between about 0 N to about 20 N to longitudinally moving the first slider, selective positioning of the first slider configured to vary net operational volumes of fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet, for a given rotational speed of the drive gear, and a first drive mechanism coupled to the first slider and configured to cause the first slider to slide in a longitudinal direction. |
| US11022114B2 |
Screw pump
A screw pump comprises a body which has a cylindrical duct formed therein. A screw shaft is located in the cylindrical duct and is arranged to transport liquid between an inlet and an outlet of the screw pump. The screw shaft has a screw thread which defines a helical liquid path within the cylindrical duct. The body of the screw pump includes a groove extending along an inside surface of the cylindrical duct, the groove defining, in part, a ball-passage which extends alongside the screw shaft and intersects with the helical liquid path. The ball-passage contains a plurality of balls which are guided along the ball-passage by the screw thread when the screw shaft rotates relative to the body. |
| US11022113B2 |
Connection assembly with feed pump and elastic element
A connection assembly for use in an axial piston machine has a feed pump and a main body. The main body is equipped with at least one fluid connection. The feed pump is configured as an internal gear pump or as a vane-type pump. A pump assembly defines a planar sealing surface which bears at least indirectly against the main body. The main body has a second recess in which the pump assembly is received at least in certain portions. A separate cover is provided which covers the second recess and the pump assembly in each case at least in certain portions. The cover bears against the main body. An elastic element is installed under preload between the cover and the receiving part such that a corresponding preload force is supported at least indirectly on the main body via the sealing surface. |
| US11022110B2 |
Pump control system and abnormal processing and recovering method thereof
A pump control system and an abnormal processing and recovering method thereof are disclosed. The pump control system includes a pump; a motor mechanically connected to the pump; and a driving controller electrically coupled to the motor, and the driving controller configured to control a speed of the motor. The driving controller controls the speed of the motor to be varied in a multistage manner in response to an abnormal triggering event, so as to recover the pump control system to an originally set stable state. The abnormal triggering event is generated by at least one physical parameter when the pump control system is operated. |
| US11022108B2 |
Rotor device for peristaltic pump
A rotor device for a peristaltic pump containing a housing, a supporting shaft extending in an axial direction and being mounted in the housing, a rotor which contains a rotor-body mounted on the supporting shaft and extending in a radial direction from the supporting shaft and a plurality of rollers, mounted on the radially outer portion of the rotor-body and a driving device connected to the supporting shaft for driving the rotor, in which the peristaltic pump further contains a number of roller-markers corresponding to the number of rollers, in which the roller-markers indicate a dead zone, the roller-markers are provided directly or indirectly on the supporting shaft. |
| US11022104B2 |
Gas inlet for an ion thruster
A gas inlet (10), in particular for use in an ion thruster, comprises a housing (12) which is made of a gas-tight ceramics material and which is provided with a first gas feed channel (14) and a second gas feed channel (16) arranged downstream of the first gas feed channel (14). The gas inlet (10) further comprises an insert (18) which is arranged in the second gas feed channel (16) and is made of a porous ceramics material, wherein the geometry and pore structure of the insert (18) are such that the insert (18) forms a desired flow resistance for a gas stream flowing through the second gas feed channel (16) which is greater than a flow resistance acting on a gas stream flowing through the first gas feed channel (14), and wherein a ratio of a length (11) of the first gas feed channel (14) to a length (13) of the insert (18) is at least 1:2. |
| US11022094B2 |
Modular blade structure and method of assembly
The present disclosure is directed to a method of assembly of a rotor blade for a wind turbine. The method includes placing a first rotor blade section onto a first set location of an assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a first locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the first set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the first locating datum along a first direction; placing the first rotor blade section onto a second set location of the assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a second locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the second set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the second locating datum along a second direction; and positioning a second rotor blade section onto the first rotor blade section within the assembly fixture. |
| US11022090B2 |
System for energy conversion and respective method
A system for energy conversion, including a support structure defining at least one guide channel; at least a plurality of extensible elements between a compressed configuration and a dilated configuration and vice versa and configured to move a volume of a fluid in which they are immersible equal to the predetermined volume difference between the dilated configuration and the compressed configuration of each extensible element. The extensible elements are configured to slide along the guide channel during a switching of the extensible elements. During the switching of the extensible elements the system determines a conversion of potential energy into an useful energy, whose value is proportional to a total volume of the fluid displaced by the extensible elements in the dilated configuration and at a depth reached by an extensible element with respect to said free surface of the fluid. |
| US11022087B2 |
Double-regulated turbine, installation for converting hydraulic energy and process for the rehabilitation of a double-regulated turbine
The double-regulated turbine comprises a spherical hub, adapted to rotate around a first rotation axis, and blades, which are each able to be swivelled relative to the hub around a second rotation axis, transversal to the first rotation axis, by respective coupling flanges that are mounted fixedly on the spherical hub and that include each an attachment surface for a corresponding blade. The attachment surface of the coupling flanges includes a flat portion. |
| US11022086B2 |
Optimized barrier discharge device for corona ignition
An insulator for a corona igniter, referred to as a barrier discharge ignition (BDI) device, for use in an internal combustion engine, is provided. A central electrode is disposed in a slot of the insulator and an electrode tip is spaced from a round insulator tip by insulating material. A shell formed of metal surrounds a portion of the insulator. The insulator has a thickness tapering between a shell firing surface and the insulator tip. The tapering insulator thickness is unidirectional and thus does not increase between a start of the taper and the insulator tip. A method of manufacturing an insulator for a corona igniter is also provided. Equations can be used to determine if a taper in the insulator thickness is needed to encourage corona propagation along a core nose projection of the insulator, and if so, the location and size of the taper. |
| US11022082B2 |
Fuel distribution device
Provided is a fuel distribution device 1 including a fuel distribution pipe 3, a fuel pipe 4, and a connecting member 5. The fuel distribution pipe 3 has a seat section 21 having a first convex curved surface 24 formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The fuel pipe 4 has a seal section 27 having a second concave curved surface 28 formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof, and a second convex curved surface 29 corresponding to the second concave curved surface 28 is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof. The connecting member 5 presses the seal section 27 against the seat section 21 from an opposite side of the fuel distribution pipe 3. A radius of curvature SR2 of the second concave curved surface 28 is greater than a radius of curvature SR1 of the first convex curved surface 24. |
| US11022080B2 |
Fuel pump assembly
A pump assembly for a fluid tank extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a cover at an external end, the cover including a flange that extends radially outward of the longitudinal axis, an insertable end opposite the external end along the longitudinal axis, and a rotatable arm that is flexible such that, when the rotatable arm is resiliently bent such that the rotatable arm has a radial extent, from the longitudinal axis, that is less than the flange, the sender assembly is in a compact state in which the insertable end and the flange would be able to move straight along the longitudinal axis, which is coaxial with a center axis of an opening of the fluid tank, from a position where the insertable end initially enters the opening to a position where the flange engages the fluid tank. |
| US11022077B2 |
EGR cooler with Inconel diffuser
An EGR cooler includes an elongated, stainless steel cooler housing with a first end having a stainless steel end plate and a second end opposite the first end, and an Inconel diffuser having an inlet end defining a gas inlet and an outlet end welded to the stainless steel end plate. The stainless steel end plate having a first thickness and the outlet end of the Inconel diffuser including a sidewall having a second thickness that is 50% or less of the first thickness. |
| US11022075B1 |
Enhanced fuel delivery system
An enhanced fuel delivery system having a fuel storage container for storing a quantity of liquid fuel and a vaporization vessel with an enclosed inner cavity having a central core structure with one or more openings and an inner core passage connected to a fuel line of a reciprocating engine, wherein liquid fuel is directed from the fuel storage container to the vaporization vessel and is drawn through the wicking material and converted into a vapor state where the fuel vapor is directed through the one or more openings to the inner core passage and out through the fuel line to be introduced into the combustion chamber of the reciprocating engine. |
| US11022074B2 |
Throttle and choke control linkage mechanism of diaphragm type carburetor
The present disclosure discloses a throttle and choke control linkage mechanism of carburetor including a choke shaft rotatably installed with a choke valve, a throttle shaft rotatably installed with a throttle, a choke handle fixed on the choke shaft and configured for rotating the choke valve from a fully opened position to a fully closed position, a throttle grip fixed on the throttle shaft and configured for rotating the throttle from an idling position to an opened position, and a fast idle handle rotatably around the choke shaft. The choke handle is further provided with a first surface which is able to link with the throttle grip. When the choke handle is linked with the throttle grip, the choke valve is at the fully closed position, and the throttle is opened with an angle larger than the idling position. |
| US11022073B1 |
Rocket engine turbopump with coolant passage in impeller central hub
Disclosed herein are various technologies pertinent to rocket engines, including injector, thrust chamber, and electrical turbopump devices that may be combined to provide a more efficient rocket engine. The electrical turbopump impeller includes a coolant bypass port fluidically connected with a coolant passage that passes through the impeller central hub and allows some of the propellant that is acted on by the impeller to bypass the impeller outlet and instead be flowed into the electrical turbopump housing so that the diverted propellant may be used to cool the various components housed within the housing such as the electric motor bearings, stator, rotor, and electronics. |
| US11022071B2 |
Load distribution panel assembly, system and method
There is provided a load distribution panel assembly for a gas turbine engine. The assembly has a panel structure having at least one circumferential structural panel having a first end, and a second end coupled to a fixed structure of the gas turbine engine. The circumferential structural panel has a first compliant portion extending away from the first end, and has a second stiffened portion angled with respect to and extending radially away from the first compliant portion, and terminating at the second end. The second stiffened portion has a closed stiffened cavity portion integral with a perimeter flange portion. The panel assembly converts fore/aft point load(s) applied to it by load applying apparatus(es), to hoop tension and compression loads, and reacts a load offset in in-plane load(s), to provide uniform load distribution of the fore/aft point load(s) to the fixed structure. |
| US11022066B2 |
Actuator device utilizing radiative cooling
An actuator device includes a housing that defines an enclosed volume region, the housing comprising a movable surface such that at least a portion of the housing is expandable between an expanded state to a contracted state, and the enclosed volume region having a characteristic dimension that is defined as a cube root of an average of a volume of the enclosed volume region in the expanded state and in the contracted state, a working fluid within the enclosed volumetric region, the working fluid comprising a substantially transparent compressible fluid and electromagnetic (EM) radiation-absorbing solid elements distributed within the compressible fluid, wherein the solid elements have an absorptivity in a particular range of EM radiation wavelengths, a heating system for directing thermal energy into the working fluid at predetermined times, and wherein the housing includes an EM radiation transmitting portion having a sufficient area and a sufficient transparency such that more than 25% of the thermal energy directed into the working fluid by the heating means is radiative emitted through the EM radiation transmitting portion as black body EM radiation emitted by the solid elements of the working fluid. |
| US11022064B2 |
Engine
An engine includes a cylinder head, an ignition plug disposed in the cylinder head, a head partition wall disposed on the cylinder head to surround a periphery of the ignition plug, an injector disposed in the cylinder head and having an injection hole exposed outside the head partition wall, a cylinder block coupled to the cylinder head, a cylinder formed in the cylinder block, a piston disposed in the cylinder, and a piston partition wall disposed on a crown surface of the piston to face the head partition wall in a sliding direction of the piston. The height of the piston partition wall from the crown surface on the side closer to the injector is less than the height of the piston partition wall from the crown surface on the side farther from the injector. |
| US11022063B2 |
Cylinder bore for a cylinder housing of an internal combustion engine, and arrangement having a cylinder bore and a piston
A cylinder bore for a cylinder housing of an internal combustion engine may have a cylinder running surface, an upper reversal point and a lower reversal point at which a piston, which may be moved up and down in the cylinder bore and may have piston rings and a piston skirt, may reach a speed which approaches zero during engine operation. The cylinder bore may also have a region between the upper reversal point and the lower reversal point at which the piston may reach a maximum speed during engine operation. The cylinder bore may further have at least two circumferential depressions formed within the region, the at least two circumferential depressions each having a diameter that may be greater than a diameter of the cylinder bore above the region and below the region. |
| US11022059B2 |
Abnormality determination apparatus for internal combustion engine
An abnormality determination apparatus for an internal combustion engine in which an intake passage upstream of a supercharger and a crankcase are connected by a breather line includes: an intake flow rate detection unit that detects an intake flow rate in the intake passage; and an abnormality determination unit that determines abnormality of the breather line. The abnormality determination unit accumulates a time for which a rotation second-order component of a fluctuation waveform of the intake flow rate is equal to or more than a threshold over a predetermined period of time and determines the abnormality of the breather line when the accumulated value is less than a predetermined accumulation threshold. |
| US11022057B2 |
Engine and control method therefor
Based on an exhaust gas temperature on an upstream side acquired by an upstream temperature acquisition device, in performing control of supplying an unburned fuel to an oxidation catalyst device in a case where the exhaust gas temperature on the upstream side is lower than a low temperature, a control device performs control of adjusting at least one of an injection timing of a cylinder injection valve and opening-closing timing of an exhaust valve at least one of before and after the supplying control; raising a temperature of the exhaust gas that substantially free of unburned fuel discharged from the exhaust valve to be higher than the low temperature; and warming the oxidation catalyst device until a predetermined warming period has passed. |
| US11022054B2 |
Method for determining the cylinder air-charge of an internal combustion engine in a non-fired operation
A method for determining the cylinder air-charge of an internal combustion engine in a non-fired operation, wherein a method for determining the cylinder air-charge in a fired operation is performed. According to the invention, provision is made that in the method for determining the cylinder air-charge in the fired operation, a correction factor is provided as a function of engine speed and engine load which adjusts the value of the cylinder air-charge determined by the method in the fired operation to the non-fired operation. Thus, the previously known methods can be improved and made more efficient, in particular in view of the deviations of up to 30% between the cylinder air-charge values in the non-fired operation and the modeled values of the fired operation. |
| US11022053B1 |
Method and system for providing engine knock detection dynamic gains
Methods and systems for adjusting engine knock control system dynamic gains are presented. In one example, a plurality of tables or functions output gain values, each of which is adjusted via a unique weighting factor. A rectified and integrated engine knock sensor level is adjusted according to a sum of weighted gain output values of the plurality of tables or functions. |
| US11022047B2 |
External turning vane for IFS-mounted secondary flow systems
An external turning vane includes a vane body extending radially from the inner cowl and disposed upstream from an inlet of the secondary flow system, the vane body configured to turn an airflow in a bypass flow path towards an axial direction to minimize separation between the airflow and the secondary flow system. |
| US11022046B1 |
Reliable gearbox for gas turbine engine
An engine for an aircraft has an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan having a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox. The gearbox for an aircraft is arranged to receive an input from a core shaft and to output drive to a fan so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox and has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier having a plurality of pins, each pin being arranged to have a planet gear of the plurality of planet gears mounted thereon. A ratio of planet carrier torsional stiffness to pin stiffness is within a specified range. |
| US11022041B2 |
Sensor snubber block for a gas turbine engine
A snubber block for a manifold assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a body with at least one passage with a respective flow restrictive orifice, the body operable to receive a sensor and a male section that extends from the body, the male section receivable within a fuel manifold. |
| US11022035B2 |
Cogeneration system for a boiler
Cogeneration system (200, 300) comprising: a boiler (201, 301) able to heat water for domestic use; a combustor (201a, 301a) placed into the boiler; a compressor (204, 304); a heat exchanger (202, 302) for the exchange of thermal energy between the combustion fumes generated in the combustor (201a, 301a) and a fluid coming from the compressor (204, 304); a gas turbine (203, 303); a current generator (205, 305) and a current converter (206, 306) able to produce electrical energy; a main fumes/water exchanger (207, 307) able to recover thermal energy.The cogeneration system (200, 300) comprises also a by-pass valve (210, 310) configured to adjust the flow of fluid entering the gas turbine (203, 303). |
| US11022034B2 |
Systems for cleaning internal combustion engine intake valves
A system including a solvent in fluid communication with the air intake valves of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine generating a vacuum to cause the solvent to disperse into the air intake manifold of the internal combustion engine. |
| US11022033B2 |
Internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, in particular for a car
An internal combustion engine includes an output shaft, fan, auxiliary unit, and wraparound drive. The drive has a first wraparound wheel which is drivable by the output shaft and a first wraparound belt which wraps around the first wraparound wheel, which is drivable by the output shaft via the first wraparound wheel, and via which the auxiliary unit is drivable by the output shaft. The drive has a second wraparound wheel, a third wraparound wheel, a second wraparound belt which wraps around the first wraparound wheel and the second wraparound wheel where the second wraparound wheel is drivable by the output shaft via the second wraparound belt and the first wraparound wheel, and a third wraparound belt which wraps around the second wraparound wheel and the third wraparound wheel such that the fan is drivable by the second wraparound wheel via the third wraparound wheel and the third wraparound belt. |
| US11022027B2 |
Internal combustion engine with reduced engine knocking
In an internal combustion engine provided with a combustion chamber defined by an inner circumferential surface of a cylinder, an end surface of a cylinder head facing the cylinder, a crown surface of a piston, an inner surface of an intake valve, and an inner surface of an exhaust valve, for the purpose of improving the anti-knocking performance of the engine, the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, the end surface of the cylinder head, the crown surface of the piston, the inner surface of the intake valve and the inner surface of the exhaust valve include a mirror surface region formed as a mirror surface having an arithmetic average roughness of 0.3 μm or less, and a rough surface region formed as a rough surface having an arithmetic average roughness of 0.3 μm or more. |
| US11022026B2 |
Methods and systems for a prechamber
Methods and systems are provided for a prechamber. In one example, the prechamber comprises an interior volume fluidly coupled to flow channels of an ignition plug and a bracket. The bracket is configured to move relative to the ignition plug and a cylinder head to misalign the flows channels and block the flow of air to the interior volume. |
| US11022021B2 |
Methods and systems for a cooling arrangement
Methods and systems are provided for a cooling arrangement. In one example, the cooling arrangement comprises flowing coolant to only an upper portion of a cylinder head during a cold-start. The cooling arrangement comprises flowing coolant to a cylinder block, a lower portion of the cylinder-head, and the upper portion of the cylinder head outside of the cold-start. |
| US11022015B2 |
Methods and systems for an exhaust gas aftertreatment device
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas aftertreatment device. In one example, a method may include adjusting one or more engine operating parameters to produce ammonia in an ammonia generating device in response to an ammonia demand. |
| US11022012B2 |
Fluid method and system
A method of filling and/or draining a replaceable fluid container for an engine or vehicle, wherein the replaceable fluid container comprises a fluid reservoir and a plurality of container ports, wherein replaceable fluid container is configured to be docked with a dock associated with the vehicle or engine with the plurality of container ports positioned on and coupled to at least one port of the dock to place the fluid reservoir in fluidic communication with a fluid circulation system associated with the vehicle or engine, wherein each of the plurality of container ports has an operational function, wherein the operational function of at least one of the plurality container ports is that of being a fluid outlet port to allow the supply of fluid from the fluid reservoir, the method comprising modifying the operational function of at least one of the plurality of container ports to assist filling and/or draining of the reservoir, a related filling and/or draining interface plate configured to interface between a replaceable fluid container for a vehicle or engine and a filling and/or draining system of a replaceable fluid container management facility and a kit comprising such an interface plate and a replaceable fluid container for a vehicle or engine. |
| US11022011B2 |
Oil pan
The invention relates to an oil sump (1) comprising a lower shell (2) intended for containing lubricating oil of an engine, in which a flow of oil, referred to as suction oil flow (I), is sucked up via a suction tube (44) to supply a lubricating circuit, and an oil flow, referred to as returning oil flow (II), falls into the oil sump (1). The oil sump (1) comprises an anti-emulsion plate (8) arranged located at the mouth of the suction tube (44) during a transitional period in which the temperature of the oil is lower than an optimal operating temperature. |
| US11022008B2 |
Ball engine brake mechanism
An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode, the exhaust valve rocker arm assembly selectively opening first and second exhaust valves and including a rocker shaft, exhaust valve rocker arm assembly and a ball engine brake mechanism. The exhaust valve rocker arm assembly has an exhaust rocker arm that receives the rocker shaft and is configured to rotate around the rocker shaft. The ball engine brake mechanism is configured on the exhaust rocker arm and selectively actuates a valve plunger causing an exhaust valve to perform engine braking. The ball engine brake mechanism includes a capsule assembly having a capsule, a biasing member and a ball. The capsule has a cylindrical body that extends between a first end having an actuation face and a second end having a spring return face. |
| US11022007B1 |
Assembled camshaft and method for producing an assembled camshaft
A camshaft for an engine and a method of assembling such a camshaft, wherein the camshaft has a base shaft and an external toothing which extends at least in certain portions axially along the base shaft A hub has an internal toothing which correlates with the external toothing of the base shaft such that the hub is connected rotationally conjointly and axially non-displaceably to the base shaft. The external toothing has at least one form-fit subregion, which extends axially at least in certain portions along the base shaft, or one force-fit subregion in order for the hub to be arranged at least in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner, and wherein at least the form-fit subregion or the force-fit subregion is adjoined by at least one alignment region which extends at least in certain portions axially along the base shaft and which serves for the angular alignment of the hub. |
| US11022001B2 |
Methods and apparatus to adjust hydrodynamic designs of a hydrokinetic turbine
Methods and apparatus to adjust hydrodynamic designs of a hydrokinetic turbine are disclosed herein. An example turbine to be placed in a body of water includes a generator having a frame, an inlet, a first set of vanes disposed in the inlet, a second set of vanes, and a shroud. The inlet, the first set of vanes, the second set of vanes, and the shroud are removably coupled to the frame. The first set of vanes in removably coupled to the inlet. |
| US11021999B2 |
Gas turbine combustor casing having a projection part
A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor, the combustor, and the turbine are arranged along an extending direction of a rotating shaft. The gas turbine also includes a combustor casing housing the combustor and a turbine casing housing the turbine. The combustor casing and the turbine casing are joined to each other via respective flanges thereof projecting toward the outside. The gas turbine further includes a projection part on an inner face of the combustor casing. The projection part projects toward the inside in a radial direction in at least part of a range in the extending direction of the rotating shaft between the flanges and an end of a combustion chamber on the compressor side in the combustor. |
| US11021996B2 |
Flexible support structure for a geared architecture gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan shaft driving a fan having fan blades. The fan delivers airflow to a bypass duct. A fan shaft support supports the fan shaft and defines a support transverse stiffness. A gear system is connected to the fan shaft and includes a gear mesh defining a gear mesh transverse stiffness and a reduction ratio greater than 2.3. A gear system input is connected to the gear system and defines a gear system input lateral stiffness. A flexible support supports the gear system and defines a flexible support transverse stiffness. The gear system input lateral stiffness is less than 5% of the gear mesh lateral stiffness and the flexible support transverse stiffness is less than 20% of the fan shaft support transverse stiffness. |
| US11021994B2 |
Flanged integral piston bearing
A method of operating a gas turbine engine of a multi-engine aircraft is disclosed, where the gas turbine engine has an engine shaft mounted for rotation in a bearing of a bearing assembly. The method comprises limiting motive power supplied to the aircraft by the gas turbine engine by operating the gas turbine engine in a standby mode; and when the gas turbine engine is operating in the standby mode, using an oil piston integrated in the bearing supporting the engine shaft of the gas turbine engine to generate an axial preload force on the bearing. |
| US11021993B2 |
Thermal insulation coating member, axial flow turbine, and method for producing thermal insulation coating member
A thermal insulation coating member includes: a substrate having a surface; a binding layer on the surface, and a thermal insulation layer on the binding layer. The thermal insulation layer includes: a first ceramic layer including a plurality of first flat pores, the plurality of first flat pores being inclined at a first angle with respect to the surface and extending in a first direction; and a second ceramic layer including a plurality of second flat pores, the plurality of second flat pores being inclined at a second angle with respect to the surface and extending in a second direction. The second angle differs from the first angle, the second direction differing from the first direction, or the second angle and the second direction respectively differing from the first angle and the first direction. |
| US11021991B2 |
Proximity vane angle measurement
A measurement system for determining an angular position of a component of a gas turbine engine includes one or more proximity sensors positioned at a fixed structure of the gas turbine engine and one or more sensor targets positioned at a rotatable component of the gas turbine engine. Each sensor target of the one or more sensor targets includes a target surface having a variable distance between the target surface and the proximity sensor with rotation of the rotatable component about a component axis of rotation. A measurement of distance between the proximity sensor and the target surface as measured by the proximity sensor is indicative of an angular position of the rotatable component relative to the component axis of rotation. |
| US11021990B2 |
Shroud sealing for a gas turbine engine
A shroud assembly for gas turbine engine defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction includes a shroud segment extending substantially along the circumferential direction and including a forward wall and an aft wall spaced along the axial direction from one another and defining a cavity therebetween; and a hanger assembly including a first attachment member and a seal member, the first attachment member attached to one of the forward wall or the aft wall of the shroud segment, and the seal member positioned within the cavity and interference fit against the other of the forward wall or the aft wall of the shroud segment. |
| US11021987B2 |
CMC BOAS arrangement
A blade outer air seal assembly includes a support structure. A blade outer air seal has a plurality of segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and mounted in the support structure via a carrier. At least one of the plurality of segments 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 hook extends from the base portion near the first axial side and faces towards the second axial side. A second hook extends from the base portion near the second axial side and faces towards the first axial side. A slot is in the second hook configured to receive a pin. |
| US11021983B2 |
Multi-piece seal
The present disclosure relates generally to a seal between two components. The seal includes a plurality of seal sections including convolutions therein that are inter-engaged with one another to form flexible and resilient seals. |
| US11021975B2 |
Gas turbine engine and rotary assembly therefor
The gas turbine engine can have a first and second rotary components structurally joined to one another via a connector, a first spigot fit between the connector and the first rotary component, the first spigot fit forming an interference fit at a first operating condition and forming a gap at a second operating condition, a second spigot fit between the connector and the first rotary component, the second spigot fit forming an interference fit at the second operating condition and forming a gap at the first operating condition, the gas turbine engine being further configured to form a radial interference fit between the connector and the second rotary component in both the first and second operating conditions. |
| US11021969B2 |
Turbine blade
An airfoil comprises one or more internal cooling circuits. The cooling circuit can further comprise a near wall cooling mesh, fluidly coupling a supply passage to a mesh plenum. The mesh plenum can be disposed adjacent to the external surface of the airfoil having a plurality of film holes extending between the mesh plenum and the external surface of the airfoil. The mesh plenum can further comprise a cross-sectional area sized to facilitate machining of the film holes without damage to the interior of the airfoil. |
| US11021967B2 |
Turbine engine component with a core tie hole
An apparatus and method of forming an engine component having an outer wall forming an interior. The interior can be separated into two or more flow paths or flow channels. The two flow paths can be formed by casting having one or more core ties connecting the flow paths during casting. One or more core tie holes can be formed remnant of the core ties during casting in order to fluidly couple the two or more flow paths or flow channels. |
| US11021964B2 |
Composite vane with metal reinforcement, and its method of manufacture
A composite vane includes both a vane body extending in a longitudinal direction between an inner end and an outer end and also at least one fastener base connected to the inner end or to the outer end of the vane body. The vane includes metal reinforcement associated with an organic matrix. The metal reinforcement defines integrally as a single part both a longitudinal core extending between the inner and outer ends of the vane body and also the fastener base, the longitudinal core having the organic matrix overmolded thereon, the organic matrix defining the outside shape of the vane. |
| US11021962B2 |
Turbulent air reducer for a gas turbine engine
A turbulent air reducer assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a windage cover attached to a first standoff and a second standoff, the windage cover tuned to a particular vibration response. A method of managing air within a turbine of a gas turbine engine includes reducing turbulence from a multiple of recesses within a tangential on-board injector with a turbulent air reducer assembly within each of the multiple of recesses, the turbulent air reducer assembly tuned to a particular vibration response from a turbine rotor. |
| US11021960B2 |
Set of turbines and a turbine train comprising at least one such set
A set of turbines, including: a first turbine including a first shaft supported in an overhung manner in a first case, a first rotor provided with first rotor blades and joined to a distal end of the first shaft; a second turbine including a second shaft supported in an overhung manner in a second case, and a second rotor provided with second rotor blades and joined to a distal end of the second shaft. A first front face of the first rotor faces a second front face of the second rotor. The set of turbines further includes a connection element connected to the first front face and to the second front face to transmit rotation from the first shaft to the second shaft or vice versa. The connection element includes at least one elastic joint configured to minimize the rotordynamic influence of the first and second turbine on each other. |
| US11021958B2 |
Split vernier ring for turbine rotor stack assembly
A power turbine rotor assembly including a rotor shaft. The assembly also includes a rotor stack surrounding the rotor shaft. The assembly further includes a nut axially retaining the rotor stack. The assembly yet further includes a Vernier ring engaged with the nut and the rotor shaft, the Vernier ring having an inner ring, a plurality of inner tabs extending radially inward from the inner ring, and a plurality of outer tabs extending radially outward from the inner ring, the Vernier ring formed of at least two ring segments. |
| US11021955B2 |
Tunnel support system and method
