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| US11326817B2 |
Ice making system with controlled dryness of refrigerant
An ice making system includes: a refrigerant circuit that performs a vapor compression refrigeration cycle and that includes a compressor, a condenser that condenses refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a first expansion valve with an adjustable opening degree that decompresses the refrigerant from the condenser, a flooded evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the first expansion valve, and a superheater that imparts a degree of superheating to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator; a circulation circuit that circulates a medium that is cooled by the flooded evaporator; and a control device that controls the adjustable opening degree of the first expansion valve such that the superheater imparts to the refrigerant discharged from the flooded evaporator a degree of superheating at which dryness of the refrigerant is kept within a predetermined range of less than 1. |
| US11326814B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a discharge valve, a valve spring pressing the discharge valve to close one side of the cylinder, and a spring support portion providing a support point for the valve spring to press the discharge valve. The valve spring includes a first spring arm whose center is connected to the discharge valve and extending spirally, a second spring arm spaced apart from the first spring arm by a predetermined distance with respect to an axial direction of the cylinder and extending spirally toward an outer portion according to a shape of the first spring arm, and a rubber damper connecting the first spring arm and the second spring arm and fixing relative positions of the first spring arm and the second spring arm. |
| US11326813B2 |
Refrigeration apparatus
This refrigeration apparatus (1) includes a main refrigerant circuit (2) including a positive displacement compressor (4), a condenser (6), an expansion valve (8), and an evaporator (10), through which a refrigerant circulates successively in a closed loop circulation, and a lubrication refrigerant line (18) connected to the main refrigerant circuit (2) between the condenser (6) and the expansion valve (8) or to the condenser (6), in which circulates a portion of the refrigerant of the main refrigerant circuit (2) and connected to the compressor (4) for lubrication of said compressor (4) with the refrigerant. The refrigeration apparatus includes a lubrication refrigerant tank (20) connected to the lubrication refrigerant line (18) upstream the compressor (4), the lubrication tank (20) being configured to store liquid refrigerant for lubrication of the compressor (4) and the lubrication refrigerant tank (20) comprises means (32, 34; 38, 40) to cool down the refrigerant. |
| US11326806B2 |
Duct type air conditioning device and method for assembling and disassembling the same
A duct type air conditioning apparatus is provided with a blowing portion including a first cabinet in which a blower assembly is installed and a heat exchanging portion including a second cabinet in which a heat exchanger is installed. The air conditioning apparatus includes a partition panel arranged between the first and second cabinets and connected to facing sides of the first and second cabinet, and first and second link members separably fastened along an upper end and a lower end of the partition panel to keep an airtight seal in a connection portion between the first and second cabinets. |
| US11326803B2 |
Room conditioning comfort switch
The disclosure is directed to a control device configured to control the distribution of conditioned air, or liquid, to a space inside a building. In some examples, the control device may be a wall mounted switch, similar to a light switch, inside or near the space. Operating the switch may send signals to control the position of a vent, or a valve, to allow or prevent conditioned air, or liquid, from changing the environment of the space in the building. |
| US11326802B2 |
Systems and methods for intelligently controlling a hybrid cascade boiler system
The disclosed technology includes a controller for a cascade boiler system having both condensing and non-condensing boilers. The controller can receive supply water temperature data and return water temperature data to determine a current temperature differential in the system. The controller can determine a current load demand value using the current temperature differential and a set point temperature. If the current load demand value is less than or equal to a first load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. If the current load demand value is greater than a second load demand threshold, the controller can output a control signal for a non-condensing boiler to transition to a heating mode. |
| US11326801B2 |
Environmental apparatus controller with learning control based on user condition
An environmental apparatus controller performs control over multiple types of environmental apparatuses, and includes a grasping unit, learning control plan output means, and a selection control unit. The grasping unit grasps current mental and physical condition information of a user, environmental situation information, and target relationship information between a target mental and physical condition and a present mental and physical condition. The learning control plan output means outputs a control change plan for each combination of multiple types of the environmental apparatuses according to the current mental and physical condition information, the environmental situation information, and the target relationship information. The selection control unit selects one of a plurality of the control change plans output by the learning control plan output means and executes the plan. The learning control plan output means performs learning such that a method of determining the control change plans to be output is updated. |
| US11326799B2 |
Controller, outdoor unit, heat source apparatus and air conditioning system
A controller has a timer operation mode in which the operation of a refrigeration cycle that operates as a heat source or a cold source is started before a set operation start time of an indoor fan by a preliminary operation time period. In the timer operation mode, the controller calculates a heat capacity of water or brine, calculates a heat storage amount of a second heat medium from a temperature detected by a temperature sensor and the heat capacity, and determines the preliminary operation time period from the heat storage amount. By determining the preliminary operation time period in this manner, timer operation can be performed such that air at an appropriate temperature is blown from an indoor unit at the operation start time of the indoor fan, from the initial time at which an air conditioning apparatus is installed. |
| US11326798B2 |
Refrigerant leak detection and mitigation system and method
A refrigerant leak detection and mitigation system/method for use in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems that incorporates a refrigerant gas sensor (RGS), sensor signal conditioner (SSC), alarm status indicator (ASI), and digital control processor (DCP) is disclosed. The RGS detects ambient refrigerant gas (ARG) and indicates this as a refrigerant sensor voltage (RSV) to the SSC. The DCP and SSC form a closed control loop (CCL) in which the SSC electrical characteristics are adjusted by the DCP such that the RSV is continuously and dynamically recalibrated to account for background refrigerant gas levels, changes in ambient air conditions, RGS manufacturing tolerances, and other field-specific operational conditions that impact the RGS detection capabilities. The DCP is configured to log alarms to the ASI if a RGS refrigerant leak is detected and optionally shutdown one or more HVAC system components such as a specific air handler leaking refrigerant. |
| US11326794B2 |
Combined economizer and mixer for air handling unit
An air mixing device mitigates temperature stratification between two incoming air streams by creation of turbulent airflow through an arrangement of channels in the device. The device also provides selective passage of air for incoming airstreams to achieve functionality for damper control typically associated with separate inlet dampers. A slotted cover plate is mounted to a downstream face of the device. The slots are disposed over the channels to determine areas through which airstreams may pass, such as return air and outdoor air introduced into an air handling unit. A method provides for selectively controlled airflow through the device so effective mixing occurs along with an economizer function to control separate airstreams such as outside air and return air. The slotted cover plate is actuated to control airflow in which flow of one airstream through the device increases as the flow of the other airstream is proportionately decreased. |
| US11326790B2 |
Integrated desiccant-based cooling and dehumidification
Integrated systems comprising both i) heat and mass exchange systems and ii) electrolysis stacks are disclosed, together with related methods of use. The disclosed systems cool and/or dehumidify air using two streams of salt solutions as liquid desiccants. |
| US11326787B2 |
Refrigerant distributor and air-conditioning apparatus
A refrigerant distributor branches refrigerant flowing in a refrigerant circuit into three, and includes a first bifurcate flow divider including a first pipe portion forming one inflow port, a second pipe portion and a third pipe portion forming two outflow ports communicating with the inflow port of the first pipe portion, and a second bifurcate flow divider including a fourth pipe portion forming one inflow port, and a fifth pipe portion and a sixth pipe portion forming two outflow ports communicating with the inflow port of the fourth pipe portion. The outflow port of the third pipe portion and the inflow port of the fourth pipe portion communicate with each other, and an angle θ formed by a first plane passing through the first bifurcate flow divider and a second plane passing through the second bifurcate flow divider is between 60 and 120 degrees. |
| US11326786B2 |
Air conditioner
An air conditioner comprises a compressor configured to have an inlet, through which a refrigerant is sucked in, the sucked refrigerant being compressed by the compressor, and an outlet, through which the compressed refrigerant is discharged, a four-way valve configured to switch flow paths in cooling and heating operations, the four-way valve having a valve body, a D port protruding from the valve body in a first direction to be connected to the outlet, and an S port 26 protruding from the valve body in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, to be connected to the inlet, and a compressor pipe having a discharging pipe to connect the outlet and the D port and a sucking pipe to connect the inlet and the S port, one of the discharging pipe and the sucking pipe has two curved portions and the other has one curved portion. |
| US11326785B2 |
Heating and hot-water-supply apparatus
A heating and hot-water-supply apparatus is provided with: a control unit that performs control on the basis of detection parameters of a plurality of detection means installed at the aforementioned locations and a setting parameter set in an operation unit. The distribution means can adjust the distribution ratio so as to correspond to a heating operation, a hot-water supply operation, and the simultaneous heating and hot-water-supply operation. The control unit prohibits the simultaneous heating and hot-water-supply operation in a case in which the required heating capacity for the hot-water supply operation calculated on the basis of the detection parameters and the setting parameter is equal to or greater than a predetermined standard capacity. |
| US11326783B2 |
Cooking light handle
A combined handle and light source for a cooking appliance such as a grill which is provided with a rotation joint such that the handle can be placed in a stored position to allow for articulation of a lid which covers a cooking surface and such that the handle can be moved relative to the joint to put the handle in a use position to allow the light to illuminate the cooking surface when the lid is in an open position. |
| US11326766B2 |
LED light with shift switch
An LED light with a shift switch related to the technical field of LED lights includes a diffuser, a light body, and a light head sequentially connected from top to bottom. A driving power board and an LED light source board are provided in the light body. A position hole is provided on a side wall of the light body. The driving power board is provided with the shift switch, and the shift switch is provided with a shift handle which passes through the position hole. According to the present application, the effects of reducing the difficulty of modification and replacement and improving the convenience of using the LED light are achieved by controlling the color temperature, the timing or the light intensity of the LED light by multiple positions of the shift switch. |
| US11326765B2 |
Lighting device capable of controlling light radiation direction
A lighting device configured for controlling a light radiation direction thereof, may include a housing provided with a light source; a lens unit provided in the housing, the lens unit being configured to concentrate the light generated from the light source; a length-variable unit mounted to the housing, the length-variable unit being configured so that a length thereof is changed, in a response to application of electricity thereto, in a direction in which the position of the lens unit is changed; and a controller configured to control a light radiation direction of the lens unit by setting a voltage of the electricity to be applied to the length-variable unit so that a length of the length-variable unit is changed according to a set voltage and the position of the lens unit is changed according to a change in the length of the length-variable unit. |
| US11326763B1 |
Light-emitting diodes with optical filters
Methods and apparatus for fabricating light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are described in which additional optical components are added to the LED package to filter or modify the polarization of the emitted photons. Packaged LEDs that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are also described. The packaged LEDs may emit infrared light that is polarized or otherwise altered by the optical components added during the fabrication process. |
| US11326760B2 |
Light assembly heater systems, apparatus, and methods
A heater system for an LED light assembly having a lens and a plurality of LED lights includes a heating element positioned behind and spaced from the lens and having openings aligned with the LED lights for allowing light from the LED lights to pass therethrough. |
| US11326759B2 |
Lamp for vehicle having a movable mirror and a light adjustment unit
A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for generating a first light; a light adjustment unit for adjusting a first light concentration for the first light to generate a second light having a second light concentration from the first light concentration; and a movable mirror unit for reflecting the second light to form an image of a predetermined shape on a road surface. A position where the image is formed on the road surface is changed depending on a position of the movable mirror unit. |
| US11326754B2 |
Illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle
An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light of a first mixed color, said light source containing one or more laser diodes for generating monochromatic light and a first conversion element for converting the monochromatic light into the light of the first mixed color. The illumination apparatus also includes a first optical device which images the light source as a real image in an intermediate image plane, and a second optical device which generates a predefined light distribution from the real image in the intermediate image plane. A second conversion element is provided at the site of the real image in the intermediate image plane in order to convert the light of the first mixed color into light of a second mixed color. |
| US11326749B1 |
Multi-positional bar shaped light
A multi-positional bar shaped light assembly includes a rear housing defining an interior and an open front. The housing further has a rear wall defining two identical sets of mounting holes therethrough, one at a midpoint of the housing and a second set at one end of the housing. The second set being oriented at a right angle with respect to the first set. A printed circuit assembly is mounted within the rear housing and includes a plurality of linearly aligned light emitting diodes arranged thereon oriented to emit light through the open front of the rear housing. A reflector has an open back and is mounted to the printed circuit assembly, and a translucent lens is attached to the rear housing at the open front. A support stand is affixed to the rear housing at one of the first and second sets of mounting holes. |
| US11326748B2 |
Light hanger, light hanging systems, and methods of hanging lights
A hanging multiple-light string system includes a plug for an electrical mains, an electrical power cord having a first power cord end electrically connected to the plug, a given length, and a second power cord end opposite the first power cord end, and a cord of lights electrically connected to the second power cord end to receive power and illuminate at least one of the lights when the plug is connected to the electrical mains, the lights strung successively along a length less than the given length. |
| US11326747B2 |
Optical and mechanical manipulation of light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems
Various examples concern techniques for opto-mechanically manipulating LED-based lighting systems. More specifically, various embodiments concern creating patterns of colored LEDs by determining the preferred color-specific density distribution and sequence(s) of LEDs. When creating the patterns, multiple considerations can be taken into account, including the power to be shared amongst the color channels when certain color models are generated by the linear array of LEDs, allocating an appropriate number of LEDs to each color channel to support the desired color spectrum, the sequencing of those LEDs along a string (e.g., as part of a linear array), etc. The appropriate number of LEDs for each color channel may be determined by first establishing the color model of the linear array within which the LEDs are interleaved. |
| US11326744B2 |
LED bulb apparatus
A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%. |
| US11326743B2 |
LED light apparatus
A LED light apparatus includes a substrate, LED modules, a driver circuit, a fluorescent layer, a connector and a light passing shell. The LED modules are mounted on the substrate. The fluorescent layer covers the driver circuit and the LED modules. The connector has a first end electrically connecting to the driver circuit. The light passing shell encapsulates the substrate, the plurality of first LED modules, the driver circuit, the first fluorescent layer and at least a part of the connector. The connector has a second end connecting to an external power source. |
| US11326741B2 |
Cryogenic storage vessel
A cryogenic storage vessel having an inner vessel defining a cryogen space; an outer vessel spaced apart from and surrounding the inner vessel, defining a thermally insulating space between the inner vessel and the outer vessel; and a receptacle defining passages for delivery of liquefied gas from the cryogen space to outside the cryogenic storage vessel. The receptacle has an elongated outer sleeve defining an interior space in fluid communication with the thermally insulating space that is sealed from the cryogen space; an elongated inner sleeve extending into the interior space defined by the elongated outer sleeve defining an inner receptacle space that is fluidly isolated from the thermally insulating space; and a collar extending around an inner surface of the elongated inner sleeve which seals against a cooperating surface of a pump assembly when a pump assembly is installed in the cryogenic storage vessel thereby dividing a warm end from a cold end of the receptacle. A motor for driving the pump can be installed within the cryogenic storage vessel. |
| US11326737B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a multi-articular arm and a base including a body. The body has a first supported surface and a second supported surface opposite to the first supported surface. A first bracket and a second bracket are connectable to the first supported surface or to the second supported surface to connect the body to the floor surface or the wall surface. Each of the body, the first bracket, and the second bracket has a mounting member such that the base is mounted on the floor surface when the first bracket is connected to the first supported surface and the second bracket is connected to the second supported surface, and such that the base is mounted on the wall surface when the first bracket is connected to the second supported surface and the second bracket is connected to the first supported surface. |
| US11326722B2 |
Line organizer
A line organizer (1) comprising: a base (2); a retainer (3) attachable to the base (2) for retaining a line between the base (2) and the retainer (3); a first connector (4) on the base (2); and a second connector (5) on the base (2). The line organizer (1) is a first line organizer (1), and the first connector (4) on the first line organizer (1) is attachable to the second connector (5) on a second said line organizer (1a) to connect the first and second line organizers (1,1a) to each other. |
| US11326721B2 |
Apparatus for supporting a flexible conduit having a releasable connector
An apparatus having a flexible conduit which includes a flexible member and a rigid member in fluid communication with the flexible member, and a releasable connector. The releasable connector has a first member and a second member. When a releasing force is applied to the flexible conduit, the releasable connector separates. The apparatus also includes a shock absorber to configured to absorb a load when the releasable connector separates. The shock absorber may include elastomeric pads between rigid plates, a rotary dampener, a spring, rod and piston, or an elastic strap. |
| US11326719B2 |
Device for securing an element on a pipe, securing system, installation and implementation method
This invention relates to a device (1) for securing an element (2) to a pipe (4), the device (1) comprising: a compensating member (10) made of an elastic material, extensible when the device (1) is tensioned around the pipe (4) with a strap (6), and progressively shrinkable over time to keep the device (1) and the strap (6) in tension when the pipe (4) shrinks; two clamping buckles (20, 30) each designed to receive a free end (62, 63) of the strap (6); and two strands (40, 50) made of a material less elastic than the compensating member (10), and each extending between a first end (41, 51) integral with the compensating member (10) and a second end (42, 52) integral with one of the clamping buckles (20, 30). The invention also relates to a system (1, 6) comprising such a device (1) and a strap (6); an installation (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) comprising such a system (1, 6); and a method for operating such a system (1). |
| US11326717B1 |
Three-way piezoelectrically-actuated microvalve device and method of fabrication
A three-way (3-way) Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based micro-valve device and method of fabrication for the implementation of a three-way MEMS-based micro-valve which uses a single piezoelectric actuator. The present invention has a wide range of applications including medical, industrial control, aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics and products, as well as any application(s) requiring the use of three-way micro-valves for the control of fluids. The present invention allows for the implementation of a three-way microvalve device and method of fabrication that can be tailored to the requirements of a wide range of applications and fluid types. The microvalve may employ a novel pressure-balancing scheme wherein the fluid pressure balances the actuator mechanism so that only a small amount of actuation pressure (or force) is needed to switch the state of the actuator and device from open to closed, or closed to open. |
| US11326715B2 |
Snap-on faucet handle
A handle assembly for a faucet includes a receiver defined by a handle body and having a vertically tapered side wall defining a receiving chamber, a slot extending through the tapered side wall into the receiving chamber, and a wire form retainer coupled around the receiver and being at least partially disposed within the slot for extending into the receiving chamber. A tapered valve stem includes a retaining recess, and wherein the tapered valve stem is received within the receiving chamber of the receiver so that at least a portion of the wire form retainer extends through the slot of the receiver and is received within the retaining recess of the tapered valve stem. |
| US11326713B2 |
Actuator assembly for a fluid control device
A fluid control device comprising including a body having an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet, a seat, and a control element that is coupled to a stem. The control element and the stem are movable relative to a longitudinal axis and biased toward a closed position, in which the control element engages the seat. An actuator assembly is operatively coupled to the stem and includes a planetary gear transmission mechanism configured to receive a first rotational velocity and to deliver a second rotational velocity different than the first rotational velocity. A shaft has a first end coupled to the transmission mechanism and a second end coupled to valve stem. The second rotational velocity is transmitted to the valve stem to move the control element between the closed position and an open position. |
| US11326711B2 |
Control valve for a process plant
The invention relates to a control valve (10) for a process plant, comprising an actuator (16) which is connected to, and spaced from, a valve body (12) of a valve unit (11) via a yoke (14), the valve body (12) having a housing flange (32) which is detachably connected to the yoke (14), with the valve body (12) having an inlet (20) and an outlet (22) adapted to allow the flow of a process fluid therethrough, which inlet (20) and outlet (22) are each arranged in a fluid connection region (18, 19), and with an actuating member adapted to be displaced by the actuator (16) for controlling the flow rate of the process fluid being arranged in the passage (24) from the inlet (20) to the outlet (22). The invention is characterized in that the housing flange (32) connected to the yoke (14) has at least one recess (44) as well as a yoke fastening region (33), with the yoke fastening region (33) being formed as a bolt hole circle (34) with radially arranged connecting holes (36). |
| US11326709B2 |
Diaphragm type of solenoid valve
The present invention prevents that a diaphragm boss drops off from a diaphragm when a movable core is moved up. The present invention is a diaphragm type of solenoid valve including: a main body (10) having a diaphragm seating surface (12) in which a flow channel is opened; a diaphragm (23) configured to be seated on the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body (10); a diaphragm boss (22) holding the diaphragm (23); a movable core (21) holding the diaphragm boss (22); and a coil containing body (40) configured to apply an electromagnetic force to the movable core (21) in order to move the movable core in a direction away from the diaphragm seating surface (12) of the main body such that the diaphragm (23) is released from the diaphragm seating surface (12); wherein the diaphragm (23) is integrally formed with the diaphragm boss (22) by a baking process. |
| US11326700B2 |
Seat insert in a ball valve for cryogenic applications
Systems and methods are disclosed that include providing a valve suitable for maintaining a seal and preventing fluid flow through the valve at cryogenic temperatures. The valve includes a valve body having a longitudinal axis along a flow path through the valve, a ball selectively rotatable within the valve body to selectively allow fluid flow through the valve, a seat formed within the valve body and comprising a cavity having an angled wall, and a seat insert at least partially disposed within the cavity and having a first sealing surface that forms a first sealing interface with the ball to prevent leakage through a first leakage path and a second sealing surface that forms a second sealing interface with the angled wall to prevent leakage through a second leakage path when the ball valve is selectively rotated to prevent fluid flow through the valve. |
| US11326699B2 |
Connecting apparatus for the connection of a valve rod to a closure member of a vacuum valve
A connecting apparatus for the connection of a valve rod (4) to a closure member (1) of a vacuum valve, with a connecting body (12) which is arranged between a first connecting part (10) and a second connecting part (11). The connecting body (12) has a basic shape of a Steinmetz body which is formed by way of a intersection of two circular cylinders. The connecting body (12) is arranged in an intermediate space between arm projections (24, 25) of the first connecting part (10) and in an intermediate space between arm projections (26, 27) of the second connecting part (11). Corresponding bearing faces (28, 29, 30, 31) of the arm projections (24, 25, 26, 27) bear against bearing faces (13, 14, 15, 16) of the connecting body (12). The two arm projections (24, 25, 26, 27) of the respective connecting part (10, 11) approach one another towards their free ends. |
| US11326696B2 |
Seal for coolant control valve
A rotary valve seal for a coolant control valve is provided that offers improved sealing with a rotary valve body. The rotary valve seal includes a central axis, a cylindrical seal body, and a seal skeleton. The cylindrical seal body has a first stiffness and a first end that is configured with a radially outwardly extending flange. The seal skeleton, having a second stiffness and embedded within the cylindrical seal body, has a plurality of fingers circumferentially arranged within the flange. The second stiffness can be greater than the first stiffness. The plurality of fingers and flange can define alternating stiffness zones. The first end of the seal body and the flange define a bottom surface configured for sealing engagement with a rotary valve body. The rotary valve body can be shaped in the form of at least one spherical segment. |
| US11326695B2 |
Metal gasket
A metal gasket (10) installed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block comprises at least one metal substrate (11) coated with a sealant (19) on its outer surface, and including a full bead (13) for cylinder bore hole sealing and a half bead (16) for liquid hole sealing. The half bead (16) includes: an inclined plate portion (16b) connected to a flat substrate body (11a) of the metal substrate (11) through a first bend portion (16a) and inclined with respect to the substrate body (11a); and an edge plate portion (16d) connected to the inclined plate portion (16b) through a second bend portion (16c) and inclined with respect to the inclined plate portion (16b). A radius at a convex surface of the first bend portion (16a) and a radius at a concave surface of the second bend portion (16c) are in a range of 2.0 mm to 3.5 mm. |
| US11326692B2 |
Rotational control assembly for a vehicle transmission
A rotational control assembly controls at least one locking element used to lock a race with respect to a housing. The rotational control assembly includes a speed sensor disposed adjacent the race. The speed sensor senses a rotational speed of the race and generating a rotational speed signal. A controller is electrically connected to the speed sensor for receiving the rotational speed signal. The controller includes a comparator to compare the rotational speed signal to a threshold speed level. A lockout switch is electrically connected to the controller. The lockout switch prevents activation of the at least one locking element when the rotational speed signal exceeds the threshold speed level. This assembly prevents attempts to synchronize or lock races when the speeds are too high. This assembly can also be used to facilitate park and hill-hold functions. |
| US11326689B2 |
Shifter abnormality diagnosis device and shifter abnormality diagnosis method
A shifter abnormality diagnosis device for a shifter used in an automatic transmission having a manual mode, the shifter including a first switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of a select lever and a second switch for outputting a signal corresponding to the position of the select lever if the select lever is located in at least one of an upshift range or a downshift range, wherein the abnormality diagnosis device is configured to perform an abnormality diagnosis of the second switch on the basis of an output signal of the second switch and prohibit the abnormality diagnosis of the second switch if it is determined that the select lever is not located in any one of forward ranges including the upshift range and the downshift range on the basis of an output signal of the first switch. |
| US11326682B2 |
Toothed belt installation tool
Installation devices, systems, methods of use, and methods of manufacture are described. An installation device that facilitates installing a toothed belt on a sprocket within a housing. |
| US11326681B2 |
Elastic gear wheel of a harmonic drive
An elastic gear wheel for a harmonic drive has a cylinder portion with tooth, and a flange which is integrally designed with the cylinder portion. The flange has recesses for fastening, and through-apertures for fastening. |
| US11326671B2 |
Transmission and vehicle provided with such a transmission
The invention relates to a transmission comprising two circulating elements and a transmission element, such as a toothed belt. At least one circulating element comprises a number of contact elements for contact with the transmission element which determine a running radius of the transmission element, a radial guide for the contact elements, along which the latter are radially displaceable, displacement means for displacing the contact elements in the radial direction, wherein the transmission element has engagement elements such as teeth. Each of the contact elements comprises a base part which is in contact with the radial guide and with the displacement means, and an engagement member which is connected to the base part and is radially movable with respect to the base part, wherein the engagement member of at least one of the number of contact elements of the respective circulating element is in positive-locking contact with the transmission element. |
| US11326669B2 |
Chain tensioner and tensioner body
An object of the present invention is to provide a chain tensioner that can prevent breakage or deformation of its components during transport or storage, prevent wrong assembly, and increase the degree of design freedom. The chain tensioner includes a guide lever supported pivotably on an arm part that is provided to a tensioner body. The tensioner body has a body-side fixing pin hole positioned for a stopper pin to pass through without extending through the plunger. The guide lever has a lever-side fixing pin hole that comes to be coaxial with the body-side fixing pin hole in a predetermined pivoting position. |
| US11326667B2 |
Lockable shackle apparatus and method of use
A lockable shackle apparatus, and method of use, is provided herein. The lockable shackle apparatus may comprise a stopper body, a rope, and a flexible lock. First and second passageways extend through the stopper body transverse to a length of the stopper body. The rope is positioned through the first and second passageways with a majority of the rope extending from a first pair of adjacent ends of the first and second passageways. The flexible lock includes a main hole configured to receive the majority of the rope and be positioned adjacent to the stopper body. A distal portion of the majority of the rope is configured to be removably positioned over the stopper block. The flexible lock further includes first and second lock holes configured to be positioned over first and second ends of the stopper body for retaining the distal portion of the rope on the stopper body. |
| US11326666B2 |
Low-PIM rod receiver angle adapters and cable hanger assemblies
A low passive intermodulation (PIM) angle adapter fabricated from or coated with a polymeric material supports one or more cable support hangers. The low-PIM angle adapter includes a box frame integrally formed with a slot frame, where the box frame supports one or more cable hangers and the slot frame slides onto a support structure to position the angle adapter on the support structure. The low-PIM angle adapter also includes one or more cable tie slots the receive cable ties that secure the angle adapter to the support structure. Various embodiments include differently shaped box frames designed to support one or more cable hangers, such hex, rectangular, trapezoidal and square box frames. The box frames may include multiple receptacles for receiving multiple cable hangers. Cable blocks and brackets also may be used to connect multiple cable hangers to a single receptacle of the low-PIM angle adapter. |
| US11326664B2 |
Control of real-time damper in a sprung mass system
A method for reshaping an electric drive signal of a real-time damper in a sprung mass system includes detecting a periodic frequency and magnitude of a target periodic vibration of a sprung mass. The periodic vibration has velocity and elasticity components that are 90 degrees out-of-phase. An electric drive signal to the real-time damper is reshaped by a controller depending on polarity of the velocity component to thereby generate a composite drive signal. The damper is energized using the composite drive signal to modify a damper force. Reshaping the electric drive signal includes injecting a force and/or an intermittent drive suppression component onto the electric drive signal based on the frequency and magnitude. The sprung mass system may have a frame and body, motion and wheel speed sensors, the real-time dampers, road wheels, and a controller programmed to perform the method. |
| US11326662B2 |
Multi-actor damping systems and methods
A damping actor selector may be configured to transition a multi-actor damping system from a first damping actor configuration to a second damping actor configuration. The multi-actor damping system may be used in a shock strut assembly to alter a damping curve of the shuck strut assembly. The damping actor selector may be coupled to a metering pin of a shock strut assembly. The damping actor selector may be configured to rotate the metering pin to transition the multi-actor damping system from a first damping actor configuration to a second damping actor configuration. The first damping actor configuration may correspond to a first damping curve. The second damping actor configuration may correspond to a second damping curve. The first damping curve being different than the second damping curve. |
| US11326660B2 |
Reaction force generation unit
A reaction force generation unit includes an opposing member and a pressed body, which includes a base and domes, including a first dome, a second dome, and a third dome, bulging from the base. A leading end of each dome faces an opposing surface of the opposing member. When the pressing member presses the base, the leading ends of the domes move in a direction relatively close to the opposing member, where the domes become elastically deformed and cause an appropriate reaction force with respect to the handle. In a natural state where the pressed body is not subjected to any pressing force, axes of the domes are substantially parallel to each other, and acute angles formed by the axes and a normal line of the opposing surface are substantially similar to each other at a predetermined angle larger than zero degree. |
| US11326645B2 |
Methods and systems for an engine housing assembly with a reinforcement member
Methods and systems are provided for an engine housing assembly. In one example, an engine housing assembly comprises an engine housing component, the housing component at least partially defining a first bore for receiving a first shaft and at least partially defining a second bore for receiving a second shaft; and a reinforcement member cast into the housing, the reinforcement member having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the housing component, wherein the reinforcement member at least partially surrounds the first and second bores. A method of manufacturing the engine housing assembly is also provided. |
| US11326639B1 |
Range taking shear bolts and drive tools
Range taking shear bolts and bolt installation (drive) tools are described herein, which are configured for use with a variety of range taking connectors and conductors. |
| US11326638B2 |
Threaded fastener with a hybrid self-drilling tip
The present disclosure provides a threaded fastener having a hybrid self-drilling tip or drill tip. The fastener includes a head, a shank connected to and extending from the head, a helical thread formation extending radially outwardly from part of the shank, and a self-drilling tip including a first tapered tip portion and a second tapered tip portion. The first tapered tip portion is connected at a first end to the shank and at a second end to the second tapered tip portion, and the second tapered tip portion terminates in a pointed end. The outer diameters of both tapered portions taper radially inwardly moving in the direction of the pointed end, which renders the fastener suitable for attachment to wood as well as for fastening two metal objects to one another. |
| US11326635B2 |
Securing device of bicycle handlebar stem
A bicycle handlebar stem includes a body having a connection portion and a top clamp respectively formed on two ends thereof. The body includes a space defined therein, and an opening communicates with the space and outside of the body. A bottom member has a tongue extending inserted into the opening and the space. A bottom clamp is formed to the bottom member and includes an upward portion extending upwardly and toward the downward portion of the top clamp. A passage is defined between the top clamp, the bottom clamp and the body so as to receive a handlebar. A connection member extends through the body and the tongue to connect the bottom member to the body. Two fasteners extend through the underside of the bottom clamp and are connected to the top clamp. |
| US11326633B2 |
Joint structure
A joint structure includes: a first steel plate; a second steel plate disposed along the first steel plate; a laser welding part that joins together a joint face part, which configures a first part of the first steel plate, and the second steel plate from one side in a plate thickness direction of the first steel plate and the second steel plate; and a fastening member that is screwed into, and fastens together, the second steel plate and a general face part from the one side in the plate thickness direction, the general face part configuring a second part of the first steel plate, being provided adjacent to the joint face part, and being disposed so as to be spaced apart from the second steel plate at the one side in the plate thickness direction. |
| US11326631B2 |
Assembly of a screw connection
A method and a system for assembling a screw connection for a predefined operating load. The system includes a detector configured to detect values of at least one influence factor on the screw connection, a calculator configured to determine, based on the operating load, a required pretensioning force of the screw connection, and, based on the determined pretensioning force, to determine an expression of at least one assembly parameter, and an assembler configured to assemble the screw connection in accordance with the determined expression of the assembly parameter. |
| US11326630B2 |
Toolless clamp
A toolless clamp comprises a shaft, a base, a latch, a first biasing member, and a clamping member. The base has a base bore configured and arranged to slidably receive a portion of the shaft. The latch has a latch bore configured and arranged to slidably receive a portion of the shaft and a portion of the base. The first biasing member is configured and arranged to bias the latch in a first direction away from the clamping member in an unclamped position and bias the shaft and clamping member in a second direction toward the base in a clamped position. The clamping member is operatively connected to a proximal end of the shaft and is configured and arranged to disengage the connecting member when the latch is in the unclamped position and engage the connecting member when the latch is in the clamped position. |
| US11326629B2 |
Mounting clamp device
