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US11480820B2	Display device A display device improves ESD resistance while using a plurality of adhesive double-sided tapes for fixing a display. After an OGS and a liquid crystal display are bonded to each other to be integrated, an outer edge portion of the OGS is bonded and fixed to a frame housing a backlight unit by four adhesive double-sided tapes. The four adhesive double-sided tapes are arranged to substantially surround a central region with a slight gap between adjacent ones of the adhesive double-sided tapes. An end portion of each of the adhesive double-sided tapes is set to have a shape such that a narrow path is bent, rather than being straight, the narrow path being a space surrounded by end surfaces of the two adhesive double-sided tapes between the frame and the OGS and extending narrowly.
US11480814B2	Spectacle-like frame An eyeglass-shaped frame includes: a pair of lens-holding frames configured to hold lenses; a bridge connecting the pair of lens-holding frames; a temple foldably attached at a front end side thereof; a nose pad configured to support a nose in contact; movable lens-holding frames configured to be placed oppositely in front of the lens-holding frames; and a vertical movement unit configured to vertically move each of the movable lens-holding frames.
US11480813B2	Projection of defocused images on the peripheral retina to treat refractive error An apparatus to treat refractive error of the eye comprises one or more optics configured to project stimuli comprising out of focus images onto the peripheral retina outside the macula. While the stimuli can be configured in many ways, in some embodiments the stimuli are arranged to decrease interference with central vison such as macular vision. The stimuli can be out of focus images may comprise an amount of defocus within a range from about 3 Diopters (“D”) to about 6 D. In some embodiments, the brightness of the stimuli is greater than a brightness of background illumination by an appropriate amount such as at least 3 times the background brightness. In some embodiments, each of a plurality of stimuli comprises a spatial frequency distribution with an amplitude profile having spatial frequencies within a range from about range of 1×10−1 to 2.5×101 cycles per degree.
US11480810B2	Lens moving apparatus A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
US11480801B1	Facial interface assemblies for head-mounted displays and related systems and methods The disclosed flexible facial interface assemblies for head-mounted display systems may include a rigid support frame element and a flexible facial interface frame element. The rigid support frame element may be shaped and configured to physically support a display of a head-mounted display system in front of a user's eyes when the facial interface assembly is worn by the user. The flexible facial interface frame element may be configured to flex to conform to the user's facial features when the facial interface assembly is worn by the user. An outer periphery of the flexible facial interface frame element may be independently movable relative to an outer periphery of the rigid support frame element. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11480799B2	Head-mounted display A head-mounted display includes a display device configured to display an image, a diopter adjustment device configured to adjust a diopter, and a correction processing circuit serving as an image correction device configured to correct a display image in accordance with a degree of diopter adjustment. In the adjustments made on a left side and a right side, respectively, after diopter adjustment, the display image is corrected in accordance with the degree of diopter adjustment.
US11480797B2	Waveguide-based display module, and image generation module and application thereof Disclosed are a waveguide display module, and an image generation module and application corresponding thereto. By wavelength division multiplexing, an image generation unit generates through modulation mixed light beams containing at least two groups of sub-images of different wavelengths. The mixed light beams generated through modulation by the image generation unit are coupled into a waveguide module, which module has in-coupling units arranged in multiple layers and out-coupling units arranged in multiple layers, an in-coupling unit in each layer being configured to couple in light of different wavelength ranges. Emergent images, formed after mixed light beams of an image to be displayed generated by the image generation unit are coupled out by the out-coupling units of the waveguide module, are spliced into the image to be displayed.
US11480795B2	Application specific integrated circuit for waveguide display The disclosed waveguide display device may include a waveguide and one or more projector assemblies configured to project image light into the waveguide, where each of the one or more projector assemblies includes a first monochromatic emitter array having a plurality of emitters of a first color disposed in a two-dimensional configuration and a second monochromatic emitter array having a plurality of emitters of a second color disposed in a two-dimensional configuration. The display device may also include at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) configured to drive the first and second monochromatic emitter arrays to emit images of the first and second color along a common axis, with the first color being different from the second color. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11480794B2	Compact augmented reality (AR)-capable display with increased field of view Aspects described herein include an optical arrangement that defines a field of view relative to an optical reference point. The optical arrangement comprises a reflective element arranged within the field of view, an off-axis, short-throw projector arranged outside the field of view, and a substantially transparent projection screen arranged within the field of view. The projection screen is configured to preferentially direct imagery projected by the off-axis, short-throw projector toward the reflective element, and to, after direction by the reflective element, transmit the imagery toward the optical reference point.
US11480779B2	Slide holding in digital pathology The present invention relates to digital pathology. In order to provide an improved handling of probes in digital pathology, a slide-holder (10) for digital pathology is provided that comprises a tray basis (12), a plurality of mounting means (14) and a plurality of slide-holder registration points (16). The tray basis is configured to carry a plurality of slides (20) to be imaged by a digital pathology system, for which the tray basis provides a plurality of slide-receiving positions. The plurality of mounting means are arranged on the tray basis to mount the plurality of slides on the tray basis in a plurality of slide-receiving positions to image each slide in a separate imaging position. The slide-holder registration points comprise a plurality of interacting portions (22) that provide a mechanical registration of the tray basis with a digital pathology system for each of the imaging positions.
US11480777B2	Observation device, observation method, and observation device control program storage medium The observation device includes an imaging optical system that includes an imaging lens forming an image of an observation target in a cultivation container, an operating section that performs at least one of a first operation of changing a focal length of the imaging optical system, a second operation of moving the imaging lens in an optical axis direction, or a fourth operation of moving the container in the optical axis direction, a detection section that detects a vertical position of the cultivation container, and an operation controller that controls the operating section based on the vertical position of the cultivation container.
US11480776B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus having the same A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear group having a positive refractive power as a whole including at least one lens unit. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, a distance between adjacent lens units changes. The first lens unit includes at least three negative single lenses, and a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11480775B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus A zoom lens includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a subsequent lens group in order from an object side. A focusing lens group closer to an image side than the first lens group moves during focusing. The first lens group consists of a first-a lens group and a first-b lens group in order from the object side. Assuming that an average of refractive indices of the negative lenses of the first-a lens group is Nd1ave, a focal length of the focusing lens group is ff, and a focal length of the first lens group is f1, Conditional Expression (1) of 1.73
US11480772B2	Camera optical lens including five lenses of +−−+− refractive powers The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens satisfying following conditions: −0.35≤f1/f2≤−0.25; 1.20≤(f1+f4)/f≤1.30; 0.18≤d1/f≤0.22; 2.80≤R3/f≤3.50; and −0.28≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤−0.24, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1, f2 and f4 respectively denote a focal length of a first, second and third lenses; d1 denotes an on-axis thickness of the first lens; R3 and R9 respectively denote a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the second and fifth lenses; and R10 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens has a good optical performance and further meets the design requirements of wide angle and ultra-thinness.
US11480770B2	Camera optical lens including seven lenses of ++−+−+− refractive powers The present disclosure a camera optical lens is provided including, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: −20.00≤f5/f≤−8.00; 2.80≤v2/v3≤4.50; and −25.00≤(R9+R10)/(R9−R10)≤−14.00. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirements for large aperture, wild angle and ultra-thinness.
US11480764B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens, which includes, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; where the camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 10.00≤d5/d6≤25.00; 2.00≤f2/f≤9.00; 3.00≤(R7+R8)/(R7−R8)≤25.00; and −2.00≤f4/f≤10.41. The camera optical lens satisfies a design requirement of a large aperture, ultra-thinness and a wide angle while having good optical functions.
US11480763B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US11480760B2	Lens assembly A lens assembly includes a lens body, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens, wherein the lens body includes a lens barrel, and the first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are fixed in the lens body in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is closest to the object side and includes an object side surface, the object side surface is protruded along the optical axis, the first lens further includes a first portion close to the object side and a second portion close to the image side, and a diameter of the first portion is smaller than a diameter of the second portion so that a step is formed between the first portion and the second portion.
US11480759B2	Camera optical lens Provided is a camera optical lens including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 0.75≤f1/f≤0.86; −0.30≤f1/f2≤−0.20; 1.30≤(f1+f4)/f≤1.50; −22.00≤(f2+f3+f5)/f≤−9.00; and 0.05≤d8/f≤0.08, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1, f2, f3, f4 and f5 denote focal lengths of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth lenses, respectively; and d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fourth lens to an object side surface of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11480755B2	Imaging lens module and electronic device An imaging lens module includes a plastic barrel, an optical lens assembly and a glue material. The plastic barrel includes an outer object-end surface, an outer image-end surface and an inner tube surface. The inner tube surface connects the outer object-end surface and the outer image-end surface, and includes a plurality of parallel inner surfaces. A plurality of stripe structures are disposed on and protruded from at least one of the parallel inner surfaces, wherein the stripe structures are regularly arranged along a circumferential direction of the parallel inner surface. The optical lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements disposed in the plastic barrel and arranged along the optical axis, wherein an outer annular surface of at least one of the optical elements is disposed correspondingly to the stripe structures. The glue material is applied among the outer annular surface and the stripe structures.
US11480753B2	Lens module A lens module includes a diffractive optical element, a lens, and a plurality of positioning elements, the diffractive optical element and the lens are matched and positively held together. First positioning grooves are defined in the diffractive optical element, and corresponding second positioning grooves are defined in the lens which is stacked on the diffractive optical element. Each positioning element is fixed in and entirely within a first positioning groove and a second positioning groove to fix and hold the diffractive optical element and the lens together.
US11480750B2	Apparatus for cable routing A communication system may include a first chassis having first and second side walls and adapted to slidably receive therein a plurality of cassettes. A first cable hanger assembly may have a first side edge hingedly coupled to the first side wall of the first chassis, the first cable hanger assembly including a plurality of first hangers adapted to support cables thereon. An axis of rotation of the first cable hanger assembly may be substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the plurality of cassettes are slideable. The cable hanger assembly may be rotatable from a first position to a second position so that during rotation from the first position to the second position, the plurality of first hangers move toward front faces of the plurality of cassettes.
US11480747B2	Connector assembly A connector assembly includes housing and one or more light guide members. Each light guide member includes a tube body, an extension column, a positioning member, and a fixing member. The tube body is located on the housing. The extension column extends downward from the tube body to a rear side of the housing. The positioning member is located on the extension column and inserted into a rear wall of the housing. The fixing member is located on the extension column and inserted into the rear wall. The fixing member includes a first bump protruding from the extension column toward the rear wall and a hook structure located on the first bump. When each light guide member is assembled onto the housing, the first bump is inserted into the rear wall, and the hook structure is hooked into the rear wall.
US11480746B2	Fiber optical transceiver and optical communication module A fiber optical transceiver includes a package, a plurality of lead frames provided with the package and protruding outward from the package, a first circuit board installed in the package and electrically connected to the plurality of lead frames, and an optical element provided on the first circuit board. The package includes a ceramic portion formed of ceramic and covered with a metallized film.
US11480743B2	Connector, connector set, cable, and electronic apparatus Provided is a connector that includes an optical component and a movable member. The optical component emits light. Light from the optical component is incident upon the movable member and the movable member is movable between a first state taken during non-fitting to a counterpart connector and a second state taken during fitting to the counterpart connector. Incident light incident upon the movable member from the optical component is, in the first state, attenuated and emitted to an outside such that power of the light is lower than power of the light when the movable member is held in the second state.
US11480736B2	Fiber-to-chip coupler A fiber-to-chip coupler includes a substrate, a waveguide on a top surface of the substrate, an optical fiber axially aligned to the waveguide, and a cap. The waveguide has a uniform region with uniform width and a tapered-waveguide region having a width that adiabatically increases from a minimum width to the uniform width. The optical fiber has a tapered fiber tip having a minimum core diameter, a cylindrical section having a maximum core diameter, and a tapered-fiber section therebetween. The optical fiber is located at least in part above the tapered-waveguide region, and has a core diameter that adiabatically decreases within a taper length of the tapered-fiber section. The cap extends from the tapered fiber tip toward the cylindrical section, is formed of a second material having a cap refractive index that exceeds a refractive index of the optical fiber, and includes a cap-region disposed on the tapered-waveguide region.
US11480731B2	Optical mode splitter A splitter. In some embodiments, the splitter includes an input waveguide; a first output waveguide; a second output waveguide; a first internal waveguide, connected to the input waveguide and to the first output waveguide, and a second internal waveguide, coupled to the first internal waveguide and connected to the second output waveguide. The splitter may be configured, when fed, at the input waveguide, power in a fundamental mode of the input waveguide or power in a first order spatial mode of the input waveguide: to transmit at least 80% of the power in the fundamental mode to the first output waveguide, and to transmit at least 80% of the power in the first order spatial mode to the second output waveguide.
US11480728B2	Pixel array implemented on photonic integrated circuit (PIC) An optoelectronic device includes a substrate and at least three emitters, which are disposed on the substrate and are configured to emit respective beams of light. A plurality of waveguides are disposed on the substrate and have respective input ends coupled to receive the beams of light from respective ones of the emitters, and curve adiabatically from the input ends to respective output ends of the waveguides, which are arranged on the substrate in an array having a predefined pitch. Control circuitry is configured to apply a temporal modulation independently to each of the beams of light.
US11480726B2	Frame-backplate assembly, backlight module and display device A frame-backplate assembly, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The frame-backplate assembly includes a frame, including four side edges connected end to end in turn and enclosing a hollow frame structure, wherein each of the four side edges is adjustable in length; and a backplate located inside the hollow frame structure enclosed by the frame, wherein four side edges of the backplate are detachably connected with four sides in the frame.
US11480723B2	μ-LED, μ-LED device, display and method for the same The invention relates to various aspects of a μ-LED or a μ-LED array for augmented reality or lighting applications, in particular in the automotive field. The μ-LED is characterized by particularly small dimensions in the range of a few μm.
US11480721B2	Polymerizable liquid crystal composition, method for producing polymerizable liquid crystal composition, optically anisotropic film, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device A polymerizable liquid crystal composition having excellent solubility, used for formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition contains a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P1 represented by Formula (1): A-Ar-A, a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P2 represented by Formula (2): A-Ar-B, and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound P3 represented by Formula (3): B-Ar-B.In Formulae (1) and (2), A's represent predetermined side chains, all of which exhibit the same C log P value, and in Formulae (2) and (3), B's represent predetermined side chains, all of which exhibit the same C log P value. It should be noted that A and B represent side chains having C log P values different from each other, in which the C log P value of A is larger than the C log P value of B and the C log P value of at least one of A or B is 3.3 or more.
US11480718B2	Display panel and manufacturing method therefor This application discloses a display panel and manufacturing method therefor. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and corresponding filters. A planarization layer is arranged on the filter. The planarization layer and a transparent filter are made of the same transparent photoresist material.
US11480713B2	Optical material with improved colour Disclosed are polymerizable compositions for ophthalmic lenses. The compositions employ peroxide-based polymerization initiators with decreased capacity for dye degradation. The compositions enable the inclusion of color-balancing dyes, resulting in lenses with improved clarity and color balance.
US11480711B2	Use of Kukharev regions in the atmosphere, in space and at the level of the earths surface and under the earths surface to predict various weather events The present invention may be used for forecasting various weather phenomena including but not limited to flyby anomalies, cyclones, tornadoes, killer (rogue) waves, earthquakes, lightning, sprites, and temperature fluctuations. The invention is based on knowledge of physical and mathematical models regarding the occurrence of Kukharev regions (i.e., K regions) resulting from gravitational resonances occurring within the Earth-Moon-Sun system (and similar systems located elsewhere). These gravitational resonances and combinations thereof, among other things, cause jumps in atmospheric pressure. Such jumps can be recorded and extrapolated to predict the locations and times of the occurrence of Kukharev regions and, in turn, the associated weather-related effects.
US11480706B2	Multiple casing inspection tool combination with 3D arrays and adaptive dual operational modes Methods, systems, devices, and products for taking multi-component induction tool measurements of a three-dimensional space from an interior of a plurality of nested tubulars in a borehole in an earth formation and estimating the property for each of the at least two tubulars using the multi-component induction tool measurements. The multicomponent induction tool measurements may be responsive to a property corresponding to at least two conductive tubulars of the plurality of nested tubular. Taking multi-component induction tool measurements may include taking three-dimensional low-frequency sinusoidal frequency domain waveform resistivity measurements and taking three-dimensional transient EM measurements with the multi-component induction tool.
US11480703B2	Methods and apparatus for a tunnel detection system Systems and methods are discussed to image lithological data within the strata beneath the earth surface, including a subterranean object detection system. The system may further comprise a pipeline operable to conduct a working fluid and an instrumented pig operable to travel within the pipeline and operable to image lithological strata and voids within the strata beneath and around the pipeline. The instrumented pig may comprise an outer case, a battery coupled to the outer case, a ground imaging unit operable to send a signal to image the lithological strata and voids within the strata beneath and around the pipeline and may be operable to receive a reflected signal indicating lithology data, wherein the ground imaging unit may be operably coupled to the battery.
US11480702B2	Ultrasonic transducer with reduced backing reflection A well tool can be used in a wellbore that can measure characteristics of an object in the wellbore. The well tool includes an ultrasonic transducer for generating an ultrasonic wave in a medium of the wellbore. The ultrasonic transducer includes a front layer, a rear layer, backing material coupled to the rear layer, and piezoelectric material coupled to the front layer and to the backing material. The rear layer can improve signal-to-noise ratio of the transducer in applications such as imaging and caliper applications.
US11480701B2	Non-uniform towing patterns in marine geophysical surveys Techniques are disclosed relating to performing marine surveys with non-uniform spacing of survey elements in a cross-line direction. This may include, for example, performing a survey pass in a multi-pass survey by towing a plurality of sources and sensors in a towing pattern with non-uniform spacing between adjacent ones of the sources. In some embodiments, the non-uniform spacing between adjacent ones of the sources is determined based on a common mid-point (CMP) spacing parameter for the survey pass in the cross-line direction. The spacing parameter may relate, for example, to difference in average CMP spacing for different parts of the survey spread, variance in CMP spacing, and/or width of the survey spread for which a threshold CMP spacing distance is satisfied. In various embodiments, the disclosed techniques may improve survey resolution and/or accuracy and may require a smaller number of survey passes and/or a reduced amount of survey equipment relative to traditional techniques.
US11480699B2	Fast power on method for marine acquisition streamer A marine seismic streamer includes plural concentrators, plural segments interposed with the plural concentrators so that a concentrator of the plural concentrators is sandwiched between two segments of the plural segments, a first high-voltage rail HV1 that extends along the plural concentrators and the plural segments, and a second high-voltage rail HV2 that extends along the plural concentrators and the plural segments. In each given concentrator i of the plural concentrators, there is a first switch SW1 placed along one of the first high-voltage rail HV1 and the second high-voltage rail HV2, a second switch SW2 placed between the first high-voltage rail HV1 and the second high-voltage rail HV2, a first local controller implemented in hardware, and a second local controller implemented in a combination of hardware and software, and having an operating system, the first local controller being separated from the second local controller.
US11480698B2	Fluid saturation model for petrophysical inversion A method and apparatus for generating a fluid saturation model for a subsurface region. One example method generally includes obtaining a model of the subsurface region; for each of a plurality of fluid types: flooding the subsurface region model with the fluid type to generate a flood model; and running a trial petrophysical inversion with the flood model to generate a trial petrophysical model; identifying potential fluid contact regions in the trial petrophysical models; partitioning the subsurface region model at the identified potential fluid contact regions; and constructing the fluid saturation model from the partitioned subsurface region model.
US11480696B1	Ultrahigh surface area materials and methods of making same In one embodiment, a surface has a laser-beam machined area including an array of micro-sized conical pillars that are arranged in orthogonal rows and columns across the surface and that extend upward, the conical pillars defining deep troughs between them that are configured to absorb electrons, electromagnetic radiation, or both, the conical pillars tapering from relatively wide bases to pointed tips, the conical pillars comprising outer surfaces that are covered with a plurality of nanoparticles.
US11480693B2	Billing system based on radon concentration pattern analysis and method therefor A billing system based on radon concentration pattern analysis and a method therefor is provided, the system including a radon detection device counting the output alpha particle detection signals for a predetermined measurement time to calculate a radon concentration value; and a cloud server storing generating a radon concentration pattern corresponding to the radon detection device by using a radon concentration value received from the radon detection device and calculating a cost for radon monitoring service provided to a terminal of the user, wherein the cloud server analyzes the generated radon concentration pattern and determines the periodic behavior pattern of the user for a predetermined period of time, whereby it is possible to charge a radon monitoring service fee for each user using the radon monitoring service, and the user may be motivated to frequently perform the ventilation action that reduces the radon concentration.
US11480691B2	Method and apparatus to determine relative location using GNSS carrier phase Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses in a vehicle to determine location relative to a roadside unit (RSU) or other nearby point of reference. Vehicles within a pre-designated range or within broadcast distance or otherwise geographically proximate to a roadside unit, through the use of broadcast or other messages sent by the vehicles and/or the RSU may share carrier GNSS phase measurement data, wherein the shared GNSS carrier phase measurement data may be utilized to control and coordinate vehicle movements, velocity and/or position by the RSU and/or to determine location of each vehicle relative to the RSU and/or to other vehicles or determine the absolute location of each vehicle. An RSU may coordinate vehicle access to an intersection, manage vehicle speeds and coordinate or control vehicle actions such as slowing, stopping, and changing lanes or sending a vehicle to a particular location.
US11480685B2	Compact optical packaging of LiDAR systems using diffractive structures behind angled interfaces Sensing apparatus includes a transparent window and a LiDAR assembly, including a beam source, which is configured to emit one or more beams of optical radiation along a beam axis, and which is configured to scan the one or more beams over an angular range about the beam axis. A diffractive structure is mounted approximately parallel to the transparent window and positioned to intercept the one or more beams emitted by the LiDAR assembly and turn the beam axis to pass through the transparent window at an angle greater than 30° relative to a normal to a surface of the transparent window.
US11480683B1	Apparatus and method for remote determination of architectural feature elevation and orientation An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for the improved and automatic prediction of an elevation of an architectural feature of a structure at a particular geographic location. Some example implementations employ predictive, machine-learning modeling to facilitate the use of LiDAR-derived ground-elevation data, additional location context data, and elevation data from comparator locations to extrapolate and otherwise predict the elevation or other position of a given architectural feature of structure.