A tunnel reinforcement system having a plurality of structural supports positioned at spaced intervals along the length of a tunnel. Each structural support has a plurality of structural segments connected in an end to end relationship. Each structural segment has a plurality of bars connected to a first end and a second end, in which the first end comprises a first butt plate having one or more apertures, and the second end comprises a second butt plate having one or more apertures. The one or more apertures of the first butt plate or the second butt plate of a structural segment are coaxially aligned with the one or more apertures of the first butt plate or the second butt plate of another structural segment in an end to end relationship. The first butt plate or the second butt plate of a structural segment is attachable to the first butt plate or the second butt plate of another structural segment in an end to end relationship. Each structural support defines a geometric supporting framework. |
| US11021952B2 |
Formation pressure testing
A pressure testing module separable from and configured to be coupled with a tool base that is to be coupled along a downhole tool string to be conveyed within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation. The pressure testing module includes a chamber and a piston assembly slidably disposed within the chamber, thus dividing the chamber into a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion. The piston assembly is operable to move in response to hydraulic fluid being pumped into the first chamber portion and to draw formation fluid of the wellbore into the second chamber portion in response to the movement of the piston assembly. |
| US11021950B2 |
Production-logging sensor
A sensor comprising three electrodes forming two electrode pairs, each pair having a gap between the electrodes, is disclosed. An electrically insulating layer is disposed in the gap of one electrode pair. The sensor may include a RC oscillator circuit connected to the electrode pair having the insulating layer such that the electrode pair contributes to the capacitance of the circuit. The sensor may include a power supply connected to the other electrode pair to provide a voltage across and current through material in the pair's gap. The sensor may be disposed in a borehole to allow borehole fluid to enter the gaps and the RC oscillator circuit and power supply may be operated to provide a measure of capacitance and resistance characteristics of the borehole fluid. |
| US11021949B2 |
Timeline visualization of events for monitoring well site drilling operations
System and methods for monitoring well site drilling operations using event detection and visualization are provided. Well site data related to a drilling operation is obtained from one or more data sources. Values of one or more wellsite parameters are monitored over a current time period during the drilling operation, based on the obtained well site data. Upon detecting at least one event of interest occurring during the current time period, based on the monitored values, an interactive timeline visualization of the detected event of interest is provided for display to a user relative to a duration of the drilling operation. |
| US11021941B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for enhanced oil and gas recovery with super focused heat
A system for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) includes a boiler fluidly coupled with a downhole portion of a steam system via at least a boiler conduit, wherein the boiler is configured to schedule super-heat delivered to the downhole portion to optimize the SOR associated with the system. |
| US11021936B2 |
Utilizing electrically actuated explosives downhole
Electrically ignitable and electrically controllable explosive material (EIECEM) may be disposed within a shaped charge for deployment downhole. An explosion of the EIECEM is controlled by limiting the duration of excitation at the EIECEM, for example, the duration that an electrical source provides an electrical charge, electrical current or electrical signal. The shaped charge may be insulated from an electrical source to prevent explosion of the EIECEM and coupled to the electrical source to create ignite or explode the EIECEM. A plurality of shaped charges may be disposed downhole and may be ignited or exploded in any suitable order. The EIECEM may be ignited multiple times such that multiple explosions are created. The explosion of the EIECEM creates or extends a perforation or fracture in a formation. The shaped charges may be excited in a predetermined sequence and for a predetermined duration of time. |
| US11021932B2 |
Auto-bleeding setting tool and method
A setting tool for setting an auxiliary tool in a well includes a housing holding a floating piston assembly, the floating piston assembly having a first end and a second end, which is opposite to the first end, an isolation valve assembly in fluid communication with an interior of the housing, where the isolation valve assembly is facing the second end of the floating piston assembly, and a frangible disc located at the first end of the floating piston assembly, to prevent a high-pressure gas to pass through a bore of the floating piston assembly. The floating piston assembly separates the frangible disc from the isolation valve assembly. |
| US11021928B2 |
Setting adapter assembly for plug
A setting adapter assembly for setting a plug is provided, it comprises a setting body, a crossover sub, a shear ring connecting the setting body and the crossover sub temporarily, a rotating dog carrier at a lower end of the setting body, a plurality of rotating dogs accommodated in the rotating dog carrier; an inner mandrel, The rotating dogs are in their vertical position to compress the plug during a process of setting the plug, and during a process of withdrawing, the rotating dogs rotate 90 degrees into their horizontal position driven by the inner mandrel to allow the setting adapter assembly pass through the plug. |
| US11021926B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for isolating a tubing string
An apparatus, system and method are provided for isolating a portion of a tubing string in a hydrocarbon well. The portion of isolated tubing string can be used to set a packer or test tubing integrity hydrostatically. The apparatus includes a dissolvable valve that is installed in a nipple and positioned below the portion of tubing string. The dissolvable valve includes a ball seat for receiving a dissolvable ball. When the dissolvable ball is dropped into the tubing string and seated on the ball seat of the dissolvable valve, the portion of tubing string is isolated from a second portion of tubing string below the nipple. Wellbore fluids in the hydrocarbon well dissolve the dissolvable valve and the dissolvable ball to leave behind a nipple without any restrictions. |
| US11021924B2 |
Flow control module
An assembly includes an inlet hub (112) coupled to a first flow passage (124) located within a flow control module, the first flow passage having a first flow bore, a flow meter (144) associated with the first flow bore and positioned for top-down fluid flow, a choke (109) disposed in a second flow passage (136) having a second flow bore, and an outlet hub (119) coupled to a distal end of the second flow passage. A system includes a flow control module assembly (902) having an inlet (912) and at least two outlets (914, 916), a main line (920) in fluid communication with the inlet, a first branch line (922) coupled to the main line and to a first outlet (916) of the at least two outlets, and a second branch line (924) coupled to the main line and to a second outlet (914) of the at least two outlets, and a tie-in connector (918) coupled to the inlet of the flow control module assembly. |
| US11021923B2 |
Detonation activated wireline release tool
A detonator activated wireline release tool is provided for use in geological well operations that enables the wireline cable to be easily released from tool string equipment upon activation of a detonator housed within the release tool. The release tool has a wireline subassembly portion that is connected to a tool string subassembly portion during assembly. It is sometimes necessary to disconnect the wireline subassembly from the tool string subassembly at a time when accessing the either is not physically possible. Such release is achieved by sending an electronic signal that detonates an explosive load which actuates a latch through an expansion chamber. The latch shifts and allows the finger flanges previously connecting the subassemblies to disengage, thus releasing the subassemblies. |
| US11021922B2 |
Locking collar stop
Disclosed herein is a collar stop configured for insertion into well production tubing where the collar stop provides an interference fit with a collar recess disposed between two adjacent sections of production tubing. The collar stop may be utilized to provide a bottom hole assembly at a desired location in a well bore. The collar stop device is configured to lock once positioned. Such locking prevents accidental removal during high fluid flows. |
| US11021921B2 |
Morphable anchor
A method of anchoring a morphable tubular in a wellbore includes providing a first tubular member including an expandable portion having an anchoring system arranged around a circumference thereof, the anchoring system including a gripper element, two wedge elements having inclined surfaces oriented to engage two oppositely arranged inclined surfaces of the gripper element, wherein each wedge element includes a beam spring, which are oppositely arranged to act against the inclined surfaces of the gripper element, locating the expandable portion in an existing tubular in a wellbore, introducing fluid pressure to an inner surface of the expandable portion and morphing the expandable portion towards the existing tubing so that the gripper element engages an inner surface of the existing tubing, reducing the fluid pressure, and maintaining engagement of the gripper element on the inner surface by action of the at least one beam spring axially on the gripper element. |
| US11021919B2 |
Mud circulation system for reducing the swab pressure while tripping out
The invention provides a mud circulation system for reducing swab pressure while tripping out, including drilling tool components, a normal drilling circulation channel and a tripping circulation channel, the drilling tool components include a drill string, a drill bit, and a top drive, the normal drilling circulation channel includes a first rotary valve, a solid phase control device, a mud tank, a mud pump, and a forth rotary valve connected in sequence, the tripping circulation channel includes a second rotary valve, a tripping mud pump, a tripping mud tank and a third rotary valve connected in sequence; the mud circulation system for reducing the swab pressure is operated to: shut down the mud pump, close the first rotary valve, and open the second rotary valve and the third rotary valve before tripping out; determine the pumping flow rate according to relevant parameters. |
| US11021918B2 |
Well control system having one or more adjustable orifice choke valves and method
A well drilling system is provided that includes a choke manifold and a controller. The choke manifold includes at least one choke valve. The choke valve is actuable between fully open and closed choke positions. The choke valve has a Cv value for each choke position. The controller is in communication with the choke valve and a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The instructions relate Cv values to choke positions for the choke valve. The instructions when executed cause the controller to: a) determine a difference in pressure (ΔP); b) input or determine a density value; c) input or determine a Q value; d) determine a first Cv value using the ΔP, the density value, and the Q value; and e) actuate the choke valve to a first choke position associated with the first Cv value. |
| US11021917B2 |
Piston-style drilling mud screen system and methods thereof
A drilling mud screen system, comprising: a first assembly having a first drilling mud inlet and outlet, a first body having a second drilling mud inlet and outlet, wherein the first drilling mud outlet of the first assembly is fluidly connected to the second drilling mud inlet of the first body, a second body having a third drilling mud inlet and outlet, wherein the second drilling mud outlet of the first body is fluidly connected to the third drilling mud inlet of the second body, a drilling mud screen, disposed within the first body and the second body between the first drilling mud inlet and the second drilling mud outlet, a lock system, comprising: a third body having a first inlet and outlet, wherein the first body is disposed through the third body such that the first body is held by a lip at the first end of the third body, a fourth body having a second inlet and outlet, wherein the first outlet of the third body is connected to the second inlet of the fourth body, wherein the second body is disposed through the fourth body such that the second body is held by a lip at or near the second end of the fourth body, a first lock, a second lock, a second assembly having a fourth drilling mud inlet and outlet, wherein the third drilling mud outlet of the second body is fluidly connected to the fourth drilling mud inlet of the second assembly is disclosed. Methods of installing and using the drilling mud screen system are also disclosed. |
| US11021912B2 |
Rotary steering systems and methods
A drilling system that includes a drill bit that drills a bore through rock. A shaft coupled to the drill bit, wherein the shaft transfers rotational power to the drill bit. A housing that receives at least part of the shaft. A rotary steering system that controls a drilling direction of the drill bit. The rotary steering system includes a steering sleeve that couples to and uncouples from the housing to control a drilling direction of the drill bit. |
| US11021910B2 |
Sealing assembly and related methods
A sealing assembly having a housing having a main cavity, a sealing unit configured to receive a rotatable shaft, and at least a first sealing element, and a second sealing element positioned uphole with respect to the first sealing element along the longitudinal axis. The sealing assembly includes a first valve carried by the housing and coupled to the first sealing element and the main cavity, and configured to open at a first pressure level. The sealing assembly further includes a second valve coupled to the second sealing element and the main cavity, and configured to open at a second pressure level higher than the first pressure level. The sealing assembly is configured such that pressure is distributed across the first and second sealing elements sequentially. |
| US11021903B2 |
Vehicle door opening and closing apparatus
A supporting member includes: a rotatable spindle supported in a first housing; a cylindrical first guide fixed in a second housing, and guiding a relative movement of the spindle in an axial direction; a second guide fixed in the first housing, having an inner diameter larger than a first guide's outer diameter, and relatively movable in the direction to the first guide; and a nut being a stepped shaft-like member including an insertion portion inserted into the first guide, a protruding portion protruded from the first guide, and a narrow portion provided therebetween. The first guide includes a caulking portion to the nut at an opening end. The caulking portion includes a portion extending to intersect in the direction along a step between the insertion portion and the narrow portion, and another portion parallel to the direction along an outer circumferential surface of the narrow portion. |
| US11021901B2 |
Multi-joint hinge
A multi-joint hinge includes a base part, on which a door bearing is held pivotably via a lever mechanism with a plurality of levers which are mounted in the manner of a parallelogram. A damping element for braking a closing movement and a spring element for tightening the door bearing in a closing area in the closing direction are arranged within the multi-joint hinge. The damping element and the spring element are connected in parallel. |
| US11021899B1 |
Hinge lock
A hinge lock comprising an rectangular elongate body having dimensions including a height, width and depth formed by a rear planar rectangular wall joining two opposing planar rectangular walls along opposing long edges and a top enclosed end. An open front channel is formed and an open bottom end are formed by the joined planar walls and the top, thereby enabling the elongate body to be slid into position over a pivot portion connecting two wall plates of a closed hinge assembly. |
| US11021895B2 |
Anti-theft device for cans, tins or bottles
An anti-theft device for an item having a peripheral shoulder, comprising two hinged portions each having a peripheral skirt provided with an edge capable of abutting under the peripheral shoulder, with the portions being hinged relative to a peripheral pivot; magnetically deactivatable locking means, which lock the two hinged portions in the closed position, and a detection means wherein the portions are made up of a stationary shell having a general cylindrical shape, the cross-section of which matches the cross-section of the item to be protected and a movable shell connected by a pivot, the stationary shell having a recess opening laterally to allow the insertion of the movable shell in closed position. |
| US11021883B2 |
Carriable and modular cabin
A carriable and modular cabin is provided with a parallelepipedal body creating a diaphanous space. Right bulkhead and left bulkhead separate the body from respective right and left side compartments. Other cabins can be stacked through the use of anchorages. Two tanks of water are provided including a tank of clean water possessing a submerged pump and a water entrance and a water exit. The second tank of waste water also possesses a submerged pump. The washbasin WC and shower, are located on the inner wall of the body. In the said bulkhead the clean water comes through a duct and is channeled towards the sanitary elements. The bulkhead includes an air conditioning compressor, water heater, and an inverter connected to one or more solar panels. The covers are provided with ventilation grids. |
| US11021872B2 |
Reconfigurable wall hanger mounting system
A reconfigurable wall hanger mounting system having a plurality of different types of interchangeable wall modules with different types of compatible connection components, each connection component being configured to align with another connection component at an interface. A channel is formed between two connection components in which a support rail or other accessory may be secured to support a ceiling. Another channel is defined by the connection component that can receive other accessories and accessory mounting mechanisms. A door-opening header module may be secured to a connection component so that a flush surface between the support rail, ceiling, and door-opening header module is created across the top of a door-opening in the reconfigurable wall system. |
| US11021871B2 |
Porous sound-absorbing board
A perforated sound-absorbing plate includes a perforated plate as a base material in which a large number of through holes are formed. A coating film is provided on an inner wall surface of the through hole, and a through-hole portion whose volume is smaller than a volume of the through hole is formed by the coating film. |
| US11021870B1 |
Sound blocking enclosures with antiresonant membranes
An enclosure is disclosed. The enclosure contains a plurality of walls coupled together and configured to al least partially cover one or more components, wherein at least one of the walls comprises a first plurality of antiresonant membranes configured to at least partially block acoustic emission from the one or more components. |
| US11021868B2 |
Finishing panel fixing device
The present invention relates to a finishing panel fixing device, and more particularly, to a finishing panel fixing device that fixes a finishing panel so that the finishing panel can be stably fixed when installing the finishing panel for finishing an indoor or outdoor wall surface or a floor. The finishing panel fixing device according to the present invention is extremely simple to assemble and install, and thus can reduce the time required for assembly, installation, and disassembly. The finishing panel fixing device also enhances fixability with respect to the finishing panel so that movement of the finishing panel due to an external force is prevented, and thus can also be applied to the finishing of an outdoor wall. The finishing panel fixing device can also facilitate maintenance. |
| US11021867B2 |
Hanger for fire separation wall
A hanger for connecting a structural component to a wall that can have sheathing mounted thereon either before or after the hanger is connected to the wall. The hanger includes a channel-shaped portion configured to receive the structural component. An extension portion extends from the channel-shaped portion and is configured to extend through the sheathing to engage the wall at a first location. A connection portion is configured for attachment to the wall at a second location spaced from the first location. |
| US11021866B2 |
Building and construction method for same
A building and construction method include improved workability not causing variation in quality of buildings, by easily joining materials without special processing by forming mortises. A wooden building constructed by fitting horizontal and vertical members includes lower frames, first upper frames, second upper frames, and side joists as horizontal members; and pillars as vertical members, wherein the lower, first upper and second upper frames, and side joists include mortises at part of the lower, first upper and second upper frames, and side joists in longitudinal direction, the first upper frames include an entire length recessed groove in longitudinal direction, the second upper frames include an entire length protrusion in longitudinal direction, the mortises at the lower frames and the first upper frames are through holes, and the pillars include protrusions at both ends, fitting into the mortises at the lower, first upper and second upper frames, and side joists. |
| US11021861B2 |
Toilet with collection chamber
A toilet includes a bowl portion, a rim portion, and a reservoir. The bowl portion defines a bowl cavity that is in fluid connection with a trapway. The bowl cavity is configured to hold a volume of water to provide a water seal for the trapway. The rim portion extends about an upper portion of the bowl portion. The rim portion defines an internal rim cavity that extends about an upper portion of the rim portion and a plurality of apertures that extend from the internal rim cavity and through a sidewall of the rim portion to direct water from the internal rim cavity to the bowl cavity. The reservoir is in fluid communication with the internal rim cavity and the bowl cavity and configured to receive a supply of pressurized water from a water source and direct at least a portion of the pressurized water to the internal rim cavity. |
| US11021859B2 |
Drain cleaning machine
A drain cleaning machine for moving a snake in a drain includes a rotating shell, a motor to rotate the rotating shell, and a radial drive mechanism coupled for rotation with the rotating shell and including a plurality of collets. The radial drive mechanism is switchable between an engaged state in which the one or more collets move toward a snake axis to engage the snake, and a disengaged state. A translate mechanism is coupled for rotation with the rotating shell and includes a plurality of wheels. The translate mechanism is switchable between an engaged state in which the wheels move toward the snake axis to engage the snake, and a disengaged state. A selection mechanism is configured to switch the radial drive mechanism from the disengaged state to the engaged state and configured to switch the translate mechanism from the disengaged state to the engaged state. |
| US11021856B2 |
Water mixer with lever handle
A water mixer with mixer cartridge (40) with control element (42) and lever handle (31) operable from left to right to control the ratio water flow from respective hot and cold intakes to a single outlet (18), and about a transverse axis to control rate of flow. A mixer body (20) defines a post (22) and a protruding outlet arm (24) at its end. The body defines, at the aforesaid end of the post and extending into the arm, a rim (25) about a recess (26) that receives part of the lever handle in a central off position thereof. In another aspect, lever handle (31) is pivotally mounted to support (50, 150) at a first pivot (52,54) that is fixed against translation and to the control element of the cartridge at a second pivot (48) that is slidable in a slot (39). |
| US11021855B2 |
Humidity collection apparatus
Method for collecting water vapor from air as liquid water. The method includes a refrigerant compressor circulating refrigerant through a controlled dimensioned condenser into a tubing loop. A portion of the tubing loop functions as a condenser. This tube conveys the pressurized refrigerant through an expansion valve. The refrigerant pressure and temperature decreases. Ambient water vapor collects on the exterior surface of the cooled section of tube now functioning as an evaporator. The water drops from the tube surface into a reservoir for use. The tube loop extends through a multiport control valve. The method includes a control valve that cyclically and sequentially directs the refrigerant pumped from the compressor into alternate ends of the tubing loop. The cycles continually repeat. The cycles can be controlled by fluid temperature. The device can include a power supply and microprocessor controlling the generator and valves. The device may utilize a switch that detects water or ice deposits on the tube. The device can comprise a moveable frame supporting all above components. |
| US11021854B2 |
Liquid desiccant vapor separation system
An atmospheric moisture harvesting system, in which water vapor is separated from the air using a liquid desiccant subsystem. The moisture charged liquid desiccant enters a desorber and condensation system, where the moisture is extracted. Cooling and condensation are performed on the extracted water vapor only, thereby saving the energy for cooling air containing the water vapor, as is done in direct cooling systems. The system thus operates as a single stage vapor separation system since the vapor concentration remains in the liquid desiccant which is circulated to the separation and condensation subsystems without air laden with the moisture. Low grade or solar heat can be used as the energy source for the vapor desorption. A heat exchanger utilizes unwanted heat from regenerated desiccant to heat up charged desiccant entering the regenerating stage. The system has substantial energy savings over prior art systems using direct cooling of air. |
| US11021851B2 |
System and method for vibration monitoring of a mining machine
A mining machine having a control system for operating the mining machine. The control system includes a vibration monitor. The mining machine further includes a sensor and a vibration control system. The sensor senses vibration of a component of the mining machine. The vibration control system determines when the mining machine is moving in a proper cycle, triggers acquisition of vibration sensor data from the sensor in response to determining that the mining machine is moving in the proper cycle, and outputs the vibration sensor data. |
| US11021849B2 |
Civil engineering anti-seismic structure
A civil engineering anti-seismic structure includes a base. A fixing structure is fixedly welded at the bottom center of the base. A through-hole is provided at the top center of the base. Sliding grooves are provided on corresponding inner walls at two sides of the base. Sliding blocks are slidably connected to the sliding grooves inside the grooves and are symmetrically installed at two sides of a sliding plate. A top block is fixedly welded at the top center of the sliding plate (8), and a fixing groove is provided at the top center of the top block. A shock-absorbing damping pad is fixedly adhered to a bottom inner wall of the base. A first limiting plate is fixedly welded around the top portion of the sliding plate, and a second limiting plate is fixedly welded around the through-hole at a top inner wall of the base. |
| US11021844B2 |
Safety tripod
The safety tripod includes a tripod, a flight driving machine mounted on the tripod to enable the tripod to fly, a landing base for seating the tripod on the ground when the tripod lands, and a standing guide mounted on the tripod to enable the tripod to stand up. |
| US11021841B2 |
Railway or tramway track
A railway or tramway track includes track rails arranged on a foundation surface. Noise and vibration reduction elements are arranged between the track rails and outward of the track rails. The noise and vibration reduction elements include at least one non-humic layer that absorbs water, reduces rate of flow and outflow of the water, and allows evaporation of the water. |
| US11021835B2 |
Portable stain removal kit
Portable stain removal kit (1) for locally removing a stained area on a fabric comprising a container (4) for containing a stain removing material (5) in a solid form, the container (4) being intended to be in direct contact with the stained area when the portable stain removal kit (1) is in use, whereby said portable stain removal kit (1) also comprises a base holder (3) for holding the container (4), and a cover (2) cooperating with the base holder (3) for enclosing the container (4) when the portable stain removal kit (1) is not in use. |
| US11021834B2 |
Laundry treating appliance having a hinge assembly
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having a top panel that at least partially defines an access opening to the interior. A lid is rotatable between a closed position and an opened position to selectively open or close the access opening. At least one hinge assembly couples the top panel with the lid. The at least one hinge assembly can include a lid hinge coupled to the lid and defining an axis of rotation of the lid. A hinge housing is coupled to the top panel and to the lid and configured to receive the lid hinge. A damper housing has a damper receiving portion, with a damper at least partially received within the damper receiving portion. |
| US11021833B1 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing the mixture and delivery of a plurality of laundry products to a plurality of washing machines
A system, method, and apparatus for controlling a plurality of washers and the mixture and deliver of laundry product solutions to the plurality of washers. Generally, a GUI allows for a user to select one or more washers and one or more laundry products. A computing device receives the user input and controls the system hardware to further execute the input. The system uses a combination of solenoids and peristaltic pumps to direct water flow to be mixed with the selected solid and/or liquid laundry products. The water and laundry product solution is further directed to the one or more appropriate washer. A third-party payment terminal allows for the user to pay before using the system. The system, method, and apparatus generally allow for a resource efficient and cost effective solution to laundry needs. |
| US11021830B2 |
Method for controlling clothes treatment apparatus
Disclosed is a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus that includes: a tub; a main drum rotatably disposed within the tub; a driver configured to drive the main drum; and an auxiliary drum disposed in the main drum configured to be attached to or be detached from the main drum. The method comprises a positioning operation for allowing a predetermined portion of the auxiliary drum to be positioned at a target position via a rotation of the auxiliary drum, wherein the positioning operation is configured such that when the predetermined portion reaches a braking-initiation position set such that the predetermined portion is positioned at the target position, a braking of the auxiliary drum is initiated, wherein the braking-initiation position is set to vary based on a magnitude of a load applied to the driver. |
| US11021824B2 |
Accessory used for washing machine
The present invention relates to an accessory used for a top-loading washing machine having: a cabinet for forming the outer appearance thereof; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet, and of which the upper surface is opened so as to accommodate objects to be treated; and a laundry inlet provided at the upper surface of the cabinet, and washing machine accessory comprises: a body forming the exterior thereof and having a closed inner space; one or more ultrasonic wave generators provided inside the body; and a control unit formed so as to control the ultrasonic wave generator, wherein the body is formed in a shape in which a cross sectional area thereof is gradually reduced from the bottom toward the top thereof, such that the center of gravity of the body is located at the lower side thereof. |
| US11021822B2 |
Embroidery frame
An embroidery frame includes a mounting portion, a first frame with a magnet, and a second frame with a main body portion and a guide portion. The mounting portion is configured to be removably mounted on a sewing machine. The main body portion includes a clamping surface. The guide portion is configured by a non-magnetic material, is provided on the clamping surface, includes an inclined surface, protrudes further than the clamping surface in a first direction intersecting the clamping surface, and guides the first frame to the clamping surface. The inclined surface is inclined in a direction opposite to the first direction the further the inclined surface extends in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and is from an outer side toward an inner side of the second frame. The second frame can clamp easily a sewing object, with the first frame, using magnetic force. |
| US11021820B2 |
Nonwoven fabric comprising a high loft spunbond layer
The invention relates to a fabric comprising at least one high loft spunbond nonwoven layer having crimped multicomponent fibers, wherein a first component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a first polymer A and a second component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a blend of the first polymer A and a second polymer B, wherein the melt flow rate of polymer A is at least 25% higher than the melt flow rate of polymer B and wherein the second component comprises at least 40 wt.-% of polymer B. |
| US11021814B2 |
Fleece fabric and method for producing the same
A fabric having a first side and a second side and comprising weft yarns and warp yarns woven together in pattern. At least some of the weft, or warp, yarns float over a number of warp yarns, or weft yarns, and below a number of warp yarns, or weft yarns, to provide weft, or warp, over portions on the first side and under portions on the second side. The under portions and/or over portions of the yarns form loops. At least some of the yarns that form the loops are conjugate yarns comprising a plurality of filaments that are separable, i.e., splittable into sub-filaments. The loops of the conjugate yarns extend for a length of at least three adjacent warp, or weft, yarns. |
| US11021811B2 |
Continuous method and system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn and polymeric yarn
The present invention provides a continuous method for the production of at least one polymeric yarn comprising the steps of: mixing a polymer with a first solvent generating a mixture; homogenizing the mixture; rendering the mixture inert; dosing the mixture to an extruder; immersing the mixture in a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture achieves the surface of the liquid of the quenching bath (30) forming at least one polymeric yarn; drawing at least once the at least one polymeric yarn; washing the polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; heating the at least one polymeric yarn; drawing at room temperature, at least once, the at least one polymeric yarn; and heat drawing, at least once, the at least one polymeric yarn, wherein the mixture comprises: a polymer comprising ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, comprising an intrinsic viscosity of from 5 dL/g to 40 dL/g, and a polydispersity index of from 2 to 10; and a first solvent capable of dissolving the polymer under the process conditions, and comprising a dynamic viscosity, measured at a temperature of 37.8° C., according to ASTM D-445, greater than 10 cP. The present invention further provides a continuous system for the production of at least one polymeric yarn, comprising: means for mixing the polymer with a first solvent generating a mixture; means for homogenizing the mixture; means for rendering the mixture inert; means for dosing the mixture to an extruder; means for immersing the mixture in a quenching bath (30), wherein an air gap is maintained before the mixture achieves the surface of the liquid of the quenching bath (30) forming at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing at least once the at least one polymeric yarn; means for washing for washing the at least one polymeric yarn with a second solvent that is more volatile than the first solvent; means for heating the at least one polymeric yarn; means for drawing at room temperature at least once the at least one polymeric yarn; and means for heat drawing at least once the at least one polymeric yarn, wherein the mixture comprises: a polymer comprising ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, comprising an intrinsic viscosity of from 5 dL/g to 40 dL/g, and a polydispersity index of from 2 to 10; and a first solvent capable of dissolving the polymer under the process conditions and comprising a dynamic viscosity, as measured at a temperature of 37.8° C. according to the ASTM standard D-445, greater than 10 cP. Further, the present invention provides a polymeric yarn made according to the above stated method. |
| US11021810B2 |
Lithium tantalate single crystal substrate, bonded substrate, manufacturing method of the bonded substrate, and surface acoustic wave device using the bonded substrate
[Object]It is an object of the present invention to provide a lithium tantalate single crystal substrate which undergoes only small warpage, is free from cracks and scratches, has better temperature non-dependence characteristics and a larger electromechanical coupling coefficient than a conventional Y-cut LiTaO3 substrate.[Means to solve the Problems]The lithium tantalate single crystal substrate of the present invention is a rotated Y-cut LiTaO3 single crystal substrate having a crystal orientation of 36° Y-49° Y cut characterized in that: the substrate is diffused with Li from its surface into its depth such that it has a Li concentration profile showing a difference in the Li concentration between the substrate surface and the depth of the substrate; and the substrate is treated with single polarization treatment so that the Li concentration is substantially uniform from the substrate surface to a depth which is equivalent to 5-15 times the wavelength of either a surface acoustic wave or a leaky surface acoustic wave propagating in the LiTaO3 substrate surface. |