A clamp device for mounting equipment to a support structure including a base and a slider. The base includes a first trough formed in the front side of the base and a second trough formed in the back side of the base and a first coupling element located on the first lateral side and a second coupling element located on the second lateral side of the base. Each of the first and second coupling elements extend from near the top end of the base towards the bottom end of the base at an angle relative to the first trough. The slider includes a channel on a back side of the slider and corresponding coupling elements within the channel configured to slidingly engage the first and second coupling elements upon association of the slider with the base. |
| US11326628B2 |
Hydraulic actuation system for imparting rotation
An actuator system for controlling a control surface of an aircraft, which includes a control structure which defines the control surface and the control structure has an axis of rotation about which the control structure can rotate relative to the aircraft. A first actuator assembly has a first actuator arm and a second actuator assembly has a second actuator arm. The first actuator assembly and the second actuator assembly are spaced apart from one another along the axis of rotation. The first actuator arm is connected to a first band member and the first band member is connected to the control structure on a first side of the axis of rotation and the second actuator arm is connected to a second band member and the second band member is connected to the control structure on a second opposing side of the axis of rotation. |
| US11326626B2 |
Prime mover system and methods utilizing balanced flow within bi-directional power units
Systems, methods and devices are described providing a selective hydraulic or electrically powered prime mover that is a bi-directional power unit system, including movement within a device used to compress and/or expand a fluid and provide fluid movement. The use of a hydraulic power unit is involved and comprises at least a pump or other fluid moving device, a first set of selective control valves delivering pressurized fluid to the device(s), and a second set of selective control valves returning unpressurized fluid from the device(s), a reservoir comprising a compensator tank, a port for operation at ambient pressure, and a pressure measuring device measuring ambient pressure allowing for unbalanced flow to and from the device as well as thermal expansion or compression. The use of a multiport and in some cases a swashplate pump that incorporates the features and functions of several valves for the system is also described. |
| US11326625B2 |
Brine dispersal system
A desalination brine dispersal apparatus and method employ airlift to remove, oxygenate and disperse brine from a desalination apparatus. The apparatus includes a brine removal conduit having a brine inlet that receives brine from the desalination apparatus, a plurality of brine outlets submerged in seawater and one or more air introduction points located at depths below the brine outlets. The supplied air oxygenates and moves brine through the brine removal conduit and outlets via airlift and disperses the brine into seawater away from the brine removal conduit. The apparatus avoids the formation of concentrated, high shear brine plumes and can disperse brine into seawater over a wide area well away from the brine removal conduit. |
| US11326624B2 |
Fan noise-lowering structure
A fan noise-lowering structure includes a fan frame main body and a connecting pipe. The fan frame main body has a bottom section and a peripheral wall section; the peripheral wall section is externally located around and forwardly extended normal to the bottom section and internally defines an air-stream passage. Further, the peripheral wall section is formed with a first pipe and a second pipe, which are communicable with the air-stream passage defined in the peripheral wall section. The connecting pipe has two ends respectively connected to the first pipe and the second pipe. With the connecting pipe, air at an air outlet of the air-stream passage having higher pressure is guided to generate swirls, which moves toward an air inlet of the air-stream passage to thereby effectively lower the noise produced by the fan in operating. |
| US11326623B2 |
Fan noise-lowering structure
A fan noise-lowering structure includes a fan frame and a connection section. The fan frame has a bottom side and a circumferential wall. The circumferential wall defines an airflow passage. Two ends of the airflow passage respectively have an inlet and an outlet. The connection section is disposed on inner side or outer side of the circumferential wall. The connection section has an internal passage. Two ends of the internal passage respectively have an inlet end and an outlet end. The outlet end is disposed on the inner side of the circumferential wall in connection with the airflow passage near the inlet. The inlet end is disposed on the bottom side in flush with the outlet. The connection section serves to guide the high-pressure air at the outlet to jet to the inlet so as to achieve multiple noise-lowering effects. |
| US11326622B2 |
Oil cooled centrifugal compressor and turbocharger including the same
A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing; an impeller rotatably disposed within the housing; a rotational shaft connected to the impeller; and a bearing member supporting the rotational shaft in the housing. An oil flow passage through which oil flows is formed in the housing. The oil flow passage includes a lubricating oil passage through which the oil flows as lubricating oil to be supplied to the bearing member, and a cooling oil passage through which the oil flows as cooling oil for heat exchange with a fluid compressed by the impeller. The cooling oil passage is configured so that the oil flows into the cooling oil passage as the cooling oil without passing through the bearing member. |
| US11326620B1 |
Compressor stator vane airfoils
A stator vane includes an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape has a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in one of Table I, Table II, Table III, Table IV, Table V, Table VI, Table VII, Table VIII, Table IX, Table X, Table XI, or Table XII. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a scaling factor of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape. |
| US11326617B2 |
Boost compressor assembly
A boost compressor assembly may comprise an outer annular structure and a plurality of blades. Each blade in the plurality of blades may be moveably coupled to the outer annular structure. The plurality of blades may be configured to deploy in response to the boost compressor assembly rotating. The plurality of blades may be configured to retract when the boost compressor assembly stops rotating. |
| US11326614B2 |
Automatic fluid pump
An automatic fluid pump includes a pump body having a liquid channel and a mounting channel, the liquid channel having an inlet and an outlet and connected to a suction pipe and a delivery hose, respectively. A motor fan is disposed at a lower end of the suction pipe. A power controller is coupled to the pump body and circuit-connected to a battery, a terminal plate, and a switch. A valve case is coupled to the mounting channel in the form of a hopper formed at a lower end thereof with an inclined portion having an air hole. A valve case cap is coupled to the valve case. A main check valve is disposed on a lower surface of the valve case cap to open/close the through-holes. An auxiliary check valve is vertically moved up and down between the mounting channel and the air hole to open/close the air hole. |
| US11326612B2 |
Fan for ventilating or conditioning environment
A fan includes a main body with a vertical development with respect to a support base on which the main body is located in a condition of use. The main body defines an internal housing compartment. |
| US11326605B2 |
Dual cylinder rotary compressor with intermediate plate that flows both cylinders to the muffler
A rotary compressor includes: a shell forming an internal space; a driving motor disposed in the internal space of the shell; a rotary shaft connected to the driving motor; a lower cylinder having a lower chamber for compressing a refrigerant and a lower roller disposed inside the lower chamber; an upper cylinder disposed on an upper side of the lower cylinder and having an upper chamber for compressing a refrigerant and an upper roller disposed inside the upper chamber; a muffler disposed on the upper side of the upper cylinder and receiving a refrigerant compressed in the upper chamber; and an intermediate plate disposed between the upper cylinder and the lower cylinder and having a rotary shaft hole through which the rotary shaft is disposed. The intermediate plate includes an opening formed around the rotary shaft hole and guiding a refrigerant compressed in the lower chamber to the muffler. |
| US11326604B2 |
Multi-stage vacuum pump and a method of differentially pumping multiple vacuum chambers
A multi-stage positive displacement vacuum pump and a method of differentially pumping multiple vacuum chambers using such a pump is disclosed. The pump comprises a housing for housing at least one rotor mounted for rotation on a corresponding at least one shaft and for pumping gas through the multiple stages for output through an exhaust. The housing comprises a first inlet configured to admit gas to an inlet stage of said vacuum pump, and a further inlet configured to admit gas to an intermediate stage of said vacuum pump. The pump is configured such that gas admitted through each of the first and further inlets is pumped together as a combined gas flow by at least one stage of said vacuum pump downstream of said intermediate stage. |
| US11326597B2 |
Food product pump with impeller and star wheel
A pump for pumping a liquid food product, including a star wheel arranged to be driven by an impeller to rotate around an axis that is offset from an axis of rotation of the impeller, an element that extends between a part of the star wheel and the impeller, such that the liquid is pumped when the impeller rotates and thereby drives the star wheel. A channel is formed between the star wheel and an axle on which the star wheel is arranged, such that a part of the product may enter the channel for providing lubrication. |
| US11326596B2 |
Rotary screw compressor
A rotary screw compressor includes a compressor assembly and a drive motor assembly. The compressor assembly includes a compressor housing, a first screw rotor and a second screw rotor installed in the compressor housing and engaged with each other. An end of the first screw rotor is an engaging end. The drive motor assembly includes a motor housing, a motor rotor, a motor stator and a centering bushing installed in the motor housing, and the motor stator installed on an outer side of the motor rotor and capable of driving the motor rotor to rotate, and the centering bushing is passed and connected to the inner circumference of the motor rotor and has an end sheathed on the engaging end, so that the motor rotor can drive the first screw rotor to rotate through the centering bushing and the engaging end. |
| US11326591B2 |
Pressure boosting device
A pressure boosting device increases pressure of a fluid flowing through a conduit (5) and includes a booster pump (2), a control device (12), controlling the booster pump (2), as well as a pressure sensor (8) arranged at the exit side of the booster pump (2) and connected to the control device. The control device (12) is configured to control the booster pump, in an operating region, in a start-stop operation, a switching off of the booster pump (2) when reaching an upper pressure limit value (P1) and a switching on of the booster pump (2) when reaching a lower pressure limit value (P2). The control device (12) is further configured in a start-stop operation to automatically adapt at least one pressure control parameter (P1, P2) of the control device (12) on the basis of the temporal course of at least one pressure value (P) detected by the pressure sensor. |
| US11326590B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a variable displacement pump
A variable displacement pump for supplying fluid to a system is described. Controlling the variable displacement pump is determined based upon inputs from a fluidic pressure sensor and an accelerometer, and includes determining a desired fluidic pressure and monitoring, via the fluidic pressure sensor, an actual fluidic pressure. A pressure error term is determined based upon a difference between the actual fluidic pressure and the desired fluidic pressure. A time-integrated pressure error term is determined based upon the pressure error term, and a g-force is determined based upon an input signal from the accelerometer. The variable displacement pump is controlled in response to the time-integrated pressure error term when the g-force is greater than a threshold g-force. |
| US11326588B2 |
Diaphragm-type compressor, projector, cooler, and method for compressing fluid
A diaphragm-type compressor includes a substrate, a diaphragm, and an actuator, the substrate, the diaphragm, and the actuator being laminated and provided in this order. In a plan view from a direction of the lamination, the diaphragm includes a first film section that overlaps the actuator and a second film section that does not overlap the actuator. A step is provided on a surface at the diaphragm side of the substrate. A portion corresponding to the first film section and a portion corresponding to the second film section of the substrate are respectively different stages. |
| US11326585B2 |
Capacity control valve
A capacity control valve includes a valve housing having a main valve seat portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, a main valve body that has a main valve portion capable of seating on the main valve seat portion and capable of blocking communication between a discharge port and a control port depending on a driving force of a solenoid, a relief valve that is opened by pressure, a first flow channel that allows the control port and a suction port to communicate with each other when the relief valve is opened. A second flow channel formed at least partially in parallel with the first flow channel allows the control port and the suction port to communicate with each other. A spool valve body is reciprocally disposed in a sleeve and capable of adjusting an opening of the second flow channel depending on the driving force of the solenoid. |
| US11326584B2 |
Pumping water at a flow rate equal to a flow rate of a compressed air flowing into a reservoir having a stopper
An apparatus may include a reservoir; a stopper dividing the reservoir; a water fill pipe configured to provide the water to a lower portion of the reservoir; and an outlet pipe connected to the lower portion of the reservoir. The apparatus may further include a compressed air feed pipe which may provide compressed air to an upper portion of the reservoir to press on the stopper so that the water is forced by the stopper to escape from the lower portion of the reservoir through the outlet pipe. A processor included in the apparatus may be configured to determine a water pumping rate of the water while the water escapes through the outlet pipe, and to control the compressed air feed pipe to provide the compressed air at an air pumping rate equal to the water pumping rate. |
| US11326580B2 |
System and method for controlling generator rotor locking pin
A system for controlling a generator rotor locking pin, comprising a fixed locking pin and a rotor formed with a locking hole, and further comprising a detection reference component synchronously rotating with the rotor and formed with a detection hole, the detection hole radially corresponding to the locking hole; an optical quantity detection component fixed with respect to the rotor; and a control component configured to output a first control instruction to a rotor driving component according to a position signal of the detection hole obtained by the optical quantity detection component. The detection hole is used as an object to be detected, so that the circumferential relative position relationship of the locking hole with respect to the locking pin can be accurately determined, to output the first control instruction to the rotor driving component, thereby accurately centering the locking pin and the locking hole along with the rotation of the rotor. Moreover, in addition to obtaining an accurate centering precision, this solution greatly increases the centering efficiency. On this basis, the present invention further provides a method for controlling a generator rotor locking pin. |
| US11326578B2 |
Wind farm control system and associated method
A control system and control method of a wind farm allows taking into account dynamic variations in the possibilities of reactive power generation of each wind turbine with respect to maximum reactive power generation capacities. The system is configured to receive from at least one first wind turbine of the wind turbines of the wind farm a maximum reactive power limit desired lower than a minimum reactive power capacity required. The system is configured to calculate the individual reactive power setpoints for each of the at least two wind turbines of the wind farm such that the individual reactive power setpoint for the at least one first wind turbine of the wind farm does not exceed the maximum reactive power limit desired. |
| US11326576B2 |
Web foot for a shear web
A shear web foot for a wind turbine blade is described. The shear web foot extends longitudinally and comprises a base for attaching to an internal surface of the blade and first and second side walls. The side walls extend respectively from opposite longitudinal sides of the base. At least part of each side wall is inclined relative to the base and inclined towards the other side wall. A web-foot interior is defined at least in part by the base and the first and second side walls. One or more internal walls are located in the web-foot interior. The one or more internal walls extend between the base and the first and/or second side walls and are spaced apart from the first and second side walls to define a plurality of chambers within the web-foot interior. |
| US11326572B2 |
System and method of predicting vehicle engine torque using artificial neural network
A method of predicting vehicle engine torque using an artificial neural network is provided. A data-based artificial neural network model is applied to more accurately calculate torque and reduce development costs for calibration and logics. |
| US11326570B1 |
Multi-mode integrated starter-generator device with unidirectional input
A combination starter-generator device includes a power transmission assembly with first and second planetary gear set stages. One or more of the planetary gear set stages includes an idler gear and a ring gear. A clutch arrangement is coupled to effect a delivery mode in which power flows in a first power flow direction and a generation mode in which power flows in a second power flow direction. In delivery mode, input power is received in the first rotational direction from the electric machine and output power is provided in the first rotational direction to the engine as the first power flow direction. In generation mode, one or more of the planetary gear set stages receives input power in the first rotational direction and outputs power in the first rotational direction to the electric machine as the second power flow direction. |
| US11326568B2 |
Damper device
There is provided a damper device that can be held in a housing space with simple work. A damper device, which is disposed and used in a housing space formed in a device unit, includes: a damper body that is filled with gas and includes a diaphragm provided with a deformable-action portion formed at a central portion thereof; and an annular clip that holds an outer peripheral edge portion of the damper body and causes a biasing force to act on an inner wall of a cover member, which forms the housing space, in a radial direction. |
| US11326567B2 |
Method and assembly for delivering fuel in a fuel tank
The present disclosure is related to a method and an assembly for delivering fuel in a fuel tank (10), wherein the fuel tank comprises at least a first chamber (12) having a module pot (18) disposed therein and at least a first pump (30) adapted to deliver fuel from the first chamber to the module pot, and wherein a fuel pump (20) for delivering fuel to an engine is disposed within the module pot. In order to minimize the duty cycle of the pumps and therefore the energy consumption, it is proposed according to the present disclosure that a sensor device (22) is used to detect a predetermined minimum fill level in the module pot, wherein the pump disposed in the first chamber is activated when the minimum fill level is reached and is deactivated after a predetermined time interval or when a predetermined higher fill level in the module pot is reached. |
| US11326566B2 |
Transport valve system for outdoor power equipment
An engine including a fuel tank, a carburetor, a speed control lever, and a transport valve. The carburetor includes a throttle valve movable between a first throttle position and a second throttle position. The speed control lever is coupled to the throttle valve and is movable between a first position corresponding to the first throttle position and a second position corresponding to the second throttle position. The transport valve is fluidly coupled between the fuel tank and the carburetor, and includes a valve element moveable between an open valve position allowing fuel flow between the fuel tank and the carburetor, and a closed valve position preventing fuel flow between the fuel tank and the carburetor. Movement of the speed control lever to the second position moves the valve element to the closed valve position to stop fluid flow between the fuel tank and the carburetor. |
| US11326564B2 |
Internal combustion engines with external mixture formation and compensation vessel for avoiding re-ignition
Internal combustion engines having an external mixture formation and compensation tank for avoiding reignition. An internal combustion engine is provided having an external mixture formation including at least one exhaust system, at least one intake system, the intake system including at least one intake manifold, at least one throttle valve, at least one mixture forming device, at least one compensation tank, and at least one air filter. |
| US11326557B2 |
2-pulse gas generator and method of measuring propellant combustion surface position
The first solid propellant is formed to have a columnar shape so as for a combustion surface to move to a first direction, and to have an end surface exposed to a combustion space. The surface of first solid propellant except for the end surface is covered with a barrier membrane. The position of combustion surface in the first direction is detected by a position sensor device in an always-on measurement or a fixed-point measurement. Based on the detected result, the consumption amount of the first solid propellant is estimated. |
| US11326555B2 |
Gear and gas turbine engine
A gearbox for a gas turbine engine with a rotatably mounted structural component that is formed with an at least approximately rotationally symmetrical duct into which, starting from its radially inner area, oil from an oil supply which is fixedly attached at the housing can be introduced. Starting from the oil supply, an introduction direction of the oil into the duct encloses an angle of 90° or an angle of between 60° and 90° with the axial extension direction of the duct. Additionally, in the circumferential direction of the duct, the introduction direction of the oil encloses an angle with the radial extension direction that is larger than or equal to 0° and smaller than 90°. |
| US11326550B1 |
Systems and methods utilizing gas temperature as a power source
Systems and generating power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation to supply electrical power. In embodiments, an inlet temperature of a flow of gas from a source to an ORC unit may be determined. The source may connect to a main pipeline. The main pipeline may connect to a supply pipeline. The supply pipeline may connect to the ORC unit thereby to allow gas to flow from the source to the ORC unit. Heat from the flow of gas may cause the ORC unit to generate electrical power. The outlet temperature of the flow of the gas from the ORC unit to a return pipe may be determined. A bypass valve, positioned on a bypass pipeline connecting the supply pipeline to the return pipeline, may be adjusted to a position sufficient to maintain temperature of the flow of gas above a threshold based on the inlet and outlet temperature. |
| US11326548B2 |
Engine
An engine includes a combustion chamber, and a cylinder head. The cylinder head has an intake port communicating with the combustion chamber. The intake port includes a first inner wall and a second inner wall as inner walls that are provided from an upstream side to a downstream side. A valve guide hole opens onto the first inner wall. The second inner wall faces the first inner wall. The first inner wall includes a first concavely curved surface configured to vary a flowing direction of intake air. The second inner wall includes a second concavely curved surface configured to vary the flowing direction of the intake air. |
| US11326546B2 |
Controller for internal combustion engine, control method for internal combustion engine, and memory medium
A controller for an internal combustion engine, a control method for an internal combustion engine, and a memory medium are provided. The controller determines whether an execution request of a temperature-increasing process for an aftertreatment device for exhaust gas has been issued. When the execution request is determined as having been issued, supply of fuel by a fuel injection valve corresponding to a specified cylinder is deactivated. The specified cylinder is one of cylinders. An air-fuel ratio of air-fuel mixture in a cylinder of the cylinders that differs from the specified cylinder is set to be richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio. When the temperature-increasing process is executed, an adjustment device is operated so as to reduce the fuel concentration in an intake port connected to the specified cylinder. |
| US11326544B2 |
Sensorless control device for DC fuel pump
Provided is a sensorless control device for a DC fuel pump that may be downsized as compared to a conventional control device for a DC fuel pump and may implement the same operation at a relatively low cost, and the sensorless control device for a DC fuel pump. |
| US11326541B2 |
Vehicle learning control system, vehicle control device, and vehicle learning device
A vehicle control device includes a storage device that stores mapping data including data that defines mapping that receives input data based on a plurality of detection values which are detection values of an in-vehicle sensor and which are before or after in time series and outputs a predetermined output value and that is learned by machine learning and an execution device that executes an acquisition process of acquiring the input data from the storage device, a calculation process of calculating the predetermined output value with the input data as an input of the mapping, and a transmission process of transmitting the detection values used when the input data is generated and time series data including data based on one or a plurality of detection values which are before or after the detection value used for the input data in time series to an outside of the vehicle. |
| US11326539B2 |
Method for detecting a malfunction of a voltage-limiting circuit and control system for implementing said malfunction-detecting method
Disclosed is a method for detecting a malfunction of a voltage-limiting circuit of a control circuit, the control circuit including an output port connected to a capacitive actuator of a motor vehicle, an output voltage on the output port being, in the absence of a malfunction of the voltage-limiting circuit, equal to or lower than a theoretical maximum value. The capacitive actuator is arranged in series with a commutator, the method including steps of: placing the commutator in an open state; activating the control circuit; measuring the output voltage over the output port; and evaluating a criterion for detecting a malfunction of the voltage-limiting circuit as a function of the output voltage. |
| US11326533B2 |
Cylinder deactivation and engine braking for thermal management
A method for exhaust temperature management in a multiple-cylinder, reciprocating-piston engine, comprising sensing a low temperature condition of the exhaust and implementing an increased heat output engine cycle pattern for the engine based on the sensed low temperature condition. The increased heat output engine cycle pattern comprises deactivating fuel injection to a first cylinder of the engine, the first cylinder comprising a piston reciprocating between top-dead-center and bottom-dead-center. Also, activating engine braking mode on the first cylinder by opening one or more valves when the piston is away from bottom-dead-center during a compression stroke. A second cylinder of the engine is fired in a combustion mode while the first cylinder is in engine braking mode. |
| US11326531B2 |
Evaporative fuel processing device
A purge control unit opens the purge control valve to supply, as purge gas to an intake passage, the evaporative fuel together with air in response to a predetermined purge request. An air-fuel ratio detection unit detects an air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine. A concentration learning unit estimates a fuel concentration in the purge gas based on a change in the air-fuel ratio when the purge control unit causes the purge gas to be supplied to the intake passage and to perform a fuel concentration learning to update a concentration learning value, which is a learning value of the fuel concentration in the purge gas, based on the estimated fuel concentration. An injection control unit corrects a fuel injection amount based on the concentration learning value in a period in which the concentration learning unit performs the fuel concentration learning in the lean combustion operation. |
| US11326529B1 |
Methods and systems for mitigating water ingestion in variable displacement engine
Methods and systems are provided for mitigating water ingestion in a variable displacement engine. In one example, a method for a vehicle may comprise: with an engine of the vehicle turned on, responsive to detection of a water wading condition through which the vehicle is passing, operating the engine in a variable displacement engine (VDE) mode with a reduced number of cylinders of the engine activated and any cylinders in excess of the reduced number of cylinders deactivated. In this way, water ingestion into the cylinders of the engine and the resulting combustion instability may be avoided during the water wading conditions. |
| US11326524B2 |
Ring gear for an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear of a turbomachine
A ring gear (114) for an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear (110) of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, said ring gear extending about an axis and comprising first and second coaxial annular elements (114a, 114b) and comprising, respectively, two inner annular toothing sets (150) of different orientation, said first and second annular elements further comprising, respectively, first and second radially outer annular flanges (114ab, 114bb) for attaching said first and second elements to each other, characterised in that one of said first and second flanges comprises, at its outer periphery, a cylindrical centring rim (164) configured to cooperate with the outer periphery of the other of said first and second flanges. |
| US11326520B2 |
Heat exchange apparatus and gas turbine having the same
A heat exchange apparatus cools air supplied from a compressor to a turbine and includes a shell housing; a heat exchanger coupled to an outer surface of the shell housing and configured to cool air passing through an air channel of the heat exchanger using a coolant passing through a coolant channel; a flow guide installed in the shell housing and connected to the air channel of the heat exchanger in order to pass the cooled air into the shell housing, the flow guide having a distal end spaced apart from an inner surface of the shell housing; and at least one air discharge port installed through a sidewall of the shell housing to communicate with the air channel via the flow guide. The heat exchanger is a printed board type including a first plate and a second plate and is formed by alternately stacking the first and second plates. |
| US11326516B2 |
Removal of contaminants from air for use in aircraft engines
A secondary air system for an aircraft engine comprises an air flow path communicating between a source of pressurized cooling air and an air consuming component. A filtering baffle is disposed in the air flow path upstream from the air consuming component. The filtering baffle has a monolithic body at least partly made of a cellular material, the cellular material including a non-stochastic lattice structure having a plurality of cells arranged in an ordered, repeating manner for trapping particulate matter contained in a flow of contaminated air. |
| US11326514B2 |
Variable capacity turbocharger
A turbocharger includes a turbine, a bearing housing, and a variable capacity mechanism. The variable capacity mechanism includes first and second plates and a connecting pin connecting the first and second plates to each other. The connecting pin includes a main body portion disposed between the first plate and the second plate, a first shaft portion disposed in a first through-hole of the first plate, and a second shaft portion disposed in a second through-hole of the second plate. The first plate is disposed on the side opposite to the bearing housing with respect to the second plate. The thickness of the first plate is larger than the thickness of the second plate and the length of the first shaft portion is equal to the length of the second shaft portion. |
| US11326511B2 |
Sound insulation structure for vehicle
A sound insulation structure includes a sound insulation cover (21-25) provided on a noise radiating member (7, 11) of the vehicle, the sound insulation cover being provided with a mounting opening (29), a spacer (30) received in the mounting opening of the sound insulation cover and provided with a central through hole (30A), and a fastening member (28, 67, 68) having a shank passed through the central through hole of the spacer and configured to fasten the sound insulation cover to the noise radiating member via the spacer. The spacer prevents the axial pressure of the fastening member from being applied to the sound insulation cover. |
| US11326509B2 |
Valve ignition prechamber with a reversed directon of combustion
The valve ignition prechamber (1) with a reversed direction of combustion includes a lamination cavity (6) in which opens a pilot charge injector (32), and said cavity (6) being connected to a combustion chamber (5) of an internal combustion engine by a lamination duct (7), which, when opened by a lamination valve (13), forms with the latter a torch-ignition prechamber while an inverter housing (93) containing an ignition pilot charge (27) and accommodating ignition means (11) is housed in the lamination cavity (6) with which it forms a late combustion volume, said housing (93) comprising a main ejection nozzle (94) which can emit a pre-ignition torch in the direction of the lamination duct (7), the volume swept by said torch forming an early combustion volume. |
| US11326508B2 |
Control apparatus for compression-ignition type engine
An engine control apparatus includes an ignition control section and an injection control section. When the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the ignition control section causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated in a late period of a compression stroke or an initial period of a expansion stroke to initiate the SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at earlier timing than the main ignition. Also, when the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the injection control section causes the injector to inject fuel at such timing that the fuel exists in a cylinder at an earlier time point than the preceding ignition. The energy of the preceding ignition is set to be higher when the in-cylinder pressure specified by the in-cylinder pressure specification section is high than when the in-cylinder pressure is low. |
| US11326504B2 |
Cooling control system
A system including a cooling fan, an actuator with an actuator temperature sensor, and a controller is disclosed. The controller may be configured to receive temperature data from the actuator temperature sensor. The temperature data may include information relating to an actuator temperature of the actuator. The controller may be configured to compare the actuator temperature with a temperature threshold associated with the actuator, and control the cooling fan to adjust the actuator temperature based on determining that the actuator temperature satisfies the temperature threshold. |
| US11326502B2 |
Exhaust fumes reduction device for internal combustion engine
Provided is an exhaust fumes reduction device for an internal combustion engine. The device reduces the generation of exhaust fumes and improves output and fuel efficiency by smoothing the discharge flow of exhaust gas in a state additionally mounted at the end of an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine. The exhaust fumes reduction device includes; a housing pipe connected to the end of the exhaust port to discharge exhaust gas; a vortex pipe mounted inside the housing pipe to increase the speed of the exhaust gas introduced into the housing pipe and discharge the exhaust gas spirally; and an external pipe mounted on the outside of the housing pipe and in communication with the housing pipe to allow the outside air to flow in and to assist the smooth discharge of exhaust gas discharged to the housing pipe. |
| US11326496B2 |
Vehicle control device
An ECU stores and holds in a memory unit NOx information which is information concerning NOx in an exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust system of an onboard engine of a vehicle or NOx purification by a catalyst placed in the exhaust system. The ECU includes a parameter acquisition unit that acquires an NOx parameter, which is an outflow quantity of NOx flowing out to a downstream side of the catalyst or a correlation value correlating to the outflow quantity of NOx, according to a working state of the engine, an integrated value computation unit that computes a parameter integrated value by integrating NOx parameters acquired by the parameter acquisition unit, and a storage processing unit that stores in the memory unit the parameter integrated value as the NOx information. |
| US11326492B2 |
Hydrocarbon dosing system
The present disclosure relates to a hydrocarbon dosing system to control dosing of diesel fuel into an exhaust upstream of a vehicle's oxidation catalyst (VOC). The system 100 includes separate inlets (102,104) to allow inflow of a first fluid and the second fluid into the system, and an outlet 116. The first fluid configured to facilitate purging of the second fluid into the VOC through the outlet 116. The system 100 incorporates multiple valves (106, 108, 112) and pressure sensor 114 to control dosing and purging of the fluids. The system 100 provides an intrinsic non-return valve mechanism to restrict the flow of the first fluid into a fluid path of the second fluid, and vice versa. The system 100 provides intrinsic pressure relief mechanism for controlled release of pressure from system 100. The system 100 includes additional optional check valves 208 and filter screens 206 for redundancy purposes. |
| US11326488B2 |
Zero turning radius mower oil extension kit
A zero turning radius mower oil extension kit includes a supplemental oil tank that may be installed under a wet sump of a zero turning radius mower engine. A plurality of conduits may be installed between the supplemental oil tank and at least one drain port of the engine for continuously circulating a volume of oil between the supplemental oil tank and the wet sump of the engine while the engine is running. The kit extends the time between oil changes because of the increased volume of oil in the supplemental oil tank and the wet sump. |
| US11326485B2 |
Method of manufacture and design of cast-in-place valve seats
A cylinder head having a cast-in-place valve seat for an automobile vehicle includes a valve seat having an inner wall. At least one retaining feature integrally and homogeneously extends from the inner wall. The valve seat when positioned into a casting mold has the at least one retaining feature assisting in retaining the valve seat in the casting mold. A metal in a molten form is received in the casting mold. A cast component formed after cooling of the metal has the valve seat cast-in-place. |
| US11326482B2 |
Method and system for a continuously variable valve lift system
Methods and systems are provided for a valve system for actuating two cylinder valves in an engine. In one example, the valve system may include a single pump and a solenoid valve capable of non-concurrently actuating the two cylinder valves coupled to separate cylinders. |
| US11326479B2 |
Systems and methods for the capture of heat energy, long-distance conveyance, storage, and distribution of the captured heat energy and power generated therefrom
A stand-alone long-distance closed-loop heat energy capture, conveyance, and delivery system, comprises three closed-loop modules in serial communication. The first module is in communication with a first closed-loop piping infrastructure interconnected with a source of heat energy, and has a LBP liquid circulating therein whereby the LBP liquid is converted into its gas phase when flowing through the source of heat energy thereby capturing a portion of heat energy therefrom, and is converted into its liquid phase when flowing through a first heat exchanger that transfers the captured-heat energy to a second closed-loop piping infrastructure wherein also is circulating a LBP liquid. The second closed-loop module may extend for long distances. The captured-heat energy in the second module is transferred to a third closed-loop piping infrastructure wherein is also circulating a LBP liquid. The captured-heat energy is transferred from the third module to a delivery site. |
| US11326474B2 |
Turbine shroud assembly with pinned attachment supplements for ceramic matrix composite component mounting
A gas turbine engine includes a turbine shroud assembly with a carrier and a plurality of turbine shroud segments. Each turbine shroud segment includes a blade track segment and a mount assembly. The carrier is arranged to extend circumferentially at least partway around an axis. The blade track segment includes a shroud wall and a mount post that extends radially away from the shroud wall. The mount assembly is configured to couple the blade track segment with the carrier. |
| US11326473B2 |
Bearing assembly and turbocharger including the bearing assembly
A turbocharger includes a shaft, a compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, and a bearing assembly. The bearing assembly includes an inner race coupled to the shaft, and first and second outer races spaced radially from the inner race. The bearing assembly also includes a first rolling element disposed between the first outer race and the inner race, and a second rolling element disposed between the second outer race and the inner race. The bearing assembly further includes a first biasing member coupled to the first outer race and configured to bias the first outer race toward the second outer race and against the first rolling element to preload the first rolling element, and a second biasing member coupled to the second outer race and configured to bias the second outer race toward the first outer race and against the second rolling element to preload the second rolling element. |
| US11326467B2 |
Dual drive electro-aero-thermal turbine engine
A turbine engine includes integrated electric machines in the compressor section and the turbine section to supplement power produced from fuel with electric power. The compressor section includes a compressor electric motor that is electrically coupled to a compressor generator. The example turbine section includes a turbine electric motor that is coupled to a geared architecture to supplement power driving the fan section. A turbine generator driven by a portion of the turbine section provides electric power to the turbine electric motor. |
| US11326463B2 |
BOAS thermal baffle
A blade outer air seal assembly includes a support structure. A blade outer air seal has a plurality of segments that extend circumferentially about an axis and mounted in the support structure. At least two of the segments have a first wall circumferentially spaced from a second wall. A base portion extends from the first wall to the second wall. A recess is arranged in at least one of the first wall and the second wall. An intersegment seal is arranged between the at least two segments. The intersegment seal has a circumferentially extending portion and a radially extending tab. The radially extending tab extends into the recess to define at least two cavities within the recess. |