US11480682B2	Optical remote sensing system for detection of aerial and aquatic fauna A method for determination of a distance from an observation reference point to an object in a measurement volume that can be utilized in a passive optical remote sensing system, and optical remote sensing systems that utilizes the method.
US11480677B2	Tool for applying a protective film to a lens of a LIDAR sensor A tool for applying a protective film to a lens of a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor is disclosed. The tool includes at least one cover, a film spindle, a film roller, and a pivot bar. The at least one cover has an elongated shape with a first end and a second end opposite of the first end. The film spindle is mounted to the at least one cover adjacent to the second end thereof. The film spindle is configured to hold a roll of the protective film. The film roller is mounted to the at least one cover adjacent to the first end thereof. The film roller is configured to apply the protective film onto the lens. The pivot bar has a first end configured to be pivotally attached to the LIDAR sensor and a second end pivotally attached to the at least one cover.
US11480676B2	Distance detector A distance detector comprising: a laser transmitter and receiver for generating a laser beam to irradiate an object and to receive return light reflected in response from the object, an image detection system for generating an image of a view, the image detection system including an objective lens for collecting light from the view, an image sensor for receiving light collected by the objective lens and for generating the image therefrom, and a digital display for displaying the image such that the digital display displays a real-time image of the view, a laser beam indicium on the digital display or a laser beam indicium generator configured to display laser beam indicium on the digital display, wherein the laser beam indicium indicates a direction of the laser beam, and a range-finding system for determining the distance to an object irradiated by the laser beam using return light and for displaying distance.
US11480668B2	Methods of ranging for next generation vehicle-to-everything (NGV) systems Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. In a null data packet (NDP) based ranging procedure between a responding STA and an initiating STA that is unassociated with the responding STA, the responding STA may: transmit a broadcast frame that indicates one or more ranging parameters; receive, from the initiating STA, an NDP announcement (NDPA) frame that indicates transmission of a first NDP from the initiating STA; detect the first NDP from the initiating STA; transmit a second NDP for transmission to the initiating STA; and transmit, to the initiating STA, a location measurement report (LMR) that indicates: a reception time of the first NDP at the responding STA, and a transmission time of the second NDP at the responding STA.
US11480665B2	Stabilized LiDAR system and method for stabilization A stabilized LiDAR system and a method for stabilization. The LiDAR system includes a laser, the laser being designed for emission of monochromatic LiDAR radiation within a wavelength working range; a thermocouple element configured to set the working temperature of the laser; a means for evaluation, designed to determine, from the radiation emitted by the laser, a measure for the deviation from an actual wavelength of the radiation to a setpoint wavelength within the wavelength working range of the laser; and a means for regulation, designed to control the thermocouple element on the basis of the measure of deviation determined by the means for evaluation, in such a way that the working temperature of the laser is set to a value, at which the emitted monochromatic LiDAR radiation corresponds to the setpoint radiation.
US11480656B2	Flexible configuration for a radar monolithi microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) A method of configuring a radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) and executing configured commands includes receiving and storing a plurality of configuration commands corresponding to unique time-dependent functions, each configuration command corresponding to a different one of the unique time-dependent functions; generating a unique command handle for each configuration command; transmitting the unique command handle for each configuration command to a controller; receiving and storing a bundled configuration command comprising a plurality of unique command handles corresponding to a set of configuration commands; generating a unique bundled command handle for the bundled configuration command; transmitting the unique bundled command handle to the controller; and receiving an execute command that includes the unique bundled command handle, where the execute command triggers execution of an execution flow of the unique time-dependent functions corresponding to the set of configuration commands associated with the unique bundled command handle.
US11480652B2	Service for real-time spoofing/jamming/meaconing warning A method is disclosed that includes obtaining one or more pieces of threat information indicative of a data set enabling positioning based on radio signals sent by a respective radio node. The data set is further indicative of one or more parameters based on which said positioning is performed and/or controlled and which is considered to be at least partially unexpected. The method also includes utilizing the one or more pieces of threat information in a positioning. In order to obtain the one or more pieces of threat information, the method includes at least one of: obtaining the one or more pieces of threat information by using an application programming interface; or obtaining the one or more pieces of spoofing information by using a push method. A corresponding apparatus, computer-readable storage medium and system are also disclosed.
US11480651B2	Position determination system having a deconvolution decoder using a joint SNR-time of arrival approach The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to identify a peak in the received signal, and to de-convolve the signal with all codes that are relevant to the area in which the signal is received. A joint likelihood that a potential code is correct is formed by determining a likelihood based on a signal parameter such as signal-to-noise ratio and a likelihood based on time-of arrival information.
US11480650B2	Evaluating a radio positioning performance of a radio positioning system A method is provided that includes obtaining or holding available radio positioning support map information and geographic map information. An overlapping geographic area is covered by the radio positioning support map and the geographic map, which is dividable into a plurality of subareas. The method also includes determining, for each subarea of the plurality of subareas, a respective observed radio positioning support device density at least partially based on the radio positioning support map and a respective expected radio positioning support device density at least partially based on the geographic map. The method further includes evaluating, for each subarea of the plurality of subareas, a respective radio positioning performance in a respective subarea at least partially based on the respective observed radio positioning support device density and the respective expected radio positioning support device density. A corresponding apparatus and computer readable storage medium are also provided.
US11480649B2	Detecting radio signal emitter locations First information is obtained from a sensing device at a first time. The first information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from a candidate location. The device is at a first location at the first time. Second information is obtained from the device at a second time. The second information corresponds to a radio signal received at the device from the candidate location. The device is at a second location at the second time. A system determines that a pattern is in each of the first and second information and determines relationships between the candidate location and the device at each first and second location. The system obtains inverses of the relationships and determines estimates of the received radio signals based on the information and inverses. The system measures or estimates energy emitted from the candidate location based on the estimates.
US11480648B2	Device and method for determining at least one position of a mobile terminal A device for determining at least one position of a mobile terminal includes at least one memory apparatus, a magnetometer sensor unit, a classification unit, and a position-determining unit to determine the position of the mobile terminal. The classification unit is configured to determine states, in particular operating states, of at least one electric motor and/or a vehicle driven by means of at least one electric motor using the magnetometer sensor data. The classification unit is also configured to store the determined states in the at least one memory apparatus. The position-determining unit reads out the states from the at least one memory apparatus and determines the at least one position of the mobile terminal with the help of the states.
US11480646B2	Signaling of scaled 3D position information Systems and methods for signaling information related to wireless device positioning in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a first network node for signaling information related to wireless device positioning in a cellular communications network comprises signaling, from the first network node to a second node, information comprising information that relates to a new vertical surface model for a plurality of cells in a cellular communications network. The new vertical surface model is a translated and scaled version of an initial vertical surface model.
US11480645B2	Communication device, information processing method, and storage medium A communication device includes: a plurality of wireless communication sections, each of which is configured to wirelessly receive a signal from another communication device; and a control section configured to detect a specific element in chronological information based on respective pulse signals received by the plurality of wireless communication sections, on the basis of respective pieces of chronological information including, as elements related to time, information that chronologically changes and that is obtained when the plurality of wireless communication sections receive the respective pulse signals transmitted from the other communication device, verify whether each of a plurality of the detected specific elements is based on the pulse signal coming through a shortest path, and estimate an angle from which the pulse signal has come while using axes extending from reference point, on the basis of the plurality of specific elements that are verified as elements based on the pulse signals.
US11480643B2	Adjustable bearing supports for single-axis trackers Adjustable bearing supports for single-axis trackers supported by truss foundations. A two-piece assembly joins a pair of adjacent truss legs to form a rigid foundation while providing a movable support for a tracker bearing housing assembly or other structure. The movable support may slide in-plane, or alternatively, enable the bearing housing assembly to slide and rotate with respect to the truss cap structure joining the adjacent truss legs.
US11480642B2	System and methods for a private eLoran service A method for generating private eLoran signals includes receiving, by a transmitter that is configured to transmit a transmission at a fixed time, a transmission key; determining, by the transmitter, a pseudo-random transmission time for transmitting the transmission, where the pseudo-random transmission time is determined using the transmission key; and initiating transmission, by the transmitter, of the transmission at the pseudo-random transmission time. A receiving device includes a processor that is configured to obtain a pseudo-random time for receiving a transmission from a transmitter; receive the transmission at the pseudo-random time; and use the transmission to determine at least one of a time, a longitude, or a latitude at the receiving device.
US11480641B2	Perfusion phantom for MRI and an apparatus, system and method for validating MR images of a phantom A perfusion chamber for use in a phantom includes a waterproof housing containing a porous material defining fluid paths between pores and tubular channels within the porous material. A reservoir for use in a phantom, a pump mechanism for use within the bore of an MRI scanner, a phantom for use in an MRI scanner, and a method for calibrating a scanning device are disclosed. Also disclosed is apparatus for validating images of a phantom that includes: one or more sensors for coupling to a phantom to be imaged; a control/logging system configured to: collect sensor data during imaging of the phantom and pass this as input to a computer model; compare the image data with reference image data produced using the computer model; and return a pass score depending on the comparison. A system and method for verifying images of a phantom are also disclosed.
US11480640B1	Systems and methods for separable motion estimation and correction using rapid three-dimensional (3D) volumetric scout acquisition In a method and system for reducing motion artifacts in magnetic resonance image data, a scout scan (e.g. a three-dimensional (3D) scout scan) of the region of the patient is performed, a magnetic resonance (MR) measurement of the region of the patient is performed to acquire two-dimensional (2D) MR image data of the region of the patient, and motion correction is performed on the acquired 2D MR image data based on the scout scan to generate corrected MR image data. The motion correction technique advantageously reduces an influence of a patient motion on the magnetic resonance image data.
US11480629B2	Electronic device and method for determining at least one characteristic parameter of a connection set connected between a converter and an electric machine, related power supply chain and computer program An electronic determination device for determining at least one characteristic parameter of a connection set connected between a converter and an electric machine; the converter comprising at least two output terminals and, for each output terminal, a switching branch including at least one converter switch; the connection set comprising a filter connected to the output terminals and a cable connected between the filter and the electric machine; the filter including, for each output terminal, a respective electromagnetic coil connected to said output terminal and a respective capacitor connected to said coil; the determination device comprising: for each output terminal, a device switch configured to be connected to the respective capacitor; a generation module configured to generate a voltage pulse through the connection set, by controlling the converter switches and each device switch; an acquisition module configured to acquire measurements of respective current(s) and voltage(s) through the filter, further to the generation of the respective voltage pulse; and a calculation module configured to calculate at least one characteristic parameter of the connection set according to the respective current(s) and voltage(s) measurements.
US11480625B2	Real-time battery fault detection and state-of-health monitoring Battery management systems and methods can provide real-time automated monitoring of various aspects of battery health and operation. Some battery management systems can use an equivalent cell circuit model to predict a range for the expected behavior of a battery cell under actual operating conditions in real-time. The prediction can be compared to the actual behavior of the cell to determine whether an anomaly exists. Some battery management systems can maintain an estimate of battery state-of-health parameters such as charge capacity and internal resistance and can update these estimates in real time while the battery is being discharged and/or charged. Anomalous variations in a monitored parameter can trigger a real-time fault notification.
US11480619B2	Estimation apparatus, estimation method, and computer program An estimation apparatus estimates an internal state of an energy storage device having a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative active material that contains SiOx, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the energy storage device changing from a positive-electrode limiting type, in which a discharge capacity is limited by the positive electrode, to a negative-electrode limiting type, in which the discharge capacity is limited by the negative electrode. The estimation apparatus estimates the internal state of the energy storage device by using a voltage value and an energization amount in a predetermined voltage range of the energy storage device or at a predetermined measured voltage value, or based on information on the shape of a discharge curve of the energy storage device.
US11480614B2	Side-channel signature based PCB authentication using JTAG architecture and a challenge-response mechanism The present disclosure describes exemplary methods and systems that are applicable for hardware authentication, counterfeit detection, and in-field tamper detection in both printed circuit board and/or integrated circuit levels by utilizing random variations in boundary-scan path delay and/or current in the industry-standard JTAG-based design-for-test structure to generate unique device identifiers.
US11480613B2	Method and/or system for testing devices in non-secured environment Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for implementing built-in self-test (BIST) to be performed by an untrusted party and/or in an unsecure testing environment. In an embodiment, a test access port (TAP) on a device may enable a party to initiate execution of one or more BIST procedures on the device. Additionally, such a TAP may enable loading of encrypted instructions to be executed by one or more processors formed on a device under test.
US11480610B1	Load pull pattern generation A method for instantaneous load pull impedance pattern generation uses a phase-frequency-location equivalent of the natural behavior of slide screw tuners to skew the reflection factor phase with only small frequency changes. The method is generic and applies the same to all GHz range test frequencies. A simple calculation determines the tuning probe position and the impedance cloud is generated quasi instantaneously by switching between sidebands of the carrier test frequency without mechanically moving the tuning probe. Benign frequency behavior of the tuners allows for simple and accurate narrowband interpolation. Duration of load pull measurements is reduced from minutes to seconds.
US11480607B2	Determining the remaining usability of a semiconductor module in normal use A method for determining the remaining usability of a semiconductor module in normal use. The semiconductor module is thermally coupled to a cooling device. A predefined electrical load is applied to the semiconductor module while predefined cooling is effected by the cooling device. A temperature of a semiconductor element of the semiconductor module is sensed at least for the predefined electrical load on the semiconductor module. The sensed temperature is compared with a comparison temperature in a first comparison. The comparison temperature is assigned to the predefined electrical load with the predefined cooling, and prediction data for the remaining usability of the semiconductor module in normal use up to a usability end are determined at least in accordance with the first comparison.
US11480596B2	Systems and methods for verifying and maintaining accuracy of metering devices Systems for identifying a meter that is out of calibration and methods of controlling the same include obtaining a power measurement value for each of a plurality of metering devices in a hierarchy of metering devices, calculating virtual metering points for a candidate metering device using metering devices connected upstream and/or downstream to the candidate metering device, and identifying the candidate metering device as being out of calibration by leveraging the virtual metering points and the candidate metering device's specification.
US11480594B2	Systems and methods of bad data identification and recovery for electric power systems Systems and methods for processing measurement data in an electric power system include acquiring the measurement data by a phasor measurement unit (PMU) coupled to a line of the electric power system, and inputting a plurality of the measurement data within a predetermined time window into a K-nearest neighbor (KNN) for identifying bad data among the plurality of the measurement data, wherein when one of the plurality of measurement data contains a bad datum, the machine learning module sends the bad datum to a denoising autoencoder module for correcting the bad datum, wherein the denoising autoencoder module outputs a corrected part corresponding to the bad datum, and when one of the plurality of measurement data contains no bad datum, the machine learning module bypasses the denoising autoencoder module and outputs the one of the plurality of measurement data as an untouched part.
US11480592B2	Method and system of tethered routers A device and a method including a power supply module operative to extract electric power from magnetic field surrounding an electric cable, a transceiver operative to communicate in a backhaul network, a transceiver for a wireless local area network and/or a remote sensing unit, and a controller module communicatively coupled to the transceiver and/or remote sensing unit, where the device is mounted around a single electric cable of an electric transmission grid or an electric distribution grid, and where the device derives power form the single electric cable.
US11480590B2	Offset current sensor structure The present invention relates to a current-sensor structure comprising a conductor for conducting electrical current in a current direction. The conductor has one or more conductor surfaces. At least one current sensor is disposed on, over, adjacent to or in contact with the conductor and is offset from a centre of the conductor in an offset direction orthogonal to the current direction and optionally parallel to a conductor surface. The current-sensor structure can comprise a substrate on which the conductor is disposed. The current sensor can be located on a side of the conductor opposite or orthogonal to a surface of the substrate. The current sensor can be aligned with, near to or adjacent to an edge of the conductor. The current-sensor structure can comprise a shield, such as a U-shaped laminated shield that at least partially surrounds the conductor and the current sensor.
US11480589B1	Wafer probe integration with load pull tuner Integrating a bracket with planarity adjustment holding a wafer probe securely, with a low-profile impedance tuner that is mounted on a 3-axis tuner positioner under an angle matching the angle of the wafer probe. The low-profile tuner has its tuning probe operating as close as physically possible within the distance of an RF adapter from the wafer-probe and is connected directly with the wafer-probe. This integration offers the maximum possible tuning range, while simultaneously offering planarity (THETA) control. It also eliminates the need for an extension RF cable between the instrument (tuner) and the wafer-probe, including a set of two coaxial adapters.
US11480576B2	Conjugated oligomer-based macrocycles for live cell imaging A phenyleneethynylene macrocycle (PEMC) is constructed that is a cyclic or polycyclic oligo (oligophenyleneethynylene-co-polyamine) where a monodispersed oligophenyleneethynylene is coupled with a polyamine. The PEMC is formed by coupling a monodispersed di-aldehyde end-capped oligophenyleneethynylene with a polyamine to form a macrocyclic imine and reducing the imine to an amine. The PEMC is useful at entering living cells for the fluorescence imaging of the living cells without toxicity to the cells.
US11480571B2	Cytometric assays Provided relates to the field of cytometry, specifically to flow cytometric methods and kits for improved diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of tumors and other lesions involving immune cell infiltration. Further provided are embodiments of the subject matter which relate to compositions and methods providing high resolution quantitative means for immunophenotyping and immune modeling, and for identification of disease prognostic and therapy predictive biomarkers.
US11480570B2	Method of deriving a value for percent biomarker positivity for selected cells present in a field of view The invention relates, in part, to methods of deriving a value for % biomarker positivity (PBP) for all cells or optionally, one or more subsets thereof, present in a field of view of a tissue sample from a cancer patient. The values for PBP can be indicative of a patient's response to immunotherapy.
US11480568B2	Diagnosis of autoimmune diseases Assays and methods for diagnosing and treating autoimmune diseases. Particularly, the invention provides methods for differential diagnosis of specific autoimmune diseases, including autoimmune rheumatic disorders.
US11480565B2	Automated immunoassay An instrument for detecting signal from a biological sample includes a pipettor module configured to hold a plurality of pipettes in respective pipette positions, to hold liquid in one or more pipette tips, and to pipette liquid in and out of the one or more pipette tips. Each of the one or more pipette tips has a pipette tip point. The instrument further includes one or more magnets positioned such that each of the one or more pipette tips is adjacent one of the one or more magnets.
US11480563B2	Medical test card Medical test cards for detecting analytes are provided including a substantially planar body, an analyte detection means, an opening feature, and an optical code. The analyte detection means is enclosed within the planar body and is configured to provide a colorimetric change when a portion of the analyte detection means is contacted with the analyte. The opening feature is configured to provide access to the analyte detection means and the optical code includes information identifying the analyte detection means. Uses of such medical test cards include accessing the analyte detection means enclosed within the planar body by using the opening feature and contacting the analyte detection means with the sample. The optical code is read using an imaging device to identify the analyte detection means and the analyte detection means is imaged following contact with the sample using the imaging device.
US11480558B2	Method and device comprising an optical fiber located inside a channel for determining the concentration of analyte in whole blood based on change of reflected light wavelength A method and a device for determining the concentration of an analyte in whole blood is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a plasma layer in the whole blood sample. Furthermore, the method includes exposing the plasma layer to light. The method also includes capturing light reflected from the plasma layer. Additionally, the method includes analyzing the reflected light to determine the concentration of the analyte.
US11480551B2	Sample injector and sampling method, in particular for liquid chromatography A sample delivery system for liquid chromatography is provided. The sample delivery system includes: a sample receptacle; a sample aspiration cannula for aspirating a sample located in the sample receptacle, the sample aspiration cannula being directed using a drive in a direction towards the sample receptacle so that a tip at a distal end of the sample aspiration cannula is immersed in the sample; and a guide element for the sample aspiration cannula provided above the sample receptacle, the guide element being designed as a washing device. The sample aspiration cannula can be retracted using the drive at least so far from the sample receptacle such that the distal end of the sample aspiration cannula may be cleaned in the washing device.
US11480541B2	Optical imaging of single molecule size, charge, mobility, binding and conformational change A method for optical imaging of single protein molecules including tethering single protein molecules via a flexible polymer linker to a glass slide having a surface coated with an indium tin oxide (ITO) so that the single protein molecules are tethered to the coated surface. The single protein molecules are driven into oscillation by applying an alternating electric field to the coated surface and the glass slide is located in the field of view of an objective lens. Incident light is directed onto the coated surface from an angle to generate an evanescent field and produce scattered light. The scattered light is collected and imaged by a CMOS imager to record a sequence of images of the scattered light. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) filter is applied to each pixel of the recorded image sequence to produce an oscillation amplitude image from which size, charge, and mobility of the plurality of single protein molecules can be determined.
US11480540B2	Ruthenium alloys for biosensors The present disclosure relates to metal alloys for biosensors. An electrode is made from ruthenium metal or a ruthenium-based alloy. The resulting electrode has physical and electrical property advantages when compared with existing pure metal electrodes.
US11480534B2	Calorimeter and sample container for a calorimeter A system comprising a calorimeter for measuring a heat flux of a sample comprising a recipient space for a sample container containing a sample, a heat sink, a first heat transducer whereby the first heat transducer comprises a heat receiving surface in contact with the sample container when the sample container is positioned in the recipient space and a heat absorbing surface in contact with the heat sink. A second heat sink is provided, whereby the second heat sink has a second heat receiving surface in contact with the heat sink and a second heat absorbing surface in contact with the sample container, when the sample container is positioned in the recipient space.
US11480533B1	Multi-scan computed tomography defect detectability Systems and methods for representing internal defects of an object to determine defect detectability using a multi-scan computed tomography (CT) approach are disclosed. A defect-free object may be scanned using a CT machine. In one or more separate scans, phantom defects may be imaged and the resulting projections combined and reconstructed to represent internal defects. The air-normalized intensities of the object and the phantom defect may be used to represent voids and inclusions. Subtraction of materials may be represented by the quotient of the air-normalized intensities thereof, and the addition of materials may be represented by the product of the air-normalized intensities thereof. A void may be represented by subtracting a phantom defect scan from the object scan. An inclusion may be represented by creating a void, scanning an additional phantom defect, and adding the additional phantom defect in the volume created by the void.
