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US11188240B2	Information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium for access permission control Provided is an information processing system including plural information processing devices each of which is accessible using first authentication information that is given to each of users, that varies among the users, and that is common to the plural information processing devices, access to a specific service from an accessed information processing device among the plural information processing devices being permitted using second authentication information that is given for the specific service to each of the users and that varies among the users. The information processing system includes a display controller and a storage controller. In a case where first access permission information that corresponds to the first authentication information used to access the accessed information processing device and that is for permitting access to the specific service is not stored in a storage unit, the display controller performs control to display an input screen for inputting the second authentication information for accessing the specific service. In a case where the first access permission information is stored in the storage unit and in a case where authentication information input from the input screen matches the second authentication information that is predetermined, the storage controller permits access to the specific service and performs control to cause the storage unit to store new first access permission information for the specific service in association with the first authentication information used to access the accessed information processing device.
US11188238B2	Information processing apparatus, memory control method, and computer program product An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first memory, a non-volatile memory, and one or more processors. The processor is configured to execute information processing on data stored in those memories. The processor allocates, to each of pages included in a file stored in the non-volatile memory by executing an operating system, a memory access method that indicates either copy access processing or direct access processing to be executed. The copy access processing performs writing and readout of data copied from the non-volatile memory into the first memory. The direct access processing directly performs writing and readout of data stored in the non-volatile memory. The processor accesses those memories by the memory access method allocated to each of the pages included in the file when the operating system receives a request from an application program for writing or readout on the file.
US11188232B2	Enhanced storage compression based on activity level Techniques for evaluating data sets for compression processing may include: receiving first information for a data set, the first information including I/O activity information for the data set, a service level objective for the data set, and a size of the data set; determining, in accordance with the first information, whether the data set meets criteria indicating a specified level of importance and a specified level of I/O activity; responsive to determining the data set meets the criteria, sending second information identifying one or more storage objects of the data set to a compression engine, wherein the one or more storage objects of the data set are identified as having the specified level of importance and at least the specified level of I/O activity; and performing processing, by the compression engine using the second information, to determine whether to compress first data stored in the data set.
US11188229B2	Adaptive storage reclamation In some examples, a system may include at least one class of storage that is configured for having freed storage space reclaimed to enable reuse of the freed storage space. For instance, the system may determine whether a volume corresponding to the at least one class of storage is used to store system data or user data. If the volume is used to store user data, then the system may determine whether any of the user data has been deleted from the volume. If data has been deleted from the volume, the system may determine whether an available capacity of the volume is less than a remaining capacity threshold before performing reclamation on the at least one storage device corresponding to the volume. Alternatively, if the volume is used to store system data, the system may perform reclamation based on an elapsed period of time since the last reclamation.
US11188228B1	Graphing transaction operations for transaction compliance analysis Transaction operations may be graphed in order to determine performance compliance of transactions. An event to analyze transactions may be detected. Transactions to analyze for the event may be identified and a description of transaction operations for the identified transactions may be obtained. A graph of the transaction operations may be generated to indicate the dependencies between transactions and an evaluation of the graph may be performed to determine whether the transactions were performed with serializable isolation.
US11188226B2	Display device, display controlling method, and computer program A display device, method, computer-readable storage medium and user interface, each of which detects contact to or proximity of an object with respect to a generated image, and responsive to detection of contact to or proximity of the object the generated image, disables any operational functions associated with a first portion of the generated image. Additionally, operation associated with a second portion of the generated image is allowed responsive to the detection of contact to or proximity of the object to the generated image, where the second portion of the generated image is different from the first portion of the generated image. An indication corresponding to the second portion of the generated image for which operation is enabled may be displayed on the generated image.
US11188224B2	Control method of user interface and electronic device A controlling method of a user interface and an electronic device are provided. A touch element includes a start area, a trigger area and a track area connecting the start area and the trigger area. The controlling method of the user interface includes following steps: entering a startup interface display mode according to the touch behavior performed on the touch element; generating continuous touch data in response to the touch behavior when the touch behavior moves from the start area to the track area and an animation trigger condition is satisfied, activating an animation mode according to the continuous touch data; and generating the continuous touch data in response to the touch behavior when the touch behavior moves from the start area to the track area and from the track area to the trigger area, and opening a user interface according to the continuous touch data.
US11188222B2	Multi-arrayed display user interface panel An electronic computing device provides a plurality of displays unified under a single touchscreen module. The device includes a casing for housing device components and a processor operable to control the functionality of the device. A graphical user interface may be stored on the processor to provide interactive elements and an environment for a device user.A glass substrate layer defining a top surface of the device is positioned adjacent a touchscreen module in operable communication with the processor. Below the touchscreen module, a plurality of displays may be positioned adjacent the touchscreen module and are each in operable communication with the processor to display a screen. With this configuration, multiple programs may be seamlessly run within one device.
US11188220B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for navigating between user interfaces and displaying a dock An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, including detecting an initial portion of the gesture while displaying a user interface of a first application, and including concurrently detecting a plurality of contacts on the touch-sensitive surface and detecting movement of the plurality of contacts. In response to detecting the gesture: if the gesture includes two contacts, the device performs an operation in the first application; if the gesture includes more than a threshold number of contacts greater than two and the movement of the contacts during the gesture meets first criteria, the device displays a user interface of a second application; and if the gesture includes more than the threshold number of contacts greater than two and the movement of the contacts meets second criteria, the device a home screen user interface.
US11188218B1	System and method for generating a position based user interface A method for generating an adaptive user interface may include, generating a graphical user interface for presentation to a user at an automated banking machine that includes a touch screen display and a currency note dispenser. The automated banking machine may include a sensor that senses information indicating a physical disposition of the user relative to the automated banking machine. The method may include adjusting the placement of the menu options on the touch screen display based on the information regarding the physical disposition of the user relative to the automated banking machine.
US11188216B2	Selectively emphasizing digital content One or more embodiments increase the visual appeal and organization of presenting digital content items. In particular, one or more embodiments improve the visual appeal of a presentation of digital content items by emphasizing one or more digital content items within the presentation of digital content items. For instance, one or more digital content items may be emphasized within a graphical user interface including a gallery of digital content items. The emphasized digital content items can be selected based on a score reflecting a particular characteristic of the digital content item and/or a metric of user interest in the digital content item. Digital content items with relatively high scores as compared to other digital content items may be emphasized when presented in conjunction with the other digital content items.
US11188206B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that are capable of providing a particular feedback in a displayed image in response to a predetermined operation by a plurality of users at matched timing. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit for recognizing a plurality of users, detecting operation, by each user, on a display surface where an image is being displayed, and outputting feedback on the image displayed on the display surface according to timing of detected operations by the plurality of users.
US11188205B2	Configurable patent strength calculator A system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of user-selectable elements accessible by a user to select a patent strength calculator from a plurality of patent strength calculators, to edit a patent strength calculator, or to create a new patent strength calculator. The memory further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to apply a selected patent strength calculator to a list of documents to determine a patent strength score for each patent of the list of documents.
US11188204B2	Systems and methods for determining a position for placing of a joint prosthesis Systems and methods for virtual implant placement to implement joint gap planning are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for receiving a first implant parameter set based on a surgical plan that was generated while moving the joint through a range of motion. The method can include generating a first set of candidate implant parameter sets that are the result of an incremental change, relative to the first implant parameter set, to at least one parameter of the first parameter set. The method can include calculating a result for at least one candidate implant parameter set and providing a graphical representation of the result according to at least one candidate implant parameter set. The result can be color-coded to correlate to a candidate implant parameter set. The display can include color-coded user interface controls to allow a user to execute incremental changes corresponding to candidate implant parameter sets.
US11188201B2	System and method for customizing information for display to multiple users via multiple displays A method and system are configured to generate user-specific information, such as wager-related information, for display on one or more display devices of a user. The system is configured to store user preferences, to determine a location of the user and a configuration of the user's display device(s), and to use the location information and at least one of the user preference information and group information to generate the user-specific information, and to configure the user-specific information based upon the configuration of the user display device(s), wherein when there is more than one user display device, the user-information and configuration thereof may vary for each device.
US11188195B2	Method for playing music in vehicle audio system and vehicle audio system to which the method is applied A method for playing music in a vehicle audio system includes: playing, by a controller, a music file of a user device that is received via communication; determining, by the controller, whether metadata of the music file to be played matches metadata of a music file that is stored in a first storage device and has sound quality that is better than sound quality of the music file of the user device; and stopping, by the controller, playback of the music file of the user device and playing the music file of the first storage device when the metadata of the music file to be played matches the metadata of the music file of the first storage device.
US11188192B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program for side menus To provide an information processing device for enabling a plurality of users to efficiently use content on the same screen. Provided is an information processing device including: a manipulation detection unit configured to detect a manipulation by a user; and a control unit configured to control display on a screen according to the detection of the manipulation detection unit. The control unit performs control to cause a first menu for selecting a content save source to be displayed along each side of the screen when the manipulation detection unit detects a first manipulation from each side toward a center of the screen with respect to at least two sides among sides of the screen, cause a second menu for selecting content to be displayed outside the first menu when the manipulation detection unit detects a second manipulation on the first menu, and cause content selected by a third manipulation to be displayed on the screen when the manipulation detection unit detects the third manipulation on the second menu.
US11188188B2	System and method of providing automated customer service with augmented reality and social media integration Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device, comprising: a display; a sensor for detecting three dimensional objects; a processing system including a processor coupled to the display and sensor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: identifying a three dimensional object proximal to a user of the device; tracking and storing a position of the three dimensional object; creating an augmented reality (AR) presentation for the user, wherein the AR presentation includes an image of the three dimensional object and an enhancement of the three dimensional object; and displaying the AR presentation to the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11188187B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition part that acquires an image captured by an imaging part, and a display controller that causes a virtual object to be displayed in accordance with a recognition result of a real object shown in the image. The display controller controls the virtual object on a basis of a size of the real object in a real space.
US11188186B2	Part display apparatus, electronic music apparatus, and part display method Provided is a part display apparatus. The part display apparatus includes: a tab display unit configured to display a plurality of tabs respectively corresponding to a plurality of part groups; a digest information display unit configured to display, in each tab of the plurality of tabs, digest information of each part of the part group corresponding to that tab; a tab selection reception unit configured to receive selection of any one of the plurality of tabs; and a detailed information display unit configured to display a part detail screen including detailed information of the part group corresponding to the selected tab.
US11188184B2	Electromagnetic touch structure, direct-backlight display module and display The present disclosure discloses an electromagnetic touch structure, a direct-backlight display module and a display. The electromagnetic touch structure includes a frame structure and an electromagnetic screen structure disposed on the rim structure; the frame structure includes a groove-shaped metal rear shell and a rim structure disposed at a peripheral edge of the metal rear shell. The electromagnetic screen structure includes a diffusion panel and an electromagnetic film which are stacked between the metal rear shell and the rim structure, and a permanent magnet structure disposed at a peripheral edge of the electromagnetic film, and the permanent magnet structure is located between the metal rear shell and the rim structure, and the electromagnetic film is disposed above or below the diffusion panel.
US11188183B2	Combined inductive sensing and capacitive sensing A sense unit for inductive sensing or capacitive sensing is described. The sense unit may include a first terminal coupled to a first node, a first electrode coupled to the first node, and a second terminal. The sense unit may include a second electrode coupled to the second terminal. In a first mode, a first signal is received at the first terminal and a second signal is output on the second terminal, where the second signal may be representative of a capacitance of the sense unit. The sense unit may include an inductive coil. The sense unit may include a first capacitor. The inductive coil and the first capacitor are coupled in parallel between the first node and ground. In a second mode, a third signal is received at the first terminal and a fourth signal is output on the second terminal.
US11188181B2	Capacitive sensor filtering apparatus, method, and system A transform is used to transform raw sensor data from the time domain to the frequency or sequency domain. The transformed data falls into several signal bins. The transformed data in at least one of the signal bins is analyzed to determine whether a touch event or release event has occurred.
US11188178B2	Touch display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and touch display device A touch display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch display device are provided. The touch display panel includes a substrate, a touch layer, a protective layer, an array substrate, and an organic light-emitting element. The touch layer includes a touch pattern layer, a first insulating layer, and a bridge layer. The organic light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.
US11188177B2	In-cell liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device An in-cell type liquid crystal panel is disclosed containing: an in-cell type liquid crystal cell provided with a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules homogeneously aligned in the absence of an electric field, a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate sandwiching the liquid crystal layer, and a touch sensing electrode unit related to touch sensor and touch-driven functions disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film disposed, via a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and without interposing a conductive layer, to the first transparent substrate side on the viewing side of the in-cell type liquid crystal cell; wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer attached polarizing film contains a first polarizing film, an anchor layer, and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer; the anchor layer includes a conductive polymer; and the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes an antistatic agent.
US11188171B2	Driving system, sensing method and driving circuit for touch display device A driving system for a touch display device includes a timing controller, configured to output a plurality of first data and receive a plurality of second data; and a driving module, coupled to the timing controller, comprises a display driving module, configured to output a plurality of output voltages according to the plurality of first data output by the timing controller; and a sensing module, configured to receive a plurality of display sensing data and a plurality of touch sensing data to generate the plurality of second data to the timing controller.
US11188170B2	Image display apparatus and method for controlling the same An image display apparatus includes a display section that displays an image on a display surface, an output section that outputs light, a changer that changes the angle of the light outputted from the output section with respect to the display surface, a position detector that detects a reflected position where the light outputted by the output section is reflected, and a change controller that controls the changer based on the result of the detection performed by the position detector.
US11188166B2	Input device An input device that inputs information corresponding to a change in pressure due to load includes: a first charge detection circuit that outputs a first detection signal corresponding to charges generated in a first piezoelectric sensor and a second piezoelectric sensor; and a switch circuit provided on a path through which the charges are transmitted from the first and second piezoelectric sensors to the first charge detection circuit. The first charge detection circuit alternately iterates a first period in which a first charge is input from a first positive electrode via the switch circuit and a second period in which a second charge is input from a second negative electrode via the switch circuit, reverses a sign of one of the first and second charges, combines a resulting charge with the other charge, and outputs the first detection signal corresponding to the amount of accumulation of the combined charge.
US11188153B2	Electronic apparatus, control method therefore, and storage medium In order to provide an electronic apparatus that can adaptively vibrate a user interface member so that a user can recognize an operation of the user interface member even while recording a sound, the electronic apparatus comprises a user interface member that can be operated by a user, a vibrator for vibrating the user interface member at a predetermined frequency, an environmental sound detector for detecting an environmental sound at the predetermined frequency, and a controller for suppressing the vibration of the vibrator at the predetermined frequency according to a level of the environmental sound at the predetermined frequency detected by the environmental sound detector.
US11188151B2	Vibration driven housing component for audio reproduction, haptic feedback, and force sensing A portable electronic device is described in this disclosure. The portable electronic device can take many forms including for example a smart watch, a smart phone, or a tablet computing device. The portable electronic device can include a device housing component; and a display assembly coupled to the device housing component. The display assembly includes a protective cover that shields a display component from damage. The portable electronic device also includes an actuator configured to apply a vibratory input to the display assembly. In some embodiments, the actuator contacts both the device housing component and the protective cover of the display assembly. In some embodiments, the actuator is affixed only to an interior-facing surface of the display component.
US11188150B2	Haptic tool system The present invention relates a haptic tool system, the system including: a computer device portion providing a content image including a target object for user testing or learning through a haptic feedback simulation function; and a haptic drill tool having an capacitive touch pen that makes contact with the target object and providing a haptic feedback simulating use of an actual drill to the user on the basis of load cell displacement information on a force applied according to the contact of the capacitive touch pen and physical property information on the target object. According to the haptic tool system, it is possible to provide the haptic feedback similar to a force and a motion sensation that the user feels when using an actual electric drill.
US11188149B2	Image display device using retinal scanning display unit and method thereof When a predetermined image is displayed for a user such that the user is able to visually recognize the image, the user sight line direction is detected, a part assumed to be present in the detected user sight line direction is set to a first image, an image complementary to the first image for the predetermined image is set to a second image, the positions of the retinas of the eyes of the user are scanned with laser light from a retinal scanning display unit fitted to the head of the user and the first image is focused on a position away from the position of the eyes of the user by a first distance and is displayed. The second image is displayed on the surface of the panel of a panel display unit in a position away from the user by a second distance shorter than the first.
US11188146B2	Direct volume rendering in virtual and/or augmented reality A method for rendering an image in a virtual reality environment includes capturing volume data with a capturing device, storing the volume data in a memory, detecting a movement of a user with a tracking device, generating tracking data representing the movement of the user, setting rendering parameters for rendering the image, rendering the image from the volume data based on the rendering parameters, detecting a measure of the movement of the user based on the tracking data, and adapting the rendering parameters depending on the measure of the movement of the user. A system for rendering the image includes a tracking device, a communication interface, a memory, and a processor which sets rendering parameters, renders the image from the volume data based on the rendering parameters, detects a measure of the movement of the user, and adapts the rendering parameters depending on the measure of the movement.
US11188141B2	Voltage region sensing for maximum system power Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may determine one or more characteristics relating to a mains power supply received by a computer system, and may then determine a maximum amount of power that may be drawn by the computer system given the determined characteristics. An example may provide a computer system having a power supply circuit that may include a detection circuit to receive a mains power supply and to detect a characteristic of the mains power supply. In response to the detected characteristic, the detection circuit may provide an output to a circuit in the computer system that sets a limit on a current that may be drawn by the circuit. In this example, the characteristic may be an RMS value of the mains power supply waveform, a location of where the mains power supply is being received, a quality of the mains power supply, or other characteristic.
US11188139B2	Storage system, method of controlling same, information processing apparatus, and storage medium A sub-CPU of a storage system discriminates in advance whether a storage device connected to a SATA bridge is an HDD (a first type) or an SSD (a second type). Upon receiving a power saving shift instruction that does not distinguish a type of the storage device from a main CPU via a SATA controller, the sub-CPU instructs a power control unit corresponding to the discriminated type to perform power control for causing the storage device to shift to a power saving state. The sub-CPU makes an instruction for power control to a GPIO if the discriminated type is HDD, and has a SATA host I/F cause the storage device shift to the power saving state if the discriminated type is SSD.
US11188136B2	Managing content based on battery usage in displaying the content on devices Systems and methods for managing content to improve battery life of client devices. A data processing system receives requests for content items from client devices. The data processing system selects the content items from a set of content items and transmits the content items to the respective client devices. The client devices acquire battery status information related to the displaying or rendering of their respective content item. The data processing system receives the battery status information from the client devices and determines a power consumption value associated with the content items. Based on the power consumption value being greater than a threshold power consumption value, the data processing system modifies a policy for selecting the content items from the set of content items.
US11188134B2	Connector and second electronic device including the connector The present disclosure provides a connector for coupling a first electronic device and a second electronic device with a power source to enable the power source to provide a current to the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the connector includes: a first connector component configured to be coupled with the first electronic device; a power-supplying connector component configured to be coupled with the power source; a power line configured to couple the second electronic device and the first connector component to the power-supplying connector component; a data line having a first end coupled with the second electronic device, and a second end coupled with the first connector component; and a power-supplying state detection circuit configured to be coupled with the power-supplying connector component and detect whether the power-supplying connector component is coupled with the power source; and a message transmission line having a first end coupled with the power-supplying state detection circuit, and a second end of the message transmission line is coupled with the second electronic device, and the power-supplying state detection circuit is configured to transmit a power source connection message to the second electronic device via the message transmission line when it is detected that the power-supplying connector component is coupled with the power source.
US11188132B2	Modular power delivery techniques for electronic devices Modular power delivery techniques for electronic devices are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise native power delivery circuitry to source a native power delivery current, power management circuitry to control the native power delivery circuitry, a power delivery connector to mate with a counterpart power delivery connector of an external device, and a processing device conductively coupled to the power delivery connector via a supplemental power delivery line, the processing device to draw a supplemental power delivery current from the external device via the supplemental power delivery line. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11188131B2	Calculation board power stage circuit, and calculation board A power stage circuit and a calculation board. The power stage circuit includes an input circuit and an output circuit. The input circuit and the output circuit are electrically connected. The power stage circuit also includes a plurality of package pins. The plurality of package pins are respectively connected to the input circuit, the output circuit, and a power supply package unit.
US11188130B2	Method and apparatus for thermal management using different customization modes An information handling system having improved thermal management includes a policy that is used by a basic input output system during a system startup. A mode controller customizes the policy by adjusting fan speed and/or workload. The customization utilizes a manual mode, an intelligent mode, or a historical data mode.
US11188129B2	Expansion hinge and electronic deivce having the same An expansion hinge including a torque module, two first brackets, two sliding brackets, two second brackets and two elastic modules is provided. The torque module is configured to provide torques. The two first brackets are rotatably connected to two opposite ends of the torque module. The two sliding brackets are rotatably connected to the two opposite ends of the torque module. The two second brackets are slidably disposed in the two sliding brackets respectively. Each of the two elastic modules is disposed between the respective sliding bracket and the respective second bracket. The two sliding brackets are adapted to synchronously slide with respect to the two second brackets, and each of the elastic modules is configured to push the respective sliding bracket and the respective second bracket to form a pulled-out state or a pushed-in state.
US11188127B2	Bendable and foldable display screen to provide continuous display Embodiments are generally directed to a flexible overlapping display. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a processor to process data for the mobile device, a bendable and foldable display screen one or more device sensors to sense an orientation of the mobile device, and one or more display sensors to sense a current arrangement of the display screen. The processor is to identify one or more portions of the display screen that are visible to a user based at least in part on data from the one or more device sensors and the one or more display sensors.
US11188113B2	Band gap reference voltage generating circuit A band gap reference voltage generating circuit includes a reference voltage generating circuit, a current generating circuit, a current divider circuit, and a first connection path switching circuit. The reference voltage generating circuit forms a reference voltage on first and second current input terminals thereof. First and second input terminals of the current generating circuit are connected to the first and second current input terminals, respectively. The current generating circuit generates a first current to bias the reference voltage generating circuit. The current divider circuit includes a current input terminal, a first current output terminal, and a second current output terminal. The first connection path switching circuit switches connection paths between the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the current generating circuit, and the first current input terminal and the second current input terminal of the current divider circuit.
US11188109B1	Devices configured to conduct a power gating operation A device performing a power gating operation includes a switch control signal generation circuit and a power gating circuit. The switch control signal generation circuit controls an operation that generates a first switch control signal and a second switch control signal from a mode signal based on a comparison result of a first power source voltage and a second power source voltage until a mode register set operation is performed after a power-up period ends. The power gating circuit drives a power source voltage to the first power source voltage or the second power source voltage based on the first switch control signal and the second switch control signal.
US11188108B2	Minimizing power consumption in a data acquisition path A data acquisition system may include an input for receiving an input signal for the data acquisition system, a plurality of data paths including a first data path and a second data path, and a signal estimator configured to determine a magnitude of the input signal using estimation of the input signal and dynamically deactivate one of the first and second data paths based on the magnitude of the input signal.
US11188106B2	Low-noise high efficiency bias generation circuits and method An apparatus for generating a steady state positive voltage (PVS) signal and a steady state negative voltage (NVS) signal is presented. The apparatus includes a bias signal generation module for generating a steady state reference voltage signal (RVS) based on a varying supply voltage signal (VDD), the RVS having a voltage level less than the PVS. The apparatus further includes a positive signal generation module (PSGM) generating the PVS, the PSGM including a first capacitor, the PSGM employing the first capacitor to generate a portion of the PVS based on the RVS. The apparatus further includes a negative signal generation module (NSGM) generating the NVS, the NSGM including a second capacitor, the NSGM employing the second capacitor to generate a portion of the NVS based on the RVS.
US11188100B2	Robotic swarm localization using ranging radios A system for localizing a swarm of robotic platforms utilizing ranging sensors. The swarm is localized by purposely leaving some of the platforms of the swarm stationary, providing localization to the moving ones. The platforms in the swarm can alternate between a stationary and moving state.
US11188098B2	Grain cart for continuous conveying agricultural product A method for continuously conveying agricultural product from an agricultural vehicle to an agricultural product storage tank includes receiving a signal at an autonomous grain cart indicating that another autonomous grain cart is moving to the agricultural product storage tank from the agricultural vehicle. The method also includes determining an expected location of the agricultural vehicle based on a harvesting map for the agricultural vehicle. The method further includes determining a route to the expected location of the agricultural vehicle based on the expected location of the agricultural vehicle and the location of the autonomous grain cart. The method also includes controlling the autonomous grain cart based on the route to the expected location of the agricultural vehicle after the signal indicating that the other autonomous grain cart is moving to the agricultural product storage tank from the agricultural vehicle is received.
US11188095B1	Systems and methods for sending scheduling information to a robotic device Systems and methods for sending scheduling information to a mobile robotic device from an application of a communication device. The application of the communication device generates at least one scheduling command and transmits the at least one scheduling command to a router using a first wireless communication channel. The router is configured to transmit and receive the at least one scheduling command to and from at least one cloud service. A charging station of the robotic device receives the at least one scheduling command from the router using the first wireless communication channel and stores the at least one scheduling command on the charging station. The charging station transmits the at least one scheduling command to a processor of the robotic device using a second wireless communication channel and the processor of the robotic device modifies its scheduling information based on the at least one scheduling command.
US11188094B2	Autonomous vehicle signaling system A visual indicator system includes a sensor system, a visual indicator, a processing system coupled to the sensor system and the visual indicator, and a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a visual indicator module. The visual indicator module receives first sensor data via the sensor system and determines based on the first sensor data that a first condition is satisfied. In response to the first condition being satisfied and via a first portion of the visual indicator, the visual indicator module provides a first visual indication that is associated with the first condition to a physical environment.
US11188087B2	Autonomous working system, autonomous vehicle and steering method thereof The present invention provides an autonomous vehicle, comprising: a housing; a driving module, mounted on the housing; a limit detecting module, mounted on the housing and detecting a distance between the autonomous vehicle and a limit; an energy module, mounted on the housing and providing energy for the autonomous vehicle; a control module, electrically connected to the driving module and the limit detecting module, the control module enables to the driving module to execute steering according to a signal representing an angle relationship between the autonomous vehicle and the limit and sent by the limit detecting module, such that an acute angle or right angle is always formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and one lateral side of the limit when the steering is finished, and an acute angle or right angle is formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and another lateral side of the limit when the steering begins; and if judging that the driving of the autonomous vehicle meets a preset condition, then the control module reduces an upper limit of an angle value range of an acute angle or right angle formed between the central axis of the autonomous vehicle and one lateral side of the limit when the steering is finished. The efficiency of passing by a narrow passage is higher.
US11188085B2	Vehicle capsule networks A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect and locate an object by processing video camera data with a capsule network, wherein training the capsule network includes determining routing coefficients with a scale-invariant normalization function. The computer can be further programmed to receive the detected and located object.
US11188077B2	Apparatus and method for controlling driving of vehicle An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a communicator that receives autonomous driving data of another vehicle, a sensor that obtains surrounding environment information and manual driving data of a subject vehicle, and a controller that obtains autonomous driving data of the subject vehicle based on the surrounding environment information and determines whether to switch to autonomous driving of the subject vehicle based on the autonomous driving data and manual driving data of the subject vehicle and the autonomous driving data of the another vehicle.
US11188074B1	Systems and methods for remotely controlling operation of a vehicle A system includes one or more processors that are configured to receive data from one or more sensors, to determine whether one or more characteristics of a driver or an occupant indicate driving control of a vehicle should transfer from the driver based on the data, and to enable a remote operator to control operation of the vehicle in response to determining that the driving control should transfer from the driver.
US11188072B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle, remote controller, and control method thereof A control method for communicating with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: transmitting a signal from a remote controller to the UAV through a first communication network; monitoring a state of the first communication network; and in response to the state of the first communication network not meeting a state condition: prompting, on an interface of the remote controller, a user to perform a user selection for selecting a cooperative method of the first communication network and a second communication network; receiving the user selection; and performing a network switching according to the selected corporation method to transmit at least a portion of the signal from the remote controller to the UAV through the second communication network.
US11188069B2	Preventative maintenance of robotic surgical systems A method of conducting preventative maintenance on a robotic surgical system is provided. The method includes sensing an audio output generated by one or more components of a robotic surgical system with a sensor coupled to the robotic surgical system, converting the audio output into audio output data, comparing the audio output data to a predefined audio data stored in a memory device that is coupled to the robotic surgical system, and selectively outputting a preventative maintenance signal based on a comparison of the audio output data and the predefined audio data.
US11188068B2	Monitoring of an operational process using a fault prediction model A monitoring system and method for monitoring an operational operation to predict a fault in the operational operation. The operational operation monitors a number of manufacturing stages within a manufacturing system. The monitoring is accomplished using a number of sensors directed to measuring aspects of the manufacturing system, and detecting trends indicating a potential fault of the system according to a prediction model. The prediction model may be updated during online operation of the monitoring system.
US11188062B2	Work management device A work management device manages a board work line having multiple board work machines for performing work on a board. The work management device includes a problem detection section configured to detect that a problem has occurred in any of the multiple board work machines; a handling method database configured to accumulate handling methods for problems; an updating section configured to update handling methods for problems at any time; and a work instruction section configured to extract and indicate to an operator a handling method for a problem from the handling method database when the problem detection section detects that the problem has occurred.
US11188061B2	Configuration of an automation system A method for configuring an automation system for controlling a process, an automation module, and a computer program product. In the method, a mapping of a physical automation device on a non-instantiated automation module is provided, whereby the non-instantiated automation module specifies a device type and has at least one artifact. Furthermore, the method includes the provision of a non-instantiated automation module in a library and a retrieval of the non-instantiated automation module from the library. Furthermore, the method provides for an instantiation of the automation module and a localization of the instantiated automation modules.
US11188060B2	Lifecycle data files for industrial automation project optimization Various embodiments of the present technology provide an integrated platform that provides optimization tools that can be used across multiple lifecycle phases of an industrial automation system. In accordance with various embodiments, the integrated platform can take specified designs in a presale phase and easily open up that information in a corresponding tool to address needs in the post-sale phase to allow for all device commissioning, programming, and configuration without any importing, exporting, or recreation of presale files. Various embodiments use a common, cross-platform data file that links activity within each lifecycle phase. As such, any layouts or designs can be easily opened up within the platform by users with differing roles. Moreover, if in the post-sale phase, a control engineer decides that a specific aspect of control system was left out, the control engineer can summon the capability of the presale phase to expand the system.
US11188058B2	Adjusting method for imprint apparatus, imprinting method, and article manufacturing method An adjusting method for adjusting an imprint apparatus includes a preparation step of preparing a sample for evaluating a state in which a contact region of a test mold is in contact with an imprint material supplied on a substrate; an evaluation step of evaluating the sample; and an adjustment step of adjusting the imprint apparatus based on a result of evaluation obtained in the evaluation step. The contact region includes a flat region which does not include a pattern, the evaluation in the evaluation step includes a first evaluation, which is an evaluation of a state of the imprint material in the flat region, and the imprint apparatus is adjusted based on a result of the first evaluation in the adjustment step.
US11188056B2	Feedrate scheduling method for five-axis dual-spline curve interpolation This invention, a feedrate scheduling method for five-axis dual-spline curve interpolation, belongs to multi-axis NC (Numerical Control) machining filed, featured a feedrate scheduling method with constant speed at feedrate-sensitive regions under axial drive constraints for five-axis dual-spline interpolation. This method first discretizes the tool-tip spline with equal arc length, thus getting the relation between the axial motion and the toolpath by computing the first, second, and third order derivatives of the axial positions with respect to the tool-tip motion arc length. After that, determine the feedrate-sensitive regions with the constraints of axial drive limitations and the objective of balanced machining quality and efficiency. Finally, determine the acceleration/deceleration-start-point curve parameters by bi-directional scanning. The invented method can effectively make a balance between the feed motion stability and efficiency in five-axis machining, and possesses a high computational efficiency and a good real-time capability.
US11188055B2	Management system and method thereof A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a modeling apparatus configured to form a three-dimensional object obtains a number of times of stacking cumulatively counted and recorded in a storage unit of the modeling apparatus each time forming processing of the three-dimensional object to be performed by a forming device of the modeling apparatus is performed, generates a message including identification information for identifying the modeling apparatus and the acquired number of times of stacking, and transmits the generated message to a management system.
US11188053B2	Computer system, operation verification method, and program Provided are a computer system, and a method and a program for operation verification that easily know the operation of a machine tool more exactly. The computer system acquires operating data while a machine tool operates for a predetermined time, generates computer graphics virtually showing that the machine tool operates for the predetermined time from the acquired data, acquires an image of the machine tool that has taken for the predetermined time, and compares the image with the computer graphics for the predetermined time. The computer system also notifies the abnormality if an abnormality has been detected as the result of the comparison.
US11188052B2	Systems and methods to provide vendor managed inventory with active tracking Disclosed is a system and method to track the consumption and use period of various consumable and/or durable welding-type products via tracking the consumption and/or use of various other consumable and/or durable welding-type products. The system and method may provide alerts when the use period of a consumable and/or durable welding-type product satisfies a threshold and therefore should be replaced.