| US11021809B2 |
Method of producing a synthetic diamond
A method of producing a synthetic diamond is disclosed, the method comprising: (a) capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; (b) conducting electrolysis of water to provide hydrogen; (c) reacting the carbon dioxide obtained from step (a) with the hydrogen obtained from step (b) to produce methane; and (d) using the hydrogen obtained from step (b) and the methane obtained from step (c) to produce a synthetic diamond by chemical vapour deposition (CVD). |
| US11021806B2 |
Sn-plated steel sheet and method for manufacturing Sn-plated steel sheet
A Sn-plated steel sheet according to the present invention includes a steel sheet, a Sn-plated layer that is provided on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and a film that is provided on a surface of the Sn-plated layer and includes zirconium oxide and tin oxide, in which an amount of the zirconium oxide in the film is 0.2 mg/m2 to 50 mg/m2 in terms of metal Zr amount, in a depth direction analysis by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, a depth position A at which an element concentration of Zr present as the zirconium oxide is maximum is positioned closer to a surface of the film than a depth position B at which an element concentration of Sn present as the tin oxide is maximum, and a distance between the depth position A and the depth position B in a depth direction is 0.5 nm or more. |
| US11021804B2 |
Plating solution and metal composite and method of manufacturing the same
A plating solution including a metal salt, a hydrophilic fullerene, and water, a metal composite material including a hydrophilic fullerene and a method of manufacturing the same, and a wire, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), and an electronic device including the metal composite material. |
| US11021803B2 |
Aluminum alloys and deposition methods
Electrodeposition bath compositions, additives, and maintenance methods are described. In one embodiment, an electrodeposition bath includes at least a first metal ionic species that reacts with a second metal ionic species to maintain either the first and/or second metal ionic species in a desired oxidation state for electrodeposition. |
| US11021802B2 |
Methods of forming a strengthened component
A method of forming a strengthened component includes forming a sacrificial material into a mold of the component having an outer surface, disposing an insert having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite and spaced from the inner surface such that the strengthening insert inner surface abuts the mold outer surface, forming the component by way of electrodisposition of a metallic layer over the exposed mold outer surface and the exposed strengthening insert outer surface, and removing the sacrificial material from the component. |
| US11021799B2 |
Electrode-supported tubular solid-oxide electrochemical cell
Electrode-supported tubular solid-oxide electrochemical cells suitable for use in electrochemical synthesis and processes for manufacturing such are provided. |
| US11021794B2 |
Graphite susceptor
Embodiments described herein include a susceptor for semiconductor processing including an oriented graphite plate that may have a thickness of at least 1 mm. The susceptor may have a support member, and the oriented graphite plate may be disposed on the support member. The support member may have a center thermal conduit and an edge thermal conduit, and may be substantially solid between the center thermal conduit and the edge thermal conduit. |
| US11021793B2 |
Group 6 transition metal-containing compositions for vapor deposition of group 6 transition metal-containing films
Disclosed are Group 6 transition metal-containing thin film forming precursors to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via vapor deposition processes. |
| US11021790B2 |
Liner for processing chamber
Embodiments herein relate to chamber liners with a multi-piece design for use in processing chambers. The multi-piece design can have an inner portion and an outer portion. A portion of the inner surface of the outer portion may be designed to be in contact with the outer surface of the inner portion at a single junction point, creating a thermal barrier between the inner portion and outer portion, thus reducing heat transfer from the inner portion and outer portion. The thermal barrier creates higher temperatures at the chamber liner inner surface and therefore leads to shorter heat up times within the chamber. Additionally, the thermal barrier also creates lower temperatures near the base ring and outer surface of the outer ring, thereby protecting the chamber walls and requiring less thermal regulation/dissipation at the chamber walls. |
| US11021787B2 |
Coating arrangement and method
In accordance with various embodiments, a coating arrangement may comprise: an electron beam gun for providing an electron beam; a beam trap for trapping the electron beam; a control device for driving the electron beam gun and/or the beam trap, wherein the control device is configured to switch over the driving between a plurality of configurations, of which: in a first configuration, the electron beam is directed onto the beam trap; and in a second configuration, the electron beam is directed past the beam trap. |
| US11021786B2 |
Copper passivation
In a described example, a method for passivating a copper structure includes: passivating a surface of the copper structure with a copper corrosion inhibitor layer; and depositing a protection overcoat layer with a thickness less than 35 μm on a surface of the copper corrosion inhibitor layer. |
| US11021783B2 |
Reactive sputtering apparatus and film formation method for composite metal compound film or mixture film using the same
An apparatus is provided, comprising: a film formation chamber; a substrate holder provided in the film formation chamber and holding a substrate (S) to be formed with a film; a decompressor configured to reduce a pressure in the film formation chamber to a predetermined pressure; a discharge gas introducer configured to introduce a discharge gas into the film formation chamber; two or more sputtering electrodes each provided with a target (T1, T2) to be a film-forming material, the sputtering electrodes facing the substrate as a single substrate; a DC power source configured to supply electric power to the sputtering electrodes; two or more pulse-wave conversion switches connected between the DC power source and the sputtering electrodes, the pulse-wave conversion switches each being configured to convert a DC voltage to be applied to each of the sputtering electrodes to a pulse-wave voltage; a programmable transmitter configured to be programmable with a pulse generation control signal pattern corresponding to the electric power to be supplied to each of the sputtering electrodes, the programmable transmitter being further configured to control each of the pulse-wave conversion switches in accordance with the program; and a pulsed reactive gas introducer configured to control introduction of the reactive gas from the reactive gas introducer to the film foiniation chamber on the basis of the pulse generation control signal pattern from the electric power controller. |
| US11021780B2 |
Method for manufacturing nickel-based alloy high-temperature component
This method for manufacturing a high-temperature component formed of a Ni-based alloy includes a step of subjecting a workpiece of the Ni-based alloy to hot die forging using predetermined dies to form a forge-molded article, the step including: a die/workpiece co-heating substep of heating the workpiece interposed between the dies to a forging temperature; and a hot forging substep of taking out the workpiece and the dies into a room temperature environment and immediately performing hot forging on the workpiece using a press machine. The predetermined dies are formed of another Ni-based superalloy comprising γ and γ′ phases, and have features in that: a solvus temperature of the γ′ phase is 1050-1250° C.; and the γ′ phase precipitates at least 10 vol. % at 1050° C. and has two kinds of forms of intra-grain γ′ phase precipitations within the γ phase grains and inter-grain γ′ phase precipitations between/among the γ phase grains. |
| US11021778B2 |
Austenitic stainless steel weld metal and welded structure
An austenitic stainless steel weld metal which has a chemical composition consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.11%, Si: 0.10 to 0.50%, Mn: 1.0 to 2.5%, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.0030% or less, Co: 0.01 to 1.00%, Ni: 9.0 to 11.5%, Cr: 17.0 to 21.0%, Nb: 0.60 to 0.90%, Ta: 0.001 to 0.100%, N: 0.01 to 0.15%, Al: 0.030% or less, O: 0.020% or less, V: 0 to 0.10%, Ti: 0 to 0.10%, W: 0 to 0.50%, Mo: 0 to 0.50%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.010%, Mg: 0 to 0.010% and REM: 0 to 0.10%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying [Nb−7.8×C≤0.25]. |
| US11021777B2 |
Triple-phase stainless steel and method for producing same
A triple-phase stainless steel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The triple-phase stainless steel includes a ferrite phase formed in a central region, an austenite phase formed in an outermost region comprising a surface, and a martensite phase formed between the ferrite phase and the austenite phase. Thus, a triple-phase stainless steel having excellent corrosion resistance, high strength, and high toughness may be provided. |
| US11021772B2 |
Method and device for removing iron in iron-containing solution in hydrometallurgy
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for removing iron in an iron-containing solution in hydrometallurgy. This method comprises the steps of: adding an iron-containing solution in hydrometallurgy into a reactor through a first homogenizing distributor, controlling concentration of the ferric iron in the reactor below 1 g/L, controlling pH of the solution in the reactor to be 2.5˜4, the temperature to be 65˜100° C., and the reaction duration to be 1˜3 hours, performing solid-liquid separation for the solution after reaction, and removing the iron in the iron-containing solution in hydrometallurgy in the form of goethite. |
| US11021771B2 |
Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for manufacturing non-oriented electrical steel sheet
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet contains, as a chemical composition, by mass %, C: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, Si: 3.0% to 4.0%, Mn: 1.0% to 3.3%, P: more than 0% and less than 0.030%, S: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, sol. Al: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, N: more than 0% and 0.0040% or less, O: 0.0110% to 0.0350%, Sn: 0% to 0.050%, Sb: 0% to 0.050%, Ti: more than 0% and 0.0050% or less, and a remainder including Fe and impurities, in which Sn+Sb: 0.050% or less, Si−0.5×Mn: 2.0% or more, and an O content in a sheet thickness central portion excluding a surface layer portion which is a range from a front surface and a rear surface to a position of 10 μm in a depth direction is less than 0.0100%. |
| US11021768B2 |
Shaped boron tubular structure support
A method of producing a structure support may include: providing a hollow workpiece composed of a steel material; heating the hollow workpiece to an austenitizing temperature range to provide the steel material with an austenitic microstructure; forming the hollow workpiece into a predefined complex geometry while the hollow workpiece is still in the austenitizing temperature range; and cooling the hollow workpiece with the predefined complex geometry to transform the austenitic microstructure into a martensitic microstructure. |
| US11021767B2 |
Method for heat treating an iron-carbon alloy
The present disclosure discloses a method for heat treating an iron-carbon alloy. The method comprises acts of heating the iron-carbon alloy to a first pre-determined temperature at a pre-determined heating rate, holding the iron-carbon alloy at the first pre-determined temperature for a pre-set period of time. The method further comprises acts of cooling the iron-carbon alloy to a second pre-determined temperature at a pre-determined cooling rate and inducing magnetic field on the iron-carbon alloy selectively during at least one of heating and cooling of the iron-carbon alloy. The induction of magnetic field on the iron-carbon alloy results in microstructural changes to improve formation of pearlitic structure in the iron-carbon alloy. |
| US11021765B2 |
Surface detection apparatus for blast furnace
A surface detection apparatus for a blast furnace is provided. An antenna is fixed to a side of a container attached to an opening portion of the blast furnace and having a bottom surface opened in correspondence to the opening portion. A reflection plate is disposed in the container immediately above the opening portion so as to face the opening portion and the antenna. A tilt angle varying mechanism and a rotation mechanism for the reflection plate are configured as a double pipe structure and are provided at an anti-antenna side of the reflection plate. |
| US11021764B2 |
Extraction device for a tuyere part
Extraction device for extracting a tuyere part, in particular a tuyere or a tuyere cooler, from a shaft furnace, the device including a supporting frame with positioning elements configured to position the device against a furnace wall, a carriage supported by the supporting frame and movable in a direction radial to the furnace wall, an extraction rod having a first end attached to the carriage and a second end for connecting to the tuyere part, where the first end of the extraction rod had a stopper, the device further including a percussion system acting on the stopper of the extraction rod in a direction away from the furnace wall, and a pretensioning mechanism on the supporting frame configured to apply a load to the carriage, in a direction away from the furnace wall. |
| US11021760B2 |
Fungal chromosome-end knockoff strategy
Non-toxigenic fungal strains, and methods of making and use thereof, are provided and have utility as endophytes in forage crops, and as strains that can outcompete toxigenic strains in forage and food crops. |
| US11021757B2 |
Monitoring health and disease status using clonotype profiles
There is a need for improved methods for determining the diagnosis and prognosis of patients with conditions, including autoimmune disease and cancer, especially lymphoid neoplasms, such as lymphomas and leukemias. Provided herein are methods for using DNA sequencing to identify personalized, or patient-specific biomarkers in patients with lymphoid neoplasms, autoimmune disease and other conditions. Identified biomarkers can be used to determine and/or monitor the disease state for a subject with an associated lymphoid disorder or autoimmune disease or other condition. In particular, the invention provides a sensitive method for monitoring lymphoid neoplasms that undergo clonal evolutions without the need to development alternative assays for the evolved or mutated clones serving as patient-specific biomarkers. |
| US11021747B2 |
Method for nanopore RNA characterisation
The invention relates to a new method of characterising a target RNA polynucleotide by taking one or more measurements as the target RNA polynucleotide moves with respect to a transmembrane pore. The movement is controlled by a DNA helicase. The invention also relates to a modified RNA construct wherein the RNA polynucleotide has been modified to increase DNA helicase binding thereto. |
| US11021744B2 |
Methods for fast nucleic acid amplification
Methods, devices, and kits are provided for performing PCR in <20 seconds per cycle, with improved efficiency and yield. |
| US11021742B2 |
Linked-fragment sequencing
The invention generally relates to sequencing library preparation methods. In certain embodiments, two or more template nucleic acids are joined together by a linking molecule, such as a PEG derivative. Identical copies of a nucleic acid fragment or both strands of a duplex fragment may be linked together. The linked nucleic acids are amplified, creating linked amplicons. Emulsion PCR with linked primers creates linked template nucleic acids for seeding sequencing clusters and errors can be readily identified by their presence on only one of the linked fragments. |
| US11021740B2 |
Devices for CRISPR effector system based diagnostics
The embodiments disclosed herein utilized RNA targeting effectors to provide a robust CRISPR-based diagnostic with attomolar sensitivity. Embodiments disclosed herein can detect broth DNA and RNA with comparable levels of sensitivity and can differentiate targets from non-targets based on single base pair differences. Moreover, the embodiments disclosed herein can be prepared in freeze-dried format for convenient distribution and point-of-care (POC) applications. Such embodiments are useful in multiple scenarios in human health including, for example, viral detection, bacterial strain typing, sensitive genotyping, and detection of disease-associated cell free DNA. |
| US11021736B2 |
Rapid method for isolating extracellular nucleic acids
The present invention pertains to a method for isolating extracellular nucleic acids from a sample, wherein said sample is optionally stabilized, by binding the extracellular nucleic acids to a solid phase which carries anion exchange groups, comprising the following steps:a. binding the extracellular nucleic acids to the solid phase in a binding mixture having a first pH which allows binding the extracellular nucleic acids to the anion exchange groups of the solid phase; wherein the sample makes up at least 85% of the volume of the binding mixture;b. separating the solid phase with the bound extracellular nucleic acids;c. optionally washing the extracellular nucleic acids;d. optionally eluting extracellular nucleic acids from the solid phase.The method has the advantage that large sample volumes can be processed and that extracellular nucleic acids can be isolated rapidly with a high yield. The method is particularly suitable for automatable processes. |
| US11021735B2 |
RNA amplification methods
Methods of detecting and amplifying short RNAs are provided. |
| US11021734B2 |
Systems and methods for validation of sequencing results
Systems and method for validation of sequencing results can amplify a target region of a nucleic acid sample in the presence of a primer pool including target specific and variant specific primers. The variant specific primers can include variant specific barcodes and variant specific sequences. An amplicon can be sequenced to determine the sequence of the variant specific barcode. The variant can be identified based on the sequence of the variant specific barcode, and the location of the variant can be determined by mapping the amplicon to a reference sequence. |
| US11021732B2 |
Devices, systems and methods to detect viable infectious agents in a fluid sample and susceptibility of infectious agents to anti-infectives
Various devices, systems and methods for detecting infectious agents or determining a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are described herein. One example method comprises introducing a fluid sample to a surface; exposing the surface to a solution; sampling the solution after exposing the solution to the surface; and detecting a change in an electrical characteristic of a sensing device exposed to the solution sampled corresponding to a presence of the infectious agent in the fluid sample. |
| US11021726B2 |
Method for the manufacture of bio-products with a modified sugar profile
The invention relates to a method for the production of a solid bio-product wherein at least 80% of the original indigestible oligosaccharide (raffmose, stachyose and verbascose) content has been degraded into digestible mono- and disaccharides, comprising the following steps: 1) providing a mixture of milled or flaked or otherwise disintegrated biomass, comprising oligosaccharides and optionally polysaccharides and further comprising proteinaceous plant parts, water and one or more enzyme preparations containing .alpha.-galactosidase(s); 2) reacting the mixture resulting from step (1) under continuous mixing and under conditions where the water content in the initial mixture does not exceed 65% by weight, for 0.15-36 hours at a temperature of about 20-65° C.; 3) incubating the reacted mixture from step (2) at a temperature and in a time period which inactivate said α-galactosidase(s), as well as solid bio-products obtainable by such method. The invention further relates to uses of the bio-product and a food, a feed, a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product or a nutritional supplement containing the solid bio-product. |
| US11021725B2 |
Mutant filamentous fungus and substance production method in which said mutant filamentous fungus is used
Provided is a mutant filamentous fungus, which lacks expression of α-1,3-glucan, and is deficient in at least part of a GAG biosynthetic cluster. Also provided is a method of producing a substance, including the steps of: culturing the filamentous fungus to allow the filamentous fungus to produce a substance; and collecting the resulting substance. |
| US11021723B2 |
System and method for biosynthesis
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for in vivo production or biosynthesis of metabolites in foreign cells using the combination of (i) one or more ferredoxin dependent enzyme(s) and (ii) a ferredoxin (Fd)/ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase (FNR) system. The ferredoxin dependent enzymes and the Fd/FNR system are from the same species or from a different but matching species. |
| US11021722B2 |
Enzymes and applications thereof
There is provided SHC/HAC derivatives, amino acid sequences comprising the SHC/HAC derivatives, nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, vectors comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives, recombinant host cells comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the SHC/HAC derivatives and applications of the recombinant host cells comprising either SHC/HAC derivatives or WT SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (−)-Ambrox and SHC/HAC enzymes in methods to prepare (−)-Ambrox. |
| US11021715B2 |
Insect inhibitory proteins
Pesticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC6757, TIC6757PL, TIC7472, TIC7472PL, TIC7473, and TIC7473PL. DNA constructs are provided which contain a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed pesticidal proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran infestation are provided which contain recombinant nucleic acid sequences encoding the pesticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the recombinant nucleic acid sequences or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC6757, TIC6757PL, TIC7472, TIC7472PL, TIC7473, and TIC7473PL pesticidal proteins are also provided. |
| US11021713B2 |
Engineered nucleases to generate deletion mutants in plants
Methods are provided to mutate, in a targeted manner, the genome of a plant cell using a double stranded DNA break inducing enzyme. Also provided are plants, in particular Brassica plants that yield seeds producing oils having a reduced total saturated fatty acid content, and method for making such plants. |
| US11021710B2 |
Compounds and methods for reducing FXI expression
Provided are compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions for reducing the amount or activity of FXI RNA in a cell or subject, and in certain instances reducing the amount of FXI protein in a cell or subject. Such compounds, methods, and pharmaceutical compositions are useful to prevent, treat, or ameliorate at least one symptom of a thromboembolic condition without a significant increase in a bleeding risk. Such thromboembolic conditions include deep vein thrombosis, venous or arterial thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, stroke, thrombosis associated with chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease (ESRD), including thrombosis associated with dialysis, or other procoagulant condition. Such symptoms include decreased blood flow through an affected vessel, death of tissue, and death. |
| US11021705B2 |
Strand displacement stop (SDS) ligation
A method of ligating DNA molecules, wherein the DNA molecules are in a hybrid with an RNA molecule, including the steps of providing DNA molecules that are in a RNA:DNA hybrid with an RNA molecule, and ligating the DNA molecules to each other with a double strand specific ligase. |
| US11021704B2 |
Methods for RNA promoter identification
Provided are constructs and methods for RNA promoter identification. |
| US11021701B2 |
Method for fragmenting DNA by nick translation
Providing herein, among other things, are kits, compositions and methods that relate to DNA fragmentation. An embodiment of a composition provides combining: one or more enzymes capable of nick translating activity, a dNTP mix comprising at least one dNTP having a modified base, and at least one modification-sensitive nicking endonuclease that is prevented from nicking DNA if its recognition site contains the modified base. When the composition is added to a sample comprising a double-stranded DNA template that comprises recognition sites for the modification-sensitive nicking endonuclease, a reaction mix was produced which could be incubated for any time period in excess of about 5 minutes to produce fragments of a desired size of the double-stranded DNA template. In this method, the fragments produced include the modified base and, as such, are not re-nicked by the nicking endonuclease. |
| US11021699B2 |
Separation using angled acoustic waves
Methods and systems for separating material from a host fluid use an acoustophoresis device. These methods and systems can deflect material (e.g., a second fluid, cells, beads or other particles, exosomes, viruses, oil droplets) in host fluid streams at high flow rates. |
| US11021697B2 |
Acetohydroxy acid synthase variant, microorganism comprising the same, and method of producing L-branched-chain amino acid using the same
The present disclosure relates to a novel acetohydroxy acid synthase, a microorganism comprising the same, or a method for producing an L-branched-chain amino acid using the same. |
| US11021692B2 |
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccines and uses thereof
Polynucleotides encoding hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen and polymerase antigen, and related combinations are described. Also described are vectors, such as DNA plasmids or viral vectors, expressing the HBV core and polymerase antigens, and immunogenic compositions containing the expression vectors. Methods of inducing an immune response against HBV or treating a HBV-induced disease, particularly in individuals having chronic HBV infection, using the immunogenic compositions are also described. |
| US11021688B2 |
Derivation of human skin organoids from pluripotent stem cells
Provided herein are methods for directing differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into a three-dimensional multilayered skin composition comprising an epidermal layer, a dermal layer, and a plurality of cells capable of forming a functional hair follicle. Also provided herein are three-dimensional, multilayered engineered skin compositions and methods of using the same for drug screening, for screening compounds for effects on hair growth, and for other applications. |
| US11021687B2 |
Production of differentiated enteroendocrine cells and insulin producing cells
A population of enteroendocrine cells (EEC) is obtained from a mammalian post-natal cell population, such as a population including post-natal stem cells, by treating the population with a plurality of small molecules that upregulate ChgA and promote differentiation of the cells to form the enteroendocrine cells. The upregulation of ChgA is such that the fraction of cells expressing CGA in the obtained cell population, as measured by a ChgA Immunostaining Assay, is at least about 1.5%. Small molecules that can be used to differentiate the post-natal cells into the enteroendocrine cells can include at least one of a Wnt activator, a Notch inhibitor, a Wnt inhibitor, a MEK/ERK inhibitor, a growth factor, a HDAC inhibitor, a Histone Methylation Inhibitor, a Tgf-β inhibitor, and a NeuroD1 activator. Also, the insulin expression of a population of mammalian cells is increased by treating the population with a plurality of small molecules that increase the insulin expression. |
| US11021684B2 |
High-quality seawater Spirulina strain obtained by space-breeding and use thereof
A space-bred seawater Spirulina H11 strain. The strain exhibits high growth rate, capacity of simultaneously accumulating high contents of phycocyanin, Spirulina polysaccharides and β-carotene, and excellent adaptability to outdoor environment, thus can be used to produce high-quality Spirulina powders, phycocyanin, Spirulina polysaccharides, and β-carotene-rich Spirulina oil. |
| US11021683B2 |
Tangential flow depth filtration systems and methods of filtration using same
The present disclosure relates to hollow fiber tangential flow filters, including hollow fiber tangential flow depth filters, for various applications, including bioprocessing and pharmaceutical applications, systems employing such filters, and methods of filtration using the same. |
| US11021679B2 |
Packaged composition
Perfume-containing particles are provided for delighting the consumers with an enhanced olfactory experience during and after the laundering process. Each of such particles contains perfume, polyethylene glycol, and water-soluble or water-dispersible filler particles, while the water-soluble or water-dispersible filler particles are characterized by a particle size of from 5 microns to 150 microns. |
| US11021677B2 |
Multiple wick candle assemblies and methods of making the same
Multiple candle wicks include a wick construction having at least one pair of substantially parallel elongate candle wicks which are laterally separated from one another, and a ladder filament connecting the pair of candle wicks. The ladder filament extends back and forth between the candle wicks (e.g., at substantially 90° relative to the elongate axes of the wicks) and is of sufficient flexural stiffness so as to resiliently bias the pair of candle wicks from a compacted position and into a spread position following release of an applied bending force. A multiple candle wick assembly includes such a wick construction whereby the crossing portions of the ladder filament are bent around an exterior circumferential portion of an elongate core element so as to assume a general U-shape around the exterior circumferential portion thereof and to place the candle wicks into the compacted position thereof. An applied wax coating will retain the wicks in such compacted position until lit whereby the coating melts and the wicks are resiliently biased into the spread position thereof. |
| US11021676B2 |
Coating compositions for oriented strand boards and associated methods of use
Wax compositions are provided with improved properties for various applications, such as coating of composite cellulosic materials, e.g., composite wood material, more specifically oriented strand board. As described herein, wax compositions include a kinematic viscosity measured at 100° C. of ≤13.1 mm2/s; and a contact angle on glass of ≤34.4°, which provide enhanced water proofing properties. The wax composition may have a flash point of greater than 450° F. Wax composition are provided with improved properties for candle jars. As described herein, candle jar wax compositions include 150N foots oil and 600N slack wax. The wax composition can include up to about 80% 150N foots oil. |
| US11021669B2 |
Use of biodegradable hydrocarbon fluids in electric vehicles
The invention is the use, in an electric vehicle, of a fluid having a boiling point in the range of from 200° C. to 400° C. and a boiling range below 80° C., said fluid comprising more than 95% by weight isoparaffins and less than 3% by weight of naphthens, a biocarbon content of at least 95% by weight, containing less than 100 ppm by weight aromatics. |
| US11021668B2 |
Fuel source shaving device and method(s) of use
A fuel source shaving device and method(s) of use is described. Embodiments of the fuel source shaving device can include, but is not limited to, a housing, a blade, and a bore passing through the housing. The fuel source shaving device can be implemented to create ribbons and/or shavings of material from a fuel source to aid in starting a fire. |
| US11021667B2 |
Integrated process and unit operation for conditioning a soot-containing syngas
The present invention relates to a method for conditioning a soot-containing syngas stream in a single integrated apparatus containing a scrubbing vessel wherein particulate matter is decoupled from the waste water stream. |
| US11021666B2 |
Methods of providing higher quality liquid kerosene based-propulsion fuels
By blending a quantity of synthetic cyclo-paraffinic kerosene fuel blending component comprising at least 99.5 mass % of carbon and hydrogen content and at least 50 mass % of cyclo-paraffin into kerosene base fuel, kerosene based-propulsion fuels can be upgraded to higher quality kerosene based-propulsion fuels such as jet fuel or rocket fuel to meet certain specification and/or increase volumetric energy content of the propulsion fuel. |
| US11021662B2 |
Multi-stage process and device utilizing structured catalyst beds and reactive distillation for the production of a low sulfur heavy marine fuel oil
A multi-stage process for the production of an ISO8217 compliant Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil from ISO 8217 compliant Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil involving a core process under reactive conditions in a Reaction System composed of one or more reaction vessels, wherein one or more of the reaction vessels contains one or more catalysts in the form of a structured catalyst bed and is operated under reactive distillation conditions. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil has a sulfur level has a maximum sulfur content (ISO 14596 or ISO 8754) between the range of 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass. A process plant for conducting the process for conducting the process is disclosed. |
| US11021657B2 |
Process and apparatus for a convection charge heater having a recycle gas distributor
Processes and apparatuses for relocating a reforming process heater service into the convection section rely on combining a flue gas recycle quench stream with the radiant section off gases entering the convection section. The uniformity of mixing influences the effectiveness of that quench stream. The more effective the quench stream is, the lower the equipment size required to manage the recycle design. |
| US11021642B2 |
Formulation and method for dissolution of metal sulfides, inihibition of acid gas corrosion, and inhibition of scale formation
The present disclosure provides a formulation and methods for simultaneously dissolving metal sulfide scales, inhibiting acid gas corrosion, and inhibiting the formation of calcite and barite in a system having low or high shear stress conditions due to fluid movement, in which the formulation contains a THP+ salt, one or more corrosion inhibitors, one or more scale inhibitors, and one or more acid corrosion inhibitors. The formulation may be applied to the system in diluted or undiluted form, and continuously or in batch style. |
| US11021636B2 |
Adhesive composition for absorbent articles
Described herein is an adhesive composition including (a) from about 70 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of one or more copolymers, and (b) from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of one or more heterophase copolymers. The one or more copolymers include (i) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of monomer units selected from the group consisting of ethylene, 1-butene, and mixtures thereof; and (ii) from about 30 mole % to about 70 mole % of propene monomer units. The adhesive composition is free of polyisobutylene. The adhesive composition has a viscosity of from about 2,000 mPa·s to about 11,500 mPa·s at 150° C. The one or more heterophase copolymers includes a first heterophase copolymer and a second heterophase copolymer. |
| US11021635B2 |
Cable winding tape, in particular for an engine compartment of an automotive vehicle
A cable wrapping tape, in particular for the engine compartment of an automobile, has a strip-like carrier consisting of fabric, said carrier is provided at least on one side with a self-adhering adhesive layer which consists of a pressure-sensitive adhesive, wherein the fabric of the carrier consists of a yarn which is formed from a polyamide material and which has a yarn strength of at least 280 dtex. The yarn is formed from 24 to 80 filaments, and the cable wrapping tape meets abrasion class E according to LV 312 both on a mandrel having a 5 mm diameter and on a mandrel having a 10 mm diameter. For increasing the abrasion resistance, it is proposed that the filaments are twisted with one another about a central longitudinal axis (X-X) of the yarn. |
| US11021634B2 |
Adhesive film, preparation method of semiconductor device, and semiconductor device
The present invention relates to an adhesive film having a thixotropic index at 110° C. of 1.5 to 7.5, which is used for fixing a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device, a ratio of an area of said first semiconductor device to an area of said second semiconductor device being 0.65 or less, a method for preparing a semiconductor device using the adhesive film, and a semiconductor device. |
| US11021632B2 |
Plasticized UV/EB cured coatings
A plasticized ultraviolet electron beam (UV/EB) canonically cured coating, such as a release layer or print from UV/EB cured inks, comprises polymers with a reactive plasticizer incorporated therein. The cured coating contains the plasticizing additives permanently attached to the polymer matrix, locking them in place, and permanently flexibilizing the cured coating. The cured coating finds use on varied substrates including printable substrates used in conventional printers and those with release layers for adhesive labels. Coating formulations which form these canonically cured coatings comprise canonically polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, a reactive plasticizer which is food grade, cosmetic grade, medical grade or biologically benign when incorporated in the polymer backbone, and a catalyst. |
| US11021629B2 |
Rapid set aqueous coating
Two-part aqueous coating compositions as well as methods of using thereof are described. The first coating component can comprise one or more polymers and the second coating component can comprise a flocculant. The first coating component and the second coating component can be provided as separate aqueous compositions. The first coating component and a second coating component that can be co-applied (e.g., simultaneously or sequentially) to a surface form a rapid set coating. |