US11480532B2	Inspection, analysis, classification, and grading of transparent sheets using segmented datasets of photoelasticity measurements An apparatus and methods of inspecting, analyzing, classifying, and/or grading quality of a transparent sheet using a data set of photoelasticity measurements, thickness measurements, segmentation specifications, measurement specifications and quality control specifications of the transparent sheet. A results measurement is calculated on a computing system, quality control specifications are applied to the results measurement allowing writing to the database and creating reports, sending results to an operator interface and machine control.
US11480530B2	Optical detection of foreign object debris ingested by aircraft engine Apparatus and associated methods relate to a system for detecting foreign object debris ingested into an aircraft engine. The system detects such foreign object debris by projecting a beam of light over an inlet of the aircraft engine. When foreign object debris is ingested into the aircraft engine, it intercepts the beam of light and scatters a back-scattered portion of the intercepted beam of light. An optical detector is configured to detect the back-scattered portion of the intercepted beam of light. A processor is configured to determine whether foreign object debris is ingested by the aircraft engine based on a comparison of a threshold value with a signal indicative of the back-scattered portion generated by the optical detector.
US11480522B2	Optical vortex transmissometer A method and system for optical vortex transmissometry. The method uses optical orbital angular momentum (OAM) and optical vortices to discriminate coherent non-scattered light from incoherent scattered light. The system includes a laser which transmits a Gaussian laser beam through a medium. An OAM generating device is placed before a photodetector receiver. Coherent, non-scattered light passing through the OAM generating device forms an optical vortex, used to discriminate against the unwanted scattered signal that does not form a vortex. Alternatively, the system includes a transmitter, which generates one or more OAM modes, which are transmitted through a turbid medium. At the receiver, an OAM detection device analyzes the OAM mode spectrum of the received light. Coherent non-scattered light retains the OAM encoded at the transmitter, while scattered light does not. The attenuation of the channel is determined by comparison of the received OAM mode spectrum relative to the transmitted OAM mode spectrum.
US11480518B2	Asymmetric interferometric optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy Asymmetric interferometry is used with various embodiments of Optical Photothermal Infrared (OPTIR) systems to enhance the signal strength indicating the photothermal effect on a sample.
US11480512B2	Method, a system, and a computer program product for determining soil properties using pumping tests A method, system and computer program product for determining soil properties comprising a probe including at least a liquid injection port and a pressure transducer. The probe is pushed into a soil and one or more pumping tests are carried out, wherein during a pumping test infiltration liquid is pumped through the liquid injection port of the probe. The pressure response in the soil resulting from the injection of liquid through the liquid injection port is measured for each of the one or more pumping tests.
US11480511B2	Method for analyzing diffusion coefficient of solvent molecules in polymer material The present invention provides a method for analyzing diffusion coefficients of solvent molecules in polymer materials by applying a diffusion coefficient analysis model using 4 descriptors related to solvent properties. The present invention can provide optimum solvents when it is necessary to screen solvents suitable for drying procedure in the preparation of polymer films using a solvent process or it is necessary to analyze the permeability of polymer materials used in the final products by effectively analyzing the diffusion coefficients of solvent molecules.
US11480508B2	Systems and methods for detecting particles in a fluid channel Disclosed herein are systems and methods capable of identifying, tracking, and sorting particles or droplets flowing in a channel, for example, a microfluidic channel having a fluid medium. The channel and the fluid medium can have a similar refractive index such that they appear translucent or transparent when illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. The particles or droplets can have a refractive index substantially different from that of the channel and the medium, such that the particles or droplets interfere with the electromagnetic radiation. A sensor can be disposed adjacent to the channel to record the electromagnetic radiation. The sensor can be attached to a system for identifying, tracking, and sorting the droplets.
US11480501B2	Diagnosis device and diagnosis method for plant A diagnosis device for diagnosing a plant based on an operating state of the plant includes a monitoring data acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of monitoring data which are measurement values of a parameter related to the operating state of the plant measured at different times, a diagnosis target pattern generation unit configured to generate a diagnosis target pattern that is a plot pattern where each of the plurality of monitoring data is plotted against plant output data of the plant, and a pattern diagnosis unit configured to diagnose the plant based on the plot pattern of the diagnosis target pattern.
US11480494B2	Seal tester apparatus and method The invention provides an apparatus and method for testing the integrity of a package, the apparatus comprising a first volume detecting means for detecting a first volume of the package at a first position; conveying means for moving the package from the first position to a second position downstream from the first position; compression means for providing a compression force on the package; a second volume detecting means for detecting a second volume of the package at the second position; determining means for determining the integrity of the package based upon a change in volume of the package; and rejecting means for removing packages, the integrity of which is determined by the determining means not to be intact, wherein the determining means is in electronic signal communication with each volume detecting means independently, wherein the determining means is in electronic signal communication with the rejecting means, wherein the compression means is located above a portion of the conveying means and wherein each volume detecting means independently comprises either two cameras for producing an image of the package or a single time of flight camera.
US11480488B2	Industrial process transmitter with radiation shield An industrial process transmitter includes a housing, sensor circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and a radiation shield. The sensor circuitry is contained in the housing, and is configured to sense a process parameter and generate a sensor output that is indicative of the sensed process parameter. The transmitter circuitry is contained in the housing, and is configured to communicate the sensed process parameter to an external unit. The radiation shield substantially surrounds a portion of the housing containing the sensor circuitry and shields the sensor circuitry from gamma radiation.
US11480484B2	Axial-force measurement method, tightening determination method, axial-force measurement apparatus, and tightening determination apparatus for bolt A method for measuring an axial-force of a bolt fastened to a component to be fastened, includes temporarily fastening the bolt to the component to be fastened with a temporarily-tightening torque, the temporarily-tightening torque being a torque which is determined in advance and by which a depression is formed on a head of the bolt, measuring a first axial force of the temporarily-fastened bolt, regularly fastening the bolt to the component to be fastened with a regularly-tightening torque, the regularly-tightening torque being torque which is determined in advance and larger than the temporarily-tightening torque, measuring a second axial force of the regularly-fastened bolt, and measuring an estimated axial force of the regularly-fastened bolt by using the torque with which the bolt is temporarily fastened, the torque with which the bolt is regularly fastened, and a difference between the first and second axial forces.
US11480483B2	Load detector, method for manufacturing same, and load detecting system A load detector for detecting a load of a subject on a bed (BD) having a caster (CT) includes: a plate portion (1) which is one-fold and which is to be supported above an installation surface (F), on which the load detector is installed, separately from the installation surface; and a slope portion (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4) which is provided around the plate portion and which is inclined relative to a surface of the plate portion so as to extend between the surface of the plate portion and the installation surface. The plate portion includes: a peripheral part (13); a placing part (11) on which the caster is to be placed, and which is provided inside relative to the peripheral part separately from the peripheral part; and a linking part (12) which links the placing part and the peripheral part. The load detector further includes a strain sensor (G) attached to the linking part, and the slope portion includes at least two pairs of slopes (SL1, SL2, SL3, SL4) each including a pair of slopes opposed to each other such that the placing part is interposed between the pair of slopes.
US11480476B2	Thermometer with improved response time The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring temperature of a medium comprising method steps as follows: arranging a sensor element in a sensor head, producing a vacuum in an internal volume of the sensor head, introducing at least one fill material into at least a portion of the internal volume of the sensor head, and closing the sensor head. The present invention relates, moreover, to a correspondingly manufactured apparatus.
US11480473B2	Temperature measuring device and temperature measuring arrangement A temperature measuring device includes an electrical temperature measuring instrument configured to measure the temperature of a temperature sensitive section electrically; a heat transfer part formed of an elastomer in which the temperature sensitive section is embedded; and a heat insulation part formed of an elastomer covering a single surface of the heat transfer part. The heat transfer part has a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the heat insulation part. A mounting section is formed at the heat insulation part, and is to be mounted at a mounting location.
US11480472B2	Wireless temperature measurement system and signal processing method thereof A signal processing method of a wireless temperature measurement system comprises: acquiring inherent background noise intensity of a receiver (11) of a reader (10) and maximum output signal intensity of the receiver (S101); acquiring current noise intensity on a receiving channel of the receiver (11) in real time when an antenna (14) is connected to the reader (10) and an excitation signal is not transmitted to a temperature sensor (20) (S102); and determining an intensity threshold value of a temperature signal currently measured by the temperature sensor (20) according to the background noise intensity, the maximum output signal intensity and the current noise intensity (S103).
US11480470B2	Imaging sensor calibration A calibration device receives at least a first multispectral measurement of: a first monochromatic signal taken at a first pixel location; a second multispectral measurement of a second monochromatic signal taken at a second pixel location; and a multiplicity of third multispectral measurements of a spatially distributed wide bandwidth dispersed spectrum, of a wide bandwidth signal, taken at a multiplicity of third pixel locations. The device relates known pixel values of wavelengths to pixel values of measured wavelengths. The device outputs spectrum wavelength and power calibration values for the multispectral imaging system, comprising at least a relation of: a first third pixel location to a first known wavelength; and a second third pixel location to a second known wavelength.
US11480468B2	Tunable terahertz detector A terahertz detector circuit can include a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) having multiple gates that can be controlled by gate signals to generate a gate-induced modulation pattern in a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of the HEMT. When the gate induced modulation pattern substantially matches a signal induced modulation pattern generated by an incident terahertz signal then a detection efficiency of the incident terahertz signal is improved. Accordingly, an electronically tunable THz detector with high efficiency can be realized. When these THz detectors are arranged in an array and electrically coupled, THz images and/or multi-spectral THz images may be generated.
US11480465B2	Quenching bias circuit device and single photon detector comprising the same Disclosed herein is a quenching bias circuit device capable of operating without a time difference even in a variance in single photon avalanche diode (SPAD). The quenching bias circuit device includes: a light receiving element; a feedback current mirror circuit arranged between a supply voltage and the light receiving element and configured to induce a passive quenching operation so as to maintain a current flowing in the light receiving element to be constant; and a bias quenching circuit connected to a sensing node of the light receiving element and configured to perform an active quenching operation.
US11480463B2	Integrated bound-mode spectral/angular sensors An occupancy sensor covering a wide field in an integrated chip is disclosed. The occupancy sensor includes an array of grating coupled waveguide sensors wherein continuous wave (cw) signals monitor an ambient light field for dynamic changes on times scales of seconds, and high frequency signals map in three-dimensions of the space using time-of-flight (TOF) measurements, pixel level electronics that perform signal processing; array level electronics that perform additional signal processing; and communications and site level electronics that interface with actuators to respond to occupancy sensing.
US11480462B2	Monitoring device for agriculture including solar radiation sensor and hanger to hang the housing of the device on a hanging element A monitoring device for agricultural use comprising a housing adapted to accommodate at least a solar radiation sensor positioned in the top portion of the housing, the housing comprising an aperture at the top end adapted to allow the solar radiation sensor to be exposed through the aperture. The housing is attached to a hanger located at the same level or below the top end of the housing and adapted to hang the housing on a hanging element such as a cable. The housing may further comprises a leveling component for leveling the solar radiation sensor or the entire monitoring device. The monitoring device optionally comprises a shading sleeve compatible with passing the hanging element through the monitoring device.
US11480461B2	Compact system and method for vibration and noise mapping A vibration measurement sensor (3) adapted to measure the vibrations formed on a test object (O) with moving mechanical systems, at least one noise measurement sensor (4) adapted to measure sound intensity and/or particle velocity and/or sound pressure in at least one direction, i.e. on one axis, and a vibration and noise mapping system (1) that is adapted to control the vibration measurement sensor (3) and the noise measurement sensor (4), to provide the vibration and acoustic performance data of the test object (O) according to the data obtained from these units (3, 4) and to identify the areas on the test object (O) that are problematic or need to be studied further in order to improve vibration and acoustic performances thereof, and to control the operation of test objects (O) such as moving mechanical systems under different conditions.
US11480451B2	Integrated cooling solution for spinning sensors This technology relates to a system for cooling sensor components. The cooling system may include a sensor which has a sensor housing, a motor, a main vent, and a side vent. Internal sensor components may be positioned within the sensor housing. The motor may be configured to rotate the sensor housing around an axis. The rotation of the sensor housing may pull air into an interior portion of the sensor housing through the main vent, and the air pulled into the interior portion of the sensor housing may be exhausted out of the interior portion of the sensor housing through the side vent.
US11480450B2	EHz ultrafast modulated pulse scanning laser and distributed fiber sensing system An EHz ultrafast modulated pulse scanning laser and a distributed fiber sensing system. A plurality of phase-shift gratings are engraved on a doped fiber, the phase-shift gratings having different central window wavelengths and a wavelength interval between the adjacent central window wavelengths being a preset fixed value. When a pump light emitted by a pump laser source is coupled by a wavelength division multiplexer and enters the doped fiber, a single-mode narrow-linewidth laser light having multiple wavelengths with a wavelength interval being a preset fixed value can be generated, by using the phase-shift gratings graved on the doped fiber. The ultrafast modulation is completed by using a time-domain control method based on an EOM. An internally frequency converted pulse light formed by splicing pulse lights whose frequencies linearly increase is obtained, thus forming the EHz ultrafast modulation of a distributed feedback fiber laser. In this way, a coherence length of an output laser light is increased while a frequency of the laser light is remained.
US11480445B2	Method and apparatus for industrial product tamper detection A tamper detection apparatus includes a switch and a tamper detection circuit with a non-volatile memory in an industrial product enclosure. In response to the switch detecting a door or panel of an industrial product enclosure being open when an electronic component or system in the enclosure is unpowered, the tamper detection circuit stores a tamper event code in the non-volatile memory. After the electronic component or system is powered, a system processor obtains the tamper event code from the tamper detection circuit and refrains from operating a machine or process pending reset of the industrial product by a user.
US11480443B2	Method for calibrating relative pose, device and medium Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for calibrating a relative pose, a device, and a medium. The method includes: obtaining first point cloud data of a scene collected by the laser radar in an automatic driving mobile carrier and first pose data collected by the navigation positioning system in the automatic driving mobile carrier; and determining the relative pose between the laser radar and the navigation positioning system based on the first point cloud data, the first pose data, second point cloud data pre-collected by a laser scanner in the scene and second pose data pre-collected by a positioning device in the scene.
US11480441B2	Systems and methods for trail visualization using augmented reality Systems and methods for providing an augmented reality display of a virtual trail overlay that is aligned with a real world scene on a camera scene display of a mobile device, the mobile device being in networked communication via a network with a server and a trail database, the method comprising: generating three-dimensional map data to be displayed as a virtual trail overlay on a camera display of the mobile device, processing by a visualization application on the mobile device, such that an augmented reality virtual trail overlay is displayed on the camera display of the mobile device. Refreshing the virtual trail whenever the mobile device is moved.
US11480440B2	Travel assistance Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may provide travel assistance. For example, a determination may be made that a user is to begin driving in the near future. In addition, a determination may be made of one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future. Thus, travel assistance may be provided to the user based on the one or more predicted destinations when the user is to begin driving in the near future.
US11480437B2	Transportation system used by individuals having a visual impairment utilizing 5G communications A computer-implemented system and method for a transportation system comprises, using a processor associated with a service, initializing information collectors and response monitors by loading configurations, user settings, and data structures to capture device information from a plurality of devices that each run a virtual agent (VA). Fifth generation (5G) communication links are established between 5G server orchestration service instances (SOSIs) and respective VAs on the devices. Captured live status information by the SOSIs is received from various devices. A 5G dynamic ad-hoc network (DAHN) connects a user device of a user having visual impairment and a vehicle stop device, the DAHN creation being triggered by the user device entering a stop device boundary. An SOSI receives user-vehicle stop information after the connecting to the DAHN. Control information is transmitted to the vehicle device VA related to the user when the user device is located within the stop boundary.
US11480435B2	Map generation systems and methods A method of map generation includes receiving data from a plurality of vehicles about environments within which the plurality of vehicles operate, and generating a three-dimensional map using the data from the plurality of vehicles. The data is collected by one or more sensors on-board the plurality of vehicles.
US11480434B2	Initial localization Provided herein is a system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the system to perform: obtaining a previous pose of a vehicle; acquiring one or more previous readings corresponding to one or more wheel encoders during the previous pose; acquiring one or more readings corresponding to one or more wheel encoders acquired after the previous pose; and adjusting the previous pose based on the one or more readings to obtain a current pose.
US11480433B2	Use of automated mapping information from inter-connected images Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations to generate mapping information using inter-connected images of a defined area, and for using the generated mapping information in further automated manners. In at least some situations, the defined area includes an interior of a multi-room building, and the generated information includes a floor map of the building, such as from an automated analysis of multiple panorama images or other images acquired at various viewing locations within the building—in at least some such situations, the generating is further performed without having detailed information about distances from the images' viewing locations to walls or other objects in the surrounding building. The generated floor map and other mapping-related information may be used in various manners, including for controlling navigation of devices (e.g., autonomous vehicles), for display on one or more client devices in corresponding graphical user interfaces, etc.
US11480432B2	System and method for IMU motion detection utilizing standard deviation In an example embodiment, motion is detected with an IMU utilizing standard deviation. Specifically, an IMU may obtains IMU measurements. An IMU motion detection process may accumulate a particular number of IMU measurements over a time interval to calculate an absolute magnitude of earth rate (ERimu) value and an absolute magnitude of normal gravity value (GNimu). The values calculated may be referred to as a sample. The IMU motion detection process may create sample rolling histories based on a particular number of samples, e.g., consecutive samples. The IMU motion detection process may then calculate standard deviation values for a sample rolling history based on the ERimu and GNimu values included in the sample rolling history. The IMU motion detection process may compare the standard deviation values to respective motion threshold values, which may be adaptive, to determine if a body of interest, e.g., vehicle, is moving or is stationary.
US11480429B2	Method of detecting proximity to the ground of a side arrangement on an aircraft, and an aircraft A method of assisting in piloting an aircraft having a fuselage, the aircraft having a first side arrangement and a second side arrangement, which arrangements are disposed laterally on either side of the fuselage, and each of them participates in the movement of the aircraft. During an assistance phase, the method includes the following steps: measuring a value of a first ground clearance of the first side arrangement and a value of a second ground clearance of the second side arrangement; and displaying on a screen at least one symbol that varies as a function of the variation in the value of the first ground clearance and/or of the variation in the value of the second ground clearance.
US11480428B2	Methods and systems to test a size or characteristic of a hole A method to test a size of a hole includes causing a test probe to vibrate and contact multiple portions of an edge of the hole for a testing cycle when the test probe is inserted into the hole, measuring displacement of the test probe, by a sensor coupled to the test probe, as the test probe makes contact with the multiple portions of the edge of the hole, estimating a measurement of the size of the hole based on the displacement of the test probe and reference to calibrated measurements of reference holes, and outputting a notification indicative of an estimation of the measurement.
US11480425B2	Method, system and apparatus for mobile dimensioning A computing device includes: a tracking sensor including a camera; a controller connected with the tracking sensor, the controller configured to: control the tracking sensor to track successive poses of the computing device in a frame of reference; detecting a plurality of dimensioning events associated with an object; in response to detecting each of the dimensioning events, generate a respective position in the frame of reference based on a current one of the poses; generate, based on the positions, an object boundary in the frame of reference; and dimension the object based on the generated object boundary.
US11480416B2	Method for producing multi-component cases The invention relates to a method for producing cases, in which a case sleeve is formed from thin sheets, forming at least one element over an insert, a form or a cavity reproducing the conicity, the shoulder and the mouth that are characteristic of the case. The invention also relates to a product produced by the method, such as an ammunition case.
US11480414B2	Taper lock interface to barrel-mount firearm accessory A barrel-mountable accessory to couple to a muzzle end of a firearm barrel, including: a first side having an opening arranged to fit around the muzzle end of the barrel; and a second different side having a taper pin opening; and a taper pin insertable into the taper pin opening of the barrel-mountable accessory, wherein the taper pin includes: a length including a first region arranged to mate with a taper interface provided on the muzzle end of the barrel; the length further including a second region to contact a sidewall that defines the taper pin opening of the second side; and means for driving the taper pin into the taper pin opening, wherein the driving means is located on an end of the taper pin.
US11480413B2	Dynamic autopilot [A system and method for dynamic autopilot control comprising providing input to a guidance and control autopilot comprising Mach and dynamic pressure; tailoring parameters of the autopilot, the parameters comprising: roll gain; a pitch/yaw gain; a pitch/yaw loop compensator frequency; a guidance filter bandwidth; a guidance filter lead compensator frequency; and a navigation gain.
US11480411B2	Range-finding and compensating scope with ballistic effect compensating reticle, aim compensation method and adaptive method for compensating for variations in ammunition or variations in atmospheric conditions A range-finding and ballistics effect compensating scope 804 with a ballistic effect compensating reticle aim point field 650 and ammunition adaptive aim compensation method for rifle sights or projectile weapon aiming systems includes (a) a primary aiming point 658 adapted to be sighted-in at a first selected range and (b) the locus of the RF beam for sensing range 29 to a selected target 28. The when firing, the reticle's aim point field also includes a sloped array of wind dots (e.g., 660) illustrating aim points for a range of crosswind conditions. The method for compensating for a projectile's ballistic behavior permits the shooter to sense or measure the LOS range to target 29 and sense or input the slope angle 27 and local or nominal air density ballistic characteristics (e.g., air density), and then display corrected hold points.
US11480406B1	Grip for an archery release A grip for an archery release includes a clip formed as a coil spring having a cross arm that is pivotally mounted to a plate to enable a cross-arm of the coil spring to be selectively positioned along different sides of the plate to change the orientation of the clip with respect to the grip.
US11480405B2	Firearm turbine suppressor In some embodiments, a firearm suppressor comprises a body comprising a sidewall defining a cavity. In some embodiments, the body is configured for attachment to a firearm such that a muzzle of the firearm barrel is oriented in the cavity. In some embodiments, the suppressor comprises a rotating member oriented in the cavity, which is arranged to rotate with respect to the body. In some embodiments, the rotating member comprises a plurality of turbine blades and a central aperture.