| US11326460B1 |
Airfoil profile for a turbine nozzle
An airfoil profile for a turbine nozzle of a gas turbine is provided. The turbine nozzle may include an airfoil portion having an uncoated nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z set forth in Table 1, wherein the X, Y, and Z coordinates are distances in inches measured in a Cartesian coordinate system, the corresponding X and Y coordinates, when connected by a smooth continuous arc, define one of a plurality of airfoil profile sections at each Z distance, and the plurality of airfoil profile sections, when joined together by smooth continuous arcs, define an airfoil shape. |
| US11326457B2 |
Blade and machine having the same
A blade includes an airfoil portion including a pressure surface and a suction surface each extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge along a spanwise direction, and at least one communication hole extending m the airfoil portion and having a first and a second opening end opening to the pressure and suction surface, respectively. The first opening end is located on a first cross-section perpendicular to the spanwise direction at a first position in the spanwise direction, the second opening end is located on a second cross-section perpendicular to the spanwise direction at a second position in the spanwise direction, and a dimensionless blade chord length position of the first opening end with respect to the leading edge on the first cross-section is larger than a dimensionless blade chord length position of the second opening end with respect to the leading edge on the second cross-section. |
| US11326452B1 |
Similar simulation experimental device of hydraulic energy-absorbing roadway support
A similar simulation experimental device of hydraulic energy-absorbing roadway support is provided. A similar model is placed in a model box, a roadway is excavated in the similar model, and hydraulic energy-absorbing support devices are placed in the roadway on the periphery of the roadway. Front and rear ends of the hydraulic energy-absorbing support device are connected to supporting plates, left and right sides of the model box are provided with horizontal hydraulic cylinders, and front ends of the horizontal hydraulic cylinders are connected to pressure plates. One or several cushion blocks are placed at the top of the model box, and an upper pressure plate is placed above the cushion block(s). Vertical hydraulic cylinders are installed at both ends of the upper pressure plate. An impact rod passing through the upper pressure plate is placed above the cushion block to apply vertical impact load to the similar model. |
| US11326445B2 |
Devices and methods for imaging wells using phased array ultrasound
Methods and devices for imaging wells using phased array ultrasound imaging devices is described. The devices enable high resolution real-time imaging of a well during various operations in the well, including during completions, fracturing, milling, fishing and drilling operations. The phased array ultrasound imaging devices may be integrated with other well tools, such as a bottom hole assembly (BHA), fishing tools, milling tools, fracturing tools, and drilling tools, in order to integrate imaging capabilities into such tools. |
| US11326443B2 |
Method and system for generating a completion design using a streamline model
Reservoir sweep efficiency includes obtaining fluid front arrival times for streamlines in a reservoir. A wellbore is partitioned into independent production zones, and a target flow rate is allocated to each of the independent production zones based on the fluid front arrival times. Partition choke parameters complying with the target flow rates are allocated to generate a completion design, which is presented. |
| US11326440B2 |
Instrumented couplings
An instrumented coupling for pipe joints is described herein. The instrumented coupling includes a first threaded end configured to thread to a first pipe joint and a second threaded end configured to thread to a second pipe joint. The instrumented coupling also includes a sensor configured to obtain a measurement of a parameter of a well and a communications device configured to communicate to a receiving device outside of the well. The instrumented coupling further includes a processor configured to execute instructions in a data store. The instructions direct the processor to read the measurement from the sensor, compare the measurement from the sensor to a preset limit, and generate a signal within the communications device based, at least in part, on the measurement. |
| US11326436B2 |
Enhanced wellbore design and methods
A wellbore completion comprises a borehole extending into a subterranean formation, a first portion of the borehole disposed within at least one production zone of the subterranean formation, and one or more completion zones within the first portion of the wellbore. The first portion maintains a high dog-leg severity throughout the first portion, and the one or more completions are configured to allow for fluid communication between an interior of the borehole and the subterranean formation. |
| US11326433B2 |
Fracturing method and depressurizing device used for same
A fracturing method, to cause a crack in bedrock, includes installing a depressurizing device in a well in the bedrock, and depressurizing the inside of the well with the installed depressurizing device. The installing step includes installing, in the well, a connecting pipe, which is connected to the depressurizing device, and a packer, which is attached to the connecting pipe, and the depressurizing step includes shutting off a gap between the well and the connecting pipe, with the packer, and depressurizing a region in the well below the packer, with the depressurizing device. |
| US11326428B2 |
Flow through magnetic drive system for artificial lift
A stator for a downhole-type motor includes a housing. The housing includes a sleeve. The sleeve includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer is erosion-resistant. The second layer is corrosion-resistant. The third layer can provide structural support. The stator includes a motor stack. The stator can be used to drive a rotor disposed within an inner bore of the housing. |
| US11326415B2 |
Rotating diverter head with remote controlled clamping system
A rotating control device is disclosed for the use of oil, gas or geothermal wells. While providing for sealing with or without rotation of the drill pipe, the device consists of a housing with guide rails attached beneath the two part dual actuated clamp that can be locked in place by remote controlled retention pins. The design has a novel adapter design enabling a common RCD bearing assembly to be installed in a variety of different housing sizes. |
| US11326414B1 |
Hydraulic jar and trigger device
A hydraulic jar includes a tubular housing having central bore and an exterior. The housing includes a passage from the central bore to the exterior. A mandrel is axially movable within the housing, forming an annular space between the mandrel and the housing that includes a timing fluid. The mandrel includes an interior axial space that permits the flow of a drilling fluid. A timing device is fixed to the mandrel in the annular space. A trigger is capable of blocking the flow of drilling fluid through the axial space in the mandrel, and the mandrel moves axially in the housing when the trigger engages the mandrel. The timing device causes the mandrel to move at a first speed and at a second speed to create the impulse. The drilling fluid exits the central bore through the opening after the mandrel moves past the opening. |
| US11326411B2 |
Thermal activation of liner hanger for elastomer-less completion
An apparatus and method for placing a member in a wellbore. The apparatus includes member conveyable downhole, a component of the member configured to perform an action in the wellbore, a potential energy source, a locking device and a heat source. The potential energy source is capable of activating the component. The locking device constrains the potential energy source from activating the component when the locking device is in a first state. The heat source changes the locking device from the first state to a second state in which the locking device allows the potential energy source to activate the component. |
| US11326408B2 |
Flexible smart release tool
A flexible smart release tool enables a control unit at the surface to individually communicate with release tools that are located downhole. The release tools may be individually addressed using a unique logical identifier. Thus, a specific release tool may be sent a command to release an attached downhole tool string at any time. The release tool may include control logic for receiving the command and using an onboard clock for timing of activation of a release interface, as optionally specified in the command. A heartbeat function may be implemented between the release tool and the control unit. |
| US11326407B2 |
Predicting downhole fluid mixing and channeling in wellbores
Effective prediction of downhole mixing and channeling at an interface between two or more wellbore fluids may prevent the unnecessary consumption of resources at a well site and enhance the performance of wellbore operations, including drilling operations, completion operations, and reservoir management. A model for a length and a volume of the interface between two wellbore fluids may be used to characterize the amount of mixing and channeling. The model may use known properties of the wellbore fluids before mixing and channeling occurs. The model may account for eccentricity in an annulus of the wellbore by partitioning a three dimensional flow profile in the wellbore into a plurality of segments for separate analysis. Outputs from the model may be used to determine one or more locations of the interface at one or more intervals of time as the wellbore fluids circulate through the wellbore. One or more compositions may be determined and recorded for one or more wellbore fluids at one or more depths of the wellbore during one or more intervals of time. To improve operational decision making at a well site, operators or automated processes may modify a wellbore operation based, at least in part, on the one or more compositions and the one dimensional model for mixing and channeling. |
| US11326397B2 |
Roller shade actuation device
A roller shade actuation device includes a driver arranged in a winding drum, a shaft fixed to a support frame outside one end of the winding drum and inserted into the winding drum, and a transmission mechanism for realizing power transmission between the driver and the shaft. The driver includes a housing relatively fixed to the winding drum, a rotation power member arranged in the housing, and a driving gear coaxial with and fixed to an output shaft of the rotation power member. The transmission mechanism includes a first transmission gear meshed with the driving gear, a synchronous gear coaxial with the first transmission gear, and a fixed gear fixed to the shaft and meshed with the synchronous gear. Axial directions of the output shaft and the shaft are vertical, and the synchronous gear and the fixed gear are bevel gears whose axial directions are perpendicular to each other. |
| US11326395B2 |
Retractable screen with horizontal tensioning track and vertical biasing member
A retractable screen device for a framed opening employing a frame track fastened to each side support of the framed opening; the frame track forming a compartment for receipt of a guide rail with a decompression gasket positioned between the frame track and the guide rail. A screen mounted on a horizontally disposed rotatable shaft secured to a header of the opening has laterally opposed side edges with an elongated flexible protrusion secured along the length of each side edge. The guide rail receives and guides the screen protrusion along a longitudinal direction, and the decompression gasket allows the guide rail to traverse the frame track side walls to permit the screen to flex while maintaining a consistent tension on the screen. Vertical tension adjustment is provided by use of a biasing member coupled to the center axle that activates when the screen is deployed. |
| US11326392B2 |
Louvre shutter system
A louvre shutter comprising louvres 20 rotatably mounted in a frame on louvre axles, and a louvre drive system that, in summary, comprises a rack and pinion gear system including an externally operable rack assembly and a set of pinion gears 28 mounted to the louvre axles. The rack is externally operable rack and is reciprocably mounted in the drive system housing 42, 48. The pinion gears 28 mounted to the louvre axles are engaged with the rack such that reciprocation of the rack rotates the louvre 20 relative to the frame. |
| US11326388B2 |
Glass panel unit assembly, method for manufacturing glass panel unit, and method for manufacturing glass panel unit assembly
An assembly includes: a pair of glass substrates; a peripheral wall disposed between the glass substrates; partitions; an evacuation port; and air passages. The partitions are provided to partition an internal space, surrounded with the glass substrates and the peripheral wall, into an evacuation space and a ventilation space. The evacuation port connects the ventilation space to an external environment. The air passages are used to evacuate the evacuation space through the evacuation port. The air passages include particular air passages arranged in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction, in which the glass substrates face each other, to constitute a ventilation path running through the internal space in the second direction. |
| US11326386B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling aperture members in a vehicle
Embodiments of the present invention provide a controller, a system, a method and a vehicle, to receive one or more user inputs from one or more user input units; receive one or more vehicle condition inputs from one or more vehicle condition sensor units; determine if an open position of a aperture member of a vehicle is likely to cause buffeting; select an optimisation strategy from a plurality of optimisation strategies in dependence on the one or more user inputs and/or the one or more vehicle condition inputs, wherein each of the plurality of optimisation strategy comprises different instructions to determine one or more positions for at least one aperture member; and generate an output for the one or more aperture member positioning units to move at least one aperture member based on the selected optimisation strategy. |
| US11326384B2 |
Automatic door opening system and a method thereof
An automatic door opening system suitable for use in an electrical device having a body with an inner chamber, a door hinged to the body from one side, and a processing unit, the automatic door opening system having a rod that allows the door to open by applying a pushing force to the door while moving in a forward direction, and allows the door to be released when the rod brings into the backward position by moving in the backward direction. |
| US11326383B2 |
Glove box actuator for power opening and release
A glove box assembly includes a glove box housing and a glove box door movable between a first, closed position and a second, open position relative to the glove box housing to selectively provide access to an interior of the glove box housing. An actuation system is connected to the glove box door and a control mechanism is operably coupled to the actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism is operable in response to the control mechanism to move the glove box door to one of the closed position or the open position. |
| US11326382B2 |
Device for tensioning a Bowden cable of a cable-operated window lifter
A device for compensating cable play within a cable window-lifter, including a cable including at least one section with a Bowden, the device including a cable-guiding element configured to receive an end of the Bowden, mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a receptacle, the device including a spring arranged between a supporting surface of the receptacle and a head of the cable-guiding element, configured to keep the cable under tension and thereby compensating cable play, where stop surfaces are provided on the cable-guiding element and on the receptacle, which can engage with each other during the loading of the cable and thereby stop further compensation of the spring, and where an elastic material damping the stop noises is arranged between the stops. |
| US11326381B2 |
Window regulator
A window regulator includes a guide rail provided along an ascending/descending direction of a window glass of a vehicle, a carrier plate that slides on the guide rail and travels together with the window glass, cables that pull the carrier plate, a drum on which the cables are partially wound, a motor rotationally driving the drum, and a drum housing provided at a lower end of the guide rail and having a housing space for housing the drum, wherein the drum housing has a wall section provided on an outer side of the drum that is housed in the housing space, and a contact surface of the drum housing coming into contact with the carrier plate is provided at a lower position than an upper end of the wall section in a vertical direction that the window glass travels when the window glass is fully opened. |
| US11326380B2 |
Anti-collision system and anti-collision method for anti-collision door
An anti-collision system and an anti-collision method are disclosed. The anti-collision system includes a first circuit and a magnetic device arranged on the door body and the door frame respectively, the first circuit includes a first power source, a first coil, and a first switch circuit connecting the first power source and the first coil; when a speed sensor detects that the rotation speed of the door body is too high, a control terminal controls the first switch circuit to switch on, such that the first coil is connected to the first power source to generate a first magnetic field, which causes a repulsive force to reduce the rotation speed of the door; when the rotation speed of the door body is reduced to a preset value, the control terminal controls the first switch circuit to switch off, the repulsive force disappears, and the door body is closed smoothly. |
| US11326379B2 |
Filter interconnects utilizing magnetic shear force generated by coded polymagnets
A filtration system interconnection structure having a filter manifold and a filter cartridge in magnetic communication with one another, such that a latching mechanism and latch blocking structure in the manifold secures the filter cartridge with a manifold sump when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump. The magnetic communication is formed between two complementary coded magnets capable of producing a magnetic shear force when in close proximity to one another. The magnetic shear force removes the latching blocking structure from interfering with the latch, allowing the latch to secure the filter cartridge. Movement of the latching blocking structure coded magnet relative to the filter cartridge coded magnet may be perpendicular or parallel with respect to each other. The filter magnet polarity transitions are aligned with the manifold magnet polarity transitions such that a shear force is generated between the magnets when the filter cartridge is inserted within the manifold sump housing, allowing for actuation of the latch blocking mechanism against a biasing force, and allowing the latch to move radially inwards against a separate biasing force. |
| US11326377B2 |
Hood prop
A hood prop attaches to right and left side hoods and engages a receptacle plate attached to a fire wall. The hood prop includes a mounting plate attached to hood latch fasteners at a bottom rear position of each side hood. A mounting plate end of a prop arm is pivotally attached by a friction fit. The friction fit allows the arm to pivot on the rod but retain a position to reduce or eliminate any rattles. The arm includes at least one bend to align a firewall end of the prop arm with a receptacle reaching out from the receptacle plate. |
| US11326376B2 |
Roof support system for an electrical distribution system enclosure
A roof support system includes a support member configured to be mounted between a roof panel and a frame of an enclosure. The support member is movable to an extended position that supports the roof panel in an open position. A cam lock mechanism is operatively connected to the support member for releasably locking the support member in the extended position. In the extended position, a pin of the support member is received within a slot of the cam lock mechanism such that engagement of the pin with a closed end of the slot prevents the support member from moving from the extended position toward a retracted position. The cam lock mechanism includes a cam configured to rotate to a locking position that at least partially blocks an open end of the slot such that the pin of the support member is prevented from backing out of the slot. |
| US11326375B2 |
Door handle with means for reducing ultra-high-frequency communication radiation
A handle for a motor vehicle opening, equipped with an ultra-high-frequency antenna having a device for transmitting and receiving a signal at a predetermined wavelength, with a device for detecting the approach of and/or contact by a user, with a printed circuit board and with at least one connecting cable intended for electrically connecting the printed circuit board to an electronic control unit. The at least one connecting cable has a section either projecting from the remainder of the at least one connecting cable or surrounded by an electromagnetically insulating coating coaxial with the at least one connecting cable, a length of the projecting section or a length of the coaxial coating being equal to one quarter of said predetermined wavelength with a tolerance of +/−20%. |
| US11326367B2 |
Knob assembly with free-spinning ring
An exemplary knob assembly includes a knob having a circumferential channel, and a deformable ring seated in the circumferential channel. The ring is normally rotatable relative to the knob such that rotation of the ring does not cause a corresponding rotation of the knob. When gripped with a sufficient gripping force, the ring frictionally engages and rotationally couples with the knob, thereby permitting transmission of torque between the ring and the knob. In certain embodiments, the knob assembly may include a detent mechanism operable to selectively couple the ring and the knob. In certain embodiments, the ring may include protrusions operable to engage pockets in the knob to provide for rotational coupling. |
| US11326365B2 |
Portable barrier
A portable barrier includes a junction assembly having a first junction support, a second junction support, and a third junction support, a first fastener, and a second fastener. The first junction support is spaced apart from the second junction support to define a first junction space. The second junction support is spaced apart from the third junction support to define a second junction space. The first fastener defines a first axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. The second fastener defines a second axis and extends through the first junction support, the second junction support, and the third junction support. And the first axis is spaced apart from the second axis. The portable barrier further includes a pedestal assembly including a plurality of legs that are movable with respect to each other. The plurality of legs includes a first leg and a second leg. The portable barrier additionally includes a cover assembly including a plurality of arms that are movable with respect to each other, the plurality of arms includes a first arm and a second arm, and a covering connected to the first arm and the second arm. Also, the portable barrier includes a supplemental component pivotally coupled to the junction assembly. The first strut pivots with respect to the junction assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode. In addition, the second strut pivots with respect to the junction assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode. And the junction assembly pivots with respect to the pedestal assembly about the first axis during movement of the portable barrier between the storage mode and the protection mode. |
| US11326364B2 |
Function-recovering energy-dissipating reinforced concrete shear wall and construction method thereof
A function-recovering energy-dissipating reinforced concrete shear wall comprising a reinforced concrete shear wall body, common steel bars distributed in vertical direction within the reinforced concrete shear wall body, common steel bars distributed in horizontal direction within the reinforced concrete shear wall body, high-strength reinforcing materials arranged on left and right sides of the shear wall, and four dampers arranged in an X-shaped cross mode between a front reinforcement fabric and a rear reinforcement fabric that are formed by common steel bars distributed in vertical direction and common steel bars distributed in horizontal direction; a cylindrical piston rod having a hinge hole is arranged at the end portion of each damper. |
| US11326362B2 |
Floatation accessory for a pool vacuum
A floatation accessory for a pool vacuum is an apparatus that maintains an inverted position for a pool vacuum such that the mouth of the pool vacuum suctions debris along the surface of a pool. The apparatus includes a support platform, a first float, a second float, a support ridge, a handle, an elongated guard, and a suspension system. The support platform upholds the first float and the second float. The first float and the second float are used to float a pool vacuum that is engaged with the apparatus. The support ridge connects the first float and the second float and offsets the elongated guard from the mouth of a pool vacuum. The elongated guard offsets the mouth of a pool vacuum from the side walls of a pool. The suspension system loops a pool vacuum with the support platform, and consequently the first float and the second float. |
| US11326361B2 |
Building debris containment system
A debris containment system includes channel units that are configured to attach to perimeter structural members of the building (e.g., vertical columns and/or horizontal beams) and extend outward from the perimeter of the building. Channel units can be produced in any length or lengths needed for a given application. These channel units are used to lift and support barrier members (e.g., nets, tarps, canvas/fabric, or other barrier members) to create barriers along the perimeter of the building. Importantly, these channel units are generally attached directly or indirectly (e.g., via temporary vertical members) to structures that will remain on the building (e.g., structural columns and beams of the building) as opposed to being used with separate framing structures erected outside of the building perimeter, although in some exemplary embodiments, channel units can be used on structures erected outside of the perimeter of the building. |
| US11326356B2 |
Floor or wall panel
The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel or a wall panel configured for forming a floor or wall covering, the panel comprising at least one core layer, the core layer comprising at least one pair of opposite side edges which are provided with complementary coupling parts configured for interconnecting adjacent panels, the core layer comprising an upper core surface and a bottom core surface, and at least one ceramic tile, the ceramic tile comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface and the panel further comprising at least one further layer. |
| US11326350B2 |
Short penetration flashing, flashing systems and methods for installing them
The present disclosure relates generally to a roofing system including flashing, for example, suitable for protecting a roof from water leakage. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a roofing system including first, second, and third courses of shingles, where the second course overlaps the first and the third course overlaps the second. A flashing plate is disposed over the first course of shingles and partially under the second course of shingles. The flashing plate and the third course of shingles are spaced apart by a gap in a direction of the slope of the roof between a top edge of the flashing plate and a lower edge of the third course of shingles. |
| US11326348B2 |
Roofing shingles, tiles and shakes
The present disclosure relates generally to roofing elements and methods for making them. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a roofing element in the form of a roofing shingle that includes a body of a foamed cured cross-linked polymer, the body having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body extending substantially in a plane and having a thickness in the range of 0.5 mm to 35 mm; and a layer of weather-resistant roofing granules disposed on and adhered at the top surface of roofing element. The roofing element can be made by providing a body of wet foamed curable composition, and allowing the curable composition to cure to provide the body of foamed cured cross-linked polymer. |
| US11326345B2 |
Hollow composite beam using dual-web and construction method thereof
Provided are a hollow composite beam using a dual-web and a construction method thereof. The hollow composite beam using a dual-web can secure space efficiency using a tendon installed in an internal space of a dual-web and can efficiently adjust a tensioning force using the tendon anchored by an anchoring wedge and a separable bolt, wherein the dual-web is formed as a web of a steel beam having a bottom flange on which a deck plate is supported. |
| US11326342B1 |
Embedded interlocking cross member blocks
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an interlocking, interchangeable wall system allowing for the formation of a plurality of form structures. Each parallel sidewall is embedded with stones or other materials into a composition base on one side. On the opposite side, the sidewalls are embedded with metal lathing and hardware to connect to bracing which connects to the opposing sidewall to form a plurality of structures, including an interlocking block system. Each sidewall interlocks with the panel or block next to it. When connected, the resulting interlocking composite blocks may be used in the construction of walls or other structures. The resulting sidewalls may be used in the decoration of existing construction or other structures. The present invention provides a significant improvement in labor and customization of structures. |
| US11326337B2 |
Building structure, building, and building method
A building structure that can be assembled easily with high assembling precision is provided.The building structure of the present invention is a building structure for transmitting a load on a roof to a post, and includes a unit (10) joined to a post (20). The unit includes three or more first beams arranged in parallel in one direction and three or more second beams arranged in parallel in another direction intersecting the one direction. Each first beam and each second beam has a truss structure. In a section where the first beam intersects the second beam, an upper chord of the first beam is disposed on an upper chord of the second beam and is joined to the upper chord of the second beam via a joining member, using a fastener. In the section where the first beam intersects the second beam, a lower chord of the first beam is disposed on a lower chord of the second beam and is joined to the lower chord of the second beam via a joining member, using a fastener. |
| US11326333B2 |
Flush toilet
A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl part, a rim part, a water spout port, and a water storage part. The bowl part receives waste. The rim part is formed on a top of the bowl part. The water spout port spouts a washing water from one side of the bowl part in leftward and rightward directions. The water storage part is formed on a bottom of the bowl part. The bowl part includes a guide part that causes the washing water to swirl from the one side to another side that is opposite to the one side and causes the washing water that swirls to the another side to flow into a back side of the water storage part. |
| US11326326B1 |
Atmospheric water generator apparatus
An atmospheric water generator apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a fluid cooling device. A water condensing surface is thermally connected to the fluid cooling device, the water condensing surface having a superhydrophobic condensing surface, a superhydrophilic condensing surface, or a combination thereof. An air-cooled heat rejection device is in fluid communication with a fluid cooling device. An air fan is configured to induce airflow across the water condensing surface in order to condense and extract water from the atmosphere. |
| US11326325B2 |
Regional rainwater allocation method
An engineering system for collecting and utilizing regional rainwater includes a rainwater collection system, a water quality treatment system, and a control and allocation system. The rainwater collection system includes a rainwater collection ditch for a hardened underlying surface, a barrier and a water storage tank. The water quality treatment system includes a filter system. The control and allocation system includes a water quality monitoring device, a water level monitor, a control gate and a water pump. The filter system is connected to the underlying surface through the rainwater collection ditch, and the filter system is connected to the water storage tank. The control gate is disposed between the filter system and the water storage tank. The water quality monitoring device and the water level monitor are disposed within the water storage tank. The water pump is used to drain water from the water storage tank. |
| US11326321B2 |
Height-adjustable fixtures for buried tubulars and methods of adjusting the height-adjustable fixtures
Height-adjustable fixtures for buried tubulars and methods of adjusting the height-adjustable fixtures. The height-adjustable fixtures include a frame and a plurality of slot nuts. The frame has an upper frame surface, a lower frame surface, a flange that defines a plurality of slots, and a central opening that extends between the upper frame surface and the lower frame surface. The central opening is sized to provide access to a buried tubular conduit of the buried tubular. Each slot nut is shaped to be received within a corresponding slot. In some examples, each slot nut defines a lower nut surface, an upper nut surface, and a neck region positioned between the lower nut surface and the upper nut surface. In some examples, when each slot nut is received within the corresponding slot, the lower nut surface is recessed within the corresponding slot. |
| US11326317B2 |
Wave suppressor and sediment collection system for use in shallow and deeper water environments
A transportable wave suppressor and sediment collection system for suppressing wave action along the shore of a body of water, which includes a plurality of interconnected sections, each section including a base, a forward wall, and a rear wall, and having a plurality of flow pipes extending from the forward wall to the rear wall, and further including a plurality of shelves on the forward wall for dispersing wave energy, while redirecting and using the wave energy to allow water and sediment to flow into the flow pipes and for collecting sediment that is not carried into the flow pipes and settles on the shelves for being contacted by a following wave to carry the sediment into the flow pipes. In some deeper water embodiments, the sections may include a base portion, a top portion and one or more spacer portions to enable raising or changing the height of the system. |
| US11326316B1 |
Snow plow cutting edge device and cutting edge attachments
A cutting edge attachment including a cover retaining plate and a cutting edge is provided. The cover retaining plate includes through-hole bushings extending outward for receiving a corresponding number of fasteners to mount the cutting edge to an adapter plate. The cutting edge includes elongated openings for receiving the bushings, a top edge having notches for receiving springs, and a bottom edge. The cover retaining plate is configured to secure the cutting edge to the adapter plate using fasteners inserted through the bushings, the elongated openings of the cutting edge, and holes defined in the adapter plate. The springs are disposed between the notches and a top edge extension of the cover retaining plate and configured to compress in the vertical direction. The cutting edge is configured to move vertically as the bushings travel within the elongated openings when an upward force is applied to the cutting edge. |
| US11326314B2 |
Deflector bracket and cable anchor for guardrail terminal
A cable anchor deflector bracket includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to a guardrail at a location adjacent to a cable anchor bracket, which is an attachment point where a cable couples to the guardrail. The second portion slopes outwardly away from the guardrail and is proximate to an end of the cable anchor bracket and the end of the cable anchor assembly. |
| US11326308B2 |
Oil and grease resistant paperboard
A coated paperboard comprising a paperboard substrate having a first side and a second side and a coating in contact with the first side of the paperboard substrate, the coating including binder and pigment, the coating containing substantially no fluorochemical or wax, wherein the coated paperboard has a 3M kit test value of at least 3, and wherein the coated paperboard is repulpable. |
| US11326306B2 |
Method to produce a fibrous product comprising microfibrillated cellulose
A method for the production of a fibrous product from a fibrous web, wherein the method comprises the steps of: —providing a fibrous suspension comprising a microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the content of the microfibrillated cellulose of said suspension is in the range of 60 to 99.9 weight-% based on total dry solid content, —adding an uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 50000 g/mol to said suspension, —adding an anionic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 00000 g/mol to said suspension to provide a mixture of said microfibrillated cellulose, said uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer and said anionic polymer, 1—providing said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web, wherein the amount of uncharged, amphoteric or weakly cationic polymer in said mixture is in the range of 0.1 to 20 kg/metric ton based on total dry solid content and wherein the amount of anionic polymer in said mixture is in the range of 0.01 to 10 kg/metric ton based on total dry 20 solid content; and—dewatering said fibrous web to form a fibrous product. |
| US11326302B2 |
Steam type clothing flattening device
A steam type clothing flattening device includes an electrical heating tray unit and a soleplate unit. The electrical heating tray unit is heated electrically to vaporize water in an upper vaporization chamber thereof, and has a discharge port for discharge of vapor from the upper vaporization chamber. The soleplate unit is coupled to an underside of and heated by the electrical heating tray unit. The soleplate unit cooperates with the electrical heating tray unit to define a lower vaporization chamber in communication with the discharge port, and has a plurality of vapor outlets extending through a bottom surface thereof for outletting vapor from the lower vaporization chamber. |
| US11326299B2 |
Household appliance
A household appliance is disclosed that may perform a useful cycle of operation on an item. The household appliance may include a treating chamber for accommodating the item during the performance of the useful cycle, and a body enclosing the treating chamber. The body may include a front side, an underside, a first delimiting surface and a second delimiting surface, wherein the first and second delimiting surfaces forms a recess between the underside and the front side. The first delimiting surface may be essentially parallel to the underside of the body. The household appliance may further include a communication module configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive data. The communication module may be arranged at the first delimiting surface. |
| US11326298B2 |
System and method for washing items
A system and method for washing items with water includes a water inlet and a container for receiving the items to be washed. The system comprises a water purification apparatus for purifying water introduced through said water inlet to produce purified water. The water purification apparatus comprises at least one filter for filtering off particulate solids, a reverse osmosis device, and at least one deionizing filter. The system further comprises a reservoir for storing purified water produced by the water purification apparatus, said reservoir being connected to said water purification apparatus and said container, so that the items are washable inside the container with the purified water. |
| US11326293B2 |
Level adjustable apparatus and method for adjusting level thereof
The present disclosure relates to a level adjustable washing machine and a method for adjusting a level of the washing machine. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the level adjustable washing machine may include a cabinet forming an exterior of the washing machine; a tub disposed in the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to receive laundry; a level sensor disposed on at least one surface of the cabinet and configured to sense a tilt of the cabinet; a vibration sensor disposed on at least one side of the tub and configured to sense vibration generated by rotation of the drum; a plurality of height adjustable supports disposed on a bottom portion of the cabinet; and a processor configured to receive tilt information of the cabinet from the level sensor, receive information on the vibration generated by rotation of the drum from the vibration sensor, and derive a tilt value of the cabinet that is capable of minimizing the vibration of the corresponding washing machine using an artificial intelligence pre-trained through machine learning. |
| US11326292B2 |
Drum washing machine and method for cleaning tub thereof
A drum washing machine includes a tub and a drum rotatably supported in the tub and implements a control method that allows the tub to be easily cleaned. The method of controlling the washing machine includes supplying washing water during a first water supplying step to the interior of the tub while the drum is rotating at a water-supplying RPM; and executing a first wash step following completion of the first water supply step by accelerating the rotation of the drum from the water-supplying RPM to a first-wash RPM so that a circulatory flow is created in which the washing water falls from the top of opposite ends of the tub while circulating along the inner circumferential surface of the tub due to the rotational power of the drum. |
| US11326291B2 |
Apparatus and method for predicting freezing of washing machine
An apparatus and a method for predicting freezing of a washing machine, which predicts freezing of the washing machine based on a change of air temperature through an artificial intelligence algorithm and provides a freeze prediction result to a user terminal associated with the washing machine in a 5G environment, thereby preventing freezing of the washing machine. The apparatus for predicting freezing of the washing machine determines, based on temperature data sensed by a temperature sensor disposed in the washing machine and air temperature data received from a meteorological administration server, an association of temperature change of the washing machine according to the air temperature data, through the freezing prediction algorithm, and predicts freezing of the washing machine based on the association of temperature change of the washing machine and an air temperature forecast received from the meteorological administration server. |
| US11326284B2 |
Double-needle lockstitch sewing machine
Provided is a double-needle lockstitch sewing machine that can easily sew a fabric rolled into a tubular shape by two rows of lockstitch. The double-needle lockstitch sewing machine includes: a pair of needles (9) that reciprocates in an up-down direction; a pair of loop catchers (40) that is arranged respectively corresponding to the pair of needles (9) and that catch loops of needle threads formed by the needles (9) by rotating about hook shafts (41) extending in the up-down direction; a lower shaft (20) that is disposed in front of the needles (9) and the loop catchers (40) in the cloth feeding direction and extends in the left-right direction and that rotates in conjunction with a main shaft (10) that drives the needles (9); and connecting shafts (30) that extend in the cloth feeding direction and are connected to the lower shaft (20) and the hook shafts (41) in a power transmittable manner to rotate. The loop catchers (40) are rotationally driven in conjunction with an up and down movement of the needles (9) as a rotational power of the lower shaft (20) is transmitted to the hook shafts (41) via the connecting shafts (30). Thus, it is possible to easily sew a tubular article with two rows of lockstitch seams. |