| US11021627B2 |
Inkjet compositions and processes for stretchable substrates
Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate. |
| US11021615B2 |
Removable smart sequestration coatings for hazardous metals
Materials are disclosed for the safe sequestration and removal of hazardous contaminants from a surface. The materials can be sprayed, rolled, painted, brushed or dip coated onto any surface and allowed to dry and/or cure at room temperature or drying/curing can be accelerated by the application of heat to form a coating that entraps the contaminant therein. The coating and the entrapped contaminant can then peeled from the surface and safely disposed of to minimize hazardous waste. The coating includes a colorimetric additive that is specific to the contaminant, the coating and the contaminant producing a visual indication of contamination. |
| US11021613B2 |
Aqueous polyester dispersions, articles having a coating formed from such aqueous dispersions, and methods of coating
An aqueous dispersion comprising: water; a hydrophobic aromatic polyester having a number average molecular weight of greater than 7,000 Daltons; and a water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant; wherein the hydrophobic aromatic polyester and the water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant form a stable aqueous dispersion; and wherein the hydrophobic aromatic polyester is present in the aqueous dispersion in an amount of less than 50 wt-%, based on the total weight of the hydrophobic aromatic polyester and the water-dispersible aromatic polyester dispersant. |
| US11021612B2 |
Base coats and methods of using and producing the same
Base coats, methods of using base coats, and methods of producing base coats are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of producing a base coat includes forming a CPO intermediate and a color intermediate. The CPO intermediate includes a chlorinated polyolefin at from about 5 to about 20 weight percent, based on a total weight of the CPO intermediate, as well as a CPO solvent. The color intermediate includes a color imparting additive and a color solvent that is different than the CPO solvent. The CPO intermediate and the color intermediate are combined to form the base coat, where the base coat includes from about 1 to about 3 weight percent chlorinated polyolefin and from about 5 to about 30 weight percent solids, based on a total weight of the base coat. |
| US11021611B2 |
Sprayable composition
A composition comprises an alpha, omega-telechelic silyl-terminated polymer and a plasticizer wherein (i) the Fedors Solubility Parameter difference between the polymer and the plasticizer is no greater than 0.8, (ii) the polymer plus plasticizer comprises from 30 to 80 weight percent of the composition, and (iii) the polymer comprises from 10 to 70 weight percent of the combined weight of polymer and plasticizer. |
| US11021609B2 |
Active polymer modification of bitumen for use in roofing materials
A modified bitumen consisting of a polyurethane wherein the polyisocyanate or polyisocyanate-dominated polyurethane prepolymer (or prepolymers) is first reacted with the bitumen to take advantage of the bitumen's hydroxyl and amine functionality and form an isocyanate-bitumen adduct to form a weatherproofing product. |
| US11021605B2 |
Vibration components for motor vehicles
Motor vehicle components are subjected to continuous vibration during operation of the motor vehicle, and hydrolysis resistant (HR) glass fibres are included in polyamide compositions to improve the operational stability of the components. |
| US11021604B2 |
Polycarbonate resin composition and molded object of same
Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including: a polycarbonate resin (A) containing a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) having a specific structure; a copolymer (B) having constituent units derived from acrylonitrile and styrene, and being free of a constituent unit derived from methyl methacrylate; and a copolymer (C) having constituent units derived from butadiene and methyl methacrylate, in which: a content of the polyorganosiloxane block moiety in the entire resin composition is from 0.1 mass % to 10 mass %; a total of a content of the constituent unit derived from the acrylonitrile in the entire resin composition and a content of the constituent unit derived from the styrene in the entire resin composition is from 8 mass % to 45 mass %; a content of the constituent unit derived from the butadiene in the entire resin composition is from 3 mass % to 10 mass %; and the (A) has a viscosity-average molecular weight (Mv) of from 20,000 to 25,000. |
| US11021602B2 |
ABS molding composition having improved crack and chemical resistance and its use
Thermoplastic molding composition scan be advantageously used in hydrofluoro olefin containing areas, comprising components A, B, C and, D: 10 to 35 wt.-% ABS graft rubber A obtained by emulsion polymerization, 50 to 75 wt.-% SAN copolymer B, 4 to 20 wt.-% copolymer C from ethylene and C1-C6-alkyl(meth)acrylate, and 4 to 20 wt.-% ABS graft rubber copolymer D obtained by mass polymerization. |
| US11021600B2 |
Burn-out dental modelling material
Modelling material which contains (a) at least one radically polymerizable monomer, (b) at least one initiator for the radical polymerization and (c) at least one inert component. The inert component (c) is selected from phthalates, polyethylene glycols (PEG), polypropylene glycols (PPG), PEG-PPG copolymers, glycerol derivatives, ethoxylated or propoxylated glycerol, ethylenediamine tetrakispropoxylates and ethylenediamine tetrakisethoxylates. The material is suitable in particular for the production of models of dental restorations for investment casting processes. |
| US11021599B1 |
Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition, film, and multi-layer structure comprising the same, as well as methods thereof
Ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition pellet(s), films, and multi-layer structure formed therefrom, as well as methods for preparing such ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition pellets are provided herein. The ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition typically comprises at least two melting point temperatures, and a boron compound, wherein the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition has a boron content of about 25 to about 300 ppm and has an iodine dyed region of about 0.1 mm2 or less after dripping 0.01 mL of iodine solution on the surface of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition, dipping the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition into water for 5 seconds, and drying at a temperature of 120° C. for 2 hours. |
| US11021597B2 |
Biaxially oriented films made of propylene polymer compositions
The present invention is biaxially oriented film comprising a layer comprising a propylene polymer composition comprising a high isotactic homopolymer of propylene and a polymeric α-nucleating agent. The composition may also comprise other propylene polymers. |
| US11021596B2 |
Hydrogenated nitrile-diene-carboxylic ester copolymers
The present invention relates to hydrogenated nitrile-diene-carboxylic ester copolymers, to the production thereof, to vulcanizable mixtures containing hydrogenated nitrile-diene-carboxylic ester copolymers and the production thereof, and also to vulcanizates based on hydrogenated nitrile-diene-carboxylic ester copolymers and to the use thereof in belts. |
| US11021589B2 |
Polyester textile waste recycling
A method for recycling polyester from a polyester textile comprises the steps of: providing said polyester textile soaked in a mixture comprising a solvent and a catalyst, providing and maintaining a temperature of said mixture comprising said polyester textile within a range of 80-240° C. during depolymerization of polyester in said polyester textile and wherein, in said step of providing said polyester textile soaked in said mixture, said catalyst of said mixture comprises calcium oxide. A catalyst may be used for depolymerization of polyester in a polyester textile, wherein the catalyst comprises calcium oxide. |
| US11021587B2 |
Polymer foam articles and methods of making polymer foams
Molded polymer foam articles are described as having a novel a foam structure. The polymer foam articles include a continuous polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles therein which is present throughout the entirety of the article, including in the surface region extending 500 microns beneath the surface of the article. The surface region is further characterized as having compressed pneumatoceles. The novel foam structure is achieved even when molding polymer foam articles comprising a thickness of more than 2 cm, a volume of more than 1000 cm3; or both a volume of more than 1000 cm3 and a thickness of more than 2 cm. Methods of making the molded polymer foam articles are also described. |
| US11021586B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing channel-coupled scaffold
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a channel-coupled scaffold. The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a channel-coupled scaffold, which includes: (1) a step of compressing a first elastic substrate which includes a groove on the surface of the substrate to close the groove; (2) a step of loading a scaffold composition onto the closed groove; and (3) a step of restoring the elastic substrate. The present disclosure also provides an apparatus for manufacturing a channel-coupled scaffold, which includes: a first elastic substrate which includes a groove on the surface of the substrate and onto which a scaffold composition is loaded: and a compression module which compresses the width of the groove of the elastic substrate to close it. The apparatus or method may accumulate a microchannel controlling local mass transfer, and align a collagen fiber in the scaffold at the same time. |
| US11021584B2 |
Microporous sheet product and methods for making and using the same
Microporous sheet product and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the microporous sheet product is made by a process that includes melt-extruding a sheet material using an extrusion mixture that includes a thermoplastic polymer, a superabsorbent polymer, and a compatibilizing agent. After extrusion, the compatibilizing agent may be removed from the sheet material. When the sheet product is imbibed with a polar or ion-containing liquid, the superabsorbent polymer swells, causing a reduction in the pore size of the sheet product. The exposure also causes some of the superabsorbent polymer to migrate to the exterior of the microporous sheet product. The microporous sheet product may be used, for example, as a battery separator, as a food packaging material, as a diffusion barrier in the ultrafiltration of colloidal matter, and in disposable garments. |
| US11021583B2 |
Random mat and fiber-reinforced composite material
There is provided a random mat including carbon fibers and a matrix resin, wherein the carbon fibers in the random mat have an average fiber length in a range of 3 mm to 100 mm, a fiber areal weight of the carbon fibers is 25 to 10,000 g/m2, the carbon fibers include a specific carbon fiber bundles having a specific opening degree in a specific amount per the total carbon fibers, and the specific carbon fiber bundles with a thickness of 100 μm or more are included in a ratio of less than 3% of the number of the total specific carbon fiber bundles. |
| US11021577B2 |
Phosphorylated lignocellulosic fibers, uses and processes of preparation thereof
The present disclosure relates to lignocellulosic materials comprising phosphorylated lignocellulosic fibers having an ionic charge in water of about 4000 to about 7000 mmoles/kg, and processes for the preparation thereof. The process comprises reacting lignocellulosic fibers of a lignocellulosic material with a phosphate ester in the presence of urea. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising a phosphate ester and at least one of a defoamer and a viscosity reducer or at least one of a C1-C12 alcohol and an ester of a carboxylic acid. |
| US11021576B2 |
Polymeric stabilizing formulations
The present invention provides compositions of a therapeutic agent and a polymeric stabilizing agent for stabilizing the reservoir of an implantable drug delivery system. The present invention also includes an implantable drug delivery system incorporating the composition of the present invention, as well as methods of treating diabetes using the compositions and implantable drug delivery system of the present invention. |
| US11021574B2 |
Dual cure monomers
Provided are dual cure monomer are of the formula: (I) wherein R* is a (hetero)hydrocarbyl group; X1 is —O—, —S—, —NR3—, —NR3—CO—NR3, —CO—NR3— or NR3—CO—, where R3 is H, C1-C4 alkyl or R1-Epoxy; R1 is a divalent (hetero)hydrocarbyl group; X2 is —O—, —S—, —NR4—, —NR4—CO—NR4—, —CO—NR4—, —NR4—CO— where R4 is H, C1-C4 alkyl or R2—CH═CH2; R2 is a divalent (hetero)hydrocarbyl group; subscripts a and b are at least one, subscripts c and d are at least one, with the proviso that the monomer has at least two epoxy groups and at least two ene groups. |
| US11021570B2 |
Process for the production of thermoplastic polyester
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a thermoplastic polyester using a reaction mixture comprising a dicarboxylic acid having a melting temperature of ≥200° C. wherein the dicarboxylic acid is introduced to the process in the form of particles having an average particle diameter of ≥100 μm. Such process results in a reduction of the polymerisation time. Furthermore, it allows for the production of thermoplastic polyesters having a desired balance of intrinsic viscosity and carboxylic end group content at a reduced polymerisation time. |
| US11021569B2 |
Polyester and compositions containing it
This invention relates to a biodegradable polyester which is particularly suitable for use in the manufacture of mass-produced articles characterised by excellent mechanical properties, in particular high tensile strength, elongation and tensile modulus, associated with a high barrier property against oxygen and carbon dioxide. |
| US11021568B2 |
Polymer compound and light emitting device using the same
A polymer compound which is useful for producing a light emitting device having excellent luminance life is described. The polymer compound contains a constitutional unit having a residue of a compound represented by the formula (1) and a constitutional unit having no residue of a compound represented by the formula (1): In formula (1), Ring A, Ring B and Ring C represent an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, X represents a boron atom, Y1, Y2 and Y3 represent N-Ry, a sulfur atom or a selenium atom, Ry represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group or an alkyl group, and n3 is 0 or 1. When n3 is 0, —Y3— is absent. |
| US11021563B2 |
Method for producing resin for optical component, resin for optical component, spectacle lens, and spectacles
An embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical component resin having excellent dyeability, an optical component resin, a spectacle lens, and spectacles. A method for producing an optical component resin, including a step of polymerizing a polymerizable composition containing a polyisocyanate component and a polythiol component containing 40 mol % or more of a polythiol compound having two or more sulfide bonds in a molecular structure thereof, in which the content of a hydrolyzable chlorine compound contained in the polyisocyanate component is in a range of 10 ppm by mass or more and 100 ppm by mass or less in the polyisocyanate component, an optical component resin obtained by the producing method, an optical component formed of the optical component resin, a spectacle lens including a lens substrate formed of the optical component resin, and spectacles including the spectacle lens. |
| US11021562B2 |
Polyisocyanate composition, blocked polyisocyanate composition, hydrophilic polyisocyanate composition, coating material composition, and coating film
The present invention provides a polyisocyanate composition and the like that contain a polyisocyanate compound represented by general formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) (wherein the pluralities of R11, R21, R31 and R41 each independently represent an organic group, at least one of the pluralities of R11, R21, R31 and R41 is a group represented by general formula (V) (wherein each of the plurality of Y1 independently represents a single bond or the like, R51 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and the wavy line indicates a bonding site) or the like, and in general formula (III), R32 represents a residue in which one hydroxyl group has been removed from a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol). |
| US11021560B2 |
Catalyst for the preparation of polyurethanes
Novel thermolatent bases and their use as catalysts for the preparation of polyurethanes or epoxy resins are disclosed herein. A process for the preparation of polyurethanes or epoxy resins in the presence of the catalyst is also disclosed. |
| US11021558B2 |
Polymer compositions containing grafted polymeric networks and processes for their preparation and use
Provided are polymer compositions made by a process comprising: (a) providing a first reactive composition containing: (i) a polymerization initiator that is capable, upon a first activation, of forming two or more free radical groups, at least one of which is further activatable by subsequent activation; (ii) one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds; and (iii) a crosslinker; (b) subjecting the first reactive composition to a first activation step such that the first reactive composition polymerizes therein to form a crosslinked substrate network containing a covalently bound activatable free radical initiator, (c) combining the crosslinked substrate network with a second reactive composition containing one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds; and (d) activating the covalently bound activatable free radical initiator of the crosslinked substrate network such that the second reactive composition polymerizes therein with the crosslinked substrate network to form a grafted polymeric network and a byproduct polymer. Also provided are precursors to the polymer compositions, processes for preparation of the polymer compositions, and methods of using the polymer compositions, for instance in medical devices. |
| US11021555B2 |
Catalyst for the polymerization of olefins
A catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins, comprising Ti, Mg, halogen, an electron donor (ID) selected from the group consisting of aliphatic cyclic ethers and alkyl esters of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids and a compound of a metal selected from the group consisting of Zn and Cu, wherein the catalyst component is devoid of Zn—C or Cu—C bonds and the Mg/Ti molar ratio ranges from 4.0 to 50.0. |
| US11021554B2 |
Transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization
In one aspect, a chelating phosphine-phosphonic diamide (PPDA) ligand is described herein for constructing transition metal complexes operable for catalysis of olefin polymerization, including copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomer. |
| US11021553B2 |
Metallocene dimer selective catalysts and processes to produce poly alpha-olefin dimers
The present disclosure generally relates to processes to produce alpha-olefin oligomers and poly alpha-olefins. In an embodiment, the present disclosure provides a process to produce a poly alpha-olefin (PAO), the process including: introducing a C6-C32 alpha-olefin and a catalyst system comprising activator and a metallocene compound into a continuous stirred tank reactor or a continuous tubular reactor under reaction conditions, wherein the alpha-olefin is introduced to the reactor at a flow rate of about 100 g/hr or more; and obtaining a product comprising PAO dimer and optional higher oligomers of alpha-olefin, or a combination thereof, the PAO dimer comprising 96 mol % or more of vinylidene, based on total moles of vinylidene, disubstituted vinylene, and trisubstituted vinylene in the product. In at least one embodiment, a process includes functionalizing and/or hydrogenating a PAO product of the present disclosure. In at least one embodiment, a blend includes a PAO product of the present disclosure. |
| US11021551B2 |
Tri-n-octyl aluminum co-catalyst for higher density homopolymers for the solution process
Catalyst systems and solution olefin polymerization processes using a combination of titanium compounds (e.g. halides) with vanadium compounds (e.g. halides or oxyhalides) with tri-n-octyl aluminum (TNOAL) as a co-catalyst, which provides lower in situ oligomerization of olefins that are incorporated into the homopolymer. This feature provides a higher density homopolymer using TNOAL, which enhances polymer properties such as increased moisture barrier and stiffness. Multi-reactor systems and solution olefin polymerization processes comprising this catalyst system. |
| US11021548B2 |
Compound and modified conjugated diene-based polymer including functional group derived therefrom
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula 1, a method for preparing the same, and a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a high modification ratio and including a functional group derived from the compound. |
| US11021545B2 |
Multimodal cancer therapy comprising chimeric viral/nonviral nanoparticles and anticancer agents
The disclosure provides for a multimodal cancer therapy comprising chimeric viral/nonviral nanoparticles and anticancer agents and uses thereof to treat a subject with cancer or suspected of having a cancer. |
| US11021541B2 |
Method of inhibiting the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor by administering a GHR-106 monoclonal antibody
An antibody-based GnRH receptor antagonist and methods of making and using same are disclosed. The antibody-based GnRH receptor antagonist is a GHR-106 monoclonal antibody (GHR-106) or an antigen-binding fragment thereof. GHR-106 or its IgG fragments can be utilized for therapeutic applications in the treatment of cancer and a range of sex hormone-related disorders or conditions in male or female subjects for which decapeptide GnRH antagonists are currently used. |
| US11021538B2 |
Bispecific coupled antibody, preparation method and application thereof
A bispecific coupled antibody, a preparation method and an application thereof are provided. Specifically, an anti-CTLA-4 humanized single-chain antibody fragment (scFv) is provided, which has the advantages of high affinity and strong specificity. Using the anti-CTLA-4 antibody to construct a recombinant bispecific conjugated antibody (fusing a humanized anti-Her-2 full antibody (Trastuzumab) with anti-CTLA-4 human single-chain antibody (scFv, single-chain antibody fragment)) is capable of significantly enhancing the body's immune response and maintaining or enhancing the activation state of T cells. |
| US11021535B2 |
Neutralizing antibodies to plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein and their use
Antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to P. falciparum circumsporozoite protein and neutralize P. falciparum are disclosed. Nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, vectors and host cells are also provided. The disclosed antibodies, antigen binding fragments, nucleic acids and vectors can be used, for example, to inhibit a P. falciparum infection. |
| US11021528B2 |
Soluble fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (SFGFR3) polypeptides and uses thereof
The invention features soluble fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (sFGFR3) polypeptides. The invention also features methods of using sFGFR3 polypeptides to treat skeletal growth retardation disorders, such as achondroplasia. |
| US11021526B2 |
DSG2-derived peptides
The invention provides Dsg2-derived peptides for inhibiting EMT and/or vasculogenic mimicry and treating and/or preventing angiogenesis-related diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide of the invention and methods of using the peptide of the invention in inhibiting EMT and/or vasculogenic mimicry, and treating and/or preventing angiogenesis-related diseases. |
| US11021523B2 |
Cyanobacteriochromes active in the far-red to near-infrared
The present invention provides a protein fusion construct comprising a far-red cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) domain linked to a heterologous domain, wherein the far-red CBCR domain comprises a CBCR polypeptide and a tetrapyrrole chromophore. The invention also provides nucleic acids, expression cassettes, vectors, and host cells for expression of the far-red CBCR protein fusion constructs. Methods for detecting cellular components, methods for imaging biological structures, and method for modulating cellular processes using the protein fusion constructs are also provided. |
| US11021520B2 |
Human respiratory syncytial virus consensus antigens, nucleic acid constructs and vaccines made therefrom, and methods of using the same
Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising one or more nucleic acid sequences that encode an RSV immunogen are disclosed. Nucleic acids are disclosed that comprise the sequences that encodes consensus RSV F protein or immuno-genic fragment thereof, sequences that encodes an RSV G(A) protein or immunogenic fragment thereof and sequences that encodes an RSV G(B) protein or immunogenic fragment thereof. Compositions comprising one, combinations of two or all three sequences are disclosed. The coding sequences optionally include operable linked coding sequence that encode a signal peptide. Nucleic acid molecules and compositions comprising the chemokine CC20 and/or a consensus RSV M2-1 protein or immunogenic fragment thereof are also disclosed. Immunomodulatory methods and methods of inducing an immune response against RSV are disclosed. Methods of preventing RSV infection and methods of treating individuals infected with RSV are disclosed. |
| US11021519B2 |
Compositions and methods for intravitreal delivery of polynucleotides to retinal cones
Methods and compositions are provided for intravitreally delivering a polynucleotide to cone photoreceptors. Aspects of the methods include injecting a recombinant adeno-associated virus comprising a polynucleotide of interest into the vitreous of the eye. These methods and compositions find particular use in treating ocular disorders associated with cone dysfunction and/or death. |
| US11021517B2 |
Optimized peptides for targeting human nerves and their use in image guided surgery, diagnostics and therapeutic delivery
The present invention provides methods for guiding preservation of human neurons or human nerves during surgery by administering a fluorescently-labeled peptide that specifically binds to the human neurons or human nerves. The invention further provides human neuron or nerve targeting molecules comprising fluorescently-labeled peptides that specifically bind to human neurons or human nerves and compositions thereof. |
| US11021511B2 |
Cyclic dinucleotides as sting agonists
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating of diseases, syndromes, or disorders that are affected by the modulation of STING. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1A, R1B, R1C, R1D, B1, R2A, R2B, R2C, R2D, and R2E are defined herein and Formula (II) wherein R1H, R1K, R1J, and R2L are defined herein. |
| US11021509B2 |
Substituted nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof
Disclosed herein are nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more of nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, and methods of synthesizing the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating and/or treating a disease and/or a condition, including an infection from a paramyxovirus and/or an orthomyxovirus, with a nucleoside, a nucleotide and an analog thereof. |
| US11021507B2 |
Myricetin derivative and preparing method thereof, and application of same for treating colitis, preventing and treating colitis tumorigenesis, and treating colorectal cancer
The present invention provides a myricetin derivative, a preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, an application thereof for treating colitis, preventing and treating colitis-associated tumorigenesis and treating colorectal cancer, and an application thereof in preparing a composition for modulating activities of endoplasmic reticulum stress signaling molecules. The myricetin derivative disclosed herein has excellent water solubility, and has biological activities including inhibition of colitis, prevention and treatment of colitis-associated tumorigenesis, and treatment of colorectal cancer. The preparation method disclosed herein uses myricetrin as starting material which is economical and easily available. With the merits of low cost, high yield, high product purity and suitability for large-scale industrial production, the preparation method disclosed herein represents significant market value and economic prospects. |
| US11021506B2 |
Thiosaccharide mucolytic agents
There are provided, inter alia, methods for decreasing mucus elasticity or decreasing mucus viscosity in a subject in need thereof, the methods including administering to the subject an effective amount of a thiosaccharide mucolytic agent, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the methods. |
| US11021502B2 |
Transcriptome in vivo analysis (TIVA) and transcriptome in situ analysis (TISA)
Compositions and methods of capturing one or more nucleic acid molecules of a cell or subcellular compartment are described. In certain aspects, the compositions comprise a caged molecule comprising one or more photolinkers and an antisense oligonucleotide, which when uncaged hybridizes to a target nucleic acid molecule. |
| US11021500B2 |
Process for preparing optically active 2,3-bisphosphino-substituted quinoxalines
There is provided a method for producing a 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative, the method comprising a first step of adding a base to a liquid comprising: 2,3-dihalogenopyrazine represented by the following general formula (1); a hydrogen-phosphine borane compound represented by the following general formula (2); and a deboranating agent, and allowing the resultant to react to thereby obtain the 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative represented by the following general formula (3). According to the present invention, a method for producing the industrially advantageous 2,3-bisphosphinopyrazine derivative can be provided. |
| US11021498B2 |
Water-soluble acetaminophen analogs
The present invention provides water-soluble acetaminophen prodrugs and formulations which may be suitable for parenteral administration. Methods of treating a disease or condition responsive to acetaminophen (such as fever and/or pain) using the acetaminophen prodrugs, as well as kits, unit dosages, and combinations with additional pharmaceutical agent(s) are also provided. |
| US11021494B2 |
Chiral N-substituted allylic amine compounds
The method relates to the field of asymmetric allylic amination and comprises preparing a chiral N-substituted allylic amine compound from the corresponding allylic substrates and substituted hydroxylamines, in the presence of a catalyst, said catalyst comprising copper compounds and a chiral ligand. Examples of chiral amine compounds which can be made using the method include Vigabatrin, Ezetimibe Terbinafine, Naftifine 3-methylmorphine, Sertraline, Cinacalcet, Mefloquine hydrochloride, and Rivastigmine. There are over 20,000 known bioactive molecules with chiral N-substituted allylic amine substructure. The method may also be used to produce non-natural chiral 13-aminoacid esters, a sub-class of chiral N-substituted allylic amine compounds. Examples of 13-aminoacid ester which can be produced by the disclosed method, include, but are not limited to, N-(2-methylpent-1-en-3-yl)benzenamine and Ethyl 2-methylene-3-(phenylamino)butanoate. Further, the products of the method described herein can be used to produce chiral heterocycles and bioactive molecules or materials. A novel chiral copper-BINAM nitrosoarene complex is also set forth. |
| US11021493B2 |
1,4-thiazine dioxide and 1,2,4-thiadiazine dioxide derivatives as beta-secretase inhibitors and methods of use
The present disclosure provides a class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A, X, R2, R2′, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 of Formula I are defined herein. This disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to Aβ plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, and other central nervous system conditions. |
| US11021481B2 |
Substituted isoindolin-1-ones and 2,3-dihydro-1h-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridin-1-ones as HPK1 antagonists
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of HPK1, and the treatment of HPK1-mediated disorders. |
| US11021475B2 |
Amide-substituted heterocyclic compounds useful as modulators of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFN alpha responses
Compounds having the following formula I: or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein, are useful in the modulation of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFNα, by acting on Tyk-2 to cause signal transduction inhibition. |
| US11021472B2 |
Use of compounds comprising two or more hydrophobic domains and a hydrophilic domain comprising PEG moieties for stabilization of a cell
The present invention relates to the use compounds comprising two or more hydrophobic domains and a hydrophilic domain comprising a polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety for stabilization of a cell, and methods related thereto. |
| US11021470B2 |
2-substituted quinazoline compounds comprising a substituted heterocyclic group and methods of use thereof
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R2c, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R6, A, G1, G2, L1, L2, m1, m2, n, X and E are as defined herein, and wherein at least one of R3a, R3b, R4a or R4b is not H. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided. |
| US11021463B2 |
Therapeutic inhibitory compounds
Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for inhibiting plasma kallikrein. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of diseases wherein the inhibition of plasma kallikrein inhibition has been implicated, such as angioedema and the like. |
| US11021457B2 |
Class of isoindolone-imide ring-1,3-dione-2-ene compounds, composition and use thereof
The present invention provides an isoindolone-imide ring-1,3-dione-2-ene compound, and a preparation method, a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound of Formula (I) below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar is an isoindolinone-imide group represented by Formula (II), L is absent or is a divalent, trivalent or tetravalent linking group, and X is a group represented by Formula (III). Definitions of the other groups are as described in the specification. The compound of Formula (I) is an autophagy modulators, particularly a mammalian ATG8 homolog modulator. |
| US11021454B2 |
Type of aryl benzofuran amidated derivative and medical use thereof
The present invention relates to a type of aryl benzofuran amidated derivatives, the medical use thereof, and the preparation method; said derivatives have antioxidation activity, and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activity, and can be used for antioxidation and for preparing compositions, drugs and health products and treating gout and hyperuricemia. |
| US11021453B2 |
Carbamate compounds and methods of making and using same
This disclosure provides compounds and compositions which may be modulators of MAGL and/or ABHD6 and their use as medicinal agents, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions that include disclosed compounds as at least one active agent. The disclosure also provides for a method of treating a patient in need thereof, where the patient is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder comprising administering a disclosed compound or composition. |
| US11021452B2 |
Preparation of substituted 3-aryl-5-trifluoromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of substituted 3-aryl-5-trifluoromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles (compounds I), which can be obtained through reaction of hydroxyamidine compounds of formula II with trifluoroacetyl halides IIa. |
| US11021448B2 |
1,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodiazepine-2-thiones for the treatment of CNS related diseases
The present invention provides compounds that are muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAM) and useful in the treatment of diseases, mediated by the muscarinic M1 receptor, such as Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, pain or sleep disorders, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. |
| US11021446B2 |
Compositions and methods for modulating farnesoid X receptors
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I, a stereoisomer, enantiomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or an amino acid conjugate thereof; wherein variables are as defined herein; and their pharmaceutical compositions, which are useful as modulators of the activity of Farnesoid X receptors (FXR). |
| US11021445B2 |
Carboxylic acid derivative as AT2R receptor antagonist
The present invention relates to a compound shown in formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and an application of the same in preparing a drug for treating a disease related to angiotensin II receptor type 2 (AT2R).(II) |
| US11021444B2 |
Antiviral compounds
Disclosed herein are new antiviral compounds, together with pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more antiviral compounds, and methods of synthesizing the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating and/or treating a paramyxovirus viral infection with one or more small molecule compounds. Examples of paramyxovirus infection include an infection caused by human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). |
| US11021441B2 |
High solubility thioether quinones
Substituted hydroquinones and quinones and methods of synthesizing such compounds are disclosed herein. The substituted hydroquinones have the formula: while the substituted quinones have the corresponding oxidized structure (1,4-benzoquinones). One, two, three, or all four of R1, R2, R3 and R4 comprise a thioether moiety and a sulfonate moiety, and wherein each R1, R2, R3 and R4 that does not comprise a thioether and a sulfonate moiety sulfonate moiety is independently a hydrogen, an alkyl or an electron withdrawing group. The substituted hydroquinones and quinones are soluble in water, stable in aqueous acid solutions, and have a high reduction potential in the oxidized form. Accordingly, they can be used as redox mediators in emerging technologies, such as in mediated fuel cells or organic-mediator flow batteries. |