US11188051B2	Method and cloud gateway for monitoring an automated facility The present disclosure resides in a method for monitoring an automated facility, wherein a plurality of field devices are integrated in the facility, comprising: connecting a cloud gateway with a first communication network of the facility; ascertaining field devices connected to the first communication network; testing whether device descriptions corresponding to the field devices are present in a server connected with the cloud gateway via a second communication network; downloading from the server device descriptions corresponding to the field devices and installing the device descriptions in the cloud gateway; creating a configuration plan, wherein the configuration plan defines at least one field device to be queried, the type of queried data, and the frequency of the querying; transmitting the configuration plan to the cloud gateway; querying data from the queried field devices according to the configuration plan; transmitting queried data to the server; and collecting and evaluating transmitted data.
US11188042B2	Building management system with space-based and equipment-based notification system A building management system (BMS) includes a storage device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving an indication of an event relating to building equipment operable to serve spaces of a building, the indication identifying at least one of a space or a type of equipment associated with the event, determining, based on the indication, that the one or more criteria are satisfied for a first filter of a plurality of filters, each filter of the plurality of filters associated with a subset of users and specifying one or more criteria for satisfying the filter, the one or more criteria comprising at least one of a space criterion or an equipment criterion, and providing a notification of the event to the subset of users associated with the first filter in response to a determination that the one or more criteria are satisfied for the first filter.
US11188040B2	Methods of integrating multiple management domains An integrated solution strategy that integrates multiple domains together in a seamless and standardized way for increasing a user's control over facilities and equipment. This integrated approach can lead to a reduction of energy usage, more efficient energy usage, increased safety, health, and security of a facility and its occupants, optimized production in industrial settings, and associated and other economic advantages. Accurate, reliable information about a facility or equipment is essential to making timely, informed decisions. Enhanced automation provides a reliable means of collecting and assembling a variety of operating data and archiving that data into a central database for evaluation, reporting, forecasting, and negotiation with resource marketers.
US11188038B2	Systems and methods of occupant path prediction A method for predicting a path of a specific occupant of a number of occupants including receiving user access data, the user access data including a user identifier, an access time, and an access location, generating, a first model describing general sequences of access events associated with the number of occupants and a frequency of each of the general sequences, generating a second model describing specific sequences of access events associated with the specific occupant and a frequency of each of the specific sequences, and generating a path prediction model based on the first and second models, the path prediction model including a weighted score for each of the number of access control points, the weighted score associated with a probability the specific occupant accesses the access control point based on a last accessed access control point.
US11188035B2	Continuous control of attention for a deep learning network A computer-implemented method for reducing computation cost associated with a machine learning task performed by a computer system by implementing continuous control of attention for a deep learning network includes initializing a control-value function, an observation-value function and a sequence of states associated with a current episode. If a current epoch associated with the current episode is odd, an observation-action is selected, the observation-action is executed to observe a partial image, and the observation-value function is updated based on the partial image and the control-value function. If the current epoch is even, a control-action is selected, the control-action is executed to obtain a reward corresponding to the control-action, and the control-value function is updated based on the reward and the observation-value function.
US11188033B2	Wearable device comprising microphone for obtaining sound by using plurality of openings A wearable device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing forming at least a part of an exterior of the wearable device, a plurality of openings formed in at least a partial region of the housing, an elastic body disposed inside the housing and including a passage spatially connected with the plurality of openings, and at least one microphone sensing vibration introduced from the outside via the plurality of openings and the passage.
US11188032B2	Molecular clock with delay compensation A clock generator includes a hermetically sealed cavity and clock generation circuitry. A dipolar molecule in the hermetically sealed cavity has a quantum rotational state transition at a fixed frequency. The clock generation circuitry generates an output clock signal based on the fixed frequency of the dipolar molecule. The clock generation circuitry includes a detection circuit, a reference oscillator, and control circuitry. The detection circuit generates a first detection signal and a second detection signal representative of amplitude of signal at an output of the hermetically sealed cavity responsive to a first sweep signal and a second sweep signal input to the hermetically sealed cavity. The control circuitry sets a frequency of the reference oscillator based on a difference in time of identification of the fixed frequency of the dipolar molecule in the first detection signal and the second detection signal.
US11188031B2	Timepiece with striking mechanism and release-prevention device A timepiece with a striking mechanism having a detent ratchet cooperating with a passing strike actuation click controlled by a movement or a repeater click operable by a user, including an uncoupling lever preventing access of the click to the ratchet under the action of a reversing lever operable by a hand-setting stem, or by a main strike function or tune selection control member, or by a stopping mechanism, and including a safety device for preventing release during a strike mode or tune selection, arranged to prevent the release of any strike function by the movement or by a user, and which includes a release-prevention lever, the pivoting of which, under action on the main control member, moves any click away from the detent ratchet.
US11188030B2	Regulated jumping display mechanism for timepieces A timepiece display mechanism including a barrel with a spring between the arbor of a first wheel set driven by a drive wheel set, and a drum carrying a peripheral snail cam traversed by a feeler controlling the periodic jump of a display member, this drum carrying an peripheral finger outside the trajectory of this feeler, this first wheel set including an eccentric crank pin permanently guiding a groove to control the periodic back and forth motions of a pivoting anchor piece, which includes, on either side of an anchor piece axis, a beak and a stop for stopping or releasing this finger depending on the angular position of this anchor piece, the angular travel of each finger between its release by this beak and return to abutment on this stop defining the jump duration.
US11188023B2	Recovery container A recovery container includes a container body that is removably attached to an attachment target and that is capable of recovering powder; a projection provided at the container body in a direction intersecting with an attachment direction of the container body and having a slip-off preventing portion that is formed at a portion on a side opposite to an attachment direction side and that is engaged with an engaging part provided at the attachment target; an operation part that is provided at the container body, that has the projection on a surface on a side opposite to a container body side, and that urges the projection away from the container body; and a pushing part that is provided at the container body, that is movable from a first position to a second position located farther from the container body than the first position, and that is capable of pushing the operation part to be away from the container body when moving to the second position.
US11188022B2	Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge includes: a toner cartridge including: a toner housing accommodating toner and having a toner discharge hole; and a toner shutter movable between a closed position closing the toner discharge hole and an opened position opening the toner discharge hole with respect to the toner discharge hole; and a drum cartridge including: a photosensitive drum rotatable about a drum axis extending in a first direction; and a drum frame supporting the photosensitive drum, wherein in a state the toner cartridge is mounted to the drum cartridge, the toner housing is rotatable about an axis between a first position in which the toner shutter is located in the closed position and a second position in which the toner shutter is located in the opened position, the axis extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction.
US11188020B2	Method of producing blade, blade, image forming apparatus, and image forming method There is provided a method of producing a blade for cleaning a toner image retainer, the method including: binding an abutting layer that abuts against the toner image retainer and a supporting layer that supports the abutting layer, wherein the maximum value D of a difference between a first loss tangent at 1 Hz and a second loss tangent at 100 Hz of the blade that includes the abutting layer and the supporting layer satisfies the formula: 0.2≤D≤0.7, wherein the maximum value D is a maximum value of a difference between the first loss tangent and the second loss tangent at temperatures within a range of 0° C. to 50° C.
US11188019B2	Power control apparatus and image forming apparatus A power control apparatus includes a voltage detection circuit configured to generate a voltage signal as an analog signal corresponding to a voltage value of AC power supplied from a commercial power supply to a predetermined load, and a current detection circuit configured to generate a current signal as an analog signal corresponding to a current value of the AC power. The power control apparatus further includes an A/D converter configured to convert each of the voltage signal and the current signal into a digital signal, a switch, a signal processor configured to control a switching operation of the switch based on a detection timing for the voltage value and a detection timing for the current value, and a controller configured to control supply of the AC power to the load.
US11188016B2	Fixing device including a heater having a planar shape and an endless belt A fixing device includes: a heater including (i) a substrate having conductivity, (ii) a first insulating layer provided on a first surface of the substrate, and (iii) a heating pattern constituted by a heating resistor and provided on an opposite side of the first insulating layer from the substrate; and an endless belt configured to rotate around the heater in a state in which an inner circumferential surface of the endless belt is in contact with the heater. The substrate is grounded.
US11188014B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, control circuitry, and a controller. The fixing device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body in pressure contact with the first rotating body, and a heat source to heat the first rotating body. The circuitry, at startup of the fixing device, causes the fixing device to perform a rotating operation to rotate the first rotating body while causing the heat source to perform a heating operation to heat the first rotating body, thereby performing a fixing startup operation to raise a temperature of the first rotating body. The circuitry delays at least one of a timing for start of the rotating operation and a timing for start of the heating operation to be later than a start of a controller startup operation such that the fixing startup operation is completed in time with completion of the controller startup operation.
US11188013B2	Photoreceptor stripper fingers with an improved profile for ultra-light weight media An apparatus for stripping light weight and ultra-light weight media from a photoreceptor that is tacked thereto by electrostatic or vacuum force includes a set of low-tip stripper fingers configured to strip the light weight and ultra-light weight media from the photoreceptor. The low-tip stripper fingers are adjustable both in the cross process and in attack angle with respect to the photoreceptor in order to change the height at which the tip of each stripper finger is in relation to the photoreceptor and thereby prevent jams due to miss-strips. Additionally, dual stripper fingers are disclosed that support inboard and outboard edges of larger media in order to reduce dog ears and jams.
US11188004B2	Electrostatic image developing toner, electrostatic image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method An electrostatic image developing toner includes toner particles, layered compound particles, and inorganic particles. The content of titanium in the electrostatic image developing toner is 0.1 ppm or more and less than 1,500 ppm.
US11188002B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor, electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge and image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive support and a photosensitive layer on the conductive support, and the photosensitive layer contains a polymer A containing a repeating structural unit represented by a specific formula, and a polymer B containing a repeating structural unit represented by a specific formula. In addition, the present invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor cartridge and an image forming apparatus including the electrophotographic photoreceptor.
US11188000B2	Method and device for characterizing a mask for microlithography A method and a device for characterizing a mask for microlithography in a characterization process carried out using an optical system, wherein the optical system includes an illumination optical unit and an imaging optical unit and wherein in the characterization process structures of the mask are illuminated by the illumination optical unit, the mask is imaged onto a detector unit by the imaging optical unit and image data recorded by the detector unit are evaluated in an evaluation unit. A method includes the following steps: determining a temporal variation of at least one variable that is characteristic of the thermal state of the optical system, and modifying the characterization process depending on the temporal variation determined.
US11187996B2	Exposure method and exposure device thereof The present application discloses an exposure method and an exposure device thereof. The method includes the following steps: confirming a position of a point to be exposed; capturing and confirming that the point to be exposed is successfully captured; adjusting a light source corresponding to the successfully captured point to be exposed to an adaptive position; and completing an exposure operation by an exposure machine.
US11187993B2	Exposure apparatus and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an exposure apparatus including a forming unit configured to form a mark on a resist film on a substrate, and a control unit configured to perform an exposure process to form a latent image by projecting a pattern onto a target position on the resist film on the substrate based on a measured position of the mark, wherein the control unit causes the forming unit to perform a formation process of forming, before the exposure process is performed on a reworked substrate on which a second resist film has been formed after removing a first resist film with a first mark, a second mark on the second resist film so the second mark will be positioned at a position shifted from a position of the first mark on the reworked substrate.
US11187992B2	Predictive modeling of metrology in semiconductor processes Implementations described herein generally relate to improving silicon wafer manufacturing. In one implementation, a method includes receiving data from one or more manufacturing tools about a manufacturing process of a silicon wafer. The method further includes determining, based on the data, predictive information about a quality of the silicon wafer. The method further includes providing the predictive information to a manufacturing system, wherein the predictive information is used to determine whether to take corrective action.
US11187991B2	Lithographic apparatus and a method of operating the apparatus A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed that includes a table, a shutter member, a fluid handling structure, and a fluid extraction system. The fluid handling structure may be configured to supply and confine liquid between a projection system and (i) a substrate, or (ii) the table, or (iii) a surface of the shutter member, or (iv) a combination selected from (i)-(iii). The surface of the shutter member may adjoin and be co-planar with a surface of the table. The surfaces of the shutter member and the table may be spaced apart by a gap. The fluid extraction system may be configured to remove liquid from the gap.
US11187990B2	Mirror for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and method for operating a deformable mirror A mirror for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and a method for operating a deformable mirror. In one aspect, a mirror includes an optical effective surface (11), a mirror substrate (12), a reflection layer stack (21) for reflecting electromagnetic radiation incident on the optical effective surface, and at least one piezoelectric layer (16) arranged between the mirror substrate and the reflection layer stack and to which an electric field for producing a locally variable deformation is able to be applied by a first electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer (16) facing the reflection layer stack, and by a second electrode arrangement situated on the side of the piezoelectric layer facing the mirror substrate. The piezoelectric layer has a plurality of columns spatially separated from one another by column boundaries, wherein a mean column diameter of the columns is in the range of 0.1 μm to 50 μm.
US11187989B2	Method for determining properties of an EUV source The disclosure provides a method for determining at least one property of an EUV source in a projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography, wherein the property is determined on the basis of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the EUV source, and wherein a thermal load for a component of the projection exposure apparatus is determined and the property is deduced on the basis of the thermal load determined.
US11187988B2	Exposure apparatus, and article manufacturing method An exposure apparatus according to the present invention includes an illumination optical system including a first optical modulation unit having a plurality of optical modulation elements, a second optical modulation unit having a plurality of optical modulation elements, and an imaging optical system forming optical images on a predetermined plane by using lights from the first optical modulation unit and the second optical modulation unit, and a projection optical system projecting the optical image formed on the predetermined plane onto a substrate.
US11187986B2	Apparatuses for reducing metal residue in edge bead region from metal-containing resists Apparatuses and methods are described for removing edge bead on a wafer associated with a resist coating comprising a metal containing resist compositions. The methods can comprise applying a first bead edge rinse solution along a wafer edge following spin coating of the wafer with the metal based resist composition, wherein the edge bead solution comprises an organic solvent and an additive comprising a carboxylic acid, an inorganic fluorinated acid, a tetraalkylammonium compound, or a mixture thereof. Alternatively or additionally, the methods can comprise applying a protective composition to the wafer prior to performing an edge bead rinse. The protective composition can be a sacrificial material or an anti-adhesion material and can be applied only to the wafer edge or across the entire wafer in the case of the protective composition. Corresponding apparatuses for processing the wafers using these methods are presented.
US11187982B2	Photosensitive resin composition, photosensitive dry film, and pattern forming process A photosensitive resin composition comprising (A) a silicone resin containing an epoxy and/or phenolic hydroxyl group, (B) a photoacid generator, and (C) a cure promoter selected from diazabicycloundecene, diazabicyclononene, an organic salt of diazabicycloundecene derivative, and an organic salt of diazabicyclononene derivative is shelf stable. A photosensitive resin coating obtained therefrom may be processed to form a fine size pattern. The resin coating has improved film properties including chemical resistance, adhesion to substrates, mechanical properties, electric insulation, and copper migration resistance, and is thus fully reliable as an insulating protective film.
US11187981B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a resin component whose solubility in a developing solution is changed due to an action of an acid, in which the resin composition has a constitutional unit derived from a compound containing a chain-like aliphatic acid dissociable group or a monocyclic aliphatic acid dissociable group and a constitutional unit derived from a compound containing an aromatic hydrocarbon group-containing acid dissociable group.
US11187980B2	Resist composition and patterning process A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a quencher in the form of an ammonium salt consisting of an ammonium cation having an iodized aromatic ring bonded to the nitrogen atom via a divalent hydrocarbon group and a carboxylate, fluorine-free sulfonamide, sulfonamide or halide anion offers a high sensitivity and minimal LWR or improved CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
US11187976B2	Methods of detecting printing defects on photoresist patterns A method of detecting defects of a photoresist pattern includes generating a scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a surface of a photoresist pattern and signal intensity data relative to pixel position of the surface of the photoresist pattern. The method also includes setting a lower reference intensity threshold value and an upper reference intensity threshold value used as reference values for detecting defects. The method further includes classifying a pixel position of the signal intensity data having a signal intensity value which is less than the lower reference intensity threshold value or greater than the upper reference intensity threshold value as a defect position.
US11187972B2	Reflective mask blank, method of manufacturing reflective mask and method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention provides a reflective mask blank and reflective mask capable of reducing the shadowing effect of EUV lithography and forming a fine pattern. As a result, a semiconductor device can be more stably manufactured with high transfer accuracy. The reflective mask blank comprises a multilayer reflective film, an absorber film and an etching mask film on a substrate in that order, wherein the absorber film is made of a material containing nickel (Ni), and the etching mask film is made of a material containing chromium (Cr) or a material containing silicon (Si).
US11187969B2	Projector including a light modulator A present disclosure relates to a projector including a light source, an excitation light source, a wavelength converter, a collimator system that parallelizes fluorescence outputted from the wavelength converter, a light separator that separates the fluorescence into second light and third light, a correction lens provided in an optical path of the second or third light, a superimposing lens, a light modulator having a plurality of pixels each including first, second, and third sub-pixels, a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and a projection optical apparatus. First light is incident on a first position on the superimposing lens, the second light is incident on a second position on the superimposing lens, and the third light is incident on a third position on the superimposing lens.
US11187968B2	Image projection device An image projection device includes an image display element that forms a projection image, a transmissive optical system that is disposed on an emission surface side of the image display element and includes a diaphragm and a plurality of lenses, and a reflection optical system that includes a first mirror reflecting light emitted from the transmissive optical system and having positive power and a second mirror that is a plane mirror for reflecting light reflected by the first mirror on a projection surface. The first mirror is disposed between the second mirror and the projection surface in a direction along an optical axis of the transmissive optical system. An intermediate image is formed between the transmissive optical system and the first mirror.
US11187961B2	Liquid crystal lens and imaging device using the same A liquid crystal lens and an imaging device including the liquid crystal lens are provided. The liquid crystal lens includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate; the liquid crystal layer is configured to transmit a first portion of incident light transmitted through the first substrate, and converge the first portion of incident light to a predetermined region of the second substrate; and a light adjustment structure arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and configured to enable a second portion of incident light transmitted through the first substrate to be transmitted through the liquid crystal layer and converged to the predetermined region.
US11187960B2	Liquid crystal lens with two liquid crystal cells, control method thereof, liquid crystal lens module and display device A liquid crystal lens, a control method thereof, a liquid crystal lens module and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal lens includes a first transparent substrate and two liquid crystal cells arranged at two opposite sides of the first transparent substrate. Each liquid crystal cell includes a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer; and a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The second transparent electrode layer includes a first electrode sub-layer and a second electrode sub-layer. The first electrode sub-layer includes N concentric first annular electrodes, and the second electrode sub-layer includes N concentric second annular electrodes. The first annular electrodes and the second annular electrodes are alternately arranged in a direction parallel with the first transparent electrode layer. Initial alignment orientations of liquid crystal molecules in liquid crystal layers in the two liquid crystal cells are perpendicular to each other.
US11187952B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic apparatus Provided is a liquid crystal display device that includes an effective pixel portion, a pixel drive portion, and a dummy pixel portion adjacent to the effective pixel portion. The effective pixel portion comprises effective pixels contributing to display. The dummy pixel portion includes dummy pixels not contributing to the display. The pixel drive portion drives the effective pixels of the effective pixel portion and the dummy pixels of the dummy pixel portion by reversing a voltage applied to a liquid crystal with a given period with a reference voltage as a center. The effective pixels and the dummy pixels each have a pixel transistor and a retention capacitor. In addition, with respect to retention characteristics of a pixel electric potential in relation to the reference voltage, the retention characteristics of the dummy pixel portion are made asymmetrical relative to the retention characteristics of the effective pixel portion.
US11187951B2	Display panel A display panel includes multiple pairs of scan lines extending in a first direction, multiple data lines extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction, and multiple connection lines extending in the second direction. For each pair of scan lines, the scan lines are provided with the same electrical signal. The data lines cooperate with the scan lines to define a plurality of pixel regions in such a way that two of the data lines are interposed between two of the pixel regions that are immediately adjacent to each other in the first direction in plan view. Each connection line is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of scan lines.
US11187950B2	Array substrate and method of manufacturing same An array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate, a gate layer, a first insulating layer, a gate tracking layer, and a second insulating layer. The method of manufacturing the array substrate includes a substrate providing step, a gate layer forming step, a first insulating layer forming step, a gate tracking layer forming step, and a second insulating layer forming step.
US11187948B2	Substrate for display device and display device A substrate for a display device includes pixels disposed in a display area where images are displayed, dummy pixels disposed in a non-display area that is outside the display area, lines that are sections of a metal film and extending from the display area to the non-display area, semiconductor sections included in the pixels and being sections of a semiconductor film that is disposed in a layer upper than the metal film via an insulator, the semiconductor sections being disposed to overlap the lines and not to overlap angled portions of the insulator that extend upward along edge portions of the lines, and dummy semiconductor sections included in the dummy pixels and being sections of the semiconductor film, the dummy semiconductor sections being disposed to overlap the lines and the angled portions.
US11187947B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, an anisotropic conductive adhesive film, a chip, a flexible printed circuit, a color filter substrate, a polarizer, and a protective layer. The TFT array substrate includes an output terminal region, an input terminal region, first test signal wires, and second test signal wires. The second test signal wires are connected to the first test signal wires in an out-of-array wiring region. Material of the first test signal wires is titanium aluminum alloy, and material of the second test signal wires is polycrystalline silicon.
US11187944B2	Display device A display device in which parasitic capacitance between wirings can be reduced is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which display quality is improved is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which power consumption can be reduced is provided.The display device includes a signal line, a scan line, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a semiconductor film. The signal line intersects with the scan line, the first electrode is electrically connected to the signal line, the first electrode has a region overlapping with the scan line, the second electrode faces the first electrode, the third electrode faces the first electrode, the first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode, the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode, the semiconductor film is in contact with the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, and the semiconductor film is provided between the scan line and the first electrode to the third electrode.
US11187943B2	Fringe field driven liquid crystal display panel and method of determining a direction of an optical axis of a glass layer in a fringe field driven liquid crystal display pane The present application discloses a fringe field driven liquid crystal display panel. The fringe field driven liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having a first glass layer and a first alignment film on the first glass layer; a second substrate facing the first substrate and having a second glass layer and a second alignment film on the second glass layer; and a liquid crystal layer between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. A first main optical axis of the first glass layer and a second main optical axis of the second glass layer are non-parallel to each other and have an included angle α. The first alignment film and the second alignment film have non-parallel rubbing angles, configured to reduce light leakage and color shift in the fringe field driven liquid crystal display panel.
US11187942B2	Color conversion panel and display device including the same A color conversion panel includes a substrate and a red color conversion layer, a green color conversion layer, and a transmission layer which are disposed on the substrate. The transmission layer includes at least one of a pigment and a dye.
US11187938B2	Method of producing display panel A method of producing a display panel sequentially includes a polarizing plate attachment process of attaching a polarizing plate to a surface of a substrate with a side surface of the polarizing plate being positioned outwardly from a side surface of the substrate, and a polarizing plate trimming process of trimming the side surface of the polarizing plate such that the side surface of the polarizing plate becomes flush with the side surface of the substrate.
US11187937B2	Color filter, fabrication method thereof, display panel and display device Disclosed are a color filter, a fabrication method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The color filter comprises a plurality of filter units distributed in an array; each filter unit comprises: a substrate and a color film layer arranged on the substrate; the color film layer comprises a red color film, a green color film, a blue color film and a white color film; and the areas of the red color film, the green color film and the blue color film are all larger than the area of the white color film.
US11187934B2	Display apparatus The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a liquid crystal panel, first and second polarizing plates coupled to the front and rear of the liquid crystal panel, respectively, and a light absorbing layer on which light passed sequentially through the first polarizing plate, the liquid crystal panel is incident, wherein the light absorbing layer is disposed on a front surface of the second polarizing plate positioned in the front of the liquid crystal panel. The light absorbing layer includes a first resin layer, a second resin layer on which light passed through the first resin layer is incident, the second resin layer having a refractive index higher than that of the first resin layer, and light absorbing portions disposed on the first resin layer and configured to absorb a part of light passing through the light absorbing layer. Through this configuration, a viewing angle of the display apparatus is improved.
US11187930B2	Liquid crystal display device Discussed is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device of the present disclosure comprises a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit disposed under the liquid crystal panel and including a light guide plate and an optical sheet over the light guide plate, and a bottom frame including a horizontal surface and a side surface, wherein first and second fastening protrusions are provided at an outer surface of the side surface of the bottom frame.
US11187929B2	Liquid crystal element, phase modulation device, and control method of liquid crystal element A phase modulation device includes an image data generator, a controller, a light reception signal detector, and a liquid crystal element. The image data generator generates image data. The controller generates a gradation control signal based on the image data. The liquid crystal element includes a first substrate and a light receiver. The first substrate has a pixel region in which a plurality of pixel electrodes constituting pixels are arranged. The light receiver photoelectrically converts light with which the pixel region is irradiated to generate a light reception signal. The light reception signal detector generates a drive control signal based on the light reception signal. The liquid crystal element changes an inclination angle of a wavefront of the light with which the pixel region is irradiated by applying different driving voltages to the plurality of pixel electrodes based on the gradation control signal.
US11187923B2	Insert for augmented reality viewing device A visual perception device is described. The visual perception device has corrective optics for viewing virtual and real-world content. An insert for the corrective optics is attached using a magnetic set, pins and/or a nose piece. Interchangeable nose pieces allow for height adjustments to accommodate different users. The visual perception device has pliable components to absorb forces exerted on a nose piece and a protective barrier for limiting electric shock or ingress of dirt.
US11187918B2	Systems and methods associated with glasses Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods associated with glasses. More specifically, embodiments are related to glasses with separable arms with a triangular shaped support, wherein a first portion of an arm is separable from a second portion of the arm at a location that substantially aligns with a user's temple.
US11187915B2	Parallel light generation device In a plane perpendicular to the optical axis (10) of a lens (2), the direction in which the cylindrical surface has zero curvature is the direction of generatrix of the lens (2), and the direction in which the cylindrical surface has non-zero curvature and that is orthogonal to the direction of generatrix is the direction of curvature of the lens (2). A light source (1) is disposed at the focal position (21) in the direction of generatrix on the side of the incident surface (3) of the lens (2), and emits light toward the incident surface (3) of the lens (2), the light having a difference between the divergence angle in the direction of generatrix of the lens (2) and the divergence angle in the direction of curvature of the lens (2).
US11187909B2	Text rendering by microshifting the display in a head mounted display Improved text rendering by microshifting the display in a head mounted display is provided. Systems, methods and computer-readable devices provide a head mounted display. The head mounted display includes a display unit; a rotational actuator coupled to the display unit; and a rotation processor having a rotation sensor coupled to the display unit wherein as the head mounted display is rotated, the rotation processor is operable to signal the rotational actuator to rotate the display unit to counter the rotation of the head mounted display.
US11187908B2	Head mounted display assembly with structural frame and separate outer frame A method for assembling a head mounted display includes providing a rigid structural frame, and forming an inner optical assembly by assembling optical components to the structural frame including at least one micro-display configured to generate an image, and at least one reflective optical component configured to direct the image to a user's eye. The method includes assembling an outer frame to the inner optical assembly to provide protection for the optical components and customization of the head-mounted display for the user.
US11187906B2	Hybrid see through augmented reality systems and methods for low vision users Provided herein are augmented reality visual aid systems, software, and methods which enhance vision, to simulate natural vision, by utilizing hybrid see through occlusion enabled hardware, and software through image manipulation, reprocessing, blending, for presentation and display to the eyes thus enabling a range of tasks previously lost or impacted.
US11187905B2	Polarizing optical system There is provided an optical system, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces parallel to each other edges, and an optical device for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The device includes a polarization sensitive reflecting surface.
US11187903B2	Light guide, imaging device and HMD having separate imaging channels A light guide for an imaging apparatus for generating a virtual image from an initial image with at least two different initial image field regions is provided. The light guide includes an input coupling structure for coupling beams coming from the initial image into the light guide, and an extensive output coupling structure for coupling the beams that were coupled into the light guide out of the light guide. The extensive output coupling structure includes at least two partial faces. Each partial face is assigned to a different one of the initial image field regions and couples out the beams coming from the corresponding initial image field region. The partial faces of the output coupling structure are tilted about two non-parallel axes. The light guide can be part of an imaging apparatus, which can be used in particular in a head-mounted display.
US11187902B2	Two-dimensional light homogenization An optical reflective device including a waveguide and longitudinal light homogenizing structures mounted to a surface of the waveguide are disclosed. The light homogenizing structures may receive input light and produce longitudinally homogenized light by homogenizing the input light along a longitudinal dimension of the waveguide. A cross-coupler in the waveguide may receive the longitudinally homogenized light from the light homogenizing structures and may produce two-dimensionally homogenized light by redirecting the longitudinally homogenized light along a lateral dimension of the waveguide. The light homogenizing structures may include partially reflective layers, stacked substrate layers with refractive index mismatches, and/or a combination of partially and fully reflective layers. The cross coupler and/or partially reflective layer may be formed using sets of holograms. A prism or a slanted substrate surface may couple the input light into the substrate.
US11187897B2	Head-up display A head-up display for a vehicle includes: a display panel, a deflector having a plurality of microlenses, and an image generator. The image generator is configured to generate a plurality of primary elementary images which are multiplied by an optical multiplier into elementary images, which are in turn assigned in each case to a respective one of the plurality of microlenses.
US11187894B2	Projection display device, and operation method and operation program for projection display device An HUD includes a housing that accommodates a light modulation unit that spatially modulates light emitted by a light source; a projection optical system that is accommodated in the housing and projects the light that has been spatially modulated onto a windshield of a vehicle 1 through an opening portion of the housing; a cover that closes the opening portion; a protection member that is movable and is for protecting the cover; a driving unit that drives the protection member; and an object detecting unit that detects an object approaching a front surface of the cover. The driving unit moves the protection member to a position above the cover and causes the protection member to cover the cover when the object detecting unit detects an object, and the driving unit leaves the protection member retracted from the position above the cover to expose the cover when the object detecting unit does not detect an object.
US11187892B2	Wedge mechanism for light modulator image adjustment A wedge mechanism for light modulator image adjustment is provided. In particular, a device is provided comprising: a first plate; a second plate for receiving a light modulator; one or more biasing mechanisms to bias the second plate in a biased position relative to the first plate, to allow the second plate to move with respect to the first plate; first and second wedge devices configured respectively interact with a first and second edges of the second plate to move the second plate, relative to the first plate, against the one or more biasing mechanisms, the second edge of the second plate being about perpendicular to the first edge of the second plate; and first and second wedge device adjustment mechanisms configured to respectively adjust positions of the first and second wedges device relative to the first and second edges, to move the second plate.
US11187890B2	Movable diffraction element and spectroscope A movable diffraction element and a spectroscope. The movable diffraction element includes a movable component having a comb-like shape, a supporting unit configured to support the movable component, a first cantilever actuator coupled to the supporting unit, a displacement determiner coupled to an edge of the first cantilever actuator, and a second cantilever actuator disposed parallel to the first cantilever actuator. In the movable diffraction element, a slope generated when the second cantilever actuator deforms is approximately equivalent to a slope generated at the first cantilever actuator. The spectroscope includes the movable diffraction element.
US11187888B2	Light source device, projector, and chromaticity adjustment method A light source device, a projector, and a chromaticity adjustment method, which are resistant to a change in the color of emitted light even if used for a long period of time, includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light; a phosphor wheel that is irradiated with excitation light to convert a part of excitation light into fluorescent light and that emits mixed color light including the fluorescent light and a remaining part of excitation light; motor that rotates phosphor wheel; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the rotational frequency of motor so that the chromaticity of mixed color light emitted from phosphor wheel becomes a predetermined value.
US11187887B2	Electrode substrate, method for producing same, and electronic device In an electrode substrate (10), a contact hole (19) provided in a first planarizing resin layer (13) is filled with a second planarizing resin layer (16). A TFT (20) is electrically connected to an electrode (14) via the contact hole (19). On the electrode (14), a water repellent layer (18) is provided via a dielectric layer (15) including the second planarizing resin layer (16) and an ion barrier layer (17).
US11187885B2	Binoculars with eyepiece-based support device The invention relates to a binocular telescope comprising two tubes, which are connected in an articulate fashion with a swivel hinge pivotal around a joint bending axis. With a forehead contact unit comprising a comprehensive support device the binoculars can be supported in the area of the root of the nose or the forehead of the observer. The support device is here arranged at a body of the binoculars.
US11187884B2	Viewing optic with an integrated display system The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system for generating images that are projected into the first focal plane of an optical system.
US11187882B2	Method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus A method of preparing a stage for use in a slide imaging apparatus including positioning a stage in relation to a flat surface so that the flat surface is positioned in front of the top surfaces of slide support pin bases on the top surface of the stage. The method also includes injecting a fluid pin surfacing material configured to solidify into the hole of each slide support pin base so that at least some of the fluid pin surfacing material exits the hole at the top surface of the slide support pin bases and pushes up against the flat surface. The method also includes removing the flat surface so that a tip of solid pin surfacing material is formed on the top surface of each slide support pin base, thereby providing the stage with a plurality of slide support pins.