| US11326281B2 |
Knitted components reinforced with high tenacity yarn
Knitted components may include a first knit layer including a first yarn, a second knit layer, and a plurality of inlaid courses of a high tenacity yarn having a tenacity of at least six grams-force per denier. The plurality of inlaid courses of the high tenacity yarn may include at least three courses of high tenacity yarn, each of which may be separated from an adjacent course of the first plurality of courses of the high tenacity yarn by no more than five courses of the first yarn. |
| US11326280B2 |
Woven fabric substrate for prevention of structural damage to functional yarns contained therein
A fabric substrate material is provided. The fabric substrate includes at least a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first plurality of non-functional fill yarns and at least one functional fill yarn, and the second layer includes a second plurality of fill yarns. The second plurality of fill yarns and the at least one functional fill yarn exhibit substantially the same compressive strength, compressive resistance, or flexural strength. As such, the functional fill yarn in the first layer is protected from shrinkage or expansion and remains undamaged and functional after the fabric substrate is woven and subsequently handled or processed. The aforementioned practice of reinforcement described in the fill direction of the second layer can also be applied in the warp yarn direction, using the same principles described herein. |
| US11326278B2 |
Fabric constructions with hollow structures
Techniques for producing an article having hollow structures are described herein. The disclosed techniques include weaving a plurality of yarns to form a woven fabric, wherein the plurality of yarns each comprise a dissolvable core, and the dissolvable core comprises polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) having a water solubility; neutralizing an alkaline before drying the woven fabric to maintain the water solubility of the PVA; and washing the woven fabric or a garment made by the woven fabric to at least partially remove the dissolvable core. |
| US11326271B2 |
Methods for forming a unitized crucible assembly
Methods for forming a unitized crucible assembly for holding a melt of silicon for forming a silicon ingot are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods involve a porous crucible mold having a channel network with a bottom channel, an outer sidewall channel that extends from the bottom channel, and a central weir channel that extends from the bottom channel. A slip slurry may be added to the channel network and the liquid carrier of the slip slurry may be drawn into the mold. The resulting green body may be sintered to form the crucible assembly. |
| US11326270B2 |
Single-crystal production equipment and single-crystal production method
A single-crystal production equipment which includes, at least: a raw material supply apparatus which supplies a granular raw material to a melting apparatus positioned therebelow; the melting apparatus heats and melts the granular raw material to generate a raw material melt and supplies the raw material melt into a single-crystal production crucible positioned therebelow; and a crystallization apparatus which includes the single-crystal production crucible in which a seed single crystal is placed on the bottom, and a first infrared ray irradiation equipment which irradiates an infrared ray to the upper surface of the seed single crystal in the single-crystal production crucible, and the single-crystal production equipment is configured such that the raw material melt is dropped into a melt formed by irradiating the upper surface of the seed single crystal with the infrared ray, and a single crystal is allowed to precipitate out of the thus formed mixed melt. |
| US11326269B2 |
Anodizing an article of aluminum or alloy thereof
A method of anodizing an article of aluminum or aluminum alloy for forming a porous anodic oxide coating comprises an immersion step of immersing the article to be anodized in an electrolyte in a tank, wherein the electrolyte comprises an aqueous solution of 5-50 g/l sulphuric acid and 2-50 g/l phosphoric acid, and arranging the article as an anode with respect to one or more counter electrodes as arranged cathodes in the electrolyte, and an anodizing step of applying a positive anode voltage Va to the article, while the temperature of the electrolyte is in the range of 33-60° C. |
| US11326267B2 |
Electrochemical device and method for operating an electrochemical device
An electrochemistry device, in particular an electrolysis device, in particular a polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis device, has at least one cell unit, which includes at least one first electrochemical cell and at least one second electrochemical cell, and has at least one fluid supply unit for supplying the cell unit with at least one fluid, in particular with water, which at least one fluid supply unit includes at least one first fluid supply path extending at least section-wise through the first electrochemical cell, and at least one second fluid supply path extending at least section-wise through the second electrochemical cell, the fluid supply unit is designed in such a way that, in at least one normal operating state, a volume flow of the fluid through the first electrochemical cell and through the second electrochemical cell is at least substantially identical. |
| US11326266B2 |
Electrode
An electrode (10) is disclosed. The electrode (10) comprises an electrode substrate (20). A layer of TiOx (30, 40) with a total thickness in the range of between 40-200 μm is present on at least one surface of the electrode substrate (20) and a porosity of layer of TiOx (30, 40) is below 15%. An electro-catalytic layer (50) comprising oxides of ruthenium and cerium according comprising at least 50 molar % ruthenium oxides is present on layer of TiOx (30, 40) and wherein x is in the range 1-2 for the layer of TiOx. A process for the manufacture of the electrode (10) is disclosed as are uses thereof. |
| US11326265B2 |
Highly sustained electrodes and electrolytes for salty alkaline and neutral water splitting
A corrosion resistant anode is provided for oxygen evolution reaction in water including chloride ions. The anode includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a passivation layer coating the substrate; and (3) an electrocatalyst layer coating the passivation layer. Polyanion adjusted alkaline seawater electrolyte for hydrogen generation by electrolysis is also provided. |
| US11326263B2 |
Photoelectrochemical devices, methods, and systems with a cupric oxide/cuprous oxide coated electrode
The present disclosure relates to nanocomposites of CuO/Cu2O and continuous flow solar reactors. The nanocomposites can be utilized as a photocatalyst and can be incorporated into photoelectrochemical devices. The described devices, systems, and methods can be used for converting CO2 into one or more alcohols and other small organics with the use of solar energy and electricity. Other embodiments are described. |
| US11326261B2 |
Alkaline and chlorine solutions produced using electro-chemical activation
An electro-chemical activation (ECA) system includes an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, and a neutralization chamber. The anode chamber includes an anode configured to convert water having an alkaline-metal chloride into an anodic electrolyte that includes hypochlorous acid. The cathode chamber includes a cathode configured to convert water into a cathodic electrolyte. The neutralization chamber includes a neutralization cathode configured to remove protons from the anodic electrolyte after it leaves the anode chamber. The ECA system is configured to recirculate the anodic electrolyte back through the anode chamber and the neutralization chamber at least one more time to produce a concentrated chlorine solution. The ECA system is further configured to recirculate the cathodic electrolyte back through the cathode chamber at least one additional time to produce a concentrated alkaline solution. |
| US11326249B2 |
Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources
In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom. |
| US11326246B2 |
Controlled warping of shadow mask tooling for improved reliability and miniturization via thin film deposition
A system and method includes pre-warping a mask to induce strain when affixed to a substrate and ensure positive contact between the mask and the substrate during all phases of deposition. A film is applied to the mask at a rate sufficient to impart stress to the film faster than such stress can be released. Depending on the features defined by the mask, the pre-warping may be concentric, linear along one axis, or complex along a plurality of axes. |
| US11326240B2 |
Hot-rolled steel sheet for coiled tubing
There is provided a hot-rolled steel sheet suitable for manufacturing an electric resistance welded steel tube, having workability necessary for roll forming and high yield strength, for coiled tubing without performing whole-tube quenching treatment and reheating-tempering treatment after electric resistance welding. The steel sheet includes, by mass %, C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Cr, Cu, Ni, Mo, Nb, V, Ti, and N contained at a specific content. The steel sheet has a microstructure containing 3% to 20% martensite and 10% or less retained austenite on a volume fraction basis, the remainder being bainite. The yield strength is set to 600 MPa or more, the tensile strength is set to 950 MPa or more, and the uniform elongation is set to 7.0% or more. |
| US11326236B2 |
Black ferrite-based stainless steel sheet
Provided is a black stainless steel sheet that has excellent weldability, that can ensure good toughness and corrosion resistance, and that can maintain the blackness of the surface thereof, even after being welded. This black ferrite-based stainless steel sheet having excellent weldability includes, as a base, a stainless steel containing, in mass %, 0.020% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 0.35% or less of Mn, 0.04% or less of P, 0.005% or less of S, 11-25% of Cr, 1.0% or less of Mo, 0.020% or less of N, 0.4% or less of Al, 10(C+N) to 0.3% of Ti, 0.05% or less of Nb, and 0.01% or less of O, and has a surface in which an oxide coating is formed on the base, wherein the surface has a lightness index (L*) satisfying L*≤45, chromaticity indices (a*, b*) satisfying −5≤a*≤5 and −5≤b*≤5, and a blackness (E) satisfying E=(L*2+a*2+b*2)1/2≤45. |
| US11326235B2 |
Hot rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same
A hot rolled steel sheet according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, and a metallographic structure in which martensite is the major structure, wherein an average length of grains in an L direction parallel to a rolling direction is 0.2 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less, an average length of grains in a C direction parallel to a transverse direction is 0.1 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less, the ratio of the average length in the C direction to the average length in the L direction is 0.2 or more and 5.0 or less, and the tensile strength is 1180 MPa or more. |
| US11326234B2 |
Cold-rolled steel sheet and hot-dip galvanized cold-rolled steel sheet
A cold-rolled steel sheet is provided that has a tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, and has a prescribed chemical composition. The microstructure is composed of, in area %, ferrite: 1 to 29%, retained austenite: 5 to 20%, martensite: less than 10%, pearlite: less than 5%, and the balance: bainite and/or tempered martensite. The total sum of the lengths of phase boundaries where ferrite comes in contact with martensite or retained austenite having a circle-equivalent radius of 1 μm or more is 100 μm or less per 1000 μm2. The cold-rolled steel sheet is excellent in workability and low-temperature toughness, and in particular is excellent in low-temperature toughness after introduction of plastic strain. |
| US11326230B2 |
High temperature component and method for producing same
A method for producing a high temperature component includes a shaping step of shaping a powder compact of a desired high temperature component shape using a specific powder shaping method, from an alloy powder of γ′ precipitation strengthening-type Ni-based alloy, and a crystal grain coarsening step of coarsening a crystal grain size of the powder compact by heat treatment, wherein the powder compact contains 0.002% or more and 0.07% or less of C, and 5.40% or more and 8.40% or less of Al+Ti by mass percentage. |
| US11326222B2 |
Austenitic stainless steel containing niobium and manufacturing method of the same
The austenitic stainless steel containing niobium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: 16 to 26 wt. % of chromium (Cr), 8 to 22 wt. % of nickel (Ni), 0.02 to 0.1 wt. % of carbon (C), 0.2 to 1 wt. % of niobium (Nb), 0.015 to 0.025 wt. % of titanium (Ti), 0.004 to 0.01 wt. % of nitrogen (N), and 0.5 to 2 wt. % of manganese (Mn), wherein the austenitic stainless steel containing niobium has an austenitic matrix structure, a fine niobium carbide and a fine titanium nitride are precipitated in the austenitic matrix structure, and the fine niobium carbide is uniformly dispersed in the austenitic matrix structure. |
| US11326220B2 |
Method for producing machine component
A method for producing a machine component excellent in pitting resistance characteristics and toughness includes a carburizing step, performed on a steel material containing 0.13-0.30% C and 0.90-2.00% Cr in mass % and at least one of Si, Mn, Ni, Mo, Nb, V, Ti, B, Al, and N, balance Fe and unavoidable impurities; heating the material to 850-1030° C. to attain carbon concentration in a surface of 0.8-1.5%; cooling the material at an average rate of 5° C./sec or lower from a temperature higher than the Acm point of a surface layer to a cooling end temperature that is at least 50° C. lower than the A1 point to cause the surface layer to have a pearlite or bainite structure with dispersion; spheroidizing annealing at a temperature not higher than the Acm point at the surface layer; heating the material to not higher than the Acm point at the surface layer; and performing tempering. |
| US11326217B1 |
Method and system for predicting addition amount of slagging lime during LF refining, and LF refining method
A method and system for predicting an addition amount of slagging lime during ladle furnace (LF) refining, and an LF refining method are provided. The method includes: S1: calculating an actual sulfur distribution ratio in combination with a Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) model and a least square method by using LF refining parameters; S2: calculating, according to a principle of sulfur mass conservation, a mass of final slag by using the LF refining parameters and the actual sulfur distribution ratio obtained in S1; and S3: calculating, according to a principle of material conservation during LF refining, an addition amount of slagging lime during the LF refining by using the LF refining parameters and the mass of the final slag obtained in S2, thereby predicting the addition amount of the required slagging lime. |
| US11326214B2 |
Polynucleotides for the amplification and detection of chlamydia trachomatis
The invention provides methods and compositions for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in a test sample. Its presence or absence in the sample is determined by nucleic acid based testing methods using primers and/or probes and or molecular beacons that bind to the 23S ribosomal genes or gene transcripts. |
| US11326211B2 |
Blood-based biomarkers of tumor sensitivity to PD-1 antagonists
The present disclosure describes baseline and on treatment blood-based gene signature biomarkers that are predictive of tumor sensitivity to therapy with a PD-1 antagonist. The on-treatment biomarkers comprise a PD-L1 gene signature or an interferon gamma gene signature and the baseline gene signature biomarker comprises genes associated with the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. The disclosure also provides methods and kits for testing tumor samples for these biomarkers, as well as methods for treating subjects with a PD-1 antagonist based on the test results. |
| US11326210B2 |
Compositions and methods for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, detection, and treatment of cancer
The present invention relates to the field of cancer and inflammation, and in particular methods of monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, detecting, treating and preventing cancer and inflammation conditions. The use of composition comprises method of monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and detecting cancer and inflammation with EN2 and/or SATB2 expression and/or activity. The pharmaceutical composition will further comprise agents that inhibit EN2 and/or SATB2 expression or activity. |
| US11326209B2 |
Cell-based genomic recorded accumulative memory
The present invention relates to a cell based genomic Recorded Accumulative Memory (geRAM) system (also referred to herein as Genomically Encoded Memory (GEM)) for recoding data (i.e., changes in nucleic acid sequences in cellular DNA in response to physical and/or chemical signal(s)) from the cellular environment. |
| US11326208B2 |
Methods for nested PCR amplification of cell-free DNA
Methods for non-invasive prenatal paternity testing are disclosed herein. The method uses genetic measurements made on plasma taken from a pregnant mother, along with genetic measurements of the alleged father, and genetic measurements of the mother, to determine whether or not the alleged father is the biological father of the fetus. This is accomplished by way of an informatics based method that can compare the genetic fingerprint of the fetal DNA found in maternal plasma to the genetic fingerprint of the alleged father. |
| US11326207B2 |
Sequencing using non-natural nucleotides
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for nucleic acid sequencing. Such systems and methods may achieve context-independent incorporation, have reduced context-dependence or have context-dependence that is amenable to calibration and modeling. Such systems and methods may also reduce misincorporation. |
| US11326206B2 |
Methods of quantifying target nucleic acids and identifying sequence variants
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods and systems for quantifying target sequences and identifying target sequence variants. |
| US11326205B2 |
PCR method using irradiation of nanoparticles
The invention relates to a method for the duplication of nucleic acids by means of a polymerase chain reaction, in the case of which a cycle consisting of the steps of denaturing, annealing and elongation is repeatedly performed. In one embodiment, in at least one passage of the cycle, the quotient of the duration of effect tA and the reaction volume Vr irradiated by the energy source is less than 1 seconds per microliter. In another embodiment, in at least one passage of the cycle, the ratio of the duration of effect (tA) and the duration of the PCR cycle (tc) is less than 20%. In certain embodiments, the yield (g) of nucleic acids at the end of at least one of the passages of the cycle is less than 80% of the nucleic acids present at the start of the passage. |
| US11326204B2 |
Assays for single molecule detection and use thereof
The invention relates to methods of detecting a genetic variation in a genetic sample from a subject using labeled probes and counting the number of labels in the probes. |
| US11326201B2 |
Method for removing non-target RNA from RNA sample
The present disclosure relates to a method for removing a non-target RNA from an RNA sample, including: performing reverse transcription on an RNA sample by using a reverse transcription primer, and removing an RNA template, to obtain a non-target first-strand cDNA and a target first-strand cDNA; hybridizing the non-target first-strand cDNA with a specific probe to obtain a non-target first-strand cDNA-probe complex; and digesting the non-target first-strand cDNA-probe complex by using a duplex-specific nuclease to obtain the target first-strand cDNA. The non-target first-strand cDNA-probe complex can be further extended to obtain a double-stranded DNA region that can be completely digested by the duplex-specific nuclease, then the duplex-specific nuclease is added for digestion. The present disclosure provides for simplicity, flexibility, and low costs, and can eliminate the impact of the non-target RNA on the downstream experiments, thereby having great and profound significance for research in the field of transcriptomics and RNA sequencing. |
| US11326198B2 |
Method to identify microorganisms using spectroscopic technique
A method to classify and identify microorganisms using the FTIR ATR technique. |
| US11326195B2 |
Starch-derived clathrate-forming compositions
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to materials and methods for preparing a clathrate-forming composition comprising a plurality of linear glucomonomer chains of about 15 to about 100 D-glucopyranosyl residues linked by α-1,4 linkages, wherein the linear glucomonomer chains are a product of partial amylolysis of a modified starch substrate and wherein the product is flowable at temperatures within a range of 4-20° C. at about 20% w/v solids content. The present disclosure further describes methods of using the clathrate-forming compositions to form molecular dispersions or clathrates with hydrophobic guest molecules, kits for use in these methods, and molecular dispersions or clathrates obtained from the materials. |
| US11326189B2 |
Thermal decomposition of magnesium chloride
A method for conversion of magnesium chloride into magnesium oxide and HCl includes the steps of providing a magnesium chloride compound to a thermohydrolysis reactor, the reactor being at a temperature of at least 300° C., withdrawing MgO from the thermohydrolysis reactor in solid form, and withdrawing an HCl containing gas stream from the thermohydrolysis reactor. The magnesium chloride compound provided to the thermohydrolysis reactor may be a solid magnesium chloride compound which comprises at least 60 wt. % of MgCl2.4H2O. |
| US11326181B2 |
Method for producing transgenic plant having increased content of 20-hydroxyecdysone using insect-derived gene and plant produced by the same
A method for producing a transgenic plant having increased content of 20-hydroxyecdysone according to an embodiment of the present invention may use insect-derived gene A method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transforming a plant cell with a recombinant vector including at least one of a gene encoding short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) protein and a gene encoding C-14 hydroxylase protein, a gene encoding C-25 hydroxylase protein, a gene encoding C-22 hydroxylase protein, a gene encoding C-2 hydroxylase protein, and a gene encoding C-20 hydroxylase protein derived from insect, and regenerating a plant from the transformed plant cell. |
| US11326180B2 |
Biological control of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
An attenuated strain of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is useful to protect cucumber plants from infection with the wild-type infectious CGMMV strain. The genome of the attenuated virus contains at least one mutation or group of mutations selected from c.4969G>A, c.3334C>T, and a group of at least six of the mutations c.315G>A; c.1498A>G; c.1660C>T; c.3430C>T; c.3528A>G; c.4144C>T; c.4248C>T; and c.6228C>T. These mutated genomes encode one or more mutations selected from R163711 in the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, A1092V in the 129 kDa replication protein and/or the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, and at least six mutations selected from G86S, E480G, S534F, A1124V, N1157D, P1362L, P1397S in the 129 kDa replication protein and/or the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, and the A156V mutation in the coat protein. |
| US11326170B2 |
Immunomodulatory polynucleotides and uses thereof
Provided are immunomodulatory polynucleotides with sequences of SEQ ID NOs:1-12 which are TLR9 agonists. Therapeutic combinations comprising the immunomodulatory polynucleotides are provided too. |
| US11326167B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating atherosclerosis
In some aspects, the invention provides a method of treating atherosclerosis in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an agent that increases the activity or level of a let-7 miRNA or an agent that decreases activity or level of a TGFβ signaling polypeptide in an endothelial cell in the subject. In some embodiments, the subject is administered an additional agent comprising a therapeutically effective amount of rapamycin or any derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the agent is a let-7 miRNA. In some other aspects, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a let-7 miRNA. In some embodiments, the let-7 miRNA is encapsulated in a nanoparticle formulated for selective delivery to an endothelial cell. |
| US11326166B1 |
Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., dsRNA agents, targeting the xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an XDH gene and to methods of treating or preventing an XDH-associated disease in a subject. |
| US11326162B2 |
Thermostable Cas9 nucleases
Thermostable Cas9 nucleases. The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering and more particularly to nucleic acid editing and genome modification. The present invention provides an isolated Cas protein or polypeptide fragment thereof having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence of at least 77% identity therewith. The Cas protein or polypeptide is capable of binding, cleaving, marking or modifying a double stranded target polynucleotide at a temperature in the range 20° C. and 100° C. inclusive. The invention further provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the Cas9 nucleases, expression vectors and host cells. The invention also provides PAM sequences recognized by the Cas protein or polypeptide, The Cas9 nucleases disclosed herein provide novel tools for genetic engineering in general, in particular at elevated temperatures and are of particular value in the genetic manipulation of thermophilic organisms; particularly microorganisms. |
| US11326161B2 |
Methods and systems of molecular recording by CRISPR-Cas system
This invention provides methods of altering a cell including providing the cell with a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Cas1 protein and/or a Cas2 protein of a CRISPR adaptation system, providing the cell with a CRISPR array nucleic acid sequence including a leader sequence and at least one repeat sequence, wherein the cell expresses the Cas1 protein and/or the Cas2 protein and wherein the CRISPR array nucleic acid sequence is within genomic DNA of the cell or on a plasmid. Also provided are methods and systems for nucleic acid storage and in vivo molecular recordings of events into a cell. |
| US11326160B2 |
Method for making a cDNA library
This disclosure provides, among other things, a method for making a cDNA library. In some embodiments the method may comprise reverse transcribing mRNA to produce DNA:mRNA hybrids, treating the DNA:mRNA hybrids with RNAseH to produce mRNA fragments, and reverse transcribing the mRNA fragments. |
| US11326157B2 |
Base editors with improved precision and specificity
Methods and compositions for improving the genome-wide specificities of targeted base editing technologies. |
| US11326155B2 |
Process and system for obtaining botulinum neurotoxin
Rapid, animal protein free, chromatographic processes and systems for obtaining high potency, high yield botulinum neurotoxin for research, therapeutic and cosmetic use. |
| US11326152B2 |
Lipase variants, polynucleotides encoding same and the use thereof
The present invention relates to lipase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants. |
| US11326148B2 |
Methods of differentiating stem cell-derived ectodermal lineage precursors
The presently disclosed subject matter provides for in vitro methods of inducing differentiation of human stem cells into neural crest, cranial placode or non-neuro ectoderm precursors, and cells generated by such methods. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides for uses of such cells for treating neurodegenerative and pituitary disorders. |
| US11326146B2 |
Low sugar sperm media and compositions
The present invention relates to compositions comprising low sugar media, the methods of using these compositions to reduce trauma and stress on processed animal sperm, the resulting sperm and embryo products, and the methods of use of these products to increase the quality, quantity and viability of progeny and improved rates of births in animals. |
| US11326145B2 |
Method for applications of nano-sized materials as cell growth regulators / cell growth enhancers for plant, and agent including nano-sized materials
One aspect of the disclosure is directed to a method for activation/enhancement of cell growth of a plant. The method also stimulates the production of pharmaceutically active metabolites, including alkaloids, in plant cell cultures. The method includes providing a nano-sized material contained agent, and treating the plant with the nano-sized material contained agent to allow sufficient interaction of cells of the plant with the nano-sized material so as to activate/enhance the cell growth of the plant or to stimulate the production of pharmaceutically active metabolites. |
| US11326143B2 |
System and method of bacterial cell purification
A method for preparing and processing a sample is provided. The method includes obtaining a sample including biofluid. The method further includes purifying at least part of the sample via an acoustic separator to separate target cells from the sample. The sample may accordingly be at least partially purified. The method further includes causing a portion of an output collected from the acoustic separator to flow through a filter. At least one reagent, such as a lysis reagent or assay reagent, is caused to flow over the cells. |
| US11326140B2 |
Aseptic cell processing and production with no chemical biocides
A method and apparatus of aseptic processing and production of cells in a non-sterile enclosure apparatus without chemical biocides is disclosed, by controlling the level of humidity throughout the enclosure to 25% relative humidity (RH) or less, and preferably 20% or 15% or less RH. In addition, the temperature is controlled to 37° C., and consistent gas flow is maintained the enclosure. Colony forming units from microbial contamination detected by environmental monitoring within the enclosure are significantly reduced in this method. |
| US11326139B2 |
Aerobic fermentation systems and methods
A system for aerobic fermentation includes a vessel, an aeration system including a gas sparger fluidly coupled to the vessel to introduce a compressed gas to an internal volume of the vessel, and a recirculation loop fluidly coupled to an outlet of the vessel. The recirculation loop includes an eductor fluidly coupled to an oxygen-containing gas source, a static mixer downstream of the eductor, a heat exchanger downstream of the eductor, and a distributor downstream of the heat exchanger. The distributor is fluidly coupled to the vessel. The aeration system provides mixing and oxygen mass transfer to the fermentation composition in the vessel. The fermentation composition passes through the eductor, static mixer, heat exchanger, and distributor of the recirculation loop, and back into the vessel. Oxygen is transferred from an oxygen containing gas to the fermentation composition and heat is removed from the fermentation composition in the recirculation loop. |
| US11326138B2 |
Cell culture device and methods of use thereof
Provided herein is a tissue culture device and a method of forming a tissue culture device. The tissue culture device includes a microfluidic layer including at least one hydrophobic microchannel and a reservoir portion over the at least one hydrophobic microchannel, the reservoir portion including an opening aligned with the at least one hydrophobic microchannel. The method of forming a tissue culture device includes providing a microfluidic layer mold, a reservoir layer mold, and a removable lid mold, filling each of the molds with a device material, curing the device material within the molds, removing the cured device material from the molds to provide a microfluidic layer, a reservoir layer, and a removable lid, and bonding the microfluidic layer to the reservoir layer. A method of culturing tissue with the tissue culture device is also provided herein. |
| US11326135B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for introducing additives to a pressurised vessel
An additive dispensing device for dispensing of additives into a pressurised vessel, more particularly a fermentation vessel of a brewing system, is disclosed. The device has a vessel body including a chamber, the chamber having a closed end and an open end. A pressure release means is provided between the chamber and atmosphere. A controllable valve positioned between the closed end and the open end, configured to selectively open and close a flow path between the closed end and the open end. |
| US11326133B2 |
Anti-redeposition additive for laundry detergent
A laundry detergent composition comprising an anti-redeposition agent, a surfactant, and optionally a builder, wherein the anti-redeposition agent is a polymer comprising polymerized units of: (a) from 5 to 40 wt % of at least one nitrogen-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one pKa value from 6 to 11.5, and (b) from 60 to 95 wt % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer. |
| US11326121B2 |
Lubricating compositions comprising a non-silicone anti-foaming agent
Lubricating compositions are described, the lubricating compositions comprising a base oil component and an additive component, wherein the additive component comprises a non-silicone anti-foaming agent. |
| US11326115B2 |
Biodiesel cold filtration process
An improved biodiesel production process includes the steps of processing a feedstock to produce biodiesel, cooling the biodiesel so as to form sediment, and filtering the biodiesel to remove the sediment. The resulting biodiesel from the cold filtration process avoids problems of sediment formation during storage and transportation. |
| US11326108B1 |
Integrated process for the production of isononanol and stable / lubricating alcohol gasoline blending components
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for producing alcohol gasoline blending components includes cracking, in a steam cracker, a hydrocarbon feed to form a first ethylene stream, a first propylene stream, and a C4 stream comprising isobutene and butadiene; reacting, in a methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) unit, the C4 stream with a methanol stream to form MTBE and a butadiene-rich C4 stream; selectively hydrogenating, in a butadiene unit, the butadiene-rich C4 stream to form a butene-rich C4 stream including butene-1, cis-butene-2, and trans-butene-2; producing, in an isononanol unit, isononanol and an olefin-rich stream from the butene-rich C4 stream; and hydrating the olefin-rich stream in a hydration unit by combining the olefin-rich stream with a water stream and a catalyst composition to produce the alcohol gasoline blending components. |
| US11326104B2 |
Process for preparing flame retardant compositions
A process for preparing a flame retardant composition, the process comprising: adding to a container at least one flame retardant salt, a nitrogen-containing compound, and optionally water; and mixing the contents of the container to give a dispersed mixture or dissolved solution comprising the flame retardant composition; wherein the at least one flame retardant salt comprises an ammonium salt of phosphoric acid; wherein the ammonium salt of phosphoric acid comprises water soluble ammonium polyphosphate (APP); wherein the water soluble ammonium polyphosphate has a total nitrogen as N from about 5 to about 15 weight percent, and a total phosphorus as P2O5 from about 30 to about 40 weight percent, based on the total weight of the ammonium polyphosphate (APP). |
| US11326102B2 |
Liquid-crystalline medium and liquid-crystal display comprising the same
The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, preferably having a nematic phase and dielectric anisotropy of 0.5 or more, which comprises one or more compounds of formula YX in which the parameters have the meanings given in the text, to the use thereof in an electro-optical display, particularly in an active-matrix display based on the IPS or FFS effect, to displays of this type which contain a liquid-crystalline medium of this type, and to the use of the compounds of formula YX for the improvement of the transmission and/or response times of a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more additional mesogenic compounds. |
| US11326098B2 |
Luminescent substance and illuminating device
A luminophore may have the general empirical formula X3A7Z3O11:E, where: X=Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and/or Zn; A=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Cu, and/or Ag; Z=Al, Ga, and/or B; and E=Eu, Ce, Yb, and/or Mn. |
| US11326095B2 |
Barium titanium particles, method of preparing the same, and display panel
Barium titanium particles, a method of preparing the same, and a display panel are disclosed. The method includes steps of mixing a barium source precursor and a titanium source precursor with an alkaline solution to obtain a to-be-reacted mixture solution, wherein the barium source precursor is selected from barium enoate; and reacting the to-be-reacted mixture solution under a first condition for a first time, and then isolating and purifying to obtain the barium titanium particles. |
| US11326092B2 |
High temperature cross-linked fracturing fluids with reduced friction
Hybrid fracturing fluids for treating subterranean formations are provided. An exemplary hybrid fracturing fluid includes a mixture of an aqueous copolymer composition including a crosslinkable polymer (CLP), the CLP including crosslinking sites. The mixture also includes a crosslinker for the crosslinking sites, and a friction reducing polymer (FRP). |
| US11326091B2 |
Water-based friction reducing additives
Methods and compositions for treating aqueous fluids that may be included in treatment fluids that are used for treating a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a water-based friction reducing additive that includes an aqueous base fluid, a salt, a first friction reducing polymer, and a suspension agent; introducing the water-based friction reducing additive into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance one or more fractures within the subterranean formation. |
| US11326090B2 |
Combined thermochemical and chelating agents useful for well cleanup
A well cleanup process involves removing an impermeable filter cake from a formation face with thermochemical and chelating agents to allow formation fluids to flow from a reservoir to a wellbore. The method may be used with oil and water-based drilling fluids with varied weighting agents, e.g., bentonite, calcium carbonate, or barite. Such thermochemical agents may involve two salts, e.g., NO2− and NH4+, which, when mixed together, can generate pressure and heat, in addition to hot H2O and/or N2. For example, the thermochemical agents may comprise Na+, K+, Li+, Cs+, Mg2+, Ca2+, and/or Ba2+ with NO2− and NH4+ with F−, Cl−, Br−, I−, CO32−, NO3−, ClO4−, and/or −OH. The thermochemical agents in combination with a chelator such as EDTA can removed the filter cake after 6 hours with a removal efficiency of 89 wt % for the barite filter cake in water based drilling fluid, exploiting the generation of a pressure pulse and heat which may disturb the filter cake and/or enhance barite dissolution and polymer degradation. |
| US11326087B2 |
Compositions for sealing an annulus of a wellbore
A sealing composition for sealing an annulus of a wellbore includes from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent epoxy resin based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin comprising at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, or a compound having formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms. The sealing composition also includes from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent curing agent based on the total weight of the composition. |
| US11326086B2 |
Drilling fluid for downhole electrocrushing drilling
An electrocrushing drilling system containing an electrocrushing drill bit with electrodes through which a voltage may be discharged that are at least 0.4 inches apart at their closest spacing and an electrocrushing drilling fluid including a polar oil, a non-polar oil, or a combination thereof and water are described. Methods of electrocrushing drilling using such a system are also described. |
| US11326084B2 |
Cold storage material composition and use thereof
A cold storage material composition is provided allowing for temperature maintenance of a temperature control target article in various control temperature ranges in a range of −75° C. to −55° C. and being capable of solidifying within a given period of time and (ii) a technique of using the cold storage material composition. Also provided is a cold storage material composition including calcium ions, chloride ions, bromide ions, and ammonium ions in respectively specific amounts, relative to 100 mol of water, and having a melting temperature in a range of −75° C. to −55° C. |
| US11326080B2 |
Self-stick insulation and methods
A method of using a self-stick insulation. The method includes providing a piece of insulation product with an adhesive coating. The adhesive coating includes polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) and/or polyacrylic acid (PAA); an alcohol amine; and at least one of a polyvinyl alcohol and a starch. The adhesive coating is then activated with liquid water. Once the adhesive coating is active, the insulation product is attached to a surface with the adhesive coating. |
| US11326078B2 |
Solvent composition, adhesive composition, and method of bonding surfaces
In an embodiment a solvent composition can comprise, based on the total volume of the solvent composition, 10 to 95 volume percent of a first solvent, wherein the first solvent has Hansen solubility parameters of: 15 MPa0.5≤δD≤17 MPa0.5, 4≤δP≤10.5 MPa0.5, and 7≤δH≤10 MPa0.5; 5 to 95 volume percent of a second solvent, wherein the second solvent has Hansen solubility parameters of: 16 MPa0.5≤δD≤17.5 MPa0.5, 0≤δP≤3 MPa0.5, and 0≤δH≤3 MPa0.5; and 0 to 85 volume percent parachlorobenzotrifluoride; wherein the amounts of the first solvent, the second solvent, and parachlorobenzotrifluoride sum to at least 85 volume percent. The first solvent can comprise methyl acetate, acetone, dimethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, n-butylamine, propyl acetate, tetrahydrofuran, or a combination thereof. The second solvent can comprise cyclohexene, cyclohexane, cyclopentane, methylcyclohexane, or a combination thereof. The solvent compositions are particularly useful in an adhesive composition. An adhesive composition includes the solvent composition, a rubber, and a tackifying resin. A method of bonding two surfaces is also described. |
| US11326074B2 |
Slurry floor treatment technology, such as curable epoxy resin-based systems, other resin systems, and related resin coat methods
The invention provides a method of treating a floor, such as with a curable epoxy resin-based system or another resin system. The method involves mixing together a Part A comprising a resin and a Part B comprising a hardener to form an activated multicomponent resin system. In certain embodiments, the activated multicomponent resin system has a viscosity in a range of 900-1,200 centipoise. The method further comprises mixing a Part C comprising particles into the activated multicomponent resin system to form a slurry, spreading the slurry over a floor to form a slurry coat, and allowing the slurry coat to cure. Before and after the slurry coat has cured, it has particles of the Part C distributed substantially uniformly throughout. The invention also provides slurry floor coats and floors bearing such coats, as well as methods for repairing such floor coats and floors. |
| US11326069B2 |
Fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin, surfactant, active energy ray curable resin composition, and cured film