| US11021439B2 |
Food or beverage containers coated with polymers of di(amido(alkyl)phenol) compounds
Di(amido(alkyl)phenol) compounds and upgraded molecular weight polymers made from such compounds have particular utility in coating compositions, especially for use on food and beverage contact substrates that are formed into or will be formed into containers or container components. |
| US11021437B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation for sublingual or buccal delivery of epinephrine or a pro-drug thereof
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of anaphylaxis formulated for rapid delivery, in one embodiment, the delivery vehicle is a rapidly dissolving film. The films contain an epinephrine or a novel epinephrine pro-drag for fee rapid treatment of anaphylaxis in a patient. This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions made by modifying the physicochemical properties of epinephrine in order to enhance its permeability through biological membranes (sublingual and buccal membranes). Several prodrugs of epinephrine are shown by modifying the two hydroxyl (phenolic) groups in positions 3 and 4 on the benzene ring, by chemically reacting the two groups with several acid moieties to form an ester bond with different alkyl chains. The addition of an alkyl group will enhance the lipophilicity of epinephrine (increase log P) and will consequently increase its permeability through the biological membranes (sublingual and buccal tissues in the oral cavity). |
| US11021436B2 |
Compound, liquid composition, thermal transfer recording sheet, toner, resist composition for color filter, and color filter
Provided is, for example, a compound excellent in light fastness and storage stability. The compound is characterized by having a structure represented by the following formula (1) or (2). |
| US11021425B2 |
Polybrominated diphenyl-based flame retardant compounds
A process of forming a flame retardant material is disclosed. The process includes forming a functionalized polybrominated diphenyl-based flame retardant compound having the following structural formula: In the structural formula, X corresponds to a functional group. The process also includes forming a flame retardant material by covalently bonding the functionalized polybrominated diphenyl-based flame retardant compound into a material using the functional group. |
| US11021423B2 |
Process for the preparation of 3,3,3-trifluoropropene
The present invention provides a process for preparing 3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1243zf), the process comprising: (a) fluorinating CCI3CH2CH2CI (250fb) to produce a reaction product comprising CF3CH2CH2CI (253fb) in the liquid phase in a first reactor, using HF as the fluorinating agent; and (b)(i) dehydrohalogenating 253fb to produce 1243zf in the vapour phase in the presence of a catalyst in a second reactor; or (b)(ii) dehydrohalogenating 253fb to produce 1243zf in a second reactor, wherein the reaction product comprising 253fb produced in step (a) has subjected to one or more purification steps before step (b). The present invention also provides an azeotropic or near-azeotropic composition comprising HF and 253fb. |
| US11021422B1 |
Integrated processes to produce gasoline blending components from light naphtha
A process for the treatment of a light naphtha feedstock that comprises normal paraffins and iso-paraffins may include separating the feedstock into a first iso-paraffin stream and a normal paraffin stream. The separating may be performed with 5A molecular sieves, a pressure of about 1-3 bars, and a temperature of 100-260° C. A product stream may be provided by subjecting the normal paraffin stream to at least one of steam cracking, isomerizing, and aromatizing. |
| US11021420B1 |
Oxygen transfer agent conditioning systems and methods
Improvements in the commercial viability of oxygen transfer agents (OTAs) and/or catalysts associated with the OCM and the ODH of hydrocarbons to olefins through enhancement of one or more of the selectivity, yield, rate and lifetime of the OTA and/or catalyst is described by one or more of (i) exposing the OTA or the catalyst to a sulfur-containing compound at a site or at a time that is different from where and when the saturated hydrocarbon is converted by the OTA or the catalyst to an unsaturated hydrocarbon; (ii) increasing the particle density of the OTA or the catalyst by treating the OTA or the catalyst with a reducing agent at a site different from where the saturated hydrocarbon is converted by the OTA or by the catalyst to an unsaturated hydrocarbon; and (iii) removing non-selective redox oxygen (NSRO) present on the OTA by subjecting the OTA to a gas that is substantially free of any molecular oxygen. |
| US11021418B2 |
Method of olefin oligomerization
The present invention relates to a method for olefin oligomerization, and can provide a method for olefin oligomerization. The method includes the steps of: introducing an oligomerization transition metal catalyst, olefin monomers, and a solvent into a reactor and performing an olefin oligomerization reaction to produce an oligomer; introducing a catalyst deactivator to a reaction product of the oligomerization reaction to deactivate the catalyst, with the catalyst deactivator including at least one functional group containing at least one selected from the group including oxygen, phosphor, nitrogen, and sulfur and having a number average molecular weight of 400 or more; separating the oligomer through distillation in a distiller; and separating the catalyst deactivator through the bottom end of the distiller. |
| US11021411B2 |
Potassium magnesium fertilizer
A method for producing a double sulfate of potassium and magnesium by dry mechanical attrition of potassium sulfate and magnesium sulfate hexahydrate, comprising obtaining potassium sulfate by sulfatation of potash to bisulfate of potassium and disproportionation of the bisulfate of potassium to potassium sulfate in a water-methanol solution, and obtaining magnesium sulfate hexahydrate by sonic-assisted partial sulfatation of calcined serpentinic silicate. |
| US11021409B2 |
Extruded fertilizer granules with urease and/or nitrification inhibitors
Fertilizers with urease inhibitors and/or nitrification inhibitors are described. The fertilizer can include an extruded granule containing urea, a polymeric binder, and a nitrification inhibitor and/or an urease inhibitor. |
| US11021408B2 |
Nanoparticle fertilizer
A nanoparticulate fertilizer is provided. The fertilizer may comprise water soluble nanoparticles having a contact area to total surface area ratio greater than 1:4. The nanoparticles may have an overall positive surface charge in water. The fertilizer may be suitable for application as a seed coat. Also provided is a method of applying a seed coat, and a method of fertilizing a plant. |
| US11021404B2 |
Ceramic-polymer composites obtained by cold sintering process using a reactive monomer approach
Described herein are cold-sintered ceramic polymer composites and processes for making them from ceramic precursor materials and monomers and/or oligomers. The cold sintering process and wide variety of monomers permit the incorporation of diverse polymeric materials into the ceramic. |
| US11021398B2 |
Inerting clay minerals and improving the effect of liquefiers in clay-containing mineral binder compositions
The use of an amine compound and/or of a salt of the amine compound to inert clay minerals with respect to dispersants in a mineral binder composition containing clay minerals and/or to improve or increase the effect of a dispersant in a mineral binder composition containing clay minerals, wherein the amine compound has a structure according to formula I: H2N—(CHR21)e—[NR22—(CHR23)f]s—[NR24—(CHR25)g]t—NH2 (I) and wherein: each s and t, independently of each other, has a value of 0-2; each e, f, and g, independently of each other, has a value of 2-10; each R21, R22, R23, R24, and R25, independently of each other, represents hydrogen or —CH3. |
| US11021393B2 |
Deep non-frangible stress profiles and methods of making
A non-frangible glass article strengthened by a dual or two-step ion exchange (IOX) process, where the first IOX step leads to a depth of compressive layer FSM_DOL>0.1·t or, in some embodiments, FSM_DOL>0.15·t, where t is the thickness of the glass, is provided. The glass article has a compressive stress CS1 after the first IOX step at the surface of from 100 MPa to 400 MPa or, in some embodiments, from 150 MPa to 300 MPa. The first IOX step is followed by a second IOX step, leading to a “spike” compressive stress CS2 after the second IOX step at the surface of greater than 500 MPa or, in some embodiments, 700 MPa. The width of the spike generated by the second IOX is between 1 μm and 30 μm, or between 8 μm and 15 μm, using the criteria where the magnitude (absolute value) of the slope of the spike is higher than 20 MPa/μm. |
| US11021390B2 |
Thermally tempered glass element and use thereof
A thermally tempered glass element is provided made of glass with two opposite faces that are under compressive stress of at least 40 MPa. The glass has a working point at which the glass has a viscosity of 104 dPa·s of at most 1350° C. The glass has a viscosity versus temperature profile and a coefficient of thermal expansion versus temperature profile of the glass are such that a variable (750° C.−T13)/(CTELiq−CTESol) has a value of at most 5*106 K2. The CTELiq is a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the glass above a glass transition temperature Tg, the CTESol is a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the glass in a temperature range from 20° C. to 300° C., and the T13 is a temperature at which the glass has a viscosity of 1013 dPa·s. |
| US11021388B2 |
Perforated quartz glass tube and method for manufacturing perforated quartz glass tube
A perforated quartz glass tube includes a jacket tube containing a quartz glass material, a plurality of cylindrical glass tubes which are inserted into a pore region of the jacket tube along an axial direction of the jacket tube, and contain a quartz glass material having a softening point higher than a softening point of the jacket tube, and a gap member which is inserted into a gap between the cylindrical glass tubes and a gap between the jacket tube and the cylindrical glass tube, and contains a quartz glass material having a softening point lower than a softening point of the cylindrical glass tube. |
| US11021387B2 |
Manufacturing method for laminated glass
A manufacturing method for a laminated glass in which a plurality of glass plates are laminated, includes a first main forming step of heating a first glass plate to a first softening point or higher to perform a main forming; a second main forming step of heating a second glass plate to a second softening point or higher to perform the main forming; a first finish forming step of bending and forming the first glass plate into a desired shape; and a second finish forming step of bending and forming the second glass plate into a desired shape. The first and second main forming steps are performed by using a same forming die. A first condition for lowering a temperature of the first glass plate to below the first softening point and a second condition for the second glass plate are different from each other. |
| US11021386B2 |
Glass manufacturing apparatuses and methods for operating the same
In embodiments, a method for operating a glass manufacturing apparatus may include heating a delivery conduit with resistive windings positioned around an exterior surface of the delivery conduit, the delivery conduit extending between a mixing vessel and a delivery vessel. The method may also include injecting electric current through the delivery conduit while heating the delivery conduit with resistive windings and prior to flowing molten glass through the delivery conduit thereby increasing a temperature of the of the delivery conduit, wherein an input heat flux into the delivery conduit is greater than an output heat flux away from the delivery conduit prior to flowing molten glass through the delivery conduit. |
| US11021384B1 |
Zero liquid discharge recycling system for PCB FAB, general metal finishing, and chemical milling
A method and system is provided for treating waste generated from manufacturing operations including at least one of Printed Circuit Boards Fabrication (PCB FAB), General Metal Finishing (GMF), semiconductors manufacturing, chemical milling, and Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD). The method and system are used to create zero liquid discharge recycling. |
| US11021376B2 |
Water network monitor, monitoring system and method
A water network monitor, monitoring system and method″ A water network monitor, monitoring system and method comprising: at least one sensor operable to sense one or more parameters of a water network; and an analyser to analyse data points over time from the water network by the at least one sensor, the analyser having an input comprising the data points recorded over time from the water network and an output comprising an event probability P(event) that an event has occurred which affects the water network from which the data points were recorded, the analyser comprising: an outlier detector to determine a measure of abnormality (D) from an outlier detection algorithm for each of the data points; and an outlier decay discriminator (ODD) to calculate an outlier probability (Po) for each of the data points based on each data points measure of abnormality (D), wherein the outlier probability is decayed over time, the output of the ODD comprising an event probability P(event), wherein P(event) is based on the decayed outlier probability. |
| US11021372B2 |
Aluminum gradient aluminosilicate zeolite compositions
Disclosed herein are compositions including aluminosilicate zeolite crystals with an 8 ring pore size having a depth dependent silica to alumina molar ratio and processes of making aluminosilicate zeolite crystals with an 8 ring pore size having a depth dependent silica to alumina molar ratio. |
| US11021370B2 |
Low cost and fast method to massively produce graphene and graphene oxide with carbon-rich natural materials and the use of the same
This invention provides an innovative method to manufacture graphene layers or quantities and graphene oxide layers or quantities from graphite, coal slags, asphalt, and other carbon-rich sold materials in nature. The present invention uses controllable microwave irradiation to heat the mixtures of basic material, graphite, or coal slags, or asphalt, or their combinations with ionic liquids and surfactant plus environmentally friendly oxidation agents. This invention can generate the said-products of graphene layers and graphene oxides in a short time period of one second to 300 seconds. The present invention does not involve any concentrated sulfuric acid, nitric acid, nor huge water quantities needed for the purification, unlike the prior art. The as-produced graphene-based materials can be used for preparing conductive films for touch screens, producing graphene carbon fibers and three-dimensional porous graphene nanomaterials, and preparing graphene-based other intelligent nanocomposites for super-light-weight machines and vehicles. |
| US11021369B2 |
Carbon nanotube sheet structure and method for its making
A carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet containing CNTs, arranged is a randomly oriented, uniformly distributed pattern, and having a basis weight of at least 1 gsm and a relative density of less than 1.5. The CNT sheet is manufactured by applying a CNT suspension in a continuous pool over a filter material to a depth sufficient to prevent puddling of the CNT suspension upon the surface of the filter material, and drawing the dispersing liquid through the filter material to provide a uniform CNT dispersion and form the CNT sheet. The CNT sheet is useful in making CNT composite laminates and structures having utility for electro-thermal heating, electromagnetic wave absorption, lightning strike dissipation, EMI shielding, thermal interface pads, energy storage, and heat dissipation. |
| US11021364B2 |
Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures
A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a beam structure and an electrode on an insulator layer, remote from the beam structure. The method further includes forming at least one sacrificial layer over the beam structure, and remote from the electrode. The method further includes forming a lid structure over the at least one sacrificial layer and the electrode. The method further includes providing simultaneously a vent hole through the lid structure to expose the sacrificial layer and to form a partial via over the electrode. The method further includes venting the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. The method further includes sealing the vent hole with material. The method further includes forming a final via in the lid structure to the electrode, through the partial via. |
| US11021361B2 |
Nozzle guide
An object is to enhance the assembly of a breather pipe which is accommodated in a filler pipe.A nozzle guide (10, 10a, 10b) that is arranged within a filler pipe (110) includes: a main body portion (20, 20b) that guides the insertion and removal of a refueling nozzle (150); and a connection member (50, 50a to 50c) that is provided on an outer circumferential surface (27) of the main body portion (20, 20b) and in which an upper end portion (51) of the connection member is located, in a tank direction (TD) extending from a refueling port (FC) toward a fuel tank (FT), on a downstream side with respect to a tip end portion (152) of the refueling nozzle (150), and the connection member (50, 50a to 50c) includes: a connection portion (52, 52a) connected to a breather pipe (120) that is arranged within the filler pipe (110); and a vapor flow path formation portion (55, 55b, 55c) that forms part of a vapor flow path (220) for the fuel vapor that flows in through the breather pipe (120) and the connection portion (52, 52a). |
| US11021358B2 |
Dispenser having a cartridge holder
The invention relates to a dispenser having a cartridge holder. |
| US11021357B2 |
System and method for dispensing a beverage
A system and method for dispensing a beverage. The system includes a beverage cartridge that stores any liquid and has a spout for dispensing the stored liquid. The beverage cartridge may be inserted into a beverage press that includes a housing for receiving the beverage cartridge. The beverage press also includes a tap that engages the spout of the beverage cartridge, and a lifting assembly that exerts force on the beverage cartridge. Pressing the tap activates the spout of the beverage cartridge to dispense the stored liquid through the spout and out of the tap of the beverage press. a system for dispensing a beverage. |
| US11021353B2 |
Fork carriage for a truck mounted forklift
This invention relates to a fork carriage for a truck mounted forklift, the fork carriage comprising an upright rear section for mounting onto the lifting assembly of the forklift, an upright forward section, shorter than the upright rear section, for reception of tines, and a pantograph linkage connecting the upright rear section and upright forward sections together. The pantograph linkage comprises a first and second linkage arm however the second linkage arm is shorter than the first linkage arm and does not extend all the way forward to the upright forward section. Instead, there is provided a third linkage arm with a hinge joint along its length, the third linkage arm being connected at various positions along its length to each of the first linkage arm, the second linkage arm and the upright forward section. In this way, the pantograph linkage can achieve the same reach with a lower upright forward section and access to top far side loads is facilitated. |
| US11021352B2 |
Driver cab for an industrial truck
A driver cab for an industrial truck comprises a driver canopy supported by four pillars, wherein two of the four pillars are configured as entry way pillars and two of the four pillars are configured as end wall pillars. A side wall extends between each of the entry way pillars and the end wall pillars, an end wall extends between the end wall pillars, and a boarding area extends between the entry way pillars. Each of the end wall pillars comprises a tubular profile and at least one of the entry way pillars comprises a corner profile which comprises two limbs arranged at an angle with respect to one another. |
| US11021349B2 |
Utility vehicle having collapsible game hanger apparatus
A utility vehicle having a collapsible game hanger apparatus includes a cargo box, a hitch receiver disposed under the cargo box and included in a rear structure, a hoist structure, a winch device, and a winch mounting bracket. The hoist structure consists of a base bar detachably attached to the hitch receiver, a mast attached to an end portion of the base bar, and a boom attached to an upper end of the mast. The winch device consists essentially of a winch detachably attached to a winch mounting bracket and a pulley unit for guiding the winch cable. |
| US11021346B2 |
Woven webbing combining edge and body weave design features for improved overall durability in lifting and restraint applications
A woven webbing for use in a tiedown or sling for lifting, restraint or other material handling functions. The woven webbing includes a central portion and tubular edges. The central portion has a top surface and an oppositely facing bottom surface. The top surface and bottom surface may be woven in a first pattern for strength and abrasion resistance while remaining flexible. The tubular edges extend from either side of the central portion. The tubular edges may be woven in a second pattern to improve the cut resistance of the tubular edges. The tubular edges have interior cavities which may include twisted floating yarn extending therethrough to enhance the cut resistance of the tubular edges. The tubular edges may include a high modulus yarn material which changes the orientation of the yarn material away from the axial direction of tension when a load is applied to the webbing. |
| US11021339B2 |
Elastic band dispenser
A dispenser is configured for use with a chain of rupturably connected elastic bands, each of the bands having an aperture. The dispenser includes a fixed convex surface and a stop element. The chain of bands is configured to be drawn over the fixed convex surface in a direction from a first side to a second side of the surface. The stop element is positioned proximate the second side of the surface and is configured for insertion into the aperture of one of the elastic bands. In another aspect, an assembly is configured for use with a chain of rupturably connected elastic bands. The chain is provided on a spool, and each of the bands has an aperture therethrough. The assembly includes a dispenser and a shaft configured to support the spool. A method is described for dispensing elastic bands from a chain of rupturably connected elastic bands. |
| US11021338B2 |
Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device
A sheet conveying device includes a conveying body, a pressing body, and an attracting device. The conveying body conveys a sheet. The pressing body presses the sheet to a circumferential surface of the conveying body at an upstream side from an operation start position at which an operation with respect to the sheet starts, in a sheet conveying direction. The attracting device sucks and attracts the sheet onto the conveying body. The attracting device includes an attracting unit having an attracting region extending shorter than a distance between the pressing body and the operation start position. The attracting unit rotate together with the conveying body. |
| US11021324B2 |
Commissioning device for piece goods
A commissioning device having a first shelf row with horizontal shelf surfaces and at least one second shelf row with multiple shelf surfaces disposed one above the other and forming storage shafts. A lane formed between the first and the second shelf rows includes an operating unit movably disposed in the lane. The commissioning device also includes an input device, an output device and an auxiliary output device. The operating unit includes a gripping device for inputting and/or outputting piece goods onto or from the horizontal shelf surfaces and for filling the goods into the storage shafts. A control unit coupled to the operating unit is configured to output identical piece goods in a row from the horizontal shelf surfaces, to input the piece goods into the storage shafts and to output and transfer one or more piece goods located on the horizontal shelf surfaces to the auxiliary output device. |
| US11021323B2 |
Trash receptacle garbage bag dispenser
A trash receptacle comprising an independent frame assembly, wherein the independent frame assembly has at least two parallel and planar horizontal bars, wherein the bars are structurally configured to receive and dispense bags; and a clip mechanism located near a free non-affixed end of each bar and located parallel to the bars, wherein each clip mechanism is configured to receive a bag so that the bag is pinched by the clip mechanism and the clip functions to prevent the bag from sliding off the bars or from collapsing inward. The trash receptacle configured to be enclosed by placing the receptacle within at least one environment comprising at least one cabinet. The trash receptacle further comprising additional space to carry supplies in a cart configuration. The trash receptacle wherein the additional space comprises one of a cabinet, one or more drawers, one or more shelves, one or more compartments. The trash receptacle further comprising wheels, a lid, at least one of a drip tray and a drip pan. |
| US11021322B1 |
Resealable disposable bag with air release flap
A discrete food waste disposal bag is a hand held waste receptacle that will hold and conceal waste. A disposable bag comprising: a body having an open end portion and a sealed end portion, an air release flap located on the body between the open end portion and the sealed end portion, wherein the air release flap allows air to exit the body of the disposable bag, a first opening located at the end of the open end portion, wherein a user blows air into the first opening, a tear line located on the body approximate to the open end portion, wherein the tear line is configured to expose a second opening, wherein the first opening is smaller than the second opening. |
| US11021319B2 |
System for providing a single serving of a frozen confection
A system for providing a single serving of a frozen confection, wherein the system comprises a pod comprising at least one ingredient for providing a single serving of a frozen confection; the system cools the pod; the system introduces water into the pod; the system simultaneously stirs the contents of the pod while scraping at least one wall of the pod to prevent a build-up of the frozen confection on the at least one wall of the pod; and the system ejects the frozen confection out of the pod. |
| US11021313B2 |
Enzyme formulations, devices and methods of use
Topical formulations of proteases, devices including the formulations are disclosed. Described herein are packages for storing and dispensing multi-part topical enzyme formulations and neutralizing agent, wherein the contents of the parts are mixed, and the enzyme is taken into solution containing a neutralizing agent (skin protectant) for treatment of skin abrasions and disorders. Particular multi-part topical formulation disclosed here relates to immediate (neutralizing agent) and extended relief (enzymes) from itching and inflammation associated with insect stings, insect bites, contact dermatitis such as poison ivy and poison oak, and eczema. The formulations and packaging using this principle and methods of use thereof are also provided. Additionally this invention contains active ingredients for wound cleaning and debridement. |
| US11021312B2 |
Pouch with oxygen scavenger and method of forming pouch with oxygen scavenger
The pouch includes a pouch material defining an inner cavity, the pouch material includes a first polymer layer and a gas impermeable layer, the first polymer layer forms an inner surface of the inner cavity, a consumable item in the inner cavity, and an oxygen scavenger, the oxygen scavenger includes at least one active element dispersed within a matrix material, the oxygen scavenger is at least partially connected to the first polymer layer within the inner cavity, and the first polymer layer and the matrix material both include a first polymer material. |
| US11021308B2 |
Container comprising a recess in the container wall
The invention relates to a plastic container having a container wall delimiting an interior of the container, and an outlet on the container wall for pouring out a product contained in the plastic container. A recess that projects into the interior of the container and is provided for accepting a functional element is formed on the container wall, with the recess being accessible through an insertion hole. |
| US11021301B2 |
Drawstring trash bag
The present invention relates to polymeric bags, particularly polymeric drawstring trash bags. The present invention comprises a trash bag having an elastic drawstring. The elastic drawstring trash bag features an integrated short seal comprising an inner seal, an outer seal, and an intermediate seal. The integrated short seal functions to reduce the upper opening of the drawstring trash bag, while the elastic drawstring utilized with the bag provides a bag that allows the bag to fit snugly on many common trash receptacles. |
| US11021299B2 |
Capping structure and container having the same
A capping structure includes a tubular shell and a cap window. The cap window is transparent and engages with an inner sidewall of the tubular shell. The cap window includes a cover and a brace. The cover is disposed at an opening of the tubular shell, and the brace protrudes from the cover and has at least a surface being parallel to the inner sidewall of the tubular shell. |
| US11021297B2 |
Goods delivery systems
The present invention relates to containers which can be stacked one on top of another whilst still permitting easy access to the contents of any container within the stack without the need for de-stacking. The contents of the containers remain secured within the container. |
| US11021295B2 |
Load bearing structure
The present invention provides a thinner, movable load bearing structure having indentations, grooves, valleys, channels or other similar depressions on its underside. These depressions are mated with corresponding features for improved loading bearing capabilities. The load bearing structures also includes roughened side edges for improving the strength of the edges. The load bearing structure may be a dunnage platform or a container for storing and/or shipping cargo. |
| US11021292B2 |
Container comprising a thermoformed tub and dosing units located therein
A container including a thermoformed tub made of a plastics material and including at least one dosing unit located in the tub interior, which dosing unit includes at least one active ingredient and a water-soluble casing for the active ingredient, the tub having a base and a tub wall that extends from the base. The tub wall has a plurality of projections that are oriented from a datum plane of the tub wall towards the tub interior, a distance between adjacent projections being less than a length and less than a width of the dosing unit. Preferably, the projections have a plurality of parallel ridges. |
| US11021289B2 |
Method and device for opening a receptacle
An apparatus for opening a receptacle for transporting value objects includes a suction device for suctioning the receptacle and a severing device for severing the receptacle in a suctioned region of the receptacle. The receptacle can be present in the form of a plastic bag in particular. A method for opening the receptacle then includes the steps of suctioning the receptacle by means of the suction device and of severing the receptacle in a suctioned region of the receptacle by means of the severing device. |
| US11021284B2 |
Method of constructing an espresso cartridge
A bottom fillable espresso cartridge base and apparatus and method for filling and plugging the bottom of the espresso cartridge base. The espresso cartridge base includes an open bottom and a press in bottom plug. The top of the espresso cartridge may be sealed by a foil lid or the like, or be open and an adhesive attachable lid may be included for attachment by a user. A first method utilizes a hand held multi-function tool including a cartridge holder with a holder lid to capture the espresso cartridge, and a bottom tamper and plug seating arm. A second method utilizes a stationary base residing on a flat surface, a cartridge holder to retain cartridges on the base, and individual tools to fill and tamp brewing material in the cartridge, and to attach the bottom plug to the cartridge. |
| US11021282B2 |
Strapping device configured to carry out a strap-attachment check cycle
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping device configured to carry out a strap-attachment check cycle. After attaching leading and trailing strap ends of a strap to one another to form a tensioned loop of strap around a load, the strapping device is configured to carry out the strap-attachment cycle to test the strength of the attachment between the leading and trailing strap ends and to provide feedback as to whether the strap attachment is satisfactory. |
| US11021273B1 |
Unified spacecraft propellant management system for chemical and electric propulsion
A spacecraft includes a propulsion system that includes one or more pressurant tanks configured to store an inert gas at a high pressure, one or more propellant tanks configured to store liquid propellant at an intermediate pressure, electric thrusters operable with the inert gas at a low pressure and pneumatically coupled with the one or more pressurant tanks by way of a first pressure regulator, and chemical thrusters operable with the liquid propellant. The inert gas is one or a mixture of two or more of xenon, argon and krypton. At least a portion of the liquid propellant is stored in at least one of the propellant tanks, the propellant tank including an ullage volume pneumatically coupled with at least one of the pressurant tanks by way of a second pressure regulator having an output set to the intermediate pressure and the ullage volume is pressurized by the inert gas. |
| US11021269B2 |
System and method for representing a location of a fault in an aircraft cabin
A method and a distributed architecture for controlling functions of an aircraft comprising: a controller, an Input/Output (IO) node and a processor configured to display a graphical user interface component representing at least a portion of an aircraft cabin divided into at least two sections on the IO node and receive, by the IO node, a first and a second input from a user for selecting one of the at least two sections and selecting a preset of at least one controllable parameter respectively. Upon determining that the user requests a modification of the selected preset for the selected section, a preset setting menu including the at least one controllable parameter associated with the selected preset is displayed; a third input from the user for modifying the at least one controllable parameter is received and a modified preset based on the modified at least one controllable parameter is generated. |
| US11021268B2 |
Microbridges for regional aircraft and methods of using same
An aircraft boarding apparatus has a passenger bridge that has a confinement structure coupled to the second passenger bridge. The confinement structure exerts a ground-anchoring effect on the second passenger bridge to offset the ultralight configuration of the passenger bridge. |
| US11021264B2 |
Anti-bird-collision light
A helicopter anti-bird-collision system including a search light (2) and a control unit (35) which is configured for operating the search light (2) in a flash light mode by switching the search light periodically on and off. |
| US11021263B2 |
Automated aircraft landing performance analysis
Embodiments include techniques for an automated aircraft landing analysis, the techniques includes requesting landing information corresponding to a current landing, wherein the landing information includes historic average landing information, and receiving the landing information. Techniques also include retrieving recorded aircraft system parameters corresponding to the current landing, and calculating a landing distance for the current landing. Techniques include calculating a deviation of the calculated landing distance for the current landing, and displaying results of the calculated deviation. |
| US11021258B1 |
Trajectory generator system providing shaft port and starboard side speed and position references for use by an engage phase controller and an arrest phase controller of an aircraft arrestment system
The design of a novel digital controller for a motor driven aircraft arrestment system of the type used on aircraft carriers is described. The unique control and feedback design of the described controller has many advanced features, which provide many advantages over existing designs for controlling advanced arresting gear systems. Also described is a trajectory generator subsystem which provides the port and starboard side speed and position references used by both an engage phase controller and/or an arrest phase controller of the aircraft arrestment system. |
| US11021253B2 |
Software and communications system and method in an aircraft
The invention concerns a communications system and a communications method and software for passengers in an aircraft. The aircraft comprises an aircraft-supported data-processing arrangement and at least one on-board communications interface for communication with a passenger appliance, the communications system being arranged to receive a passenger profile from the passenger appliance by means of the communications interface of the aircraft and transmitting it to the data-processing arrangement. |
| US11021251B2 |
Inset turret assemblies for tiltrotor aircraft
A nose assembly of an aircraft includes a nose airframe having a nonhorizontal mounting surface and a turret assembly mounted on the nonhorizontal mounting surface. The turret assembly includes a turret device housing rotatable relative to the nonhorizontal mounting surface. The nose airframe includes a nose skin forming a nose fairing having an apex aperture. The nose skin at least partially covers the turret assembly such that the turret assembly is at least partially inset in the apex aperture of the nose fairing. |
| US11021246B2 |
Method and system for capturing images of asset using unmanned aerial vehicles