US11187881B2	Method and device for producing an optical component having at least three monolithically arranged optical functional surfaces and optical component A method and a device for producing an optical component having at least three monolithically arranged optical functional surfaces and an optical component are disclosed. The method includes calculating a continuous surface composite, which includes the first optical functional surface and the second optical functional surface, producing the continuous surface composite, which contains the first and second optical functional surfaces in a defined shape and a relative position to one another, on the first side of the optical component through machining by a machine tool, producing at least one reference surface arranged outside the optical functional surfaces on the optical component or on a mount and having a defined positional relation to the optical functional surfaces through machining by the machine tool and repositioning the optical component in such a way that the second side of the optical component is machined with the machine tool, wherein the at least one reference surface serves as a contact surface or mounting surface.
US11187879B2	High magnification MWIR continuous zoom system A high magnification MWIR continuous zoom optical system is described herein that consists of the following components: a front detachable extender group, a fixed group for focusing incoming radiation, three moving groups for zooming and generating an intermediate image and a relay group. The mentioned optical system has the ability to work with MWIR radiation (3-5 μm) and generate a thermal image from the gathered radiation. The system also has the ability to zoom continuously in a wide variable focal length range with a high magnification ratio of 20×. With the use of a cooled detector, the combined system allows its user to be able to receive high quality thermal images in all FOV configurations.
US11187874B2	Wide-angle lens assembly A wide-angle lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, an eighth lens, and a ninth lens. The first lens has negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing an image side. The second lens has negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the image side. The third lens has negative refractive power and includes a concave surface facing the image side. The fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth lenses have refractive power. The sixth and ninth lenses are biconvex lenses with positive refractive power. The first to ninth lenses are arranged in order from an object side to the image side along an optical axis.
US11187871B2	2D bi-pod flexure design, mount technique and process for implementation A bipod flexure mount couples an optic to a base while isolating the optic from strain to resist wavefront error. The bipod flexure mount has a distal attachment pad to be coupled to the optic and a proximal attachment pad to be coupled to the base. A pair of beams extend between and couple the distal and proximal attachment pads. The distal attachment pad, the proximal attachment pad and the pair of beams are disposed in and define a planar layer with opposite planar surfaces that are substantially parallel. The bipod flexure mount is relatively flexible about four degrees of freedom and is relatively stiff about two degrees of freedom.
US11187868B2	Lens assembly and electronic device having same A lens assembly includes a lens barrel, a lens group, a gasket, and a light shielding group. The lens group includes a number of lenses. The light shielding group includes a number of shielding sheets defining a through hole. The gasket is located between two lenses on a light exiting side of the lens assembly. An inner portion of the gasket defines an inner hole for transmitting light. An aperture of the inner hole increases from an object side of the lens assembly to an image side of the lens assembly. An aperture D1 of the through hole adjacent to the gasket and adjacent to the object side, an aperture D2 of the inner hole adjacent to the object side, and an aperture D3 of the through hole adjacent to the gasket and adjacent to the image side satisfy a relationship 0.65
US11187867B2	Camera lens, lens module, and electronic device using same A camera lens with complete symmetry reduces or avoids light deviation and stray light reflections in a lens group, notwithstanding manufacturing marks and defects. A lens barrel and a lens group are also disclosed. The lens barrel is a hollow structure for receiving the lens group. The lens group defining at least one recess on an outer sidewall as a manufacturing mark receives a layer of black glue to improve the integrity of shape. A lens module and an electronic device using such a camera lens is also provided.
US11187863B2	Flat optical drop cable In one embodiment, an optical cable, which is a flat drop cable, includes a cavity shaped in the form of a stadium in a sectional view of the optical cable. The cable further includes an outer sheath enclosing the cavity, a first strength member, and a first optical fiber element disposed in the cavity. The first optical fiber element includes an optical fiber and has an oscillating pattern within the cavity on an oscillation plane parallel to a longitudinal plane of the cable. The height of the cavity in the sectional view substantially corresponds to a height of the first optical fiber element.
US11187858B2	Electrically-controlled fiber-optic switching system A fiber-optic switching system is provided which includes an optical fiber switch having first and second optical fiber portions and an electrically-controlled actuator. The first and second optical fiber portions are spaced apart with a gap between the portions that is sized to allow for light signal coupling between the optical fiber portions in a signal-passing state of the switch. The electrically-controlled actuator is coupled to transition the switch between the signal-passing state, where the light signal is allowed to pass between the optical fiber portions, and a signal-non-passing state, where the light signal is prevented from passing between the optical fiber portions. The electrically-controlled actuator includes an electroactive material exhibiting a physical change with change in an applied electrical field, where the physical change facilitates transitioning the optical fiber switch between the signal-passing and the signal-non-passing states.
US11187857B2	Ultra-small form factor optical connector and adapter An optical connector holding two or more LC-type optical ferrules is provided. The optical connector includes an outer body, an inner front body accommodating the two or more LC-type optical ferrules, ferrule springs for urging the optical ferrules towards a mating receptacle, and a back body for supporting the ferrule springs. The outer body and the inner front body are configured such that four LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver footprint or eight LC-type optical ferrules are accommodated in a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver footprint. A mating receptacle (transceiver or adapter) includes internal alignment slots configured to accept a corresponding alignment key on connector outer housing to ensure alignment and orientation for maximum signal transfer between opposing ferrule end faces.
US11187853B2	Small outer diameter low attenuation optical fiber An optical fiber comprising: (a) a core having an outer radius r1; (b) a cladding having an outer radius r4<32.5 microns; (c) a primary coating surrounding the cladding having an outer radius r5, a thickness tP>8 microns, in situ modulus EP≤0.35 MPa and a spring constant χP<2.0 MPa, where χP=2EP r4/tP; and (d) a secondary coating surrounding said primary coating, the secondary coating having an outer radius r6 and a thickness tS=r6−r5, and in situ modulus ES of 1200 MPa or greater; tS>8 microns, r6≤56 microns. The fiber has a mode field diameter MFD greater than 8.2 microns at 1310 nm; a fiber cutoff wavelength of less than 1310 nm; and a bend loss at a wavelength of 1550 nm, when wrapped around a mandrel having a diameter of 10 mm, of less than 1.0 dB/turn.
US11187852B1	Bragg gratings with silicide-coated segments Structures that include a Bragg grating and methods of fabricating a structure that includes a Bragg grating. The structure includes a waveguide core and a Bragg grating having a plurality of segments positioned with a spaced arrangement adjacent to the waveguide core. Each segment includes one or more exterior surfaces. The structure further includes a silicide layer located on the one or more exterior surfaces of each segment.
US11187848B2	Image display device An image display device includes a display panel that displays an image on a front surface; a light guide plate that is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel; a support plate that supports the light guide plate, and extends beyond at least one lateral surface of the light guide plate in a front view of the light guide plate; a light-emitting diode (LED) unit that emits light into an incident surface of the light guide plate; and a shade that, in a lateral view of the light guide plate and the LED unit, covers a gap between the LED unit and the light guide plate, and seals a gap between the display panel and the support plate.
US11187847B2	Backlight including wide-web turning film and reflective polarizer with quarter-wave retarder Backlights are described. In particular, backlights including wide-web turning films and reflective polarizers having quarter-wave retarders are disclosed. Such configurations can provide turning film systems with improved luminance uniformity for large format displays.
US11187842B2	Light emitting module A light emitting module includes: a light emitting element unit including: a light-emitting element that has a main-light-emission surface, an electrode-formation surface and a side-surface, a light-transmissive member that covers the main-light-emission surface, and a first light-reflection member that covers the side-surface; a light-transmissive light guide plate including a first main-surface as a light emission surface, and a second main-surface opposed to the first main-surface and has a recess accommodating the light emitting element unit so that the first light-reflection member is partially arranged out of the recess in a cross-section; a light-transmissive interposition member that contacts an interior side-surface of the recess and an exterior side-surface of the light emitting element unit; and a second light-reflection member that partially covers the second main-surface and the interposition member. The interposition member is at least partially exposed from the second light-reflection member in a plan view. The hardness of the interposition member is lower than a hardness of the first light-reflection member and a hardness of the second light-reflection member.
US11187833B2	Annular optical element, imaging lens module and electronic device An annular optical element having an optical axis includes an outer diameter surface, an inner annular surface, an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The object-side surface includes an annular reflecting surface, an annular auxiliary surface and a connecting surface. The annular reflecting surface is inclined with the optical axis. The annular auxiliary surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular reflecting surface is to the optical axis. The connecting surface is for connecting to an optical element, wherein the connecting surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular auxiliary surface is to the optical axis. The image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface and includes an annular optical surface. A V-shaped groove is formed by the annular auxiliary surface and the annular reflecting surface of the object-side surface.
US11187831B2	Semiconductor lens optimization of fabrication Embodiments comprise a system created through fabricating a lens array through which lasers are emitted. The lens array may be fabricated in the semiconductor substrate used for fabricating the lasers or may be a separate substrate of other transparent material that would be aligned to the lasers. In some embodiments, more lenses may be produced than will eventually be used by the lasers. The inner portion of the substrate may be formed with the lenses that will be used for emitting lasers, and the outer portion of the substrate may be formed with lenses that will not be used for emitting lasers—rather, through etching these additional lenses, the inner lenses may be created with a higher quality.
US11187830B2	Polarizing plate, method for manufacturing polarizing plate, and optical display device comprising same Provided are: a polarizing plate; a method for manufacturing the polarizing plate; and an optical display device comprising the same, the polarizing plate having an adhesive layer, a barrier layer, a polarizer, and a protective film, which are sequentially stacked, wherein the barrier layer is formed from a barrier layer composition containing an epoxy-based compound and an antimony sulfonium-based initiator.
US11187821B2	Integration of seismic driven rock property into a geo-cellular model Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, to generate generating geo-cellular models with improved lacunae. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a seismic dataset of a surveyed subsurface, and the seismic dataset includes seismic porosities in depth of the surveyed subsurface. Seismic porosities resampled into a three dimensional (3D) geological fine layer model grid. Seismic porosities at well locations are extracted using the 3D geological fine layer model grid. Log porosities and the seismic porosities are upscaled into coarse layers, and the coarse layers are identical for all the well locations. Match factors are determined based on differences between the upscaled log porosities and the downscaled seismic porosities. Co-krig the log porosities are correlated with the 3D geological fine layer model grid using the match factors as a soft constraint to produce a final 3D model.
US11187817B2	Radiation detector, radiography apparatus, and method for manufacturing radiation detector A radiation detector includes a substrate having flexibility, a plurality of pixels which are provided on a surface of the substrate and each of which includes a photoelectric conversion element, and a scintillator that is stacked on the substrate and has a plurality of corners. An outer edge of each of the corners of the scintillator is disposed closer to the inside of the substrate than an extension line of each of sides sharing the corner.
US11187816B2	Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system Pixel array includes pixels each including conversion element, and switch having control terminal, first primary terminal connected to the conversion element, and second primary terminal connected to one of signal lines. The pixel array includes pixel groups each including pixels arrayed to form at least 2 row×2 column pattern. In pixels of each pixel group, the control terminals are connected to different driving lines and the second primary terminals are commonly connected to one of the signal lines. In the pixel groups, first and second pixel groups are arranged adjacent to each other in column direction. Signal is read from the first pixel group via the first signal line of the single lines. Signal is read from the second pixel group via the second signal line of the single lines.
US11187815B2	Method of determining location of vehicle, apparatus for determining location, and system for controlling driving Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining a location of a vehicle and a system for controlling driving. The apparatus may include: an entry determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle enters the GPS shade area, based on the GPS location information of the vehicle; a location corrector configured to, when the vehicle enters the GPS shade area, calculate a movement distance by integrating a driving speed of the vehicle, based on the driving speed information of the vehicle, identify an adjacent target from the processing result of the image data to calculate an interval between the vehicle and the adjacent target, and correct the location of the vehicle indicated by the GPS location information of the vehicle received before the vehicle enters the GPS shade area, based on the movement distance and the interval; and a location determiner configured to, when the location of the vehicle indicated by the GPS location information of the vehicle is corrected, determine the corrected location of the vehicle as the location of the vehicle within the GPS shade area.
US11187813B2	Correction information integrity monitoring in navigation satellite system positioning methods, systems, and devices Some embodiments of the invention relate to generating correction information based on global or regional navigation satellite system (NSS) multiple-frequency signals observed at a network of reference stations, broadcasting the correction information, receiving the correction information at one or more monitoring stations, estimating ambiguities in the carrier phase of the NSS signals observed at the monitoring station(s) using the correction information received thereat, generating residuals, generating post-broadcast integrity information based thereon, and broadcasting the post-broadcast integrity information. Other embodiments relate to receiving and processing correction information and post-broadcast integrity information at NSS receivers or at devices which may have no NSS receiver, as well as to systems, NSS receivers, devices which may have no NSS receiver, processing centers, and computer programs. Some embodiments may for example be used for safety-critical applications such as highly-automated driving and autonomous driving.
US11187810B2	Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal tracking Methods and apparatus for tracking a plurality of satellite signals received by a Global Navigation Satellite System, GNSS, receiver from a plurality of satellites, each satellite signal being processed in a different one of a plurality of channels (100a-k; 300a-k) of the GNSS receiver. At least one summing unit (116, 120; 356, 358, 360; 366) is configured to sum corresponding correlation values from each of a plurality of sets of correlation values, each set from one of the plurality of channels, to determine a plurality of summed correlation values, wherein each correlation value in a set represents a correlation between a signal derived from a corresponding one of the plurality of received satellite signals, and one of a plurality of replica signals each based on a known position and/or velocity of the GNSS receiver and one of a plurality of estimated receiver timing parameters. A hypothesis evaluation unit (118, 122; 318, 322) is configured to determine a maximum correlation value based on the plurality of summed correlation values, and to determine a most likely one of a plurality of receiver timing hypotheses to be the receiver timing hypothesis corresponding to the maximum correlation value.
US11187803B1	Laser distance measurement device A system and a method are disclosed including a dual laser measurement device (DLMD) coupled with a mobile computing device to measure dimensions of a building or other structure, calculate other quantities based on the measured dimensions, select building construction or finishing material, order the material, and save the list of the measured dimensions and ordered materials in a data storage device. All steps of this process from measurement to ordering material may be performed using a DLMD app running on the mobile computing device.
US11187802B2	Electronically scanned light ranging device with multiplexed photosensors Embodiments describe a solid state electronic scanning LIDAR system that includes a scanning focal plane transmitting element and a scanning focal plane receiving element whose operations are synchronized so that the firing sequence of an emitter array in the transmitting element corresponds to a capturing sequence of a photosensor array in the receiving element. During operation, the emitter array can sequentially fire one or more light emitters into a scene and the reflected light can be received by a corresponding set of one or more photosensors through an aperture layer positioned in front of the photosensors. Each light emitter can correspond with an aperture in the aperture layer, and each aperture can correspond to a photosensor in the receiving element such that each light emitter corresponds with a specific photosensor in the receiving element.
US11187800B1	Fusion of horizontal and vertical sweeps for weather detection A weather radar module includes a memory, a vertical weather display, and a processor. The vertical weather display is configured to display weather in a vertical format. The processor is configured to control a radar antenna of the aircraft to perform a sweep in the horizontal direction and receive horizontal sweep radar returns, determine first weather parameters of a weather model in the vertical format based on the horizontal sweep radar returns, and store the first weather parameters in the memory. The processor is further configured to provide an estimate of the weather in the vertical format based on fusing vertical weather data, which is based on the vertical sweep radar returns, with the first weather parameters in the memory or with vertical display data based on the first weather parameters, and cause the vertical weather display to display the estimate of the weather in the vertical format.
US11187797B2	Method for range ambiguity suppression based on multi-degree-of-freedom frequency modulation signal Provided are a method and an apparatus for range ambiguity suppression based on orthogonal nonlinear frequency modulation (NLFM) waveforms. The method includes that: according to transmitted orthogonal NLFM signals, a waveform sequence of the transmitted signals corresponding to an obtained echo signal is determined; a set of range matched filters is constructed according to the waveform sequence and the orthogonal NLFM signals; range compression is performed on the echo signal by using the set of range matched filters to obtain range-compressed data; and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging is performed according to the range-compressed data, to obtain an imaging result, and the imaging result is outputted. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is also provided.
US11187795B2	Radar device One of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving array antenna includes a first antenna group and a second antenna group. The first antenna group includes one or more first antenna elements of which the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out at each first layout spacing following a first axis direction, and a shared antenna element. The second antenna group includes a plurality of second antenna elements and the one shared antenna element, and the phase centers of the antenna elements are laid out in two columns at each second layout spacing following a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The phase centers of the antenna elements included in each of the two columns differ from each other regarding position in the second axis direction.
US11187793B1	Method for temporally calibrating sensor streams in an autonomous vehicle One variation of a method for temporally calibrating sensor streams in an autonomous vehicle includes: deriving a first set of longitudinal velocities of a reference point on the autonomous vehicle from a sequence of inertial data recorded over a period of time; deriving a second set of longitudinal velocities of the reference point based on features detected in a set of LIDAR frames recorded during the period of time; calculating a LIDAR sensor offset time that approximately minimizes a difference between the first set of longitudinal velocities and the second set of longitudinal velocities; and, in response to the LIDAR sensor offset time approximating an previous LIDAR sensor offset time, verifying operation of the LIDAR sensor during the first period of time.
US11187790B2	Laser scanning system, laser scanning method, movable laser scanning system, and program A laser scanning system of the present invention includes a first rotation mechanism configured to perform a rotation in a predetermined first rotation axis and at a rotation speed around the first rotation axis as a rotation center; a first rotation speed control unit configured to control the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis by the first rotation mechanism, and a laser scanner device disposed on the first rotation mechanism, to be rotated together with and by the first rotation mechanism, and the laser scanner device including a laser distance measuring unit configured to emit a leaser and to measure a distance to a detection target, wherein the first rotation speed control unit is configured to make a control to the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis in a detection rotation angle range corresponding to an area in which the detection target is present and another control to the rotation speed of the rotation in the first rotation axis in a non-detection rotation angle range corresponding to another area in which the detection target is not present.
US11187788B2	Nonlinear array antenna radar and method thereof The present disclosure relates to a array radar system. More particularly, to a technique for determining a ghost target in a radar equipped with a nonlinear array antenna. There is provided a radar apparatus including a receiver configured to receive real non-linear array signals of N channels through N channel non-linear array antennas arranged at mutually different intervals, a signal generator configured to generate virtual non-linear array signals of M channels capable of spacing equal intervals between the adjacent channels together with the N channels based on N real channel non-linear array signals, and configured to generate virtual linear array signals of M+N channels including the real non-linear array signals of N channels and the virtual non-linear array signals of M channels M channels, and a determiner configured to determine a ghost target based on the virtual linear array signals of M+N channels.
US11187786B2	Array and module calibration with delay line An apparatus and method for enhanced calibration of radar at the module level supports dual polarization and array calibration and alignment without the use of external test equipment. Utilizing a delay line, loop back capability at the module level allows existing receiver exciter subsystem to be used for calibration. This approach eliminates the need for manual array calibration using external RF monitor subsystem or external test antennas.
US11187782B2	Radar system with enhanced angular resolution and method for enhancing angular resolution in a radar system A radar system may include an antenna structured to transmit a radar signal and receive reflected radar signals from targets and a processor operably connected to the antenna. The radar system may receive a first reflected signal, having a first arrival angle, at a first time. The radar system may receive a second reflected signal, having a second arrival angle at a second time. The second arrival angle may be equal to the first arrival angle plus an angle offset calculated based on a velocity hypothesis. The radar system may translate the first vector by applying the angle offset, thereby calculating a translated first vector. The radar system may calculate a beamforming spectrum based on the translated first vector and the second vector. The radar system may identify peaks in the beamforming spectrum to identify angular positions of multiple targets.
US11187781B2	Pulse generating device and output adjustment method thereof A pulse generating device of an in-vehicle radar configured to output a high frequency pulse including a main lobe and a side lobe includes a high frequency oscillator that generates a carrier wave of a predetermined frequency, an output variable device that adjusts an output of the high frequency oscillator, a power measuring unit that measures the output of the high frequency oscillator, a temperature measuring unit that measures an ambient temperature, a baseband pulse generating unit that generates a signal of a pulse shape, and a modulator that modulates the output of the high frequency oscillator with the signal of the pulse shape, and, when the ambient temperature is a first threshold value or less, the output or the pulse shape is adjusted so that the side lobe is a predetermined output or less.
US11187771B2	Mechanical apparatus for fast EPR coils switching between rapid scan and CW modes An electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) apparatus has a main magnet with two pole pieces on either side of an air gap, and at least one EPR probe head adapted for rapid scan (RS) measurements positioned between the pole pieces of a main magnet, and a pair of RS coils. The EPR apparatus further has at least one EPR probe head adapted for continuous wave (CW) signal measurements, positioned between the pole pieces of the main magnet, and a carrier which allows insertion of the RS coils into the air gap between the pole pieces in an operation position and extraction of the RS coils from the air gap to a storage position outside of a CW operating volume. The system allows a quick and secure change of the RS coils, safely and rapidly, by a single user.
US11187770B2	Method for eliminating aliasing artifacts in a magnetic resonance image Method for eliminating aliasing artifacts in a magnetic resonance image, comprising the steps of obtaining a first and a second starting image (100a,100b) obtained by a determined acquisition sequence and using, respectively a phase encoding for columns, and a phase encoding for rows. Both the first and the second starting image (100a,100b) are organized in according to a matrix structure (m·n) comprising a plurality of portions (101a,101b) arranged according to m rows and n columns, each of which is associated to a respective numerical value corresponding to the light intensity of the portion. The method provides a translation step for translating at least one between the first and the second starting image (100a,100b) with respect to a respective reference system, in such a way to minimize the differences among the numerical values of the homologous portions of the first and of the second starting image due to the fact that the first and the second starting image are obtained by a different encoding phase.
US11187766B1	Methods and systems for determining fluid content in formation samples using low field nuclear magnetic resonance Methods and systems for determining fluid content in a formation sample are disclosed. The method includes disposing the formation sample with a standard sample of a known chemical composition and one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) attributes in a NMR coil or probe, and acquiring NMR signals for the formation sample and the standard sample simultaneously. The system includes a NMR probe or NMR coil, a formation sample, and a standard sample with known chemical composition and one or more nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) attributes, wherein the formation sample and the standard sample are disposed in the NMR coil or probe, and wherein NMR signals are acquired for the formation sample and the standard sample simultaneously.
US11187764B2	Layout of magnetoresistance element In one aspect, a bridge includes a first magnetoresistance element that includes a first set of pillars, a second magnetoresistance element that includes a second set of pillars, a third magnetoresistance element that includes a third set of pillars and a fourth magnetoresistance element that includes a fourth set of pillars. The first set of pillars and the fourth set of pillars are disposed in a first matrix and the second set of pillars and the third set of pillars are disposed in a second matrix. The second magnetoresistance element is in series with the first magnetoresistance element, the third magnetoresistance element is in parallel with the first magnetoresistance element and the fourth magnetoresistance element is in series with the third magnetoresistance element.
US11187760B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and quantitative-value computing program An MRI apparatus in which, when a quantitative value, which does not depend on imaging parameter values, is computed from a plurality of image data having different pixel values that are acquired by performing imaging the plurality of times with different imaging parameter values in the same pulse sequence, pixel values which are acquired from the imaging parameter values are predicted for each of a plurality of predetermined quantitative-value candidate group, and an initial value of the quantitative value is selected from the quantitative-value candidate groups with reference to the predicted pixel values. The optimal quantitative value is computed through a localized optimization technique using the selected initial value.
US11187756B2	Apparatus and method for acquiring degradation information of lithium-ion battery cell Provided are an apparatus and method of obtaining degradation information of a lithium ion battery cell. The apparatus according to an embodiment estimates a first positive electrode usage region related to a first state of health of the lithium ion battery cell. The apparatus estimates a second positive electrode usage region related to a second state of health of the lithium ion battery cell. Then, the apparatus calculates an amount of change of maximum storage capacity of a positive electrode of the lithium ion battery cell with respect to a usage period from the first state of health to the second state of health, based on the first positive electrode usage region and the second positive electrode usage region.
US11187753B2	System and method for determining a status of a vehicle battery A system and a method for determining a current and/or forecast state of a vehicle battery of a vehicle. The system includes an acquisition device which repeatedly acquires a respectively current idle state voltage value during at least one idle state of the vehicle when a prespecified idle state condition is met; a data storage device storing at least one voltage threshold value; an adaptation device which adapts the at least one voltage threshold value in the data storage device based on the acquired idle state voltage values; and a computing device that determines the current or forecast state of the vehicle battery based on a comparison of a provided comparison voltage value with at least the at least one adapted voltage threshold value, and issues an output signal that indicates the determined current and/or forecast state of the vehicle battery.
US11187751B2	Relay operation state maintaining device and electronic device including the same In a relay operation state maintaining device configured to maintain an operation state of a relay when an abnormality occurs in a controller configured to control an operation of the relay, the relay operation state maintaining device includes: a memory configured to store a relay control signal output for an operation of the relay by the controller at a time the abnormality occurs and to generate and output a memory output signal based on a stored signal; a first relay driving signal generator configured to generate and output a first relay driving signal based on the relay control signal and a signal corresponding to the abnormality occurrence; and a second relay driving signal generator configured to generate and output a second relay driving signal based on the first relay driving signal and the memory output signal.
US11187747B2	Inspection system and malfunction analysis/prediction method for inspection system An inspection system includes a prober, a tester and a malfunction analysis/prediction unit. The prober has a stage holding a substrate having multiple devices formed thereon, a transport unit that transfers the substrate to the stage, and a probe card that brings a plurality of probes into contact with electrodes of the multiple devices on the substrate. A tester applies electrical signals to the multiple devices on the substrate through the probe card and inspects electrical characteristics of the multiple devices. The malfunction analysis/prediction unit, when a malfunction or a sign indicating a stage leading to the malfunction has occurred during an inspection, analyzes history information of the prober and tester related to the malfunction to determine or predict a location of the malfunction.
US11187745B2	Stabilizing a voltage at a device under test An example method of stabilizing a voltage at a device under test (DUT) includes identifying one or more characteristics of a deviation in a first voltage to appear at the DUT. The deviation may result from a digital signal and a concomitant transient current in the DUT. The digital signal may be part of a test flow to be sent over one or more test channels of automatic test equipment (ATE) to the DUT. The one or more characteristics may be identified prior to sending the test flow to the DUT. The method also includes generating a second voltage to apply to the DUT. The second voltage may be based on the one or more characteristics and being shaped to reduce the deviation.
US11187744B2	Measuring device and measuring method using iterative trace-based signal analysis A measuring device for measuring a signal of interest within a measuring signal is provided. It device comprises a trace determiner, which is adapted to consecutively determine a first stack of traces of the measuring signal, a statistics evaluator, adapted to, after each trace of said first stack of traces is determined by the trace determiner, statistically evaluate if a presence of the signal of interest is detected with a first pre-set degree of certainty, wherein the trace determiner is adapted to cease determining said traces of said first stack of traces, when the statistics evaluator has determined that the signal of interest has been detected to the first pre-set degree of certainty. Preferably a parameter determiner is, adapted to determine measuring parameters, based upon the statistical evaluation.
US11187740B2	Time dependent dielectric breakdown test structure and test method thereof A time dependent dielectric breakdown test structure includes a plurality of test units connected in parallel between a constant voltage and a ground. Each of the plurality of test units includes a dielectric test sample connected to the constant voltage; and a current restraint unit connected between the dielectric test sample and the ground, for restraining a breakdown current from flowing on the dielectric test sample after the constant voltage has broken the dielectric test sample.
US11187738B2	Measurement system for detection of faults on wires of a device or equipment The invention relates to a measurement system for detection of conduction faults of a device or equipment, comprising an evaluation unit and at least one sensor unit, wherein the measurement system is furthermore adapted to determine, in regard to a fault, whether the fault is higher or lower in frequency with respect to a predetermined limit frequency, and the measurement system is furthermore adapted to provide data in regard to one fault or multiple faults.
US11187737B2	System and method for calibrating radio frequency test chambers A system for calibrating radio frequency test chambers is provided. The system comprises an antenna array with a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a three dimensional configuration, a plurality of power measuring units downstream to the plurality of antenna elements and a processing unit. In this context, the plurality of power measuring units output a power from each antenna elements corresponds to a radiation pattern generated by an incident test signal. The processing unit is configured to analyze the power distribution of the test signal in order to calculate a calibration.
US11187730B2	Probe head, probe coupler and probe arrangement The present invention provides an electrically isolated acquisition of a measurement signal by means of a measurement probe. For this purpose, a probe arrangement is provided with a probe head for electrically measuring a signal. The probe head is coupled to a probe coupler via optical links. In particular, optical links are used for power supply of the probe head and for forwarding optical signals corresponding to the measured electrical signal.
US11187729B2	Current sensor chip with magnetic field sensor A current sensor chip includes a first magnetic field sensor element and a second magnetic field sensor element respectfully configured to generate a first analog sensor signal and a second analog sensor signal responsive to a magnetic field caused by a primary current passing through an external primary conductor; an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the second magnetic field sensor element and configured to generate a digital sensor signal based on the second analog sensor signal; a digital signal processor coupled to the analog-to-digital converter to receive the digital sensor signal and configured to determine, based on the digital sensor signal and calibration parameters stored in a memory, a corresponding current measurement signal, which represents the primary current; and an external output pin coupled to the first magnetic field sensor element to receive the first analog sensor signal or an analog signal derived therefrom by analog signal processing.
US11187724B2	Current measuring device and current sensing resistor Provided is a current sensing resistor including a plate-shaped resistive element containing a resistive material, and plate-shaped electrodes joined to opposite sides of the plate-shaped resistive element, each plate-shaped electrode containing an electrode material. Each electrode includes an upper electrode portion that is substantially flush with the resistive element, a lower electrode portion to be mounted on a wire pattern, and a step portion located between the upper electrode portion and the lower electrode portion. The upper electrode portion is wider than the resistive element and the lower electrode portion in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the electrodes are arranged.
US11187721B2	Contactor for testing electronic device An electronic device having a structure that electrically connects the contactor to an electronic device during a testing process is disclosed. The contactor includes a holder for accommodating the electronic device during the testing process; a flexible circuit, having a first set of contacts electrically connected to the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device, and a second set of contacts electrically connected to a control unit that sends test signals during the test process; an elastomer, for adjusting the pressure between the first set of contacts of the flexible circuit and the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device while being pressed together; and an alignment tool, for aligning the first set of contacts with the corresponding electrode terminals of the electronic device. The electrode terminals of the electronic device are located on the same surface of the electronic device and the flexible circuit is detachable from the contactor.
US11187712B2	Automated analyzer and automated analysis method The present invention makes it possible for an automated analyzer including two or more types of photometers to obtain suitable output of the measurement results of the plurality of photometers and suitable data alarm output even if there is an abnormality, or the like, at the time of measurement. This automated analyzer includes, for example, two types of photometers having different quantitative ranges and an analysis control unit for controlling analysis that includes measurement of a given sample using the two types of photometers. If two types of data alarms corresponding to abnormalities, or the like, during measurement have been added to the two types of measurement results from the two types of photometers, the analysis control unit selects measurement result and data alarm output corresponding to the combination of the two types of data alarms and outputs the same to a user as analysis results.
US11187711B1	Analyte detection from breath samples Systems and techniques for collecting and analyzing breath samples to detect one or more target analytes are disclosed.
US11187710B2	Time independent viscoelastic analysis parameter for prediction of patient outcome In some embodiments, the invention provides an in vitro method for identifying a patient as likely as likely to require a transfusion of at least six units of blood in six hours or less. The method comprise, consists essentially of, or consists of (a) analyzing a sample of blood from a patient with a viscoelastic analysis assay to obtain a coagulation characteristic value that is independent of time of the patient; and (b) comparing the coagulation characteristic value of the patient to a coagulation characteristic value that is independent of time of a control,wherein the coagulation characteristic value of the patient that is lower than the coagulation characteristic value of the control identifies the patient as likely to require a transfusion of at least six units of blood in six hours or less.
US11187708B2	Early stage Parkinson's disease diagnostic kits and methods The present invention relates to diagnostic methods, reagents, and kits for detecting and diagnosing Early Stage Parkinson's disease.
US11187707B2	Method of characterization of visible and/or sub-visible particles in biologics A method for characterizing or quantifying one or more proteins in visible and/or sub-visible particles formed in a sample by detecting the at least one visible or sub-visible particle in the sample, isolating and capturing the at least one visible or sub-visible particle to identify a presence of a protein, and using a mass spectrometer to characterize the protein.
US11187702B2	Enzyme quantification The invention generally relates to methods for quantifying an amount of enzyme molecules. Systems and methods of the invention are provided for measuring an amount of target by forming a plurality of fluid partitions, a subset of which include the target, performing an enzyme-catalyzed reaction in the subset, and detecting the number of partitions in the subset. The amount of target can be determined based on the detected number.
US11187701B2	Real-time tracing of cytokine storm in blood serum of COVID-19 patients A method for diagnosing COVID-19 infection. The method includes drawing a blood sample from a person suspected to be infected with COVID-19 virus, separating a blood serum sample from the blood sample by centrifuging the blood sample, recording an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) associated with the blood serum sample, calculating a charge transfer resistance (RCT) of the recorded EIS by measuring a diameter of a semicircular curved part of the recorded EIS, and detecting a COVID-19 infection of the person based on the calculated RCT if the calculated RCT is equal to or more than a threshold value.