US11480404B1	Systems and methods for launching a projectile from a disrupter cannon A disrupter cannon includes a barrel for launching a projectile. An insert may be used to launch a projectile of a smaller diameter than the projectile launched through the barrel of the disrupter cannon. An insert includes a bore therethrough, a breech-end portion, and a muzzle-end portion. The breech-end portion includes a channel. An O-ring is positioned in the channel of the breech-end portion. The muzzle-end portion includes one or more channels. A respective O-ring is positioned in each channel of the muzzle-end portion. While the insert is positioned in the barrel, the O-rings are configured to form a seal between an outer surface of the insert and an inner surface of the barrel. The projectile with a smaller diameter is launched through the bore of the insert.
US11480400B2	Gas piston and weapon The invention relates to a gas piston for a weapon, which is characterized by a spring introduced in the gas piston and a plunger, which engages on one end of the spring, wherein the spring is supported by the other end at the end of the gas piston opposite the plunger. This gas piston can be a component of a gas piston assembly having a counter piston, which is for use in a weapon. The gas piston or the plunger is supported e.g. on the weapon housing. With the special construction of the gas piston or the gas piston assembly formed with same, the gas piston can be transferred from a working position into a resting position within a weapon housing of the weapon.
US11480396B2	Total heat exchange element paper and total heat exchange element Total heat exchange element paper having excellent moisture resistance and gas barrier properties, comprising a substrate sheet and a moisture absorbent and colloidal silica both of which are adhered to the substrate sheet, wherein the substrate sheet contains natural pulp which has been beaten to a freeness specified in JIS P 8121-1:2012 of not lower than 80° SR and the colloidal silica is cationic colloidal silica.
US11480395B2	Methods and systems for thermal energy storage and their use in buildings applications The present disclosure relates to particle-based thermal energy storage (TES) systems employed for the heating and cooling applications for residential and/or commercial buildings. Particle-based TES systems may store thermal energy in the particles during off-peak times (i.e., when electricity demand and/or costs are relatively low) and remove the stored thermal energy for heating or cooling applications for buildings during peak times (i.e., when electricity demand and/or costs are relatively high).
US11480394B2	Heat pipes having wick structures with variable permeability A heat pipe is provided having a hollow body defining an interior vapor space, evaporator and condenser regions, a wick structure lining an inner wall of the hollow body, and a working fluid disposed in the hollow body, wherein a path for the working fluid in liquid state extends from the condenser region toward the evaporator region or wherein the wick structure extends along a direction from a first end of the hollow body toward the second end, and wherein the wick structure includes first and second regions that extend along the path or direction and that each have wick particles defining respective pore sizes that are different from one another.
US11480392B2	Heat exchanger transfer tubes A transfer tube for a thermal transfer device can include at least one wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, where the inner surface forms a cavity, where the at least one wall further has a first end and a second end. The first end can be configured to couple to a terminus of a heat exchanger of the thermal transfer device. The second end can be configured to couple to a collector box of the thermal transfer device. At least a portion of the at least one wall can be disposed in a vestibule of the thermal transfer device. The cavity can be configured to simultaneously receive a first fluid that flows from the first end to the second end and a second fluid that flows from the second end to the first end.
US11480386B2	Refrigerator and shelving system for a refrigerator A refrigerator shelving system includes first and second wire shelves. At least one of the first and second wire shelves is removably connected to a least one shelf support configured on a refrigerator liner. One of the first and second wire shelves is configured to be positioned horizontally and the other of the first and second wire shelves is configured to be positioned at least partially vertically such that a food item can be supported by both the first and second wire shelves.
US11480385B2	Vacuum insulated panel for counteracting vacuum bow induced deformations A vacuum insulated cabinet structure includes first and second cover members having pre-deformed portions and perimeter portions. The perimeter portions of the first and second cover members are disposed along first and second planar levels and the pre-deformed portions of the first and second cover members include portions thereof extending outwardly relative to the first and second planar levels. A thermal bridge interconnects the first cover member and the second cover member at the perimeter portions thereof to define an insulating cavity therebetween. The insulating cavity is a sealed cavity having a vacuum drawn therefrom. The pre-deformed portions of the first and second cover members move inwardly towards the first and second planar levels under a force of the vacuum within the insulating cavity.
US11480381B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a vacuum adiabatic body having a storage space to store a product and a door to open or close the storage space. The main body includes a first plate and perforation plate. A cool air supply gap through which cool air flows is formed between the first plate and the perforation plate. At least two holes through which cool air is discharged to the storage space are formed in the perforation plate. The first plate may be a wall of the main body.
US11480377B2	Refrigerator Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a freezing compartment defined therein, an ice-maker mounted in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice-maker makes spherical ice and removes the made spherical ice downwards, an ice bin disposed below the ice-maker, and retractable and extendable in a front and rear direction, wherein the removed ice is stored in the ice bin, and a cover plate extending downward from a rear face of the ice-maker, wherein the cover plate shields a space between the ice bin and the ice-maker.
US11480376B2	Ice storage container and refrigerator having same Disclosed are an ice storage container (100) and a refrigerator (1000) having same. The ice storage container (100) includes: an ice delivering part (10) and an ice crushing part (20). The ice delivering part (10) includes: a container body (11), an ice pushing component (12), and a driving member. The container body (11) defines a first accommodating cavity (a) for accommodating ice cubes. The first accommodating cavity (a) is provided with an ice outlet (b). The ice pushing component (10) is arranged in the first accommodating cavity (a). The ice pushing component (12) includes a plurality of blades (1212). The driving member is connected to the ice pushing component (12). The blades (1212) of the ice pushing component (12) are configured to crush the ice cubes selectively based on a preset condition that is forward rotation or reverse rotation. The plurality of blades (1212) push the ice towards the ice outlet (b).
US11480374B2	Device and method for field weakening control of compressor, air conditioner and storage medium Devices are provided for field weakening control of a compressor, including the compressor and a main circuit unit providing power for the compressor. The devices include a compressor rotational speed obtaining unit, and a control unit that compares the rotational speed ω of the compressor with a rotational speed threshold ω1 of the compressor, and controls the main circuit unit according to comparison results. When the rotational speed ω is less than ω1, an output voltage of the main circuit unit is controlled at a fixed value. When the rotational speed ω is greater than or equal to ω1, the compressor is controlled not to enter the field weakening control temporarily and the output voltage of the main circuit unit is controlled to rise, the compressor is controlled to enter the field weakening control when the output voltage of the main circuit unit cannot continue to rise.
US11480370B2	Evaporator and refrigeration machine An evaporator (2) is provided with a casing (5), a refrigerant supply section (7), a first heat transfer pipe group (10), and a second heat transfer pipe group (11). The first heat transfer pipe group (10) is disposed in the lower part of the space in the casing (5) so as to be immersed in the refrigerant and comprises a plurality of heat transfer pipes (12) through which liquid to be cooled flows. The second heat transfer pipe group (11) is provided in the space in the casing (5) at a position below the refrigerant supply section (7) and above the liquid level of the refrigerant, and comprises a plurality of second heat transfer pipes (13) through which liquid to be cooled flows.
US11480367B2	Refrigeration system A reversible refrigeration system including a compressor arranged to compress gaseous refrigerant, a four-way valve switchable between a heating position in which a payload is heated and a cooling position in which the payload is cooled. A payload heat exchanger is connected to the payload requiring heating or cooling, and a dump heat exchanger, two one-way valves, and two controllable expansion valves as well, wherein the one-way valves each are connected parallel to a corresponding expansion valve, wherein switching of the four-way valve between the heating position and the cooling position controls a flow of pressurized refrigerant to either of the payload heat exchanger or the dump heat exchanger and wherein the heat exchanger which receives the flow of pressurized refrigerant functions as a condenser and the other heat exchanger functions as an evaporator.
US11480366B2	Solar water heating system Systems and methods for a thermosyphonic water heating system for a storage tank. A DC heat pump receives power from a DC power source and heats water via a heat exchanger using a thermosyphonic piping system. A passive back-flushing having a cold water inlet pipe connected to the hot water return pipe draws cold water into the storage tank through the heat exchanger. A vertical array of temperature sensors distributed throughout the storage tank monitor temperature of stored water at multiple heights and a communication unit communicates monitored data to an external control device.
US11480365B2	Retaining body, heating device and method A retaining body for heating elements, in particular oval and round heating elements, having an outer part assembly and an inner part assembly which is arranged inside the outer part assembly and forms an elastic connection with the outer part assembly under mechanical tension, wherein the outer part assembly and/or the inner part assembly has/have a plurality of receptacles which are arranged distributed in the circumferential direction and in each of which a heating element is arranged, and the outer part assembly and the inner part assembly each comprise a polygon profile with polygon corners and polygon sides which connect the polygon corners. The invention is characterized in that the inner part assembly and the outer part assembly can be rotated relative to one another and are dimensioned in such a way that the polygon profiles are elastically deformed by a relative rotation between the inner part assembly and the outer part assembly in such a way that, in the mounted state, a press fit is formed in the region of the heating elements by the induced mechanical tension.
US11480362B2	Air purifier capable of adjusting wind direction An air purifier capable of adjusting wind directions according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing having an air outlet port on one side thereof; an air guide having a front end portion disposed at the center of the air outlet port such that the air outlet port becomes a ring shape and a rear end portion extending in a direction toward the other surface of the housing and coupled to the inside of the housing so as to be rotatable in a direction inclined with respect to the air release direction of the air outlet port; and a rotation-restraining portion for restraining the rotation of the air guide by elastically supporting the air guide on the housing.
US11480361B1	Systems and methods for communication with motors in climate control systems A method of operating an HVAC system including a motor having five taps, and an HVAC controller communicatively connected to a plurality of the five taps the motor includes storing, by a processor of the HVAC controller, selected speeds associated with a plurality of operating conditions in a memory of the HVAC control. The processor controls the motor according to the selected speeds and their associated operating conditions using a group of taps of the plurality of taps of the motor to which the HVAC controller is communicatively connected. Data is communicated between the motor and the HVAC controller using one of the plurality of taps of the motor to which the HVAC controller is communicatively connected.
US11480356B2	Thermostat with startup temperature estimation A thermostat is disclosed. The thermostat can include one or more temperature sensors configured to measure a plurality of temperature values within a building. The thermostat can include a processing circuit coupled to the one or more temperature sensors. The processing circuit can receive the plurality of measured temperature values from the one or more temperature sensors. The processing circuit can determine, based on a time invariant Non-Linear Least Squares (NLSQ) technique and the plurality of measured temperature values, a compensated temperature value within the building, wherein the compensated temperature value accounts for an unknown temperature state of the thermostat when the thermostat is turned on.
US11480352B2	Device for measuring clogging of filter in air conditioner and air conditioner A device that can accurately detect clogging of a filter and that has a simple structure is provided. A device for measuring clogging of a filter in an air conditioner (2) having a blower (30) that blows gas (40), (42) through a duct (10) and a filter (20) that is provided in the duct (10) and filters dust floating in the gas, comprises a device (26) for measuring a sound pressure that is provided in the duct (10), a data processor (70) that extracts data on the sound pressure at a specific frequency from the data on the sound pressure that have been measured by means of the device (26) for measuring a sound pressure, and an estimating device (70) that estimates clogging of the filter based on the data on the sound pressure at the specific frequency that have been extracted by means of the data processor (70).
US11480350B2	Enhanced performance thermoelectric generator A cooling system for a photovoltaic panel including micro flat heat pipes (HP) integrated with thermoelectric generators (TEG) and a cooled water reservoir for cooling the working fluid in heat pipes. The cooled water in the reservoir is pumped from the condensate pan of an air conditioner. Experimental results show that cooling system reduced the average temperature of the panel by as much as 19° C. or 25%. Further, the output power of the photovoltaic panel increased by 44% when the photovoltaic panel was used in a very hot climate (30-40° C.). An additional two watts of power was generated by the TEGs.
US11480347B2	Air conditioning appliance with make-up air module A single-package air conditioning appliance includes a housing defining an outdoor portion and an indoor portion. An outdoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the outdoor portion. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly includes an outdoor heat exchanger and an outdoor fan. An indoor heat exchanger assembly is disposed in the indoor portion. The indoor heat exchanger assembly includes an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. A compressor is in fluid communication with the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to circulate a refrigerant between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. The single-package air conditioner unit also includes a make-up air module. The make-up air module extends between the outdoor portion of the housing and an outside of the housing. The make-up air module includes a plurality of make-up air fans.
US11480346B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner includes a housing including an indoor cavity and an outdoor cavity spaced apart from and communicating with each other, an indoor unit assembly provided in the indoor cavity, and an outdoor unit assembly connected to the indoor unit assembly and provided in the outdoor cavity. A part of a bottom wall of the housing is recessed towards an inner cavity of the housing to form a mounting groove and penetrating opposite side walls of the housing. The mounting groove is located between the indoor cavity and the outdoor cavity.
US11480344B2	Multi-split air conditioner and control method therefor A multi-split air conditioner and control method are provided. The multi-split air conditioner includes an outdoor unit including an oil separator and a four-way valve. The outdoor unit includes a pipeline connecting the oil separator and the four-way valve, and the pipeline includes a first pipeline and a second pipeline arranged in parallel, wherein the first pipeline is provided with a heat storage module and a heat storage module control valve, and the second pipeline is provided with a first control valve. When the outdoor environment temperature satisfies a certain condition, the first pipeline and the second pipeline are controlled, so that at least part of working medium circulates in the first pipeline between the oil separator and the four-way valve through the heat storage module.
US11480343B2	Oven appliance equipped with multiple fans for selecting convection air flow direction An oven appliance is provided. In one aspect, the oven appliance includes a cabinet with a cooking chamber for receipt of food for cooking. The oven appliance further includes multiple fans disposed within a fan enclosure defined by a cover. A divider is positioned between the fans to separate the fan enclosure into a top region and a bottom region. A shroud defines a fan opening in which one of the fans is positioned and separates the top region into a suction region and an exhaust region. The fans generate an airflow pattern within the cooking chamber based on a selected convection cooking mode.
US11480342B2	Air purifier An air purifier (100) includes a housing (400) formed with an air duct (401), an ozone generation device (20), an activated carbon purification unit (80), and a fan (200) arranged in the air duct (401). The air duct (401) includes an air inlet (402) and an air outlet (403). The air outlet (403) is disposed indoors. The ozone generation device (20) and the activated carbon purification unit (80) are arranged in the air duct (401) along the direction of the air inlet to the air outlet (403), and the ozone generation device (20) is used to generate ozone. The fan (200) is used to suck gas from the air inlet (402) during operation and let the gas pass through the ozone generation device (20) and the activated carbon purification unit (80) to be discharged from the air outlet (403) into the room.
US11480333B2	Radiant wall burner A burner and a method utilize a burner tile with an outer surface extending along the furnace wall and an inner surface defining a passageway. A fuel duct extends at least partially through the passageway and discharges fuel onto a burner head. The burner head forms a coanda-curved surface, wherein the fuel is directed onto the coanda-curved surface such that the fuel flows along the coanda-curved surface to the outer surface of the burner tile. There is an air channel defined by an outside edge of the coanda-curved surface and in fluid flow communication with the passageway such that air flows from the passageway through the channel to mix with the fuel so as to produce the combustible mixture.
US11480332B2	Method and system for assessing a condition of a boiler A method and system of assessing a condition of a boiler is disclosed. The assessing of the condition of the boiler establishes a baseline resistivity of a boiler waterwall for a first location of the boiler waterwall under a known temperature condition. A resistivity of the first location is measured under another temperature condition. The measured resistivity for the first location is compared to the baseline resistivity. A condition of the waterwall of the boiler is determined based on the comparison.
US11480331B1	Night light assembly A night light assembly for soothing a child to sleep includes a housing that is structured to resemble a star to visually comfort a child. A light emitter is positioned within the housing to emit light outwardly through the housing thereby facilitating a child to be soothed by the light at night. A cassette reader is integrated into the housing and a cassette is provided that stores data comprising a pre-recorded audio message. The cassette is insertable into the cassette reader thereby facilitating the cassette reader to read the data on the cassette. A speaker is integrated into the housing to audibly emit the pre-recorded message outwardly through the sound slots.
US11480329B2	Lighting units producing visible light with blended disinfecting electromagnetic radiation A lighting unit may include a first light-emitting diode (“LED”), a second LED, and a third LED. The first LED may be configured to emit first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength of between about 600 nanometers (“nm”) and about 740 nm, the second LED may be configured to emit second electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength of between about 500 nm and about 565 nm, and the third LED may be configured to emit third electromagnetic radiation having a third wavelength between about 315 nm and about 430 nm. Thus, the third electromagnetic radiation may be disinfecting UV-A radiation that is incorporated into a lighting unit that produces visible light.
US11480327B2	LED lamp The invention discloses a LED lamp, which comprises a heat dissipation shell, an anti-glare lampshade arranged on a top of the heat dissipation shell, a power supply seat arranged on a bottom of the heat dissipation shell, and a condensing assembly and a LED light source plate sequentially arranged in the heat dissipation shell, wherein an outside of the heat dissipation shell is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation ribs, and the top of the heat dissipation shell is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation holes; the condensing assembly comprises a plurality of supporting frames and a lens arranged on each supporting frame, the supporting frame is provided with a plurality of buckles, and the lens is provided with clamping grooves corresponding to the buckles; and the lens is clamped with the buckles of the supporting frame through the clamping grooves. The lamp of the invention has good heat dissipation, low power consumption, and excellent energy saving, a 1,000 W halogen lamp can be replaced with an 80 W LED lamp with a same brightness, and the LED lamp has a long service life; and the heat dissipation shell and the power supply seat are fixed through an internal screw, thus avoiding the screw from rusting due to long-term external placement to affect a service life.
US11480326B2	LED lighting fixture Embodiments of the present invention provide a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture and methods of manufacturing the same. In various embodiments, the LED lighting fixture comprises a lighting fixture body and one or more luminaires. The one or more LED modules are operatively and securely fixed to the lighting fixture body. Each LED module comprises at least one LED, and a heat sink. The at least one LED is mounted within the LED module such that light emitted by the at least on LED is emitted in an upward direction. The heat sink is positioned such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the at least one LED is not incident upon the heat sink. Additionally, the heat sink is permanently fixed to the lighting fixture body.
US11480324B2	Controllable modular luminaire driver Example embodiments relate to controllable modular luminaire drivers. One embodiment includes a luminaire driver. The luminaire driver includes a driver housing provided with input connector elements for connection to a power supply and output connector elements for connection to at least one light source. The input connector elements and output connector elements being accessible from outside of the driver housing. The luminaire driver also includes a driver circuitry in the driver housing between the input connector elements and the output connector elements, and configured to perform a driver function of the at least one light source. Additionally, the luminaire driver includes a receiving means configured for receiving at least one pluggable module. The at least one pluggable module includes a first circuitry associated with a first protocol and a second circuitry associated with a second protocol. The second protocol being different from the first protocol.
US11480317B2	Light source device with sensor for detecting anomaly in wavelength converting member A light source device includes a plurality of light sources; a condensing optical member; a fluorescent unit that converts at least a portion of the light from the light sources and condensed by the optical member into light including converted light and light from the light sources; and a sensor that detects an anomaly in the fluorescent unit, such sensor disposed within a circular area circumscribed by the light sources.
US11480314B2	Light collimation assembly and light emitting devices Reflector assemblies and lighting devices incorporating such reflector assemblies are disclosed and described. The reflector assembly includes a reflector body defining an interior reflective surface that in some embodiments has a shape akin to a compound elliptic paraboloid. One or more LEDs can be maintained relative to the reflector body such that an entirety of a light cone emitted by the LED reflects from the interior reflective surface out to the world as a collimated beam. Lighting devices enable light rays to travel with a greater solid angle from LEDs than traditional in-plane optics. Light from a directional point source with a mounting position that is embedded in reflector body oriented to face an opposing curved mirror wall surface so light rays that are diverging prior to reflecting off the interior reflective surfaced are merged together after the reflective bounce to travel in parallel as a collimated beam.
US11480310B2	Vehicular lamp body A vehicular lamp body includes a light source which is mounted in a vehicle, an outer lens which guides light from the light source and emits the light, and a housing which holds the outer lens. The outer lens has a lens part which is exposed on an outer surface of the vehicle and guides light from the light source and emits the light to the outside; and a reflection part which is integrally formed with the lens part, reflects light from the light source, and guides the light to the lens part. A light diffusion part is formed on an inner surface of the lens part.
US11480308B2	Full spectrum white light emitting devices A full spectrum light emitting device includes photoluminescence materials which generate light with a peak emission wavelength in a range 490 nm to 680 nm (green to red) and a broadband solid-state excitation source operable to generate broadband blue excitation light with a dominant wavelength in a range from 420 nm to 470 nm, where the broadband blue excitation light includes at least two different blue light emissions in a wavelength range 420 nm to 480 nm.
US11480300B1	Refueling adapter for an alternative fuel vehicle and method for refueling A refueling adapter for an alternative fuel vehicle includes a first filling port that is fluidly coupled to an inlet nozzle of a fuel tank of the alternative fuel vehicle. The first filling port is configured to fit an inlet nozzle of a first dispensing type. A second filling port fluidly coupled to a dispenser nozzle of an alternative fuel dispenser. The second filling port is configured to fit a dispenser nozzle of a second dispensing type, the second dispensing type being different from the first dispensing type. An adapter controller is configured to communicate with a vehicle fueling system of the alternative fuel vehicle and a valve providing a fluid connection between the first filling port and the second filling port and is operated by the adapter controller to selectively open and close the fluid connection.
US11480295B2	Nozzle-type steam trap This Venturi nozzle steam trap comprises a body, a strainer, a drain reservoir, and a Venturi nozzle, characterized in that the drain reservoir includes a drain vent of the Venturi nozzle and a non-drain vent, and is disposed in an upper section of a vapor transport piping structure provided with the steam trap, the drain vent is placed in a position lower than the non-drain vent, and a height difference between the drain vent and the non-drain vent is continuously varied by using a rotatable components on the same axis as that of the vapor transport piping structure.