Objects are to provide a fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin which may be suitably used as a surfactant in an aqueous active energy ray curable resin composition, to provide an active energy ray curable resin composition including the resin, and to provide a cured product obtained by curing the composition. Specifically, a fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin is provided which includes a polymer structure (a1) derived from a radically polymerizable unsaturated monomer, a poly(perfluoroalkylene ether) chain (a2), a radically polymerizable unsaturated group (a3), and an acid group forming a neutral salt structure (a4). Also provided are a surfactant including the fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin; an active energy ray curable resin composition including the fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin, an active energy ray curable hydrophilic resin other than the fluorine-containing active energy ray curable resin, and water; and a cured film of the composition. |
| US11326065B2 |
Silicone resin reflective substrate, manufacturing method for same, and base material composition used in reflective substrate
A versatile silicone resin reflective substrate which exhibits high reflectance of high luminance light from an LED light source over a wide wavelength from short wavelengths of approximately 340-500 nm, which include wavelengths from 380-400 nm near lower limit of the visible region, to longer wavelength in the infra-red region. The silicone resin reflective substrate has a reflective layer which contains a white inorganic filler powder dispersed in a three-dimensional cross linked silicone resin, the inorganic filler powder having a high reflective index than the silicone resin. The reflective layer is formed on a support body as a film, a solid, or a sheet. The silicone resin reflective substrate can be easily formed as a wiring substrate, a packaging case or the like, and can be manufactured at low cost and a high rate of production. |
| US11326063B2 |
Fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid
Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersibility. The fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid contains a solvent and one or more fibrous carbon nanostructures having a percentage mass loss of 3.0 mass % or less upon heating from 23° C. to 200° C. at a heating rate of 20° C./min in a nitrogen atmosphere as measured by thermogravimetric analysis. |
| US11326062B2 |
Colorless copper-containing material
Aspects of this disclosure pertain to a colorless material that includes a carrier, copper-containing particles, and either one or both of sodium thiocyanate and titanium dioxide. In one or more embodiments, the material exhibits, in the CIE L*a*b* system, an L* value in the range from about 91 to about 100, and a C* value of less than about 7, wherein C* equals √(a*2+b*2). In some embodiments, the material exhibits a greater than 3 log reduction in a concentration of Staphylococcus aureus, under the EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy as a Sanitizer testing conditions. |
| US11326061B2 |
High content polyamide hot-applied thermoplastic composition
A hot applied thermoplastic pavement composition and method of using a hot applied thermoplastic pavement composition includes a modified polyamide resin in the range of between 3 and 10 percent by weight, wherein the composition contains rosin-modified esters, a copolymer, 30-70 percent by weight of a glass bead intermix, a range of between 1 and 15 percent by weight of either white or yellow pigment, the balance of the composition being selected from the group consisting of one or more plasticizers, inorganic fillers, waxes, antioxidants and light stabilizers. |
| US11326060B2 |
Liquid-repellent coatings
The invention relates generally to liquid-repellent coatings, and in particular, to porous liquid-repellent coatings, a method of preparing the porous liquid-repellent coatings, and a method of characterizing a porous surface for the liquid-repellent coatings. The invention further relates to a porous liquid-repellent coating comprising a porous layer of a transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide and a layer of a liquid-repellent compound deposited onto the porous layer of the transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide, wherein the porous layer of the transition metal oxide and/or hydroxide is comprised of a plurality of surface pores of varying angles with an average angle that is re-entrant. |
| US11326057B2 |
Automatic sorting of polymer materials on the basis of the fluorescence decay time of the intrinsic fluorescence of the polymer
The invention relates to the identification of polymer materials on the basis of the fluorescence decay time of the intrinsic fluorescence of the polymer materials for definite sorting in a completely separated manner. The invention further relates to marking with fluorescent dyes, which, because of the specific fluorescence decay times of the fluorescent dyes, can further increase the sorting reliability by means of redundancy and can be used to identify particular batches. |
| US11326055B2 |
Aerogel composite powder
The present invention relates to an aerogel composite powder superior in thermal insulation and flexibility, the aerogel composite powder comprising an aerogel component and a silica particle. |
| US11326052B2 |
Biodegradable plastic composition and manufacturing method thereof
A biodegradable plastic composition is used to manufacture a biodegradable plastic. The biodegradable plastic composition includes a biodegradable polyester, a polysaccharide, and a modifier. The modifier is used to compound the polysaccharide and the biodegradable polyester to obtain a biodegradable plastic. The biodegradable plastic has a tensile strength greater than 3 MPa and an elongation greater than 81%. |
| US11326051B2 |
Method for producing oxymethylene polymer and oxymethylene polymer resin composition
It has been desired to develop a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, by which an oxymethylene polymer having a high polymerization degree can be produced with high efficiency while suppressing increase in the amount of generation of an odor. Further, it has been desired to develop an oxymethylene polymer resin composition, wherein generation of an odor at the time of molding or after molded to obtain a molded body is suppressed. The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene polymer, wherein the oxymethylene polymer is produced by polymerizing a cyclic oligomer of formaldehyde, and wherein a boron trifluoride compound and an aryl fluoride boron compound are used as polymerization catalysts. The present invention also provides an oxymethylene polymer resin composition containing an oxymethylene polymer and a derivative of an aryl fluoride boron compound. |
| US11326048B2 |
Member, container, chemical liquid storage body, chemical liquid purification device, and manufacturing tank
A member contains a fluorine-containing polymer and a fluorine-containing surfactant, in which provided that a mass-based content of the fluorine-containing surfactant in at least a surface of a portion of the member is M1, and a mass-based content of the surfactant in a position 10 nm below the surface in a thickness direction of the member is M2, M1/M2 is 0.50 to 0.90, and an atom number ratio X1 of the number of fluorine atoms contained in the surface to the number of carbon atoms contained in the surface is 0.50 to 3.0. |
| US11326043B2 |
Compositions for high reinforced sidewalls
This invention provides a composition comprising a natural rubber, a polybutadiene rubber and an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer and/or ethylene/α-olefin multiblock copolymer. The invention also provides for methods of making the composition, and articles prepared from the composition. |
| US11326040B2 |
Silicon-containing halogenated elastomers
Described herein is curable composition comprising a halogenated amorphous polymer having at least 25% halogen by weight; at least 0.5 phr of an acid acceptor; at least 0.01 phr of silicon-containing compound; and a dehydrohalogenation cure system. Upon curing, a silicon-containing superficial layer forms, which can provide increased durability, non-tackiness, and a matte finish to the cured elastomer. |
| US11326033B2 |
Method to optimize atomic layer deposition
The disclosure provides a method to optimize atomic layer deposition comprising the following steps: (A) providing a cellulose nanofiber; (B) acidifying the cellulose nanofiber by an acidifying treatment agent; (C) hydrophobing the acidified cellulose nanofiber by a hydrophobinghydrophobic treatment agent; (D) dissolving the acidified and hydrophobed cellulose nanofiber in a solvent to form a cellulose nanofiber solution; (E) coating the cellulose nanofiber solution on a silicone resin film; (F) heating the coated silicone resin film to form a cellulose nanofiber layer on a surface of the silicone resin film; and (G) forming an inorganic coating layer on the surface of the silicone resin film having the cellulose nanofiber layer by atomic layer deposition. |
| US11326031B2 |
Thermoplastic resin sheet, laminated sheet, and molded object
Disclosed herein are a thermoplastic resin sheet having excellent mechanical strength and excellent conformability during molding, a laminated sheet using such a thermoplastic resin sheet, and a molded body. The thermoplastic resin sheet includes a thermoplastic resin containing a polyolefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a compatibilizer, wherein the compatibilizer is a modified elastomer having a reactive group that reacts with the polyamide resin. The laminated sheet includes a base layer containing a polyolefin resin and the thermoplastic resin sheet bonded to one surface of the base layer. The molded body includes a base body containing a polyolefin resin and the thermoplastic resin sheet or the laminated sheet bonded to one surface of the base body. |
| US11326030B2 |
Colorless and transparent polyamide-imide film, and manufacturing method therefor
Disclosed herein are a polyamide-imide film which is transparent and exhibits superior mechanical properties such as surface hardness, etc. and a method of preparing the same. The polyamide-imide film a copolymer of an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, and an aromatic dicarbonyl compound, wherein the aromatic diamine and the aromatic dianhydride forms an imide unit; the aromatic diamine and the aromatic dicarbonyl compound forms an amide unit; and the amide unit accounts for 50-70 mol % of 100 mol % of the units of the copolymer, thereby exhibiting transparency and superior mechanical properties including surface hardness. |
| US11326024B2 |
Polyamide resin, molded body, laminate, medical device, and polyamide resin production method
A polyamide resin with an excellent balance of mechanical characteristics such as breaking strength and breaking elongation in a solid state, a molded body containing said polyamide resin, a laminate provided with a film or a sheet containing said polyamide resin, a medical device provided with the aforementioned molded body and/or the aforementioned laminate, and a production method of the aforementioned polyamide resin are provided. A polyamide resin is used which contains: a linear aliphatic dicarbonyl unit as unit (a); a linear aliphatic diamino unit as unit (b); at least one of a unit (b) and a unit (c), each of a prescribed structure; and a trivalent unit (e). |
| US11326023B2 |
Aromatic polycarbonate resin, method for producing same, and aromatic dihydroxy compound
Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin that has not only high fluidity and thin-wall moldability but also excellent hue and transparency. The aromatic polycarbonate resin contains a structural unit derived from an aromatic dihydroxy compound and a carbonate-forming compound. A hydrolysate obtained by hydrolysis of the aromatic polycarbonate resin contains aromatic dihydroxy compounds represented by the following Formulae (2) and (3), and the content of the compound represented by Formula (2) is 250 ppm by mass or less with respect to that of the compound represented by Formula (3), wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 each independently represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms; and a and b each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4: |
| US11326022B2 |
Multi-armed polymers comprising free-radical-polymerizable monomers and compositions, systems and methods pertaining to the same
In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to multi-arm polymers that comprise a core, a plurality of polymer segments having a first end that is covalently attached to the core and a second end comprising a moiety that comprises a reactive group, wherein the polymer segments comprise one or more free-radical-polymerizable monomers. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise a first composition comprising such a multi-arm polymer and a second composition comprising a multifunctional compound that comprises functional groups that are reactive with the reactive groups of the multi-arm polymer. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise crosslinked reaction products of such a multi-arm polymer and such a multifunctional compound. |
| US11326020B2 |
Composition for treating three-dimensional object precursor
The present invention is a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object for removing a support material from a precursor of the three-dimensional object containing a three-dimensional object and the support material, the composition containing water and a water-soluble compound having a solubility parameter (SP value) calculated by using the Fedors' method of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 to 13 (cal/cm3)1/2. The present invention can provide a composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object that is capable of removing the support material quickly and a method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object using the composition of an agent for treating a precursor of a three-dimensional object by a fused deposition modeling system. |
| US11326018B2 |
Process for the synthesis of polyoxazolidinone compounds
A method for the production of polyoxazolidinone compounds, comprising the step of reacting an isocyanate compound (A) with an epoxide compound (B) in the presence of a catalyst (C), wherein the isocyanate compound (A) comprises a isocyanate compound (A1) wherein the a isocyanate compound (A1) comprising at least two isocyanate groups (I1≥2), preferred two isocyanate groups (I1=2), wherein the epoxide compound (B) comprises a epoxide compound (B1) and an epoxide compound (B2), wherein the epoxide compound (B2) is different from the epoxide compound (B1) wherein the epoxide compound (B1) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F1≥2), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F1=2), linked together by a linking group (L1) and the epoxide compound (B2) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F2≥2)), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F2=2), linked together by a linking group (L2), wherein the linking group (L2) comprises acyclic and covalent bonds to each other free of conjugated multiple bonds within the main chain, wherein the epoxide compound (B2) is present in the epoxide compounds B1 and B2, in an amount of ≥0.01 mol-% to <10 mol-%, preferred 1-9 mol-% more preferred 3-8 mol-% based on the molar ratio the terminal epoxide groups in the epoxide compound (B1) and of the sum of the terminal epoxide groups in the epoxide compound (B1) and terminal epoxide groups in the epoxide compound (B2). |
| US11326016B1 |
Stabilized sectionalized containment combination
The invention provides a unique system for providing partition dividers in stowing units (e.g. shelving, trays, and containers). This is accomplished by providing a stowing unit with an adhesive viscoelastomeric thermoset polymer which adhesively restrains a free-standing divider adapted to be removed and repositioned at any desired positon to fit a user's stowing needs. The adhesive polymer is also cohesive and releases both the divider and any stowed items in contact with the polymer via the application of a counteracting removal force sufficient to overcome the adhesive attraction of the polymer. Accordingly, dividers fixedly attached to conventional sectionalized containers are suitably replaced herein by the repositionable divider combination. |
| US11326015B1 |
Cyanate ester resin
A method for making a cyanate ester resin includes reacting an arylorganometallic agent with a phosphorous halide in a solvent forming methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphines with one to six meta-methoxy groups. The methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphines with one to six meta-methoxy groups are reacted with an oxidizing agent forming a methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphine oxide including one to six meta-methoxy groups. The methoxy functionalized triphenylphosphine oxide is reacted with a dealkylating agent forming a hydroxy substituted triphenylphosphineoxide including one to six meta-hydroxyl groups. The hydroxy substituted triphenylphosphineoxide is reacted with cyanating reagent and a base forming a substituted triphenylphosphine oxide including one to six meta-cyanate groups. The substituted triphenylphosphine oxide is polymerized forming the cyanate ester resin. |
| US11326013B2 |
Block copolymer structure and the preparing method thereof
A block copolymer having the general formula as formula (1): mediator-P2-P1-X, formula (1), and the chemical structural formula is formula (2), in which the mediator in formula (1) and formula (2) is a regulator, which is a conjugated seven-membered ring structure, P1 is a first polymer which may be a conjugated or non-conjugated olefin monomer, R1 is the functional group of P1, n is the number of the monomer of P1, which is a positive integer and the range is 10˜1,500. P2 is a second polymer, m is the number of the monomer of P2, which is a positive integer and the range is 10˜1,500, and X is the end-functional group of the block copolymer. |
| US11326011B2 |
Aqueous polymer dispersion and process of making the same
An aqueous dispersion of a multistage polymer and an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous dispersion and providing coating films with good scratch resistance and balanced properties. |
| US11326010B2 |
Agent for dispersing electrically conductive carbon material, and dispersion of electrically conductive carbon material
Provided is an agent for dispersing an electrically conductive carbon material, in which the agent consists of a polymer which has an oxazoline group in a side chain and which is obtained by using an oxazoline group-containing monomer such as that represented by formula (1) for example, and in which the agent exhibits excellent dispersion of an electrically conductive carbon material and produces a thin film that exhibits excellent adhesion to a current collection substrate when formed into a thin film together with the electrically conductive carbon material. (In the formula, X denotes a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond-containing group, and R1-R4 each independently denote a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a branched structure having 1-5 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6-20 carbon atoms, or an aralkyl group having 7-20 carbon atoms.) |
| US11326003B2 |
Metallocene catalyst systems with chemically-treated solid oxides for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers
Polymerization processes for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers having densities less than 0.91 g/cm3 utilize a metallocene-based catalyst system containing a chemically-treated solid oxide. These polymerization processes can be conducted in a slurry reactor, a solution reactor, and/or a gas phase reactor. Ethylene polymers produced from the polymerization process can be characterized by a density of less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter of less than 0.2, and a ratio of HLMI/MI of at least 30, or a density less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter from 0.25 to 0.75, and a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 3. |
| US11326002B2 |
Polyethylene copolymers and products and methods thereof
A polymer composition may include a polymer produced from ethylene, one or more branched vinyl ester monomers, and optionally, vinyl acetate; wherein the polymer has a number average molecular weight ranging from 5 to 10,000 kDa, and a molecular weight distribution ranging from 1 to 60, obtained by GPC. |
| US11326000B2 |
Processing aid and blend employing the processing aid for achieving effective orientation of an extruded film layer and a biaxially oriented film including such film layer
The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer, at least one intermediate layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer and at least one intermediate layer includes a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene. |
| US11325998B2 |
Method for preparing vinyl chloride-based polymer and vinyl chloride-based polymer prepared therefrom
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, more specifically, to a method for preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer through which it is possible to improve an apparent specific gravity of a vinyl chloride-based polymer to be prepared by controlling a surface tension of a polymerization mixture to 46.5 mN/m or more, and thus, to improve an extrusion amount when extruded, whereby a vinyl chloride-based polymer having excellent processing productivity can be prepared. |
| US11325986B2 |
Heteropolysaccharides
The present invention relates a heteropolysaccharide characterized in that it is substantially composed of the monosaccharides glucose and galactose and rhamnose and N-acetylgalactosamine and a process for the production thereof. The invention further relates to a bacterium capable of producing said heteropolysaccharide and to the use of the heteropolysaccharide and the bacterium for improving the texture of fermented milk products. |
| US11325983B2 |
Bispecific antibodies
The invention relates to a bispecific antibody comprising a first antigen-binding site capable of binding Factor VII(a) and a second antigen-binding site capable of binding TLT-1, pharmaceutical formulations comprising such bispecific antibodies and uses thereof. |
| US11325981B2 |
Bispecific antigen-binding constructs targeting Her2
Provided herein are biparatopic antigen-binding constructs that specifically bind HER2. The biparatopic antigen-binding constructs comprise one antigen-binding moiety that binds to ECD2 of HER2, a second antigen-binding moiety that binds to ECD4 of HER2, and an Fc. At least one of the antigen-binding moieties is an scFv. The biparatopic antigen-binding constructs can be used in the treatment of cancer. |
| US11325979B2 |
Treatment of cytokine release syndrome with GM-CSF antagonists
The present invention provides, among other things, a method of treating a subject with infection-induced hyperinflammation comprising administering to the subject a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) antagonist at a therapeutically effective dose and an administration interval for a treatment period sufficient to improve, stabilize or reduce one or more symptoms of hyperinflammation. The present invention also provides, among other things, a method of inhibiting or reducing cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in a subject comprising administering to the subject a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) antagonist at a therapeutically effective dose and an administration interval for a treatment period sufficient to improve, stabilize or reduce one or more symptoms of CRS or ARDS. |
| US11325977B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptors against multiple HLA-G isoforms
The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) against multiple but not all human leukocyte antigen (HLA-G) isoforms. More specifically, the invention concerns CARs that are specific for HLA-G β2M-free or β2M-associated immunosuppressive isoforms respectively. |
| US11325974B2 |
Checkpoint blockade and microsatellite instability
Blockade of immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) and programmed death-1 (PD-1) shows promise in patients with cancer. Inhibitory antibodies directed at these receptors have been shown to break immune tolerance and promote anti-tumor immunity. These agents work particularly well in patients with a certain category of tumor. Such tumors may be particularly susceptible to treatment because of the multitude of neoantigens which they produce. |
| US11325972B2 |
Methods of treatment of eosinophilic bronchitis with an anti-IL-5 antibody
The present invention relates generally to the methods for the treatment and diagnosis of conditions mediated by IL-5 and excess eosinophil production, and more specifically to mAbs, Fabs, chimeric and humanized antibodies. More particularly, the present invention relates generally to the treatment of eosinophilic bronchitis with an anti-IL-5 antibody or fragment thereof. |
| US11325971B2 |
scFv-Fc dimers that bind transforming growth factor-β1 with high affinity, avidity and specificity
An scFv-Fc dimer binds and neutralizes TGFβ1 selectively and with high affinity and avidity. The scFv region may comprise the same VH and VL domains or CDR regions as metelimumab. The unique combination of their smaller size, high selectivity, potency against TGFβ1, and long in vivo half-life makes the scFv-Fc dimers ideal candidates for therapeutic applications. |
| US11325965B2 |
Single-domain VH H antibodies directed to norovirus GI.1 and GII.4 and their use
Isolated VHH monoclonal antibodies are disclosed that specifically bind to a Norovirus polypeptide. In some embodiments, the Norovirus is a Genogroup I Norovirus or a Genogroup II Norovirus. In other embodiments, the Norovirus is Norwalk or MD2004 virus. In some embodiments, the monoclonal antibodies specifically bind VP1. Also disclosed are compositions including the disclosed antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors including the nucleic acids, and isolated host cells that express the nucleic acids. The antibodies and compositions disclosed herein can be used for detecting the presence of a Norovirus in a biological sample, or detecting a Norovirus infection. Also disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing a NoV infection. |
| US11325963B2 |
Modified monocytes/macrophage expressing chimeric antigen receptors and uses thereof
The present invention includes methods and compositions for treating cancer, whether a solid tumor or a hematologic malignancy. By expressing a chimeric antigen receptor in a monocyte, macrophage or dendritic cell, the modified cell is recruited to the tumor microenvironment where it acts as a potent immune effector by infiltrating the tumor and killing the target cells. One aspect includes a modified cell and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modified cell for adoptive cell therapy and treating a disease or condition associated with immunosuppression. |
| US11325960B2 |
Method for producing an active hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)
The present invention provides a method for producing active hepatocyte growth factor activator (HGFA) and active hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) without using animal serum. The present invention relates to a method for producing active HGFA without using animal serum. The method is characterized in that it comprises a step of obtaining a culture supernatant comprising pro-HGFA by culturing mammalian cells expressing inactive hepatocyte growth factor activator (pro-HGFA) in a medium without serum, and a step of adjusting the culture supernatant comprising pro-HGFA obtained in the above step to weakly acidic to convert pro-HGFA into active HGFA. The present invention also relates to a method for producing active HGF with HGFA produced by said method. |
| US11325957B2 |
Methods and compositions for reducing the immunogenicity of chimeric notch receptors
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing the immunogenicity of chimeric Notch receptors, and specifically to transcription factors useful for controlling gene expression delivered to tissues by such chimeric Notch receptors. |
| US11325953B2 |
Protein of ‘dangshan suli’ having function of promoting growth of pollen tube, encoding gene PBRTTS1 and use thereof
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a protein for promoting the growth of a pollen tube and a gene PbrTTS1 encoding the protein. The amino acid sequence of the protein is shown in SEQ ID No: 1. The nucleotide sequence of the gene PbrTTS1 encoding the protein is shown in SEQ ID No: 2. Other embodiments of the disclosure provide a primer for amplifying the gene PbrTTS1 encoding the protein. The primer includes a forward primer and a reverse primer. The nucleotide sequence of the forward primer is shown in SEQ ID No: 3, and the nucleotide sequence of the reverse primer is shown in SEQ ID No: 4. |
| US11325950B2 |
Immunogenic fusion protein
The present invention relates to an immunogenic fusion protein comprising a first amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a first group B Streptococcus surface protein, which is fused to a second amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of a second group B Streptococcus surface protein. Each of the first and the second group B Streptococcus surface protein is selected from the group consisting of Rib protein, Alp1 protein, Alp2 protein, Alp3 protein, Alp4 protein and AlpC protein. The immunogenic fusion protein further comprises at least one amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of the N-terminal region of the group B streptococcus surface protein Alp1, Alp2, Alp3 or Alp4. The invention further pertains to an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding the immunogenic fusion protein; a vector; a host cell; an immunogenic product, a vaccine; and a method for preventing or treating a group B Streptococcus infection. |
| US11325949B2 |
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US11325948B2 |
Methods and compositions for genetically modifying lymphocytes to express polypeptides comprising the intracellular domain of MPL
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for genetically modifying lymphocytes, for example T cells and/or NK cells, in shorter times than previously and/or in whole blood or a component thereof. In some embodiments a lymphodepletion filter assembly is used before or after forming a reaction mixture where lymphocytes are contacted with recombinant retroviral particles in a closed system, to genetically modify the lymphocytes. |
| US11325943B2 |
Crystalline salt forms of SBT-20
Disclosed are various crystalline salt forms of L-Phe-D-Arg-L-Phe-L-Lys-NH2. |
| US11325937B2 |
Glycoside compound and preparation method therefor, composition, application, and intermediate
The present invention discloses a glycoside compound represented by Formula III, and a preparation method, a composition, use and an intermediate thereof. The glycoside compound provided in the present invention has simple preparation method, can significantly increase the expression of VEGF-A mRNA, and is effective in promoting the angiogenesis. This provides a reliable guarantee for the development of drugs with pro-angiogenic activity for treating cerebral infarction cerebral stroke, myocardial infarction, and ischemic microcirculatory disturbance of lower limbs. |
| US11325932B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound of Formula I or Formula II wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and NRN; and (a) L1 and L2 are the same or different and are each a mono-anionic bidentate ligand; and R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; or (b) R joins with L1 of the Formulae I or II to form a ring B1 of formula B and formula C, respectively, and L2 is L3 and L3 is a tridentate ligand of formula D wherein ring C, ring D, and ring E are each independently selected from the group consisting a 5-membered aryl, a 5-membered heteroaryl, a 6-membered aryl, and a 6-membered heteroaryl; X1 to X4 are independently selected from C or N, and no more than two of the X1 to X4 is N; Z1 to Z7 are independently selected from C or N; wherein one of Z1, Z4, and Z7 is an anionic donor, and the remaining two are neutral donors; wherein Z2 and Z3 are not both N, and Z5 and Z6 are not both N; and the dotted lines represent coordination to the iridium; wherein each RA to RE represents mono to the maximum allowable substitution, or no substitution; and each RA to RE is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof, wherein any two adjacent substituents RA to RE are optionally joined to form a fused ring. |
| US11325929B2 |
Phosphorus-containing compound and preparation and use thereof
The present invention provides a phosphorus-containing compound characterized by being a compound represented by the following structure: the compound is a novel immune cell migration inhibitor. The compound has good hydrophilicity and can be developed into eye drops. The compound has a strong inhibitory ability to immune cell migration and can relieve the symptoms of most dry-eye patients. |
| US11325923B2 |
Preparation of siloxanes in the presence of cationic silicon (II) compounds
Siloxanes are prepared by reacting: a compound A with a compound B or a compound A with a compound C or a compound B with a compound C or a compound C alone, in the presence of a compound D at ≥40° C., wherein compound A is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydrogen atom, compound B is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded alkoxy moiety, compound C is a silane or a siloxane having at least one silicon-bonded hydrogen atom and at least one silicon-bonded alkoxy moiety, and compound D is a cationic Si(II) compound. |
| US11325922B2 |
Process for the preparation of Crisaborole in a stable crystal form
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of crisaborole of formula (I): by preparing intermediates of formulas (II) and (III): |
| US11325920B2 |
Antibacterial compounds, compositions thereof, and methods using same
The present disclosure includes novel compounds useful as antimicrobial agents. The present disclosure further includes methods useful. The present disclosure further includes compositions and methods for treating or preventing a bacterial infection. The present disclosure further includes compositions and methods useful for preventing or reducing the growth or proliferation of microorganisms. |
| US11325919B1 |
Synthetic novel pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloid and method of use
Aleutianamine represents the first in a new class of pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloids possessing a highly strained multi-bridged ring system, discovered from Latrunculia (Latrunculia) austini Samaai, Kelly & Gibbons, 2006 (class Demospongiae, order Poecilosclerida, family Latrunculiidae) recovered during a NOAA deep-water exploration of the Aleutian Islands. Aleutianamine exhibited potent and selective cytotoxicity toward solid tumor cell lines including pancreatic cancer (PANC-1) with an IC50 of 25 nM and colon cancer (H116) with IC50 of 1 μM. |
| US11325913B2 |
Compounds and methods for the treatment of malaria
Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification. These compounds, and the pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for the treatment of malaria. |
| US11325909B2 |
Crystalline 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)propane-1,3-diol salt of 4-(4-(1-isopropyl-7-OXO-1,4,6,7-tetrahydrospiro[indazole-5,4′-piperidine]-1′-carbonyl)-6-methoxypryridin-2-YL)benzoic acid
The invention provides the tris salt of 4-(4-(1-isopropyl-7-oxo-1,4,6,7-tetrahydrospiro[indazole-5,4′-piperidine]-1′-carbonyl)-6-methoxypyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid as a crystalline anhydrous or tri-hydrate; as well as polymorphs, pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms, and the use thereof in treating diseases, conditions or disorders modulated by the inhibition of an acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) enzyme(s) in an animal. |
| US11325907B2 |
Crystal form of 1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-2(3H)-one compound and preparation process therefor
Disclosed are a crystal form of 1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-2(3H)-one compound and a preparation process therefor, and use of the crystal form in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a disease associated with PDE4 receptor. |
| US11325906B2 |
Chemical compounds
The present invention relates to azaquinolone compounds of Formula (I), and their use in medicine. |
| US11325904B2 |
Tropinol esters and related compounds to promote normal processing of APP
In various embodiments, compositions and methods are provided for treatment and/or prevention of amyloidogenic diseases. In certain embodiments, the methods entail administering an effective amount of a tropinol ester to a subject in need thereof for prophylactic or therapeutic effect. The methods are particularly useful for prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In certain embodiments, methods of reducing the risk, lessening the severity, or delaying the progression or onset of a disease characterized by beta-amyloid deposits in the brain of a mammal are also provided. In certain embodiments, methods of directly or indirectly inhibiting the C-terminal cleavage of APP resulting in the formation of APP-C31 peptide and APPneo (AP-P664) in a mammal are provided. |
| US11325902B2 |
Benzenesulfonamide compounds and their use as therapeutic agents
This invention is directed to benzenesulfonamide compounds, as stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers thereof or mixtures thereof; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, for the treatment of diseases or conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channels, such as epilepsy and/or epileptic seizure disorders. |
| US11325896B2 |
Antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4
Disclosed herein are substituted 2-azaspiro[3.3]heptane compounds of formula (I′), which may be useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4 (mAChR M4). Also disclosed herein are methods of making the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating disorders using the compounds and compositions. |
| US11325895B2 |
Crystals of tetrahydronaphthyl urea derivative
Provided are type I, III, V and VI crystals of 1-((1R,2R)-2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-3-(5-methyl-6-(2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)-2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)urea which are useful as bulk pharmaceutical crystals. Also provided are type I, III, V and VI crystals of 1-((1R,2R)-2-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-3-(5-methyl-6-(2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)-2-phenylpyridin-3-yl)urea having excellent TrkA inhibitory effect, medicines and medicinal composition containing these crystals, and a method for producing these crystals. |
| US11325894B2 |
Upgrading ketoacid
The present invention relates to a method using a specific catalyst for upgrading ketoacid to intermediates for fuel and chemical industry, intermediates obtained by the method and to their use. |
| US11325893B2 |
Hydrofluoroethers and methods of using same
A compound is represented by the following general formula (I): (I) wherein each of Rf1 and Rf2 is, independently, F, CF3, C2F5, C3F7, or C4F9, with the proviso that if either of Rf1 and Rf2 is fluorine, then the other is not fluorine; Rf3 is F, CF3, C2F5, C3F7 or CF(CF3)2; Rf4 is F, CF3, C2F5, C3F7 or CF(CF3)2; and Rh is CH3 or C2H5. |
| US11325892B2 |
Compounds and methods for treating cancer
This document provides compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers including renal cancer (e.g., renal cell carcinoma) as well as ovarian, breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, bladder, liver, lung, and thyroid cancers and melanoma. For example, compounds, compositions, and methods for using one or more inhibitors of SCD1 to treat renal cell carcinoma (e.g., clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)), thyroid cancer, or liver cancer; or to increase the efficacy of treatment for the same. |
| US11325887B2 |
Methods for forming peroxyformic acid and uses thereof
The present invention relates generally to methods for forming peroxyformic acid, comprising contacting formic acid with hydrogen peroxide. The methods for forming peroxyformic acid can include adding formic acid with a relatively lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide, or adding formic acid to a peroxycarboxylic acid composition or forming composition to react with hydrogen peroxide in the compositions. The present invention also relates to peroxyformic acid formed by the above methods. The present invention further relates to the uses of peroxyformic acid for treating a variety of targets, e.g., target water, including target water used in connection with oil- and gas-field operations. The present invention further relates to methods for reducing or removing H2S or iron sulfide in the treated water source, improving clarity of the treated water source, or reducing the total dissolved oxygen or corrosion in the treated water source, using peroxyformic acid, including peroxyformic acid generated in situ. |
| US11325886B2 |
Amide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using the same
Amide compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds as well as methods of treating neurodegenerative diseases that involve administering the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions to a subject. |
| US11325883B2 |
Functionalized N,N-dialkylamino phenyl ethers and their method of use
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized N,N-dialkylamino phenyl ethers derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with lysosomal storage dysfunction that include Gaucher's disease, and any disease or condition involving lysosomal storage dysfunction. |
| US11325876B2 |
Process for producing a chlorinated C3-6 alkane
Disclosed is a process for producing a chlorinated C3-6 alkane comprising providing a reaction mixture comprising an alkene and carbon tetrachloride in a principal alkylation zone to produce chlorinated C3-6 alkane in the reaction mixture, and extracting a portion of the reaction mixture from the principal alkylation zone, wherein:a) the concentration of the chlorinated C3-6 alkane in the reaction mixture in the principal alkylation zone is maintained at a level such that the molar ratio of chlorinated C3-6 alkane:carbon tetrachloride in the reaction mixture extracted from the alkylation zone does not exceed 95:5 when the principal alkylation zone is in continuous operation; and/or b) the reaction mixture extracted from the principal alkylation zone additionally comprises alkene and the reaction mixture is subjected to a dealkenation step in which at least about 50% or more by weight of the alkene present in the reaction mixture is extracted therefrom and at least about 50% of the extracted alkene is fed back into the reaction mixture provided in the principal alkylation zone; and/or c) the reaction mixture present in the principal alkylation zone and extracted from the principal alkylation zone additionally comprises a catalyst, and the reaction mixture extracted from the principal alkylation zone is subjected to an aqueous treatment step in which the reaction mixture is contacted with an aqueous medium in an aqueous treatment zone, a biphasic mixture is formed and an organic phase comprising catalyst is extracted from the biphasic mixture. |
| US11325874B2 |
Method for preparing a linear alpha olefin including oxygen removal from the feed
Provided is a method for preparing a linear alpha olefin using a chromium-based catalyst, including the steps of: removing oxygen impurities by contacting an olefin with an oxygen adsorbent; injecting the olefin from which the oxygen impurities are removed; a chromium-based catalyst into a reactor; and oligomerizing the olefin in the reactor. |
| US11325872B2 |
Concentrated aqueous suspension of microfibrillated cellulose comprising salts for plant nutrition
A concentrated aqueous suspension of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) comprising salts for plant nutrition, the concentrated aqueous suspension comprises microfibrillated linear polymers of D-glucose molecules homogenized through a fibrillation process (cellulose microfibers), calcium ions, sulfate ions and other substances for plant nutrition, being the concentration of calcium ions and sulfate ions in excess of the concentration corresponding to the solubility of calcium sulfate in water and being the proportion of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) within a range of 1% and 99% w/w of the suspension. |
| US11325866B2 |
Aluminum nitride sintered body, method of making the same, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment component using aluminum nitride sintered body