US11187697B2	Substrate clearance assays for lysosomal enzymes The present invention provides, among other things, improved substrate clearance assays for lysosomal enzyme that are particularly useful for measuring potency of lysosomal enzymes or other therapeutics for treatment of lysosomal storage diseases. In particular, the present invention combines a physiologically relevant substrate cell assay and an efficient scintillation based detection method.
US11187696B2	Pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing obesity Melanophilin (MLPH) of the present invention is involved in differentiation into an adipocyte or fat accumulation, and accordingly, obesity can be treated or prevented by inhibiting the MLPH. Further, by measuring an expression level of the MLPH, obesity can be diagnosed and treated, and therapeutic agents for obesity and agents regulating differentiation into adipocytes can be screened.
US11187694B2	Method for assembling an automated analyzer, waste ramp, and waste receptacle for reagent cards An automated analyzer for reagent cards having a leading end, a trailing end and a length between the leading end and the trailing end comprises a travel surface assembly having a card travel surface and an edge. A test analyzing mechanism is adjacent to the travel surface, and a waste receptacle is adjacent to the edge below the travel surface. The waste receptacle has a side and a waste cavity. A ramp member positioned below the travel surface has an end and a sloped surface, and is movable between an extended position where the sloped surface extends into the waste cavity, and a retracted position where the end is spaced from the side a distance greater than the length of the reagent card. A moving mechanism operably coupled with the ramp member is configured to move the ramp member between the extended position and the retracted position.
US11187693B2	Methods and systems for correction of oil-based mud filtrate contamination on saturation pressure Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems, methods, and devices for determining saturation pressure of an uncontaminated fluid. Downhole saturation pressure measurements and downhole OBM filtrate contamination of a contaminated fluid may be obtained and a relationship may be determined between the saturation pressure measurements and OBM filtrate contamination. The relationship may be extrapolated to zero OBM filtrate contamination to determine the saturation pressure of the uncontaminated fluid. In some embodiments, OBM filtrate contamination may be determined from downhole saturation pressure measurements during pumpout of a fluid.
US11187690B2	Synthetic receptors for hydrosulfide A method for detecting for the presence of H2S or HS− anion in a system, comprising contacting a sample from the system with a compound, or a protonate or salt thereof, having a structure represented by: wherein Y represents an aromatic group or a substituted aromatic group; n is 1 or 2; R is independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, a polyether moiety, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, carbamate, substituted carbonate, carbonyloxy, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen, nitro, amino, amido, aryloxy, cyano, hydroxyl, or sulfonyl; R1 is H, substituted lower alkyl, lower alkyl, substituted aralkyl or aralkyl; R2 is selected from H, acyl, substituted aralkyl, aralkyl, phosphonyl, —SO2R3; —C(O)R5; —C(O)OR7 or —C(O)NR9R10; R3; R5; R7; R9 and R10 are each independently selected from H, substituted lower alkyl, lower alkyl, substituted aralkyl, aralkyl, substituted aryl or aryl.
US11187684B2	Gas chromatograph with ease of error identification A gas chromatograph includes a display unit, indicators, and a display control unit. The gas chromatograph is provided with a plurality of units having the same function, and the indicators are each associated with any of the plurality of units. When the error has occurred in any of the plurality of units in the gas chromatograph, processing of the display control unit displays an error notification screen on a display screen of a display unit, and in addition, operates an indicator associated with the unit in which the error has occurred. Therefore, a user can recognize in which of the plurality of units the error has occurred.
US11187681B2	Method for evaluating state of member Provided is a member state evaluation method that makes more highly accurate instantaneous understanding of various states of a member to be tested possible without reliance on the shape of the member, the testing environment, or the skill level of the tester. The member state evaluation method is provided with: a state evaluation database construction step for constructing a state evaluation database by determining a plurality of vibration points and measurement points for each analysis model, carrying out vibration at the vibration points, measuring the acoustic signal generated by the vibration at the measurement points, carrying out frequency analysis, and thereby obtaining, as state evaluation data, frequency distribution data acquired for each vibration point and each measurement point that includes the natural frequencies for each of a plurality of modes; an actual measurement state evaluation data acquisition step for acquiring, as actual measurement state evaluation data, frequency distribution data for the member to be tested that includes the natural frequencies of each of the plurality of modes; and a state evaluation step for evaluating the member to be tested by comparing the acquired actual measurement state evaluation data and all the state evaluation data of the state evaluation database.
US11187678B2	Solid-liquid distribution detection apparatus A solid-liquid distribution detection apparatus is adapted to detect a solid-liquid distribution state of a content in a solid-liquid separation column of a freeze concentration device and includes a sound source adapted to emit a sound wave to a column surface of the solid-liquid separation column, a measuring device adapted to measure a resonance waveform on the column surface of the solid-liquid separation column, and an analysis device adapted to analyze the resonance waveform measured by the measuring device and determine the solid-liquid distribution state of the content in the solid-liquid separation column based on an analysis result.
US11187673B2	Device and method for verification, calibration and/or adjustment of an inline measuring device The present disclosure relates to an apparatus the for verification, calibration, and/or adjustment of a measuring instrument. The apparatus includes the measuring instrument, a reference measuring instrument, and a smart device. The apparatus performs a measuring operation in which the measuring instrument determines a value of a variable of the medium and the reference instrument determines a reference value of the variable from a sample of the medium. The measuring instrument communicates wirelessly and performs the verification, calibration, and/or adjustment on the basis of the measured value and the associated reference value. The reference measuring instrument is portable and communicates wirelessly with the smart device and the measuring instrument. An application executed on the smart device controls a data transfer between the measuring instrument, the reference measuring device, and/or the device that is required for executing the verification, calibration, and/or adjustment.
US11187672B2	Superhydrophobic electrode and biosensing device using the same A method for making a hydrophobic biosensing device includes forming alternating layers over a top and sides of a fin on a dielectric layer to form a stack of layers. The stack of layers are planarized to expose the top of the fin. The fin and every other layer are removed to form a cathode group of fins and an anode group of fins. A hydrophobic surface on the two groups of fins.
US11187670B2	Method for decreasing baseline under high temperature of gas sensor Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for preventing reaction between a sealing material (epoxy) and an electrolyte material within a carbon monoxide (or other gas) sensor. In general, the electrochemical sensor disclosed herein comprises a gas diffusion working electrode, a counter electrode, and optionally, a reference electrode. Each electrode is in contact with an aqueous electrolyte. The gas sensor may comprise a tab located proximate to gaps in the housing of the sensor, wherein the tab prevents any sealing material that fills the gaps from entering the interior of the housing. In some embodiments, the tab may be attached to a counter electrode. In some embodiments, the housing may comprise a slot located about the gaps, wherein the tab fits into the slot of the housing.
US11187668B2	Sensor element and method for manufacturing a sensor element The present disclosure includes to a sensor element including a membrane having a first functionalized region and a second functionalized region and including a sensor element body on which the membrane rests. The sensor element body has at least one electrically conductive first conductor and an electrically conductive second conductor electrically insulated from the first conductor. The first conductor is electrically and/or electrolytically conductively connected to the first functionalized region of the membrane, and the second conductor is electrically and/or electrolytically conductively connected to the second functionalized region of the membrane. In another aspect of the present disclosure, a method for fabricating such a sensor element is disclosed.
US11187663B2	Highly-multiplexed NEMS-array readout system based on superconducting cavity optomechanics A NEMS readout system includes a sensor array comprising a plurality of sensors. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors including a resonator with frequency characteristics different from the resonator of each other sensor of the plurality of sensors. A readout signal indicative of a plurality of output signals is collected from the sensor array. Each output signal of the plurality of output signals corresponding to one of the plurality of sensors. An analysis of the plurality of output signals is performed to identify a plurality of resonant frequencies and to detect a frequency shift associated with at least one of the plurality of resonant frequencies.
US11187660B2	Fluorescent probes for monitoring voltage by photo-induced electron transfer Compounds and methods for determining transmembrane potential, monitoring changes in transmembrane potential, and/or drug screening are provided. In one aspect, compounds of the invention have a structure according to the formula: E-M-A, wherein A is a fluorophore, selected from xanthenes, coumarins, cyanines, bimanes, and difuloroboradizaindacenes, charged at physiological pH; M is a molecular wire; and E is a hydrophobic moiety, wherein A and E are capable of being involved in a photo-induced, intramolecular electron transfer that quenches the fluorescence of A in response to a voltage condition. When in use, compounds of the invention are membrane-impermeant and oriented within the cell membrane such that the charged moiety localizes at the outer leaflet of the lipid bilayer and the hydrophobic moiety and molecular wire associate with the hydrophobic portion of the lipid bilayer. The rate of electron transfer, fluorescence intensity, and quenching are altered in response to changes in transmembrane potential.
US11187659B2	Systems for fluorescence light sheet microscopy of large samples in high refractive index solutions Systems for allowing adjustable imaging of specimens of various sizes in solutions of various refractive indices, such as those with a refractive index of at least 1.45, for use in microscopes such as fluorescent light sheet microscopes. The systems allow for imaging large specimens in various refractive indices while maintaining the highest optical sectioning provided by the objectives used across the full range of microscope stage travel. The systems also allow the use of a wider range of optics, such as low magnification 2.5× detection objectives, allowing for increased imaging speed and field of view.
US11187658B2	Fluorescence imaging with fixed pattern noise cancellation Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method includes reducing fixed pattern noise in an exposure frame by subtracting a reference frame from the exposure frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.
US11187655B2	Compact gas sensors Systems and methods herein provide low power non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensors. The gas sensors comprise a thin film plasmonic light source that produces a time modulated parallel light beam at multiple selected wavelengths. The parallel light beam from the light source passes through a gas chamber without using focusing or collimating optical components. The gas sensors are continuously self-calibrated against environmental changes, such as temperatures and relative humidity, and aging. The gas sensors are suitable for use in hazardous environments because their low power and small thermal mass reduces the risk of explosion. The gas sensors can be integrated into conventional mobile device platforms.
US11187653B2	Infrared sensor and infrared gas detector The present disclosure discloses an infrared sensor, an infrared gas detector and an air quality detection device. The infrared sensor includes electrodes, a substrate, an isolation layer and a graphene film. The graphene film has a periodical nanostructure. The infrared sensor enhances the absorption of infrared light, and is capable of only absorbing specific infrared wavelengths, thus improving the selective performance of the infrared gas detector.
US11187651B2	Methods and devices for improved signal detection from biological samples Methods and devices are provided to provide clean signals even in the presence of spectral interference. At least some of these methods can be applied for cases when interfering signals are to be accounted for. These cases include, but are not limited to, hemolysis detection, icterus detection, and assays. They can be implemented in with data collected with spectrophotometers, instruments that can collect absorbance values at the few wavelengths of interest, and, in the case of the method based on background subtraction, simple imaging setups with only two filters (such as but not limited to narrow-band and wide-band) per absorption peak of interest.
US11187648B2	Two-stage photo-acoustic excitation sensing systems and methods A system and a method for sensing an object using two-stage photo-acoustic excitation are provided herein. The method may include: scanning the object at a first resolution by alternately and repeatedly photo-acoustically exciting and sensing each of multiple first regions on the object to yield multiple first outputs; determining, based on the multiple first outputs, at least one first region of the multiple first regions that includes at least one zone and a specific depth of the at least one zone below a surface of the object; scanning the first region that includes the at least one zone at a second resolution by alternately and repeatedly photo-acoustically exciting and sensing each of multiple second regions in the at least one first region thereof to yield multiple second outputs; and determining, based on at least one of the multiple second outputs, specified parameters of the at least one zone.
US11187640B2	Powder particle size distribution measuring equipment, powder dispersing device, and method of measuring powder particle size distribution A powder dispersing device of a powder particle size distribution measuring equipment has a base, an elastic force generating assembly and a first housing. The elastic force generating assembly includes a bumping piece, a force applying board and a power transmission assembly. Two ends of the power transmission assembly are respectively connected to the bumping piece and the force applying board. When the force applying board is applied with a first displacement, the power transmission assembly actuates the bumping piece to generate a second displacement which enables the bumping piece to have a first elastic force. The first housing is formed with a through hole on a side surface for one end of the force applying board to extend out. The first elastic force of the bumping piece triggers the bumping piece to strike on any surface facing toward the inside of the first housing and touching the other end of the bumping piece.
US11187634B2	Bending test device and bending mechanism thereof A bending test device to bend a product as a test includes a base, a driving mechanism, and a bending mechanism. The driving mechanism and the bending mechanism are set on the base. The bending mechanism includes a supporting member, a rotating plate, a first holding part, and a second holding part. The supporting member is set on the base. The rotating plate is rotatably set on the supporting member. The rotating plate connects to the driving mechanism. The first holding part and the second holding part are set on the rotating plate. The first holding part clamps a first part of a workpiece, the second holding part clamps a second part of the workpiece. The driving mechanism rotates the rotating plate and thus drives the second holding part to rotate and bend the workpiece.
US11187632B2	Test chamber and method A test chamber and a method for conditioning air includes a temperature-insulated test space which can be closed off from the surroundings, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space. The temperature control device allows a temperature in a temperature range of −20° C. to +180° C. to be established within the test space, and includes a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion element. The cooling circuit has an internal storage device connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the expansion element and downstream of the condenser and to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the compressor and downstream of the heat exchanger via a bypass of the cooling circuit. Thermal energy is stored and exchanged with the refrigerant through the internal storage device.
US11187630B2	Method for preparing analytical sample, analysis method, and kit for preparing analytical sample A method for preparing an analytical sample for analyzing a glycan contained in a sample includes: performing a first reaction so that when sialic acid is linked to the glycan, sialic acid of a first linkage type is lactonized and modification different from lactonization is performed on sialic acid of a second linkage type different from the first linkage type; performing a second reaction to ring-open a lactone formed in the first reaction; and performing the first reaction again.
US11187628B2	Inspection apparatus and inspection system To measure an internal state of an engine, for example, the engine oil consumption conveniently and correctly, an inspection apparatus of the present invention for inspecting the internal state of the engine by using an exhaust gas of the engine including engine oil includes a data storage unit that stores content information about a plurality of elements contained in the engine oil, a data acceptance unit that accepts analysis information about a plurality of elements contained in the exhaust gas, and an inspection unit that compares the content information about the engine oil with the analysis information to inspect the internal state of the engine.
US11187627B2	Pressure controlled fluid sampler and method A fluid sampler system includes a fluidic head including a gas aperture capable of communication with a pressurized gas source, a liquid conduit capable of communication with a sample reservoir, and a seal capable of forming a compression seal to the sample reservoir when gas pressure is applied to the sample reservoir through the gas aperture and capable of displacing a portion of the sample through the liquid conduit; and a positioning apparatus capable of positioning the fluidic head and the sample reservoir in communication with one another. A method for providing an aliquot of sample, includes forming a releasable compression seal to a reservoir including a liquid sample; pressurizing the reservoir with compressed gas; displacing an aliquot of the sample from the reservoir; and transferring the displaced aliquot of the sample to a location.
US11187625B2	Reciprocating microtome drive system An apparatus having a sample sectioning device including a cutting mechanism that is operable to cut sections from a sample and a sample holder that is operable to hold the sample. The apparatus further includes a drive system coupled with the sample holder to drive movement of the sample holder and a reciprocating member coupled to the drive system to drive vertical movement of the drive system. The reciprocating member to move in a reciprocating manner within an angle of rotation of less than 180 degrees. A surface orientation sensor may further be provided that is operable to sense an orientation of a surface of the sample held by the sample holder.
US11187621B2	Fault diagnosis during testing of turbine unit A method of fault diagnosis during testing of a turbine unit includes a) obtaining measurement data from turbine sensors and testing sensors, b) calculating at least one parameter value based on measurement data, c) determining a deviation of the measurement data and the at least one parameter value by comparing the measurement data and the at least one parameter value with predetermined reference data, and d) matching the determined deviation to a plurality of predetermined fault signatures in order to detect a fault. The plurality of predetermined fault signatures includes a first set of fault signatures and a second set of fault signatures, the first set of fault signatures corresponding to turbine sensor faults and/or testing sensor faults and assumed fault-free turbine components, the second set of fault signatures corresponding to turbine component faults and assumed fault-free turbine sensors and testing sensors.
US11187620B2	Method and device for controlling the pressure of the exhaust gas of a machine The invention relates to a method for controlling the pressure of the exhaust gas of a machine, in particular an internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas is discharged from the machine via an exhaust gas line, and the exhaust gas line has a regulating device, preferably comprising a throttle valve or a throttle flap, said regulating device delimiting a pressure-regulated section of the exhaust gas line. Gas, preferably air, which is regulated into the pressure-regulated section via a compressed gas line is supplied such that the pressure in the pressure-regulated section is substantially kept at a constant value. The invention additionally relates to a corresponding device.
US11187618B2	Method for characterizing mode group properties of multimodal light traveling through optical components The invention concerns a method for characterizing mode group properties of multimodal light traveling through an optical component, comprising: launching a reference pulse of light with a wavelength λt from a light source into said optical component, collecting light signal output by said optical component into a Mode Group Separating optical fiber; detecting light signal output by said Mode Group Separating optical fiber. The Mode Group Separating optical fiber is a multimode fiber with an α-profile graded index core with an α-value chosen such that said fiber satisfies the following criterion at the wavelength λt:  Δτ  . L Δ ⁢ ⁢ T REF > 4 where: Δτ is a time delay difference between consecutive mode groups; L is a length of said fiber; ΔTREF is a Full Width at Quarter Maximum of said reference pulse.
US11187616B2	Optical power detector and reader An optical power detection system comprises a sensor and a reader. The sensor is configured to detect light in the cladding of an optical fiber. The sensor is positioned both within a ferrule of the optical fiber and proximate the cladding. The sensor is additionally configured to produce an output signal representative of the detected light. The reader is electrically coupled to the sensor and is configured to receive the sensor output signal. The reader is additionally configured to operation on the output signal to produce a corresponding visual and/or audible indication of the optical power in the optical fiber.
US11187612B1	Optical element surface alteration to correct wavefront error Methods and mechanisms for correcting a wavefront error in an optical element are disclosed. A wavefront error that is downstream of an optical element in an optical path is determined. A refractive index prescription that reduces the wavefront error is determined. A beam of energy is directed at a surface of the optical element in accordance with the refractive index prescription to alter the surface to change an index of refraction at multiple locations on the surface.
US11187610B2	Liquid leak detection device and oven A liquid leak detection device is used in an oven. The oven has an oven casing having a sealed inner space provided with a sample flow path through which a liquid sample flows and a heater provided in the inner space that heats the inner space. The liquid leak detection device includes a gas sensor that is provided in the inner space and detects a liquid sample that has leaked from the sample flow path to the inner space and has been evaporated. The liquid leak detection device further includes a liquid leak pipe path that communicates with the inner space and leads a non-vaporized liquid sample that has leaked from the sample flow path to the inner space out of the oven casing, and a liquid sensor that is provided outside of the oven casing and detects a liquid sample led out by the liquid leak pipe path.
US11187606B2	Pressure transducer with integral bleed valve The disclosed technology is a pressure transducer with a bleed valve built into the body of the transducer for purging liquid systems. The transducer assembly includes a body, a bleed valve port defined in the body and configured to accept a bleed valve, an interface port attached to the body, an adapter attached to a portion of the interface port, a header attached to the adapter and the body, a pressure transducer mounted to the header, and an internal cavity in communication with the interface port, the pressure transducer, and the bleed valve port. The bleed valve port is configured to vent a gas from the internal cavity. A bleed valve disposed in the bleed valve port is configured to controllably vent a gas from the internal cavity.
US11187605B2	Sealing glass geometries for sensitivity enhancement of thick-film piezoresistive pressure sensors A pressure sensor assembly, which includes a pressure sensing element having a diaphragm, a plurality of piezoresistors connected to the diaphragm, and at least one layer of sealing glass connected to the diaphragm. The pressure sensor assembly also includes a base, a layer of sealing glass is connected to the base, and is configured to maximize the sensitivity of the plurality of piezoresistors via tailoring the side surfaces of the glass surface to control the deformable diaphragm. The layer of sealing glass includes a first recess portion, and a second recess portion formed as part of the layer of sealing glass on the opposite side of the layer of sealing glass as the first recess portion. One of the plurality of piezoresistors is partially surrounded by the first recess portion, and another of the plurality of piezoresistors is partially surrounded by the second recess portion.
US11187604B2	Differential pressure sensor A differential pressure sensor includes a containment body including internally a wall creating first and second cavities, a piston slidingly housed in the first cavity and including a magnet mounted on a first axial end thereof, proximal to the wall and a magnetic sensor housed in the second cavity, near the wall for measuring the axial distance of the magnet from the wall and generating a signal representing such distance. The pressure sensor further includes a lighting element for emitting light radiation, a control circuit operatively interposed between the magnetic sensor and the lighting element and configured for varying the light radiation emitted by the lighting element as a function of a variation in the representative signal generated by the magnetic sensor. An interface element includes a radiant surface facing outwards from the body and an optical guide, extending between the lighting element and the radiant surface.
US11187603B2	Variable reluctance measurement technology for drilling risers and riser towers The invention involves utilizing variable reluctance measurement technology (“VRMT”) sensors to monitor forces and stresses on drilling risers and riser towers. The tension monitoring system described herein includes an optimized configuration of variable reluctance measurement technology sensors, wherein the sensors have increased wire turns around each end of their C-cores or alternatively are mounted on mechanical amplifiers or both. An array of optimized variable reluctance measurement technology sensors can be configured at multiple points on a riser system. The VRMT sensors may be integrally attached to the risers or flexible joints for the risers, or may be installed on existing riser or flexible joint systems.
US11187600B2	Torque sensor A connector (130) is arranged between an inner support (110) and an outer support (120), and connects the inner support (110) and the outer support (120). A deformable body (140) has one end connected to the inner support (110) at a first position with respect to the direction of rotation about a Z-axis and the other end connected to the outer support (120) at a second position different from the first position, and is bent to be deformed in a radial direction by applying compressive force or tensile force between the first position and the second position. A detection body (150) includes a capacitative element including respective electrodes disposed to face the deformable body (140) and the outer support (120), and detects an elastic deformation generated in the deformable body (140) on the basis of the characteristic value of the capacitative element.
US11187594B2	Bonded assembly with integrated temperature sensing in bond layer An assembly, for example an electrostatic chuck assembly, includes a first member, a second member disposed proximate the first member, a bond layer disposed between the first member and the second member, and at least one optical sensor disposed proximate the bond layer to detect a temperature of the bond layer in a field of view of the at least one optical sensor. The bond layer includes a phosphorescent material and provides a dual function of bonding the second member to the first member and emitting phosphorescent radiation towards the at least one optical sensor. In one form, the first member is an electrostatic chuck member and the second member is a heating plate. The assembly may further include a cooling plate and an additional bond layer disposed between the heating plate and the cooling plate.
US11187592B2	Thermocouple arrangement and method for measuring temperatures A thermocouple arrangement comprising: a first thermocouple including a first thermoelement and a second thermoelement coupled at a first junction, the first junction subject to a first temperature, the second material different from the first material; a second thermocouple including a third thermoelement and a fourth thermoelement coupled to the third thermoelement at a second junction connected to the first thermoelement, the second junction arranged at a second portion subject to a second temperature, the fourth material different from the third material; and a third thermocouple including a fifth thermoelement and a sixth thermoelement coupled to the fifth thermoelement at a third junction connected to the second thermoelement, the third junction arranged at the second portion exposed to the second temperature, the fifth material different from the third material and the fourth material, the sixth material different from the third material, the fourth material, and the fifth material.
US11187591B2	Temperature testing apparatus The invention relates to the provision of apparatus for use in measuring the temperature of a body of matter and in particular the temperature of a foodstuff in a manner which allows the required apparatus in the form of a housing with data processing means and a temperature probe connected thereto, to be used effectively and without the apparatus itself becoming a safety hazard. This is achieved by using materials which are provided in a form to allow the apparatus, and portions thereof to be rendered detectable by metal detection and/or X-ray detection apparatus.
US11187584B2	Photon counting and spectroscopy A measurement system includes an optical source (e.g., laser) to irradiate a sample (e.g., a cell); a solid-state photon detector (SSPD) to receive resultant light from the sample; and a photon counter to count photons received by the SSPD. The photon counter can include a differentiator to provide a differentiated photon signal and a crossing detector configured to count photons based on a number of times the differentiated photon signal crosses a predetermined threshold level. In some examples, a pulse detector can provide a pulse-width signal from the SSPD output photon signal, and a pulse counter can count based on both a number of pulses and widths of the pulses. The SSPD can include a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array or a solid-state photomultiplier. Some examples use the measurement system to measure samples in fluids, e.g., in flow cytometers or multi-well plates.
US11187580B2	Spectral-spatial imaging device In general, an imaging system to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image of a portion of the spatial image is described. In some examples, a beam splitter of the imaging system splits an optical beam, obtained from a viewing device, into a first split beam directed by the imaging system to a spatial camera and a second split beam directed by the imaging system to the entrance slit of an imaging spectrograph that is coupled to a spectral camera. An electronic apparatus synchronously triggers the spatial camera and the spectral camera to synchronously record a spatial image and a spectral image, respectively.
US11187576B2	Optical filters having spatially variant microreplicated layers In an example, an example article may include a spatially variant microreplicated layer optically coupled to a wavelength selective filter. The wavelength selective filter may have a light incidence angle-dependent optical band. The spatially variant microreplicated layer may be configured to transmit light to a first optical region of the wavelength selective filter at a first predetermined incidence angle and to a second optical region of the wavelength selective filter at a second predetermined incidence angle.
US11187575B2	High density optical measurement systems with minimal number of light sources An illustrative optical measurement system may include a wearable assembly configured to be worn by a user and comprising a plurality of light sources each configured to emit light directed at a target and a plurality of detectors configured to detect arrival times for photons of the light after the light is scattered by the target, wherein a ratio of a total number of the detectors to a total number of the light sources is at least two to one.
US11187573B1	Connected scale device A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.
US11187571B2	Absolute mass balance An absolute mass balance determines an absolute mass of an object and includes: a dual diameter wheel including: a balance fulcrum; and a balance beam disposed on the balance fulcrum and including: a main mass arm and a counter mass arm; a main mass receiver that receives the object; a main magnet system including: a first main coil that produces a first magnetic field; a second main coil that produces a second magnetic field; and a permanent magnet that produces a third magnetic field that interacts with the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field; a displacement measuring system that provides a null position of the dual diameter wheel and measures a velocity of the main magnet system; and a driving motor including: an eddy current damper that provides a constant velocity of the main mass receiver; and a counter mass magnet system.
US11187563B2	Method of detecting fluid flows, corresponding device and computer program product A method includes: receiving, from a plurality of sensors, detection signals indicative of fluid flow, the fluid flow having a direction and a speed, the plurality of sensors having respective mutual positions and distances between pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining, as a function of the detection signals, a first detection sensor in the plurality of sensors detecting the fluid flow prior to other sensors in the plurality of sensors; determining time delays between detection of the fluid flow by a first sensor and by a second sensor in each pair of sensors in the plurality of sensors; and determining a fluid flow velocity vector indicative of the direction and the speed of the fluid flow as a function of the mutual positions and distances between the pairs of sensors in the plurality of sensors and the time delays.
US11187562B2	Housing for a flow measuring device, and a flow measuring device having such a housing The present disclosure relates to a housing for a flow measuring device and a flow measuring device. The housing includes a housing body having a housing wall and a housing chamber, where the housing wall has a first wall element and a second wall element. The first wall element and the second wall element enclose the housing chamber, and the housing chamber is configured to receive a measuring tube. The housing wall has first and second openings configured to support the measuring tube at first and second measuring tube ends. The first wall element has a first leaf and a second leaf, and the second wall element has a third leaf and a fourth leaf, where the first leaf and the second leaf and also the third leaf and the fourth leaf engage flush in one another.
US11187561B2	Methods and apparatus for pressure based mass flow ratio control A system and method for dividing a single mass flow into secondary flows of a desired ratio. The system and method include paths for the secondary flows that include a laminar flow element and two pressure sensors. The nonlinear relationship between flow and pressure upstream and downstream of the laminar flow elements can be transformed into a function comprised of the upstream and downstream pressure that has a linear relationship with the flow. This transformation allows for flow ratio control applications using signals from pressure sensors even if there is no information the fluid species and the flow rate into the flow ratio controller.
US11187553B2	In-vehicle information display apparatus and method of controlling the same An in-vehicle information display apparatus and a method of controlling the same output outputting various pieces of information using image output devices disposed on a rear surface of a protrusion type information display apparatus. The protrusion type information display apparatus applied to a vehicle includes an output region determination unit configured to, upon detecting that an event occurs, determine an image corresponding to the event and an output region, among a plurality of regions of a windshield, a screen correction unit configured to correct the determined image to match the determined output region, and a projector unit disposed on a rear surface opposite to a front surface on which a display is disposed and configured to project the corrected image onto the determined output region.
US11187551B2	Methods and systems for recommending activities to users onboard vehicles Embodiments for generating recommendations for user activity onboard a vehicle are provided. A first user and a second user onboard a vehicle are identified. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined based on at least one information source associated with at least one of the first user and the second user. A traffic condition associated with the vehicle traveling to a destination is detected. A recommendation of an joint activity for the first user and the second user while onboard the vehicle is generated based on the determined relationship between the first user and the second user, the detected traffic condition, and the at least one information source.
US11187549B2	Search system, vehicle, and server The search system includes a vehicle and a server. The server includes: a first determination unit that determines a search route for searching for a user who rides on transportation based on a timetable of the transportation and map information; a second determination unit that determines a time for the vehicle to start moving from a current position of the vehicle to a boarding point of the transportation based on the current position, a current time, a location of the boarding point, and a departure time of the transportation; a third determination unit that determines a travel route to move from the current position to the boarding point based on the map information; and a transmitter unit that transmits the search route and the travel route to the vehicle.
US11187539B2	Travel control device for moving body A travel control device includes an operation acquiring unit for acquiring an operation by a driver of a host moving body; an outside-world information acquiring unit for acquiring outside-world information of the periphery of the host moving body; a moving-body information acquiring unit for acquiring moving-body information relating to a travel state of the host moving body; a travelable-range management unit for managing the range travelable by the moving body; and a control unit for controlling travel by the moving body on the basis of the operation acquired by the operation acquiring unit, the outside-world information acquired by the outside-world information acquiring unit, the moving-body information acquired by the moving-body information acquiring unit, and the travelable range managed by the travelable-range management unit, the travelable-range management unit including a travelable-range enlargement unit for enlarging the travelable range, and a travelable-range evaluation unit for evaluating the travelable range.
US11187535B1	Attitude measurement method An attitude measurement method, which relates to the technical field of measurement while drilling in directional drilling, which can improve the observability of inertial instrument errors, suppress the repeatability errors of gyroscopes and improve the attitude measurement accuracy. The method adopts the method of fine alignment at multiple positions to carry out initial alignment; the method includes the steps of: S1, taking current attitude data and velocity data of the strapdown inertial navigation system as first initial values, and performing fine alignment at a first position; S2, changing the position of a strapdown inertial navigation system to an nth position, and performing attitude update and velocity update according to the last fine alignment result in the position changing process; and S3, taking the results of attitude update and velocity update as the nth initial values, performing the nth fine alignment at the nth position to complete the initial alignment of the strapdown inertial navigation system, thereby realizing attitude measurement. The solution of the present invention is suitable for measuring the horizontal attitude and azimuth of the whole inclined section of a horizontal well, especially the application of directional drilling gyro measurement while drilling in the attitude measurement of large inclined wells and horizontal wells.
US11187532B2	Process flow for fabricating integrated photonics optical gyroscopes Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to configurations of compact ultra-low loss integrated photonics-based waveguides for optical gyroscope applications, and the methods of fabricating those waveguides for ease of large scale manufacturing. Four main process flows are described: (1) process flow based on a repeated sequence of oxide deposition and anneal; (2) chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP)-based process flow followed by wafer bonding; (3) Damascene process flow followed by oxide deposition and anneal, or wafer bonding; and (4) CMP-based process flows followed by oxide deposition. Any combination of these process flows may be adopted to meet the end goal of fabricating optical gyroscope waveguides in one or more layers on a silicon substrate using standard silicon fabrication technologies.
US11187531B2	Multicore fiber optic gyro Disclosed are systems and methods that utilize multicore optical fibers for gyro coil winding. Particularly, the use of multicore fiber enables inherent thermal stability without the need for complex, tedious, and costly winding patterns. Enabling the use of level winding techniques eliminates the need for complex quadrupole winding patterns. This simplicity lends itself to advancements towards full automation of winding coils for multicore fibers, without sacrificing performance. This, in turn increases the production rate and overcomes current barriers to fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) market expansion. In accordance with the embodiments, multicore fiber can be utilized in various gyro coil winding techniques, including: level winding; Interrupted Level Wind (ILW); and Dual Axis Symmetric (DAS) winding. Furthermore, each of the multicore fiber gyro coil winding patterns can incorporate a multicore shuffle bridge. The multicore shuffle bridge is designed to provide multiple features, such as facilitating the rotation of mating cores.