A method and system for capturing images of an asset using an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes acquiring structural information of the asset, acquiring surrounding information associated with the asset, analyzing the structural information and the surrounding information of the asset to define image capturing points for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and capturing the images of portions of the asset from the defined image capturing points. Moreover, each of the defined image capturing points allows the unmanned aerial vehicle to capture an image of a portion of the asset with an even background. |
| US11021244B2 |
Collective control stick mounted throttle control assembly
A helicopter includes a full authority digital engine controlled (FADEC) engine, a first two-position throttle switch disposed on a first collective control stick, the first two-position throttle switch being movable between a Fly position and an Idle position, and a second two-position throttle switch disposed on a second collective control stick, the second two-position throttle switch being movable between a Fly position and an Idle position. |
| US11021241B2 |
Dual rotor, rotary wing aircraft
An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe, an extending tail, a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly, a translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe, at least one sensor and at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) to sense current flight conditions of the aircraft, an interface to execute controls of a main rotor assembly in accordance with control commands and at least one flight control computer (FCC) to issue the control commands. The at least one FCC includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory having logic and executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause the CPU to issue the control commands based on the current flight conditions and a result of an execution of the logic for the current flight conditions. |
| US11021233B2 |
Actuator rod assembly for a blade pitch control system
An actuator rod assembly for a blade pitch control system is provided herein. The actuator rod assembly includes a tubular outer rod and an inner rod. The outer rod has a first end and a second end. The inner rod has a first end and a second end and extends through the tubular outer rod. The inner rod is tensioned against the tubular outer rod so as to place the outer rod in compression. |
| US11021232B2 |
Driving device, propeller, and propulsion system
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes a propulsion system including a driving device having a main body, a driving shaft rotatable relative to the main body, and a locking member disposed on the main body. The locking member includes at least one snap-fitting member. The propulsion system also includes a propeller coupled with the driving device, the propeller including a blade base and a blade mounted on the blade base. The at least one snap-fitting member is configured to snap-fit with the propeller. The propulsion system also includes an elastic abutting member sleeve coupled with the driving shaft, a first installation foolproof member disposed on the blade base, and a second installation foolproof member disposed on the locking member. |
| US11021229B2 |
Wing for an aircraft
A wing for an aircraft, comprising a main wing, a slat, and a connection assembly movably connecting the slat to the main wing, allowing the slat to be moved between a retracted and at least one extended position. The assembly comprises an elongate slat track mounted to the main wing movably along a track longitudinal axis and connected to the slat. The wing has a compact connection assembly that does not require the front spar to be penetrated, in that the slat track is rotatably connected to the slat via a first hinge. The assembly further comprises a link element rotatably connected to the slat via a second hinge, and rotatably mounted to the main wing via a third hinge spaced apart from the second hinge. Also, a first axis of rotation of the first hinge is spaced apart from a second axis of rotation of the second hinge. |
| US11021228B2 |
Morphing airfoil system
A morphing airfoil system includes an airfoil having a bulkhead structured to form a leading edge of the airfoil. A first spool is rotatably coupled to the bulkhead, and a second spool is rotatably coupled to the bulkhead opposite the first spool. An airfoil skin has a first end secured to the first spool, a second end secured to the second spool, and a portion extending between the first and second spools to form an exterior surface of the airfoil. The airfoil skin is structured to be windable around the first and second spools such that a configuration of the airfoil is controllable by rotating at least one of the first spool and the second spool so as to wind a portion of the airfoil skin around, or unwind a portion of the airfoil skin from, the at least one of the first spool and the second spool. |
| US11021224B2 |
Device for providing electrical power for an electrical consuming device and/or for charging a battery in a boat
A system for operating a boat equipped with an electric drive includes a component controller. The component controller includes a component interface for connecting a system component of the electric drive, and a communication interface for connecting the component controller to a system bus of the drive control. |
| US11021223B2 |
Versatile flexible and reconfigurable vehicle systems
Various embodiments are directed to interconnectable tiles configured for operation in an aquatic environment or a near-zero/zero gravity environment. The interconnectable tiles are configured to interconnect relative to one another to form interconnected surfaces, and individual interconnectable tiles provide thrust, ballast, and/or buoyancy to the overall interconnected surface so as to move the interconnected surface in a desired configuration. |
| US11021220B2 |
Boat maneuvering support device
There is provided a boat maneuvering support device for a boat including an outboard motor, a power device which outputs a thrust force in a port-starboard direction, and a steering mechanism which changes a steering angle. The device includes a rotational speed detection unit which detects a rotational speed of a propeller of the outboard motor, and a control unit which controls a magnitude of the thrust force output by the power device. The control unit controls the magnitude of the thrust force output by the power device so as to change a balance between a magnitude of a first turning force which makes the boat turn by a thrust force of the outboard motor and a magnitude of a second turning force which makes the boat turn by the thrust force of the power device. |
| US11021218B1 |
Apparatus and method to aid water sport board maneuvers
An apparatus and method for decreasing the difficulty of executing a “pop-up” maneuver on a water sport board, such as a surfboard, is disclosed. Said apparatus consists of either one or two devices attached to the surfboard at the location where a user places his hands to execute the pop-up maneuver. Said devices move the user's hands away from the deck of the surfboard, creating more space between the surfer and the board during the pop-up maneuver, facilitating the user to swing the user into position and execute the pop-up maneuver. |
| US11021217B2 |
Marine vessel with moving control unit
Disclosed herein is a marine vessel, with a control panel movably mounted to the vessel. |
| US11021216B2 |
Mooring line corrosion barrier and methods of manufacture and installation
Described herein are mooring systems for floating structures and methods for manufacturing and installing such mooring systems. The mooring system may comprise a line having a first end operatively connected to the floating structure and a second end operatively connected to an anchor underwater or to a seabed, wherein the line comprises at least two substantially rigid links joined together; and a watertight sheath surrounding the line and extending at least along a length of the line from a position below the waterline to a position above the waterline. |
| US11021210B2 |
Bicycle controller for assisting travel of a bicycle
A bicycle control device is provided for providing a comfortable traveling environment to the rider. The bicycle control device basically includes an electronic controller controlling an operational state of an electric auxiliary drive, which assists in travel of a bicycle, based on an operational state of a suspension. The bicycle control device can be included in an electric auxiliary drive, a suspension and/or an adjustable seatpost. |
| US11021208B1 |
Hydraulic brake system and apparatus
A braking system includes a vehicle having a front brake and a rear brake. The system includes a moveable structure connected to a rear brake. The rear brake may be a hydraulic brake. When the rear brake is actuated, the moveable structure moves. The movement of the structure pressurizes hydraulic fluid in a tube which actuates a front hydraulic brake. |
| US11021206B2 |
Actuator device for a hydraulic actuation system of a brake/clutch of a motorcycle, with separate adjustment of the distance and pitch of the actuation lever
The actuator device for a hydraulic actuation system for a brake/clutch for a motorcycle is described. The actuator device may have a support structure associable with a handlebar of the motorcycle. The actuator device may also have an actuation assembly having a push rod operatively connectable to at least one braking device. The actuator device may also have an actuation lever connected to the support structure so as to be rotatable about an actuation axis, where the actuation lever is provided with a pusher adapted to interface with the push rod. The actuator device may also have an adjustment device adapted to modify both the angular position, in a rest condition, of the pusher and of the actuation lever with respect to the handlebar and to modify a pitch between the actuation axis of the actuation lever and a contact and thrust point of the pusher on the push rod. |
| US11021204B2 |
Seat post
A system including: a seat post; a user interface operatively connected with the seat post, the user interface configured for receiving instructions associated with a height of the seat post and for communicating received instructions to at least one controller coupled with a motive source of the seat post; and a valve assembly in communication with the motive source, the valve assembly regulating fluid flow within a variable finite positioning seat post height mode in response to a translation of the received instructions by the motive source. |
| US11021203B2 |
Compactible scooter with tensioned body
Foldable electrical vehicles and related charging infrastructure are described. The foldable electrical vehicle generally includes three structural members (front and rear wheel-bearing structural members and a seat-bearing structural member) that are pivotally interconnected along their lengths such that they may be pivoted between a closed position wherein the three structural members are disposed roughly parallel to each other in a compact folded configuration, and an open riding configuration wherein an angular relation is formed between the structural members. |
| US11021200B2 |
Modular vehicle assembly system and method
A modular vehicle assembly system and methods for increased flexibility and adaptability of a high-volume assembly facility which builds several vehicle models. In one example, the invention includes modular assembly equipment (AE) support pallets which are shipped to vendors for installation of selected AE equipment devices that are specific to a predetermined assembly operation and then validation tested prior to shipment to the assembly facility. The validated modular AE pallets and AE devices are then shipped to the assembly facility and quickly installed to support manufacturing, assembly or other operations. |
| US11021199B2 |
Foldable transportation trailer
A foldable transportation trailer able to be folded in two separate locations to enable the folded trailer to assume a vertical position behind the vehicle towing it, when not in use, thus providing a substantially minimal footprint to the trailer in its compacted state. In this manner, when compacted and folded, the trailer reduces from an elongated length of approximately 20 feet, to a length of 3 feet when compacted. |
| US11021198B2 |
Compact magnetic crawler vehicle with anti-rocking supports
A robotic vehicle for traversing surfaces is provided. The vehicle is comprised of a chassis supporting a magnetic drive wheel for driving and steering the vehicle and a stabilization mechanism. The magnetic wheel comprises two flux concentrator yokes and an axially magnetized hub extending therebetween. The hub includes a central housing configured to house a sensor probe and enhance the magnetic pull force of the wheel by providing a continuous pathway of high magnetic permeability material for magnetic flux to flow axially through the drive wheel. The stabilization mechanism comprises a front and rear facing support element moveably coupled to the chassis and configured to contact the surface and move symmetrically relative to the chassis thereby maintaining the vehicle and probe normal to the surface and providing stability to the vehicle while traversing surfaces regardless of surface curvature and vehicle orientation. |
| US11021193B2 |
Side rail and manufacturing method for side rail
A side rail includes a reinforcement region having a closed-section structure by base members and reinforcement plate members having a greater plate thickness than a plate thickness of the base members. In the reinforcement region, in a state in which the reinforcement plate members are fitted in fitting portions provided at positions corresponding to respective corner portions in the base members, the base members and the reinforcement plate members are joined to each other by laser welding. |
| US11021191B2 |
Structural component for a motor vehicle body
A structural component for a motor vehicle body comprises: an outer panel with an outer wall and two outer flange portions; an inner panel with an inner wall and two inner flange portions; a reinforcing profile with a profile base, two profile walls opposite one another and two connecting portions connected thereto; wherein, in an upper pillar section, a maximum profile height of the reinforcing profile is greater than a maximum profile height of the outer panel, wherein the connecting portions of the reinforcing profile are supported against the inner wall, and wherein the connecting portions of the reinforcing profile are supported against the inner wall, and wherein the outer flange portions and the inner flange portions directly abut one another and are fixed to one another, wherein the connecting portions of the reinforcing profile are fixed, at least in a lower section of the structural component, between the outer flange portions and the inner flange portions. |
| US11021188B2 |
Systems with radio frequency resonators, tuning elements, and spectrum analyzers to provide values of resonance parameters
A system comprises: a radio frequency (RF) resonator comprising a cavity and a tuning element, the cavity having at least one port, and the tuning element having a length inside the cavity; a processor; a spectrum analyzer coupled to the at least one port, the spectrum analyzer to provide to the processor values of a resonance parameter, the resonance parameter indicative of a resonant wavelength of the RF resonator; and an automotive steering mechanism coupled to the tuning element. |
| US11021186B2 |
Movable rig and steering system
A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly. |
| US11021183B2 |
Stroller
A stroller, comprises two side supports (100) respectively disposed on the left and right sides, and the side support (100) on each side comprises a front support (1), a rear support (2), a push rod (3), an upper support rod (4), an upper connecting rod (5), a rear connecting rod (6), a lower connecting rod (7), and a sliding member (8) disposed on the rear support (2) and capable of sliding up and down along the length extension direction of the rear support (2), wherein the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected to the upper support rod (4), one end portion of the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected with the sliding member (8), the other end portion of the rear connecting rod (6) is pivotally connected with a lower portion of the upper connecting rod (5), an upper portion of the upper connecting rod (5) is pivotally connected to the push rod (3), one end portion of the lower connecting rod (7) is pivotally connected to the front support (1), and the other end portion of the lower connecting rod (7) is pivotally connected with the sliding member (8). When a stroller frame is folded, the sliding member (8) slides downwardly along the rear support (2), and the upper support rod (4) rotates backward and folds up on a rear side of the rear support (2). The stroller frame can be unfolded or folded by pressing or pulling the push rod (3) with one single hand, and the folded frame is flat and neat, and has a volume small enough for transportation and carrying. |
| US11021182B1 |
Antimicrobial handle cover
A handle cover according to various exemplary embodiments can include a collapsible corrugated tube comprising a tube body of a tubular shape defining spiral corrugations having spiral ridges and spiral grooves, which are arranged alternately running transverse to a length of the tube. A slot is formed longitudinally along the length of the tube. At least one antimicrobial agent is impregnated throughout the tube for inhibiting growth of microbes. |
| US11021179B1 |
Method for detecting whether point rail of turnout is attached to stock rail
A method for detecting whether a point rail is attached to a stock rail is disclosed. The method is performed by using a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor. Each of the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor is configured to detect whether the point rail is attached to the corresponding one of the pair of stock rails, convert a pressure signal between the point rail and the stock rails into a voltage signal, and transmit the voltage signal to a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to process and transmit the processed voltage signal to a monitoring center having a host computer. The host computer is configured to control an operation of a switch in response to the detected pressure value collected by the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor by using a PID control algorithm. |
| US11021175B2 |
End underframe for a railway vehicle made out of cold rolled austenitic stainless steel and corresponding production method
An end underframe comprises a headstock assembly and a bolster assembly and is made out of a single material which consists of cold rolled austenitic stainless steel. |
| US11021173B2 |
System and method for automated execution of a maneuver or behavior of a system
A system for automated execution of a maneuver or behavior determines at first a situation in which the system currently is based on environment sensing. Then, based on the determined situation, maneuver options or behavior options are determined. Such options are maneuvers or behaviors which potentially can be executed by the system in the determined situation. Then information on at least one of the determined maneuver options or behavior options are output using a haptic display. The system receives an input selecting one of the options from a user. On the basis of the selected option then the selected option or maneuver is executed in an automated fashion. |
| US11021172B2 |
System for controlling host vehicle and method for controlling host vehicle
Disclosed are a system for controlling a host vehicle including one or more image sensors and one or more radar sensors and controller configured to recognize a target vehicle and measure a front coordinate of the target vehicle and generate a warning according to whether the front coordinate of the target vehicle is located in a preset blind spot alert area of the host vehicle. The present disclosure may determine whether to activate an warning based on a front coordinate of a target vehicle and prevent a malfunction when activating the warning, thereby providing a driver with driving safety and driving convenience. |
| US11021166B2 |
Systems and methods for driver scoring with machine learning
Systems and methods for using machine learning classifiers to identify anomalous driving behavior in vehicle driver data obtained from vehicle telematics devices are provided. In one example, a vehicle telematics device receives vehicle driver data from sensors, identifies anomalies in the vehicle driver data by using an unsupervised machine learning process, calculates a driver risk score by using the anomalies identified in the vehicle driver data, and transmits the risk score to a remote server system. In another example, a server system receives vehicle driver data from a plurality of vehicle telematics devices, identifies anomalies in the vehicle driver data by using an unsupervised machine learning process, and calculates a driver risk score by using the anomalies identified in the vehicle driver data. |
| US11021160B2 |
Slope detection system for a vehicle
A slope detection system (10, 19, 185C) for a vehicle (100) is provided. The system has a processor (10, 19) that receives, from one or more sensors (185C) arranged to capture data in respect of terrain ahead of the vehicle, terrain information indicative of the topography of an area extending ahead of the vehicle (100). The processor (10, 19), in dependence upon a predicted path of the vehicle (100) over the terrain extending ahead of the vehicle (100), generates, for the predicted path of the vehicle (100), information indicative of an angle of slope of the predicted path, being the slope of the predicted path along a direction of travel of the vehicle (100). |
| US11021152B2 |
Driving system for electric vehicle and control method thereof
A driving system for an electric vehicle may include a shift assembly receiving power from a motor, and providing a plurality of shift gears using a plurality of meshed external gear pairs, a clutch intermittently transferring power from the motor to the shift assembly, a gear lever allowing a driver to sequentially select a plurality of assigned positions that are discontinuously disposed, a position sensor detecting the assigned positions to which the gear lever sequentially moves, on the basis of continuous changes in physical quantities, a clutch actuator actuating the clutch, a shift actuator actuating the shift assembly to change gear shifts, and a controller configured for controlling the clutch actuator, the shift actuator, and the motor to change gear shifts by receiving signals from the position sensor. |
| US11021151B2 |
Control system for a vehicle and method
A motor vehicle stop/start control system (10) for controlling at least a portion of a powertrain of a vehicle, the system (10) being configured to: receive speed information (WSS) indicative of vehicle speed; and receive brake information (BPS) indicative that a braking system has been activated to apply brake torque; wherein the control system (10) is further configured to cause an engine (121) of the motor vehicle (100) to be switched off when a first set of predetermined conditions are met, the first set of conditions including the conditions that the brake information (BPS) indicates that the braking system is active and the speed information (WSS) indicates that vehicle speed is a below a predetermined engine-off speed, the engine-off speed being determined by the control system at least in part by reference to information received by the control system. |
| US11021146B2 |
Hydraulic control circuit for a clutch actuator and cooling of a hybrid-powertrain
A hydraulic circuit for a hybrid powertrain having an engine and an electric motor. The hydraulic control circuit includes a first pressure regulating valve configured to cooperate with a shift valve for selectively communicating a hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic piston actuator of a clutch assembly for engaging the engine to a driveline. The hydraulic control circuit further includes a second pressure regulating valve configured to selectively communicate a flow of hydraulic fluid to a cooling circuit for the cooling of the electric motor and to cooperate with a check valve and the shift valve to actuate the hydraulic piston actuator during a predetermined fail mode of the first pressure regulating valve, thus providing a limp-home mode by coupling the torque output from the engine to driveline of the vehicle. |
| US11021145B2 |
Control device for hybrid vehicle
A vehicle includes a first motor generator that generates electric power using power of an engine, a battery, and a second motor generator that is connected to drive wheels and is driven by electric power supplied from the battery and the first motor generator. An ECU of the vehicle drives the first motor generator as an electric motor with a regenerative electric power, executes a braking control, in which a load of the first motor generator functions as the engine, when an SOC is equal to or more than a threshold value of a waste electric-power start, and changes the threshold of the waste electric-power start based on a running condition of the hybrid vehicle. |
| US11021143B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for use in brake caliper inspection
A brake caliper inspection apparatus that includes a housing including an interior and a plurality of ports that provide access to the interior. The apparatus also includes a plurality of components each coupled to a port of the plurality of ports. The plurality of components includes a sensor configured to monitor a gauge pressure within said interior, a nozzle configured to channel fluid therethrough, and a viewing dome configured to provide a visual indication of an air-to-fluid ratio within said interior. |
| US11021139B2 |
Adjustable wheel chock system
A wheel chock system includes a wheel chock configured to support a wheel of a vehicle and having an arm that extends from the wheel chock. The wheel chock includes a crossbar that has an outer wall, an open interior, and a tab extending from the outer wall into the open interior. The arm has an outer surface in which a notch is defined, and when the notch is aligned with the tab the arm is slidably received in the open interior and extendable therefrom. |
| US11021138B2 |
Parking robot for a motor vehicle and a method for operating such a parking robot
Systems, apparatus and methods for a motor vehicle parking robot. The parking robot includes a pair of wheel support arms and a retracted wheel retention arm configured laterally from the outside of the parking robot and configured to lift a wheel of a vehicle by extending the pair of wheel support arms and affix the wheel in place on the parking robot by extending the wheel retention arms. |
| US11021136B1 |
Methods and systems for providing a remote virtual view
Methods and systems for providing remote virtual views to an occupant of a structure are disclosed. In one example, a method includes capturing, by a plurality of cameras, images external to a structure. A distribution device receives images from the plurality of cameras. The distribution device selectively transmits the images to at least one display device within the structure. The at least on display device receives the images and displays the images on an interior surface of the structure. |
| US11021134B2 |
Method of controlling smart key
A method of controlling a smart key, including a low frequency (LF) receiver receiving an LF signal from a vehicle, a radio frequency (RF) transmitter transmitting an RF signal to the vehicle in response to the LF signal, a sensor unit sensing a motion, and a micro control unit controlling operations of the LF receiver, the RF transmitter, and the sensor unit, includes receiving, by the LF receiver, the LF signal from the vehicle and controlling, by the micro control unit, a turn-on/off operation of each of the LF receiver, the RF transmitter, and the sensor unit on the basis of the received LF signal. |
| US11021131B2 |
Safety belt device for a vehicle
A safety belt arrangement for a vehicle, with a belt force limiting unit which is constructed as a piston/cylinder assembly having a piston tube and a piston, which in the event of the belt force being limited is displaceable by a force limiting path in the piston tube, while expanding and plastically deforming the latter, whereby the belt force exerted on a vehicle occupant is limited to a predefined level of force. According to the invention, at least one tube element, which can be pushed telescopically onto the piston tube to form a double tube structure, is provided for setting the force level course over the force limiting path. |
| US11021126B1 |
Windshield area intrusion control
An apparatus for resisting entry of objects through a windshield of a vehicle that has a passenger cabin. The apparatus includes an instrument panel that is located between the windshield and the passenger cabin, and an airbag that is deployable into an area above the instrument panel to resist entry of objects into the passenger cabin. |
| US11021119B2 |
Garment and tether system for connection to a vehicle
A garment and tether system is presented. The system includes a garment and tether. The garment includes: a garment body, and at least one electrical element connected to the garment body. The tether includes: a first end and a second end, at least one electrical conductor operatively connected between the first and second ends, and an electrical contact at the second end. The tether is connected to the garment at the first end, the second end being removably connectable to a base disposed on a vehicle. The base is adapted to provide power to the at least one electrical conductor of the tether via the electrical contact. The at least one electrical element is provided power from the vehicle via the tether. |
| US11021116B2 |
Cable harness
A cable harness that has water-sealing properties includes a sheath that accommodates an ABS sensor cable and a parking brake cable. The ABS sensor cable and the parking brake cable branch apart at an end portion of the sheath. An integrally molded member includes, in an integrated manner, a water-sealing portion that seals the end portion of the sheath from water, and a bracket attachment portion that is attached to the bracket. |
| US11021115B2 |
Roof ditch sealing assemblies for vehicles including pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strips and methods of sealing roof ditches
A method of filling a roof ditch of a vehicle roof assembly is provided. The method includes delivering a sealer material to a mold channel of a mold. The sealer material is heated within the mold channel at a pre-gel heating temperature forming a pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is removed from the mold. The pre-gelled roof ditch sealer strip is installed into the roof ditch of the vehicle roof assembly. |
| US11021111B2 |
Dash cam mount
A mount for an electronic device includes a suction cup defining a front face attachable to a flat surface and an opposed rear face, a plunger having a plunger head attached to the rear face of the suction cup and a plunger arm extending away from the plunger head, a plunger stator defining a guide passage through which the plunger arm reciprocates relative to the plunger stator, a plunger actuator movably engaged with the plunger arm on an opposite side of the guide passage as the plunger head, an adapter attached to the plunger stator on the same side of the guide passage as the plunger head, the adapter defining an opening through which the plunger arm extends and a wire routing channel at least partially around a periphery of the adapter, and a mounting arm extending from the adapter and connectable to an electronic device. |
| US11021110B1 |
Apparatus for tying a board to a vehicle roof
A tying apparatus includes a padding assembly and a binding assembly. The padding assembly is located on a vehicle roof. The binding assembly is operable to tie an object supported on the padding assembly to the vehicle roof. The binding assembly includes a strap and a buckle. The strap is operable to form a loop. The buckle is operable to keep the strap in the form of the loop. |
| US11021109B2 |
Hidden storage compartment having a user notification system and method of using the same
A vehicle having a hidden storage compartment with a user notification system and method of using the same is provided. The vehicle includes a storage container securely fixed onto an interior surface of a vehicle floor panel in the footwell area. A floor covering is disposed over the footwell area covering the storage container and includes a flap having a living hinge configured to selectively cover and uncover the lid of the storage container. The storage container includes a biometric scanner, a mass sensor, and a lid sensor in communication with a notification controller. The notification controller analyzes the information received from the biometric scanner, lid sensor, and mass sensor, and determines the state of the storage container based on a logic table. The notification controller then selectively transmit a predetermined message to the user based on the state of the storage container. |
| US11021108B2 |
Vehicle and vehicle step apparatus with multiple drive motors
A vehicle step apparatus comprises a first extending and retracting device comprising a first mounting bracket, a first step bracket, and a first arm assembly configured to drive the first step bracket to move between a first extended position and a first retracted position; a second extending and retracting device comprising a second mounting bracket, a second step bracket, and a second arm assembly configured to drive the second step bracket to move between a second extended position and a second retracted position; a step mounted on the first and second step bracket; a first permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the first mounting bracket and coupled with the first arm assembly to drive the first arm assembly; and a second permanent magnet direct current motor mounted on the second mounting bracket and coupled with the second arm assembly to drive the second arm assembly. |
| US11021107B2 |
Vehicular interior rearview mirror system with display
A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a casing and an electrochromic reflective element, with a video display screen disposed in the casing behind the electrochromic reflective element. With the interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior cabin portion of the vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display video images that are viewable through a transflective mirror reflector of the electrochromic reflective element by a driver of the vehicle. A rearward-viewing video camera is disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle and control circuitry is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly. Image data captured by the rearward-viewing video camera is provided via a coaxial cable to the control circuitry, which is operable to control the video display screen to display video images that are derived, at least in part, from the captured image data. |
| US11021100B1 |
Lighting vehicle foot mat
A lighting vehicle foot mat includes a foot mat body including a lighting device and a control unit. The control unit includes a memory storing a lighting state list of the lighting device. The lighting state list stores a plurality of lighting states and a plurality of codes corresponding to the plurality of lighting states, a control device controlling a lighting state of the lighting device according to the plurality of codes and a controller area network (CAN) bus transceiver receiving a vehicle control signal and transmitting the vehicle control signal to the control device. The control device analyzes the vehicle control signal to obtain a first code, compares the first code with the plurality of codes in the lighting state list and controls the lighting device according to the first code to generate a lighting state corresponding to the code. |
| US11021099B2 |
Touch module for vehicle interior trim and interior trim comprising such touch module and vehicle
A touch module for vehicle interior trim, including: a substrate; at least one layer of touch sensing layer disposed above the substrate, for generating a first signal upon a user's touch; a lighting layer disposed above the touch sensing layer; a decorative layer disposed above the lighting layer, at least part of the decorative layer being transparent or semi-transparent to allow light to pass through the lighting layer; and a tactile feedback layer disposed below the substrate and vibrating as a feedback according to the first signal generated by the touch sensing layer upon the user's touch. The touch module can be flexibly integrated into a vehicle interior trim such as a door, a center console, or an instrument panel to provide soft and comfortable touch feeling. An interior trim including the touch module and a vehicle having the touch module is also provided. |
| US11021097B2 |
Image projection module of a vehicle and a thick lens therefor
An image projection module of a vehicle that includes a light source directed to a projection mask and through it to output optics which is adapted to direct the projected light onto a road near the vehicle. The projection mask is formed on a front wall of a thick lens, whereby this front wall is adapted to direct the projected light from the light source to a flat upper wall of the thick lens which is adapted to totally reflect the projected light onto a curved output wall of the thick lens which is adapted to emit the projected light onto the road into the desired form of the projected pattern. A thick lens for an image projection module of a vehicle. |
| US11021093B2 |
Food and drink holder
In one embodiment of the invention, a food and drink holder configured to be removably mounted to a cup holder attached to seats or an arm rest is provided that includes a drink receptacle. The drink receptacle includes a generally cylindrical sidewall having a central axis, and the sidewall is configured to be removably mounted in an opening in the cup holder. The food and drink holder also includes a food receptacle having a pair of sidewalls, a front wall, an end wall, a bottom wall, and a top end. |
| US11021090B2 |
Seat assembly with leg support
A seat assembly is provided having a seat bottom and at least one bladder mounted to the seat bottom adjacent a forward surface and filled with a compressible material. The bladder is moveable between a storage position and at least one leg-support position. A valve is in fluid communication with the at least one bladder. A vacuum pump in fluid communication with the valve. The compressible material is compressed under vacuum pressure generated by the pump when the valve is closed in the storage position. The compressible material is expanded when the valve is open to move the at least one bladder to the leg-support position. |