US11480293B2	Adjustable overhead mountable storage system A storage system including at least two support rails attached to a ceiling or other overhead structure and at least two channel rails which are configured to be moveably attached to the support rails in a spaced relationship with sliding fastening clips. The channel rails move along the length of the support rail in order to accommodate the different widths of storage containers which are to be installed in the storage system.
US11480283B2	Deformable gasket for the sealed passage of a fluid through a wall A gasket for use with a connector assembly apt to allow the sealed passage of a fluid through a wall (P) and suitable for installation realized from just one side of the wall, which gasket has a deformable region is provided. The gasket is configured to assume an installation configuration, in which the gasket can be introduced into a connector seat (D) formed in the wall (P), crossing it from side to side, and a sealing configuration, wherein the gasket is installed in the wall (P) and deformed, at the deformable region, to abut on an inside mouthpiece of the connector seat.
US11480282B2	Coupling device A coupling device has two releasably interconnected coupling parts which are movably arranged relative to one another in at least one direction of rotation. Each coupling part has fluid channels which are separated in groups from each other and open into respectively assignable connecting spaces. The connecting spaces are located at adjacent end sides of the coupling parts and are separated from one another within a coupling part.
US11480281B2	Single-use disconnect fluid couplings Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, disconnection functionality that can substantially limit fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other.
US11480273B2	Fluid coupling A fluid coupling includes a first adapter, a second adapter, an inner sleeve connected to the first adapter and the second adapter, a nut connected to the first adapter and the second adapter, a sealing member connected to one of the first adapter and the second adapter, and/or an outer sleeve connected to the nut. The outer sleeve may include a chamber provided between an inner wall of the outer sleeve and an outer wall of the outer sleeve.
US11480271B2	Multilayer composite pipe and pipe assemblies including reflective insulation One aspect of the invention provides a composite refrigeration line set including at least one selected from the group consisting of: a suction line and a return line, characterized in that one or more of the suction line and the return line are a composite refrigeration line set tube include: an inner plastic tube; a first adhesive layer positioned about the inner plastic tube; an aluminum layer positioned about the first adhesive layer and coupled to the inner plastic tube via the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer positioned about the aluminum layer; and an outer plastic layer positioned about the aluminum layer coupled to the aluminum layer via the second adhesive layer. The inner plastic tube is polyethylene of raised temperature. The outer plastic tube is polyethylene of raised temperature. The aluminum layer comprises AL 3005-O.
US11480268B2	Seal for a protrusion on an exterior wall A seal for a protrusion from an exterior wall of a structure includes a sheet made from flexible material, the sheet comprising a wall cover portion and a protrusion engaging collar. The protrusion engaging collar extends outward from the wall cover portion and defines a hole. The collar has a first inner perimeter adjacent to the wall cover portion and a second inner perimeter spaced from the wall cover portion. The first inner perimeter is larger than the outer perimeter of the protrusion and the second inner perimeter is equal to or smaller than the outer perimeter of the protrusion. The collar provides a seal around the outer diameter of the protrusion when installed.
US11480250B2	V-springs and seals with v-springs V-springs each with a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body has two legs, one shorter than the other. Seal assemblies each with a sealing element having a spring cavity and having a V-spring located therein, the V-spring having a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body each comprising two legs, a long leg that is longer in length than a short leg. The long leg, the short leg, or both long and short legs of the V-bodies can each have one or more bends or inflection points to change a projection of the long leg, the short leg, or both.
US11480247B2	Control device A control device controls a lockup clutch interposed between an engine and an automatic transmission mechanism of a vehicle. The control device includes a control part supplying hydraulic pressure to the lockup clutch and controlling differential pressure of the lockup clutch. The control part supplies the hydraulic pressure to the lockup clutch so that the differential pressure is lower than a reference differential pressure in a disengaged state of the lockup clutch. In a case of shifting the lockup clutch from the disengaged state to an engaged state, the control part supplies the hydraulic pressure to the lockup clutch so that the differential pressure increases as a filling ratio of an oil passage of the lockup clutch decreases. The reference differential pressure is a lower limit of the differential pressure that increases a slip ratio of the lockup clutch or reduces a slip amount of the lockup clutch.
US11480245B2	Emergency lubrication system for tiltrotor aircraft Various implementations described herein are directed to an emergency lubrication system for a tiltrotor aircraft. The emergency lubrication system includes a pressurized material chamber, a lubrication chamber, a first valve between the pressurized material chamber and the lubrication chamber, a gearbox, and a second valve between the lubrication chamber and the gearbox. The first valve is configured to operate in a first mode when the emergency lubrication system is in a first configuration and a second mode when the emergency lubrication system is in a second configuration.
US11480244B2	Heat control device A heat control device (1) comprises: a radiator (12) that cools cooling water for cooling a vehicle engine (11); a transmission (13) that transmits the power generated at the engine (11); an air-cooling type oil cooler (14) that cools the transmission oil for cooling the transmission (13) by heat exchange with the air outside the vehicle; a water-cooling type oil cooler (15) that cools the transmission oil by heat exchange with the cooling water; and a flow path switching unit (16) that switches between causing the transmission oil to flow into the air-cooling type oil cooler (14), or causing the transmission oil to flow into the water-cooling type oil cooler (15).
US11480239B2	Tooling and method for fabricating helical sector gear and related helical sector gear A helical sector gear having a body and a gear segment having a plurality of helical teeth. The gear segment has a toothed sector, on which all of the helical teeth are formed, and spacing segments on the opposite circumferential ends of the toothed sector. Each of the spacing segments has a circumferential surface, which is longer than a pitch of the helical teeth, and a radial surface that is formed in a helical manner that conforms to the helix angle of helical teeth. A die set for forming the helical sector gear and a related method are also provided.
US11480234B2	Structure and method for belt installation of an engine for a vehicle A structure for belt installation of an engine for a vehicle is provided. The structure includes a damper pulley that is mounted to a crankshaft of the engine and a stretch belt that has a first end mounted on the damper pulley and a second end connected to an upper portion of a pulley portion of an accessory. The accessory is mounted on the engine at a position spaced apart from the damper pulley. The pulley portion includes a guide member on a front center thereof which guides installation of the stretch belt to the pulley portion.
US11480227B2	Anti-backdrive lock A backdrive braking element is provided for preventing backdrive of a shaft. It includes a poly-lobed locking mechanism including an unlock shaft that has a polygon shaped inside profile and is coupled to a poly lock drive and brake assembly. The poly lock drive and brake assembly includes a plurality of poly lock drive and brake segments and is contained within the interior cavity of a housing.
US11480225B2	Brake assembly A method of making a brake assembly. The method may include providing a brake pad carrier, an air operated brake actuator suitable for attaching to the brake pad carrier, and a hydraulically operated brake actuator suitable for attaching to the brake pad carrier, and attaching one of the air operated brake actuator and hydraulically operated brake actuator to the brake pad carrier to provide a brake assembly.
US11480224B2	Brake with dust retaining assembly A dust retainer for a brake system comprising a retainer receptacle mounted integrally to one or more components of the brake assembly, wherein the retainer receptacle comprises a drum have first and second open ends, one open end being secured to a component of the brake system and the other open end being closed by a dust retainer cap, the drum defining a space within which a brake disk of the brake system is located, in use, wherein removal of the dust retainer cap allows the brake disk to be removed from the open end of the retainer drum, and a removable drawer integrated in the drum. A fastening means to removably secure brake components to each other is also disclosed.
US11480213B2	Bearing monitoring method and system This invention relates to a bearing monitoring method and system suitable for the monitoring of faults in rolling element bearings. The method and system utilize an acceleration sensor that is sensitive to both acceleration and housing strain and which has the effect of amplifying acceleration events that coincide with areas of the housing strain signal that correspond to bearing ball-pass events. The housing strain signal due to ball-pass events can be used to synchronise or otherwise modify the sampling of acceleration signals, or to determine bearing performance characteristics.
US11480211B2	Fixing device for fasteners having a polygonal head A fixing device for fasteners having a polygonal head for the detachable connection of flanges which can be connected to one another and clamped against one another by a screw connection includes a chain which encompasses at least some regions of the lateral surface of the polygonal heads in a form-fitting manner and inhibits the rotation of said fasteners. The chain comprises a plurality of spaced members, each having at least one receptacle, the inner profile of which corresponds to the lateral surface of the polygonal heads. The chain comprises at least one releasable tensioner for detachably joining two ends of the chain. A flexible securing means is provided, which extends circumferentially along the chain, wherein at least two ends of the securing means can be releasably connected to one another.
US11480209B2	Deformable tapping plate A deformable tapping plate can include a central member including at least two mounting openings and a mounting surface wherein the mounting surface defines a mounting plane. The deformable tapping plate can also include a first attachment pad located adjacent a first end of the central member that is connected to the central member by a first connecting arm. The first attachment pad includes a first attachment surface defining an attachment plane. The first connecting arm can include a first arched portion that projects away from both the mounting plane and the attachment plane and can include a first narrowed apex having a thickness that is less than a thickness of adjacent portions of the first arched portion.
US11480207B2	Assembly to connect a panel to a support member An assembly to connect a panel to a support member. The assembly may include a saddle fitting configured to connect to the support member and including first and second plates. A back fitting may be positioned between the second plate of the saddle fitting and a second face of the panel. An index fitting includes a flange that may be positioned between the first plate of the saddle fitting and a first face of the panel, and a boss that extends outward from the flange and through the opening in the panel. The index fitting is wider than the panel and sized to fit within the gap of the saddle fitting with a first end of the index fitting contacting against the first plate and a second end of the index fitting contacting against the second plate. One or more fasteners may connect the saddle fitting to the index fitting.
US11480201B2	Electropneumatic control system and position controller for such a system An electropneumatic control system for a pneumatic drive and electropneumatic position controller for the system, wherein a volume flow booster having a bypass valve is downstream of the position controller to increase the air capacity, where the pneumatic drive is run in a new operating mode multiple times at maximum air capacity in a first direction to support an operator in adjusting the bypass valve, and where upon exceeding a specified position, the air capacity is set to zero, an overshoot value of the pneumatic drive is determined and output for the operator on a display such that by varying adjustment of the bypass valve, the operator can find and set an adjustment of the valve having low overshoot such that with an adjustment found in such a manner, the transition behavior of the control system can be significantly improved without additional effort.
US11480198B2	Damping device A damping device for fluids subject to pressure pulsations has at least one hydraulic accumulator (2). The accumulator housing (4, 6) contains a movable separating element (18), which separates a gas side (14) from a fluid room (16) and can be pressurized by a fluid present in the fluid room (16). A damper housing (34) having a second fluid room (38) is provided as a component of the accumulator housing (4, 6). Through the second fluid room (38), the fluid subject to pressure pulsations can flow. The second fluid room (38) contains a second movable separating element (40), which separates the second fluid room (38) from the first fluid room (16) of the hydraulic accumulator (2) without dead space.
US11480196B2	Axial fan An axial fan includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a motor, and a housing. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The impeller includes blades on a radially outer surface of an impeller cup fixed to the rotor. The housing includes a motor base portion below the motor to support the stator, a tubular portion radially outside of the impeller, a first rib below the blades to join the motor base portion to the tubular portion, and a second rib being annular, centered on the central axis, and joined to the first rib. A lower edge of each blade includes a first blade region that is convex downward. A radially inner end of the second rib is radially outward of a lower end of the first blade region.
US11480195B2	Ceiling fan bearing system A ceiling fan assembly including a stator assembly having a non-rotating motor shaft and stator slidably and non-rotationally coupled to the non-rotating motor shaft, a rotor assembly, a first bearing slidably mounted to the non-rotating motor shaft and rotatably coupling the rotor assembly to the stator assembly, and a first spacer located between the first bearing and the stator assembly to fix the sliding location of the first bearing relative to the stator along the non-rotating motor shaft.
US11480194B2	Turbo compressor A turbo compressor comprises a rotary shaft including a rotor; a first impeller coupled to one side of the rotary shaft, a thrust bearing runner coupled between the first impeller and the rotary shaft, an impeller sleeve compressed and coupled between the first impeller and the thrust bearing runner, a second impeller coupled to the other side of the rotary shaft, and a tie rod passing through the first impeller and a thrust bearing and fastened to the rotary shaft.
US11480192B2	Cutoff for a blower housing A centrifugal blower includes a centrifugal fan having a fan wheel, the fan wheel has a rotational axis and blades extending radially outwardly from the fan wheel, a blower housing including a first panel and a second panel disposed on opposite sides of the centrifugal fan and extending transverse to the rotational axis of the fan wheel, and further including a wall extending about the rotational axis and between the first panel and the second panel, where the wall includes a flange having a cross-sectional camber geometry, an intake passage extending through the first panel and facilitating fluid flow into the fan wheel, and an outlet of the housing facilitating fluid flow out of the housing, the outlet formed by the first panel, the second panel, and the wall, where the flange extends outwardly from the outlet.
US11480191B2	Blade retention system for overhead fan A fan includes a motor, a rotatable hub coupled to the motor, and at least one fan blade. The at least one fan blade includes a first end coupled to the rotatable hub, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a passage extending from the first end to the second end, and a winglet attached to the second end. At least one flexible strap extends through the passage of the at least one fan blade. The flexible strap is coupled at a first end to the rotatable hub and coupled at a second end to the winglet, such as to an inner portion thereof within the passage.
US11480190B2	Fan having first body and second body slidable relative to each other A fan module including a first body, a second body, a first fan assembly, a power module, and a second fan assembly is provided. The second body is slidably disposed at the first body to form a circulation space together. The first fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the first body and has sliding grooves. The power module is disposed in the first body and connected to the first fan assembly. The second fan assembly is rotatably disposed at the second body and has sliding portions, respectively and slidably disposed in corresponding sliding grooves. The power module is adapted to drive the first and second fan assemblies to rotate relative to the first body. A link module is adapted to drive the first and second bodies to relatively slide along an axial direction, so that the first and second fan assemblies are relatively separated or overlapped along the axial direction.
US11480188B2	Integrated pressurized pump shaft seal assembly and method of use thereof An integrated pressurized pump shaft seal assembly for a submersible rotary fluid pump comprises an oil reservoir having a pressure equal or less than the ambient pressure external fluids surrounding the casing, the oil reservoir feeding an oil pump impeller that is mountable onto, so as to be rotated by, the rotary fluid pump shaft. The impeller is a radial hole impeller in fluid communication with an adjacent diffusion element comprising an internal diffusion bore in fluid communication with an axially vertical spiral volute diffusion chamber located between inner and outer walls of a mechanical seal housing. The centrifugal oil pump impeller pumps oil from the oil reservoir to the seal chamber through the diffusion element and the internal volute diffusion element so as to increase a pressure within the seal chamber to a positive pressure above the ambient pressure of the external fluids surrounding the pump housing.
US11480187B2	Oil field pump An oil field pump is installed within a pipe that connects to an oil field, and feeds accumulated extraction oil in a predetermined direction. The oil field pump includes a rotor with an impeller, a stator installed on the outer circumferential of the rotor and that forms a flow path for passing the extraction oil between the stator and the rotor and that includes a diffuser on the downstream side of the impeller, a static pressure bearing device installed between the rotor and the stator and that supports the load in the radial direction, and a supply flow path that supplies, to the static pressure bearing device, a portion of the extraction oil flowing along the inner side in the radial direction of the path.
US11480182B2	Vacuum pump, cylindrical portion used in vacuum pump, and base portion Provided is a vacuum pump including a turbomolecular mechanism having rotor blades and stator blades alternately arranged in multiple stages in an axial direction inside a casing having an inlet port that sucks gas from an outside and an outlet port that exhausts the sucked gas to the outside, the vacuum pump including: a plurality of annular spacers that are stacked on each other and position the stator blades in the axial direction; the casing that has a cylindrical portion arranged to surround outer peripheries of the plurality of stacked spacers and a base portion attached to a lower portion of the cylindrical portion; and an upper radial positioning portion and a lower radial positioning portion provided at two vertical positions inside the cylindrical portion and coaxially hold at least a spacer of an uppermost stage and a spacer of a lowermost stage among the plurality of stacked spacers.
US11480178B2	Multistage compressor system with intercooler A multistage compressor system with intercooler can include a sealed housing with first and second compressor stages, where the first compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from outside of the sealed housing, and the second compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from within the sealed housing. The compressor system can also include a crank for mechanically driving the first compressor stage and/or the second compressor stage, and a heat exchanger outside of the sealed housing for receiving refrigerant from the first compressor stage and exchanging heat with the refrigerant. The compressor system can further include an oil reservoir contained by the sealed housing, where the oil reservoir includes oil for lubricating the crank, receives the refrigerant from the heat exchanger, and exchanges heat with the refrigerant to cool the oil in the oil reservoir, and where the refrigerant can be supplied to the second compressor stage.
US11480177B2	Air injection enthalpy-increasing scroll compressor and refrigeration system An air injection enthalpy-increasing scroll compressor is provided. The compressor has a main frame, a movable scroll plate and a stationary scroll plate. The movable scroll plate has a movable plate end plate and a movable scroll wrap arranged on a side end face of the movable plate end plate. A back pressure chamber is defined between the movable plate end plate and the main frame. The stationary scroll plate has a fixed scroll end plate and a stationary scroll wrap arranged on a side end face of the fixed scroll end plate. The stationary scroll wrap and the movable scroll wrap are engaged with each other to form a crescent-shaped compression cavity. The movable scroll plate and the stationary scroll plate are provided with medium pressure passages that, during the rotation of the movable scroll plate, communicate the compression cavity with the back pressure chamber.
US11480169B2	Compressor valve and filter arrangement A compression unit including at least one volumetric compressor for compressing the air drawn from the external environment, a system for drying the compressed air operatively associated to the at least one volumetric compressor, one tank for storing the compressed air delivered from the at least one volumetric compressor, wherein the drying system comprises a unit for cooling the compressed air positioned downstream of and placed in fluid communication with the tank, and one dryer positioned upstream and placed in communication with the cooling unit, the dryer configured to reduce the moisture content present in the compressed air that can be dispensed by the compression unit, one solenoid valve positioned upstream of the dryer, to shut off the flow of compressed air flowing out from the tank, and a differential pressure switch to control the switching of the solenoid valve.
US11480168B2	Piston rod sealing system for a reciprocating machine and method for sealing such piston rod A piston rod sealing system for a reciprocating machine (1), including a piston rod (8) having a first end (8a) connected to a piston (9), and a second end (8b) connected to a crankshaft (10), the piston rod (8) being received within a housing (7); and a sealing unit (11) provided between the piston rod (8) and the housing (7), and having a first lateral surface (12a) facing the first end (8a) and a second lateral surface (12b) facing the second end (8b). The sealing unit (11) includes a first rod seal (13) positioned in the vicinity of the first lateral surface (12a) and a second rod seal (14) positioned between the first rod seal (13) and the second lateral surface (12b), the sealing unit (11) being fixed within the housing (7). The second rod seal (14) includes a liquid injection pipe (15).
US11480167B2	Variable pressure air pump having a first cylinder defining a first chamber and a second cylinder defining a second chamber and a discharge device including a switch with at least one flow guide portion fluidly connected to the outside A variable-pressure air pump includes a first cylinder with a first chamber and a second cylinder with a second chamber movably connected with one another. The second chamber fluidly communicable with the outside of the variable-pressure air pump selectively. A discharge device includes a connecting member and a switch movably connected with one another. The connecting member defines at least one discharge hole fluidly connecting with the second chamber. The switch has at least one flow guide portion and at least one blocking portion. The switch is movable between a first position in which the at least one flow guide portion is adjacent and opens to the at least one discharge hole and a second position in which the at least one blocking portion is adjacent to and blocks the at least one discharge hole.
US11480160B1	Hybrid solar-geothermal power generation system A hybrid geothermal electrical power generation system that utilizes the heat from a deep geothermal reservoir to vaporize a working fluid, such as steam, CO2 or an organic fluid. The vaporized working fluid is used to turn a turbine connected to an electrical power generator. A solar collector may be used to increase the temperature of the working fluid during sunlight hours and a thermal storage unit may be utilized to increase the temperature of the working fluid during the night. A supercritical CO2 power generation cycle may be used alone or in combination with a steam turbine power generation cycle to utilize all of the heat energy. A vapor compression cycle, a vapor absorption cycle may be utilized to provide heating and cooling. A low temperature shallow geothermal reservoir may be used as a heat exchanger to regulate or store excess heat.
US11480159B2	Mainframe for wind turbines A mainframe mounts the drivetrain of a wind turbine, and to an arrangement comprising such a mainframe, and to a wind turbine having a corresponding arrangement. For the purpose of mounting the drivetrain of a wind turbine, the mainframe is realized with two bearing points that are spaced apart from each other, a partial flange, having a fastening region shaped as a circular ring segment, being provided at at least one bearing point. The arrangement comprises, besides the mainframe, at least one ring element configured to radially encompass the drivetrain. At least one ring element is fastened to the fastening region, shaped as a circular ring segment, of a bearing point of the mainframe. In the case of the wind turbine, the drivetrain is mounted by means of the described arrangement.
US11480154B2	Vehicle roof-mounted wind generator assembly having a curved front housing portion and a horizontal-axis wind turbine A wind generator assembly for harnessing wind to charge batteries in electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles includes a housing that is mounted on a roof of a vehicle. The housing has a wind passage extending therethrough and wind passes through the wind passage when the vehicle is driven. A turbine is rotatably positioned in the housing. The turbine is positioned in the wind passage and the turbine is rotated by wind passing through the wind passage. A generator is mounted in the generator space and the generator is in mechanical communication with the turbine. Thus, the turbine rotates the generator when the turbine rotates thereby facilitating the generator to produce electrical current. The generator is electrically coupled to batteries in the vehicle to charge the batteries.
US11480148B2	Connection of a rotor blade to the rotor hub of a wind turbine A rotor blade for a wind turbine, to a rotor for a wind turbine, to a wind turbine, to a method for producing a rotor blade, to a method for connecting a rotor blade to a rotor hub and to a method for repairing a rotor of a wind turbine. The rotor blade has a connection interface, the connection interface having at least one cutout for receiving a tension element for connecting the rotor blade to a further element of a wind turbine, an outer circumferential surface of the cutout being formed of a connection material and having an internal thread.