US11187526B2	System and method of measuring warpage of a workpiece on a noncontact support platform Methods and systems for determination of warpage in a workpiece supported by a non-contact support platform, including a surface with a plurality of pressure ports and a plurality of fluid evacuation ports on the surface, a supply system with a pressure supply connected to the plurality of pressure ports on the surface and configured to supply pressure at a substantially constant level and cause a fluid to flow out of the plurality of pressure ports, so as to support a workpiece by fluid-bearing formed under the workpiece, and at least one flowmeter, coupled to a controller and configured to measure the flowrate at the surface, wherein the workpiece is determined to be warped when the measured flowrate is outside a predefined flowrate range.
US11187524B2	High contrast structured light patterns for QIS sensors A structured-light pattern for a structured-light system includes a base light pattern that includes a row of a plurality of sub-patterns extending in a first direction. Each sub-pattern is adjacent to at least one other sub-pattern, and each sub-pattern is different from each other sub-pattern. Each sub-pattern includes a first number of portions in a sub-row and a second number of portions in a sub-column. Each sub-row extends in the first direction and each sub-column extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Each portion may be a first-type portion or a second-type portion. A size of a first-type portion is larger in the first direction and in the second direction than a size of a second-type portion in the first direction and in the second direction. In one embodiment, a first-type portion is a black portion and the second-type portion is a white portion.
US11187523B1	Three-dimensional shape estimation of objects via polarimetry Systems and methods for three-dimensional (3D) shape estimation of objects embedded in light-scattering media via polarimetry are provided. The systems and methods utilize polarization to exploit forward scattering in the light-scattering medium to mitigate backscatter interference (BSI).
US11187522B2	Measuring apparatus and method for positioning and aligning retroreflectors in a distribution of retroreflectors of a measuring apparatus A measuring apparatus for determining object data of at least one test object includes at least one distribution of retroreflectors. The retroreflectors are arranged on the measuring apparatus. The distribution has at least so many retroreflectors that at least three retroreflectors are observable at at least three spatially different observation locations in at least 90% of all possible spatial orientations of the measuring apparatus. A distance range of the observation locations is 0.1 m to 30 m. Each of the retroreflectors has a maximum acceptance angle. Each of the retroreflectors has a diameter of 1 mm to 50 mm. The retroreflectors are arranged such that, for each of the observation locations, a minimum spacing of measured retroreflector distances of the observable retroreflectors is 0.1 mm to 50 mm.
US11187520B2	Optical coherence tomography device An optical coherence tomography device includes a base with a detection end and a mounting end, a movable base and a second drive mechanism. An optical imaging catheter is pivotally connected to the detection end. The optical imaging catheter is provided with an imaging end and a connecting end. The connecting end is detachably connected to the detection end, and the connecting end is provided with a first connecting part. The movable base is provided with a fiber optic rotary joint, a hollow shaft and a first drive mechanism. The end of the hollow shaft is provided with a second connecting part. When the movable base moves toward the detection end, the second connecting part is configured to be connected to the first connecting part so that the optical imaging catheter is coupled with the hollow shaft. The device is capable of manually or automatically connecting the optical imaging catheter.
US11187516B2	Angle measuring device An angle measuring device includes first and second component groups and a bearing. The first component group includes a scale element having first and second graduations. The second component group has a first modular unit, having a position sensor, a second modular unit, having first to sixth position transducers, and a compensation coupling. To determine the relative angular position between the component groups, the first graduation is scannable with the aid of the position sensor. Using the first to third position transducers, the first graduation or a further graduation disposed on the scale element is scannable to determine a displacement of the scale element in a plane. Using the fourth to sixth position transducers, the second graduation is scannable to determine tilting of the scale element about a tilting axis, the position sensor being situated in a torsionally stiff but axially and radially flexible manner relative to the position transducers.
US11187513B2	Angle ruler An angle ruler includes a ruler, a ruler holder and a digital display module, the digital display module is fixed on the ruler holder and the ruler holder has an inclined edge. The angle ruler can not only retain the using habit of the user, but also can make the reading more convenient, accurate and time-saving.
US11187509B2	Bullet and casing projectile for rifled barrel A projectile for loading into a rifled barrel includes a casing having a cylindrical body, a forward aerodynamic end, and a free end opposite the aerodynamic end, the cylindrical body of the casing defining an interior cavity extending to and in open communication with the free end. The projectile also has a bullet sized to initially slidably engage the casing along a partial length of the interior cavity through the free end. Upon discharge of propellant, the bullet is forced to slidably engage the casing farther within the cavity, preferably such that an entire length of the bullet is housed within the casing cavity, whereby a circumference of the casing is increased such that the increased circumference of the casing catches barrel rifling of the muzzleloader rifle. This allows a smaller caliber bullet to be used in a fouled barrel, while increasing accuracy of the muzzleloader rifle.
US11187508B2	Warhead A warhead includes an outer casing and an inner shell, which delimits a central space for an explosive substance. The inner shell receives a series of preformed elements, which are arranged in contact with the outer side of the inner shell. The inner shell is arranged for a controlled fragmentation upon a detonation of the explosive substance. The preformed elements are arranged with a surface contact against the inner shell.
US11187507B2	Interception missile and warhead therefor A fragmentation warhead is provided, capable of being mounted in a carrier vehicle, the warhead having a longitudinal axis. In at least one example the warhead includes a shell that extends along the longitudinal axis. The shell includes a fixed shell portion and a fragmentation portion, and defines therebetween a cavity for accommodating therein an explosive charge. The fragmentation portion includes at least one set of serially adjacent fragments in correspondingly serially contiguous relationship in the fragmentation portion and in generally helical relationship with respect to the longitudinal axis. A corresponding carrier vehicle and a corresponding missile are also provided.
US11187504B2	Systems and methods for a dart for a conducted electrical weapon A system for a practice electrode (e.g. dart) for a conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”). An officer issued a CEW is required to practice with the CEW in order to maximize its safe and effective use in a stressful situation. Preferably, training is performed using equipment as similar as possible to the equipment an officer uses in the field. Training with a CEW against a live target may be improved, at least from the perspective of the target, by using a practice dart that is similar in weight and flight to a conventional electrode, but that does not pierce target clothing or tissue or deliver a high voltage current through the target. A practice dart may be similar to a conventional electrode but include additional structure (e.g. cap) that prevents piercing. The additional structure and/or a non-conductive filament may reduce a likelihood of or preclude delivery a current through the target.
US11187501B2	Gun disabling mock ammunition The Gun Disabling Mock Ammunition is a device made to the same outward dimensional specifications and aesthetic characteristic as actual firearm ammunition; however, when attempted to be fired from a firearm, the effect is a non-hazardous, exothermic reaction taking place within the ammunition cartridge, producing heat substantial enough to bond the Gun Disabling Mock Ammunition to the inside of the chamber of the firearm, rendering the firearm immediately disabled and the chamber destroyed. This is accomplished while posing no risk of injury to the user or bystanders. The components of the Gun Disabling Mock Ammunition are non-toxic, non-hazardous, and chemically stable. Through use of the Gun Disabling Mock Ammunition, a reduction of deaths, injuries and crimes resulting from the intentional and unintentional use and access of unsecured legal, illegal and insurgent-force firearms can be achieved.
US11187492B2	Modular compact firearm system An assembly for a modular, compact firearm includes a universal action and an interchangeable, non-reciprocating barrel. The barrel may directly mount various optical sighting systems and provide integral muzzle compensation and sound suppression capabilities. The firearm utilizes a universal action comprised of a slide assembly, breechblock assembly, recoil assembly, and receiver which mounts a variety of barrel assemblies and assembles into a variety of different grip frames. The action of the firearm utilizes a partially-locked breechblock which amplifies the inertia of a slide.
US11187491B2	Tactical pen weapon A highly concealable handheld tactical pen weapon having the appearance and aesthetics of a pen-like instrument but which contains a hinging element which allows a rear ring-like element to rotate up to almost one hundred eighty degrees to the main body of the pen. The articulating ring provides a finger hold which allows the weapon to be used more effectively in a thrusting movement.
US11187488B2	Projectile accelerator with heatable barrel Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for accelerating projectiles at high velocity. A barrel may include one or more heaters configured to heat a bore of the barrel prior to launch of a projectile. The barrel bore may be formed in a tungsten sleeve and may be heated to high temperatures. Heat from the barrel bore may be transferred to expanding propellant behind a projectile as it travels through the barrel bore.
US11187485B2	Modular firearm muzzle attachment system A modular firearm muzzle attachment system provides for customizing muzzle attachment characteristics by assembling selectable muzzle attachment components corresponding to desired characteristics. The system includes a plurality of internal connectors engageable together in series in a selectable order to form an internal assembly having a conduit defined by channels extending through each internal connector coupled together to form the internal assembly. Each of the internal connectors is individually structured to have associated characteristics. Each of a plurality of shrouds is couplable to a selectable one of the internal connectors of the internal assembly such that the internal assembly extends through the plurality of shrouds to define a muzzle attachment configured for coupling to a firearm.
US11187483B2	Sear mechanism and firearm A sear mechanism for a firearm pivotably mounts a sear body on a sear lever which is pivotably mounted on the firearm frame. An actuator lever is also pivotably mounted on the frame. The actuator lever is pivoted by a trigger bar connected to the firearm's trigger. Pivoting of the actuator lever when the trigger is pulled allows the sear lever to pivot. Pivoting of the sear lever allows the sear body to fall off of a surface on a striker, releasing the striker to discharge the firearm.
US11187480B1	Magazine loader A weapon magazine loading apparatus includes a magazine guide channel, a magazine loading region at the base of the magazine guide channel and an ammunition holding ramp. The loading region has an ammunition round holding depression in a base surface of the loading region, and a spring-loaded retaining wall positioned adjacent to the round holding depression. The retaining wall is movable between a first position extending into the loading channel and a second position below the base surface under pressure exerted on a magazine in the channel. The holding ramp positioned adjacent to the magazine loading region and holds a plurality of rounds of ammunition at an angle such that a round of ammunition in the ramp will roll toward the magazine loading region. The depth and width of the magazine holding region is adjustable to accommodate different types of magazines and calibers of ammunition.
US11187479B2	Firearm and components therefor Embodiments of the disclosure relate to semi-automatic, automatic, and bolt-action firearms and components for such firearms.
US11187477B2	Magnetic shock absorbing buffer A magnetic shock absorbing buffer system having a buffer element with a buffer element cavity having internal buffer threads and a buffer cavity shoulder; a plunger element having a plunger head that is slidable within the buffer element cavity, wherein a plunger body extends through the buffer cavity second open end, and wherein a plunger shoulder contacts the buffer cavity shoulder to maintain the plunger head within the buffer element cavity; an adjustment screw, wherein external adjustment screw threads interact with the internal buffer threads to allow the adjustment screw to be adjustably positioned within the buffer cavity; and at least one dynamic magnet and at least one static magnet positioned within the buffer cavity, wherein like poles face one another such that the magnets act to repel one another within the buffer cavity, and wherein the adjustment screw maintains the magnets within the buffer cavity.
US11187476B2	Charging handle Embodiments are directed toward a charging handle for a firearm. The charging handle preferably has a base, a shaft, a latch, and left and right levers pivotably coupled to the base by respective pivot pins and configured to disengage the latch from an upper receiver. The base preferably defines four substantially vertical mating surfaces. The entirety of each of the first and third mating surfaces contacts the left lever when pulled rearward. The entirety of each of the second and third mating surfaces contacts the right lever when pulled rearward. The third mating surface is preferably disposed at an acute angle to the first mating surface as measured forward and outward from the third mating surface. The fourth mating surface is preferably disposed at an acute angle to the second mating surface as measured forward and outward from the fourth mating surface. Accordingly, stress on the pivot pins is relieved.
US11187468B2	Loop heat pipe wick, loop heat pipe, cooling device, and electronic device, and method for manufacturing porous rubber and method for manufacturing loop heat pipe wick A loop heat pipe wick includes porous rubber.
US11187457B2	Mixed refrigerant system and method A system for cooling a gas with a mixed refrigerant includes a heat exchanger that receives and cools a feed of the gas so that a product is produced. The system includes a mixed refrigerant processing system having compression devices and aftercoolers as well as a low pressure accumulator and a high pressure accumulator. A cold vapor separator receives vapor from the high pressure accumulator and features a vapor outlet and a liquid outlet. Vapor from the cold vapor separator vapor outlet is cooled, expanded and directed to a primary refrigeration passage of the heat exchanger. Liquid from the liquid outlet of the cold vapor separator is subcooled, expanded and directed to the primary refrigeration passage. Liquid from the low pressure accumulator is subcooled, expanded and directed to the primary refrigeration passage. Liquid from the high pressure accumulator is subcooled, expanded and directed to the primary refrigeration passage.
US11187456B2	Refrigerating device for a recreational vehicle The present invention is intended to provide a refrigerating device for a recreational vehicle, comprising a refrigerating chamber which is defined by side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall and a front opening, the refrigerating device further comprising a door which is configured to allow sealing of the front opening and to allow accessing the refrigerating chamber via the front opening, an input panel comprising a display, an input knob and a processing unit. The display depicts a plurality of items which correspond to a plurality of executable input methods to be triggered by a user via actuation of the input knob.
US11187454B2	Edge protection module for attachment to an outer edge of a shelf An edge protection module for attachment to an outer edge of a shelf of a domestic refrigerator, includes a metallic carrier strip having a strip axis, a lighting rod which is mounted on the carrier strip and extends along the strip axis and which has two axially opposite rod ends and a row of lighting elements, which are arranged in an axially distributed manner, and two connection points in electrical connection with the row of lighting elements, which connection points are arranged axially on both sides of the row of lighting elements in a defined axial position relative to the carrier strip and are accessible from outside the edge protection module, where at least one of the connection points is part of a contacting unit which is structurally separate from the lighting rod and is mounted on the carrier strip at an axial distance from the lighting rod.
US11187451B2	Refrigerator comprising odor removal device The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising on or more cooler or freezer compartments in which food products are placed, a door enabling access to the compartment, and an odor removal device enabling cleaning the air emanating from the food products to the environment in the compartment and forming odor comprising: an UV light source provided in a housing, a fan, a photocatalytic filter and a plurality of openings provided on the housing, enabling passing the air received from interior of the compartment and delivered into the compartment by the fan, and a control unit operating the odor removal device in subsequent on-off periods according to a predetermined algorithm.
US11187449B2	System and method for dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness and dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at rolling-element bearing of an oil free chiller Methods are directed towards dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing and for dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing. Further, an oil free chiller system is configured for dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing of the oil free chiller system, wherein the oil free chiller system is also configured for dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing of the oil free chiller system.
US11187444B2	Air-vapor separation device for separating air from refrigerant vapor and method thereof The present invention relates to an air-vapor separation device for separating air from refrigerant vapor comprising an air-vapor separation tank, a separation membrane, a mixed gas input passage, a refrigerant vapor output passage, and a control unit, wherein the mixed gas input passage is provided with a compressor and a first control valve, and the refrigerant vapor output passage is provided with a second control valve. The air-vapor separation device of the present invention has the advantages of simple structure, convenient operation, and is reliable and effective in separation of air and refrigerant vapor, with good separation effect.
US11187443B2	Heat exchanger A machine for making liquid/semi-liquid food products includes a container for the product; a dispenser connected to the container which allows or inhibits dispensing of the product; a mixing stirrer rotatable about an axis of rotation and mounted inside the container; a thermal system including a circuit with a heat exchanger fluid and an evaporator operatively associated with the container and including an inlet aperture for the fluid, a discharge aperture for the fluid, a first tubular element and a second tubular element coaxial with the first tubular element and having an axial direction of extension and a radial direction of extension, the second tubular element extending along an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation and being disposed inside the first tubular element to define an annular chamber for circulating the fluid and defined by at least one microchannel, the microchannel having a hydraulic diameter of 3-13 mm.
US11187442B1	Portable internal combustion engine with heating and cooling capabilities A portable internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine having a fuel storage container and a first output shaft, the internal combustion engine rotates the first output shaft; a compressor engaged with the first output shaft, the first output shaft to provide energy thereto; an evaporative coil within a first housing and in fluid communication with the compressor and to receive a refrigerant from the compressor; a first fan engaged with the first output shaft and to pull air over the evaporative coil; a first outlet in gaseous communication with the first housing and to expel cool air via a first blower; and a control system to operate the internal combustion engine, the compressor, and first blower expel cool air.
US11187440B2	Cryostat assembly with superconducting magnet coil system with thermal anchoring of the mounting structure A cryostat assembly with an outer container for a storage tank with a first cryogenic fluid and a coil tank for a superconducting magnet coil system. The magnet coil system is cooled by a second cryogenic fluid colder than the first cryogenic fluid, the coil tank being mechanically connected to the outer container and/or to radiation shields surrounding the coil tank via a mounting structure. Liquid helium at an operating temperature of approximately 4.2 K is the first cryogenic, fluid and helium at an operating temperature of <3.5 K is the second cryogenic fluid in the coil tank. The mounting structure has mounting elements with thermally conductive contact points thermally coupled to heat sinks having a temperature at or below that of the storage tank, via thermal conductor elements. This ensures long times to quench if malfunctions occur.
US11187433B2	Pre-mix burner assembly for low NOx emission furnace A burner assembly according to aspects of the disclosure includes a burner surface carried by a burner, the burner surface extending outward from a front side of the burner, a housing coupled to the burner on a side opposite the front side of the burner, a gasket disposed between the burner and the housing, a thermally anisotropic protective covering located on the front side of the burner and surrounding a perimeter of the burner surface, and an igniter positioned adjacent to the burner surface.
US11187431B2	Variable flow adapters for air diffusers with damper An air diffuser for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a variable flow adapter including a plurality of nozzles and a damper. The variable flow adapter is configured to receive conditioned air from the HVAC system. The air diffuser also includes an actuator coupled to the damper and configured to actuate the damper between a first configuration and a second configuration. The damper is configured to block the conditioned air from passing therethrough and direct the conditioned air through the plurality of nozzles in the first configuration. Additionally, the damper is configured to open to direct the conditioned air therethrough in the second configuration.
US11187424B2	Air-conditioning apparatus An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a casing; a gas sensor placed in the casing and configured to produce a sensor output according to refrigerant concentration; a controller configured to detect refrigerant leakage by comparing the sensor output from the gas sensor with a first threshold used to check for refrigerant leakage; and an output device configured to issue an alarm. The controller causes the output device to issue an alarm when the sensor output from the gas sensor continues to be equal to or higher than a second threshold but lower than the first threshold higher than the second threshold for a predetermined set period, where the second threshold is set to a voltage lower than a limit voltage that indicates that sensitivity of the gas sensor has been reduced to zero by siloxane poisoning.
US11187422B1	Air purifier/conditioner (APC) An air purifier and conditioner (and concomitant method of simultaneously purifying and conditioning air) comprising a housing receiving source air and an aqueous solution, a drop charger receiving the source air and providing a spray of electrically charged drops of the aqueous solution to produce treated air, a mist eliminator eliminating liquid in the treated air and producing conditioned air, a heat exchanger receiving the conditioned air and producing supply air, and a fan moving the supply air to a facility employing the supply air.
US11187421B2	Misting fan A misting fan system includes a fan and a mister positioned above the fan. The fan includes a motor and a plurality of fan blades operably coupled thereto. Each of the fan blades comprises a base member and a paddle member mated to the base member, and each paddle member comprises an upper surface and a lower surface. A hydrophobic coating may be applied to at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the paddle member of at least one of the plurality of fan blades.
US11187420B2	Portable misting system A portable misting system includes a carrying case, a fluid pump arranged within the carrying case, and a power source arranged within the carrying case to provide electrical power to the fluid pump. A working fluid source provides a working fluid to the fluid pump via a supply line, a distribution line receives a pressurized working fluid from the fluid pump, and one or more spray nozzles are coupled to the distribution line to discharge the pressurized working fluid as a mist.
US11187417B2	Connected food preparation system and method of use A connected oven, including a set of in-cavity sensors and a processor configured to automatically identify foodstuff within the cooking cavity, based on the sensor measurements; and automatically operate the heating element based on the foodstuff identity.
US11187416B2	Gas cooktop and grate for the gas cooktop A gas cooktop includes a gas burner and a grate for supporting cookware above the gas burner. The grate includes a removable insert having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of tines for supporting the removable insert. When the lower surface of the removable insert is contacting the plurality of tines, the grate supports flat-bottomed cookware on the removable insert at a first height above the gas burner. When the upper surface of the removable insert is contacting the plurality of tines, the grate supports flat-bottomed cookware on the removable insert at a second height above the gas burner, the second height being greater than the first height. When the removable insert is not contacting with the plurality of tines, the grate supports round-bottomed cookware on the plurality of tines.
US11187414B2	Fuel nozzle with improved swirler vane structure A fuel nozzle for a turbomachine includes a centerbody that extends axially with respect to a centerline of the fuel nozzle. A confining tube is positioned radially outward of the centerbody. A plurality of swirler vanes is disposed between the centerbody and the confining tube. Each of the plurality of swirler vanes includes a radially inner base and a radially outer tip. Each of the swirler vanes further includes an upstream portion that extends generally axially from a leading edge. A downstream portion extends from the upstream portion to a trailing edge. The downstream portion defines a bend length between the upstream portion and the trailing edge. The bend length at the radially outer tip is greater than the bend length at the radially inner base.
US11187411B2	Combustion chamber assembly with shingle part and positioning facility A combustion chamber assembly for an engine with at least one tile component, on the cold side of which facing away from a combustion space, a positioning aid with at least two positioning elements, wherein a defined position relative to the combustion chamber component is predefined for the tile component via the contact of the at least two positioning elements on at least one contact face of the combustion chamber component in two spatial axes.
US11187409B2	Pyrophoric liquid ignition system for pilot burners and flare tips Described herein are methods and systems for using pyrophoric liquids to ignite combustible gas.
US11187408B2	Apparatus and method for variable mode mixing of combustion reactants An apparatus includes first and second mixer tubes. The first mixer tube contains a first gas flow passage having an inlet communicating with the source of fuel gas and an outlet to a combustion chamber. The second mixer tube contains a second gas flow passage having an inlet communicating with the source of combustion air and an outlet to the combustion chamber. The apparatus further includes premix control means for forming fuel gas-combustion air premix in the second passage by directing fuel gas from the first passage into the second passage, and for alternatively forming fuel gas-combustion air premix in the first passage by directing combustion air from the second passage into the first passage.
US11187407B2	Mixing device and burner head for a burner with reduced nox emissions To further reduce the NOx emission, the invention provides a mixing device (10) for a burner (16) having reduced NOx production, comprising a centrally arranged first mixing unit (18) for producing a first fuel-air mixture for a primary flame zone (120), wherein the first mixing unit (18) has at least one first fuel nozzle (38) and a baffle plate (40), a second mixing unit (20) for producing a second fuel-air mixture for a secondary flame zone (122), which encloses the primary flame zone (120), wherein the second mixing unit (20) has multiple second fuel nozzles (70), characterized by a sealing air producing unit (24) for producing a sealing air flow in a sealing air zone, which encloses the primary flame zone (120) of the first mixing unit (18) arranged downstream of the baffle plate (40), wherein the second mixing unit (20) is designed to deliver the second fuel-air mixture into the secondary flame zone (122), which encloses the sealing air zone (126), and wherein the second mixing unit (20) is arranged around the sealing air producing unit (24), and by a third mixing unit (22) which is arranged radially between the sealing air producing unit (24) and the second mixing unit (20) and has a swirl generator (76) and at least one third fuel nozzle (74), which is arranged upstream of the swirl generator (76) in a premixing zone (78), through which a swirled air flow flows to the swirl generator (76), to premix fuel from the third fuel nozzle (74) with the swirled air flow before the swirl generation.
US11187406B2	Bed management cycle for a fluidized bed boiler and corresponding arrangement The invention relates to abed management cycle for a fluidized bed boiler, comprising the steps of: a) providing fresh ilmenite particles as bed material to the fluidized bed boiler; b) carrying out a fluidized bed combustion process; c) removing at least one ash stream comprising ilmenite particles from the fluidized bed boiler; d) separating ilmenite particles from the at least one ash stream; e) recirculating separated ilmenite particles into the bed of the fluidized bed boiler. The invention also relates to a corresponding arrangement for carrying out fluidized bed combustion, comprising a fluidized bed boiler comprising ilmenite particles as bed material; and a system for removing ash from the fluidized bed boiler; wherein the arrangement further comprises a separator for separating ilmenite particles from the re-moved ash; and means for recirculating separated ilmenite particles into the bed of the fluidized bed boiler.
US11187402B1	Illumination assemblies using magnetic attachment and activation In a general aspect, an illumination assembly includes an article including a body having a first magnetic element with at least one electrically conductive surface. The illumination assembly also includes a light assembly including a housing, a second magnetic element, a light source, and a power source. A first terminal of the light source is electrically connected with a first terminal of the power source. The light assembly also includes a first electrical contact disposed on the housing and electrically coupled with a second terminal of the light source. The light assembly also includes a second electrical contact disposed on the housing and electrically coupled with a second terminal of the power source. Magnetically coupling the light assembly with the article, via the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, electrically couples the first electrical contact with the second electrical contact to energize the light source.
US11187401B1	Lighting device for an aerial work platform A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface includes a pair of planar portions spaced from each other by a concave portion. The planar portions are configured to engage a planar surface of a sidewall or the upper lip of the lift bucket. The concave portion is configured to engage a convex surface of a sidewall or the upper lip located at a corner of the lift bucket.
US11187400B1	Floating connector A controller is coupled to a streetlight. A primary male connector integrated with a housing of the controller is arranged for substantially permanent coupling to a primary female connector integrated with the streetlight. The primary female connector complies with a roadway area lighting standard promoted by a standards body. A substantially planar surface integrated with the primary male connector has protruding electrical contacts arranged about a first central axis that is substantially normal to its substantially planar surface. A substantially planar surface of the primary female connector has recessed electrical contacts that are arranged about a second central axis that is substantially normal to its substantially planar surface. A substructure integrated with the primary male connector is arranged to movably isolate at least a portion of the primary male connector from the housing of the controller during coupling of the primary male connector to the primary female connector.
US11187399B2	Illumination device capable of changing irradiation direction of irradiation light from light-emitting portion, imaging apparatus, and method of controlling the same A drive unit changes an irradiation direction of irradiation light from a light-emitting portion. A setting unit sets the irradiation direction of the irradiation light from the light-emitting portion. A control unit controls the drive unit. Depending on a cause of which the irradiation direction of the irradiation light from the light-emitting portion changes from the irradiation direction that is set by the setting unit, the control unit changes responsiveness of the drive unit that changes the irradiation direction of the irradiation light from the light-emitting portion into the irradiation direction that is set by the setting unit.
US11187398B2	Portable followspot stand having an improved range of height and tilt angle adjustment An improved portable stand for followspots is disclosed. The stand has a lower portion resting on a load bearing surface and an upper portion coupled to the lower portion for rotation about a vertical axis. First and second standards extend upwardly from the second portion, supporting the fixture housing between them on tilt pivots, which are aligned on a horizontal axis. The tilt pivots can be displaced vertically relative to the coupling between first and second portions while remaining attached to both standards and housing. The improved stand permits a greater range in tilt angle and tilt axis height, including such that the followspot can be relocated while remaining fully assembled.
US11187397B2	LED lighting apparatuses for backlight unit of a display An LED display lighting device is disclosed. The LED display lighting device includes: a substrate including a substrate base and a first electrode part and a second electrode part, both of which are disposed on the substrate base; a plurality of LED chips arranged in a matrix on the substrate; and a diffusion plate covering the upper portions of the LED chips. Each of the LED chips includes: a light-transmitting base; n LED cells disposed under the light-transmitting base and each including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer; an interconnection through which the n LED cells are connected in series; a first electrode structure through which the first conductive semiconductor layer of the first LED cell is connected to the first electrode part; and a second electrode structure through which the second conductive semiconductor layer of the n-th LED cell is connected to the second electrode part. The sum of the areas of the active layers of the n LED cells is at least 50% of the area of the light-transmitting base.
US11187396B1	Exterior light assembly for vehicle and method of using the same This disclosure relates to an exterior light assembly for a motor vehicle and a method of using the same. An example light assembly includes a light source and a lens arrangement including a near field lens, a reflective plate, and an outer lens. The light assembly further includes a reflector including a first surface configured to reflect light exiting the near field lens toward the reflective plate and further includes a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface is configured as a decorative surface and is visible from an exterior of the motor vehicle.
US11187392B2	Headlight and operating method A headlamp includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip for generating light. The first and second semiconductor chips each include several pixels. A first optics is arranged to direct light from the first semiconductor chip with a first magnification into a base region. Via a second optics, light of the second semiconductor chip is directed into a bright region with a second magnification. The second magnification is between 0.3 times and 0.7 times the first magnification inclusive, so that the bright region is smaller than the base region. The bright region is within the base region.
US11187391B2	Lamp with selectable illumination and flame effects A lamp has a single, flat, and rigid PCB disposed within a light-scattering cylindrical enclosure. A white set of LEDs is mounted on the faces of the PCB and arranged in a plurality of white rows. A colored set of LEDs is mounted on the two faces and arranged in a plurality of colored rows, the white rows interleaved with the colored rows. A battery rechargeable by solar cell powers the LEDs. Electronic circuitry selectively controls the white LEDs and colored LEDs, the circuitry configured to perform an off mode (white set and colored set are off), an illumination mode (white set is powered on continuously and the colored set is off), and a flame mode (colored LEDs of the colored set are powered on selectively to simulate a flame).
US11187390B2	Decorative decal device with light A decal assembly includes a film, a power source including a positive contact and a negative contact, a light having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a layer of electrically conductive ink applied to the film, the layer of electrically conductive ink forming a line to connect the positive contact of the power source to the positive terminal of the light, and to connect the negative contact of the power source to the negative terminal of the light.
US11187389B2	LED track element for track lighting systems An LED luminaire for a track lighting system, that takes the form of a track section rather than a more customary separate device attached to a track section. The new luminaire has an elongated, extruded housing configured to correspond to the exterior of standard track sections to visually blend in with the overall track system. A circuit board, mounting a plurality of longitudinally aligned LED elements, extends for the full length of the housing, providing downward illumination through an optic member closing the bottom of the housing. The LED housing has a plug-in type connection to an adjacent track section providing physical alignment, electrical power and data functions. Successive luminaires can be connected together, and the new luminaires can be connected to additional standard track sections. The new luminaires can be installed throughout an overall track lighting system, substantially without limitation as to number and/or order.
US11187388B2	Lighting assembly Systems and methods are provided for lighting systems that are compact and portable, and adaptable to various lighting requirements simultaneously when opened and used in an intended use environment.
US11187383B2	Passive diode-like device for fluids The present invention is directed to an improved fluid diode using topology optimization with Finite Element Method (FEM). Topology optimization as a flexible optimization method has been extended to the fluid field. For given boundary conditions and constraints, it distributes a specific amount of pores (or remove materials to get channel) in the design domain to minimize/maximize an objective function. In this design, inlet and outlet ports are aligned and inflow and outflow are in the same direction. The present invention features an intricate network of fluid channels having optimized fluid connectivity and shapes, which significantly improves the diodicity of fluidic passive valves.
US11187380B2	Sealed and thermally insulating tank Sealed and thermally insulating tank incorporated into a polyhedral bearing structure, the tank having a plurality of tank walls, a thermally insulating barrier and a sealed membrane, a first bearing wall and second bearing wall forming an edge corner, the thermally insulating barrier of a first tank wall having a row of edging blocks, a row of anchor strips anchored to the second bearing wall by a row of anchor rods, a first and second of edging blocks each having a groove formed in thickness of said edging block, a first and a second of said anchor rods being housed respectively in the groove of the first and second edging blocks, one anchor strip in the row of anchor strips is supported overlapping the first edging block and the second edging block, the anchor strip being coupled to the first anchor rod and to the second anchor rod.
US11187376B2	Translation axis assembly and gimbal platform using same A translation axis assembly includes a supporting arm, a connecting plate configured to be movably mounted to the supporting arm, and a center-of-gravity adjusting device connected between the supporting arm and the connecting plate. The center-of-gravity adjusting device is configured to adjust a center of gravity of the translation axis assembly by adjusting a position of the supporting arm on the connecting plate. The center-of-gravity adjusting device includes a lead screw and a moving member rotatably and movably arranged on the lead screw. The moving member is received by the connecting plate and is fixedly connected to the supporting arm. The moving member includes a threaded hole in a threaded connection with the lead screw.
US11187375B2	Reusable hanger clips and associated methods A hanger clip is disclosed comprising: a housing and a clip member for attaching the hanger to a surface or protrusion. The clip member is connected to the housing and comprises a follower, wherein the clip member is configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration based on the position of the follower. The housing and clip are configured to receive a cam member which is configured to rotate within the housing to change the position of the follower to move the clip member between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The hanger clip can therefore be remotely actuatable using a tool attached to a pole which can be manipulated from ground level.
US11187372B2	Web material dispenser, back wall for a web material dispenser and method for securing a web material dispenser to a supporting surface The back wall for a web material dispenser having first and second web material support arms configured to support a web material supply. The back wall includes a fastening portion configured to mount the back wall to a supporting surface; a first support arm portion for the first web material support arm to be mounted thereto; and a weakness-providing junction at least partially circumscribing the first support arm portion from the fastening portion for the first support arm portion to be tiltable with respect to the fastening portion. Also, a web material dispenser including such a back wall and a method for securing a web material dispenser to a supporting surface.