An aluminum nitride sintered body for use in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus is provided. The aluminum nitride sintered body exhibits, in a photoluminescence spectrum thereof in a wavelength range of 350 nm to 700 nm obtained with 250 nm excitation light, a highest emission intensity peak within a wavelength range of 580 nm to 620 nm. |
| US11325861B1 |
Multi-solid waste activated concrete with high-silicon iron ore tailings and preparation method thereof
Multi-solid waste activated concretes with high-silicon iron ore tailings and preparation methods thereof are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the concrete is prepared from raw materials including 360-380 kg/m3 of a cement, 30-40 kg/m3 of fly ash, 30-40 kg/m3 of a modified ultrafine sand of high-silicon iron ore tailings, 930-950 kg/m3 of a waste stone of tailings, 870-930 kg/m3 of a fine sand of tailings, 160-170 kg/m3 of water, and 4-8 kg/m3 of an additive. |
| US11325860B2 |
Laser-colored sapphire material
A colored sapphire material and methods for coloring sapphire material using lasers are disclosed. The method for coloring the sapphire material may include positioning the sapphire material over an opaque substrate material, exposing the opaque substrate material to a laser beam passing through the sapphire material to impact the substrate material, and inducing a chemical change in a portion of the sapphire material exposed to the laser beam. The method may also include creating a visible color in the portion of the sapphire material as a result of the chemical change. The colored sapphire material may include a first transparent portion, and a second, colored portion substantially surrounded by the first portion. The second, colored portion may have a chemical composition different than that of the first portion. |
| US11325855B2 |
Glass compositions with improved chemical and mechanical durability
The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In an embodiment the glass composition may include from about 67 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 3 mol. % to about 13 mol. % alkaline earth oxide; from about 2 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Al2O3; from about 2 mol. % to about 18 mol. % alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises non-zero amounts of Na2O; from 0 mol. % to about 4 mol. % B2O3; and from about 0.01 mol. % to about 1 mol. % of a fining agent. |
| US11325853B2 |
Sewage treatment system
A sewage treatment system includes dehydration means to dehydrate the received surplus sludge and/or the received return sludge; a microbial material production device configured to supply oxygen to the dehydrated sludge received from the dehydration means while maintaining the temperature of the dehydrated sludge to subject the dehydrated sludge to aerobic fermentation, thereby producing a microbial material; water feeding means configured to feed water from any part of the sewage treatment system to the after-mentioned microbe activation device; a microbe activation device configured to receive the microbial material from the microbial material production device, and supply the water from the water feeding means to the received microbial material; and oxygen supply means configured to supply oxygen to the sewage at any position of the relay pump station; wherein the sewage is sent from the relay pump station to the sewage treatment facility. |
| US11325843B2 |
Fixture and method for purifying a drinking water purification system
The invention relates to a fixture and a method for cleaning a drinking water purification system including the following steps: removal of a filter cartridge from a cartridge holder of a filtering unit in a cold water line, insertion of a connection adapter into the cartridge holder to form a fluid connection with the cold water line, connection of a connecting piece of a hot water line to the connection adapter, heating of water with a heater interconnected with the hot water line, delivery of heated water via the connecting piece of the hot water line and the connection adapter into the cold water line. |
| US11325841B2 |
Preparation method of indium oxide with stable morphology and application thereof
A preparation method of indium oxide with stable morphology includes: (1) mixing indium oxide powder and bismuth oxide powder according to a mass ratio of 1:0.1-0.5 to obtain a powder mixture; (2) putting the powder mixture into a ball mill for ball milling at room temperature to obtain a uniform powder mixture; (3) putting the obtained uniform powder mixture into a muffle furnace and calcining at 700-1000° C.; and (4) obtaining the indium oxide with cubic stable morphology after the muffle furnace naturally cools to room temperature. The method has advantages of simple synthesis process, short synthesis period, high sample yield, no need of complicated equipment, and morphology of the obtained indium oxide can be maintained after being heated at a high temperature within 1000° C. for 2 hours. An electrochemical sensor prepared by using the indium oxide obtained by the method has better selectivity to nonane. |
| US11325839B2 |
Zinc oxide particle preparation and methods of use
A method of using ZnO particles for the treatment of colon cancer and a method of using the particles for reducing the concentration of an organic contaminant in an aqueous solution is described. The ZnO particles are substantially spherical and may have nanopetals that provide a nanoflower morphology. The synthesis and characterization of the ZnO particles is also discussed. |
| US11325838B2 |
Surface-modified metal compound particles, and method for producing surface-modified metal compound particles
These surface-modified metal compound particles have metal compound particles the surfaces of which are modified by: at least one first carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of a methacrylic acid, an acrylic acid, and a propionic acid; and at least one second carboxylic acid selected from the group consisting of a C6-C16 fatty acid and a C7-C32 monovalent carboxylic acid having at least one benzene ring, wherein at least a portion of the first carboxylic acid is a carboxylic acid type in which a hydrogen atom of the carboxy group is not dissociated as an ion. |
| US11325837B2 |
System, process and related sintered article
A process of forming a sintered article includes heating a green portion of a tape of polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals in organic binder at a binder removal zone to a temperature sufficient to pyrolyze the binder; horizontally conveying the portion of tape with organic binder removed from the binder removal zone to a sintering zone; and sintering polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals of the portion of tape at the sintering zone, wherein the tape simultaneously extends through the removal and sintering zones. |
| US11325834B2 |
Process to produce an engineered carbon
A process for the conversion of hardwood and bamboo to engineered carbon is disclosed. The biomass feedstock of hardwood and bamboo is placed into a holding canister, and the holding canister is lowered into the sealable reactor vessel. The biomass feedstock is ignited, and superheated stream and/or water is metered, or alternately steam is created in situ by introduction of water, into the process. The process is controlled by supplying compressed air and steam, or in situ water, and releasing process gases. The process is performed in an oxygen deprived state. Steam, or in situ water, is injected at the end of the cycle to end the thermal conversion and clean the resulting engineered carbon. |
| US11325827B2 |
Pore formation in a substrate
Methods are provided for manufacturing well-controlled, solid-state nanopores and arrays thereof. In one aspect, methods for manufacturing nanopores and arrays thereof exploit a physical seam. One or more etch pits are formed in a topside of a substrate and one or more trenches, which align with the one or more etch pits, are formed in a backside of the substrate. An opening is formed between the one or more etch pits and the one or more trenches. A dielectric material is then formed over the substrate to fill the opening. Contacts are then disposed on the topside and the backside of the substrate and a voltage is applied from the topside to the backside, or vice versa, through the dielectric material to form a nanopore. In another aspect, the nanopore is formed at or near the center of the opening at a seam, which is formed in the dielectric material. |
| US11325825B2 |
Valve for a gravity-feed silo tank fueling system
A fleet refueling silo tank system gravity feeds fuel through hoses to fleet units without requiring pressurizing pumps. A specialized valve at the fleet unit fuel tank prevents vapor escape and admits fuel at low, gravity-feed pressures. The valve includes a valve body with an upper end and a lower end, the upper end adapted to engage a cap which affixes the valve body to the fuel tank fill mouth. Below the cap, a fuel cut-off plunger and seat selectively interrupt fuel flow through the mouth by responding to a buoyant float extending coaxially beneath the valve body and into the fuel tank. Linkage coupled to the plunger extends through the valve body to the float, and roller bearings within the valve body engage a shaft extending from the float coaxially into the lower end of the valve body. |
| US11325822B2 |
Water dispenser and pure water producing apparatus
A water dispenser which is connected to a pure water source and used for dispensing pure water includes: an arm mounting unit; a water dispensing gun including a nozzle for discharging pure water; a holding unit for holding the water dispensing gun; and at least two arms connecting the holding unit to the arm mounting unit. The at least two arms constitute a parallel link mechanism in which a trajectory of each arm when the at least two arms move is within the same vertical plane. |
| US11325816B2 |
Independent drive motors for machinery positioning apparatus having independent lifting motors
A lifting apparatus and controller therefore, where the lifting apparatus includes independently driven lifting columns and independently driven wheels that are controlled by a controller having a number of sensors such as limit sensors, position sensors, rotation sensors, laser sensors, torque sensors and the like. The independent motors for lifting and driving may also be removed easily to provide for improved servicing and maintenance. The various sensor signals are used to calculate, coordinate and calibrate the apparatus for precise and safe movement by the motors in order to perform lifting and positioning operations, for example rail car repair and service. |
| US11325812B2 |
Damping device for main rope
A damping device for a main rope suspending a car of an elevator includes a coupled, a first pulley and a drive. The coupler is attached to the main rope above the car, and is configured to be pulled, in response to vibrations of the main rope, with a damping rope so as to suppress vibrations of the main rope. The first pulley is supported at a same height as a height of the coupler. The drive is configured to suppress vibration of the main rope by pulling a first damping rope coupled to the coupler and passing over the first pulley. |
| US11325807B2 |
Line handling device for letting out, winding up, and locking a line
A line-handling device is for letting out, winding up and locking a line. The line-handling device has: a first handle; a substantially flat reel which is rotatable relative to the first handle; a line-guiding part which is fixed relative to the first handle; a locking mechanism for locking the reel in a non-rotatable position; and an attachment element for a tautening device, the reel being displaceable relative to the first handle parallel to the rotational axis of the reel. A line-handling system is for suspending a line between two anchoring points and a method is for suspending a line between two anchoring points. |
| US11325806B2 |
Drop stitch tethers alignment
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by an alignment system for aligning tethers of a drop stitch fabric prior to feeding the drop stitch fabric to a drop stitch fabric processing machine. The alignment system feeds a drop stitch fabric having a first layer and a second layer tethered by drop stitch tethers, wherein the first layer is moving with a first velocity and the second layer is moving with a second velocity. The disclosure also relates to an alignment system in accordance with to the foregoing. |
| US11325803B2 |
Gluing device of an end edge of a log
A gluing device of an end edge of a log including an introduction assembly into the gluing device of a log, a handling assembly for a log associated to detection device of the end edge and including a pair of rolls for advancement and holding in rotation of the log, a glue dispensing assembly and a transfer assembly of the log including a transfer plane positioned downstream of the lower handling roller. The glue dispensing assembly is placed in series between the lower handling roll and the transfer plane and includes a transverse tank for the glue, housing cyclically movable glue transfer members. The transverse tank is provided with an upper cover provided with a plurality of openings provided in succession side by side at a set distance along a transverse row. The movable glue transfer members include a plurality of tips provided in succession along a transverse row, alternatively projecting through the relevant openings and retracted within the transverse tank because of the cyclical movement. |
| US11325798B2 |
Feeding device and sheet processing device with the same
A feeding device comprises a suction feeding unit having a belt for feeding a sheet in a suction state and a belt driving unit, a sheet detection sensor, and a control unit. The control unit controls the belt drive unit so as to feed the sheet in a feeding direction at a first speed. If the sheet does not arrive at the sheet detection sensor, the control unit controls the belt drive unit so as to execute a low-speed feeding of moving the belt in the feeding direction at a second speed lower than the first speed or so as to execute a reverse feeding of moving the belt in a reverse feeding direction opposite to the feeding direction. |
| US11325795B1 |
Systems and methods for modifying loading dock environments to enable trailer swing doors to open inside of a loading dock
Systems and methods for the modification of loading dock environments are provided that allow trailers and shipping containers on chassis' to park at a loading dock with closed doors and have these doors opened into the loading dock environment and resealed while the trailer remains at the loading dock. |
| US11325792B2 |
Loading station for a pocket conveyor
A loading station for a pocket conveyor having two conveying lines. The loading station has a receiving section for receiving pockets for each conveying line; a receiving section for objects, with which the pockets are to be loaded; and a device for each conveying line, into each of which an empty pocket to be filled can be introduced. In addition, the loading station has a moving unit for moving the devices from a receiving section for objects to one of the receiving sections for receiving pockets, and back again. The loading station is also designed to alternately load the pockets of the first conveying line and the pockets of the second conveying line. |
| US11325789B2 |
Sorting facility
A sorting facility for sorting articles by a plurality of connected conveyance carriages. The sorting facility includes a supervisory controller managing a position of each of the conveyance carriages, a trigger sensor detecting each of the conveyance carriages, and a belt conveyor provided on each of the conveyance carriages. The supervisory controller identifies each of the conveyance carriages that should deliver the articles to the chute based on the managed position of each of the conveyance carriages. The supervisory controller instructs the belt conveyor provided in each of the conveyance carriages identified to start a delivery operation of each of the articles at timing when each of the conveyance carriages identified is detected by the trigger sensor. |
| US11325786B2 |
Guide profile and conveying system
A guide profile and a conveying system are disclosed. The conveying system is designed with a guide profile of this type. A slide bar of the guide profile is provided with an articulated leg so that it is possible to change the slide bar on the already installed conveying system. |
| US11325785B2 |
Article conveying facility
An article conveying facility in which an article is conveyed by a conveyance carriage travelling on a pair of left and right rails provided along a conveyance path. The article conveying facility includes a carriage driving apparatus that drives the conveyance carriage by utilizing a frictional force generated by contact with the conveyance carriage, and sensors that detect floating of the conveyance carriage with respect to the rails. The conveyance carriage includes a fin that contacts the carriage driving apparatus. The fin is provided so as to extend along the travelling direction of the conveyance carriage, at a lower position than the position of an upper surface of the rails. The sensors detect floating of the conveyance carriage with respect to the rails by detecting the fin. |
| US11325780B2 |
Method and device for sorting cargo
A method and a device for sorting cargo. The method includes: acquiring a to-be-allocated order; determining, for each target sorting unit, at least one of: a number of to-be-sorted orders of the target sorting unit, a number of types of to-be-sorted cargo, or a coincidence number of types of cargo between the target sorting unit and the to-be-allocated order; selecting a target sorting unit based on at least one of following items of each target sorting unit: the number to-be-sorted orders, the number of types of to-be-sorted cargo, or the coincidence number of types of cargo; and allocating the to-be-allocated order to the selected target sorting unit, such that the selected target sorting unit sorts out the cargo indicated by the to-be-allocated order. |
| US11325779B2 |
Smart locker automated transfer system and method
A smart locker automated transfer system includes one or more lockers, a transfer system, and an autonomous delivery robot. Each locker includes a retractable base plate configured to hold the package. The transfer system may include a rack and rail system, one or more conveyor belts, or both. The autonomous delivery robot may be configured to receive the package from the transfer system. The autonomous delivery robot may be configured to deliver the package to a destination. |
| US11325777B2 |
Systems and processes for space management of three dimensional containers including biological measurements
Systems and methods for remote monitoring of a container are disclosed. The system includes at least one data collector configured to collect data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container, a wireless transmitter in communication with the at least one data collector and configured to transmit the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container to a location remote from the location of the container, a server in communication with the wireless transmitter to receive and process the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container, and a physical attribute analysis engine in communication with the server to receive the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container and calculate a current value for the physical attribute based upon the received data. |
| US11325772B2 |
Box defining walls with insulation cavities
A method of assembling a box from a blank including obtaining a blank including a plurality of outer side panels, the outer side panels connected to each other by a plurality of fold lines, a plurality of outer bottom panels each joined to each of the outer side panels by a fold line, a plurality of connecting strips each joined to each of the outer side panels by a fold line, a plurality of inner side panels each joined to each of the connecting strips by a fold line, and a plurality of inner bottom panels each joined to each of the inner side panels by a fold line; and joining the outer side panels at opposite ends such that the outer side panels form a ring. |
| US11325764B2 |
Carton for articles
A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a bottom panel, a top panel, and a side panel. At least two end flaps are respectively foldably attached to respective panels of the plurality of panels. The at least two end flaps can at least partially form a closed end of the carton, and the at least two end flaps can comprise a first end flap foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels at a first fold line and a second end flap foldably connected to the at least one panel at a second fold line. The second fold line is oblique relative to the first fold line. |
| US11325756B2 |
Child resistant pail
An improved lid and pail combination provides a child resistant connection for use with pails. |
| US11325755B2 |
Pouring spout fitment for flexible container
Flexible package fitments for use with detachable dispensing systems are provided. Pouring spout fitments configured to be attached to the inner surface of flexible containers are also provided. The detachable dispensing systems and pouring spout fitments include a hollow rigid member (115) and an extendible spout (121) disposed within and at least partially attached to the hollow rigid member and selectively positionable between a recessed position and, alternatively, an extended position, in which the extendible spout is configured to dispense a pourable material from the container through a distal opening when the fitment is attached to a flexible package. Material containers are also provided that include the fitments described herein. |
| US11325752B2 |
Bottle cap and bottle
A bottle cap is disclosed. The bottle cap includes a cap body having a cover plate and a cylinder part integral with the cover plate. A stopper member protrudes from an inner surface of the cover plate. The stopper member includes a sealing part supported by a support structure integral with the cover plate. An annular guiding plate protrudes from a sidewall surface of the cylinder part and is inclined toward the stopper member to engage with the sealing part. |
| US11325749B2 |
Container with removable tray
The present invention relates to a container including a container body with a removable tray wherein the container can house at least two materials that must be kept separate until use. The container also may have upwardly extending fingers in the removable tray for securing a material. |
| US11325748B2 |
Impact-protection device capable of being provided on a bottle
A device for protecting against shocks for a glass bottle is presented, having a body, a bottom and a distal portion successively comprising from the body, a shoulder, a collar and a neck, said device comprising a first cup engaging with the bottom and a second cup engaging with the shoulder, each of the cups having a projecting portion for damping shocks, along a transversal plane, beyond a zone of a larger diameter of the bottle. The projecting portion of at least one from among the first and the second cups includes a plurality of damping pads spaced apart from one another. |
| US11325747B2 |
Bulk container with interlocking features
A container having interlocking features is provided. The container includes protrusions on the upper edges of the side wall panels and base wall panels, and notches in the runners/feet for receiving the protrusions. The runners and/or feet extend to the outer perimeter of the container so they can rest on an upper edge of a like container, and do not include a recess from the outer perimeter. |
| US11325744B2 |
Carton box with fast packaging function
A carton box includes a main body and at least one fastening module removably mounted on the main body. The main body includes two first face boards and two second face boards. One of the first face boards is provided with a first movable plate. The other one of the first face boards is provided with a second movable plate. The main body is provided with at least one locking slot. The at least one fastening module includes a first fastener member mounted on the second movable plate and a second fastener member located in the at least one locking slot of the main body. The second fastener member is detachably connected with the first fastener member. |
| US11325740B2 |
Straight consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making same
The invention is directed to straight, consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making the body scores. |
| US11325738B1 |
Drink stacker storage systems
According to an aspect of the present invention, a stackable storage rack system suitable for storing containers is provided. The system includes a base. The system also includes a plurality of compartments positionable within the base, wherein the compartments form a cavity within the base and have an opening on a top of the base designed to store containers. The system further includes at least 4 legs, wherein a top of the legs are connected to a bottom of the base at four separate bottom corners of the base. Additionally, the system includes an operational space formed by stacking at least two storage racks one on top of another wherein users of the system can retrieve containers from the bottom storage rack without interference from the top storage rack. |
| US11325735B1 |
Methods of using adjustable packaging
A packing insert includes a panel that defines a periphery, a location inward of the periphery, and a plurality of flaps each defining an outer end and an inner end such that each flap extends inwardly from its outer end to its inner end. Each of the flaps is foldable about its outer end so that the flaps collectively define a void. A first one of the flaps has a second outer end spaced outwardly from the outer end of the first flap. The panel defines at least one frangible portion between the outer end and the second outer end of the first flap. The first flap is selectively foldable about 1) its outer end so as to at least partially define the void, and 2) its second outer end, after breaking the at least one frangible portion, so as to increase a size of the void. |
| US11325734B2 |
Heat shrinking apparatus in shrink packaging machine
A heat shrinking apparatus 1 includes: a conveyance unit 11 conveying a package 3 obtained by wrapping an object(s) 5 with a heat-shrink film 4; an endless belt 21 disposed below a conveying surface of the conveyance unit, rotating along a conveying direction of the conveyance unit; and a hot air jet unit 19(20) jetting out hot air from an inside to an outside of a belt surface of the endless belt facing the conveying surface, wherein: the endless belt has a hot air passing portion 30 extending in a belt width direction; the hot air jet unit jets out the hot air toward the conveying surface through the hot air passing portion; and the endless belt rotates following a movement of the package so that a seal portion(s) 6a(6b) provided at a front end and/or a rear end of the package is/are heat-shrunk with the hot air. |
| US11325732B2 |
Packaging machine and method for making capsules
A packaging machine for making capsules of the type including a container having an inlet opening and a bottom and at least one substantially disc-shaped element associated with the container, including a movement system by which the containers are directed along a predetermined path in a feed direction; a movement means by which a continuous web for defining the disc-shaped elements is moved along a second predetermined path; a cutoff station where the disc-shaped elements are cut from the continuous web and which is positioned along the second predetermined path and an associating station where the disc-shaped elements are associated with the containers and which is positioned along the predetermined path; the associating station is distinct from the cutoff station and the machine includes a transfer system by which the disc-shaped elements are transferred from the cutoff station to the associating station. |
| US11325727B2 |
Converging/diverging magnetic nozzle
A magnetic nozzle having a converging/diverging contour shape that converts the thermal energy of a propellant into directed kinetic energy, but uses magnetic fields instead of a physical boundary to direct the flow of particles. |
| US11325726B2 |
Method and apparatus for spacecraft gyroscope scale factor calibration
A method and apparatus for estimating gyro scale factor during normal spacecraft operations, using small attitude motions that are compliant with mission pointing accuracy and stability requirements and a signal processing method that specifically detects the intentionally induced motions. This process increases operational availability by avoiding the need to take the spacecraft offline for large calibration maneuvers. |
| US11325724B2 |
Coupling module for a passenger boarding bridge with suspended floor
A coupling module for forming an interface between a cabin of an air passenger bridge and an aircraft. The coupling module has a projecting roof and a floor arrangement spanned by the projecting roof. The end face of the floor arrangement facing the cabin is fastenable to the cabin by at least one releasable fastening means, and the floor arrangement is connectable spaced apart from its end face to the cabin by at least one anchorage means. |
| US11325722B2 |
Wireless engine monitoring system for environmental emission control and aircraft networking
A wireless engine monitoring system for an aircraft engine includes a housing and wireless transceiver that receives engine data, including engine data relating to environmental engine emissions. A processor processes the engine data and generates an alarm report when the environmental engine emissions exceed a threshold. |
| US11325717B2 |
Aircraft nacelle including a link between a conduit of an air inlet and a conduit of an engine
An aircraft nacelle including a conduit rigidly connected to an air inlet and a conduit rigidly connected to an engine, a link between the conduit rigidly connected to the air inlet and the conduit rigidly connected to the engine. The link includes a sleeve that receives one end of a first conduit and is rigidly connected to a second conduit, and linking elements that link the sleeve and the first conduit and that are distributed about the entire circumference of the nacelle, each linking element having a threaded stem oriented in a radial direction and being configured to enable tightening from inside the first conduit. |
| US11325713B2 |
Aircraft ice protection system and method
Ice protection systems of aircraft and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a gas-discharge lamp and an electric power source. The gas-discharge lamp is configured to emit infrared radiation toward an inner surface of an aircraft skin. The electric power source is operatively connected to the gas-discharge lamp. |
| US11325711B2 |
Seat unit structure, seat unit, and attachment method thereof
An object of the present invention is to provide a seat unit structure, a seat unit, and an attachment method thereof in which component reinstallation does not arise when the seat unit is attached in an aircraft. One representative seat unit structure according to the present invention relates to a seat unit structure configured to support a seat, wherein the structure has a lower structure having a monocoque structure and defines an outermost shell in at least one direction of the seat unit. That is, the member mounted in the one direction of the seat unit can be stored inside the outermost shell of the structure. In addition, the one direction is the width direction of the airframe. |
| US11325709B1 |
Upper shell including an actuatable pocket for an aircraft seat
An upper shell for an aircraft seat may include a main body, and an upper pocket. The upper pocket may include a pocket flap coupled to the main body via at least one pocket flap hinge. The upper pocket may include a pocket cavity defined within the main body. The pocket cavity may be accessible following an actuation of the pocket flap into a pocket flap open position via the at least one pocket flap hinge. The pocket flap may be configured to cover at least a portion of the pocket cavity when the pocket flap is in a pocket flap closed position. The upper shell for the aircraft seat may include a personal electronic device (PED) holder assembly with a PED cavity defined within an area of the upper pocket, and a PED holder configured to fit within the PED cavity when in a PED holder closed position. |
| US11325707B2 |
Automation system and method for operating an automation system
An automation system, comprising a control device for controlling at least one machine, and at least one unmanned aircraft. The control device is designed to control the unmanned aircraft to support an operation of the machine. |
| US11325704B2 |
Unmanned automated hook coupling device
Disclosed is an unmanned automated hook-fastening device including a device coupler, a propulsion unit, a transmitter, a receiver, hook pliers, and an unloading transmitter. The propulsion unit adjusts the position of the hoisting unit with respect to the object, on the basis of the position signal transmitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver, and adjusts the position of the hoisting unit coupled to the object, on the basis of the position signal transmitted by the unloading transmitter and received by the receiver. It is possible to easily track the position of a hook of the object to be hoisted, automatically fasten the hook pliers to the hook, and automatically fasten the hook to a crane without a monitoring system. |
| US11325702B2 |
Tethered aerial drone system
Methods and systems are described for an aerial drone system including a drone system controller, at least one working drone (101), and a plurality of support drones (103). The working drone (101) is operated by the drone system controller (125) to adjust a position of the working drone (101). A tether line (105) coupled to the working drone (101) provides electrical power to the working drone (101). The support drones (103) are each coupled to the tether line (105) at a different location along the tether line (105) forming a tethered aerial drone system. Each support (drone 103) supports a portion of the weight of the tether line (105) and is operated by the drone system controller (125) to adjust the position of the tether line (105) by adjusting the position of one or more of the support drones (103). |
| US11325701B2 |
Aircraft propulsion system, method of manufacture and use thereof
The present invention provides a propulsion system for an aircraft. The system includes one or more thrust producing portions, wherein the one or more thrust producing portions include one or more duct means. The duct means are at least partially formed or defined by two or more substantially parallel wall members. At least one flapping or waving wing member is provided, at least partially located or positioned substantially within the one or more duct means, wherein the flapping or waving motion of the at least one wing member creates thrust, enabling the aircraft to fly in use. |
| US11325700B2 |
Hypersonic waverider stream surface actuation for variable design point operation
A method of designing a hypersonic vehicle includes selecting a shock shape; tracing a leading edge along the shock shape; selecting a base plane defining endpoints of the leading edge and rearwardly displaced from a front of the leading edge; and tracing stream surfaces back from the leading edge along the shock to the base plane in order to define an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the upper and lower surfaces and base plane enclose a volume representing internal volume of the hypersonic vehicle. The lower stream surface is controllably morphable. |
| US11325697B1 |
VTOL flying wing and flying wing aircraft
A vertical take-off and landing (“VTOL”) aircraft has at least two flying wings (“FW”) with each FW equipped with multiple transverse-radial propellers or a propulsion system for producing a lift force and thrust force on the stationary or non-stationary FW. This VTOL/FWA is capable of exchanging payloads horizontally, as well as vertically, with a stationary or a moving object. In particular, the VTOL/FWA can “walk” on a building wall to adjust and anchor its position in order to rescue people from a high-rise-building window horizontally. |
| US11325696B2 |
Delivery rotary-wing aircraft
A delivery rotary-wing aircraft has a plurality of rotary wings, a central portion to which a plurality of arms for supporting the rotary wings are connected, a first mounting portion for loading a package, a second mounting portion which is located on the opposite side to the first mounting portion as viewed from the central portion, a first supporting member for coupling the first mounting portion with the central portion, and a connection portion between the central portion and the first supporting member. The center point of lift occurring in the rotary-wing aircraft with the rotation of the plurality of rotary wings and the center point of gravity of the rotary-wing aircraft coincide with the center point of the connection portion. The first supporting member is equipped with an adjustment mechanism for vertically downwardly extending the length of the first supporting member. |
| US11325695B2 |
Rotor blade internal structure for trailing edge actuation
A rotor blade of a rotary wing aircraft includes a core defining a trailing edge of the rotor blade and a skin extending from the trailing edge defining an opening including the core. The skin defines an aerodynamic surface of the rotor blade. The rotor blade additionally includes at least one trim tab assembly including a trim portion extending from the core beyond the trailing edge of the rotor blade and an actuation system including at least one actuator disposed within the core. The actuation system is operable to adjust an angle of the trim portion relative to the rotor blade. |
| US11325693B2 |
Actuation unit for actuating a foldable wing tip portion of a wing for an aircraft
An actuation unit (15) for actuating a foldable wing tip portion (9) includes a first housing part (19) including a first attachment device (23) configured for attachment to a fixed wing (5), and a second housing part (21) including a second attachment device (25) configured for attachment to a foldable wing tip portion (9). The second housing part (21) is rotatable about a main axis of rotation (35). The second housing part (21) includes a toothed rack (37) having a concave shape and facing the main axis of rotation (35). A drive pinion (39) is supported at the first housing part (19) and engaging the toothed rack (37) for driving the second housing part (21) rotatingly relative to the first housing part (19). The drive pinion (39) is driven by a coupling arrangement (43) that is configured to be coupled to an output (45) of a motor unit (47). |
| US11325692B1 |
Propeller folding apparatus of air mobility vehicle
A propeller folding apparatus of an air mobility vehicle deploys or folds propeller blades depending on the flying state of the air mobility vehicle. The propeller blades are efficiently used depending on the flying state of the air mobility vehicle. The energy efficiency and the ferry range of the air mobility vehicle are increased. |
| US11325684B2 |
Inflatable kayak
The present disclosure provides an inflatable kayak. The inflatable kayak includes an inflatable floor having two ends defined upward; two inflatable gunwales arranged on the left and right sides of the inflatable floor, the height of the upper edge at both ends of the inflatable gunwale being higher than the height at the middle of the inflatable gunwale, allowing the height of the prow and the stern of the inflatable kayak to be no less than the height at the middle of the inflatable kayak; and a reinforcing assembly including a bottom reinforcing layer, a prow hatchway cover, and a stern hatchway cover, the bottom reinforcing layer at least covering the joints of the inflatable floor and the two inflatable gunwales. The prow hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the prow, and the stern hatchway cover connects the two inflatable gunwales at the stern. |
| US11325683B2 |
Urinal for a boat
A urinal for a boat includes an outer shell that has an enlarged opening for accepting liquids (e.g. urine) and a drain. The drain is interfaced to an opening on a bottom surface of the outer shell for draining the liquids away from the boat. In some embodiments, there is a support unit for installing the urinal into an orifice (e.g. fishing pole holder) of the boat. |
| US11325681B2 |
Flood protection
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a collapsible enclosure and a flotation container coupled to the collapsible enclosure to provide a buoyance to the collapsible enclosure. The collapsible enclosure comprises a floor portion, a top portion, and a side portion. The top portion is disposed opposite the floor portion. The side portion extends between the floor portion and the top portion. The collapsible enclosure being sealable to resist fluid penetration. |
| US11325680B2 |
Adjustable buoyancy foil
A foil for a towed cable includes a body defining at least two conduits. The body has a foil shape having a leading edge and a trailing edge. The foil shape defines a first surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge configured to provide lift. The foil shape defines a second surface opposed to the first surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The foil shape defines first and second lateral sides that extend between respective lateral edges of the first and second surfaces, the leading edge, and the trailing edge. A first conduit is defined within the forward half of the body adjacent to the leading edge, is open to each of the first and second lateral sides, and is configured to receive a cable therethrough. A second conduit may be defined within the body and filled with buoyant material. |
| US11325679B2 |
Boat hull with mounting track systems
A boat hull has one or more track systems integral with a main body of the boat hull, each track system having a longitudinally extending channel comprising: a longitudinally extending channel body; and a longitudinally extending channel opening in communication with the channel body, wherein the channel body is wider in cross-section than the channel opening, the channel body is adapted to receive a fastener which has a portion that is wider in cross section than the channel opening, thereby preventing the fastener from being withdrawn from the channel body through the channel opening, and wherein the fastener can be selectively secured to the track system at a selected longitudinal position. The track systems can be used for mounting boat hull structural parts and other parts and accessories. |
| US11325677B2 |
Bicycle propulsion system for electric bicycle conversion
A bicycle propulsion system including a concentric rotor assembly and a chassis assembly. The concentric rotor assembly: defines an outer drive surface; defines an inner retention surface; includes a set of sprocket brackets arranged about the inner retention surface of the concentric rotor assembly and configured to engage with teeth of a bicycle sprocket; and is configured to engage around the bicycle sprocket, wherein a center axis of the outer drive surface is concentric with a rotational axis of the bicycle sprocket. The chassis assembly: is configured to secure to a stay of the bicycle; includes a retention subassembly configured to translationally constrain the concentric rotor assembly relative to the chassis assembly; includes a drive subassembly configured to engage the outer drive surface of the concentric rotor assembly; and includes a motor configured to rotate the concentric rotor assembly via the drive subassembly. |
| US11325670B2 |
Saddle riding vehicle
A saddle riding vehicle includes a front fork including a pair of left and right fork tubes and a pair of top and bottom bridges connecting the left and right fork tubes, a headlight, and an electric part accommodating member accommodating electric parts, the electric part accommodating member being disposed on the rear side of the headlight in a space surrounded by the left and right fork tubes and the top and bottom bridges. The electric part accommodating member includes a fastening section fixed to the front fork by a fastening member and a fitting section fitted and fixed to the bridge. |
| US11325668B2 |
Adjustable shock-absorbing seat tube
The invention relates to a shock-absorbing seat tube, including an outer tube and an inner tube sleeved within the outer tube. The inner tube is adapted for connection to a bicycle saddle from below through a joint. The seat tube is provided with a height adjustment device having a supporting end inserted into the inner tube, and a shock-absorbing device disposed in the inner tube at a position above the height adjustment device and includes a fixing part and a damper part. The fixing part passes at its top end through the inwardly protruded portion of the inner tube and is arranged in the barrel portion of the inner tube. The damper part is arranged between the inwardly protruded portion and the supporting end. |