US11480147B2	Eccentrically rotating mass turbine A turbine comprises a shaft (20), a mass (10) eccentrically mounted for rotation about shaft (20), having its center of gravity at a distance from the shaft (20) and a motion base (15). Motion base (15) rigidly supports the shaft (20), and is configured for moving the shaft (20) in any direction of at least two degrees of movement freedom, except for heave.A floating vessel-turbine (120), encloses entirely the eccentrically rotating mass (10) and the motion base (15). The turbine converts ocean wave energy into useful energy, very efficiently.
US11480144B2	Fuel supply system A fuel supply system includes an electronic control unit that outputs a target fuel pressure for controlling a low-pressure pump and an engine status, and a fuel pump controller (FPC) that generates a drive signal for driving the low-pressure pump based on the target fuel pressure. The FPC is configured to obtain an actual fuel pressure, to set a duty ratio and to perform a feedback control for the actual fuel pressure to follow the target fuel pressure, and to set a lower limit guard value based on the engine status. The lower limit guard setter sets a duty ratio of 0% as the lower limit guard value when the engine status indicates a stop of the engine.
US11480143B2	Methods and systems for a ducted injector Methods and systems are provided for a ducted fuel injector. In one example, the ducted fuel injector comprises a plurality of passages, with at least one of the passages configured to receive an oxygen poor gas from a reservoir or an adjacent cylinder to decrease a likelihood of pre-ignition in the duct.
US11480140B1	Self-calibrating engine air filter life monitoring system A self-calibration method of determining remaining useful life of an internal combustion engine's air filter includes establishing a pressure drop versus mass airflow rate relationship for a clean air filter using pressure drop, mass airflow rate, and temperature data captured at low and elevated engine speeds. The method also includes establishing a maximum clean air filter pressure drop at a preset maximum airflow using the clean filter relationship. The method additionally includes establishing a pressure drop versus mass airflow rate relationship for an in-service air filter using pressure drop, mass airflow rate, and temperature data captured at low and elevated engine speeds. The method also includes determining a maximum in-service air filter pressure drop at the preset maximum airflow using the in-service filter relationship. The method further includes comparing the maximum clean and in-service air filter pressure drops to determine the remaining useful life of the in-service air filter.
US11480137B1	Methods and systems for determining integrity of fuel tank pressure transducer Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing potential degradation of a fuel tank pressure sensor. In one example, a method may include, in response to an ambient pressure reading by the fuel tank pressure sensor during an evaporative emissions (EVAP) system diagnostic, applying vacuum to the EVAP system and indicating degradation of the fuel tank pressure sensor if the canister undergoes an endothermic reaction. If the fuel tank pressure sensor is determined to not be degraded, the method further includes distinguishing between the ambient pressure reading being caused by a leak in the EVAP system and a canister purge valve being stuck closed.
US11480134B2	High pressure ratio gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine including: a high pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine, a high pressure compressor coupled to the high pressure turbine by a high pressure shaft, a propulsor and a low pressure compressor coupled to the low pressure turbine via a low pressure shaft and a reduction gearbox; wherein the high pressure compressor defines an average stage pressure ratio at cruise conditions of between 1.25 and 1.35 and consists of 10 or 11 stages; and the high pressure compressor and low pressure compressor together define a core overall pressure ratio at cruise conditions of between 40:1 and 60:1.
US11480131B2	Engine block for an internal combustion engine The present disclosure provides a cylinder block for an internal combustion engine having a first cylinder, a first cylinder sleeve, a second cylinder, and a second cylinder sleeve. The first cylinder defines a first cylindrical wall while the second cylinder defines a second cylindrical wall. The first cylinder sleeve lines the first cylindrical wall while the second cylinder sleeve lines the second cylindrical wall. Each of the first and the second cylinder sleeves define a thrust sleeve region, an anti-thrust sleeve region opposite the thrust sleeve region, and a pair of Siamese regions. The outer wall of each of the first and second cylinder sleeves progressively widens toward the top sleeve surface of each of the first and second cylinder sleeves.
US11480126B2	Flow-volume detecting apparatus utilizing filter selection A flow-volume detecting apparatus including a flow-volume detecting unit which measures a flow volume of a measured fluid, a flow-volume state determining unit which determines a flow-volume state of the measured fluid based on an output from the flow-volume detecting unit. The flow-volume detecting apparatus further including a plurality of filters which process a flow-volume signal, and a filter selecting unit which selects a filter that processes the flow-volume signal, wherein the filter selecting unit selects the filter that processes the flow-volume signal according to the flow-volume state determined by the flow-volume state determining unit.
US11480124B2	Control apparatus for internal combustion engine A CPU increases an injection amount when a coolant temperature of an internal combustion engine is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature. The CPU corrects the injection amount to control an air-fuel ratio to a target value in a feedback manner. The CPU performs a temperature raising process for a GPF, by stopping fuel injection in a second cylinder and making the air-fuel ratio of an air-fuel mixture in first, third, and fourth cylinders richer than a theoretical air-fuel ratio. In performing the temperature raising process, the CPU stops a feedback process of the air-fuel ratio. In performing the temperature raising process, the CPU corrects the injection amount in a decreasing manner in accordance with an operation amount of the feedback process before the performance of the temperature raising process.
US11480121B2	Controller and control method for internal combustion engine To provide a controller and a control method for internal combustion engine which can reduce arithmetic load, while suppressing deterioration in the estimation accuracy of the parameter relevant to the combustion state, even if the error component of high frequency is included in the crank angle acceleration. A controller for internal combustion engine, by referring an unburning condition data, calculates a shaft torque in unburning in the vicinity of the top dead center in the burning condition; calculates an external load torque based on calculated shaft torque in unburning and the actual shaft torque in burning in the vicinity of the top dead center; calculates a shaft torque in unburning by referring the unburning condition data; calculates an increment of gas pressure torque by burning based on the shaft torque in unburning, the actual shaft torque in burning, and the external load torque.
US11480120B2	System and method for mitigating cylinder deactivation degradation Systems and methods for operating an engine with deactivating and non-deactivating valves are presented. In one example, valves of a cylinder are deactivated in a closed state in response to an indication of degradation of a valve of the cylinder. Further, fuel flow to the cylinder may be stopped via ceasing to inject fuel to the cylinder.
US11480117B2	Method and system for vehicle stop/start control Methods and systems are presented for improving performance of a vehicle operating in a cruise control mode where a controller adjusts torque output from a vehicle to maintain vehicle speed within a desired range. The methods and systems include adapting a vehicle dynamics model and a vehicle fuel consumption map that provide input to nonlinear model predictive controller.
US11480116B2	Fuel selection method and related system for a mobile asset Embodiments of methods and systems related to operating a mobile asset are provided. In one example, a method for operating a mobile asset includes supplying an engine with a fuel controller a first amount of a first fuel and a second amount of a second fuel and combusting the first fuel and the second fuel at a fuel combustion ratio in at least one cylinder of the engine, the first amount and the second amount being selected based on route information for a route along which the mobile asset is operable to travel and a projected exhaustion of the first fuel that does not precede a projected exhaustion of the second fuel, wherein the mobile asset is unable to operate with the second fuel alone.
US11480114B2	Control apparatus A control apparatus includes a throttle configured to adjust an amount of air flowing in an intake passage of an engine, an accelerator opening sensor configured to detect an accelerator opening, a throttle opening sensor configured to detect an opening of the throttle, and a control unit configured to control the opening of the throttle. The control unit includes a setting unit configured to set a target opening and set a control amount of the throttle based on a deviation between the target opening and the opening detected by the throttle opening sensor, and a correction unit configured to, if the target opening is not more than a predetermined opening, set a correction amount of the control amount such that the opening of the throttle becomes large independently of the deviation.
US11480112B2	Acceleration of a gas turbine A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprises a high-pressure (HP) spool comprising an HP compressor and a first electric machine driven by an HP turbine; a low-pressure (LP) spool comprising an LP compressor and a second electric machine driven by an LP turbine; a combustion system comprising a fuel metering unit; and an engine controller configured to, in response to a change of a throttle lever angle setting indicative of an acceleration event, increase fuel flow to the combustion system by the fuel metering unit, and to operate the first electric machine in a motor mode to increase the HP spool rotational speed and engine core mass flow.
US11480111B2	Variable area turbine nozzle and method A gas turbine engine with a compressor supplying compressed air. A combustor receives the compressed air and fuel and generates a flow of combusted gas. A turbine receives a core flow of the combusted gas to rotate a turbine rotor. A turbine inlet nozzle directs the combusted gas to the turbine rotor. Vanes are disposed in the turbine inlet nozzle and rotate to vary a flow area through which the core flow passes. The vanes adjust a pressure ratio of the gas turbine engine to compensate for changing operational requirements of the gas turbine engine by rotating to positions matching the changing operational requirements.
US11480106B2	Acoustic liner with obliquely angled slots An acoustic liner for a gas turbine engine includes an acoustic panel that is curved about a central axis. The acoustic panel includes a support backing, a face sheet, and a cellular structure disposed between the support backing and the face sheet. The face sheet has elongated slots that extend along respective slot centerlines in the plane of the face sheet. The slot centerlines are sloped at oblique angles to the central axis.
US11480102B2	Gearbox mechanically coupled fuel cell and CO2 combined cycle power generation A combined cycle power generation system for an aircraft includes fuel cell and supercritical CO2 cycles. The fuel cell cycle includes a compressor and turbine disposed on a first shaft, a fuel cell in fluid communication with the compressor and a fuel source, and a combustor in fluid communication with the fuel cell and the turbine. The combustor is configured to combust partially spent fuel from the fuel cell and produce combustion exhaust gas for delivery to the turbine. The supercritical CO2 cycle includes a compressor and turbine disposed on a second shaft, a supercritical CO2 fluid circuit in thermal communication with the combustor and configured to deliver CO2 to the turbine and compressor, and a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the supercritical CO2 fluid circuit and a source of cooling fluid. A mechanical linkage is configured to transfer power from the second shaft to the first shaft.
US11480101B1	Waste heat gathering and transfer system and method A waste heat gathering and transfer system and method that, in certain embodiments, includes a collector for collecting at least a portion of waste heat dissipating from one or more waste heat sources, such as equipment surfaces and flames, a heat-to-electricity converter; and an electricity-to-grid transfer interface. In some instances, the system and method also include an electric-to-grid optimizer. In some embodiments, the heat-to-electricity converter is a semiconductor-based converter. In other embodiments, the heat-to-electricity converter is an organic rankine cycle. In some instances, the heat collector includes an external collector layer with an inner and outer surface, an internal collector layer with an internal and external surface, an interior gap area between the external collector layer inner surface and the internal collector layer internal surface, an insulating material, a heat collecting component, and a heat transfer component.
US11480097B2	Turbocharger including a turbine housing to reduce high cycle fatigue A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel rotatable about an axis and a turbine housing disposed about the turbine wheel. The turbine housing has an inlet portion defining a turbine housing inlet and has a volute portion defining a turbine housing interior. The volute portion has a first volute wall, a second volute wall spaced from the first volute wall, and a tongue separating the turbine housing inlet and the turbine housing interior. The tongue has a first tongue portion extending from the first volute wall substantially toward the second volute wall along the axis, a second tongue portion extending from the first tongue portion substantially circumferentially about the axis, and a third tongue portion extending from the second tongue portion substantially toward the second volute wall along the axis to reduce high cycle fatigue of the turbine wheel.
US11480085B2	Device for purifying exhaust gas with optimized heating A purification device comprises a housing comprising a generally cylindrical wall extending along a longitudinal axis. At least one purification member is arranged in the housing and is intended to be arranged in an exhaust gas flow. The purification device comprises at least one heating element arranged in contact with the purification member, the heating element extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US11480081B2	Porous ceramic structure When the porous ceramic structure contains Co together with Fe or Mn, the Co content is higher than or equal to 0.1 mass % and lower than or equal to 3.0 mass % in terms of Co3O4, and when the porous ceramic structure contains Co without containing Fe and Mn, the Co content is higher than or equal to 0.2 mass % and lower than or equal to 6.0 mass % in terms of Co3O4. The ratio of the sum of the Fe content in terms of Fe2O3, the Mn content in terms of Mn2O3, and the Co content in terms of Co3O4 to the Ce content in terms of CeO2 is higher than or equal to 0.8 and lower than or equal to 9.5.
US11480078B2	Automotive sensor with service component authenticity detection Systems and methods for determining, using service component authenticity detection contained in a sensor module, whether an authorized or genuine service component element is installed in an automotive system are described. The authorized service component determination may be based on close-range communication technology such as radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology. An antenna in the sensor module may read the tag information from installed service component elements in a nearby service component and send any detected information into a filtration monitoring system. The filtration monitoring system or a remote diagnostic system analyzes the returned data (or absence thereof) to determine if a genuine (i.e., authorized, OEM approved, etc.) service component element is installed or not.
US11480073B2	Gas turbine engine nacelle and method of designing same A system and a method of designing a nacelle for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centre line. The nacelle includes an air intake, an internal surface, an azimuthal angle, and a plurality of intake lines. The air intake comprises, in flow series, an intake lip, a throat and a diffuser. The internal surface at least partially defines the air intake. The azimuthal angle is defined about the longitudinal centre line. The intake lines extend along the internal surface of the nacelle at respective values of the azimuthal angle. Each intake line axially defines the air intake along the longitudinal centre line at the respective value of the azimuthal angle. The internal surface of the nacelle between the plurality of intake lines at a given axial location along the longitudinal centre line is analytically defined by an equation.
US11480069B2	Avionics heat exchanger Aircraft turbine engines are controlled by complex electronic devices such as FADEC and PSS units. These devices can be adversely impacted by the engine environment including the condensing of evaporated water. Aspects of the present disclosure include unique heat exchangers to control the temperature of these electronic devices to assure their proper operation.
US11480068B2	Systems and method of servicing a turbomachine A system for use in servicing a turbomachine, the system including a first tubular body including an interior channel, and a second tubular body. The first and second tubular bodies are bendable between a neutral shape and a biased shape. The bodies are bent when in the neutral shape. The second tubular body includes a tip end, and the second tubular body is translatable within the interior channel. The first tubular body and the second tubular body are rotatable to selectively orient the tip end in multiple degrees of freedom. The system also includes a steering cable extending from the tip end, wherein the steering cable biases the tip end for selective orientation in additional degrees of freedom.
US11480063B1	Gas turbine engine with inlet pre-swirl features A gas turbine engine may include a fan, a plurality of inlet pre-swirl features disposed upstream of a fan, and an outlet guide vane assembly disposed downstream of the fan. The outlet guide vane assembly includes a plurality of outlet guide vanes that may define an outlet guide vane solidity profile, wherein the outlet guide vane solidity profile is achieves a minimum solidity at a radial position between an inner boundary and seventy percent of an outlet guide vane span. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades that may define a fan solidity profile, wherein the fan solidity profile maintains a solidity of greater than 1.1 between a radial position at seventy percent of the fan blade span and an outer boundary.
US11480060B2	Turbomachine component for a gas turbine, turbomachine assembly and gas turbine having the same The present technique presents a turbomachine component having an airfoil e.g. a vane of a gas turbine. The airfoil wall defines an internal space which includes a first and a second cooling channels having a first and a second impingement inserts, that define a first main and a first peripheral flow channels in the first cooling channel and a second main and a second peripheral flow channels in the second cooling channel, respectively. Impingement jets ejected from the main flow channels via impingement holes of the corresponding impingement inserts are received in the corresponding peripheral flow channels. A channel connecting conduit conducts a flow of the cooling air from the first cooling channel to the second cooling channel. The channel connecting conduit includes an inlet connected to an outlet of the first cooling channel, and an outlet connected to an inlet of the second cooling channel.
US11480059B2	Airfoil with rib having connector arms An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, and first and second sides that join the leading end and the trailing end. A rib connects the first and second sides of the airfoil wall. The rib defines a tube portion that circumscribes a rib passage, and first and second connector arms that solely join the tube portion to, respectively, the first and second sides of the airfoil wall.
US11480057B2	Airfoil cooling circuit An airfoil may include an airfoil body that defines a skin chamber, a skin chamber outlet opening, and a tip flag chamber. In various embodiments, the skin chamber is in fluidic communication with the tip flag chamber via the skin chamber outlet opening. In various embodiments, the airfoil body further defines an outlet hole disposed on at least one of a trailing edge and a pressure side of the airfoil. The tip flag chamber may be in fluidic communication with the outlet hole (e.g., cooling circuit air in the tip flag chamber may exit the airfoil via the outlet hole). In various embodiments, the tip flag chamber extends parallel and directly adjacent to the outermost tip of the airfoil.
US11480055B2	Modular casing manifold for cooling fluids of gas turbine engine A modular casing manifold for cooling fluids of a gas turbine engine is presented. The modular casing manifold has an annular shape including an axial inner plate, an axial outer plate, a radial forward plate and a radial aft plate. The forward plate is attached to the inner and outer plates at forward end. At least a portion of the aft plate is attachable to and removable from the inner and outer plates at aft end for enabling cooling fluid to cool turbine blades of the gas turbine engine. The modular casing manifold includes preswirler segments. At least a number of the preswirler segments are attachable to and removable from the forward plate for enabling cooling fluid to cool turbine blades of the gas turbine engine. The modular casing manifold enables alternative cooling fluids to cool turbine blades of the gas turbine engine with minimal cost and assembly flexibility.
US11480054B2	Rapid construction method for secondary lining of small-section tunnel A rapid construction method for a secondary lining of a small-section tunnel includes steps of: transporting and store secondary lining steel bars to a designated position in the tunnel with a steel bar transport vehicle and a wheel type dump truck; after the tunnel is cleaned, simultaneously constructing the secondary lining from two ends to a middle of the tunnel; constructing a lower inverted arch with a customized inverted arch formwork and then constructing an upper arch wall with a plurality of portal arch wall formwork trolleys; wherein the portal arch wall formwork trolleys form a set, and are connected by hinges, so as to construct in a curve tunnel. The rapid construction method has a long single construction section, and procedure connection is compact, thereby realizing rapid and efficient construction of the secondary lining.
US11480047B2	Sensing a rotation speed and rotation direction of a motor shaft in an electric submersible pump positioned in a wellbore of a geological formation One or more sensors are mounted on a collar proximate to a motor shaft of a motor. The motor is associated with an electric submersible pump (ESP) located in a wellbore of a geological formation. The one or more sensors sense one or more identifiers located on the motor shaft of the motor. One or more of a rotation direction and rotation speed of the motor shaft is determined based on the sensing of the one or more identifiers. The motor is powered to pump fluid from a reservoir in the geological formation to a surface of the geological formation based on the one or more of the rotation direction and rotation speed of the motor shaft.
US11480046B2	Neutron absorber-doped drilling mud and characterization of natural fractures Gadolinium- or boron-doped drilling mud is used during drilling so that it will penetrate all natural cracks in the formation that intersect with the wellbore. Once cased, cemented and washed, the doped mud will only be in the fractures. Pulsed neutron logging is performed, and natural factures thereby characterized.
US11480042B2	Three-phase separation of hydrocarbon containing fluids Systems and methods for separation of hydrocarbon containing fluids are provided. More particularly, the disclosure is relevant to separating fluids having a gas phase, a hydrocarbon liquid phase, and an aqueous liquid phase using indirect heating. In general, the system uses a first three-phase gas separation. The gas stream separated out is cooled with the resulting hydrocarbon condensates reintroduced to the stream of hydrocarbon-liquid phase that was separated from the fluid. The resulting combined stream can be cooled or heated as necessary.
US11480040B2	Electro-hydraulic hybrid drive sand-mixing equipment The present invention discloses electro-hydraulic hybrid drive sand-mixing equipment, including a skid base, an electric motor, a hydraulic pump, a discharge centrifugal pump, a suction centrifugal pump, a mixing tank, a dry additive system, a liquid additive system, and a sand auger system. The electric motor, the hydraulic pump, the discharge centrifugal pump, the suction centrifugal pump, the mixing tank, the dry additive system, the liquid additive system, and the sand auger system are integrally skid mounted on the skid base. There are two electric motors, including a first electric motor and a second electric motor. The first electric motor drives the discharge centrifugal pump, and the second electric motor actuates the hydraulic pump, to drive the suction centrifugal pump, the mixing tank, the dry additive system, the liquid additive system, and the sand auger system. The electric motor is an integrated variable-frequency drive electric motor. Beneficial effects: Two integrated variable-frequency drive electric motors are applied. First, the setup of an independent variable-frequency drive cabinet is effectively omitted, that is, the overall size of the sand-mixing equipment is effectively reduced, so that it is more flexible and convenient to transport the equipment and arrange a well site. Next, a control system is simpler, thus optimizing the power matching of the sand-mixing equipment.
US11480039B2	Distributed machine learning control of electric submersible pumps A motor of an electric submersible pump (ESP) is positioned in a wellbore. Measured data is received from one or more sensors. A first deep learning model running on a motor controller of the ESP determines first operating parameters or first operating conditions for the ESP based on the measured data. The motor controller sends the first operating parameters or first operating conditions to a centralized computer system. A second deep learning model running on the centralized computer system determines second operating parameters or second operating conditions associated with the ESP based on the first operating parameters or first operating conditions. The centralized computer system sends the second operating parameters or second operating conditions to the motor controller. The motor controller adjusts operation of the motor of the ESP based on the second operating parameters or second operating conditions.
US11480034B2	Overpressure protection apparatus An overpressure control apparatus is used to control jets of high-pressure fracking fluid or other stimulation fluid released from a treatment flowline in cases of overpressure. The apparatus includes a collection tank and one or more valves, which can all be mounted on or integrated to a skid. The sizes and weights of the collection tank and the skid may help to keep the apparatus on the ground during an overpressure event. The apparatus can be provided with an offline testing system that allows an operator to close off the communication between the apparatus and the treatment flowline, and instead, pump a clean fluid such as water at high-pressure to test the proper functioning of the valve.