US11187370B2	Image photographing-assisting accessory of electronic device Proposed is an image photographing-assisting accessory of an electronic device, which corrects shaking of an electronic device, the accessory comprising: a coupling unit to which the electronic device is coupled; a plurality of link rods connected to the coupling unit and rotatably coupled to each other; and a correcting unit formed at a part to which the link rods are rotatably coupled, wherein the correcting unit includes a fixing unit, a rotating unit rotating about the fixing unit, and a rotation locking unit for restraining the rotation of the rotating unit. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11187355B2	Fluid coupling and method of assembly Fluid coupling (10), comprising: a first member (20) configured for connection with a first fluid conduit (16); a second member (30) configured for connection with a second fluid conduit (18); a nut (50) disposed at least partially around the first member (20), the nut (50) configured to engage the second member (30); and a sleeve (60) configured to rotate the nut (50) and cause or facilitate engagement between the nut (50) and the second member (30).
US11187352B2	Parallel wire cable A parallel wire cable is produced from a plurality of wires arranged in a bundle for use as a structural cable. Each wire in the plurality of wires is parallel to every other wire in the bundle, and each wire in the plurality of wires is tensioned to a tension value.
US11187344B2	Quick change valve trim assembly A pressure regulator includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a fluid passageway. An orifice is disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A valve seat is disposed within the fluid passageway. A movable valve plug is disposed within the fluid passageway, and the valve plug interacts with the valve seat to selectively open or close the fluid passageway. A cage is disposed in the fluid passageway, the cage surrounds the valve plug, and the cage includes a mechanical stop that limits movement of the valve plug within the cage away from the valve seat.
US11187336B2	Pressure relief device A pressure relief valve configured to vent a pressurized tank in the event of a fire is provided. The pressure relief valve includes a body, a vent passage, a plug and a latch. The vent passage is disposed through the body. The vent passage can be placed in fluid communication with an internal volume of a tank and with the atmosphere. The plug is moveably mounted in the vent passage. The latch has a blocking member disposed in contact with a control end of the plug in a first configuration and out of contact with the control end in a second configuration. The second configuration allows movement of the plug in the vent passage. One or both of a shape memory alloy wire and a trigger piston is configured to actuate the latch from the first to the second configuration. The shape memory alloy wire is configured to shorten when exposed to a temperature above a threshold temperature. The trigger piston moves, e.g., by a pressurized gas, in a trigger actuation passage to actuate the latch from the first configuration to the second configuration.
US11187335B2	Fast-switching 2/2-way cartridge valve In a fast-switching 2/2-way cartridge valve, which can serve as a check valve, a closing movement of the closing body thereof is damped by contact portions which lie on one another and are movable in relation to one another during the closing movement. The contact portions are formed on the closing body and on the valve bore in which the closing body is guided.
US11187333B1	Color changing and pressure sensing check valves A check valve includes an upper housing defining an inlet of the check valve, and a lower housing having a seating portion and defining an outlet of the check valve. The check valve further includes a chamber interposed between and defined by the upper and lower housings for fluidly connecting the inlet and the outlet, and a flexible diaphragm mounted in the chamber. The flexible diaphragm selectively permits fluid flow in a first direction, and prevents fluid backflow in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The flexible diaphragm includes a color changing material, and when the flexible diaphragm is seated on the seating portion and bent due to force of the fluid flowing in the first direction, the flexible diaphragm exhibits a color change.
US11187332B2	Break-away check valve A break-away check valve is disclosed. The check valve may be configured between two passageways and may regulate the flow of liquid between the passageways. The check valve may include an actuation assembly that may actuate the check valve upon the system becoming dislodged or otherwise dislocated from at least one of the passageways.
US11187330B2	Hydraulic balancing control valve and ride control system incorporating same A balancing valve includes four ports. While the pressures at a pair of balancing ports of a hydraulic balancing valve are equal, the valve maintains two other ports in a closed position. Upon a pressure differential between the balancing ports, fluid communication can occur between one of the balancing ports and either of the other ports based upon the direction of the pressure differential. A hydraulic ride control system utilizes the balancing valve together with other control valves to provide ride control functionality.
US11187327B2	Butterfly valve Butterfly valve for shutting off or regulating a medium, which flows through a pipeline, containing a housing, wherein the housing is configured in one piece and is preferably composed of plastic, a disc and a shaft, wherein the disc can be pivoted along the shaft between an open position and a closed position, wherein the disc comprises a core composed of plastic and a shell composed of plastic, wherein the plastic of the core and the plastic of the shell are different.
US11187325B2	Sealing device A sealing device in which diameter expansion of an inserted first back-up ring is suppressed. The sealing device includes a seal ring mounted in a rectangular mounting groove, the first back-up ring, and a second back-up ring. The first back-up ring has an end surface contacting an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The second back-up ring has an end surface contacting the seal ring. A contact surface in an inner peripheral end of second back-up ring is perpendicular to the axis to contact an opposing-sealing-fluid-side side surface of the mounting groove. The inner diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be larger than the outer diameter of the contact surface portion of the second back-up ring, and the outer diameter of the first back-up ring is set to be smaller than the inner diameter of a housing.
US11187323B2	Unitizing gasket and methods of use A gasket for use in holding side members in proper position during assembly and use is provided. The gasket may be used with frameless door rail systems such as those used to secure heavy glass doors in residential and commercial buildings. The gasket holds the door rail clamping members in proper position during insertion into the door rail system, and in proper position during the insertion of the door or panel to be held therebetween. The gasket also provides a cushioned interface and a weather seal between the clamping members and the associated door or panel and eliminates the need for bonding of the gasket to the clamping mechanism(s).
US11187322B2	Piston ring having a stepped running surface A stepped piston ring (2) includes a ring outer side (5), an upper ring flank (6), and a lower ring flank (8). The ring outer side (5) on the upper edge has a notch (10, so that only a lower portion of the ring outer side (5) forms a contact surface (4).
US11187320B2	Shift system theft protection feature A steering column assembly includes a jacket assembly, a modular shift assembly, and a mounting bracket. The jacket assembly extends along a first axis. The modular shift assembly includes a shift bracket and a shift gate. The shift bracket is connected to the jacket assembly and defines a shift bracket opening. The shift gate is disposed on the shift bracket. The bracket defines a shift gate opening as well as first and second detents that extend from the shift gate opening. The mounting bracket is disposed on the shift bracket and has a tab that overlaps a portion of the shift gate.
US11187319B2	Method for learning position of dual clutch transmission gear motor A method for learning a reference position of a DCT gear motor is proposed. The method includes: a first voltage supply step of supplying voltage to the motor to allow the motor to rotate to a stored reference point; a second voltage supply step of repeating a process that increases the level of the voltage supplied to the motor to a higher level than the level of the voltage applied in the first voltage supply step and decreases the level, wherein the voltage is supplied to the motor to gradually increase the level thereof; a step of monitoring a position change of the motor; a step of stopping voltage supply to the motor when a temporary position change is generated in the motor to remove the temporary position change; and a step of setting the current position of the motor as a new reference point.
US11187318B2	Vehicle A vehicle includes an engine; a continuously variable transmission; an output clutch disposed between the continuously variable transmission and the drive wheel; a drive motor coupled between the output clutch and the drive wheel; a traveling mode controller; and a speed ratio controller. In a case where required driving power based on an accelerator position is less than a first threshold, the traveling mode controller switches a traveling mode to a first traveling mode. In a case where the required driving power is equal to or greater than the first threshold, the traveling mode controller switches the traveling mode to a second traveling mode. In a case where the required driving power is less than the first threshold and equal to or greater than a second threshold, the speed ratio controller causes a speed ratio of the continuously variable transmission to change depending on a vehicle speed.
US11187317B2	Vehicle transmission A transmission for a motor vehicle includes an electric motor and a flexible traction drive mechanism which includes a first traction mechanism wheel, such as, a gear or pulley, which is rotationally fixed to a rotor shaft of the electric motor, a second traction mechanism wheel which can be rotationally fixed to a transmission component and which is drivingly connected to the first traction mechanism wheel by a traction mechanism, such as, a belt or chain, and a bearing journal for supporting the first traction mechanism wheel. An oil line extends through the bearing journal, and oil can be fed to the electric motor via the oil line.
US11187313B2	Wedge clutch differential A differential includes a driven body, an output element, and a clutch assembly radially interposed between the driven body and the output element. The clutch assembly includes a first wedge clutch configured to rotationally lock the output element to the driven body in a first direction and to overrun in a second direction, and a second wedge clutch configured to rotationally lock the output element to the driven body in the second direction and to overrun in the first direction.
US11187312B2	Torque converter with stacked plate four-pass clutch A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell fixed to the cover; a turbine including a turbine shell; a stator including at least one stator blade axially disposed between the impeller shell and the turbine shell; and a lock-up clutch. The lock-up clutch includes: a piston plate non-rotatably connected to the cover; a dam plate; a centering plate axially disposed between the cover and the dam plate; a first chamber bounded at least in part by the cover and the piston plate; a second chamber bounded at least in part by the piston plate and the dam plate; a first channel connected to the first chamber and bounded at least in part by the cover and the centering plate; and a second channel connected to the second chamber and bounded at least in part by the centering plate and the dam plate.
US11187310B2	Gear mechanism, use of a gear mechanism and method for a gear mechanism A gear mechanism includes at least a first and a second shaft, and at least a first and a second switching group arranged between the first and the second shafts. Each of the switching groups includes at least two transmission units which are individually switched and have a different transmission ratio. The first switching group is movable into active connection with the first shaft by a planetary stage which is constructed such that a mechanical power which is introduced via the first shaft is transmitted to the second shaft via a first or a second power path. At least one transmission unit of the first switching group is associated with each power path and in at least one switching state of the first switching group, the power flow extends over at least one transmission unit of the first and the second power path.
US11187308B2	Actuator An actuator for driving a rotatable component includes a first, rotating member comprising a screw and a second member comprising a nut threaded to said screw, wherein rotation of said first member causes axial movement of said first or second member. The component also includes a third member coupled to the second member, wherein axial movement of said first or second member causes axial movement of said third member and a fourth, rotating member coupled to said third member and connectable to said component. The system also includes a bearing system located between said third member and said fourth member, said bearing system configured to cause said fourth member to rotate upon said axial movement of said third member so as to drive said component.
US11187299B1	Bidirectional self-locking damper The present application discloses a bidirectional self-locking damper that comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly housed in the cylinder and displaceable along the axial direction of the cylinder. The piston assembly includes a piston rod, a piston and a bidirectional self-locking valve. The bidirectional self-locking valve includes a valve body and a locking assembly. The valve body is provided with a passage chamber, and a first passage channel and a second passage channel that are communicated with the passage chamber, the first passage channel communicating with a recovery pressure chamber, the second passage channel communicating with a compression pressure chamber; the locking assembly is directed to displace in the passage chamber driven by the work medium for establishing/interrupting the communication between the first or second passage channel and the passage chamber.
US11187297B2	Vehicle strut assembly A vehicle strut assembly includes a boot and a coil spring. The boot has a vertical wall, a spring receiving portion and a centering portion projecting from the vertical wall. The coil spring has an end section, a transition section and a main section, the end section being fitted to the spring receiving portion encircling at least a portion of the vertical wall and defining a first radially inner diameter. The transition section has an increasing inner diameter extending from the end section to the main section. The main section defines a second radially inner diameter greater than the first radially inner diameter. The centering portion is positioned to contact a radially inner surface of the transition section of the coil spring restricting movement of the end section of the coil spring relative to the spring receiving portion of the boot.
US11187296B2	Tuned mass absorber assembly and system for attenuating frequency specific vibrational energy A tuned mass absorber assembly comprises a mass structure, and a flexure system comprising first and second flexure sections (e.g., cross bar flexures) supported by, and extending in opposing directions from, the mass structure. The flexure system can comprise flexure section mounts situated at distal ends of the first and second flexure sections, respectively, and that are operable to mount the tuned mass absorber assembly to a structure subject to induced vibrations therein. A mass of the mass structure and a stiffness of the flexure system can be tuned to attenuate vibrations at a specific input frequency generated in response to induced vibrations of the structure. A system can comprise a vibration isolator attached to a chassis (e.g., of an airplane), and supporting a payload (sensors(s)) and isolating the payload from vibrations. A tuned mass absorber assembly can be mounted to the vibration isolator for attenuating vibrations at a specific input frequency that may affect the payload.
US11187295B2	Hook member and tension spring [Problems] Objects include providing a hook member that can be easily attached to a coil spring and providing a tension spring that includes the hook member.[Solution] A hook member used for being attached to an end part of a coil spring in its axial direction is provided. The hook member includes a hook part for hooking a target member and an attachment part capable of being screwed with an outer circumferential surface and/or an inner circumferential surface of the coil spring. The attachment part has a sliding surface slidable with the outer circumferential surface and/or inner circumferential surface of the coil spring, and the sliding surface has a reverse shape of the outer circumferential surface and/or inner circumferential surface of at least the first turn constituting the coil spring.
US11187294B2	Friction member, friction material composition, friction material, and vehicle The present invention relates to a friction member comprising a friction material and a back metal, wherein the friction material comprises no copper, or has a copper content of less than 0.5% by mass in terms of a copper element even if the friction material comprises copper, the friction material comprises magnesium oxide and a carbon material comprising graphite and coke, the carbon material is obtained by blending in a combination of a coarse-grained material and a fine-grained material, an average particle diameter of the coarse-grained material is 100 to 600 μm, and an average particle diameter of the fine-grained material is less than 100 μm.
US11187293B2	Magnetically actuated brake A magnetic brake for a motor uses the magnetic force on the surface of a flux concentrating rotor to pull a flexible brake spring or friction sheet into friction contact with the rotor. An electromagnetic stator pulls the flexible brake spring or friction sheet away from the rotor when it is energized. The brake spring may be a variable thickness around the circumference in a radial flux motor or radially in an axial flux motor and is thicker near where it is fixed to the housing. The brake spring may be split so it can clamp down on the rotor symmetrically. The OD of the brake spring may be closer to the surrounding stator near the fixed section of the brake spring so the air gap to the brake stator is smaller and the gap to the rotor and the ID of the brake spring is larger to allow the brake stator to pull on this area with greater force initially when it is energized to disengage the brake.
US11187291B2	Electric brake device and vehicular brake system including electric brake device An electric brake device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a rotating body, a friction member, an electric motor, a piston, an operation conversion mechanism, an actuator, and a controller. The operation conversion mechanism is configured to include a rotating member and a linear motion member. The controller is configured to selectively execute a standby control of causing the linear motion member to stand by at a standby position where a clearance between the friction member and the rotating body is not larger than a backlash between a male screw and a female screw, and a backward movement control of moving the linear motion member backward to a backward movement position where the clearance is allowed to be equal to or more than the backlash, in a case where there is no braking force request for the electric brake device.
US11187289B2	Bellows, and at least one disc brake having a bellows A rotationally symmetrical bellows has a first end ring and a second end ring with a smaller diameter, and multiple folds, which in a relaxed position each have two flanks running in opposite directions with respect to one another while forming a bend. The flanks extend approximately parallel to an axis of rotation of the bellows. The rotationally symmetrical bellows is designed such that in a relaxed position of the bellows, the second end ring is arranged at an axial distance to the first end ring.
US11187288B2	Vehicle brake component for collecting brake dust A vehicle brake component for collecting brake dust that includes a body having a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion, and a magnet having a collection side, an adherence side, and one or more side edges separating the collection side and the adherence side. The collection side is configured to collect brake dust by directly facing the rotor, and the adherence side is directly coupled to the body at the trailing edge portion. In one embodiment, the body of the vehicle brake component is a backing plate body of a brake pad, and in another embodiment, the body of the vehicle brake component is a caliper housing or a caliper bracket.
US11187283B2	Overrunning clutch In an overrunning clutch, a clutch link axially overlaps another clutch link and a control element of a control mechanism, via which the axial displacement of a connecting link acting between the clutch links is initiated, is arranged on the radial inside of the overlap on the connecting link. The overrunning clutch is particularly suitable for use in a drive train of a motor vehicle and which can transmit high torque despite compactness in structure, operates extensively without noise in the overrunning direction, and has only low mass to be moved during a shifting process.
US11187282B2	High-speed, overrunning coupling and control assembly, coupling assembly and locking member which pivotally moves with substantially reduced friction A high-speed overrunning coupling and control assembly, coupling assembly and locking member which pivotally moves with substantially reduced friction are provided. At least one pivot projects from a main body portion of the locking member and enables pivotal motion of the locking member. The at least one pivot is sized, shaped and located with respect to the main body portion so that the at least one pivot makes contact with at least one bearing located between a pocket surface of a pocket and an outer surface of the at least one pivot to reduce friction during pivotal motion.
US11187281B2	Integrated disconnecting twin clutch system and dual action piston A secondary drive unit (SDU) for the secondary axis of an all wheel drive vehicle consists of an SDU housing defining a first section for receiving a main shaft which is connected to a drive source and a second section for enclosing a twin clutch assembly. The twin clutch assembly has a common clutch housing connected to the main shaft, a left clutch for selectively connecting a left output shaft and the clutch housing, a right clutch for selectively connecting a right output shaft and the clutch housing, and a rigid center plate separating the left and right clutches. The twin clutch assembly may be activated by a dual action piston assembly to decrease all wheel drive synchronization and connection response times.
US11187276B2	Flexible coupling A flexible coupling comprises a flexible torque disc (24) having a first plurality of fixing points (24a) whereby it can be mounted upon a first rotatable component (12), in use, and a second plurality of fixing points (24b) whereby it can be mounted upon a second rotatable component (14), in use, a support ring (26), and mounting means (34) whereby the flexible torque disc (24) is secured to the support ring (26), the mounting means (34) restricting deflection of the flexible torque disc (24) relative to the support ring (26).
US11187275B2	Device for connecting a steering column to a steering gear housing A device for connecting a steering column to a steering gear housing comprising a shaft (2) having an end portion (20), a clamping collar (1) comprising two arms (10, 11) arranged relative to one another in such a way as to delimit a cavity (3) able to guide the shaft (2) into a position of engagement and keep the shaft (2) in the engaged position, and means (16) for clamping the arms (10, 11) onto the shaft in the engaged position with a set torque, the cavity (3) comprising a coupling zone (4) and an entry zone (5) situated to the rear of the coupling zone in the direction of insertion and dimensioned in relation to the coupling zone (4) in such a way as to prevent the clamping means from being clamped to the set torque when the end portion is situated in the entry zone (5).
US11187274B2	Slidable constant speed universal joint A sliding constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member connected to a power transmission member and an inner joint member connected to an end portion of a shaft, for torque transmission between the outer joint member and the inner joint member while allowing an angle change and an axial change therebetween. The outer joint member incorporates therein an elastic member axially expandable/retractable between a tip of the shaft connected to the inner joint member and the outer joint member; the tip of the shaft is provided with a shaft protruding portion for supporting an inner diameter portion of a shaft-side end of the elastic member; the elastic member has its outer-joint-member side end provided with a receptacle for fitting into an inner diameter portion of the elastic member; the outer joint member has its inner surface press-fitted by an end plate; and the receptacle is pressed onto the end plate in the inner surface of the outer joint member.
US11187269B2	Bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprising a first component and a second component, the first and second components being slidably disposed with respect to each other, wherein the first component slides relative to the second component in a first direction, wherein the first component comprises a plurality of first recesses formed in a first surface facing the second component, wherein the first recesses are distributed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with neighboring first recesses being spaced apart in the second direction with a first spacing, wherein the second component comprises a plurality of second recesses formed in a second surface facing the first surface of the first component, wherein the second recesses are distributed in the second direction with neighboring second recesses being spaced apart in the second direction with a second spacing, wherein the first recesses are sized to fit within the second spacings and the second recesses are sized to fit within the first spacings, and wherein the first and second components are urged into a relative position in the second direction in which the first and second recesses do not overlap one another.
US11187268B2	Magnetic bearing assembly as well as a linear guideway assembly implementing one or more such magnetic bearing assemblies The invention relates to a magnetic bearing assembly for contactless linear displacement of a rigid body relative to another rigid body along a linear displacement path.The invention also relates to a linear guideway assembly implementing one or more such magnetic bearing assemblies.The invention aims to provide a solution for the above identified problems, allowing linear displacement of a rigid body relative to another rigid body along a linear displacement path and in particular allowing control of a translational degree of freedom of a rigid body relative to another rigid body, said magnetic bearing assembly comprising: at least one magnetic bearing module being mounted to one of said rigid bodies and consisting of at least: a ferromagnetic core; a first magnetic element positioned on a first side of said ferromagnetic core; a coil being wound around said ferromagnetic core; at least a first static back iron being mounted to the other one of said rigid bodies and positioned, during use, at some gap distance from said one bearing module.
US11187263B2	Device to minimize vibrations from a motor vehicle transmission to a gear shift lever A device (1) for removably securing an actuating member to an input or output element, such as to a gear shift lever or a transmission of a motor vehicle, has a mounting point (10) for the actuating member, and a receptacle (20) for a mounting element of the input or output element. The receptacle (20) has an outer receptacle element (30) and an inner receptacle element (40) arranged therein, between which is an elastic damping element (50). To reduce undesired vibrations from the transmission or the actuating member to the interior of the vehicle, while securing the actuating member to the mounting device in a simpler manner, the damping element is a separate component which has a wave profile (52) on its wall (51) facing the outer receptacle element (30), and the mounting point (10) has a threaded insert (11) for securing the actuating member.
US11187261B2	Liner bolt A liner bolt (10) comprising an elongate stud (12) and a head (14) engageable with a first end (16) of the stud (12). The head (14) including an inwardly tapered first end portion (24) adjacent a first end (21) thereof. A threaded portion (18) is provided adjacent a second end (17) of the stud for receiving a nut (20). The first end (21) of the head (14) includes an inwardly tapered opening (28) having an internal thread (30) and the first end (16) of the stud (12) includes an inwardly tapered end portion (32) having an external thread (34) such that the first end (16) of the stud (12) is engageable in the opening (28) in the head (14).
US11187259B2	Lubricating cap, fastener comprising this type of cap and interference assembly process The object of the invention is a cap to lubricate an inner wall of a perforation going through at least two elements of the structure. The cap comprises a tubular body and at least one lubricant reserve, and before installation in the structure said cap has a largest external diameter larger than an internal diameter (DS) of the perforation, and the cap lubricates the internal surface of the perforation when its largest external diameter is radially compressed by a wall of the perforation. The invention also concerns a fastener comprising this type of cap, and an interference assembly process for the fastener equipped with the cap. The invention is applicable to the assembly of aircraft structures.
US11187256B2	Fastening system for fastening fittings to a rail in a vehicle A fastening system for fastening fittings to a rail has a supporting element, an opening, and a first radial toothing in an interior space adjoining the opening. The system also has an anchoring element having a second radial toothing. The opening of the supporting element and the first radial toothing are configured in a corresponding manner to the anchoring element such that the anchoring element, in a first rotational position, can be introduced without resistance into the opening and, in a second rotational position, produces an engagement between the first radial toothing and the second radial toothing. At least one form-fitting means is arranged at a first end of the anchoring element and can be introduced into an opening contour of a rail, for producing and releasing a form-fitting connection to an undercut of a rail.
US11187244B2	Reflux device blade compressor Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a reflux device blade and a compressor. The reflux device blade includes a blade main body, a hollow cavity is formed in the blade main body, and an air supplement hole is formed in the blade main body. When the hollow reflux device blade is adopted, the supplemental air entering the hollow cavity of the reflux device blade through an air supplement channel forms jet flow on a suction surface of the reflux device blade to blow off a low-speed low-energy area formed on the suction surface, so as to reduce the airflow mixing loss, prevent the intake distortion of a second-stage impeller, and improve the operation range of the compressor.
US11187243B2	Diffusor for a radial compressor, radial compressor and turbo engine with radial compressor A diffuser for a radial compressor of a turbomachine is provided. The diffuser has a plurality of diffuser channels, wherein the diffuser channels extend across a radial area of the diffuser across a bent area into an axial area of the diffuser, wherein, in the radial area of the diffuser, the diffuser channels have diffuser walls in particular at v-shaped blades that are bent in the movement direction of the radial compressor or are straight.
US11187242B2	Multi-stage centrifugal compressor A multi-stage centrifugal compressor according to at least one embodiment includes: multiple stages of impellers arranged in an axial direction; a casing surrounding the impellers; and a diffuser channel for guiding a working fluid discharged from the impellers outward in a radial direction. In a cross-section along the axial direction, a first diffuser wall surface on a hub side of a pair of diffuser wall surfaces that are opposed in the axial direction across the diffuser channel has a retreating surface retreating toward the hub side from a connection position with a downstream end of a first upstream wall surface to a radially outer side with respect to a tangential direction of the first upstream wall surface at the downstream end of the first upstream wall surface, the first upstream wall surface being positioned upstream of the first diffuser wall surface and connected to the first diffuser wall surface.
US11187230B2	Scroll compressor A scroll compressor having a casing, a drive motor which is held in place within the casing and has an internal flow passage and an external flow passage to pass through, a rotation shaft which is combined with the drive motor for rotation, a frame that is provided under the drive motor and through which the rotation shaft passes for support, a first scroll which is provided under the frame and on whose one flank surface a first wrap is formed, a second scroll which is provided between the frame and the first scroll, on which a second wrap that is engaged with the first wrap is formed, with which the rotation shaft is eccentrically combined and which forms a compression chamber, and a flow passage separation unit which separates a space between the drive motor and the frame into an internal space and an external space is provided.
US11187226B2	Actuating-type gas guiding device An actuating-type gas guiding device includes a main body and a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator is disposed in the main body. The piezoelectric actuator includes a suspension plate, an outer frame, at least one bracket and a piezoelectric element. The suspension plate has a first surface and a second surface. The suspension plate is permitted to undergo a bending vibration. The outer frame is arranged around the suspension plate. The at least one bracket is connected between the suspension plate and the outer frame for elastically supporting the suspension plate. The piezoelectric element is attached on the first surface of the suspension plate. In response to a voltage applied to the piezoelectric element, the suspension plate is driven to undergo the bending vibration in a reciprocating manner. Consequently, gas is guided to flow in the main body along a non-scattered linear direction.
US11187225B2	Air quality notification device An air quality notification device includes an actuating and sensing module and a first communication module. The actuating and sensing module includes a sensor and an actuating device. The sensor is disposed near the actuating device and senses air transmitted by the actuating device to generate air quality information. The first communication module is electrically connected to the actuating and sensing module to receive and transmit the air quality information.
US11187224B2	Microfluidic chip A microfluidic chip orients and isolates components in a sample fluid mixture by two-step focusing, where sheath fluids compress the sample fluid mixture in a sample input channel in one direction, such that the sample fluid mixture becomes a narrower stream bounded by the sheath fluids, and by having the sheath fluids compress the sample fluid mixture in a second direction further downstream, such that the components are compressed and oriented in a selected direction to pass through an interrogation chamber in single file formation for identification and separation by various methods. The isolation mechanism utilizes external, stacked piezoelectric actuator assemblies disposed on a microfluidic chip holder, or piezoelectric actuator assemblies on-chip, so that the actuator assemblies are triggered by an electronic signal to actuate jet chambers on either side of the sample input channel, to jet selected components in the sample input channel into one of the output channels.
US11187217B2	Method and system for metering fluid flow from a fluid source based on a count of pump strokes Disclosed are a method, device and system for a fluid flow meter. According to some embodiments of the present invention, a fluid flow meter that has a fluid pump to displace fluid with one or more pumping strokes of one or more pumping stroke types wherein each of the stroke types displaces a known volume of fluid from a fluid reservoir. A sensor functionally associated with the fluid reservoir and adapted to generate a signal indicative of a fluid pumping condition within the fluid reservoir, and circuitry to trigger one or a sequence of strokes of the pump in response to a signal from the sensor that the triggering condition within the fluid reservoir has been met.
US11187214B2	Pump having a unitary body In an embodiment, a pump includes a pump housing formed as a singular body. The pump housing may include a mounting feature adjacent a first end of the pump housing. The mounting feature may be configured for mounting the pump relative to a prime mover. A drive system cavity may be formed in the first end of the pump housing, and sized to receive at least a portion of an axial drive system. A pump cylinder may extend inwardly into the pump housing from the drive system cavity. A piston guide plate may be configured to be affixed within the drive system cavity. The piston guide plate includes a piston guide associated with the pump cylinder. The piston guide may be configured to at least partially receive a pump piston therethrough for facilitating alignment and axial movement of a pump piston within the pump cylinder.
US11187206B2	Pitch system for a wind turbine A drive assembly for adjusting the pitch of a wind turbine blade comprises a stator having a cylindrical body and a drive member positioned at least partially within the cylindrical body and movable along an axis thereof. A mounting pin extends through an aperture in a wall of the cylindrical body for pivotally mounting the stator to a wind turbine structure.
US11187204B2	Method for fabrication of a profile for a spar cap for a wind turbine blade, spar cap and wind turbine blade Provided is a method for fabrication of a profile for a spar cap for a wind turbine blade, wherein the profile is fabricated in a pultruding process using one or more strands and/or layers of unidirectional fibres or rovings of unidirectional fibres arranged along a longitudinal direction of the profile and a tool for moulding of the fibres, wherein one or more additional fibres or rovings of additional fibres are introduced in the pultruding process prior to the moulding, wherein the additional fibres are arranged under an angle to the unidirectional fibres, and/or wherein one or more surficial fibres or rovings of surficial fibres are introduced in the pultruding process after the moulding, wherein the surficial fibres are arranged on the outer surface of the moulded profile.
US11187202B2	Power generating apparatus Disclosed herein is a power generating apparatus for extracting energy from flowing water. The apparatus comprises a buoyancy vessel, and a turbine assembly coupled to the buoyancy vessel which comprises a turbine rotor mounted to a nacelle, and a support structure. The turbine assembly is pivotally moveable between a first position and a second position. When the power generating apparatus is floating on a body of water, in the first position the nacelle is fully submerged below the water surface; and in the second position at least a part of the nacelle projects above the water surface. Movement of the turbine assembly from the first position to the second position is buoyancy assisted, for example by providing the turbine assembly with positive buoyancy or selectively increasing its buoyancy.Movement of the turbine assembly to the second position may be desirable to reduce the draft or the drag of the power generating apparatus, for example when the power generating apparatus is being relocated, or to prevent damage during storms. In addition, when in the second position it is possible to gain access to the nacelle for maintenance or repair.
US11187201B1	Ion current sensing for estimation of combustion phasing in an internal combustion engine A combustion control system for an engine of a vehicle includes an ion sensing system configured to generate an ion current signal indicative of a measured current across electrodes of a spark plug associated with a cylinder of the engine and a controller configured to monitor for peaks in the ion current signal and, upon detecting at least a first peak and a second peak in the ion current signal, estimate a location of peak pressure (LPP) based on the detected second peak in the ion current signal, estimate an angle (CA50) of a crankshaft of the engine at which approximately 50% of the heat generated during combustion in the cylinder of the engine is released, and control combustion phasing of the engine based on the estimated CA50 angle.
US11187199B2	Spray orifice disk and valve A spray orifice disk for a valve for a flowing fluid and, in particular, for a metering or injection valve for an internal combustion engine, including a disk body and a spray orifice set-up, which is formed in the disk body and is configured with at least one spray orifice for dispensing supplied fluid, and including at least one channel for supplying the fluid to the spray orifice. The spray orifice, the channel and/or the transition between the channel and the spray orifice being configured to form a swirl geometry of the spray orifice disk in such a manner, that during operation, due to interaction of one or more jets of the fluid emerging from the spray orifice in turbulence atomization, an oval cross-sectional pattern of the spray is formed, in particular, in the form of a flat spray.
US11187195B2	Engine generator An engine generator including, in a housing: a generator; an engine; a fuel tank; a canister for collecting evaporated fuel; and pipes for causing the canister and an inside of the fuel tank to communicate with each other. The pipes include the pipe section provided in the fuel tank; the pipe section extends above a liquid surface of the fuel in the fuel tank in a state in which a short-length side of the housing is placed downward; and the pipe section includes a portion that passes through a place above the liquid surface of the fuel in a state in which an opposite side of the housing is placed downward.
US11187193B1	Active dual purge system and method of diagnosing active dual purge system using onboard diagnosis An active dual purge system includes: an intake pipe, a compressor to compress air, a canister to collect an evaporation gas, a purge line extending from the canister to a front end of the compressor, a branch line branching off from the purge line and extending to a rear end of a throttle valve body, a purge pump installed in the purge line, a purge valve installed in the purge line, a vent valve installed in a vent line extending from the canister toward the atmosphere, a first sensor installed in the purge line, and a second sensor installed in the purge line, and a controller to perform different tests on the purge pump, the purge valve and the vent valve in different operating states, and diagnose whether at least one of the purge line, the branch line, or the vent line are abnormal using on-board diagnosis (OBD).