| US11325666B2 |
Vehicle and method for manufacturing vehicle body
A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy vehicle body includes the following steps: vehicle body part molding, including: profile stretch-bending and machining; vehicle body frame assembly welding, including: performing assembly welding on a lower vehicle body, left and right side panels, and front and rear roof crossbeams; outer panel manufacturing, including: manufacturing an outer panel by injection molding; and whole vehicle assembling, including: assembling interior trim parts and the outer panel to a vehicle body frame, and assembling chassis parts to the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body parts and the vehicle body frame are made of an aluminum alloy material, and the outer panel is made of a non-metallic composite material. |
| US11325664B2 |
Reconfigurable bed rack system and method
A reconfigurable bed rack system and methods of manufacture and use that is dynamic, adaptable, lightweight, and easy to install are provided. The bed rack system may include a plurality of U-shaped modular telescoping support structures that allow for a height adjustment to the rack without uninstalling the rack from the truck bed. Through the telescoping feature of the U-shaped support structures, a height dimension of the bed rack system may be increased or decreased. One or more side and/or upper rails may extend between the plurality of U-shaped modular telescoping supports for attaching one or more mounting brackets to secure equipment, tools and/or supplies to the bed rack system. The rack system may also include a tire hoist bracket assembly including a hoisting system to store a spare tire against an upper, inner surface of the rack system. |
| US11325660B2 |
Safety support apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention provide a safety support apparatus for a cabin over engine (COE) truck cabin elevated in a raised position. The safety support apparatus provides a base member having a clamp mechanism which adjusts to truck chassis designs with rails of varying thicknesses. The frame of the safety support apparatus provides a receiver which may engage the bottom of an elevated truck cabin. The frame and base member are adjustable to allow configuration on either side of a truck cabin and deployment of the support apparatus at a range of angles. |
| US11325656B2 |
Drainage system for a vehicle
A drainage system for a vehicle is disclosed herein. A drain is disposed within a vehicle substrate and has a floor. A receiver is disposed proximate to the floor. A cap feature is operably coupled to the drain and is operable between first and second positions relative to the drain. The cap feature includes an upper platform and a sidewall that extends generally downward from the upper platform. A cutout is defined by the cap feature and is configured to allow liquid to flow through the cap feature. An engagement feature is coupled to the cap feature and is operable between a disengaged position and an engaged position in which the engagement feature is engaged with the receiver. Movement of the cap feature from the first position to the second position moves the engagement feature from the disengaged position to the engaged position. |
| US11325655B2 |
Body structure of eco-friendly vehicle for supporting battery
The present disclosure is to provide a body structure of an eco-friendly vehicle for supporting a battery including an intermediate floor panel composed of a first intermediate floor panel connected to a center floor panel and a second intermediate floor panel connected to a rear floor panel; a rear cross reinforcement panel and an extension reinforcement member mounted on a bottom portion in a battery seating area of the intermediate floor panel; and an intermediate floor upper panel mounted on a front portion in the battery seating area of the intermediate floor panel. |
| US11325649B2 |
Sleeve for repairing vehicle frame rail
This disclosure relates to a sleeve for repairing or reconstructing a frame rail of a motor vehicle. An exemplary repair sleeve includes a base wall, first and second side walls projecting from opposite sides of the base wall, and a sectioned wall including first and second sections spaced-apart from one another such that the two side walls are moveable relative to one another in a pre-installed condition. |
| US11325648B2 |
Front end module frame of vehicle
A front end module frame may include a cross member, a pair of side members extending from respective end portions of the cross member in a height direction of the vehicle, each of the pair of side members having a center portion connected to the front end portion of a corresponding one of front side members of the vehicle, an upper back beam member interconnecting the upper end portions of the pair of side members, the upper back beam member having opposite end portions respectively connected to the front end portions of upper fender apron members of the vehicle, and a lower back beam member extending in a width direction of the vehicle and interconnecting the center portions of the pair of side members. |
| US11325640B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling motor driven power steering
An apparatus for controlling an motor-driven power steering (MDPS) may include: a driving information input unit configured to receive driving information; a steering angle position control unit configured to receive a command steering angle and a current motor steering angle of a driving motor, and output an autonomous driving command; and an MDPS control unit configured to drive the driving motor based on the autonomous driving command in an autonomous driving mode, determine whether a driver intervenes in steering, calculate a driver command by the driver's steering according to whether the driver intervenes in steering, and change an operation mode from the autonomous driving mode to a driver mode while driving the driving motor with a compensation output between the driver command and the autonomous driving command. |
| US11325639B2 |
Steering gear
A steering gear includes a gear wheel, a screw pinion meshing therewith, and a screw pinion shaft that includes the screw pinion. The screw pinion shaft is mounted on one side of the screw pinion in a fixed bearing. The steering gear includes a rotary bearing which comprises an inner bearing shell and an outer bearing shell. The outer bearing shell is connected to an inner ring of a swivel ring. The inner ring is connected to an outer ring of the swivel ring by a torsion web so as to pivot about a pivot axis. The torsion web runs at a distance from a supporting surface. The distance is dimensioned such that the torsion web does not contact the supporting surface when the screw pinion shaft is not loaded with a torque, and partially contacts the same when the screw pinion shaft is loaded with an operating torque. |
| US11325638B2 |
Dual-mode active rear-wheel steering device
A dual-mode active rear-wheel steering device, including: a steering motor, a main shaft, an intermediate gear, a transmission gear, a planetary gear coupling mechanism and a mode switching assembly. An output end of the steering motor is provided with a first input gear. An end of the main shaft drives a first rear wheel to rotate by a two-stage gear transmission system and a first rear-wheel motion conversion mechanism, and the other end of the main shaft drives a second rear wheel to rotate by the planetary gear coupling mechanism and a second rear-wheel motion conversion mechanism. The intermediate gear, the transmission gear and a sun gear of the planetary gear coupling mechanism are provided on the main shaft. The intermediate gear meshes with the first input gear. |
| US11325637B2 |
Steering system and method for manufacturing the same
A steering system includes a steering operation shaft, a lower shaft, an upper shaft, and an intermediate shaft. The intermediate shaft includes a tubular member including a hollow portion; and a shaft member. An oil groove that retains lubricating oil is provided in a predetermined range in an axial direction of the intermediate shaft on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member at a part housed in the hollow portion and an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion of the tubular member. A sectional area of the oil groove in an upper shaft-side part of the predetermined range is larger than a sectional area of the oil groove in a lower shaft-side part of the predetermined range, the upper shaft-side part being located on a side of the upper shaft, and the lower shaft-side part being located on a side of the lower shaft. |
| US11325634B1 |
Multifunction adaptive steering wheel control
A vehicle system comprising a steering wheel that includes: i) a hub adapted to be mounted on a steering column of the vehicle system; ii) a steering wheel rim coupled to the hub; and iii) a first control movably coupled to the hub. The first control moves from a first position proximate a first location on the steering wheel rim to a second position proximate a second location on the steering wheel rim. This maintains the first control in proximity to a first hand of a driver as the first hand moves from the first location to the second location on the steering wheel rim. The vehicle system further comprises a control module configured to move the first control from the first position to the second position. |
| US11325633B2 |
Passenger transport carriers
A child transport carrier includes a lower frame, an upper frame, a rear frame, and a first upper seat support. The lower frame includes a first end and a second end. The upper frame includes a first end and a second end. The rear frame extends from the second end of the lower frame to the second end of the upper frame. The first upper seat support includes a cross-member extending transversely across the first upper seat support and having a first end and a second end. The cross-member is configured to move the first upper seat support between a first seat position and a second seat position. The upper frame extends from an upper end of the rear frame and the lower frame extends from a lower end of the rear frame. |
| US11325631B2 |
Foldable frame assembly and stroller
A stroller and foldable frame assembly for a stroller includes a locking mechanism adjustable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking mechanism is configured to releasably lock the foldable frame assembly in its use configuration and/or storage configuration by releasably and internally locking at least one of a respective swivel joint assembly of the frame assembly. The locking mechanism includes an actuation element configured to adjust the locking mechanism between the unlocked and the locked position that is arranged spaced apart transversely to a swivel axis of the respective at least one internally lockable swivel joint. |
| US11325629B2 |
Transport trolley
The invention relates to a stackable transport trolley, in particular a stackable shopping trolley, comprising a chassis and a basket; the chassis includes a support frame and a frame of rods which is arranged on the support frame, the frame of rods supporting the basket. |
| US11325626B2 |
Stocking cart and method of transporting items using the same
A stocking cart includes a base structure having an opening configured to receive forks of a forklift; a plurality of wheels connected to the base structure; a back panel mounted to the base structure and extending opposite from the plurality of wheels; first and second lateral panels mounted to the base structure, the first and second lateral panels and the back panel defining an interior space of the cart; and at least one strap provided on an open side of the cart to provide access to the interior space of the cart, the at least one strap being configured to hold one or more items inside the cart. The cart also includes a linking mechanism configured to connect the cart to another cart. |
| US11325619B2 |
Universal public transport and utilities distribution system
The invention relates to a suspension bridge type self-supporting aerial metal structure, in which the main platform is designed having three levels. The upper level is intended for the passage of motor vehicles. The intermediate level is intended for the transportation, transmission and distribution of all existing public services, and other possible services. The lower level is intended for an urban public transport system. Thanks to its self-supported aerial design, the structure of the present invention can be built within cities following the same layout as existing roads. |
| US11325612B2 |
Passenger safety system
Disclosed is a passenger safety system for a vehicle that can remind a driver of the vehicle to check seats before leaving the vehicle. The system includes a control unit connected to an ignition sensor. The control unit can receive a signal from the ignition sensor indicating turning-off the ignition. The system may also include a weight sensor installed in the rear seat of the vehicle. The weight sensor is activated when an object is placed on the rear seat. The control unit can trigger an alert upon receiving a signal from the ignition sensor and the weight sensor is active. The alert can be an audio and/or visual alert for reminding the driver. |
| US11325610B2 |
Maintenance and repair system for advanced driver assistance features
A calibration and repair system for advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) and features is configured to provide secure, automated workflow management related to the calibration of User Remote ADAS. Automated workflows include steps and interfaces to aid in preparation of a vehicle for calibration, local-remote collaboration during calibration, customer interactions, workflow and event notification, user authentication, remote system management, and other tasks. The system is also capable of automatically and dynamically adding new and updated calibration specifications that are usable during local-remote collaboration. |
| US11325609B2 |
Vehicle driving assist system
A vehicle driving assist system includes an imaging device, an alarm, and a controller. The controller includes a facial recognition unit, an occupant determination unit, and a loss determination unit. The facial recognition unit recognizes at least a part of an occupant's face in first captured images acquired from the imaging device. The occupant determination unit determines a driving state of the occupant on the basis of a second captured image in which at least the part of the face is recognizable, and generate a first alert request if the occupant is unable to drive the vehicle. The loss determination unit generates a second alert request if a third captured image in which at least the part of the face is unrecognizable occurs two or more times. The alarm outputs an alert to the occupant on the basis of the first and second alert requests. |
| US11325608B1 |
System and methods for determining owner's preferences based on vehicle owners telematics data
Embodiments described herein receive telematics data collected over a period of time, wherein the telematics data is indicative of operation of a vehicle by an owner of the vehicle during the period of time; analyze the telematics data to identify driving behavior(s) of the owner during the period of time; predict one or more user preference values of a vehicle-sharing platform profile of the owner based on the identified one or more driving behaviors, wherein the one or more user preference values define one or more criteria for vehicle renters with whom the first vehicle can be shared; apply the one or more criteria to a potential vehicle renter; and cause an indication of the first vehicle of the owner to be displayed via a mobile device of the potential renter only if the potential vehicle renter satisfies the one or more criteria. |
| US11325607B1 |
Systems and methods for analyzing telematics data to determine a driver on a shared trip
A design solution for classifying users as potential drivers traveling in a vehicle based upon a combination of real-time data gathered during a shared trip and historical data. Data gathered include overlapping time and distance of users to be classified as potential drivers. Shared trip scenarios include two or more users share a complete trip from beginning to end; two or more users share the beginning of a trip where at least one user is dropped off and the other user continues driving; two or more users share the end of a trip where at least one user is picked up during the shared trip; and one user picks up another user during a trip to thereby create a shared trip and drop off the other user to a different location before heading to a final location. |
| US11325599B2 |
Vehicle control system for adjusting longtitudinal motion to reduce deviation of lateral motion
A vehicle motion control system includes: a steering angle sensor for detecting a steering angle; a vehicle speed sensor for detecting a vehicle speed; a lateral acceleration sensor for detecting an actual lateral acceleration of a vehicle body; a reference lateral acceleration calculation unit configured to calculate a reference lateral acceleration from the steering angle and the vehicle speed; a required longitudinal force calculation unit configured to calculate a required longitudinal force for reducing a deviation of the actual lateral acceleration relative to the reference lateral acceleration; and a longitudinal force control unit configured to control an output of at least one of a brake and a power plant such that the required longitudinal force is generated. |
| US11325597B2 |
Calibration device for lane keeping assist system
The present invention relates to the technical field of automobile maintenance and discloses a calibration device for a lane keeping assist (LKA) system. The calibration device includes a support apparatus, a laser and a pattern board. The support apparatus includes a horizontal graduated scale. The laser is configured to be mounted on the body of an automobile and to emit a laser beam to the horizontal graduated scale. The pattern board is mounted on the support apparatus and is configured to attach an alignment pattern. By means of the calibration device, two lasers are mounted on wheels on two sides of the automobile. Two laser beams that are emitted from equal distances with the wheels being reference points are irradiated to the horizontal graduated scale. Based on marks on the horizontal graduated scale, the support apparatus may be moved to an appropriate position to calibrate the centerline of the automobile. |
| US11325591B2 |
System and method for teleoperation service for vehicle
A vehicle control system to provide driving assistance for a vehicle include a plurality of sensors and circuitry. The plurality of sensors captures one or more signals associated with the vehicle. The circuitry identifies a trigger input to change a current operation mode of the vehicle to a teleoperation mode of the vehicle. The circuitry further transmits, in the teleoperation mode, the captured one or more signals to a teleoperation server of a plurality of teleoperation servers. The circuitry further receives, in the teleoperation mode, one or more vehicular instructions from the teleoperation server based on the transmitted one or more signals. The circuitry further controls, in the teleoperation mode, at least one component of the vehicle based on the received one or more vehicular instructions to control movement of the vehicle. |
| US11325583B2 |
Hybrid vehicle and method of controlling hybrid vehicle
A vehicle includes: a motor generator; an engine having a forced induction device; and a HV-ECU. An operation region of the engine includes a PM generating region in which an amount of particulate matters included in exhaust gas of the engine is more than a predetermined amount due to a load of the engine being abruptly increased during boosting by the forced induction device. The PM generating region is a low-rotation and high-torque region. When assistance by the motor generator is sufficiently obtained and the engine is operated in the PM generating region, the HV-ECU restricts an increasing rate of the torque of the engine to be less than or equal to an upper limit rate. The HV-ECU complements, by the torque of the motor generator, the torque of the engine restricted by restricting the increasing rate of the torque of the engine. |
| US11325582B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus includes a determination processor and a regeneration controller. During traveling in a first travel mode, the determination processor determines a timing at which a regenerative braking force based on a motor regenerative force is to be increased under the condition that an accelerator-off operation period is equal to or less than a predetermined period. During traveling in a second travel mode, the determination processor refrains from determining the timing at which the regenerative braking force is to be increased under the sole condition that the accelerator-off operation period is equal to or less than the predetermined period. The regeneration controller performs control that increases the motor regenerative force as the determination processor determines the timing at which the regenerative braking force is to be increased. |
| US11325581B2 |
Control system for hybrid vehicle
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to start an engine promptly during propulsion in an electric vehicle mode. Electric power generation resulting from cranking the engine by a first motor is greater in the first electric vehicle mode compared to a second electric vehicle mode. A controller that is configured to determines whether an acceptable input power to an electric storage unit is smaller than a threshold value. If the acceptable input power to the electric storage unit is smaller than the threshold value, selection of the first electric vehicle mode is inhibited. |
| US11325580B2 |
Hybrid vehicle transmission control using driver statistics
A multi-layer control mechanism for optimizing performance metrics of a hybrid electric vehicle (e.g., fuel efficiency, drivability, NVH). A first layer generates a policy that defines target engine & motor operating settings for each of a plurality of possible driver demand inputs based on a predicted driver demand profile for a long-horizon period of time. A second layer determines a predicted “short-horizon” driver demand—based, for example, on historical driver data and one or more environmental sensor inputs—and applies a corrective pre-adjustment to the operating settings of the vehicle in response to determining that a pre-adjustment is required in order to apply the target operating settings for the predicted driver demand. A third layer determines constraints to the operating settings required to comply with the additional performance parameters and limits the operating settings applied to the engine and motor(s) to feasible operating settings defined by the constraints. |
| US11325575B2 |
Brake valve, compressed-air brake system having the brake valve, and method for producing the brake valve
A brake valve for a compressed air brake system of a utility vehicle includes a compressed air input configured to connect to a system pressure, a compressed air output configured to connect a brake control line, and at least one sensor configured to determine a brake valve actuation travel of an actuating element of the brake valve with a working interconnection to the brake pedal. The brake valve further includes a characteristic curve memory storing two stored characteristic curves and/or dependences and at least one determination device. The brake valve is configured to output at least two useful sensor signals, a first of which represents a brake valve output pressure and a second of which represents a percentage actuation position of the actuating element. The at least one sensor is configured to generate an actuating signal depending on the brake valve actuation travel of the actuating element. |
| US11325573B2 |
Rear wheel regenerative braking control system for vehicle and method therefor
A rear wheel regenerative braking control system for vehicle, may include a brake controller; a vehicle controller; a hydraulic controller; and a motor controller, wherein the system and the method may maximize an amount of rear wheel regenerative braking while easily securing braking stability of a vehicle. |
| US11325569B2 |
Dump-truck fluid assistance system and method
A dump-truck fluid assistance system and method for prevention and remediation of material sticking to the truck bed and dampening generation of dust, at different stages of loading, transport, and dumping operations. Fluid is emitted from one or more outflow manifolds inside the bed of the dump truck for one or more purposes of lubricating the truck bed, regulating the temperature of the truck bed, physically flushing material from the truck bed, and dampening generation of airborne particles or dust. Under the control of a controller having a controller transceiver, directed via a cab operator transceiver or remote operator transceiver, a fluid pump sends fluid from a fluid reservoir via a fluid line into the outflow manifolds that emit the flow of fluid variously as spray, stream, jet, drip, or weep, into the bed of the dump truck. |
| US11325568B2 |
Wiper blade device
The invention relates to a wiper blade device, in particular a windscreen wiper blade device, comprising: at least one wiper blade (10); at least one adapter unit (12) for coupling the wiper blade (10) to a wiper arm (14) of a wiper (16), in particular a windscreen wiper; at least one spraying unit (18) integrated in the wiper blade (10); and at least one washing water distributor unit (20) for supplying washing water to the spraying unit (18), in particular to nozzle elements (22) of the spraying unit (18) which are arranged substantially parallel to a main extension direction (54) of the wiper blade (10) along the wiper blade (10), wherein the washing water distributor unit (20) has at least one channel coupling element (24) for coupling at least one portion of the washing water distributor unit (20) to a washing water channel (26) of the spraying unit (18), the coupling being provided in particular for passage of a fluid and being preferably fluid-tight, and wherein the washing water distributor unit (20) has at least one adapter coupling element (28) for coupling at least one additional portion of the washing water distributor unit (20) to an additional washing water channel (30) of the adapter unit (12), the coupling being provided in particular for passage of a fluid and being preferably fluid-tight. According to the invention, the additional washing water channel (30) is formed at least in part by the adapter unit (12). |
| US11325567B2 |
Windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles
A windscreen wiper arm, particularly for automobiles, that is able to oscillate upwardly and downwardly between a downward position and an upward position. One end of the windscreen wiper arm is adapted to be pivotally connected to a mounting head mounted on a drive shaft. Another end of the windscreen wiper arm is rigidly connected to an adapter adapted to be connected to an elongated wiper blade to be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped. A joint part is adapted to be interposed between the adapter and the elongated wiper blade. The adapter, at the location of its connection to the wiper blade, has a U-shaped cross-section with a base and two spaced-apart legs. The windscreen wiper arm is provided with a nozzle for spraying a washing liquid onto the windscreen to be wiped. The nozzle is detachably connected to the adapter. At least one protrusion of the nozzle engages into a corresponding hole in one of the legs of the U-shaped cross-section of the adapter. The protrusion extends inwardly in a direction towards the adapter. The protrusion has a shank passing through the hole, and an enlarged head abutting an inner wall of the leg provided with the hole. The joint part is provided with a slit in which the enlarged head rests for blocking any movement of the protrusion in a direction towards the windscreen to be wiped and in a direction away from the windscreen to be wiped. |
| US11325565B2 |
Vehicle recognition device and vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle recognition device includes a vehicle recognizer and a wiper controller. The vehicle recognizer is configured to determine, upon a first state, whether a transition is made from the first state to a second state. The first state is a state in which a second vehicle is recognizable from captured images obtained from respective cameras provided in a first vehicle. The second state is a state in which the second vehicle is unrecognizable from one or more of the captured images. The one or more of the captured images is obtained from all or a part of the cameras. The wiper controller is configured to automatically control an operation of a wiper of the first vehicle on the basis of an automatic control, when the vehicle recognizer determines that the transition is made from the first state to the second state. |
| US11325564B2 |
Vehicular illumination system with reconfigurable display element
A vehicular illumination system includes a ground illumination module disposed at a side door of a vehicle. The ground illumination module includes a reconfigurable display element and at least one light source operable to emit light. When the at least one light source is electrically powered, light emitted by the at least one light source illuminates a ground region adjacent the vehicle. When the at least one light source is electrically powered, light emitted by the at least one light source passes through the reconfigurable display element and the ground illumination module projects an icon established by the reconfigurable display element onto the ground region. The reconfigurable display element is reconfigurable to form the icon responsive to programming of the reconfigurable display element for an icon. |
| US11325562B1 |
Wire management module for a vehicle
A wire-management module is configured to be installable to a vehicle having an operable system configured to be energized in response to operative connection between a first wire and a second wire. A user-authentication module is configured to transmit a wire-management signal including a wire-inhibit signal configured to indicate lack of authorization to use the operable system of the vehicle. The wire-management module is configured to be operatively coupled to the first wire and the second wire. The wire-management module has a signal input port configured to receive the wire-inhibit signal that is transmittable from the user-authentication module. The wire-management module is also configured to inhibit operative connection between the first wire and the second wire. |
| US11325560B2 |
Attention calling device and attention calling system
An attention calling device is configured to call attention of a driver of a vehicle with a drive mode switchable among manual driving, drive assist, and driver-centered automated driving. The attention calling device includes: a drive mode recognition unit configured to recognize the drive mode being executed; a driver state recognition unit configured to recognize a driver state based on a captured image from a driver monitor camera provided in the vehicle; a determination unit configured to determine based on the driver state whether it is necessary to call the attention; and a control unit configured to control a stimulus application device of the vehicle so as to apply a stimulus at an intensity that matches the drive mode being executed to the driver to direct the attention of the driver to driving of the vehicle when the determination unit determines that it is necessary to call the attention. |
| US11325556B2 |
Vehicle airbag
A vehicle includes a bulkhead. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bulkhead and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a main chamber and a pair of side chambers that extend transversely from the main chamber. The vehicle includes a seat having a seatback and a seat bottom that extends from the seatback in a direction away from the bulkhead. The seatback is between the side chambers in the inflated position. |
| US11325553B2 |
Side airbag device
A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module including an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole. |
| US11325546B2 |
Rotary connector
A rotary connector includes a case including a housing space and fixed to a vehicle body that includes a steering wheel including a steering-side electric component, a rotor that is rotatable around a rotational axis relative to the case, a first connector provided on the rotor and electrically connected to the steering-side electric component, a second connector provided on the case and electrically connected to a vehicle-side electric component in the vehicle body, a flexible cable that is provided in a wound state in the housing space of the case and electrically connects the first connector to the second connector, and a controller that is disposed between the first connector and the flexible cable and performs a predetermined process on an electric signal transmitted between the first connector and the flexible cable. The controller is configured to rotate together with the rotor. |
| US11325539B2 |
Fishing gear carrier box
A cargo box for securely carrying fishing rods and related cargo on top of a vehicle is disclosed, including a top portion hingedly connected to a bottom portion. The bottom portion includes plurality of rod holder assemblies to support and securely hold plurality of fishing rods and reels during transport between locations. The rod holder assemblies are configured to be repositionable to accommodate various lengths of fishing rods. |
| US11325536B2 |
Vehicle exterior system with light module
A lighted exterior mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes a lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly having a light module, which includes a planar circuit board and a light guiding element. The light module includes a plurality of illumination sources disposed on a mounting side of the circuit board and operable to emit light. When the illumination sources are actuated, light emitted by each of the illumination sources is emitted in a direction normal to the mounting side of the planar circuit board. The light guiding element is configured so that light emitted by the illumination sources is redirected by the light guiding element so that light emanates from the light guiding element in a direction parallel to the mounting side of the planar circuit board and parallel to the road surface. |
| US11325533B2 |
Frameless interior rearview mirror assembly
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting portion, a mirror casing and a mirror reflective element. The reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front surface, a planar rear surface and a circumferential perimeter edge around a periphery of the glass substrate that extends across a thickness dimension separating the planar front surface from the planar rear surface. A front perimeter edge portion of the circumferential perimeter edge includes a rounded glass surface circumferentially around the periphery of the glass substrate, with the rounded glass surface at least partially spanning the thickness dimension of the glass substrate. The rounded glass surface has a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm. The planar rear surface of the glass substrate is coated with a coating. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps onto the rounded glass surface of the glass substrate. |
| US11325524B2 |
Collaborative vehicle headlight directing
Various embodiments include methods and vehicles, such as an autonomous vehicle, a semi-autonomous vehicle, etc., for collaboratively directing one or more headlights by two or more vehicles. Various aspects may include receiving, by a first vehicle processor, a first vehicle collaborative lighting message from a second vehicle, in which the first vehicle collaborative lighting message requests that the first vehicle direct one or more headlights of the first vehicle to illuminate a target area of uncertainty that is disposed, relative to the first vehicle, in a direction other than a direction of travel of the first vehicle. The first vehicle processor may direct one or more the headlights of the first vehicle to illuminate the target area in accordance with the first vehicle collaborative lighting message. |
| US11325522B2 |
Automatic light system
An automatic light system is provided for automatically turning on and off vehicle lights in accordance with the surrounding environment. The system includes an imaging device that images an area in front of the vehicle and generates image data; an image processing unit that generates light mode information on the basis of the brightness in an upper region and lower region of the image data; and a light control unit that controls the lights on the basis of the light mode information. The image processing unit sets a higher weight to a measurement region in the movement direction of the vehicle from among a plurality of measurement regions set in the upper region and a lower weight to the other measurement regions to calculate the brightness in the upper region and generates the light mode information on the basis of the brightness in the upper region. |
| US11325517B2 |
Tailgate apparatus for dump trucks and dump trailers
A tailgate apparatus for a dump body is described herein. The dump body includes a floor, a front wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the floor and two opposing side walls coupled to and extending upwardly from the floor. Each side wall is coupled to the front wall. The two side walls define an opening at a rear end of the floor. The tailgate apparatus includes a tailgate sized to cover the opening and two opposed side arms extending from the tailgate towards the front wall. Each side arm is pivotally coupled to a respective one of the side walls. The tailgate apparatus also includes a pair of linkages for linking the side arms to the side walls. The linkages enable the tailgate to pivot between a closed position where the tailgate covers the opening and an open position where the tailgate is positioned closer to the front wall than the opening. |
| US11325516B2 |
Storage device for a vehicle
A storage device for a vehicle includes a housing, a drawer which can be moved relative to the housing along a vehicle longitudinal direction between a closed state and an open state when used as intended, and a plate which is mounted by way of a bearing device attached to the drawer such that the plate can be pivoted about a pivot axis extending along a vehicle transverse direction. |
| US11325514B2 |
Armrest
An armrest includes a bracket fixed to a frame of a seat, an armrest body member rotatably mounted on the bracket, a receiver coil mounted in the armrest body member, and a transmitter coil mounted in the bracket and transferring power to the receiver coil with a non-contact transmission system. |
| US11325513B2 |
Seat device for vehicle
A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat cushion, a slow deformation portion, and tilted standing members. An occupant in the vehicle is to be seated on the seat cushion. The deformation portion is disposed in at least a portion of the seat cushion and configured in such a manner that the deformation portion is deformed as a result of a load to be applied continuously to the deformation portion. The standing members stand in a load direction in an inner portion of the deformation portion and configured to be tilted as a result of the deformation of the deformation portion. When the outer and inner portions of the deformation portion are deformed by the load, the standing members in the outer and inner portions and the standing members in the inner portion are tilted respectively forward and rearward, from their respective positions before the load is applied. |
| US11325506B2 |
Brake device for motor vehicle seat
A brake device for a motor vehicle seat is composed of a brake assembly, a tooth assembly, and a lever assembly. The brake assembly includes a housing, a pinion shaft, a braking component, and a drive wheel that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction thereamong. The tooth assembly includes a holder plate and a tooth plate that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction therebetween. The lever assembly includes an input lever, a cover, a coil spring, and a lever bracket that are structured to be self-held in an assembled state by mechanical interaction thereamong. The brake assembly, the tooth assembly, and the lever assembly are arranged and assembled together in an axial direction. |
| US11325504B2 |
Track for seat
The present disclosure relates to a track for an automotive vehicle seat comprising: a first, upper, rail and a second, lower, rail mounted sliding relative to each other along a sliding axis, that define a cavity between them; a bolt comprising at least one locking member movable from a locked position in which the at least one locking member immobilizes the first rail and the second rail relative to each other, and an unlocked position and a guiding system for the at least one locking member between the first locked position and the second unlocked position, secured to the first, upper, rail, where the guiding system comprises an inner guide secured to the first rail at two anchoring points extending respectively the guide forming body above and below a guiding orifice. |
| US11325502B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes first to fourth motors respectively mounted to individually rotate right and left wheels in the front and rear of the vehicle, first to fourth fuel cell stack modules independently connected to the respective motors so as to supply power to the first to fourth motors, a battery pack for supplying power to the first to fourth motors, a main control part for controlling the first to fourth motors, the first to fourth fuel cell stack modules and the battery pack and a tank for supplying hydrogen gas to the first to fourth fuel cell stack modules. |
| US11325501B2 |
Method for preheating a battery of an electrically operated motor vehicle, and charging device
A method for preheating a battery of an electrically driven motor vehicle, in particular an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle, controls a charging process and a discharging process of the battery in such a way that a minimum temperature of the battery is attained at a departure time of the motor vehicle. |
| US11325500B2 |
On-board electrical network for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for operating an on-board electrical network (4) of a motor vehicle (2), with a first voltage circuit (I) and a second voltage circuit (II), the first voltage circuit (I) having a first operating voltage which is higher than a second operating voltage in the second voltage circuit (II), the first voltage circuit (I) being connected to the second voltage circuit (II) via a DC-DC converter (8), and the first voltage circuit (I) having a battery (10) and the second voltage circuit (II) having a main battery (12), characterized in that the second voltage circuit (II) has an additional third auxiliary battery (14), and wherein by means of a changeover switch assembly (18) components of the motor vehicle (2) are supplied with electrical energy from the main battery (12) and/or the auxiliary battery (14), and in that the main battery (12) is disconnected from the second voltage circuit (II) by means of an isolating switch (66) during a startup mode. |
| US11325499B2 |
Multi-battery system for an electric vehicle
A multi-battery system includes a plurality of batteries, a first connector having a first identification unit, and a second connector having a second identification unit. Each battery includes a microcontroller, and a battery connector having a detection unit. The first connector is for electrically connecting a battery connector of a first battery of the plurality of batteries and a motor controller. The second connector is for electrically connecting a battery connector of a second battery of the plurality of batteries and the motor controller. When the first identification unit is set to a first predetermined value, and a detection unit of the first battery is electrically connected to the first identification unit, a microcontroller of the first battery sets the first battery as a master battery. |
| US11325498B2 |
Vehicle energy management system and related methods
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a truck, a tractor unit, a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, at a tandem, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry. |
| US11325492B2 |
Method for determining optimal placement of electric vehicle chargers
A method for the efficient placement of electric vehicle chargers in a target area couples vehicle dynamics and battery dynamics modeling with environmental factors to accurately incorporate the impact that the environment has on the range of the battery into the placement of the chargers by simulating trips of fleets of electric vehicles. The vehicles can be of various types, for example, motorcycles, cars, trucks or aircraft, and will each have their battery state of charge monitored as they traverse a simulated trip through the target area. |