US11480033B2	Well case brushing and surge blocking apparatus A well case brushing and surge blocking apparatus includes a housing, a frame, an actuating arm, a gear assembly, a hydraulic motor, a hydraulic speed controller, and a hydraulic counterbalance. The housing is laterally connected to the frame. The gear assembly is laterally mounted to the frame and positioned opposite of the housing. The actuating arm is positioned within the housing as a stator of the hydraulic motor is externally mounted to the gear assembly, and a rotor of the hydraulic motor and the actuating arm is torsionally coupled with each other through the gear assembly. The hydraulic speed controller and the hydraulic counterbalance are mounted to the frame. The hydraulic motor is in fluid communication with the hydraulic speed controller and the hydraulic counterbalance so that a sand line of rig can be looped and operated through the well case brushing and surge blocking apparatus.
US11480032B2	Debris collection tool A method and apparatus for operating a debris removal tool. In one embodiment, the tool includes a cover assembly having a plurality of covers spaced from one another along the length of the assembly creating a gap between adjacent covers. A carrier disposed within the cover assembly is axial movable relative thereto and has a plurality of magnet groups spaced from one another along its length. In an unactuated position of the tool, each of the plurality of magnet groups is under one of the plurality of covers and in an actuated position, each of the plurality of magnets is in a gap between covers.
US11480030B2	Thermal expansion actuation system for sleeve shifting A thermal expansion system for actuating a remote operated sleeve assembly to open and close ports in a housing for fluidly communicating between a bore of a tubular string in a wellbore to the formation utilizes actuation of a propellant charge to create expanding gas and heat in a combustion chamber to directly act on one side of a piston connected to an axially moveable sleeve supported in the housing to shift the sleeve in one direction. Ignition of another propellant charge in a combustion chamber on an opposing side of the piston is used to directly shift the sleeve in an opposing direction.
US11480027B2	Intelligently controlled fluid systems Methods and apparatus according to which a first valve is opened, or kept open, the first valve being part of a wellhead including a flow component above the first valve. The method may further include detecting a state of the first valve and, in response to detecting the state of the first valve, metering an amount of grease to the first valve. In addition, or instead, the method may further include opening, or keeping open, a second valve, the second valve being operably coupled to the wellhead and positioned above the flow component, and, after opening, or keeping open, each of the first and second valves, detecting whether the second valve is open or closed, in response to detecting that the second valve is open, preventing the first valve from being closed, and in response to detecting that the second valve is closed, allowing the first valve to be closed.
US11480025B2	Rapid setting in situ cement plugs Methods, compositions, and tools for use in creating rapidly forming plugs in situ in subterranean formations. In one instance, the disclosure provides a method that includes: placing a first pill comprising a calcium-aluminate-based cement composition at a plug location within the wellbore with the tubing; and placing a second pill comprising an alkaline fluid composition into the wellbore adjacent to the first pill with the tubing. In some cases there is a spacer fluid or spacer device between the first pill and the second pill. In some cases tubing having a mixing device is located at the bottom of the tubing in the wellbore to aid I mixing the first pill and the second pill to facilitate a chemical in situ reaction of the first pill and the second pill. The reaction between the first pill and the second pill forms a set plug at the plug location.
US11480024B2	Packer assembly with slip system A slip engagable with a slip ring including a head section having an arc length, a tail section having the same arc length, an intermediate section having an arc length shorter than either the head section and the tail section connecting the head section to the tail section, and a lateral wing depending from the intermediate section.
US11480023B2	System and method for power failure indication and isolation A system for determining a fault in a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) stack includes a first sensor and a second sensor adapted to measure one or more properties of a subsea operation. The system further includes a first power supply adapted to provide operational power to the first sensor and a second power supply adapted to provide operational power to the second sensor. The system also includes a first power failure indicator and isolator (PFII) associated with the first sensor and the first power supply, the first PFII measuring a first pair of waveforms to identify a first fault and a second PFII associated with the second sensor and the second power supply, the second PFII measuring a second pair of waveforms to identify a second fault.
US11480022B2	Variable intensity and selective pressure activated jar A jarring tool used to dislodge a stuck tubular string or bottom hole assembly within an underground wellbore. Tubular strings with which the tool may be used may be formed from drill pipe, jointed pipe, or coiled tubing. A funnel element is placed underground either within, or as part of, a tubular string. A deformable ball may be seated within the funnel element to block fluid from passing within the tubular string. Hydraulic pressure may build within the tubular string until it exceeds the pressure the ball can withstand. This will cause the ball to deform and be expelled through the funnel element. With no ball to block its flow, fluid will be rapidly released through the funnel element. The rapid release of fluid will cause a powerful jarring or jolting to the tubular string or bottom hole assembly.
US11480021B2	Shaped charge assembly, explosive units, and methods for selectively expanding wall of a tubular A shaped charge assembly for selectively expanding a wall of a tubular includes a housing comprising an outer surface facing away from the housing and an opposing inner surface facing an interior of the housing. First and second explosive units each includes a predetermined amount of explosive sufficient to expand, without puncturing, at least a portion of the wall of the tubular to form a protrusion extending outward into an annulus adjacent the wall of the tubular.
US11480013B2	Fall protection system A fall protection system having a top bracket assembly that is mountable to a top portion of the ladder, a spaced bottom bracket assembly that is mountable to a bottom portion of the ladder, and a cable extending therebetween portions of the top bracket assembly and the bottom bracket assembly substantially parallel to a plane bisecting the vertical ladder at a desired distance from the plane.
US11480012B2	Motorized window treatment A motorized window treatment for controlling the amount of daylight entering a space through a window includes a covering material, a drive shaft, and a motor coupled to the drive shaft for raising and lowering the covering material. The window treatment also includes a spring assist unit for assisting the motor by providing a torque that equals the torque provided by the weight on the cords that lift the covering material at a position midway between fully-open and fully-closed positions to minimize motor usage and conserve battery life. The window treatment may comprise a photosensor for measuring the amount of daylight outside the window and temperature sensors for measuring the temperatures inside and outside of the window. The position of the covering material may be automatically controlled in response to the photosensor and the temperature sensors, or in response to an infrared or radio-frequency remote control.
US11480011B2	Panel seal systems A movable wall panel system may include a bottom drop seal assembly that maintains a constant force relative to a floor portion of an environment through a damper. The movable wall panel system may include an automatic top seal assembly that seals a gap between the movable wall panel system and a ceiling of the environment. The moveable wall panel system may include multiple panels and a plurality of seals positioned between adjacent panels to seal a gap between the adjacent panels.
US11480010B2	Insulating glass unit fluid exchange assembly and method A fluid exchanging system and method for use in exchanging fluids in insulating glass units (IGUs). The fluid exchanging system includes an articulating arm having a plurality of members and arms to allow movement about multiple axes defined by the articulating arm, an optical sensor system, coupled to the articulating arm, for identifying an opening in a spacer frame of an IGU, and a fluid exchanging apparatus releasably couplable to the articulating arm. The fluid exchanging apparatus also includes a fluid exchanging head for evacuating atmospheric air from the IGU and dispensing fluid into the IGU.
US11480007B1	Jamb-hung secondary door and method of installation A method of installing a combination door unit into a threshold of a house, comprising placing a combination door unit within a threshold opening of a house surrounded by a plurality of house frame studs. The combination door unit comprises a door frame, a threshold door hingedly coupled to the door frame, and a secondary door. The secondary door is hingedly coupled to a mounting frame and the mounting frame, the door frame, and the plurality of house frame studs are aligned when the combination door unit is placed within the threshold opening. The method of installing the combination door unit may also comprise the steps of leveling the combination door unit, removing the secondary door from the combination door unit, driving a plurality of fasteners through the mounting frame, through the door frame, and into the house frame studs, and replacing the secondary door on the combination door unit.
US11480005B2	Opening/closing body control device, opening/closing body control system, power window device, and power window system An opening/closing body control device continues an as-needed operation where the opening/closing body is controlled in response to the operation instruction signal even when an abnormality in an opening/closing position of the opening/closing body is detected, continues opening and closing the opening/closing body until it is determined that the abnormal state in the opening/closing instruction signal is confirmed even when an abnormality in the opening/closing instruction signal is detected during the as-needed opening/closing operation, and stops opening and closing the opening/closing body the abnormal state in the opening/closing instruction signal is confirmed. The confirmation time at the presence of the opening/closing position abnormality is shorter than that at the absence of opening/closing position abnormality.
US11480002B2	Power tailgate having manual operation feature A tailgate control system for a vehicle includes a spindle and a coupling member fixedly coupled to a tailgate of the vehicle, the coupling member having a slot formed therein. A portion of the spindle is coupled to the coupling member via the slot so as to enable relative movement between the portion of the spindle and the coupling member along the slot, and such that extension of the spindle causes a force on the coupling member which causes a closing motion of the tailgate. The portion of the spindle is also coupled to the coupling member such that a manually-generated closing motion of the tailgate causes a change in a position of the portion of the spindle along the slot.
US11480000B2	Guide bumper for tailgate Provided is a guide bumper for a tailgate, including a first guide member attached to one of a vehicle body and a tailgate, and a second guide member disposed on the opposite side of the first guide member, the first guide member including at least one outer body and at least one elastic core inserted into the outer body.
US11479999B2	Carriage with elastic compensation elements for moving sliding doors A carriage (10) provided with one or more pairs of wheels (14) for moving sliding door (42) is arranged in a sliding seat (44) of an extruded profile (28), made of aluminium or other suitable material and fixed to a wall (48) or ceiling (54). The extruded profile in which the carriage (10) is arranged comprises opposite side walls (30, 32), oriented orthogonally with respect to the upper base (34) and with respect to the lower base (36) of said profile; on said lower base a central slot (38) extending longitudinally is made for the passage of a stem (40) projecting downwards in the direction of the door (42) to which it is connected. The carriage (10) comprises a support body (12) made of plastic, metal or other suitable material, constituting the load-bearing frame of said carriage to which the pairs of wheels (14) are connected, with rivets (16); each of the wheels is paired with an elastic element (20) placed in a recess (24) made along the opposite sides of the support body (12).
US11479995B2	Fastening device for fastening a first component to a second component The present invention relates to a fastening device for fastening a first component to a second component, where the fastening device includes a spacer element which is configured for positioning the first component so as to be spaced apart from the second component in a first axis (Y) and for fixing the first component so as to be spaced apart from the second component, where the spacer element includes a stop surface which is used for supporting the fastening device on the second component, where the spacer element is integrally-formed, and a tolerance element which is configured for movably receiving the spacer element in the first direction (Y) and for compensating tolerances between the first component and the second component in a second axis (X) and in a third axis (Z), where the tolerance element is integrally-formed.
US11479992B2	Drawer latch assembly with lock feature and improved installation A latching mechanism can secure one or more moveable members in a cabinet. The latching mechanism includes a support having a back plate mounted to the moveable member and having an opening extending therethrough, an end cap attached to the support and having a mating stem that extends into the support, and a latch having a leading end that extends through the opening in the back plate and a trailing end having a mating bore that is sized to receive the mating stem of the end cap. The mating bore of the latch defines a pivotal axis. The latch is configured to pivot along the pivotal axis between an open position in which the moveable member is moveable in the cabinet and a closed position in which the latch prevents the moveable member from moving away from the cabinet. A locking mechanism for this type of cabinet is also provided.
US11479986B1	Pool overflow drain heightener The present specification discloses a pool overflow drain heightener that prevents pool water from draining through the pool overflow drain during normal usage, yet permits draining during an emergency overflow event. The pool overflow drain heightener includes a dam basin having an upper rim that defines a mouth configured to be positioned above the desired water level and above the lowest point of the pool overflow drain, such that the water level can temporarily or permanently rise above the lowest point, yet not drain from the pool. Excessive water levels will still be able drain through the mouth, and out the overflow drain, thereby preventing overflow of the pool.
US11479985B2	Coupling assembly for a frame pool and a frame pool A frame assembly for a frame pool and a frame pool including a frame assembly are provided. The frame assembly includes a horizontal support, a vertical support, a T-joint, and a coupling assembly releasably connecting a corresponding one of the horizontal support or the vertical support to the T-joint. The coupling assembly includes a collar having a tubular body. In some embodiments, a guide extends outwardly from the tubular body, and a limiting member moves through the guide between a locked position and an unlocked position to selectively retain the corresponding one of the horizontal support or the vertical support to the T-joint. In some embodiments, the limiting member is integrally formed with the tubular body and movable between the unlocked and locked positions to selectively retain the corresponding one of the horizontal support or the vertical support to the T-joint.
US11479976B2	Panel with locking device A set of panels includes first and second panels and a mechanical locking device for assembly by vertical relative displacement of the panels. A locking strip extends from a first edge of the first panel in a direction parallel to first and second panel surfaces of the first panel. The locking strip includes a locking strip edge, and first and second locking strip surfaces respectively extending in directions substantially corresponding to those of the first and second panel surfaces. A locking element of the locking strip cooperates with a locking groove at the second edge of the second panel for locking in a direction parallel to the first panel surface. Opposite edges respectively include cooperating tongue and tongue groove for vertical locking. A flexing groove extends from a first locking strip surface/first edge transition and into the first panel at an angle α from the first panel surface.
US11479975B2	Stair assembly, an object and a stair assembly operating method This invention relates to a stair assembly to be arranged in a stairwell opening of an upper floor, comprising: —a girder assembly; —a plurality of steps mounted to the girder assembly; and —a guard structure, wherein the girder assembly is pivotably mountable to the upper floor to pivot about a pivot axis between an operational position, in which the girder assembly extends obliquely downwards, and a hidden position, in which the girder assembly extends horizontally, wherein the moveable guard structure is moveable between an operational position, in which the guard structure extends upwards, and a hidden position, in which the guard structure has moved downwards, and wherein the stair assembly is configured such that when the girder assembly and the guard structure are in their respective hidden positions a person is able to walk over the stair assembly as part of the upper floor.
US11479973B2	Multi-layered ventilation apparatus and methods of manufacturing thereof Disclosed is an apparatus for venting buildings, specifically attic spaces, such vents being predominantly shape-conform to the components from which a wall or a roof is built (typically tiles, in the context of roofs), the vent typically being fabricated from a metallic, plastic, or ceramic core as well as one or more layers from other materials or compounds which modify the overall characteristics of the vent, such as the surface characteristics. Furthermore disclosed are methods of manufacturing such ventilation apparatuses.
US11479971B2	Suspended ceiling system, securing members, and process of installing a suspended ceiling system Disclosed is a suspended ceiling system, a securing member, and process of installing a patterned suspended ceiling system. The suspended ceiling system includes a grid system having first members and second members, and at least one substrate which extends below the grid system. The at least one substrate has an exposed surface and a concealed surface, and the at least one substrate has first sides and second sides which extend between the exposed surface and the concealed surface. Securing members attach to the concealed surface proximate the first sides, and the securing members have grid engagement members which secure the at least one substrate to the grid system. The securing members cooperate with the first members and the second members of the grid system to properly position the substrate and the spacing between adjacent at least one substrates is controlled.
US11479957B2	Medicine delivery, wash, clean and air dry system The present disclosure provides a toilet seat assembly for delivering medicine, washing, cleaning, and drying a perineal region of a user. The toilet seat assembly includes a spraying nozzle assembly having one or more retractable spray nozzle units for delivering a liquid product, a drying nozzle assembly having one or more retractable drying nozzle units for drying the region, and a medicine delivery assembly for delivering a medicinal product to the region, the medicine delivery assembly having a medicine delivery nozzle connected to a medicine storage element containing the medicinal product.
US11479956B2	Flush toilet There is provided a flush toilet that performs flushing by rim spouting, the flush toilet allowing the size of a flush water tank to be reduced while enabling discharge of a sufficient amount of flush water to a toilet main body. A flush toilet 1 includes a toilet main body 2 including a bowl 2a, a rim 2c and a rim spout port 2f for discharging supplied flush water to the rim 2c, a flush water tank device 4, a pump device 6, a water supply device 8, and a controller 10, where the controller 10 is capable of performing a flushing mode in which the total amount of discharge of flush water discharged to the rim spout port 2f by the pump device 6 is greater than a tank capacity of the flush water tank device 4, and the controller 10 controls driving of the pump device 6 and the water supply device 8 in the flushing mode such that at least a part of a water supply period when flush water is supplied by the water supply device overlaps a discharge period when flush water is discharged by the pump device 6.
US11479955B2	Water center appliance and AIO faucet An example water center appliance configured to incorporate various features associated with a sink is provided. An example water center appliance includes a top section and a bottom section. In one example embodiment, the top section includes a sink basin, a faucet, a water filter assembly, a water inlet connection, and an electricity connection. In one example embodiment, the bottom section includes a first sliding drawer, and a second sliding drawer, wherein the first sliding drawer and the second sliding drawer are shaped to accommodate one or more components of the top section.
US11479954B2	Solid waste interceptor for a drain A solid waste interceptor for a drain includes a tank for collecting waste water therein, the tank having a waste water inlet and a waste water outlet, a tray housing a strainer basket being slidably mounted within the tank, in the manner of a drawer, to be moved between a closed position in which the strainer basket receives waste water from the waste water inlet, and an open position in which the tray extends from the tank to provide access to the strainer basket to facilitate emptying of collected solid waste therefrom. The tray is provided with a drain outlet for delivering waste water passing through the strainer basket into a sump of the tank, and the drain outlet spigot is adapted to abut a front wall of the tank when the tray is in its open position to delimit the open position of the tray.
US11479952B2	Domestic water tap A domestic water tap (1000) is disclosed. The present application relates to a tap and an inner body for routing liquid within a tap, for example, a domestic water tap or faucet. The domestic water tap (1000) comprises an outer body (1010, 1012) and an inner body (100). The inner body (100) is housed within the outer body (1010, 1012). The outer body (1010, 1012) comprises at least one flow channel (1020, 1022) in which water can flow through the tap (1000) without contacting the outer body (1010, 1012). The inner body (100) is made from plastics and comprises at least one non-threaded bore for securely receiving a connector for delivering water from a source into the inner body (100).
US11479949B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle includes an axle frame extending in a left-right direction, a cylinder coupled to the axle frame, and a first supply conduit connected to the cylinder and configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the cylinder. The first supply conduit is fixed to the axle frame.
US11479944B2	Work machine and cab The cab includes a front pillar on the first side face and a front pillar disposed on the second side face and located behind the front pillar. The cab includes a front transparent member located between the first side face and the second side face and a lateral transparent member provided the second side face and connected to the front pillar. The cab includes a roller disposed on the front transparent member and a bracket disposed on the lateral transparent member and provided with a rail member to guide the roller.
US11479942B2	Hydro excavation remote dig system The hydro excavation remote dig system provides for a primary and secondary dig tube attachments that permit a vacuum truck to be used for a remote dig setup. Specifically, the attachments include various attachable handles, corrugated tubing that connects to a reinforcement bar device with releasable clamps to maintain the corrugated tubing in an elongated state during use, a debris box with an integrated safety valve, and a dig tip.
US11479937B2	Combination plate and lateral stabilizers for use with a post and post spike A combination of a plate and lateral stabilizers is provided. The present invention's main use is in conjunction with a regular fence post spike to support a fence installation so as to add strength against high wind or when the fence is installed in soggy alluvial soils, but the same invention can also be used on sign posts, telephone posts and the likes. This is accomplished by the shape of the device transferring lateral wind forces into vertical downward force to the ground. The lateral stabilizer are so efficient that it can even support a surface mounted post that has no ground embedded spike. The present invention could even allow for a post to simply rest on the ground without any in ground spike, all depending upon the intended use of the post.
US11479934B2	Surface mount security barrier A security barrier includes a plurality of barrier islands. Each barrier island has a concrete crash block having at least one pair of opposing side faces and external fixing elements on the opposing side faces. Attachments, which may be flexible attachments, extend between the external fixing elements of adjacent barrier islands of the security barrier. Each barrier island also has one or more load transfer element within the concrete crash block and, under load, the load transfer elements transfer load from the external fixing elements on one side of the concrete crash block to the external fixing elements on the opposing side of the concrete crash block.
US11479931B2	Elongate panel for a sound wall and a stiffener member for the same A stiffener member for a hollow elongate panel. The hollow elongate panel may include a first end wall having a groove formation formed by a pair of inner walls and extending a length of the hollow elongate panel. The groove formation may extend into the hollow elongate panel. The stiffener member may include a bight member having opposing ends; a pair of arm members respectively extending from one of the opposing ends of the bight member to provide a substantially U-shaped configuration; and a flange member extending from each of the pair of arm members. The flange member may extend inwardly to abut one of the pair of inner walls of the groove formation when the stiffener member is received within the hollow elongate panel.
US11479929B2	Formwork system and method A formwork system, including a plurality of side formwork elements configured to confront a concrete structure, a horizontal formwork panel configured to support the concrete structure, and at least one working platform, wherein the system is configured to be split in a longitudinal direction and stricken or cycled from the concrete structure in two discrete parts.
US11479924B2	Millable, recyclable, waterproofing, paving fabric interlayer system and method of use A millable, recyclable, paving fabric interlayer system for the construction and repair of roadways and other load-bearing surfaces and method of using such a fabric is disclosed. The paving fabric includes thermoplastic materials and is combined with asphalt cement to provide a flexible, stress relieving, waterproofing layer for roadways. Because of the thickness and asphalt cement absorption of the fabric, the system provides a stress absorbing interlayer to resist fatigue and reflective cracking in pavements. The system also acts as an effective moisture barrier due to the enhanced capability to retain sufficient asphalt cement when paved onto a roadway. Such a system has the required strength and elongation to be installed on smooth or milled surfaces yet is easily milled and recycled owing to the uniquely engineered tensile and tear strengths of the fabric.
US11479919B2	Molded articles from a fiber slurry Contoured articles formed in a mold from a fiber slurry are provided. The articles comprise a blend of cellulose fibers and cellulose ester, such as cellulose ester staple fibers. The articles are suitable in a wide array of end uses, including as cups, lids, boxes or pouches, storage containers, trays, plates, food trays, cutlery, coffee cups, coffee cup lid, packaging, bowls, clam shells, bottle caps, straws, covers, and packaging inserts.
US11479915B2	Method for manufacturing intermediate product for conversion into microfibrillated cellulose The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an intermediate product that can be stored and transported and efficiently converted into microfibrillated cellulose with limited energy input at the time of conversion. More specifically, the invention involves the use of dewatered carboxymethylcellulose or carboxylated cellulose fiber having a low degree of substitution and a high amount of additives.