US11187192B2	Systems and methods for conducting vehicle evaporative emissions test diagnostic procedures Methods and systems are provided for conducting diagnostics to indicate whether a fuel system and/or an evaporative emissions system of a vehicle has a source of undesired evaporative emissions, or not. A method comprises conducting such a diagnostic via evacuating the fuel system to a target vacuum, then sealing the fuel system from atmosphere and monitoring a pressure bleed-up in the fuel system, and dynamically adjusting a pressure bleed-up threshold responsive to one or more conditions that impact the pressure bleed-up during the diagnostic, and indicating undesired evaporative emissions responsive to the pressure bleed-up reaching the adjusted pressure bleed-up threshold. In this way, interpretation of the results of such a diagnostic may be more robust, completion rates may improve, and engine operation may be improved.
US11187191B2	Charge forming device with tamper resistant adjustable valve A carburetor with a body with a cavity in which an adjustable fuel valve is received. To inhibit access to and manual adjustment of the valve, a cover may overlay at least a portion of the adjustable valve. In some forms, a releasable lock plate may be received between the cover and the adjustable valve. Specialty tools may release the lock plate and adjust the valve.
US11187187B2	Thrust reverser An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system is provided, the assembly having an axial centerline. The assembly comprises a fixed structure, a first thrust reverser door, and a second thrust reverser door. The first thrust reverser door being pivotally attached to the fixed structure along a first pivot axis, and the second thrust reverser door being pivotally attached to the fixed structure along a second pivot axis. The first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are both radially located at a first distance from the assembly axial centerline. The first pivot axis is located at a first axial position, and the second pivot axis is located at a second axial position. The second axial position is displaced from the first axial position.
US11187185B1	Waste heat recovery lube oil management A waste heat recovery system comprising a thermal circuit. The thermal circuit includes a boiler and an expander fluidly coupled to the boiler. The thermal circuit further includes a power transfer system integrated to the expander. The power transfer system is configured to receive mechanical energy from the expander. The thermal circuit further includes an ejector fluidly coupled to the boiler and to the power transfer system. The ejector is configured to receive a motive flow of working fluid from the boiler. The ejector is further configured to receive a suction flow of working fluid from the power transfer system. The ejector is further configured to combine the motive flow of working fluid and the suction flow of working fluid.
US11187183B2	Lower structure of internal combustion engine To minimize the risk of damaging an internal oil passage for conducting oil, the lower structure of an internal combustion engine includes a bottom wall (6), a side wall (7) provided along a peripheral edge of the bottom wall to define the oil chamber in cooperation with the bottom wall, a device mounting seat (52) provided on the side wall and configure to have a prescribed device (51) attached thereto; and an oil passage portion (57) formed in the side wall to define the oil passage (56), wherein the oil passage opens at the device mounting seat, and a part of the side wall adjacent to the oil passage portion is provided with a load absorbing portion (61) configured to be more readily deformable than the oil passage portion.
US11187179B2	Control apparatus for compression-ignition type engine A control apparatus for a compression-ignition type engine is applied to an engine capable of carrying out partial compression ignition combustion. When the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, an ignition control section of the control apparatus causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated to initiate the SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at an earlier time point than the main ignition. An injection control section causes the ignition plug to inject fuel in an intake stroke. The ignition control section sets energy of the preceding ignition to be lower than energy of the main ignition and causes the ignition plug to carry out the preceding ignition after the fuel injection in the intake stroke or an early period or a middle period of a compression stroke.
US11187178B1	System and method for previewing vehicle emissions Methods and systems for operating an engine that includes an after treatment system are described. In one example, traffic data and navigation system data are a basis for deciding whether or not to increase heat output of an engine to ensure operation of the after treatment system. In particular, one or more actuators may be adjusted to minimize fuel consumption and/or reduce feedgas emissions while generating sufficient heat to maintain after treatment system operation.
US11187176B2	Systems and methods for increasing engine power output under globally stoichiometric operation Methods and systems are provided for increasing engine power via partial engine enrichment and exhaust gas recirculation. In one example, a method may include enriching a first set of engine cylinders, enleaning a second set of the engine cylinders, and operating a third set of the engine cylinders at stoichiometry, exhaust gas from all of the engine cylinders producing a stoichiometric mixture at a downstream emission control device, and providing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an intake passage of the engine from the first set of cylinders. In this way, cooling effects from the partial enrichment and the EGR enable engine air flow, and thus engine power, to be increased while an efficiency of the emission control device is maintained, thereby decreasing vehicle emissions.
US11187173B2	System for limiting a revolution speed of an internal combustion engine A method for limiting a revolution speed of an internal combustion engine (E) of a sports car, the method comprising a first step (Step 1) of acquiring a nominal speed value of said internal combustion engine, a second step (Step 2) of measuring a revolution speed of said internal combustion engine, when (CHK) a measured revolution speed of said internal combustion engine has reached (yes) an activation speed approximately equal to said nominal speed, the method comprising a third step (Step 3) of setting a predetermined initial torque value (a) to be delivered by said internal combustion engine and simultaneously a fourth step (Step 4) of carrying out a feedback control of a torque delivery of said internal combustion engine.
US11187168B2	Systems and methods for increasing engine power output under globally stoichiometric operation Methods and systems are provided for increasing engine power while reducing vehicle emissions and engine system degradation. In one example, a method may include, responsive to an engine load reaching a threshold load, increasing engine torque by increasing an amount of boost without providing exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and, responsive to the engine torque reaching a first threshold torque, increasing the engine torque by increasing an EGR rate over a plurality of engine cycles while further increasing the amount of boost. In this way, cooling effects from the EGR enable engine air flow, and thus engine power, to be increased while engine vibrations and heat-related exhaust component degradation are decreased.
US11187166B2	Internal combustion engine and method of controlling same An internal combustion engine (1) is provided with a turbocharger (2), and is configured to be switchable between a stoichiometric combustion mode having a theoretical air-fuel ratio as a target air-fuel ratio and a lean combustion mode having a lean air-fuel ratio as a target air-fuel ratio. An air bypass valve (20) is provided in an air bypass passage (19) communicating a collector (11a) on the downstream of a throttle valve (12) with the upstream side of a compressor (2b) in an intake passage (11). At the time of the shifting from the lean combustion mode to the stoichiometric mode, the throttle valve (12) is closed and the air bypass valve (20) is temporarily opened to decrease the pressure inside the collector (11a) quickly.
US11187164B2	Engine An engine 1 includes an exhaust manifold, an intake manifold, and an EGR device configured to supply EGR gas from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold. An upper end of the EGR cooler extended downward is attached to a downwardly extending attachment part provided to the exhaust manifold.
US11187160B2	Geared turbofan with non-epicyclic gear reduction system A gas turbine engine comprises a fan drive turbine driving a shaft. The shaft engages a gear reduction. The gear reduction drives a fan rotor at a speed that is less than the speed of the fan drive turbine. The gear reduction is a non-epicyclic gear reduction.
US11187146B2	Compound engine system with rotary engine A compound engine system includes a rotary engine with rotating chambers, a compressor section in successive communication with the rotating chambers, and a turbine section in successive communication with the rotating chambers. The turbine section has an output shaft. The output shaft and the engine shaft are drivingly engaged to each other and wherein the turbine section has a power output corresponding to from 20% to 35% of a total power output of the compound engine system. A method of compounding power in a compound engine system is also discussed.
US11187145B2	Branch communication valve for a twin scroll turbocharger Methods and systems are provided for a branch communication valve in a twin turbocharger system. A branch communication valve may be positioned adjacent to a dividing wall separating a first scroll and a second scroll of the twin turbocharger. In an open position, the branch communication valve increases fluid communication between the first scroll and the second scroll and in a closed position, the branch communication valve decreases fluid communication between the first scroll and the second scroll.
US11187142B2	Diesel engine with turbulent jet ignition A diesel engine employs a turbulent jet ignition system and method. In another aspect, diesel fuel and air are premixed prior to introduction of the mixture into a main engine combustion chamber. A further aspect employs a turbocharger compressor to boost air pressure into a main piston combustion chamber and/or an ignition pre-chamber for missing with a heavy fuel, such as diesel.
US11187137B2	Cylinder block A water jacket of a cylinder block includes a main passage and a sub-passage. The main passage is formed along the periphery of a cylinder bank, and extends between a plurality of head bolt bosses and the cylinder bank. The sub-passage is formed at a position spaced from the cylinder bank farther than the main passage, to diverge from the main passage at a first position, and join the main passage at a second position downstream of the first position. A first head bolt boss by which coolant flowing from a coolant inlet initially passes is interposed between the main passage and the sub-passage. The first position is located between the first head bolt boss and the coolant inlet. The second position is located between a second head bolt boss by which the coolant passes next, and the first head bolt boss.
US11187135B2	Vehicle exhaust system A vehicle exhaust system includes a tubular component which allow passage of exhaust gases therethrough. The tubular component includes an upstream pipe having a first end and a second end. The tubular component further includes a downstream pipe having a third end and a fourth end. The third end of the downstream pipe at least partially encloses the second end of the upstream pipe such that the upstream pipe and the downstream pipe together define a junction region and the fourth end defines a primary exhaust gas flow path. The downstream pipe at least partially defines an opening within the junction region such that the opening provides a secondary exhaust gas flow path.
US11187131B2	Double canning exhaust gas purification device A purification device includes an outer housing canning, extending along a longitudinal axis, and in which exhaust gas is configured to circulate A purification unit is housed in the outer housing canning and incorporates at least one inductive element. An inner induction canning is housed in the outer housing canning and surrounds the purification unit, and comprises an induction device configured to induce an electric current in the at least one inductive element. A holding and insulation assembly is housed in the outer housing canning and surrounds the purification unit. The holding and insulation assembly includes at least one of: an inner holding web positioned radially between the inner induction canning and the purification unit, and/or end rings surrounding the purification unit and positioned on either side of the inner induction canning in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US11187126B2	Exhaust gas treatment system and the use thereof for the treatment of an exhaust gas An exhaust gas treatment system (1) comprises a catalyst article (5) for the treatment of an exhaust gas, the catalyst article (5) comprising a non-metallic substrate (20) comprising a plurality of catalytically-active transition-metal-doped iron oxide magnetic particles (45), and an inductive heater (70) for inductively heating the plurality of catalytically-active magnetic particles by applying an alternating magnetic field.
US11187125B2	Electric heating type support, exhaust gas purifying device, method for producing electric heating type support, joined body, and method for producing joined body An electric heating type support includes: an electrically conductive honeycomb structure including a pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion composed of conductive ceramics, the pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion including: an outer peripheral wall; and porous partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each cell penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; and a pair of metal terminals disposed so as to face each other across a central axis of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure portion, each metal terminal being joined to a surface of the electrically conductive honeycomb structure via a welded portion so as to follow a surface shape of the electrically conductive honeycomb structure.
US11187123B1	Method for controlling exhaust after-treatment system based on NO2 medium adjustment A method for controlling an exhaust after-treatment system based on NO2 medium adjustment includes the following steps: creating a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) reaction map, a diesel particulate filter (DPF) reaction map, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reaction map; obtaining an SCR reaction temperature, desired SCR reaction efficiency, and obtaining NO2 demand according to the SCR reaction map; obtaining a DPF reaction temperature and differential pressure, and obtaining NO2 consumption from the DPF reaction map; obtaining NO2 production, and calculating NO2 input for SCR; if the NO2 input is not equal to the NO2 demand, calculating target NO2 production, obtaining a target DOC reaction temperature corresponding to the target NO2 production from the DOC reaction map, and adjusting a fuel injection rate so that the DOC reaction temperature is equal to the target DOC reaction temperature.
US11187118B2	Charge changing control device, reciprocating engine and method for operating a charge changing control device The present invention refers to a charge changing control device for a reciprocating engine, comprising at least one cam follower configured for being pivotably actuated around a pivot axis (P) upon rotational movement of a camshaft, and an adjustment unit configured for setting at least three different charge-changing modes of the device by translationally displacing the pivot axis relative (P) to a rotational axis (R) of the camshaft.
US11187104B2	In-situ heating/cooling tool for turbine assembly on a shaft A method of assembling a first part to a second part while applying thermal energy to at least one of the parts. The application of thermal energy is terminated when the first part and second part are in a completed assembly position relative to each other. The thermal energy absorbed by the at least one of: the first part; and the second part is then dissipated until the first part and second part are engaged in an interference fit.
US11187102B2	Method and system for mitigating bowed rotor operation of gas turbine engine Embodiments of systems and methods for operating a gas turbine engine defining a bowed rotor condition are generally provided. The systems and methods include rotating a rotor assembly defining a bowed rotor condition from approximately zero revolutions per minute (RPM) to within a bowed rotor mitigation speed range, in which the bowed rotor mitigation speed range is defined by a lower speed limit greater than zero RPM and an upper speed limit less than or equal to an idle speed condition of the gas turbine engine; applying a load at the rotor assembly via an energy storage device; adjusting the load to limit rotational speed or acceleration of the rotor assembly to within the bowed rotor mitigation speed range for a period of time; and removing the load to enable rotation of the rotor assembly to the idle speed condition following the period of time.
US11187100B2	CMC honeycomb base for abradable coating on CMC BOAS A method of forming a blade outer air seal includes applying a cavity layer that has a plurality of cavities to a radially inner side of a seal body. The cavity layer is coated with an abradable coating.
US11187098B2	Turbine shroud assembly with hangers for ceramic matrix composite material seal segments An assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine or other engine has a carrier component and a supported component, illustratively used as a heat shield. The assembly includes a mounting system for coupling the supported component to the carrier component. In an illustrative embodiment, the assembly is a turbine shroud segment for blocking gasses from passing over turbine blades included in the gas turbine engine.
US11187094B2	Spline for a turbine engine An assembly for a turbine engine comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged segments having first and second confronting end faces. The first and second confronting end faces include a multi-channel spline seal assembly. The multi-channel spline seal assembly includes at least a first and second channel wherein confronting first or second channels can receive at least one spline seal.
US11187093B2	Face seal assembly with thermal management circuit and an associated method thereof A face seal assembly including a thermal fluid circuit, a turbomachine including the face seal assembly and a method of operating the turbomachine are disclosed. The face seal assembly includes a seal ring including a seal bearing face, at least one internal cavity including a cavity inlet and a cavity outlet. The face seal assembly further including a fluid inlet channel in fluid communication with the cavity inlet of the at least one internal cavity and a pressurized fluid and a fluid outlet port in fluid communication with the cavity outlet of the at least one internal cavity. The at least one internal cavity, the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet port define a thermal fluid circuit providing thermal management of the seal ring. In the turbomachine, the face seal assembly is disposed between a stationary component and a rotating component including a rotating component bearing face.
US11187088B2	Turbomachine vane, including deflectors in an inner cooling cavity A turbine vane including at least one inner cavity including a plurality of deflectors which are carried by an inner face of the lower surface wall and by an inner face of the upper surface wall, wherein each deflector extends mainly in a transverse direction from the inner face of the lower surface wall or from the inner face of the upper surface wall, in the direction of the other one of the lower surface wall or the upper surface wall, and wherein the length of each deflector in the transverse direction is greater than half the transverse distance between the inner face of the lower surface wall and the inner face of the upper surface wall, on either side of the deflector.
US11187085B2	Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having an asymmetric root turn A turbine bucket may include a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform at an intersection thereof, and a cooling circuit extending within the platform and the airfoil. The cooling circuit may include a root turn with an asymmetric shape to reduce stress concentrations therein. The asymmetric shape of the root turn may be asymmetrical along a path between a pressure side of the airfoil and a suction side of the airfoil. The asymmetric shape of the root turn may be asymmetrical within a plane defined by a radial direction and a circumferential direction.
US11187081B1	Self-anchored opposite-pulling anti-impact anchor cable for sectional coal pillars and using method thereof The present invention discloses a self-anchored opposite-pulling anti-impact anchor cable for sectional coal pillars and a using method thereof. The anchor cable includes a steel strand (100), with an energy-absorbing and yielding terminal (200) and a stressed expansion-cracking terminal (300) respectively fixed to two ends of the steel strand, a bushing (400) sleeved outside the steel strand, a first lock (610) provided at one end of the steel strand and a second lock (620) provided at the other end of the steel strand; the stressed expansion-cracking terminal includes a self-anchored bushing (420) with a plurality of pre-splitting lines (440) arranged in the wall of the self-anchored bushing. Under stress, the wall of the self-anchored bushing cracks along the pre-splitting lines and bends and expands, so that it abuts against and is self-anchored to the edge of a sectional coal pillar at the outer side.
US11187078B2	Method for evaluating connectivity between a first well and a second well in a hydrocarbon production field and related system A method includes obtaining a first time series of a first well parameter from the first well and a second time series of a second well parameter from the second well, processing the first time series to obtain a processed first time series, filtering the second time series by removing dynamic variations from the second time series to obtain a filtered second time series representative of static variations of the second time series, and determining a correlation between the processed first time series and the filtered second time series at various time shifts between the processed first time series and the filtered second time series, and determining a maximal correlation coefficient and a time shift at maximal correlation between the processed first time series and the filtered second time series, the maximal correlation coefficient being representative of the connectivity between the first well and the second well.
US11187074B2	Determining wellbore parameters through analysis of the multistage treatments A system and method to determine closure pressure in a wellbore that can include, flowing a fracturing fluid into the wellbore during a fracturing operation of at least one stage and forming a fracture, sensing fluid pressure and a flow rate of the fracturing fluid during the fracturing operation and communicating the sensed data to a controller, plotting data points of the sensed data to a visualization device which is configured to visually present the data points to an operator as a plot, fitting a curve to the data points which represent statistically-relevant minimum pressure data at various flow rates, determining an intercept of the first curve with a zero flow rate axis of the plot, determining the closure pressure based on a pressure value of the intercept, and determining an average fracture permeability based on the closure pressure.
US11187073B2	Method and apparatus for bending decoupled electronics packaging An apparatus for protecting an electronics module used in a borehole may include an enclosure disposed along a drill string. The electronics module may be attached to the enclosure by at least one joint. The at least one joint allows a predetermined bending between the electronics module and the enclosure that does not mechanically overload the electronics module. In some embodiments, the joint may be a ball joint.
US11187067B2	Water heating apparatus for continuous heated water flow and method for use in hydraulic fracturing A method of hydraulic fracturing of an oil producing formation includes the provision of a heating apparatus which is transportable and that has a vessel for containing water. A water stream of cool or cold water is transmitted from a source to a mixer, the cool or cold water stream being at ambient temperature. The mixer has an inlet that receives cool or cold water from the source and an outlet that enables a discharge of a mix of cool or cold water and the hot water. After mixing in the mixer, the water assumes a temperature that is suitable for mixing with chemicals that are used in the fracturing process, such as a temperature of about 40°-120° F.+ (4.4-48.9 C+). An outlet discharges a mix of the cool or cold and hot water to surge tanks or to mixing tanks. In the mixing tanks, a proppant and an optional selected chemical or chemicals are added to the water which has been warmed. From the mixing tanks, the water with proppant and optional chemicals is injected into the well for part of the hydraulic fracturing operation.
US11187064B2	Well pumping system with enclosed rod rotator A well pumping system can include a rod rotator including a torque transfer device, an outer housing and a rotary actuator. The rotary actuator rotates the torque transfer device and a rod relative to the outer housing. The rod reciprocably displaces longitudinally relative to the outer housing. A method of rotating a rod string can include applying a torque from a torque transfer device to a rod connected to the rod string, the torque being maintained in the rod as the rod displaces relative to an outer housing. The torque transfer device is fully enclosed within the outer housing during the torque applying step. Another well pumping system can include a rod rotator with an outer housing connected between a stuffing box and a blowout preventer. The rod rotator rotates a rod string in a well.
US11187063B2	Detecting a fraction of a component in a fluid An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of valves. Each valve of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective production zone of a well. Each valve includes a valve body having a passage and an inflow fluid input through which a formation fluid from the respective production zone associated with the valve is to enter the passage of the valve body. Each valve further includes a sensor located within the valve body to detect a density of the formation fluid. The apparatus further includes a processor programmed to determine a fraction of a subject fluid in the formation fluid based on the density of the formation fluid and a density of the subject fluid.
US11187060B2	Hydraulic control system for index downhole valves A method and apparatus for controlling a control valve. A primary line is pressurized to move according to an operating sequence to move a first piston within a first housing from a reset position to a close position such that a first control valve is switched to a closed state. The primary line is pressurized according to the operating sequence to move the first piston within the first housing from the close position to an open position such that the first control valve is switched to an open state. The secondary line is pressurized according to the operating sequence to move the first piston within the first housing back into the reset position.
US11187059B2	Downhole sealing A downhole tool comprises a hollow body having a wall and a port in the wall, and a closing sleeve movable relative to the body to open and close the port. A seal is provided between the body and the sleeve and is configured to hold differential pressure. An isolation member may be deployed in the tool to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port. The isolation member may be deployed following initiation of a tool activation process, a successful outcome of the process being translating the closing sleeve and closing the port, and positioning the seal to hold a differential pressure. If it is detected that the outcome has not been achieved, the isolation member is deployed to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port.
US11187054B2	BOP booster piston assembly and method A BOP booster assembly is provided for use with BOPs that utilize hydraulic actuators mounted in BOP end caps to open the BOP for replacement of the shearing members. The booster assembly has three main components comprising a booster housing, piston, and end plate. An extension in the booster housing is sufficiently long to position the booster hydraulic cylinder axially outside of the ends of the bonnet end caps of the BOP with respect to the wellbore. The booster piston is equal in diameter or larger than the operating piston of the BOP. The operating pistons and booster pistons move simultaneously, in sync, and the same distance for closing and cutting. In one embodiment, an internal hydraulic line is provided in the booster cylinder wall.
US11187044B2	Production cavern A method includes spraying acid onto an inner wall of a wellbore formed in a subterranean zone with entrapped hydrocarbons that flow into the subterranean zone. Spraying the acid forms a subterranean cavern within a portion of the wellbore, the subterranean cavern being wider than the wellbore. The entrapped hydrocarbons flow into the subterranean cavern. The entrapped hydrocarbons include liquid hydrocarbons and water. The liquid hydrocarbons and the water separate under gravity within the subterranean cavern. The method also includes drawing the liquid hydrocarbons from the subterranean cavern to a surface of the wellbore.
US11187043B2	Steering systems and methods A steering assembly configured for circumferential disposition about a drill string above a drill head and having top and bottom surfaces, an under-gauge peripheral section, and an over-gauge peripheral section substantially opposing the under-gauge peripheral section, where the maximum under-gauge on the top surface in the under-gauge peripheral section is greater than the maximum over-gauge on the bottom surface in the over-gauge peripheral section.
US11187042B2	Curved piston liner and integral pad assembly A rotary steerable tool for steering a drill string may include a tool collar extending along a longitudinal axis of the tool, a pad pusher, a pad retention housing, and a piston liner. The pad pusher may be rotatable about a pivot axis thereof between retracted and extended positions relative to the tool collar, for steering the drill string. The piston liner may be coupled to the pad retention housing and have a piston channel that defines a curved profile. The piston liner may provide sealing contact against a perimeter of the piston upon pivoting of the pad pusher through the piston channel along the curved profile, relative to the piston liner.
US11187038B2	Ladder foot support apparatus A ladder foot support apparatus for creating a larger area to support a user's feet includes a base having a base outer side with a pair of parallel slots extending from a base top side through a base bottom side. The pair of slots is configured to receive a rail of a ladder. An upper face of a platform is coupled to the base bottom side and perpendicularly extends away from a base inner side. A lip is coupled to the platform and has a perpendicular portion extending down from a back edge and a return portion curving back up towards a lower face of the platform. The return portion is configured to selectively receive a rung bottom edge of a rung of the ladder.
US11187036B2	Methods and apparatus for controlling architectural opening coverings in more than one mode Methods and apparatus to operate a covering of an architectural covering are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a clutch to disengage a motor when the motor is not in use. The dual control architectural covering further includes a clutch to disengage a motor from moving a covering to facilitate manual operation of the covering of an architectural covering when the motor is not in use; and a controller: to track a covering position based on a first encoder measurement from a first encoder; and to track a motor position when the motor disengages based on a second encoder measurement from a second encoder different from the first encoder.
US11187024B2	Drive device for a window opener, with a bearing structure on a carrier element It is provided a drive device for an adjustment installation for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a power window actuator, comprising a carrier element; a cable drum; and a cable exit housing which is disposable on the carrier element and which mounts the cable drum so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis and which by way of at least one housing portion is attachable to the carrier element; and a motor unit for electromotively driving the cable drum. The carrier element has a contact structure having a plurality of elevations and depressions that are successively lined up and are mutually disposed in an alternating manner, the at least one housing portion of the cable exit housing by way of a base portion being attachable to the contact structure.
US11187022B1	Intelligent door restraint A method for controlling a door, comprising the steps of storing energy during a manual opening of a door, sensing an object within a doorway, selectively applying a force derived from the stored energy, to close the door, based on the sensing of an object in the doorway. The closure is preferably controlled by an electronic control. A door closing device comprising an energy storage device for storing energy during door opening and releasing the stored energy to subsequently close the door, a damping system for damping a closure of the door, a sensor for detecting an object within a doorway, having an output, a controllable device for selectively restraining the energy storage device from closing the door, and a control system for controlling the controllable device based on the output.
US11187021B2	Hinge device with dampening of end strokes A hinged device with dampening of the opening (A) and/or closing (C) end strokes of a door of an appliance includes a first element (3) to be fixed to a body and a second element (5) to be fixed to the door of the appliance and hinged by a hinge pin (7) so that the door rotates along the opening (A) and closing (C) end strokes and an intermediate (I) stroke around the hinge pin (7). The device includes a cradle (11) sliding into the first element (3) and a connecting rod (13) connected to the cradle (11) and to the second element (5) for translation, following the door rotation, of the cradle (11) that slidably houses a damper (21) of variable length and provided with sliding members (25, 27) sliding into first slots (31) of the cradle (11) and into second slots (33) of the first element (3).
US11187020B2	Sliding screen sliding system A sliding screen system for a sliding screen includes a linear slide bar and at least one sliding member. The linear slide bar has a slide surface coated with a lacquer including a resin. The lacquer is in turn at least partly coated with a lipophilic composition coating. The lipophilic composition coating provides a slide layer on the slide bar with low friction. The sliding system is arranged to support a sliding screen, such as a sliding door or a sliding curtain, connected to the sliding member to allow for linear movement of the sliding screen along the longitudinal axis of the linear slide bar.
US11187019B2	Door stop A method of installing a door-carriable portion (2), for a door stop (1), to be carried by a door. The door-carriable portion includes a magnet and a retaining member (7). The method includes drilling a hole in a bottom of the door; placing the magnet in the hole; and fastening the retaining member to the bottom of the door to at least partly span the opening to retain the magnet.
US11187017B2	Door lock cable and trim panel assembly for a vehicle and method thereof A door lock cable and trim panel assembly for a motor vehicle includes a door lock cable and a trim panel assembly. The door lock cable includes a sheath assembly having a sheath tube and a cable core, a casing cap attached to an upper end of the sheath tube and an end insert element affixed to the cable core. The end insert element is inserted into an inside blind bore of a lock knob. In addition, the trim panel assembly includes a knob hole and a trim-interface slot transversely protruded from an inner surface of the trim panel assembly. The trim-interface slot has an upper and lower portion being engaged with the casing cap of the door lock cable.
US11187015B2	Lock heads and mechanisms for mobile device security A lock for computer security has housing comprising a bottom wall, at least one side wall and a front wall with a corner region defined adjacent to both the bottom wall and the at least one side wall. A combination-based locking assembly comprises a locking assembly body holding at least two locking elements including a main locking element and a movable locking element, both said locking elements being supported by the locking assembly body, and the main locking element extending from and away from the locking assembly body at the front wall of the lock housing. A driver is coupled to the movable locking element, configured to selectively move the movable locking element in frontwise and rearwise directions, and controlled by a locking mechanism. The locking assembly is secured to the housing at the corner region thereof, with the locking elements located directly adjacent both the bottom wall and the at least one side wall. A key-based lock enables overriding the combination-based locking assembly to unlock the movable locking element even while the combination lock is in a locked state.
US11187012B2	Inline motorized lock drive for solenoid replacement An inline motorized lock drive is mountable within a lock housing to drive a sliding locking element between a locked and unlocked position. The lock drive includes a reversible motor having a shaft with an auger thereon to drive a lock spring, which drives the locking element. The sliding motion of the locking element is axially aligned with the motor axis to substantially reduce friction. The lock drive is preferably modular and emulates a solenoid lock drive with a control circuit. The control circuit is connected to drive the motor is switchable to default to a locked position or an unlocked position and emulate a “fail safe” or a “fail secure” type solenoid lock drive. The control circuit operates on 12 or 24 volts to replace solenoid locks of either voltage and stores power when power is applied, then uses the stored power to return the lock drive to the selected default state when power is removed.
US11187010B1	Forced-entry-resistant sash lock A forced-entry resistant sash lock includes a housing, a shaft pivotally mounted to the housing, a cam mounted on the shaft using an elongated opening permitting selective rotational and translational movements, and a separation member secured to the shaft. In the unlocked position, upon shaft rotation in a first direction a cam surface on the separation member engages a follower surface on the cam causing co-rotation of the cam into a non-forced entry-resistant locked position, and upon continued rotation the cam surface moves relative to the follower surface causing cam translation into a forced-entry-resistant locked position through movement of the shaft within the elongated opening, until an engagement surface of the separation member engages a contact surface of the cam, preventing forced reverse cam translation. The cam translation causes a cam stop surface to engage a housing stop surface preventing forced cam counter-rotation.
US11187008B2	Clutch engagement assembly of door lock and driving device thereof A clutch engagement assembly for a door lock device includes a first shaft having at an end thereof an insertion end portion in which a channel is formed; a second drive shaft having a hollow engagement end portion into which the insertion end portion of the first shaft is inserted; a driving member which provides a driving force; and a pin member that is installed in a state of being elastically supported in the engagement end portion of the second shaft and is movable by the driving member so as to extending through (be inserted in) at least a part of the first shaft and at least a part of the second shaft, thereby causing a clutch engagement or a disengagement between a first shaft and a second shaft. The clutch engagement assembly may provide a relatively small size structure of the door lock device and a firm engagement force.
US11187007B2	Pull handle assembly and door cover The present invention provides a door pull assembly including an external mounting brace, a securing means to affix the brace to a door, a mounting assembly mounted with the brace, and a pull assembly mountable within the mounting assembly. The external mounting brace includes a front face and a rear wall, the rear wall securable against an interior portion of the door and a plurality of interior walls defining an enclosed cavity. The mounting assembly affixable within the enclosed cavity and including at least one fastener engaging with the fastener mating element within the external mounting brace. The pull assembly mountable in an interior space of the mounting assembly.
US11187005B2	Protective barrier A protective barrier includes a first end post including a first plastic outer cover, the first plastic outer cover including a first opening with a first pin-receiving socket formed therein, a second end post including a second plastic outer cover, the second plastic outer cover including a second opening with a second pin-receiving socket formed therein, a first hollow plastic rail including a first end disposed in the first opening of the first end post such that a first through hole in the first end is aligned with the first pin-receiving socket, and a second end disposed in the second opening of the second end post such that a second through hole in the second end is aligned with the second pin-receiving socket, a first pin extending through the first through hole in the first end of the hollow plastic rail, the first pin having a proximal end disposed in the first pin-receiving socket and a distal end disposed in a third pin-receiving socket, and a second pin extending through the second through hole in the second end of the hollow plastic rail, the second pin having a proximal end disposed in the second pin-receiving socket and a distal end disposed in a fourth pin-receiving socket.
US11187003B2	Floating roof assembly A floating roof assembly includes longitudinal girders, and floating members arranged in rows that alternate with the longitudinal girders. Upper and lower press bars are disposed across and fixed to the longitudinal girders. Each of the upper and lower press bars has fastening holes each of which has a first hole portion and a second hole portion. Fastening members connect the upper and lower press bars to the longitudinal girders through the fastening holes. When the fastening members reach the second hole portions of the upper and lower press bars, the longitudinal girders can increase a clamping force thereof to clamp the floating members.
US11186999B1	Multi-use support stand A multi-use support stand used for holding various types of building materials and used in other types of construction projects. The support stand includes a horizontal foot brace and a horizontal cross brace attached to a bottom of a vertical support post. An oblique support post is attached to a top portion of the vertical support post and a portion of the foot brace. One end of a horizontal extension arm is attached to a sliding “U” shaped channel. The channel is received around a portion of the oblique support post. A pin is received in a selected pin hole in the side of the support post for securing the sliding channel to the oblique support post. When a first and second support stands are placed next to each other, the horizontal extension arms are used for holding loads of sheet rock, plywood, bench table top, working platform, shelving, footbridge sections, dimensional lumber, and other application specific items needing to be supported horizontally or an elevated obtuse angle.
US11186998B2	System and method for a vented and water control siding A vented and water control system has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The system includes a vented and water control panel located between sheathing panel and an exterior cladding panel, having a front surface; and a rear surface having a ventilation and drainage pattern integral thereto.
US11186989B2	Equipment support system and method of supporting equipment A mounting system includes a frame that defines a truss structure and a plurality of mounting locations within the truss structure. The plurality of mounting locations are configured to interchangeably couple to one or more members, including one or more of an access panel, a light troffer or a boom mount.
US11186988B2	Acoustic panel Acoustic panels, grids for acoustic panels, suspended ceiling systems and a method for producing an acoustic panel, especially a man-made vitreous fibre (MMVF) panel, having a first major face and an opposite second major face, with the first major face comprising a facing with a surface coating. To provide high light reflection the coating comprises microspheres.