| US11021089B2 |
Support bracket and headrest with support bracket
Inter alia, the invention relates to a support bracket (12) with two bar regions bracket on a vehicle seat, with a traverse (15) connecting the bar regions pivotally supporting a head contact part (11) of a headrest (10), and with locking means of a latch (17) for blocking pivoting the head contact part (11). The special feature is that the traverse (15) is made of plastic or a composite material and comprises attachment regions for securing to a support rod (13a, 13b) or is integrally connected with bar regions. |
| US11021088B2 |
Armrest structure for seat
An armrest structure for seat includes an armrest configured to move in a lateral width direction of the seat, a guide block configured to move in a front-rear direction of the seat, and an operation portion configured to be manually operated, such that the guide block moves in the front-rear direction. The armrest and the guide block are slidably engaged with each other in a direction inclined with respect to the lateral width direction and the front-rear direction of the seat. The armrest is configured to move in conjunction with the guide block in the lateral width direction, in response to an operation that the operation portion is operated to move the guide block in the front-rear direction. According to this armrest structure, an interval between the armrest on both sides can be adjusted in accordance with the physique and the posture of a seated person. |
| US11021086B2 |
Vehicle seat with abrasion protection
A vehicle seat for a vehicle having a backrest part and a seat part are provided. The backrest part and the seat part each have an inner portion and side bolster portions arranged laterally on both sides of the inner portion The inner portions and the side bolster portions each have a cushion part and an upholstery part at least partially surrounding the cushion part. An abrasion-resistant coating that has a higher hardness and/or stiffness than the at least one upholstery part is at least in part arranged on at least one of the upholstery parts. |
| US11021084B2 |
Vehicle seat structure
A vehicle seat structure including: a seat cushion on which a vehicle occupant sits; a seat back that supports a back portion of the vehicle occupant while sitting on the seat cushion in a seat deployed state, the seat deployed state being a state in which the vehicle occupant is able to sit on the seat cushion; and a seat deploying/retracting mechanism that enables the seat cushion and the seat back to slide in a vehicle up-down direction, and that, in a seat retracted state in which the seat cushion and the seat back are retracted, enables the seat cushion and the seat back to be placed in the vehicle up-down direction such that the seat cushion stands upright, and the seat back is placed at an upper side of the seat cushion. |
| US11021076B2 |
Control device of vehicle
A control device of a vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to selectively execute a first operation control for traveling based on a driving operation of a driver and a second operation control for traveling by setting a target traveling state independently of the driving operation of the driver and automatically performing acceleration or deceleration based on the target traveling state, and set an input voltage of an inverter set in the second operation control to be lower than the input voltage of the inverter set in the first operation control when an operating state of a rotating device represented by an output torque and a rotational speed of the rotating device is not changed. |
| US11021075B2 |
Autonomous vehicle paletization system
Systems and methods for automatically servicing autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with one or more reference mechanisms located on an autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying information associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more reference mechanisms located on the autonomous vehicle. The information associated with the autonomous vehicle includes an orientation of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the information associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing one or more control signals to implement the vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the orientation of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US11021070B2 |
Battery pack and method of manufacturing battery pack
A battery pack includes a plurality of stacked single battery cells, a case for housing the plurality of stacked single battery cells, and a vehicle body fastening member for fastening the case to a vehicle body frame, wherein the vehicle body fastening member is provided separately from case, is connected to at least one of two side wall parts opposing each other in a width direction of the case by a hooking structure facing an upper surface and a lower surface of the side wall part, and is provided independently at a plurality of arbitrary positions along a length direction of the case. |
| US11021069B1 |
Multisource magnetic integration using a current source fed transformer structure with decoupled secondary windings
A power system for an automotive vehicle includes a matrix transformer having two separate cores, a primary winding wound around each of the cores, a first secondary winding wound around one of the cores, and a second secondary winding galvanically isolated from the first secondary winding and wound around the other of the cores. The power system also includes circuitry that transfers power from an AC source to the primary winding, transfers power from the first secondary winding to a traction battery, and transfers power from the second secondary winding to an auxiliary battery. |
| US11021066B2 |
Vehicle comprising a wheel driven generator for charging a battery
A vehicle having wheels for riding the vehicle over a carrier such as a road or rails, said vehicle having a battery and a generator connected thereto, said generator being arranged to generate electrical power for charging said battery, said generator being further mechanically connected to at least one of said wheels such that said wheel drives the rotor of said generator, characterized in that said generator is an asynchronous generator or a permanent magnet generator, wherein an AC/DC inverter/charger is connected between said generator and said battery for regulating the current and the voltage of the charging power to said battery. |
| US11021063B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle and control method thereof
In a vehicle, a first gas sensor detects a hydrogen gas concentration of a vehicle interior front zone. Air-conditioning corresponding to an operation of a suction air switching button or the like is performed until the hydrogen gas concentration of the vehicle interior front zone reaches a predetermined second reference concentration, and any one of interior air mode switching control of an interior/exterior air switching mechanism and stop control of a blower is performed regardless of the operation of the suction air switching button or the like when the hydrogen gas concentration reaches the second predetermined reference concentration. |
| US11021062B2 |
Vehicle power supply device
A vehicle power supply device includes a first DC/DC converter, a DC/DC controller, a second DC/DC converter, and a vehicle controller. The first DC/DC converter converts a voltage output from a power source, and outputs the converted voltage to a first load. The DC/DC controller controls an operation of the first DC/DC converter. The second DC/DC converter operates by electric power supplied from the power source, and converts the voltage output from the power source and outputs the converted voltage to the DC/DC controller. The vehicle controller controls the DC/DC controller and the first load by supply of the voltage output from the first DC/DC converter and the voltage output from the second DC/DC converter. |
| US11021061B2 |
Power hybrid integrated management system
A power interface (14) connected to an ultra capacitor (16), a power source (18), and a load (20), with a controller (22) for managing the power interface (14), and monitoring the ultra capacitor (16), power source (18), and demands of the load (20) attached thereto. The power interface (12) selectively switches the circuit between the ultra capacitor (16) and the power source (18), and between the load (20) in response to the level of demand of the load (20) attached thereto such that the ultra capacitor (16) powers peak demand and the power source (18) powers steady demand. |
| US11021058B1 |
Foldable accelerator pedal apparatus equipped with hysteresis module for vehicle
A foldable accelerator pedal apparatus is equipped with a hysteresis module for a vehicle. In a manual driving mode where a driver drives a vehicle with human input, a pedal pad protrudes from a pedal housing to be exposed toward the driver. In an autonomous traveling mode where the vehicle travels without any human input, the pedal pad retracts into the pedal housing so as not to be exposed toward the driver. When operating the pedal pad, hysteresis may be realized through the hysteresis module. |
| US11021054B2 |
Power transfer assembly with hypoid gearset having optimized pinion unit
An integrated pinion/bearing/coupling (PBC) assembly for use with a hypoid gearset in power transfer assemblies of motor vehicles having mounting features and venting features, The integrated PBC assembly includes a hollow pinion unit made of steel and including a pinion shaft segment and a pinion gear segment, and a coupling unit having a hub segment made of aluminum. A brazing sleeve is used to braze the aluminum hub segment of the coupling unit to the steel pinion shaft segment of the pinion unit. |
| US11021050B2 |
Kinetic energy recovery boosting system utilising hydraulic braking
The invention provides a vehicle engine system comprising: a fuel pump for selectively delivering fuel under high pressure; an accumulator having a first chamber for receiving an output from the fuel pump and a second chamber for receiving an oil feed, wherein as one chamber is filled up the other chamber is compressed; wherein on vehicle acceleration the fuel pump delivers fuel to a common rail fuel injection system, and on vehicle braking the fuel pump delivers fuel to the first chamber of the accumulator to thereby put the oil in the second chamber under pressure, and wherein on subsequent acceleration the oil chamber delivers an output under pressure. |
| US11021043B2 |
Hard stop detection device for HVAC door (valve)
The present disclosure includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) door diagnostic system. The system has a rotatable hard stop lever that contacts, and restricts movement of, both a first airflow control door and a second airflow control door beyond a stop position when both the first airflow control door and the second airflow control door are present and moving in sync. When one of the first and second airflow control doors is not present or the first and second airflow control doors are not in sync, only one of the first and second airflow control doors will: contact the hard stop lever at the stop position, rotate the hard stop lever, and move beyond the stop position. The HVAC door diagnostic system generates a failure notice when the first airflow control door or the second airflow control door moves beyond the stop position. |
| US11021041B2 |
Integrated thermal management system
An integrated thermal management system includes a cooling circuit having a component thermal conditioning circuit, a battery thermal conditioning circuit, a cabin heating circuit, a cabin cooling circuit and a valve group configured for selectively interconnecting or isolating the component thermal conditioning circuit, the battery thermal conditioning circuit, the cabin heating circuit and the cabin cooling circuit. |
| US11021040B2 |
Front-windscreen air deflector bar
An air deflector bar extends parallel to an upper edge of a front windscreen of a motor vehicle. The air deflector bar includes an air deflection channel that extends along its length. The air deflection channel is concavely delimited in cross section by means of a first side that butts against the front windscreen and a second side that is connected to the first side and is at a distance from the first side. The inner surface of the second side of the air deflector bar is oriented toward an edge of a dashboard of the motor vehicle, which edge delimits the dashboard toward a passenger interior. |
| US11021032B2 |
Bogie balancing system and method for a work machine
A bogie positioning system and method for a work machine. The bogie positioning system adapted to selectively engage a wheel of a work machine to a ground surface through a bogie assembly wherein the bogie assembly may have a front wheel coupled to a rear wheel through a bogie coupling mechanism. The bogie coupling mechanism comprising a beam with a rotary joint. The rotary joint allowing the front wheel to rotate about a rotary axis relative to the rear wheel. The beam is coupled to a chassis of the work machine with at least one actuator coupled to the beam. A control unit is in communication with the bogie assembly, a user input interface, and a plurality of sensors, generating command signals to actuate the actuator based on the input signals, thereby selectively engaging the front wheel or the rear wheel with the ground surface. |
| US11021031B2 |
Suspension pre-load adjustment system
A suspension system for a vehicle and method for operating the same includes a shock absorber housing having a longitudinal axis, a spring disposed around the shock absorber housing and a retainer collar disposed around the shock absorber housing. An actuator coupled to the retainer housing moves at least a portion of the retainer housing to move the spring in a direction corresponding the longitudinal axis. |
| US11021026B2 |
Motorcycle trailer hitch leveling assembly
A motorcycle trailer hitch leveling apparatus for leveling a motorcycle trailer hitch includes a pair of sides each having a lower section, an angled section, an upper section, an inner face, and an outer face. The inner face of the lower section of each side is a first distance apart equaling a second distance between the outer face of the upper section of each side. The first distance and the second distance substantially conform to a width of a trailer tongue. The lower section of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with the trailer tongue and the upper section of each of the pair of sides is configured to selectively engage with a standard ball coupler. A bridge piece is coupled between the upper section of each of the pair of sides. |
| US11021024B2 |
Method for installing a monitoring device in a tyre for vehicle wheels
A positioning device for keeping a monitoring device for tyres of vehicle wheels in an installation condition, includes: two separate active portions, each having a main surface the shape of which matches that of a respective portion of an outer surface of a monitoring device, said separate active portions being adapted to cooperate with at least base portions of said monitoring device so that, when said positioning device is associated with said monitoring device, the base portions of said monitoring device are maintained at a given mutual distance by said active portions. |
| US11021023B2 |
Rapid tire inflation system with air compressor
An onboard inflation system for a vehicle such as an agricultural vehicle is disclosed, including a tire mounted on a wheel to form a wheel and tire assembly. The tire includes a tread portion and a tire cavity including an inflation chamber adjacent the tread portion of the tire. A storage chamber is carried by at least one of the wheel and the tire. A compressor arrangement is communicated with both the storage chamber and the inflation chamber. The compressor arrangement is configured to transfer air between the storage chamber and the inflation chamber. |
| US11021021B1 |
RFID tag secured to a tire
An RFID tag for attaching to a tire consists of a first polyester layer, a second polyester layer adjacent the first polyester layer, the second polyester layer having an etched antenna and an RFID chip, and a third polyester layer adjacent the second polyester layer. The third polyester layer surrounds part of the first and second layers and is secured by heat to an innerliner of the tire. |
| US11021016B2 |
Braided tire material
The various embodiments relate to pneumatic tires including a cap ply of braided strands of yarn. Various embodiments relate to strands of yarn that are fiberglass filaments or steel. The braided strands may include a tight braid or a loose braid. Various embodiments include braids having 1 to 5 stitches per cm. |
| US11021014B2 |
Wheelchair frame
A tube assembly for a wheelchair frame comprises a tubular member having at least a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion, the first portion configured to be in a seating zone of the wheelchair frame. The second portion is configured to be in a bottom front zone of the wheelchair frame, the tubular member defining a surface concavity in its peripheral surface delimited by a peripheral step, the surface concavity located at a junction between the first portion and the second portion of the tubular member. An interface member has a peripheral contour shaped and sized for the interface member to be received in the surface concavity and contoured at least partially by the peripheral step. |
| US11021012B2 |
Bearing device for vehicle wheel
A bearing device (1) for a vehicle wheel provided with: an outer member (2); and an inner member comprising a hub wheel (3), and at least one inner wheel (4) press-fitted into the small-diameter ridge (3A) of the hub wheel (3); wherein a belt-shaped part (2F) that radially protrudes by a protrusion amount (P1) is formed over a prescribed width (W1) in the outer peripheral surface of the outer member (2) so that at least part of the belt-shaped part (2F) radially overlaps the outside rolling surface (2D) which is on the vehicle-wheel-attachment-flange-facing side of the outer member (2). The present invention addresses the problem of providing a bearing device for a vehicle wheel in which the amount of deformation in an opening of an outer member can be reduced and decreases in rolling fatigue service life can be prevented while keeping overall weight increase to a minimum. |
| US11021011B2 |
Adaptive wheel assembly with interchangeable decorative faces
A wheel assembly that provides a simulated center lock wheel look that also enables exchanging of ornamental face plates with a center hub attachment device that will allow car enthusiasts to easily change the look of their automotive wheels while maintaining a center lock wheel appearance. The assembly includes three components: a base wheel, a plurality of ornamental face plates, and a center hub attachment extending from one of either the hub or the ornamental face plate. |
| US11021009B2 |
Hub cap vent shield
A vent plug for a hub cap is provided. The vent plug includes a cover and base forming a chamber. A vent plug body extends from the base and forms a cavity. A shield is coupled to the vent plug body. The shield comprises an annularly extending disc that traverses the cavity. The shield includes a connecting surface to connect the shield to the vent plug body. The shield provides a lubrication/liquid barrier to inhibit lubrication (or other liquid) from entering the cavity formed by the vent plug body and the chamber. The connection between the shield and the vent plug body allows a gas (typically air) to vent past the shield into the cavity and, when pressure is sufficiently high, to the chamber and eventually atmosphere. |
| US11021005B1 |
Dry erase marker board system with solid wetting marker board
A marker board system having a dark colored, low hardness, low surface energy solid silicone sheet to wet to a vertically oriented high surface energy substrate on a smooth, flat back-side of the solid silicone sheet. A front-side of the solid silicone sheet is able to be written upon by brightly colored marker ink. The brightly colored marker ink is able to be easily erased from the front-side of the solid silicone sheet after being written upon the front-side of the solid silicone sheet. |
| US11021004B1 |
Erasable writable materials
A magnetic erasable writable material for large format applications is disclosed, and includes a cast polyvinylchloride film with a mount surface opposite an etched receiver surface. Also incorporated is a transparent polyester film that has a marking side with a first predetermined hardness and an opposite seal side, laminated to the receiver surface. The marking side includes a clear superstrate that has a second predetermined hardness and applied to the marking side of the polyester film to lower its surface energy. The receiver surface is treated to have a surface energy adjusted to enable improved adherence of printed and preformed graphic elements, which are encapsulated when laminated between the PET film and receiver surface. The superstrate includes a perfluoropolyether, a polyurethane, an acrylated polyurethane, and/or an acrylate resin to harden the material. |
| US11021003B2 |
Handwriting assistive device
An assistive device to promote the development or recovery of writing and drawing capabilities of a user. The device includes an elongated body having an outer surface and an inner channel for insertion of a writing instrument; a first positioning part forming a loop extending from the outer surface of the elongated body through which a thumb of a user may be inserted; a second positioning part forming a loop extending from the outer surface of the elongated body through which an index finger of a user may be inserted; and a third positioning part forming a loop extending from the outer surface of the elongated body through which a middle finger of a user may be inserted, wherein the first, second, and third positioning parts are arranged such that a user's thumb, index finger, and middle finger form a tripod grasp about the elongated body. |
| US11020995B2 |
Head leading member, printing machine, and manufacturing method of head leading member
To provide a head leading member with which it is possible to inexpensively lead a head with a high level of accuracy. A head leading member is a head leading member, provided in a printing machine that includes a head to discharge ink toward a working surface, for leading the head in a main travelling direction; and the head leading member comprises; a frame extending in the main travelling direction; a base member fixed to the frame, and having a guiding reference surface that is performed with a manufacture so as to be planar along the main travelling direction, in a state of being fixed to the frame; and a guide member extending in the main travelling direction and being supported on the guiding reference surface of the base member, in order to lead the head in the main travelling direction. |
| US11020991B2 |
Automatic hold-down pallet for textile printing
A hold-down pallet for a textile printer, the pallet comprising a central board and flaps, the flaps moving between an open position to allow placing of a garment and a closed position to hold a garment firmly on the board for printing, the pallet travelling between a garment setting position and a printing area and comprising an engagement mechanism which engages the pallet as it enters the garment setting position. Engagement opens the flaps so that the flaps are in the open position in the garment setting area, the pallet disengaging to close the flaps as it heads for the printing area. |
| US11020990B2 |
Image printing apparatus and control method therefor
A conveyance unit of an image printing apparatus includes a conveyance member configured to nip and convey the print medium and disposed upstream of the print head in the conveyance direction but does not include a conveyance member configured to nip and convey the print medium and disposed downstream of the print head in the conveyance direction. In a case where a trailing edge margin length indicated by the trailing edge margin information is shorter than a first length, a control unit of the image printing apparatus controls the print head and the conveyance unit such that at least one scan of the print head for printing the image is performed after a trailing edge of the print medium in the conveyance direction passes by the conveyance member disposed upstream of the print head. |
| US11020988B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
Provided is a technique that enables proper sorting of discharged print media by suppressing curling of each of the print media sufficiently. A determining unit determines a curling suppressing operation to be executed such that in a case where sorting operation is executed, the suppressing operation having a higher effect of suppressing curling is executed than in a case where the sorting operation is executed. Then, a print control unit controls a print head to perform printing on print media while executing the suppressing operation determined by the determining unit. |
| US11020980B2 |
Droplet discharge apparatus
A droplet-discharge-apparatus includes a first-head, a first-ink-container storing first-ink, a second-head, a second-ink-container storing second-ink, a cleaning-liquid-container storing cleaning-liquid, a common-flow-path-system, a cleaning-liquid-flow-path, a first-pomp feeding the first-ink from the first-ink-container to the second-ink-container through the common-flow-path-system, a second-pomp feeding the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid-container to the first-ink-container through the cleaning-liquid-flow-path and the common-flow-path-system, a first-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the first-ink-container, a second-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the second-ink-container, a third-valve controlling a liquid flow rate between the common-flow-path-system and the cleaning-liquid-flow-path, and a control-unit. The control-unit transfers the first-ink from the first-ink-container to the second-ink-container by controlling the first-valve, the second-valve, the third-valve, and the first-pomp, and transfers the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-liquid-container to the first-ink-container by controlling the first-valve, the second-valve, the third-valve, and the second-pomp. |
| US11020979B2 |
Liquid discharge device
One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a liquid discharge device that determines the amount of liquid stored in each of a first liquid chamber of cartridge and a second liquid chamber of the tank. Another aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a liquid discharge device that deactivates an alarm or enables previously disabled printing after the cartridge is replaced and then the liquid is reliably determined to have flown into the second liquid chamber of the tank. |
| US11020975B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and recording system
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording on the transported medium by ejecting liquid from a nozzle formed at a nozzle surface, a mounting portion on which a liquid storage portion for storing the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a first discharge port that delivers the medium on which the recording is performed toward a media processing apparatus that performs processing on the medium, in which the mounting portion is disposed at a position higher than the nozzle surface, and a first transport path which is a portion of the transport path from a position corresponding to the liquid ejecting head to the first discharge port passes above the mounting portion. |
| US11020962B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus is provided, comprising a liquid ejection head, a signal output circuit which outputs different signals depending on the number of ejection-defective nozzles in which any defective discharge of a liquid occurs, and a controller. The controller executes judgment to judge whether a first condition that any ejection-defective nozzle is absent in two or more nozzles for constructing a first nozzle group is satisfied, a second condition that all of the nozzles are the ejection-defective nozzles is satisfied, or a third condition that only some of the nozzles are the ejection-defective nozzles is satisfied, on the basis of the signal outputted from the signal output circuit. |
| US11020957B2 |
Producing method of base member provided with printed layer and base member provided with printed layer
A producing method of a base member provided with a printed layer, the method including: disposing a printing plate including a screen plate having an opening pattern and a frame body supporting the screen plate so that the printing plate is opposed to a printing target surface of the base member having at least one bent portion; disposing a squeegee so as to be opposed to a plate surface of the screen plate opposite to the base member; and forming the printed layer by extruding a printing material onto the printing target surface by the squeegee via the opening pattern of the screen plate in a state where the frame body is supported so as to be relatively movable with respect to the printing target surface in a normal direction of the printing target surface. |
| US11020954B2 |
Method of resonant inspection for additive manufacturing
A method of additive manufacturing comprises determining a first resonant frequency of an unflawed reference workpiece at a first partial stage of completion, fabricating a production workpiece to the first partial stage of completion via additive manufacture, sensing a second resonant frequency of the production workpiece in-situ at the first partial stage of completion, during the fabrication, analyzing the workpiece for flaws based on comparison of the first and second resonant frequencies, and providing an output indicative of production workpiece condition, based on the analysis.An additive manufacturing system comprises an additive manufacturing tool, a sensor, and a controller. The additive manufacturing tool is disposed to construct a workpiece via iterative layer deposition. The sensor is disposed to determine a resonant frequency of the workpiece in-situ at the additive manufacturing tool, during fabrication. The controller is configured to terminate manufacture of the workpiece if the resonant frequency differs substantially from a reference frequency. |
| US11020953B2 |
Device and method for bonding substrates
A method for bonding a contact surface of a first substrate to a contact surface of a second substrate comprising of the steps of: positioning the first substrate on a first receiving surface of a first receiving apparatus and positioning the second substrate on a second receiving surface of a second receiving apparatus; establishing contact of the contact surfaces at a bond initiation site; and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate along a bonding wave which is travelling from the bond initiation site to the side edges of the substrates, wherein the first substrate and/or the second substrate is/are deformed for alignment of the contact surfaces. |
| US11020948B2 |
High pressure decorative laminate having a top layer of energy cured acrylated urethane polymer
A decorative laminate lay-up includes a top layer of a radiation and thermally cured composition coated directly onto an untreated decorative paper layer, a paper layer impregnated with resin, and a core layer composed of one or more sheets of paper impregnated with resin. |
| US11020947B2 |
Thermo-shrinkable polyester film
This disclosure relates to a thermo-shrinkable polyester film with excellent UV absorbance and heat resistance. According to one embodiment of the invention, provided is a thermo-shrinkable polyester film comprising a first resin layer comprising polyester resin comprising residues of dicarboxylic acid components comprising aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and residues of diol components comprising 4-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexylmethyl 4′-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexanecarboxylate, and 4,4-(oxybis(methylene)bis)cyclohexane methanol; and a second resin layer comprising the polyester resin and a UV absorber, formed on at least one side of the first layer. |
| US11020937B2 |
Impact-resistant pad
A pad comprises a first sheet, a second sheet and a cushion. The outer periphery of the second sheet is attached to the first sheet, making a closed accommodation space between the first sheet and the second sheet for being filled with cushions. The cushion comprises a plurality of cushions with various phases and those cushions contact each other, so that energy is absorbed during collision or impact by means of multiple cushions with various phases simultaneously. |
| US11020934B2 |
Decoration by sublimation transfer sheet
A sublimation transfer sheet assembly including a first layer and an dye or ink layer positioned on a first side of the first layer. The first layer and the dye or ink layer being positioned such that when the sublimation transfer sheet assembly is wrapped about an object with the dye or ink layer facing the object, a first edge portion of the sublimation transfer sheet assembly is overlapped by a second edge portion of the sublimation transfer sheet assembly, and the first edge portion is interposed between the second edge portion and the object. |
| US11020929B2 |
Corrugated board web cutting device and corrugated board manufacturing device
The present invention is provided with: one slitter device which forms cutting lines on a corrugated board web in a conveying direction and produces a plurality of slitted webs; a plurality of cutoff devices which cut the slitted webs in the width direction; a director device which separates the plurality of slitted webs cut by the slitter device and distributes same to the plurality of cutoff devices; and a separation cutting device which is disposed on the upstream side of the director device, and forms separation cutting lines, which are for separating the plurality of slitted webs with the director device, between the slitted webs of a new order and an old order, wherein the cutting operation is continued after the separation cutting device is stopped at the position of a separation cutting line of the new order. |
| US11020925B2 |
Variable density, variable composition or complex geometry components for high pressure presses made by additive manufacturing methods
A method of manufacturing a component for use in a high pressure press includes successively depositing a volume of one or more materials using a deposition device to build a three dimensional body of the component having a selected material property varied along at least one direction of the component for use in the high pressure press. |
| US11020920B2 |
Tire building system and method
Disclosed is a tire building system including a first drum, a second drum and first stations, a first support, a first carrier that carries the first drum with respect to the first support, a second support and a second carrier that carries the second drum with respect to the second support, wherein the first carrier is movable along the first support in a first positioning plane, wherein the second carrier is movable along the second support in the first positioning plane, wherein the first support is arranged for supporting the first carrier from below the first positioning plane and wherein the second support is arranged for suspending the second carrier from above the first positioning plane. The disclosure further relates to a method for positioning the first drum and the second drum with respect to the first stations with the use of the aforementioned system. |
| US11020918B2 |
Method of manufacturing a non-pneumatic support structure
A system manufactures a tire assembly. The system includes a core having a cylindrical hub and radially protruding extensions projecting radially outward from the hub, a plurality of internal arcuate members for positioning a reinforcing layer of the tire assembly about the core, the internal arcuate members being disposed in spaces between the extensions of the core, a first side plate for securing the internal arcuate members in place relative to the core, and a second side plate for securing the core and internal arcuate members to each other. |
| US11020913B2 |
Process and system for improving surface quality of composite structures
A process and system for improving surface quality of composite structures, including laying up a first set of composite plies including a first outer ply of a first composite structure. A first intermediate surface of the first outer ply is measured to form a first set of measurements. A laydown surface for a tool path of a composite placement machine is modified to form a modified tool path, wherein modifying the laydown surface comprises modifying the laydown surface such that a laydown surface of the modified tool path matches the first set of measurements. A composite ply is laid down using the composite placement machine and the modified tool path. |
| US11020912B2 |
Joint structure
A joint structure includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a projection having a distal end and a base end. The distal end is thicker than the base end. The second member is made of a material different from a material of the first member and has a fitting groove into which the projection is to be inserted. The projection includes, on its surface, an inclined surface extending from the distal end to the base end and inclined with respect to a facing direction in which the first member and the second member face each other. The projection at least includes a plurality of fiber-containing layers that each have a sections in which a fiber extends along the inclined surface. |
| US11020907B2 |
Method for melt pool monitoring using fractal dimensions
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, forming a melt pool in the process of melting, the method comprising: using an imaging apparatus to generate an image of the melt pool comprising an array of individual image elements, the image including a measurement of at least one physical property for each of the individual image elements; from the measurements, mapping a melt pool boundary of the melt pool; computing a fractal dimension of the melt pool; and controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process with reference to the fractal dimension. |
| US11020900B2 |
Automated three dimensional printing system
A three dimensional printing system includes a print engine, a storage system, and a controller. The controller is configured to (1) receive a build order defining a plurality of three dimensional articles to be manufactured, (2) allocate partitions for receiving the plurality of the three dimensional articles within the storage system, (3) operate the print engine to fabricate the three dimensional articles, and (4) transfer the three dimensional articles to the partitions as they are built. |