| US11325491B1 |
Charging station with passive alignment mechanism
A charging station for an electric vehicle includes a passive alignment mechanism that includes a longitudinal translation stage that allows motion in a longitudinal direction, a charging plug connected to the passive alignment mechanism, and a releasable connector. The releasable connector resists motion of the longitudinal translation stage in a connected position when a magnitude of an external force applied in the longitudinal direction is below a threshold. The releasable connector moves from the connected position to a released position to allow motion of the longitudinal translation stage when the magnitude of the external force applied in the longitudinal direction is above the threshold. |
| US11325488B2 |
Housing for a charging device for a vehicle
A housing for an electrical connector includes a first set of orifices receiving a plurality of first pins, a second set of orifices receiving a plurality of second pins, a first draining device evacuating a fluid from the first set of orifices, and a second draining device evacuating a fluid from the second set of orifices. The second pins having a voltage higher than the first pins. The first set of orifices and the second set of orifices extend through the housing from a first interface of the housing toward a second interface of the housing in a connecting direction. The first draining device and the second draining device are isolated from each other and prevent fluid communication between the fluid from the first set of orifices and the fluid from the second set of orifices. |
| US11325483B2 |
Plate and plate system
A plate is to be installed on an installation surface for supporting an object to be supported on the installation surface. The plate includes a plate part having a support surface for supporting the object to be supported, and an adjustment part attached to the plate part and capable of adjusting a height position of the support surface relative to the installation surface. |
| US11325479B2 |
Hybrid and electric vehicle battery maintenance device
The present invention includes a battery pack maintenance device for performing maintenance on battery packs of hybrid and/or electrical vehicles (referred herein generally as electric vehicles). In various embodiments, the device includes one or more loads for connecting to a battery pack for use in discharging the battery pack, and/or charging circuitry for use in charging the battery pack. Optional input/output circuitry can be provided for communicating with circuitry of in the battery pack and/or circuitry of the vehicle. |
| US11325474B2 |
Electrical machine for driving propulsion
The invention relates to a particularly redundant electrical machine (10) for driving a means of propulsion (1) with increased reliability. The machine (10) comprises a plurality of independent partial rotors (210, 220) which are respectively coupled to a common shaft (200) by means of freewheel devices (510, 520) in order to drive said shaft and the means of propulsion (1) therewith in a working direction of rotation. The machine (10) also comprises a plurality of independent stator winding systems (111, 121), a stator winding system (111, 121) and a partial rotor (210, 220) being respectively associated with each other and arranged in such a way that they can electromagnetically interact with each other. The stator winding systems (111, 121) are successively arranged in the axial direction. Similarly, the partial rotors (210, 220) are successively arranged in the axial direction. |
| US11325468B2 |
Vehicle power management system
An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern. |
| US11325467B2 |
Gear transmission
A gear transmission having a speed changing section includes a speed changing gear for setting a speed stage and a shift gear slidably mounted on a rotation support shaft and operated to engage and disengage with the speed changing gear, the speed changing section configured to speed-change inputted power and to output the resultant power via the rotation support shaft. An arrangement is provided for facilitating engagement of the shift gear with the speed changing gear even when respective end faces of the shift gear and the speed changing gear hit each other. A transmission mechanism (20B) is provided for outputting power of a rotation support shaft (24) to a traveling device. The transmission mechanism (20B) has a transmission flexibility portion (80) which allows free rotation of the rotation support shaft (24) by a set rotation angle. |
| US11325464B2 |
Method for producing a liquid container, liquid container for a motor vehicle, and structure for reducing sloshing sounds
The invention relates to a method for producing a liquid container for a motor vehicle, having the method steps: providing a wall, which is provided in order to delimit an interior chamber of the liquid container for receiving a liquid; providing a structure, which is provided in order to be arranged in order to reduce sloshing noises in the interior chamber of the liquid container, wherein the structure comprises a random arrangement of threads cross-linked with each other and wherein a plurality of the threads of the structure are integrally joined, at least in sections, to at least one or more additional threads of the structure, such that a substantially monolithic structure is formed; connecting the structure to the wall. |
| US11325456B2 |
Clutch assembly with vibration dampers and vehicle drive train
Various embodiments may include a clutch assembly comprising: a first coupling and a second coupling; and a vibration damper with a spring. The first coupling includes a crankshaft connection and a coupling-in element which can be connected to one another in a controlled manner. The second coupling has an output connection and an intermediate element which can be connected to one another in a controlled manner. The spring connects the intermediate element and the coupling-in element to one another. |
| US11325446B2 |
Method for operating a refrigeration system for a vehicle and a corresponding refrigeration system
A method for operating a refrigeration system for a vehicle with a refrigerant circuit including a heat exchanger. A controllable environmental air flow (L) is flowed through the heat exchanger and the heat exchanger can be operated as a refrigerant condenser or a gas cooler for a refrigeration system operation. |
| US11325445B2 |
Thermal management system for vehicle
A vehicle thermal management system includes a cooling apparatus including a radiator, a first water pump, and a valve connected through a coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus including a second water pump and a battery module connected by a battery coolant line; a chiller connected to the battery coolant line and connected to an air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line connected to the battery coolant line and connected to a refrigerant line of the air conditioner through a refrigerant connection line, to adjust a temperature of the coolant by performing heat exchange between a coolant supplied to the battery coolant line and a refrigerant selectively supplied from the air conditioner; and a heating circuit for warming an interior of the vehicle by use of the coolant having a temperature increased while the coolant passes through at least one electrical component. |
| US11325443B2 |
Heat pump system for vehicle
A heat pump system for a vehicle utilizes one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant are heat-exchanged to adjust a temperature of a battery module, and utilizes a sub-centralized energy module with waste heat of an electrical component in a heating mode of the vehicle to improve heating efficiency. |
| US11325441B2 |
Seat air conditioner
The seat air conditioner configured to supply conditioning air to a seat in a vehicle cabin includes a refrigeration cycle, an air blower, and a conditioning air supply unit. The refrigeration cycle includes a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant, a heat emitting portion that emits heat of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to generate a warm air, a decompressor that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the heat emitting portion, and a heat absorbing portion that evaporates the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor to generate a cold air. The air blower blows air to exchange heat with the refrigerant. The conditioning air supply unit supplies each of the warm air generated by the heat emitting portion and the cold air generated by the heat absorbing portion as the conditioning air to the seat. |
| US11325438B2 |
Suspension
A suspension is provided which can not only generate a damping force between sprung mass and unsprung mass but also steer a wheel. A suspension includes: a shaft coupled to sprung mass of a vehicle, the shaft having a screw groove and a spline groove formed thereon; a ball screw nut assembled to the shaft via a ball; a ball spline nut assembled to the shaft via a ball; a ball screw-specific motor connected to the ball screw nut; a ball spline-specific motor connected to the ball spline nut; and a case coupled to unsprung mass of the vehicle, the case being configured to hold the ball screw-specific motor and the ball spline-specific motor. The ball spline-specific motor rotates the ball spline nut and the shaft relative to the case. |
| US11325431B2 |
Wheel hub mounted vehicle data communications device incorporating a self-generating electrical power supply
A wireless vehicle data communications device is adapted for mounting on a wheel hub assembly of a vehicle. The vehicle data communications device includes a housing, a microprocessor located inside the housing, a signal transmitting device, and a signal receiving device. A self-generating electrical power supply is located within the housing and functions to supply electrical power to components of the vehicle data communications device. |
| US11325425B2 |
Tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain
A tyre for a motorcycle for rough terrain comprises a tread portion. In a region between at least one of tread edges and a tyre equator, the tread portion is provided with middle blocks, shoulder blocks, and tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and its adjacent one of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder blocks include first shoulder blocks forming the one of the tread edges and second shoulder blocks arranged on an inner side in a tyre axial direction of the one of the tread edges. The tie bars include first tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the first shoulder blocks and second tie bars each connecting between one of the middle blocks and one of the second shoulder blocks. |
| US11325423B2 |
Pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire manufacturing method
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion with shoulder lug grooves spaced apart in a circumferential direction, each extending outward in a tire lateral direction, opening to a ground contact end, and including a closed end inward in the tire lateral direction. In a region of each of the shoulder lug grooves from an end of a belt having a greatest width in a belt portion of the pneumatic tire to an inner side in the tire lateral direction, the shoulder lug groove has a groove width that decreases inward in the tire lateral direction, and includes a portion where a groove cross-sectional area is kept constant by a change in at least one of a groove wall angle or a groove depth of the shoulder lug groove, the portion being provided in the tire lateral direction across a length of at least 20% of half a tire development width. |
| US11325417B2 |
Wheel assembly including arcuate inner and outer rim assemblies and related methods
A wheel assembly to be coupled to a hub of a vehicle, may include arcuate inner rim assemblies removably coupled together to define a circular inner rim to be coupled to the hub of the vehicle. Each arcuate inner rim assembly may include an arcuate inner rim segment, and an arcuate inner ring segment extending radially outward from the arcuate inner rim segment. The wheel assembly may also include arcuate outer rim assemblies removably coupled together to define a circular outer rim. Each arcuate outer rim assembly may include an arcuate outer rim segment, and an arcuate outer ring segment extending radially inward from the arcuate outer rim segment. The wheel assembly may also include gas springs operatively coupled between the circular inner rim and the circular outer rim to provide a gas suspension for relative movement therebetween. |
| US11325412B2 |
Security element comprising micro-reflectors for a perspective representation of a motif
A flat security element with microreflectors arranged as a microreflector pattern in a main plane of the security element. The microreflectors present a motif made up of image points to a viewer. The motif appears for the viewer as lying outside the main plane of the security element. Two of the microreflectors are adjusted in each case to produce one of the image points of the motif appearing for the viewer as lying outside the main plane. The microreflector pattern has several groups of microreflectors. Each of the groups is provided to represent to the viewer a perspective view of the motif after tilting the security element about an axis lying in the main plane. Image points of the motif are shifted by shift ranges of different sizes through the tilting. |
| US11325411B2 |
Printing blanket and method for manufacturing printing blanket
A method for manufacturing a printing blanket including an elastic body that can be repeatedly used by removing a sheet is provided. According to the above of the present invention, the printing blanket includes an elastic body and a sheet bonded to the elastic body and performs printing by pressing the sheet against a printing object surface. The method includes a sheet fixing step of fixing the sheet at a periphery of a region in which the sheet is to be bonded to the elastic body; an elastic body placing step of placing the elastic body so that a bonding surface of the elastic body faces a bonding surface of the sheet that is fixed; a wax applying step of forming a wax layer on a surface of the elastic body; an adhesive applying step of applying an adhesive to at least one of the sheet and the elastic body that is provided with the wax layer on the surface thereof; and a pressing step of pressing the sheet and the elastic body against each other and bringing the sheet into close contact with the elastic body provided with the wax layer such that the adhesive is interposed therebetween while stretching the sheet along the surface. |
| US11325408B2 |
Device for driving a stamping foil, stamping station and machine, and method for controlling the driving of a stamping foil
A device for driving a stamping foil over a path through a stamping machine is disclosed herein. The driving device comprises two foil-introduction chain-like elements and a drive member coupled to the foil-introduction chain-like elements for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements notably through a platen press of a stamping machine. The driving device further comprises at least one first load-measurement device comprising a first detector configured to measure a parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements in a first direction, the at least one first load-measurement device being connected to a stamping-machine control unit configured to stop the driving by the drive member when the parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member and measured by the first detector crosses a threshold. |
| US11325405B2 |
Printer with print head and support having head spring that urges print head
A printer includes a print head configured to print on a recording sheet, a platen roller attached to a frame in a rotatable manner, a support having a head spring attached thereto that urges the print head toward the platen roller, and a hold unit attached to the frame in a rotatable manner and having an engaging part that engages with a projection situated at a side end of the support, wherein the head spring is configured to urge the print head toward the platen roller when the projection is engaged with the engaging part, and wherein the hold unit is configured to be rotated to cause the engaging part to disengage from the projection. |
| US11325403B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a thermal head, a paper feed unit, a paper detection unit, an ink ribbon take-up unit, an detection unit, and a control unit. The thermal head transfers ink applied to an ink ribbon onto paper. The paper feed unit feeds paper stacked on a paper stacking unit and conveys the paper. The paper detection unit detects the fed paper. The ink ribbon takes-up unit take up the ink ribbon. The detection unit detects a printing start position of the ink ribbon. The control unit controls feeding of the stacked paper from the paper stacking unit, suspend the conveyance of the paper upon detection of the fed paper, take up the ink ribbon with the ink ribbon take-up unit, stop the ink ribbon take-up upon detection of the printing start position of the ink ribbon, and restart the conveyance of the paper with the paper feed unit. |
| US11325402B2 |
Printer apparatus with flapper attached to conveying route cover
A printer including a printing part which prints on a recording paper; a cutter part which cuts the recording paper; and a conveying part which includes a conveying route having a curving shape and through which the recording paper conveyed through the cutter part is conveyed; a conveying route cover which is attached to the conveying part and covers a portion of the conveying route; and a flapper which is provided at a curved portion of the conveying route, has a curved shape, and is rotatably attached to the conveying route cover so as to rotatably open or close relative to a main body of the printer, wherein the conveying route cover and the flapper are movable together so as to separate from or contact the main body. |
| US11325401B2 |
Printing apparatus and control method therefor
A printer for printing on rolled paper includes an air pressure sensor that detects air pressure, a platen that has a suction hole and is installed on a transport path of the rolled paper, a suction fan that sucks the rolled paper via the suction hole, and a control section that performs control for changing a rotation speed of the suction fan according to a detection result of the air pressure sensor. |
| US11325398B2 |
Image processing device generating dot data using machine learning model and method for training machine learning model
In an image processing device, a controller performs: acquiring target image data representing a target image; inputting first and second datasets into a machine learning model and causing the machine learning model to output first and second partial dot data; and generating dot data specifying a dot formation state for each of a plurality of pixels in a print image corresponding to the target image using the first and second partial dot data. The first dataset includes first partial image data and a first value for an input parameter. The second dataset includes second partial image data and a second value for the input parameter. The machine learning model outputs the second partial dot data different from the first partial dot data according to the second value being different from the first value even when the second partial image data is identical to the first partial image data. |
| US11325395B2 |
Printer including liquid discharge head
There is provided a printer including: a casing defining an internal space; a conveyor; a head; a tank, a first channel communicating the tank and the head with each other; a first pressure gauge; a first pump; a second channel communicating the tank and the head with each other; a second pressure gauge; and a second pump. The internal space includes a first space defined between a first virtual surface and a second virtual surface which are parallel to a conveyance direction and an up-down direction 7, and a second space which is different from the first space; the head is positioned in the first space; and the tank, the first pressure gauge, the first pump, the second pressure gauge, and the second pump are positioned in the second space. |
| US11325392B2 |
Printer
A printer includes an ink tank, a print head that performs printing by using ink in the ink tank, a light source that emits light into the ink tank, a sensor that outputs pixel data by detecting light incident from an ink tank side in a period during which the light source emits light, and a processing section that determines an ink amount by an output of the sensor. The processing section designates a reading area for the sensor, and determines an ink amount based on pixel data of the reading area output from the sensor. |
| US11325391B2 |
Method for operating a printing material processing machine by applying a varnish consumption prediction
A method for operating a printing material processing machine by using a computer includes acquiring print job parameters from print jobs for the printing material processing machine and machine parameters by using the computer, evaluating the acquired parameters to determine the machine state by using the computer, and requesting and providing fluid consumable materials for optimizing the operation of the machine on the basis of the determined machine state by using the computer. Maintenance measures carried out on the machine are optimized on the basis of the determined machine state, by using the computer. |
| US11325387B2 |
Biased print gaskets
In various examples, biased print gaskets can include a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to charge a material included in a gasket with a first bias voltage to repel print particles from a surface of the gasket, cease charging the material with the first bias voltage and charge the material with a second bias to attract print particles to a surface of the gasket. |
| US11325386B2 |
Liquid container device and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid container device includes: a liquid container having an inlet; a casing in which the liquid container is housed; and a cap lever having a cap configured to seal the inlet. The liquid container has an upper surface, and a visualization surface. The casing includes a cover configured to pivot and that protects the upper surface, a cap lever-engaging portion, a visualization portion having an opening, and a wall portion disposed on the +Z direction side with respect to the visualization portion. The cap lever includes an engageable portion configured to be engaged with the cap lever-engaging portion, and a body extending in the +Y direction from the engageable portion. A surface disposed so as to face the cover of the body is planar, and an end of the body in the +Y direction is separated from an end of the wall portion in the +Z direction. |
| US11325379B2 |
Fluid ejection dies
A fluid ejection die may include a number of fluid ejection chambers laid to correlate with a number of dividers formed in a fluid channel layer such that adjacent fluid ejection chambers are alternatively arranged on a relatively higher-temperature side of the fluid ejection die and a relatively lower-temperature side of the fluid ejection die. |
| US11325376B2 |
Drive circuit and liquid ejecting apparatus
A drive circuit includes a drive signal output circuit that outputs a drive signal supplied to the piezoelectric element and a first constant voltage signal that is constant at a first voltage value; a switch circuit having one end electrically coupled to an output terminal of the drive signal output circuit and the other end electrically coupled to the first terminal of the piezoelectric element, and a reference voltage signal output circuit that is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the piezoelectric element and outputs a second constant voltage signal which is constant at a second voltage value, in which before the reference voltage signal output circuit starts to output the second constant voltage signal, the one end and the other end of the switch circuit are controlled to be non-conductive, and the drive signal output circuit outputs the first constant voltage signal. |
| US11325370B2 |
Fluidic die with low voltage monitoring circuit including high voltage tolerant transistor
A fluidic die including fluid chambers, each including an electrode exposed to an interior of the fluid chamber and each having a corresponding fluid actuator operating at a first voltage level. Monitoring circuitry, operating at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level, includes a select transistor and a pulldown transistor for each fluid chamber to selectively couple to the electrode, at least the select transistor being a high voltage tolerant transistor to operate at the second voltage in a normal operating condition and having a breakdown voltage level greater than the first voltage level to prevent a fault current from flowing into the select transistor from the electrode in a fault condition if the fluid actuator short-circuits to the electrode. |
| US11325367B2 |
Smooth film laminated elastomer articles
A method for manufacturing at least one elastomeric article is provided. The method includes placing into a mold an assembly of an uncured elastomeric sheet, a first film fully covering the elastomeric sheet and a second film covering the first film, such that the second film is in contact with and positioned between the first film and an interior surface of the mold. The method further includes curing the assembly in the mold, such that the first film is laminated onto the elastomeric sheet thereby forming the at least one elastomeric article. |
| US11325365B1 |
Laminating apparatus
A laminating apparatus is provided, which is capable of producing a laminate having a highly planarized surface. The laminating apparatus is arranged to laminate a film on an irregular surface of a substrate having irregularities, and includes a vacuum laminating device which brings the film into close conformal contact with the substrate under reduced pressure to form a first temporary laminate, a first flat press device which presses the first temporary laminate to form a second temporary laminate having a substantially planarized irregular surface, and a second flat press device which presses the second temporary laminate under different conditions from the first flat press device to form a product laminate having a planar surface. |
| US11325362B2 |
Layered polyester film
To provide a layered polyester film having excellent mechanical properties, transparency, heat resistance, and gas barrier property. A layered polyester film including a polyester film and a thin film layer, wherein the polyester film is a biaxially oriented polyester film including a dicarboxylic acid component containing mainly a furandicarboxylic acid and a glycol component containing mainly ethylene glycol, the covering layer is formed on at least one surface of the polyester film, and the layered polyester film has a plane orientation coefficient ΔP of not less than 0.100 and not more than 0.200, and a thickness of the layered polyester film is not thinner than 1 μm and not thicker than 300 μm. |
| US11325360B2 |
Multilayer body, packaging container, and food storing method
A multilayer body comprising a sealing layer (A) comprising a thermoplastic resin, an oxygen absorption layer (B) comprising a thermoplastic resin and iron powder, and an oxygen barrier layer (D) having oxygen barrier properties, the layers being laminated in a described order, wherein at least one of the sealing layer (A) and the oxygen absorption layer (B) comprises an ionomer as the thermoplastic resin. |
| US11325358B2 |
Dual shell dental appliance and material constructions
Improved dental appliances and polymeric sheet compositions are disclosed. The polymeric sheet compositions are useful for making dental appliances having outer layers comprised of a material having a modulus of from about 1,000 MPA to 2,500 MPA (“hard”) and an inner core comprised of elastomeric material or materials having a modulus of from about 50 MPa to 500 MPa (“soft”), which exhibit improved flexibility and strength, and better stain and tear resistance than currently available materials and dental appliances. |
| US11325355B2 |
Process for manufacturing a fibrous preform filled with particles
A process for manufacturing a fibrous preform filled with particles, includes forming the filled preform by compacting a stack of a plurality of fibrous strata impregnated by a suspension of ceramic oxide particles in a liquid medium, wherein the liquid medium includes at least one compound having a saturated vapor pressure of less than 2.3 kPa at 20° C., this compound being present in a weight content of greater than or equal to 30% relative to the total weight of the suspension. |
| US11325354B2 |
Interlayer film for laminated glass
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass which is excellent in sound insulation property and has improved sound insulation performance not only in a coincidence region but also in a mass-dominated region. The interlayer film for laminated glass includes a sound insulating layer which is formed from a composition (A) containing at least one resin (a1) selected from a thermoplastic resin and a thermosetting resin, wherein a tan δ obtained when a dynamic viscoelasticity of a sheet, which is obtained by molding the composition (A) to have a thickness of 0.8 mm, is measured at a frequency of 0.3 Hz in a tension mode has a maximal value at a temperature TA (° C.), TA (° C.) is in a range of −50 to 50° C., and the tan δ at TA (° C.) is 2.5 or more. |
| US11325353B2 |
Composite pane with an electrical load
A composite pane with an electrical load, includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer has a recess that has a receiving opening, the receiving opening is dimensioned such that it is designed for accommodating the electrical load in the recess, and the electrical load is arranged in the recess. |
| US11325352B2 |
Leakage current detection and control for one or more electrically controllable privacy glazing structures
An electrical characteristic of a privacy glazing structure and indicative of a health of the privacy glazing structure can be measured at a first time and at a second time later than the first time. In response to detecting a change in the electrical characteristic indicating a change in the health of the privacy glazing structure, one or more parameters of an electrical drive signal can be adjusted to compensate for the change in the health of the privacy glazing structure. The electrical characteristic can be measured at a plurality of times after the second time and compared to the electrical characteristic measured at the first time. If, at any of the plurality of times, the measured electrical characteristic differs from the electrical characteristic measured at the first time by more than a threshold amount, one or more parameters of the electrical drive signal can be adjusted. |
| US11325351B2 |
Method for fabricating display panel
A method for fabricating a display panel including a bending area includes: providing a substrate; forming a first flexible layer on the substrate; forming an organic layer on the first flexible layer, wherein a wavelength of light absorbed by the organic layer is different from a wavelength of light absorbed by the first flexible layer; irradiating a part of the organic layer in the bending area with a laser to make at least a portion of the part of the organic layer a carbonized layer, thereby forming a spacer layer; forming a second flexible layer covering the first flexible layer and the spacer layer, wherein the first flexible layer and the second flexible layer are made of a same material and separated by the spacer layer; and cutting a part of the substrate and a part of the first flexible layer in the bending area. |
| US11325350B2 |
Films and laminates for use in packaging reactive compounds
The present present disclosure relates to a laminate film including a water resistant or oxygen resistant base layer, and co-extrusion layer. The coextrusion layer may include a tie layer and a contact layer, and the contact layer may include a polymer such as cyclic olefin copolymer, a polyamide, or an ethylene vinyl alcohol. A total loading of the tie layer may be in the range of 3-9 g/m2 and wherein a loading of the contact layer is: loadingcontact=x*loadingtie, wherein loadingcontact is the loading of the contact layer, loadingtie is the total loading of the tie layer, and x is in the range of 0.8 to 3. |
| US11325348B2 |
Metal-carbon composites and methods for their production
A method for producing a carbon nanotube-metal composite in which carbon nanotubes are layered on a metal substrate, the method comprising: (i) depositing a liquid, in which carbon nanotubes are suspended, onto said metal substrate; (ii) during or after step (i), subjecting said liquid to a shearing force sufficient to spatially confine the liquid to induce at least partial alignment of said carbon nanotubes on said metal substrate; and (iii) removing said liquid to produce said carbon nanotube-metal composite; wherein, after step (iii), the lengthwise dimensions of said carbon nanotubes are adhered to and oriented parallel with said metal surface, and said carbon nanotubes are at least partially aligned with each other. In some embodiments, the liquid is deposited in the form of droplets, and the droplets are subjected to a shearing force to cause them to elongate, which induces at least partial alignment of the carbon nanotubes. |
| US11325345B2 |
Fiber-bound engineered materials formed utilizing carrier screens
A method of forming a fiber-bound engineered material utilizing carrier screens is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. Also provided are articles formed of fiber-bound engineered materials manufactured utilizing carrier screens. A fiber layer is placed adjacent at least one carrier screen and entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber-bound engineered material may be accomplished through manipulation of the fibers and/or through fiber binding a scrim. The fiber layer binds with additional fibers through entanglement such that a mechanical connection between the entangled fibers is provided. This entanglement allows the fibers to bind without supplemental adhesives, interlacing, or connections. |
| US11325343B2 |
Ion-doped two-dimensional nanomaterials
Ion-doped two-dimensional nanomaterials are made by inducing electronic carriers (electrons and holes) in a two-dimensional material using a captured ion layer at the surface of the material. The captured ion layer is stabilized using a capping layer. The induction of electronic carriers works in atomically-thin two-dimensional materials, where it induces high carrier density of at least 1014 carriers/cm2. A variety of novel ion-doped nanomaterials and p-n junction-based nanoelectronic devices are made possible by the method. |
| US11325340B2 |
Dunnage conversion machine and method
A dunnage conversion machine (36) converts a sheet stock material into a dunnage product that is relatively thicker and less dense than the stock material, but is relatively thin and sufficiently flexible to function as a protective wrap. The conversion machine includes a feed mechanism (40) that advances a sheet stock material therethrough and a connecting mechanism (42) downstream of the feed mechanism. The connecting mechanism retards the passage of the sheet stock material therethrough by feeding the stock material therethrough at a slower rate than the feed mechanism feeds the stock material to the connecting mechanism. This causes the stock material to randomly crumple in a longitudinal space between the feed mechanism and the connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism connects multiple overlapping layers of sheet stock material together as they pass therethrough, including connecting at least one crumpled sheet to one side of one other sheet. |
| US11325331B2 |
Tire manufacturing method
In a manufacturing method of a tire which manufactures a side-wall rubber as a constituent member of the tire by winding a rubber strip formed of unvulcanized rubber on a carcass ply serving as a rotating body, the method includes the steps of: winding the rubber strip prior to vulcanization in a spiral manner having a partially overlapping region, so that at least part thereof is exposed at an outer surface, and another portion thereof is covered by the rubber strip after being wound; and arranging an electronic component so that the electronic component is positioned in the partially overlapping region of the rubber strip or between the carcass ply, etc. serving as the lower layer member of the rubber strip and the rubber strip, in the winding step or an earlier step thereto. |
| US11325329B2 |
Pre-stressed fiber reinforcing member and method for its manufacture
A composite structural article (100) includes a polymeric body (35) having a first major surface (24) and an opposing second major surface (22) and a rib element (30) extending away from the first major surface. A reinforcing member (10) is embedded within a free end portion (34) of the rib member (30). The reinforcing member includes an elongated polymer rod having a rod length and a plurality of co-extending continuous fibers (20), embedded and distributed within the elongated polymer rod. The fibers are under tension and may have a helical or twisted configuration along the rod length. |
| US11325327B2 |
Ball bat with one-piece multi-wall barrel portion
A method of forming a barrel portion including obtaining a mandrel shaped to define at least an inner surface of a barrel portion of the bat, wrapping a first plurality of layers of fiber composite material about the mandrel, placing a removable material over a first portion of the first plurality of layers, and wrapping a second plurality of layers of fiber composite material over the removable material and the portion of the first plurality of layers not covered by the removable material for form an assembly. The method further includes separating the mandrel from the assembly, inserting an expandable member within the assembly, inserting the assembly into a barrel-forming mold, and molding the assembly in a single molding cycle, curing the first and second layers with the removable material to form the barrel portion of the bat, and removing the removable material and the member from the barrel portion. |
| US11325325B2 |
Method for manufacturing fiber reinforced plastic molded body
Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced plastic molded body, the method including: performing thermocompression molding, by using a molding die, on a molding precursor which is obtained by arranging a prepreg including a thermosetting resin and a fiber around a thermoplastic solid body. |
| US11325324B2 |
Automated fiber bundle placement apparatus
A guide mechanism includes a support member that supports a plurality of tow guides provided corresponding to each of fiber bundles, and a support mechanism that supports the support member with respect to an arm, and the support mechanism is configured such that the support member is displaceable in a width direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the arm in a plan. |
| US11325320B2 |
System and method for welding thermoplastic components to create composite structure
A system and method for welding thermoplastic components by positioning and moving a heated plate between the components to melt their respective faying surfaces, and as the plate moves, pressing the components together so that the melted faying surfaces bond together as they cool and re-solidify, thereby creating a composite structure. The plate has a heated portion which is positioned between and heated to melt a portion of the first and second faying surfaces. A manipulator mechanism moves the plate along an interface from between the portion to between a series of subsequent portions of the first and second faying surfaces, thereby welding the thermoplastic components along the entire interface to create the composite structure. The heated portion may contact the faying surfaces and melt them through conduction, or may be suspended between them and melt them through radiation and convection. |
| US11325318B2 |
Bonding objects together
The relates to a method of mechanically securing a first object to a second object and includes the steps of: providing the first object including thermoplastic material in a solid state, providing the second object with a generally flat sheet portion having an edge, positioning the first object relative to the second object and bringing the first object and the second object to a relative movement to each other. The relative movement includes a rotational movement, such that a melting zone including flowable thermoplastic material is formed and such that thermoplastic material of the melting zone flows around the edge to at least partially embed the edge in the thermoplastic material. The invention further concerns a connector that is suitable for being used in a method according to the invention. |
| US11325315B2 |
Composition to produce support sub-structures for 3D photopolymer jetting
The present invention is directed to a UV-curable composition capable of producing a 3D-printed support sub-structure for photopolymer jetting, and to a 3D-printing processes using said support material composition, and to a 3D-printed articles obtainable with said 3D-printing processes. The composition comprises a N-acryloyl glycinamide type monomer, anoptional hydrophilic co-monomer, a hydrophilic dispersion medium or water, a photoinitiator, and an optional functional additive or combination thereof, at specific contents. |
| US11325311B2 |
Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and three-dimensional object forming system
There is provided an information processing apparatus. A receiving unit receives a data of printing. An output unit outputs image data of each of plural elements which are parts of recording media, if the receiving unit receives print data including height information of a three-dimensional object at positions of each pixel of image data on a two-dimensional image is generated such that the three-dimensional object is formed by stacking the plural elements, and the image data is generated from the height information of the three-dimensional object at the positions of the each pixel. |
| US11325310B2 |
Optimizing print speed and orientation for 3D printing based on multiscale convolutions
An optimal printing speed and orientation for an object to be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process in which a photo-curable resin is cured through exposure to radiation are estimated by determining, for pixel maps defining cross-sections of the object, a critical size of a convolution kernel which provides an activation map having a maximum activation pixel value less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. For each respective pixel map, a printing time is estimated as a function of an adjusted base lift velocity and base lift height of the printing apparatus. The optimal printing speed and orientation are then estimated as a minimum value of a function of the printing times for all respective pixel maps of the cross-sections of the object at each of a plurality of possible orientations of the object. |
| US11325306B2 |
Build material container
Examples of the present disclosure relate to a build material container for a three-dimensional printing system. The container has an external casing with an upper surface, a lower compartment to receive a build material reservoir, at least one load-bearing element, and an upper compartment below the upper surface. The upper compartment and the lower compartment are separated by a lower surface. The at least one load-bearing element is arranged below the lower surface. The upper compartment has stiffening members arranged to distribute load received from the upper surface to the at least one load-bearing element. |
| US11325299B2 |
Additive manufacturing via optical aperture division multiplexing
Systems, devices, and methods for additive manufacturing as disclosed allow for improved optical access to a build platform. In at least some embodiments a multiplexing optic of an additive manufacturing device is configured to multiplex an arbitrary number of optical paths to a build platform along a substantially common optical axis by dividing a theoretical input aperture of the multiplexing optic into a plurality of sub-apertures. Each sub-aperture can independently receive and direct an optical path to the build platform. An optical path can be a light path from a light source or an optical process monitoring path from an optical process monitoring system or optical process monitoring device. In some embodiments, an optical path can enter the multiplexing optic off-axis and/or off-angle with respect to an optical axis of the multiplexing optic. The multiplexing optic can include one or more lens elements and/or one or more mirror elements. |