US11186983B2	Prefabricated building module A prefabricated building module is described. The building module may provide structural stability for a building, including when stacked with like building modules. The building module may provide a service riser for the building. The building module may provide fixtures for the building, including bathroom, kitchen and laundry fixtures. Also described is a building including prefabricated building modules and a method of constructing a building using prefabricated building modules.
US11186973B2	Cantilevered faucet spout A faucet assembly including a spout with two fluid channels spaced apart from one another by a void. In an illustrative embodiment, the fluid channels converge near at least one outlet of the faucet assembly to create a desired flow pattern (e.g., waterfall flow) when the water source is operational and fluidly coupled to the faucet assembly. In an illustrative embodiment, the faucet spout is formed through additive manufacturing.
US11186972B2	Adjustable underground utility boxes with shortening prevention sleeves The present disclosure provides shortening prevention sleeves for adjustable underground utility boxes, underground utility boxes including such sleeves, and methods of preventing shortening of underground utility boxes with such sleeves. A sleeve comprises a substantially rigid elongate tube that defines an internal cavity. The tube is configured to allow a stem portion of an adjustable underground utility box to extend fully therethrough via the internal cavity. The sleeve also comprises an opening that extends along the length of the tube and provides a passageway into the internal cavity. The tube is configured to allow the stem portion of the box to pass through the opening and into the internal cavity. The sleeve is configured to extend over and along the stem portion and between enlarged top and bottom portions of the box to prevent the stem portion, and thereby the box as a whole, from shortening.
US11186968B2	Working machine A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump to be driven by power of the prime mover and to output operation fluid, a hydraulic actuator to be operated by the operation fluid, and a control device. The control device has a revolving-speed controller to increase and decrease a revolving speed of the prime mover, a first setting portion to set a limit value of the revolving speed of the prime mover, and a revolving-speed limiter to limit the revolving speed of the prime mover set by the revolving-speed controller to the limit value set by the first setting portion.
US11186967B2	Hydraulic systems for construction machinery The present invention relates to a hydraulic system comprising a first actuator, a first variable displacement pump fluidly connected to the first actuator via a first circuit and adapted to drive the first actuator. The system further comprises a second actuator and a second pump fluidly connectable to the second actuator via a second circuit and adapted to drive the second actuator, wherein the second pump is fluidly connectable to the first actuator via a first control valve, and wherein the second pump is fluidly connectable to the second actuator via a second control valve.
US11186962B2	System for use with a crane on a surface vessel The invention relates to a system (1) for use with a crane (4) on a surface vessel (3), comprising a crane tool (15) attached or attachable to a hoisting cable (5) of the crane (4) and one or more adaptors (16) attached or attachable to one or more tools (11-14, 25) for carrying out operations or to one or more components (2, 10), the crane tool (15) comprising a connector (17) and at least one of the adaptors (16) comprising a connector-counterpart (18).
US11186961B2	Extruded fiber reinforced PVC grooved pile A pile is comprised of a pipe, i.e., a tube or hollow cylinder of annular cross-section, with a coextensive internal reinforcement comprised of a plurality of intersecting walls forming a plurality of vertices. Each vertex intersects the pipe. Adjacent intersections are evenly spaced around the annular cross-section. The pile is comprised of a blend of PVC and 20 to 50% (pbw) chopped strand glass fibers. A groove is cut into the pile adjacent to an end for frictional retention in a sea bed.
US11186957B2	System and method for cold planer control A method includes receiving information indicative of a cold planer travel path extending along a work surface, determining a mobile machine travel path extending along the work surface based at least partly on the information indicative of the cold planer travel path, and receiving sensor information associated with the work surface, wherein the sensor information is determined by at least one sensor of an autonomous mobile machine as the autonomous mobile machine traverses the mobile machine travel path. The method also includes generating a worksite map based at least partly on the sensor information, the worksite map identifying an object, wherein the object is disposed at least partly beneath a cut area to be formed by a cold planer, and controlling a position of a rotor of the cold planer, relative to the work surface and based at least partly on a location of the object identified in the worksite map.
US11186950B2	Efficient methods and compositions for recovery of products from organic acid pretreatment of plant materials Provided are compositions and processes concerning efficient downstream processing of products derived from organic acids pretreatment of plant materials.
US11186945B1	Surface treatment of ultra-high molecular weight polymers The methods and compounds disclosed herein relate to the surface modification of UHMWPs by means of a catalytic C—H bond insertion catalyst using a rhodium catalysts in conjunction with carbene-generating diazo compounds. The catalytic treatment imparts covalently added functionality to the UHMWPE surface. This functionality acts as an excellent grafting mechanism for grafting, bonding, or adhering further materials to the UHMWPs surface.
US11186944B1	Method of making polyester fabric treated with a CBD powder This invention relates to a method for making polyester fabric treated with a CBD powder to provide a novel CBD finish on the polyester fabric. The polyester fabric is treated with a CBD powder to provide a novel finish. The treatment process includes a washing step, wherein the treating CBD water is added to a water channel before the finishing step. Then, the polyester fabric is passed through the water channel having the treating CBD water in the ratio of 1:1000, which is one gram of CBD powder to each 1000 grams of water. The flow rate of the treating CBD water has a ratio of 5:1000, which adds 5 grams of CBD powder to each 1000 grams of water in order to apply the correct treatment of CBD water. In addition, the polyester fabric moves at a speed of approximately 20 meters per minute through the water channel, and the bathing treatment has a normal temperature of 30-35° C. The maximum temperature of the drying machine is 220° C., but has a preferred range of 170-220° C. In addition, the polyester fabric passes through the drying machine at a speed of 20 meters per minute.
US11186943B2	Filter configured for being used in a machine for drying laundry and machine for drying laundry equipped with such a filter A filter assembly configured for being used in combination with a machine for drying laundry is disclosed. The filter assembly comprises a frame, a duct defined in the frame configured for being passed through by an airflow, an inlet section configured for allowing the airflow to have access to the duct and an outlet section configured for allowing the airflow to leave the duct. The filter assembly comprises a filter configured for intercepting the airflow and for separating from the airflow possible solid particles carried by the airflow, the filter acting between the inlet section and the outlet section and storage configured for storing the solid particles separated from the airflow.
US11186940B2	Washing machine Provided is a washing machine including: a cabinet including a plurality of side frames, a back frame, a top frame and a bottom frame; a front frame that is disposed in front of the cabinet and includes an internal laundry port through which laundry is put into a rotating tub, and a front cover that is disposed in front of the front frame, extends from the top frame to the bottom frame, includes an external laundry port corresponding to the internal laundry port and is integrally formed. Thus, no line is formed in a front side of the washing machine so that the exterior of the washing machine can be enhanced.
US11186939B2	Laundry machine control method for removal or reduction of creases A laundry machine having a refreshing operation and a control method of the same are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises a steam water supply operation of supplying wash water to a tub up to a water level for generation of steam while preventing the wash water to pass through a drum, when the refreshing course is selected, a steaming operation of heating the wash water by driving a washing heater, thereby generating steam, and a refreshing operation of refreshing the laundry by alternately executing, after the steaming operation, a tumbling driving operation to tumble the laundry within the drum through rotation of the drum and a spin driving operation to rotate the laundry within the drum in close contact with an inner surface of the drum, in accordance with high-speed rotation of the drum.
US11186938B2	Actuator, clutch device, and washing machine To provide a structure in which a fixing member having the same shaft length can be employed in both two cases, wherein an actuator of a first case is fixed together with an auxiliary unit to a supporting member, and the actuator of a second case is fixed solely to the supporting member; a clutch device; and a washing machine.
US11186934B2	Method for controlling washing machine A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a tub, a drum rotatably disposed in the tub, at least one nozzle spraying water toward the drum, a washing motor rotating the drum, and a circulation pump circulating water discharged from the tub, the method including: supplying a first level of water into the tub; operating the circulation pump at a first speed; controlling a rotation of the drum to repeatedly alternate between an acceleration and a deceleration so that laundry in the drum alternates between maintaining contact with an inner surface of the drum and separating from the inner surface of the drum; further supplying water to the tub to raise the first water level to a second water level.
US11186933B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.
US11186929B2	Inkjet loom weaving machine A system for treatment of thread includes a weft thread printer having an intake positioned to receive a weft thread from a source, as well as an encoder that is configured to detect a length of the weft thread as the weft thread moves through the weft thread printer along a travel path. The system also includes a printhead positioned to apply coatings of a plurality of colors to the weft thread and yield a treated weft thread, as well as an outlet positioned to pass the treated weft thread to a loom.
US11186927B2	Hollow porous fibers A hollow fiber that generally extends in a longitudinal direction is provided. The hollow fiber comprises a hollow cavity that extends along at least a portion of the fiber in the longitudinal direction. The cavity is defined by an interior wall that is formed from a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a polyolefin matrix polymer and a nanoinclusion additive dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains. A porous network is defined in the composition that includes a plurality of nanopores.
US11186921B2	Method for controlling convection pattern of silicon melt and method for producing monocrystalline silicon A method of controlling a convection pattern of a silicon melt includes: acquiring a temperature at a first measurement point not overlapping a rotation center of a quartz crucible on a surface of the silicon melt, the quartz crucible rotating in a magnetic-field-free state; determining that the temperature at the first measurement point periodically changes; and fixing a direction of a convection flow to a single direction in a plane orthogonal with an application direction of a horizontal magnetic field in the silicon melt by starting a drive of a magnetic-field applying portion to apply the horizontal magnetic field to the silicon melt when a temperature change at the first measurement point reaches a predetermined state, and subsequently raising the intensity to 0.2 tesla or more.
US11186917B2	Composite electrodes and methods for the fabrication and use thereof Disclosed herein are precursor compounds, composite electrodes comprising the same, and methods of making and use thereof.
US11186912B2	System and methods for deposition spray of particulate coatings A particle deposition system can have a particle source providing a nanomaterial at a controlled rate and a gas distribution system coupled with the particle source and operable to receive the nanomaterial aerosol. A high pressure chamber can be coupled with the gas distribution system, and a nozzle can be disposed between the high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber. The nozzle can have a nozzle opening allowing fluidic communication of a nanomaterial aerosol between the high pressure chamber and the low pressure chamber and the opening can have a length exceeding a width.
US11186911B2	Microwave plasma and ultraviolet assisted deposition apparatus and method for material deposition using the same A deposition apparatus for depositing a material on a substrate is provided. The deposition apparatus has a processing chamber defining a processing space in which the substrate is arranged, an ultraviolet radiation assembly configured to emit ultraviolet radiation and a microwave radiation assembly configured to emit microwave radiation into an excitation space that can be the same as the processing space, and a gas feed assembly configured to feed a precursor gas into the processing space and a reactive gas into the excitation space. The ultraviolet radiation assembly and the microwave radiation assembly are operated in combination to excite the reactive gas in the excitation space. The material is deposited on the substrate from the reaction of the excited reactive gas and the precursor gas. A method for using the deposition apparatus to deposit a material on a substrate is provided.
US11186909B2	Methods of depositing low-K films Methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) of plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of low-κ films are described. A method of depositing a film comprises exposing a substrate to a silicon precursor having the general formula (I) or general formula (II) wherein X is silicon (Si) or carbon (C), Y is carbon (C) or oxygen (O), R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen (H), substituted or unsubstituted alkyl alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted vinyl, silane, substituted or unsubstituted amine, or halide; purging the processing chamber of the silicon precursor; exposing the substrate to an oxidant; and purging the processing chamber of the oxidant.
US11186907B2	Deposition apparatus for both lateral portions of substrate Disclosed is a deposition apparatus for a substrate, in particular, a deposition apparatus for both lateral portions of a substrate, in which at least one substrate is inserted in and mounted to a revolvably disposed substrate mounting drum in a direction from an outside circumferential surface toward an inside circumferential surface, one lateral portion of the substrate exposed protruding from an inside circumferential surface is subjected to deposition based on an inside source target, and the other lateral portion of the substrate exposed protruding from an outside circumferential surface is subjected to deposition based on an outside source target, thereby depositing wiring to both lateral portions of the substrate at once, and achieving a three-dimensional (3D) deposition improved in uniformity and quality.
US11186901B2	Chisel and steel for chisel A steel constituting a chisel according to the present invention includes: 0.40-0.45% by mass of carbon, 0.50-0.80% by mass of silicon, 1.00-1.30% by mass of manganese, 0.001-0.005% by mass of sulfur, 2.90-3.80% by mass of chromium, and 0.20-0.40% by mass of molybdenum, with a balance consisting of iron and an unavoidable impurity, the steel has an ideal critical diameter DI defined by Equation (1) of 600 or more: DI=7·(% C)1/2·(1+0.64·% Si)·(1+4.1·% Mn)·(1+2.83·% P)·(1−0.62·% S)·(1+2.33·% Cr)·(1+3.14·% Mo) (1).
US11186900B2	High-strength cold rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same A high-strength cold rolled steel sheet having mechanical characteristics having a tensile strength of not less than 780 MPa, a yield ratio of not more than 70%, and a small in-plane anisotropy of a tensile characteristicis obtained by hot rolling a steel slab comprising by mass % C: 0.07 to 0.12%, Si: not more than 0.7%, Mn: 2.2 to 2.8% and Ti and Nb: 0.02 to 0.08% in total, and cold rolling the sheet, followed by continuous annealing to form a steel texture comprised of ferrite having an area ratio of 40 to 80% with respect to the whole texture, and a second phase constituted by tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite, wherein the total area ratio of the bainite and the tempered martensite to the second phase is 50 to 80%, and the aspect ratio of the fresh martensite is in the range of 1.0 to 1.5.
US11186894B2	Preparation of rare earth metals and other chemicals from industrial waste coal ash A process disclosed herein is related to the isolation and purification of substantially pure chemicals, including silica gel, sodium silicate, aluminum silicate, iron oxide, and rare earth elements (or rare earth metals, REEs), from massive industrial waste coal ash. In one embodiment, the process includes a plurality of caustic extractions of coal ash at an elevated temperature, followed by an acidic treatment to dissolve aluminum silicate and REEs. The dissolved aluminum silicate is precipitated out by pH adjustment as a solid product while REEs remain in the solution. REEs are captured and enriched using an ion exchange column. Alternatively, the solution containing aluminum silicate and REEs is heated to produce silica gel, which is easily separated from the enriched REEs solution. REEs are then isolated and purified from the enriched solution to afford substantially pure individual REE by a ligand-assisted chromatography. Additionally, a simplified process using one caustic extraction and one acidic extraction with an ion exchange process was also investigated and optimized to afford a comparable efficiency.
US11186892B2	Hot rolled steel sheet having excellent strength and elongation Provided is a hot rolled steel sheet having excellent strength and elongation. The hot rolled steel sheet contains, by wt %: carbon (C): 0.05% or more and less than 0.4%, manganese (Mn): 10% to 15%, aluminum (Al): 2% or less, silicon (Si): 0.1 to 2%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.5% or less (excluding 0), vanadium (V): 0.5% or less (excluding 0), phosphorus (P): 0.01% or less, sulfur (S): 0.01% or less, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities. The hot rolled steel sheet has a microstructure of the hot rolled steel sheet containing, by area %, tempered martensite: 50% to 70%, secondary martensite: 20% or less (excluding 0), epsilon martensite: 2% or less (excluding 0), and retained austenite: 8% to 30%. The hot rolled steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 1500 MPa, a yield strength of at least 900 MPa and elongation of at least 20%.
US11186888B2	Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for producing the same In the production of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by hot rolling a slab containing Si: 2.0-8.0 mass % and no inhibitor-forming ingredients, cold rolling, subjecting to a decarburization annealing, applying an annealing separator composed mainly of MgO and containing a Ti compound(s) and subjecting to a finish annealing, an atmosphere in the heating process of the decarburization annealing is rendered into a dry atmosphere having a dew point of not higher than 0° C. and a Ti amount (Ti(a)) and a N amount (N(a)) contained in an iron matrix after the removal of a forsterite coating and a Ti amount (Ti(b)) and a N amount (N(b)) contained in the steel sheet having a forsterite coating are made to satisfy relationships as N(b)≤0.0050 mass %, N(b)/N(a)≥4, and Ti(b)/Ti(a)≥4.
US11186887B2	Multi-track laser surface hardening of low carbon cold rolled closely annealed (CRCA) grades of steels A multi-track laser beam process for surface hardening a low-carbon and low manganese steel. The process includes providing cold rolled close annealed (CRCA) steel sheets having in weight percentage, C: 0.03-0.07, Mn: 0.15-0.25 or 1.4, S: 0.005-0.009, P: 0.009-0.014, Si: 0.005-0.02, Al: 0.04, V: 0.001, Nb: 0.001, and Ti: 0.002 and heating the surface of the steel sheet to an austenizing temperature using a multi-track laser beam, where, upon cooling, phase transformation of the initial microstructure to a harder dual phase structure occurs. The surface temperature of the steel sheet may be controlled based on a comparison of the on-line surface temperature effect with pre-stored data representing the desired surface temperature effect to eliminate any possibility of melting the sheet. The development of the desired microstructure of the sheet, including measurement of the hardness level and the fraction of different phases, may be periodically reviewed.
US11186878B2	Method for predicting and monitoring response to an immune checkpoint inhibitor A method for analyzing cell free DNA (cfDNA) from the bloodstream of a cancer patient is provided. In some embodiments, the method may comprise sequencing at least part of the coding sequences of TP53 and KRAS in a sample of the cfDNA, analyzing the sequences to identify nucleotide transversions in the coding sequences of the genes, relative to reference sequences of the genes. In some embodiments, the method may comprise counting the total number of identified nucleotide transversions. The presence of nucleotide transversions indicates that the patient will be more responsive to the immune checkpoint inhibitor, whereas a decreased number of transversions or no transversios indicates that the patient will be less responsive to the immune checkpoint inhibitor.
US11186876B2	Method for predicting response to breast cancer therapeutic agents and method of treatment of breast cancer Methods for treating triple negative breast cancer with an androgen receptor inhibitor are provided, as well as methods for screening for the likelihood of the effectiveness of such treatment.
US11186872B2	Methods of diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease through RNASET2 Described herein are methods of diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease, including but not limited to Crohn's Disease (CD), Ulcerative Colitis (UC), and/or Medically Refractive Ulcerative Colitis (MR-UC), using RNA-SET2, TL1A and/or IFN-Y. The methods may comprise treating inflammatory bowel disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent to a subject. Described further herein are processes for patient identification and/or stratification.
US11186871B2	Articles having localized molecules disposed thereon and methods of producing same Methods of producing substrates having selected active chemical regions by employing elements of the substrates in assisting the localization of active chemical groups in desired regions of the substrate. The methods may include optical, chemical and/or mechanical processes for the deposition, removal, activation and/or deactivation of chemical groups in selected regions of the substrate to provide selective active regions of the substrate.
US11186867B2	Next generation genomic sequencing methods Disclosed is an enhanced method for rapid and cost-effective analysis of sequences of a microorganism by semi-conductor sequencing, preferably ion-torrent sequencing. This method provides for full length analysis and of multiple areas (e.g. genes) of multiple genomes. These methods identify genetic mutations of a particular gene that are responsible for conferring resistance or sensitivity to an antibiotic or other chemical compound. Multiple different species, strains and/or serotypes of a particular organism are rapidly and efficiently screened and mutations identified along with the complete genome of an organism. By selecting primers pairs of similar size and GC content that produce amplicons with sequences spanning the entire genome, a single PCR reaction analyzed by ion torrent methodology can determine the sequence of a complete genome. Methods are useful to sequences the genomes of viral agents, such as influenza virus, and bacterial agents, such as tuberculosis bacteria.
US11186862B2	MDA using bead oligonucleotide Improved multiple displacement amplification (MDA) reagents and methods are provided.
US11186861B2	Methods and apparatus for handling microbial samples This invention pertains to the general field of microbiology, and more specifically to transfer, inoculation and/or streaking of micro-organisms, e.g. for the purpose of obtaining individual colonies. Provided is a method for streaking a microbial sample onto a solid carrier, comprising the steps of:a) contacting at least one ferromagnetic particle with a solid carrier, followed or preceded by providing the particle with at least part of said sample, andb) applying a magnetic field gradient to allow for magnetically controlled motion of said particle on said surface, such that at least part of the sample is streaked onto the solid carrier. Also provided is an apparatus for carrying out such method in an (semi-)automated fashion.
US11186860B2	Microchamber array device and method of analyzing inspection object using same A microchamber array device having built-in reaction microchambers, in which the dilution ratio can be greatly increased at the same time as dramatically raising cell recovery efficiency, and an inspection object analysis method using said device are provided. This microchamber array device is provided with: a microchamber array 1 for cell capture by electrophoresis comprising an arrangement of a substrate 2, electrodes 3 and photoresists 4; and a reaction microchamber array 6 which is separated from the capture microchamber array 1, and which is formed from reaction microchamber 8 comprising micro channels 7 arranged so as to be opposite of the aforementioned microchamber array 1.
US11186854B2	Methods and compositions for producing hydrocarbons Compositions and methods for producing aldehydes, alkanes, and alkenes are described herein. The aldehydes, alkanes, and alkenes can be used in biofuels.
US11186852B1	Low pH process for fermentation of sugars from carbohydrates for the production of organic acids and biodegradable deicers This disclosure provides methods for fermentation of sugar substrates by acid-tolerant bacteria for producing acetic and lactic acids, and methods for further processing of these products to obtain acetate and propionate biodegradable deicers. Methods are also disclosed on the use of acid tolerant bacteria to produce acetate and propylene glycol deicing compounds.
US11186850B2	Recombinant yeast cell The present invention describes a recombinant yeast cell functionally expressing one or more heterologous nucleic acid sequences encoding for ribulose-1,5-phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (EC4.1.1.39; Rubisco), and optionally one or more molecular chaperones for Rubisco, and one or more phosphoribulokinase (EC2.7.1.19; PRK), wherein the phosphoribulokinase is under control of a promoter (the “PRK promoter”) that enables higher expression under anaerobic conditions than under aerobic conditions.
US11186847B2	Minimal piggyBac vectors for genome integration Disclosed are genetic delivery systems that utilize genetic elements of the piggyBac family transposon system, and methods of introducing nucleic acid into target cells using the genetic delivery systems.
US11186845B1	Compositions comprising a nanoparticle, a molecular basket comprising cyclodextrin, and a chloroplast-targeting peptide and methods of use thereof Compositions for chemical and/or genetic modification of chloroplasts of plants include a functionalized nanoparticle composition linked to a chloroplast-targeting peptide and a functionalized single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) composition complexed with a nucleic acid cassette encoding a plastid-specific ribosomal RNA operon (prrn). Methods for chemically and/or genetically modifying chloroplasts of plants include administering these chloroplast-targeted compositions to the leaves of live plants.
US11186840B2	CTLA-4 aptamer conjugates Provided herein are, inter alia, nucleic acid compounds useful for targeting CTLA-4-expressing cells and modulating cell activity of the CTLA-4-expressing cells. The compositions provided herein may be part of pharmaceutical compositions and may be used for treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases or metabolic diseases.
US11186835B2	Artificial ribosomes for fully programmable synthesis of nonribosomal peptides Provided herein, in some embodiments, are artificial ribosomes that synthesize nonribosomal peptides, polyketides, and fatty acids with full control over peptide sequence. Also provided herein are methods for programmed synthesis of nonribosomal peptides, polyketides, and fatty acids. In particular, provided herein are methods for scalable synthesis of a wide range of antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and anticancer compounds.
US11186834B2	Biosynthesis of products from 1-carbon compounds An engineered microbe that contains a designed platform for the conversion of one-carbon substrates to chemical products is described. The designed platform embodies a new metabolic architecture that consolidates carbon fixation, central metabolism, and product synthesis into a single pathway. This is made possible by the key finding that 2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase, an enzyme in the α-oxidation pathway, is capable of catalyzing the C—C bond formation between formyl-CoA and aldehydes of different chain lengths, allowing for the elongation of the carbon backbone of said aldehyde by one-carbon units. These novel microbes present an opportunity for the production of chemicals from single-carbon feedstocks such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, formate, formaldehyde, methanol or methane.
US11186830B2	Tuning bacteriophage host range Disclosed here are recombinant bacteriophages with tail fibers encoded by at least two subsets of genomic fragments from different bacteriophage having different host ranges.
US11186828B2	Method of making human cells expressing OCT4, SOX2, and Nanog using an Ecklonia cava extract The present disclosure relates to a medium composition for r25/eprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells, containing an Ecklonia cava extract. Also, the present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing induced pluripotent stem cells by using the medium composition. When the medium composition according to the present disclosure is used, induced pluripotent stem cells can be efficiently produced using adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells safely and easily. The manufactured pluripotent stem cells are differentiable into various cells, and thus can be favorably used as a cell therapeutic agent.
US11186826B2	Cell population including mesenchymal stem cells and production method therefor, and pharmaceutical composition An object of the present invention is to provide a cell population comprising mesenchymal cells having low cell aggregability, which is useful for intravenous administration of a cell preparation, and a method for producing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the cell population. Also provided are methods for producing a cell population comprising mesenchymal stem cells, the method comprising obtaining a cell population having the following cell characteristics (the cell population satisfies the relative expression level of COL11A1 gene to the expression level of SDHA gene of 6.0 or less and the relative expression level of COL16A1 gene to the expression level of SDHA gene of 1.5 or less).
US11186819B2	Methods of serum-free culturing corneal limbal stromal stem cells and inducing sphere formation and differentiation in vitro Provided is a method of serum-free culturing corneal limbal stromal stem cells and inducing them to differentiate and form spheres. Also provide is a medium combination for inducing corneal limbal stromal stem cells to form spheres or differentiate into corneal limbal stromal cells in vitro. The serum-free medium combination used herein can provide sufficient nutrients and a good environment required for cell growth and proliferation, can provide a stable in vitro expansion of corneal limbal stromal stem cells and can ensure that the expanded corneal limbal stromal stem cells keep their stemness and specificity. In addition, a system for inducing them to differentiate into corneal limbal stromal cells is successfully built. It can be used in experimental studies of corneal limbal stromal stem cells, cell therapy of corneal lesions and transplant for corneal injury.
US11186815B2	Methods of using Lactobacillus plantarum strains for protecting animals from pathogenic bacterial infection Disclosed are new uses of lactic acid bacteria, in particular Lactobacillus plantarum, for protecting animals from pathogenic bacterial infection, specifically, methods for reducing the mortality rate of animals against infection of pathogenic bacteria, methods for reducing the growth of pathogenic bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract of the animals, as well as methods of increasing and/or stimulating immune system of the animal through the use of such lactic acid bacteria.
US11186808B2	Infuser for alcoholic beverages An infuser for alcoholic beverages, having a container of ethyl alcohol and a water source, both of which are hydraulically connected to a volumetric mixing chamber, a water capsule holder located downstream of the volumetric chamber and intended to receive capsules containing single doses of essences, and extracting liquid from the volumetric chamber and injecting same into a capsule. The ethyl alcohol container and the water source are connected to the volumetric chamber by shut-off solenoid valves, and the volumetric chamber contains a main electrode and a plurality of secondary electrodes disposed above the main electrode at different levels.
US11186807B2	Reducing acetate ester production in yeast The present invention relates to the field of fermentation, more particularly to ethanol production. Even more particularly the present invention relates to reduced aroma production during fermentation processes. The present invention provides mutant alleles and chimeric genes useful to develop yeast strains to limit acetate ester levels during fermentation. In addition, the invention also relates to the use of such yeast strains as well as of compounds for the production of fermented foods and liquids with reduced acetate ester levels.
US11186804B2	Structured liquid detergent composition for a unit dose detergent pack having improved structuring properties and suspension stability A structured liquid detergent composition includes a bacteria-derived cellulose network, a plurality of surfactants including an anionic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant with a weight ratio of the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate to the nonionic surfactant being from about 0.5 to about 5.0, a non-aqueous solvent, and water. Also disclosed is a unit dose detergent pack including a pouch formed from a water-soluble film and the structured liquid detergent composition releasably disposed within the pouch.
US11186803B2	Particulate laundry softening wash additive A composition including a plurality of particles, the particles including: about 25% to about 94% by weight a water soluble carrier; about 5% to about 45% by weight a quaternary ammonium compound; and about 0.5% to about 10% by weight a cationic polymer; wherein the plurality of particles comprises individual particles; wherein each of the individual particles has a mass from about 1 mg to about 1 g; wherein each of the individual particles has a density less than about 0.98 g/cm3.
US11186796B2	Liquid anti-friction composition A liquid anti-friction composition includes an ester product having a number average molecular weight that is greater than 3800 g/mol, and obtained by subjecting a mixture that includes diglycerol, a monobasic acid component, and a dibasic acid component to an esterification reaction. The monobasic acid component includes at least one C14-C24 branched chain fatty acid.
US11186794B1	Hybrid fuel grain and method for making same A hybrid fuel grain is a solid homogenous mixture consisting of paraffin, thermoplastic adhesive, and black dye. A homogenous mixture of the three ingredients is heated in a preheated cast. The cast with the homogenous mixture therein in is placed in an oven. The temperature of the oven is reduced to a selected ambient temperature in accordance with a cooling schedule that comprises a two-step cooling process repeated until the selected ambient temperature is achieved.
US11186792B2	Composition and methods and uses relating thereto A quaternary ammonium salt of formula (I): (I) where in X is a linking group; Y is O, NH or NR1 wherein R1 is H or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; Q+ is a moiety that includes a quaternary ammonium cation; A− is an anion; R2 is an optionally substituted alkylene group; R3 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group; and n is 0 or a positive integer; provided that n is not 0 when R3 is hydrogen.
US11186791B2	Composition, method and use A quaternary ammonium compound of formula (I): (I) wherein R0, R1, R2 and R3 is each independently an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group, X is a linking group, R4 is an optionally substituted alkylene group, R5 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group, and n is 0 or a positive integer, provided that n is not 0 when R5 is hydrogen.
US11186789B2	Biodiesel fuel mixtures Provided herein are biodiesel fuel mixtures having improved properties for reducing NOx emissions as well as total particular matter emissions, CO emissions, and total hydrocarbon emissions.
US11186782B2	Catalyst and process for removing mercaptans from hydrocarbon streams The invention relates to a catalyst for a process for removing mercaptans and optionally disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes. At the same time, the invention also relates to a process for removing mercaptans and disulfides (if present) from hydrocarbon streams, in particular C4 streams, in one embodiment in the presence of 1-butene, by thioetherification of the mercaptans with polyunsaturated hydrocarbons, wherein the process is carried out in a reactor with addition of hydrogen in the presence of higher dienes, in particular C5 dienes.
US11186780B1	Methods for processing oil sands containing swelling clays A method for extracting bitumen from an oil sands ore comprising swelling clays such as smectite is provided comprising blending said ore sands ore comprising swelling clays with a substantially swelling clays-free oil sands ore to give a blended oil sands ore having less than 1% swelling clays.
US11186777B2	Flame retardant composition and flame-retardant resin composition containing same A flame retardant composition containing a piperazine phosphate, a melamine phosphate, and an oil having a siloxane bond and a specific gravity of 0.930 to less than 0.970 at 25° C. The oil is present in an amount of 0.01 to 5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the sum of the piperazine phosphate and the melamine phosphate. The flame retardant composition preferably further contains 0.01 to 5 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the sum of the piperazine phosphate and the melamine phosphate, of a methylhydrogen silicone oil having hydrogen as part of the side chains of polysiloxane and a specific gravity of 0.970 to less than 1.01 at 25° C.
US11186774B2	Liquid-crystal medium The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerisable compound, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in an LC display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to an LC display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
US11186771B2	Etching solution for selectively removing silicon nitride during manufacture of a semiconductor device Described herein is an etching solution comprising water, phosphoric acid solution (aqueous), and a hydroxyl group-containing solvent. Such compositions are useful for the selective removal of silicon nitride over silicon oxide from a microelectronic device having such material(s) thereon during its manufacture.
US11186769B2	Wavelength conversion luminescent resin composition, method for producing wavelength conversion luminescent resin composition, wavelength conversion member, and light-emitting element An object of the present invention is to provide a wavelength conversion luminescent resin composition that exhibits a high quantum yield, a wavelength conversion member, and a light-emitting element; as well as a method for producing the wavelength conversion luminescent resin composition that exhibits a high quantum yield. The present invention provides a wavelength conversion luminescent resin composition that contains at least one compound represented by Formula (1) and a resin. The substituents in the formula are as defined in the present specification.
US11186761B2	Method for treating a rock formation against the inflitration of sand using a geopolymer cement grout Treatment method for a rock formation against sand infiltration during production of fluid from this rock formation via a well drilled through said rock formation, comprising at least one step of injecting a geopolymer cement grout into said rock formation, in particular around the edges of said well and/or through said well.
US11186758B2	Shear recovery for viscosifying surfactants in stimulation fluids A method of reducing shear recovery time of a viscosifying surfactant fluid system that includes introducing a viscosifying surfactant fluid system into a subterranean formation, wherein the fluid includes a major portion of a surfactant and a hydrophobically-modified associative polymer in a concentration sufficient to shorten the shear recovery time of the fluid system compared to the shear recovery time of the fluid system without the polymer.

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