| US11020899B2 |
Additive manufacturing system with extended printing volume, and methods of use thereof
An additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional (3D) parts includes a print foundation, a print head, a drive mechanism, and a supporting surface that creates an air bearing for parts under construction as they move through the system. The print head is configured to print a 3D part onto the print foundation in a layer-by-layer manner in a vertical print plane. The drive mechanism is configured to index the print foundation substantially along a horizontal print axis during printing of the 3D part. The support surface is provided by a table extending along the horizontal axis. The table has a plurality of air jets forming an air platen, which generates the air bearing for supporting the 3D part as it is incremented along the print axis. |
| US11020898B2 |
Build plates for continuous liquid interface printing having permeable base and adhesive for increasing permeability and related methods, systems and devices
A build plate for a three-dimensional printer includes a rigid, optically transparent, gas-permeable planar base having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface; a gas permeable adhesive layer on the base upper surface; and a flexible, optically transparent, gas-permeable sheet having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface comprising a build surface for forming a three-dimensional object, the sheet lower surface positioned on the adhesive layer opposite the base. |
| US11020893B2 |
Thermoforming mold device and a process for its manufacture and use
A thermoforming mold device (1) providing a piece with a thin wall starting with a sheet of thermoplastic material is provided. At least one (3) of two parts of the mold (3, 3′) comprises at least one means (4) of local deformation of a sheet (2′) in the mold (3, 3′) in its closed state, the at least one means (4) comprises a piece of hollow molding with a peripheral edge, which can be connected selectively to a source of suction and can be displaced between a folded position, in which the molding piece is situated in close proximity with the wall of the thermoformed piece, and a deployed position, in which the molding piece is applied under pressure with its peripheral edge against the wall of the thermoformed piece upholding the other part of the mold. |
| US11020889B2 |
Method and system for generating, processing and displaying an indicator of performance of an injection molding machine
There is disclosed a method (400) of operating a molding system (100), the method (400) executable by a controller (140) of the molding system (100). The method comprises appreciating (402) a plurality of operational parameters associated with the molding system (100); based on at least a sub-set of the plurality of operational parameters, generating (404) a machine performance index, the machine performance index being a single value representative of the at least a sub-set of the plurality of operational parameters and being instrumental in enabling an operator of the molding system (100) to appreciate an economic productivity factor associated therewith; causing (406) the machine performance index to be displayed on an interface of the controller (140). |
| US11020888B2 |
Method of forming at least one channel within a substrate and a system
A method of forming at least one channel within a substrate includes coupling a fitting to a mold, and securing together the fitting and an insert via threads. A system includes a mold configured to form the substrate. The method also includes inserting a component into an opening of the fitting. Part of the component is disposed outside of the opening of the fitting, and the component is utilized to define the at least one channel within the substrate. The method further includes molding at least one material to the component and the insert to form the substrate. Furthermore, the method includes removing the fitting from the insert while the insert remains molded to the substrate. |
| US11020885B2 |
Polypropylene-based foamed molded body and manufacturing method of polypropylene-based foamed molded body
In a polypropylene-based foamed molded body of the present invention, a density which is measured on the basis of ISO1183 is greater than or equal to 0.15 g/cm3 and less than or equal to 0.54 g/cm3, thermal resistance (R) at 30° C. in a thickness direction which is measured on the basis of ASTM E1530 is greater than or equal to 0.020 m2·K/W and less than or equal to 0.125 m2·K/W, thermal capacity per unit area (Q) at 30° C. is greater than or equal to 1.0 kJ/m2·K and less than or equal to 2.5 kJ/m2·K, and Expression 1 described below is satisfied. Q>1/(4×R1/2) (Expression 1) |
| US11020883B2 |
Method for manufacturing a cellulose product, cellulose product forming apparatus and cellulose product
A method for manufacturing a cellulose product, comprising the steps: dry forming a cellulose blank in a dry forming unit; arranging the cellulose blank in a forming mould; heating the cellulose blank to a forming temperature in the range of 100° C. to 200° C.; and pressing the cellulose blank in the forming mould with a forming pressure of at least 1 MPa. |
| US11020882B2 |
Injection moulding machine having a coating installation
The invention relates to an injection moulding machine having a coating installation, wherein the injection moulding machine has at least one fixed platen and one movable platen for the fastening of mould tool halves of at least one mould tool, and the coating installation has first pressure-generating and/or first pressure-conducting means for coating components at a first, relatively low pressure level and second pressure-generating and/or second pressure-conducting means for the coating components at a second, relatively high pressure level, wherein at least all second pressure-generating and all second pressure-conducting means are coupled to the movable platen so as to be jointly movable along a movement path of the movable platen. |
| US11020879B2 |
Self pressurizing bladder tooling
A method of fabricating a composite structure includes laying at least one composite ply about a bladder, the bladder comprising a phase change material in a first phase having a first volume, positioning an outer mold about the bladder and the at least one composite ply, and curing the at least one composite ply to form the composite structure. Curing causes the phase change material contained within the bladder to change to a second phase to expand from the first volume to a second volume and apply a pressure to an interior surface of the composite ply and press an outer surface of the composite ply against the outer mold to form an interior cavity. The bladder is not removable from the formed interior cavity. |
| US11020878B2 |
Equipment and process for producing polymer pellets
The present invention relates to an equipment and method for producing polymer pellets which comprise one or more polymer components and one or more further components, wherein in said process at least one of said one or more further components is incorporated into pellets by applying a liquid, which comprises said at least one component, onto said pellets. |
| US11020875B2 |
Forming element for ceramic articles
A pressing device, comprising: a lower punch (10), provided with a pressing surface (10a) facing upwards; an upper punch (11), provided with a pressing surface (11a), facing downwards; at least one of the two punches is movable nearingly and distancingly relative to the other in order to perform pressing of a layer (L) of a ceramic material; a first movable belt (2) comprising an active portion (3) arranged at least partially between the upper punch (11) and the lower punch (10); a second movable belt (4) comprising an active portion (5) arranged at least partially between the first movable belt (2) and the upper punch (13); a shaped profile (6), which is so structured as to at least partially delimit a pressing chamber, which is detachably associated to the lower punch (10) or to the upper punch (11) in a projecting manner. |
| US11020874B2 |
Three-dimensional (3D) printing with a sintering aid/fixer fluid and a liquid functional material
In an example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing method, a ceramic build material is applied. A liquid functional material, including an anionically stabilized susceptor material, is applied to at least a portion of the ceramic build material. A sintering aid/fixer fluid, including a cationically stabilized amphoteric alumina particulate material, is applied to the at least the portion of the ceramic build material. The applied anionically stabilized susceptor material and the applied cationically stabilized amphoteric alumina particulate material react to immobilize the anionically stabilized susceptor material, thereby patterning the at least the portion of the ceramic build material. |
| US11020873B2 |
Central axis adjustment structure of tailstock of woodworking lathe
A central axis adjustment structure of a tailstock of a woodworking lathe is disclosed. The tailstock has a circular hole therein, a front opening and a rear opening at front and rear ends of the tailstock. An end surface of the front opening has at least one screw hole. A guide rod is disposed in the circular hole, and has a rear end extending out of the rear opening. A collar is fitted onto an axial connecting shaft that is inserted in the circular hole. The guide rod is insertedly connected to a rear end of the axial connecting shaft. The collar has at least one perforation corresponding to the screw hole. At least one bolt is inserted through the perforation and screwed to the screw hole so that the collar is locked to the front end of the tailstock. A first annular gap is defined between the guide rod and the rear opening of the tailstock. A second annular gap is defined between the axial connecting shaft and the front opening of the tailstock. A third annular gap is defined between the bolt and the perforation of the collar. |
| US11020871B2 |
Method for making a blind hole
A method for making a blind hole may include arranging a workpiece in a negative form with a first portion and a second portion. The first portion may include a recess. The second portion may include a guide for a punch. The recess may be arranged substantially coaxially to the guide. The method may also include displacing a material of the workpiece into the recess via pressing the punch into the workpiece. Additionally, the method may include pressing the punch into the workpiece in a first movement section with a first velocity. The method may further include further pressing the punch into the workpiece in a second movement section with a second velocity such that the material is sheared and is partly extruded into the recess. The method may include moving the first portion relative to the second portion and shearing off the material displaced within the recess. |
| US11020869B2 |
Automated application of cut thermal adhesive films
Method of manufacturing a substrate with a cut thermal film comprises obtaining an input digital image of a design to be transferred to the substrate; storing the input image in memory; rendering design elements of the design as a single output image; based upon a bleed size value, a maximum number of negative areas, a maximum number of positive areas, and attribute values: resizing the image to include a border for bleed; filling transparent areas of the image with the substrate attribute values; creating a cutting path; creating a mask image; inverting the mask image; modifying the mask image to adjust fill areas around details, to limit negative areas to be less than the maximum number of negative areas, and to limit positive areas to be less than the maximum number of positive areas; creating cutting path data in memory as a vector path outlining the mask image. |
| US11020866B2 |
Handle for a razor
A shaving razor handle comprising a body defined by a top shell joined to a bottom shell and comprising an open end, in which the top shell or the bottom shell comprises a substantially continuous band of material that forms the open end of the body. Also provided is a shaving razor handle with these features and a forward assembly coupled to the body, in which at least a portion of the forward assembly rotates relative to the body. Further provided is a shaving razor handle with these features, in which an inner edge of the one of the top shell or the bottom shell comprises a substantially linear portion extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body and a curved portion extending between the substantially linear portion and the substantially continuous band of material. |
| US11020865B2 |
Shaving aid for razor cartridges comprising a nano-filament
A shaving aid for razor cartridges comprising water soluble filaments having nano-sized diameters and exhibiting lubricating properties and with improved visual and tactile aesthetics. |
| US11020864B2 |
Head shaving device
A hand-held shaving device includes a blade carrier top and a blade carrier base that cooperate to secure a double-edge razor blade in place. The blade carrier top and the blade carrier base mount onto a shaver base that is designed to be held in a hand of a user. When assembled, the device provides rests that contact a body surface to be shaved and when in contact with the body surface set the razor blade at an optimal shaving angle. A process of shaving comprises contacting the body surface to be shaved and moving the device in a direction of the razor blade edge. The device is designed so that it can be used in either hand. |
| US11020856B2 |
Transportation vehicle and method for controlling a robot
A transportation vehicle having a data interface for transmitting data to a robot, wherein the transportation vehicle includes a controller that produces control signals for controlling the robot for a specified working task and transmits the control signals to the robot via the data interface. Also disclosed is a method for controlling a robot by a transportation vehicle. |
| US11020854B2 |
Robotic system with wall-based packing mechanism and methods of operating same
A system and method for operating a robotic system to place objects into containers that have support walls is disclosed. The robotic system may derive a packing plan for stacking objects on top of each other. The robotic system may derive placement locations for one or more objects overhanging one or more support objects below. The derived placement locations may be based on utilizing one or more of the support walls to secure the placed object. |
| US11020852B2 |
Substrate transport apparatus with independent accessory feedthrough
A substrate transport apparatus including; a frame, a substrate transport arm connected to the frame, the substrate transport arm having an end effector, and a drive section having at least one motor coupled to the substrate transport arm, wherein the at least one motor defines a kinematic portion of the drive section configured to effect kinematic motion of the substrate transport arm, and the drive section includes an accessory portion adjacent the kinematic portion, wherein the accessory portion has another motor, different and distinct from the at least one motor, the another motor of the accessory portion is operably coupled to and configured to drive one or more accessory device independent of the kinematic motion of the substrate transport arm. |
| US11020851B2 |
Robot and bag used for the robot
A robot includes a base, a robotic arm supported by the base, and a bag having flexibility configured to accommodate the robotic arm. |
| US11020850B2 |
Linking device for an exoskeleton structure facilitating the carrying of loads while walking or running
A linking device for an exoskeleton structure is provided. The device an input part mounted in rotation with respect to a support, and a transmission device that when a load is applied to the input part to pivot the input part in a first direction of rotation, the transmission device transmits to a first connecting link a force to pivot the first connecting link to transfer the load to a first mechanical leg assembly and unload a second mechanical leg assembly of the exoskeleton structure, and when a load is applied to the input part to pivot the input part in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction, the transmission device transmits to a second connecting link a force to pivot the second connecting link to transfer the load to a second mechanical leg assembly and unload the first mechanical leg assembly. |
| US11020846B2 |
Work tool
Provided is a work tool that can work suitably in cooperation with an attachment device connected to a main body of the work tool to enhance work efficiency. The work tool includes a main body 2, and a control circuit 71 configured to provide control over the main body 2. The main body 2 includes a motor 3, an end-bit mount portion 10 and an end bit 14 as a work part configured to be driven by the motor 3 to perform a work. A dust collector 100 is connectable to the main body 2 to assist the work. The control circuit 71 is configured to detect whether the dust collector 100 is connected to the main body 2 and change the control over the main body 2 based on whether the connection is established or not. |
| US11020845B2 |
Routing adapter for wide shallow recesses
A router apparatus for cutting grooves in surfaces at a range of depths includes a housing having a central threaded aperture, a set of saw blades with a diameter less than the aperture. In addition, the apparatus includes at least one handle attached to a side of the housing, an adjustment bushing configured for operational engagement with the central threaded aperture, wherein turning the bushing adjusts the cutting depth of the set of saw blades, and a female coupling opposite the set of cutting blades wherein the female threads are operationally engageable with the male threads of a common right-angle grinder. |
| US11020841B2 |
Door leaf handler for installation of door hardware
The inventive technology, in at least one embodiment, may be described as a door leaf handler comprising: a stationary support; a rotatable frame established substantially above [ said ] the stationary support; and wheels configured to allow rotation of [ said ] the rotatable frame about a frame rotation axis, wherein [ said ] the rotatable frame comprises at least one hinge, and door leaf securement rails, and is openable and closeable at [ said ] the at least one hinge along a rotatable frame opening axis. An installer can install hardware on a door leaf secured in the rotatable frame when the installer is in a first position, and then, in order for that installer to be able to install door hardware on an 10 opposite side of the door from that same position, the installer can rotate the rotatable frame, with door secured in it, 180° . Locks and rotational stops, inter alia, can facilitate operation. |
| US11020840B2 |
Gripping system with clamp device and method of using the same
A gripping system for securing a work piece includes a clamp device, a rotary actuator, and a control circuit. The clamp device includes a ball screw mechanism and a jaw portion that has multiple grip fingers. The ball screw mechanism includes a shaft and a holder assembly. The shaft extends through the holder assembly and is configured for displacement along a central axis of the jaw portion. A distal tip of the shaft engages the grip fingers. The control circuit controls the rotary actuator to drive rotation of the shaft relative to the holder assembly, causing displacement of the shaft along the central axis. The displacement of the shaft causes the distal tip of the shaft to force the grip fingers to move in a radial direction away from the central axis to provide a clamp force on the work piece. |
| US11020838B2 |
One or more conformal members used in the manufacture of a lapping plate, and related apparatuses and methods of making
The present disclosure includes one or more resilient members for use in an apparatus used to form lapping plates. The resilient members can permit processing members such as charging elements and shaving blades to conform to irregularities in surface topography of lapping plate platens. |
| US11020834B2 |
Systems and methods for sorting insects
Disclosed herein is an insect sorting system that includes a conveyor stage having a drive unit, a grasping surface movably coupled with the drive unit and having textured surface elements, and a diverter that is configured to remove insects from the grasping surface. |
| US11020831B2 |
Dental milling machine and method
A dental milling machine is provided with a tool which is guided in a chuck. A workpiece arm is mounted opposite the tool to be able to be moved at least in the direction of the spindle axis. With a control device it can be moved in relation to the workpiece, especially by means of a drive motor at the workpiece arm. The workpiece arm has an abutment element, whereby the control device moves the tool and the abutment element towards each other until they abut each other. The control device can be used to detect abutment of the abutment element with respect to the tool, in particular with respect to its tip, in particular by decelerating the (relative) movement of the tool and the abutment element towards each another, upon contact of the tool and the abutment element. This position may be signaled as a reference position and, especially may be stored. |
| US11020830B2 |
System, method and tooling for flexible assembly of cylinder-head valve trains
An assembly method is provided by orienting a cylinder-head at a first orientation. A first plurality of spring caps and a first plurality of retainer keys are installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a first robot. A first plurality of valves is installed into the cylinder-head in the first orientation by a second robot, into engagement with the first plurality of retainer keys. An end effector is provided with an actuator supported upon an adapter plate. A shaft extends from the actuator with a mating surface to engage a spring cap. Porting is provided through the shaft to convey pressurized air upon a plurality of retainer keys within the spring cap. A plurality of gripper fingers extend from the distal end of the shaft to grip a valve spring while retaining a spring cap between the valve spring and the mating surface of the shaft. |
| US11020824B2 |
Aluminum alloy clad material
An Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Fe: 0.05% to 0.3%, Mg: 0.02% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and satisfies (Bi+Mg)×Sr≤0.1, is disposed on both surfaces of a core material, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm in terms of equivalent circle diameter are more than 20 in number in 10,000 μm2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with diameter of 5.0 μm or more are less than 2 in number in 10,000 μm2, the core material contains Mn: 0.8% to 1.8%, Si: 0.01% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, and a balance of Al and inevitable impurities, and a cathode current density of a brazing material layer after a brazing heat treatment is 0.1 mA/cm2 or less. |
| US11020821B2 |
Cutting device for thin semiconductor wafer and cutting method thereof
A cutting device for a thin semiconductor wafer includes a laser light generator and a polygonal mirror structure. The laser light generator is used to provide a femtosecond laser light with a pulse width on a femtosecond order (10−15 second). The polygonal mirror structure is used to reflect the femtosecond laser light. The polygonal mirror structure has a plurality of reflective surfaces. The polygonal mirror structure rotates continuously with respect to the femtosecond laser light, such that the femtosecond laser light is sequentially and repeatedly reflected by the plurality of reflective surfaces and projected on a semiconductor wafer. The femtosecond laser light projected on a semiconductor wafer moves repeatedly along a same predetermined direction in a predetermined range during a predetermined time to groove or cut the semiconductor wafer. |
| US11020819B2 |
Hot stamping method for simultaneously forming workpieces, and hot-stamped product
A hot stamping method for simultaneously forming workpieces includes steps of: performing laser welding to which an aluminum filler wire is applied to a welding site between the two or more sheets of blanks, and hot-stamping the two or more sheets of blanks, which are welded in the step of performing the laser welding. |
| US11020814B2 |
Quick-change wire feeder
Apparatuses, systems, and/or methods for securing and unsecuring a wire feeder in an automatic welding system without using tools are disclosed. The welding system can include, for example, a robotic arm with a welding torch, an adaptor, and a wire feeder. The adaptor can include, for example, a quick-disconnect member located on the robotic arm. The wire feeder that can be removed from the adaptor after the quick-disconnect member has been actuated. The wire feeder can be installed and secured with tools by placing the wire feeder in the actuator and actuating the quick-disconnect member of the actuator. |
| US11020811B2 |
Solder removal from semiconductor devices
A solder removal apparatus is provided. The solder removal apparatus comprises a plurality of solder-interfacing protrusions extending from a body by a length. Each of the plurality of solder-interfacing protrusions is configured to remove a corresponding one of a plurality of solder features from a semiconductor device, where each of the plurality of solder features has a height and an amount of solder material. |
| US11020803B2 |
Coated cutting tool
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer; and, in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane is from 4.0 or more to 8.4 or less, and a texture coefficient TC (1,1,9) of a (1,1,9) plane is from 0.5 or more to 3.0 or less. |
| US11020801B2 |
Method and device for producing and coding metal powder
The invention relates to a method for coding metal powder. Said method comprises the following steps: providing a melt, forming a melt stream, spraying the melt stream by means of a spraying fluid, and forming metal powder particles from the melt stream. The method is characterized in that, during the spraying of the melt and/or the spraying fluid, a coding component or a coding gas is added in such a way that the use of the coding component in the metal powder can be detected, wherein the gaseous coding component comprises one or more isotopes of at least one gas and the fraction of the at least one isotope is changed in comparison with the naturally occurring fraction of said isotope in the gas and/or wherein the gaseous coding component contains gaseous alloying elements. |
| US11020797B2 |
System and method for controlling oxidation of metals during freeform casting
A system is disclosed for printing a component. The system may have a nozzle controlled for movement within a plane. The nozzle may be configured to dispense a molten metal. A substrate may be positioned within a reservoir. The substrate may receive the molten metal to form the component in a printing operation. A heated barrier material in a molten state may be contained within the reservoir for forming a liquid barrier between an atmosphere and the substrate. The nozzle has a tip which is submerged within the liquid barrier while dispensing the molten metal during the printing operation. The liquid barrier forms a barrier between an atmosphere in a vicinity of the substrate and the substrate. |
| US11020796B2 |
Immersion-type burner heater and molten-metal holding furnace
An immersion-type burner heater includes a heater protection tube that is installed so as to penetrate a furnace wall or an upper lid of the molten-metal holding furnace with the tip end thereof being closed; an inner cylindrical member arranged inside the tube so as to define a combustion flow passage S between the tube and itself with the tip end side thereof being open and the inside thereof serving as an exhaust gas flow passage; and a gas burner part supplying fuel gas and air to the combustion flow passage. A helically extending projecting part is provided on at least one of the outer peripheral surface of the member and the inner peripheral surface of the tube at a position that is closer to its tip end side than to the part penetrating the furnace wall or the upper lid. |
| US11020793B2 |
Measuring method, system and sensor for a continuous casting machine
A system for detection of the level of a liquid metal within a crystallizer of a mold has a detection system. The detection system is based on a transmission of at least one signal transmitted toward a crystallizer having the liquid metal therein and a reception of a reflection of the transmitted signal. A first ultrasonic element transmits a ultrasonic elastic wave and a second ultrasonic element receives the ultrasonic elastic wave. A processor measures a time elapsed between transmission and reception and correlates the elapsed time relative to the level of liquid metal in the crystallizer. |
| US11020792B1 |
Core manufacturing apparatus
Provided is a core manufacturing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store core sand; a kneading vessel configured to be fed with the core sand; a kneading rod configured to knead the core sand; and a piston configured to eject the kneaded core sand. The kneading vessel is capable of transitioning between a horizontally lying state and a vertically standing state and configured to be fed with the core sand in the horizontally lying state. The piston is configured to eject and pack the core sand into a mold with the kneading vessel in the vertically standing state. The storage unit is turnably coupled to the kneading vessel and configured to remain coupled to the kneading vessel in the same posture while the kneading vessel turns. |
| US11020789B2 |
Interchangeable die, joining tool and joining method
An interchangeable die for a joining tool includes a die head partially defining a die feature, and a die shank which extends from the die head in an axial direction and is insertable into a shank receptacle of a die receiving portion of a joining tool. A fastening contour is partially defined on the interchangeable die for fastening the interchangeable die on the joining tool. The fastening contour is structured for fastening the interchangeable die on the joining tool by a motion including an insert movement and a rotate movement. |
| US11020786B2 |
System for controlling the restraining force applied to a panel during a drawing operation
A system and apparatus is disclosed for controlling a restraining force applied to a panel. The apparatus includes a die, a binder supporting the panel against the die, and a punch used to draw the panel into the die. A restraining element is disposed on one of the die and the binder that engages a surface of the panel and applies a restraining force onto the panel. A strain gauge is disposed inside at least one of the die and the binder that engages a surface of the panel to measure the restraining force applied to the panel. The level of restraining force applied by the restraining element onto the panel is controlled based upon the restraining force measured by the strain gauge. |
| US11020775B2 |
Systems for cleaning test sample wells
A method for cleaning a test sample well, provided in a diagnostic test card, using a cleaning head having a cleaning tube delivering, at its free end, a cleaning fluid, and a suction tube mounted inside the cleaning tube for aspirating the contaminated cleaning fluid from its free end located in proximity to the free end of the cleaning tube. The method provides for relative displacement between the test card and the cleaning head, so that the test card occupies a cleaning position wherein the cleaning tube delivers, at its free end, the cleaning fluid to the inside of the well to be cleaned and the suction tube aspirates the contaminated cleaning fluid. |
| US11020768B2 |
Vibratory classifiers
Vibrating classifier embodiments such as vibrating grizzly feeders are provided. Some embodiments include a reconfigurable grizzly bar classifier. |
| US11020767B2 |
Operator interface device for a plural component dispensing system
A plural component dispensing system includes a dispensing device, first and second fluid component sources, a system controller, and an operator interface device. The first fluid component source is connected to the dispensing device to deliver the first fluid component to the dispensing device. The second fluid component source is connected to the dispensing device to deliver the second fluid component to the dispensing device. The system controller is connected to regulate operation of the first fluid component source and the second fluid component source to produce a target ratio of the first fluid component and the second fluid component at the dispensing device. The operator interface device is remote from and operatively connected to the system controller. The operator interface device is configured to output system state information received from the system controller and to receive operator input to control an operational state of the system controller. |
| US11020766B2 |
Spin coating apparatus, system, and method
A spin coating apparatus, system, and/or method that increase the uniformity of a coating material on a substrate. The spin coating system may be specifically directed for use with polygonal shaped substrates. The spin coating system may include a process chamber within which the substrate is located, spinning on a chuck, during operation. The spin coating system may include gas injection ports that inject a gas into the process chamber so that the gas contacts the substrate along corner portions of its front surface. This injection of the gas increases pressure and prevents excessive build-up of the coating material that may otherwise occur when spin coating polygonal shaped substrates. |
| US11020764B2 |
Rewinding waterwheel, transmission gearbox of the waterwheel, and irrigation method thereof
A rewinding waterwheel includes a secondary body, a main body and guide members. The main body includes a rewinding waterwheel frame, a hub ring shaft and a water pipe wound around the hub ring shaft. The hub ring shaft is installed onto the rewinding waterwheel frame and rotatable. The secondary body includes a waterwheel frame and a sprinkler head mounted onto the waterwheel frame. The water pipe is fixed and communicated to the sprinkler head; the guide member is installed on the ground; the water pipe is in a rolling contact with the outer circumferential surface of the guide member. In a water spray method of the rewinding waterwheel, a traveling path is designed to achieve automatic lawn irrigation by the guide member in contact with the water pipe and to change the irrigation speed by the transmission gearbox to control water volume and save energy. |
| US11020763B2 |
Spacer flow guide for partitioning build chamber of an additive manufacturing system
The present disclosure relates to the manufacture and use of an additive manufacturing (AM) system that employs a spacer flow guide disposed or formed within a housing that defines a chamber of the AM system. The spacer flow guide may direct various portions of a gas flow within the chamber to respective exhaust channels. For example, in combination with portions of the housing, the spacer flow guide may define a main exhaust channel that extends between the chamber and a gas outlet formed in a downstream end of the housing. Additionally, a bypass exhaust channel may be defined between the chamber and a back surface of the spacer flow guide to fluidly couple an upper portion of the chamber to the main exhaust channel. |
| US11020760B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and precursor gas nozzle
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a process chamber accommodating substrates; a heating system for heating the process chamber to a predetermined temperature; a precursor gas supply system including a precursor gas nozzle and for supplying a precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber; a reaction gas supply system configured to supply a reaction gas reacting with the precursor gas in the process chamber; and a control part configured to control the heating system, the precursor gas supply system and the reaction gas supply system to form a film on each of the plurality of substrates by performing a process, while heating the process chamber accommodating the plurality of substrates to the predetermined temperature. The process includes supplying the precursor gas from the precursor gas nozzle to the process chamber and supplying the reaction gas to the process chamber. |
| US11020756B2 |
Orbital sprinkler with speed control brake
A spool and wobbler assembly for a sprinkler includes a spool section with facing spool flanges on opposite sides of a spool core, where at least one of the spool flanges includes a circumferential rolling ledge. A wobbler cage including a wobbler ring is supported on the spool section, and a water deflector plate is coupled with the wobbler cage. An underside of the wobbler ring is provided with a circumferential rolling surface that engages the circumferential rolling ledge of the at least one spool flange. The rolling surface and rolling ledge provide for smoother orbital motion of the deflector plate. |
| US11020754B2 |
Outlet nozzle for a centrifugal drum, centrifugal drum and assembly tool
An outlet nozzle for centrifugal drums has a nozzle body with at least one cylindrical portion and having an insert connected to the nozzle body. An inlet channel and an outlet channel, which is oriented at an angle with respect to the inlet channel, are formed in the nozzle body. The insert has a torque transmitting contour for arranging a tool with a complementary tool torque transmitting contour in position in order to rotatingly secure the nozzle body in an opening of a rotatable centrifugal drum and to release said nozzle body. The insert also has a polygonal cross-section, which is smaller than the cross-section of the cylindrical section. The insert starting from the polygonal, in particular, rectangular cross-section, merges with the cylindrical section of the nozzle body over rounded surfaces having a radius greater than 1.0 mm. |
| US11020752B2 |
Process for heat stable salts removal from solvents
An apparatus and a method for removing salts from a liquid are described. A first liquid containing at least one salt is mixed with magnetic composite particles. A subsequent separation of the particles from the liquid is achieved using an electromagnetic source. |
| US11020751B2 |
Separation process for plastics materials
A materials-separation process includes a sorting operation in which plastics materials including at least first and second plastics materials are sorted from paper and metal materials so that the first plastics material may be separated from the second plastics material. |