US11479914B2	Fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass using maleic acid at low temperature Methods of fractionating lignocellulosic biomass using maleic acids are provided. Also provided are methods of forming lignin particles, furans, sugars, and/or lignocellulosic micro- and nanofibrils from the liquid and solid fractions produced by fractionation process. The fractionation can be carried out at low temperatures with short reaction times to carboxylate and dissolve lignin with a low degree of condensation.
US11479911B2	Synthetic leather The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a base (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii). The adhesive layer (ii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including a urethane resin (A) produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) as a raw material and water (B). The skin layer (iii) is formed of a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (X) having an anionic group concentration of 0.25 mmol/g or less, water (Y), and an anionic surfactant (Z). The aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) preferably includes toluene diisocyanate. The urethane resin (A) has an aromatic ring concentration of 0.1 to 2.5 mol/kg.
US11479910B2	Synthetic leather The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a base material (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), wherein both the adhesive layer (ii) and the skin layer (iii) are formed of a urethane resin composition containing an anionic urethane resin having an anionic group concentration of 0.25 mmol/g or less, water, and an anionic surfactant. Preferably, the anionic surfactant is an alkylsulfosuccinate. The anionic group concentration of the anionic urethane resin is preferably within the range of 0.005 to 0.25 mmol/g and more preferably within the range of 0.01 to 0.2 mmol/g.
US11479909B2	Synthetic leather The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a base material (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), wherein the adhesive layer (ii) is formed of an anionic urethane resin composition containing an anionic urethane resin (S) having an anionic group concentration of 0.25 mmol/g or less, water (T), and an anionic surfactant (U), and the skin layer (iii) is formed of a urethane resin composition containing a urethane resin (A), for which a raw material is reactive silicone (a1) having a functional group that reacts with an isocyanate group, and containing water (B). Preferably, the urethane resin (A) is an anionic urethane resin having an acid value of 20 mgKOH/g or less.
US11479907B2	Outdoor retail space structure A structure has spaces that can accommodate at least two International Organization for Standardization compliant shipping containers. The structure has studs, joists, and rafters connected together above, besides, between, and in front of the spaces for the shipping containers. The structure provides for an attractive outdoor retail space with shading, allowing for signage, decorations, product display, ergonomics, and other retail design features. In an implementation, the structure is for a mobile retail space that is tailored for customizing and manufacture of the customized apparel, especially the laser finishing of products like jeans. The mobile retail space can be relocated to and deployed easily at various events, such as sports events and music festival venues.
US11479905B2	Laundry treating apparatus having induction heater and control method thereof Disclosed are an object treating apparatus, and more particularly, an object treating apparatus for heating a drum using an induction heater and a control method thereof. The object treating apparatus includes a tub; a drum rotatably disposed within the tub and accommodating an object therein; an induction heater disposed on the tub and configured to heat an outer circumferential face of the drum contacting the heater; a motor to rotate the drum; and a processor configured to control an operation of the induction heater to dry the object, wherein the processor is configured to: control revolution per minute (RPM) of the drum to perform at least two drum motions having at least two different target RPMs respectively when drying the object.
US11479904B2	Lint catching system and exhaust assembly A lint catching system is provided for a clothes dryer. The lint catching system filters lint from exhaust air expelled from the clothes dryer.
US11479902B2	Apparatus for treating laundry The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating laundry, including a cabinet having an entrance for inserting laundry and a door opening and closing the entrance, a tub positioned in the cabinet and having an opening for allowing the laundry to pass through, a drum rotatably positioned in the tub to receive the laundry, a vibration insulating part maintaining a watertight seal by connecting the entrance and the opening, a balance weight positioned in a front side of the tub to increase a weight of the tub, and an annular passage part extending between the vibration insulating part and the balance weight, the annular passage part fixedly supported by the balance weight, the annular passage part having a plurality of nozzles spraying wash water into the drum through the vibration insulating part.
US11479893B2	Method and apparatus for washing machine dehydration, and washing machine Disclosed are a method and apparatus for washing machine dehydration, and a washing machine. The method includes: step 1, detecting a current eccentricity value to serve as a first eccentricity value, and determining a first dehydration rotational speed value corresponding to the first eccentricity value; step 2, performing a corresponding dehydration operation; step 3, detecting another current eccentricity value to serve as a second eccentricity value, and determining a second dehydration rotational speed value corresponding to the second eccentricity value; step 4, if the second eccentricity value is smaller than the first eccentricity value, performing a corresponding dehydration operation, assigning the value of the second eccentricity value to the first eccentricity value and then performing the step 3; and step 5, if the second eccentricity value is greater than or equal to the first eccentricity value, performing a leveling operation, and then performing the step 3.
US11479885B2	Apparatus for texturizing strand material A device for texturizing strand material into a wool-type product includes outer and inner nozzle sections. The outer and inner nozzle sections interface and define a passage through which the strand material travels. At least a portion of the passage has a non-uniform diameter that increases in a direction moving away from an input end of the device.
US11479884B2	Device and method for producing a multicolor yarn A draw device into which at least two filaments are guided for producing a multi-coloured yarn from differently coloured filaments which consist of a plurality of endless filaments includes a pair of intake rollers for receiving the at least two filaments. Two pairs of drafting system rollers follow the intake rollers to draw the at least two filaments. A texturizing device comprising a texturizing nozzle with a cooling drum is disposed downstream of the two pairs of drafting system rollers to texturize the at least two filaments, wherein at least one yarn is formed from the filaments in the texturizing nozzle. At least one further nozzle is disposed exclusively upstream of the texturizing device in which each filament is separately interlaced. The filaments are drawn on at least one of the two pairs of drafting system rollers at a speed of at least 1,700 m/min.
US11479883B2	Yarn return unit for returning a yarn as well as a workstation of a textile machine comprising a yarn return unit A method is provided for identifying a spinning rotor on a rotor spinning machine, wherein the spinning rotor is mounted in a suspended manner in a radially acting magnetic bearing during a spinning operation. At least one system variable that varies between different spinning rotors is identified. The system variable is detected and compared to at least one reference value. The system variable is one or a combination of: an energy consumption of the magnetic bearing; a radial position of the spinning rotor; or a resonant frequency of the spinning rotor. A rotor spinning machine that carries out the method is also provided.
US11479881B2	Manufacture of intermediate modulus carbon fiber The present disclosure relates generally to carbon fibers having high tensile strength and modulus of elasticity, as well as a process for the manufacture of such carbon fiber. The process comprises spinning a polymer/solvent solution into a solvent/water bath in the range of 78%-85% solvent, thereby producing a dense fiber structure, and subsequently carbonizing the polymer precursor fiber at a lower than typical carbonization temperature to form carbon fibers.
US11479879B2	Triple vector for expressing antibody molecules in full therapeutic format A triple expression vector is disclosed for expressing an antibody molecule comprising an Fc domain in prokaryotic cells and in eukaryotic cells. The triple expression vector comprises a polynucleotide encoding an Fc domain; a polynucleotide encoding a phage coat protein; a cloning site for cloning genes encoding an antibody molecule or a part thereof wherein the antibody molecule or part thereof does not comprise an Fc domain; a prokaryotic secretion signal sequence and a eukaryotic secretion signal sequence, or a secretion signal sequence that drives efficient secretion in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; a promoter for mediating expression in eukaryotic cells; and a stop codon for preventing expression of the phage coat protein in eukaryotic cells. The triple expression vector can be used for expressing an antibody molecule in a phage display format; for producing the antibody molecule in a prokaryotic cell, for example in the periplasm of a prokaryotic cell; and for producing the antibody molecule in a eukaryotic cell, for example a mammalian cell, more particularly a human cell. The antibody molecule contains an Fc domain, and may be for example a VHH-Fc molecule or an scFv-Fc molecule or a VH-Fc or a VL-Fc. Phage display libraries produced with the vector present the antibody molecule in its therapeutic format. Use of the vector avoids the need for repeated cloning when moving from one expression medium to another.
US11479878B2	Methods for genome characterization The invention provides methods of using low coverage sequencing to assess the relative fraction of tumor versus normal DNA in a sample, and to assess copy number alterations present in the sample.
US11479877B2	Display library process Disclosed are methods for identifying desired members from a display libraries, including bacteriophage display libraries. Display library members can be amplified in the presence of a target compound so that cycles of selection can be rapidly completed.
US11479874B2	Semiconductor crystal growth apparatus The invention provides a semiconductor crystal growth device comprising a furnace body; a crucible; a pulling device; a horizontal magnetic field applying device; and a deflector, being barrel-shaped and disposed above the silicon melt in the furnace body in a vertical direction, and the pulling device pulls the silicon ingot through the deflector in the vertical direction; wherein the bottom of the deflector has different thermal reflection coefficients at different positions, and the thermal reflection coefficient of the bottom of the deflector in the direction of the horizontal magnetic field is smaller than that in the direction perpendicular to the horizontal magnetic field. According to the semiconductor crystal growth device of the present invention, the temperature distribution inside the melt silicon and quality of the semiconductor crystal are improved.
US11479872B2	Alkali metal doped bismuth vanadate photoanode for hydrogen production by photoelectrochemical water splitting Fabricating a doped bismuth vanadate electrode includes spray coating a substrate with an aqueous solution with vanadium-containing anions and bismuth-containing cations to yield a coated substrate, heating the coated substrate to form crystalline bismuth vanadate on the substrate, and doping the crystalline bismuth vanadate with lithium ions to yield a doped bismuth vanadate electrode.
US11479870B2	Electrolysis cell having resilient support elements An electrolysis cell includes an anode chamber and a cathode chamber separated by an ion-exchange membrane. The electrolysis cell includes an anode, a gas diffusion electrode, and a cathode current distributor. The anode, the ion-exchange membrane, the gas diffusion electrode, and the cathode current distributor are in direct touching contact in the mentioned order. Flexibly resilient holding elements are arranged on the other side of the anode and/or on the other side of the cathode current distributor. The flexibly resilient holding elements exert a contact pressure on the anode and/or on the cathode current distributor. The flexibly resilient holding elements have annular elements, the axis of which is oriented in the height direction of the electrolysis cell. By means of the flexibly resilient and in part also plastically deforming annular elements, effective mechanical contact pressure of the ion-exchange membrane against the oxygen-depolarized cathode is achieved.
US11479869B2	Electrolysis apparatus for the electrolytic production of oxygen from oxide-containing starting material An electrolysis apparatus for the electrolytic production of oxygen from oxide-containing starting material includes at least one cathode which at least partly delimits a receiving region which in at least one operation state is configured for receiving the oxide-containing starting material and at least one anode,wherein the electrolysis apparatus has at least one selective oxygen pump which is at least partly realized integrally with the anode.
US11479862B2	Corrosion- and erosion-resistant coating for turbine blades of gas turbines A component of a turbine, in particular a gas turbine, wherein the component has a coating for increasing the erosion and corrosion resistance, wherein the coating is preferably applied directly to the component, wherein the coating consists of a functional layer and an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is arranged between the turbine blade substrate and the functional layer and wherein the functional layer consists of the elements Al, Cr, O and N.
US11479861B2	Deposited material structure with integrated component A method for forming a metallic structure having a secondary component includes positioning the secondary component on a main formation surface of a main tool, the main formation surface corresponding to a desired shape of a first layer of material. The method also includes depositing a layer of material on the secondary component and the main formation surface using a cold-spray technique such that the layer of material bonds to the secondary component. The method also includes removing the layer of material and the secondary component to form the metallic structure.
US11479852B2	Method for dry cleaning a susceptor and substrate processing apparatus A method for dry cleaning a susceptor is performed after a substrate is removed from a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus. In the method, a cleaning gas for dry cleaning is supplied to a first region including a substrate receiving region in the susceptor. The cleaning gas is regionally supplied to a second region where the cleaning gas is difficult to reach when the cleaning gas is supplied to the first region.
US11479847B2	Sputtering system with a plurality of cathode assemblies A magnetron sputtering system includes a substrate mounted within a vacuum chamber. A plurality of cathode assemblies includes a first set of cathode assemblies and a second set of cathode assemblies, and is configured for reactive sputtering. Each cathode assembly includes a target comprising sputterable material and has an at least partially exposed planar sputtering surface. A target support is configured to support the target in the vacuum chamber and rotate the target relative to the vacuum chamber about a target axis. A magnetic field source includes a magnet array. A cathode assemblies controller assembly is operative to actuate the first set of cathode assemblies without actuating the second set of cathode assemblies, and to actuate the second set of cathode assemblies without actuating the first set of cathode assemblies.
US11479843B2	Method for hardening a sintered component A method for hardening a metal component includes the steps: hating the metal component to a first temperature between 750° C. and 1100° C.; increasing the carbon content in the metal component by applying a carbon donor gas to the metal component at the first temperature; cooling the metal component to a second temperature which is by 40° C. to 100° C. lower than the first temperature; increasing the nitrogen content in the metal component by applying a nitrogen donor gas to the metal component at the second temperature; cooling the metal component to ambient temperature, wherein a sintered component is used as the metal component and, after increasing the nitrogen content in the sintered component and prior to cooling the sintered component to ambient temperature, the sintered component is heated to a third temperature which is by 50° C. to 250° C. higher than the second temperature.
US11479842B2	Heat treatment method for a vehicle component A heat treatment method of a component for a vehicle includes: heating an inner space of a heat treatment furnace in which a component for a vehicle is disposed in the inner space; stabilizing hydrogen (H2) by injecting the H2 into the inner space; and performing nitrification heat treatment for the component by injecting only ammonia (NH3) into the inner space after the stabilizing. The heat treatment method may adjust the degree of vacuum and the flow rate instead of a Kn without additionally injecting the H2 gas into an NH3 gas, thereby implementing the nitrification heat treatment of a quality similar to that of a conventional nitrification heat treatment for a short time.
US11479840B2	Pass roll for hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufacturing facility, hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufacturing facility, and hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufacturing method A pass roll for a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet manufacturing facility, the pass roll includes: a roll body; and a heat-resistant felt layer covering the roll body, wherein the heat-resistant felt layer has a thermal decomposition temperature of 420° C. or higher and has a surface hardness evaluation index at 400° C. of more than 0.11 μm/N.
US11479833B2	Carbamides for separating uranium(VI) and plutonium(IV) without reducing the plutonium(IV) The use of carbamides as extractants for fully or partially separating uranium(VI) from plutonium(IV) in an aqueous solution obtained by dissolving a spent nuclear fuel in nitric acid, by method of liquid-liquid extraction, without carrying out any reduction of the plutonium(IV) to plutonium(III). The invention also relates to new carbamides. Uses are the processing of spent nuclear fuels based on uranium (especially uranium oxides—UOX) or uranium and plutonium (especially mixed uranium and plutonium oxides—MOX).
US11479823B2	Detection of lung neoplasia by amplification of RNA sequences Provided herein is technology for lung neoplasia screening and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting the presence of lung cancer.
US11479821B2	Colorectal cancer detection kit or device, and detection method It is intended to provide a kit or a device for the detection of colorectal cancer and a method for detecting colorectal cancer. The present invention provides a kit or a device for the detection of colorectal cancer, comprising a nucleic acid capable of specifically binding to a miRNA in a sample from a subject, and a method for detecting colorectal cancer, comprising measuring the miRNA in vitro.
US11479818B2	In vitro nephrotoxicity screening assay The invention relates to methods for predicting the in vivo nephrotoxicity of a nucleic acid molecule, in particular a nucleic acid molecule such as a siRNA or an antisense oligonucleotide using an in vitro cell based assay measuring the levels of EGFR as toxicity biomarker, potentially in combination with other biomarkers like ATP and KIM-1.
US11479814B2	Compounds for use in PCR systems and applications thereof This disclosure relates to novel compounds for use in various compositions, kits and methods, including, for example, use in polymerase storage buffers and in nucleic acid synthesis or amplification reactions such as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methods for preparing the novel compounds are also described.
US11479813B2	Quantitative PCR-based environmental DNA assays This application provides methods, kits, probes and primers, that can be used to analyze environmental samples, such as water samples, soil samples, and air samples. The methods and kits can include positive controls, to provide confidence in test results.
US11479806B2	Methods of producing amplified double stranded deoxyribonucleic acids and compositions and kits for use therein Methods of producing an amplified double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (dsDNA) from a nucleic acid sample are provided. Aspects of the methods include amplifying using a single product nucleic acid primer and a template switch oligonucleotide to produce an amplified dsDNA product. Compositions and kits for use in performing the methods are also provided.
US11479799B2	Engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) and uses thereof Various embodiments of the present invention relate to, among other things, systems for generating engineered water nanostructures (EWNS) comprising reactive oxygen species (ROS) and methods for inactivating at least one of viruses, bacteria, bacterial spores, and fungi in or on a wound of a subject in need thereof or on produce by applying EWNS to the wound or to the produce.
US11479797B2	Compositions and methods for the production of compounds The present disclosure provides proteins, nucleic acids, vectors, and host molecules useful for the production of compounds of interest, and methods for their use.
US11479794B2	Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcription The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US11479792B2	Compositions and methods for increasing the efficiency of cell cultures used for food production Provided herein are compositions and methods to make and use engineered cells, for the purpose of increasing the cell density of a culture comprising metazoan cells and for the production of a cultured edible product.
US11479791B2	Tools and methods for expression of membrane proteins The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
US11479788B2	Tomato plants with improved disease resistance Tomato plants exhibiting resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Fol resistance phenotype and lacking undesirable soft fruit traits. Such plants include tomato plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed disease resistance alleles, are further provided.
US11479786B2	Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US11479785B2	Plants having altered agronomic characteristics under nitrogen limiting conditions and related constructs and methods involving abiotic stress tolerance genes Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring improved nitrogen use efficiency; compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs; and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs are disclosed. The recombinant DNA constructs comprise a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter that is functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotides encode abiotic stress tolerance polypeptides.
US11479782B2	Alfalfa with reduced lignin composition Materials and methods for creating plants (e.g., alfalfa lines) with reduced lignin content and composition are provided herein, as are plants, plant parts, and plant cells generated by the methods provided herein.
US11479777B2	Methods and systems for methylotrophic production of organic compounds The present disclosure identifies pathways, mechanisms, systems and methods to confer production of carbon-based products of interest, such as sugars, alcohols, chemicals, amino acids, polymers, fatty acids and their derivatives, hydrocarbons, isoprenoids, and intermediates thereof, in engineered and/or evolved methylotrophs such that these organisms efficiently convert C1 compounds, such as formate, formic acid, formaldehyde or methanol, to organic carbon-based products of interest, and in particular the use of organisms for the commercial production of various carbon-based products of interest.
US11479776B2	Expression system A protein expression system for use in a prokaryotic host is provided, the expression system comprising: a) an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of interest operably linked to a T7 RNA polymerase-dependent promoter; and b) an expression cassette comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding T7 RNA polymerase operably linked to a host polymerase-dependent λ phage promoter and a single perfect palindrome operator sequence; wherein the expression cassette for T7 RNA polymerase is located on the chromosome of a host cell.
US11479774B2	Methods of treating cancer harboring hemizygous loss of TP53 Provided herein are methods of treating a patient having a cancer that exhibits (i) a hemizygous loss of the TP53 gene; (ii) a hemizygous loss of the POLR2A gene; and/or (iii) a decreased level of expression of a POLR2A gene product relative to a reference (i.e., control) expression level. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a POLR2A inhibitor (e.g., a nucleic acid that inhibits the expression of a POLR2A protein, an amatoxin, alpha-amanitin, or alpha-amanitin conjugated to a cell targeting moiety, such as an EpCAM antibody) to a patient having or determined to have (i) a hemizygous loss of the TP53 gene; (ii) a hemizygous loss of the POLR2A gene; and/or (iii) a decreased level of expression of a POLR2A gene product relative to a reference (i.e., control) level.
US11479773B2	Antisense nucleic acid for inhibiting biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate The present invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide for inhibiting biosynthesis of chondroitin sulfate. The antisense oligonucleotide comprises at least one modified nucleotide, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide suppresses expression of one or both of the chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-1 (CSGalNAcT1) gene and the chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase-2 (CSGalNAcT2) gene.
US11479771B2	Antisense oligonucleotides for the treatment of eye disease The invention relates to the fields of medicine and immunology. In particular, it relates to novel antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) that may be used in the treatment, prevention and/or delay of Usher syndrome type II and/or USH2A-associated non syndromic retina degeneration.
US11479770B2	Use of p38 inhibitors to reduce expression of DUX4 The present invention relates to compositions and methods of inhibiting p38 kinase to reduce gene and protein expression of DUX4 and downstream genes regulated by DUX4. The present invention further relates to methods for treating patients suffering from diseases associated with increased expression of DUX4 or expression of an aberrant form of DUX4, such as Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).
US11479769B2	Technique for treating cancer using structurally-reinforced S-TuD Provided is a novel technique for treating cancer using structurally-reinforced S-TuD. Provided are: a composition for the prevention or treatment of tumors, said composition comprising an miRNA inhibitory complex including RNA of analog thereof; and a method for preventing or treating tumors using said composition. The miRNA inhibitory complex preferably includes at least one double-stranded structure and an miRNA-binding sequence. Two strands of the miRNA binding sequence preferably bind individually to two strands on at least one end of the double-stranded structure. According to some of the aspects of the present invention, there is provided a delivery system for delivering such an miRNA inhibitory complex.
US11479765B2	Method of isolating exosomes using encapsulation and aqueous micellar system The present disclosure relates to a method/system for preparing encapsulated exosomes from a biological sample containing exosomes, said method comprising: a) dispersing inorganic oxide particles into a buffer solution comprising a polymer and a biological sample comprising exosomes, b) allowing the polymer to react with the inorganic oxide particles to form capsules, wherein the exosomes are inside the capsules. The present disclosure also relates to a method/system for isolating and purifying encapsulated exosomes, said method comprising: a) preparing an aqueous micellar system comprising at least one surfactant, and at least one salt; b) mixing a biological sample containing encapsulated exosomes with the aqueous micellar system from step a); c) allowing the aqueous micellar system to phase separate, wherein the surfactant partitions substantially into one phase, and the other phase has a lower concentration of surfactant; and d) obtaining the encapsulated exosomes from the capsule-rich phase.
US11479759B2	Modified seed oil content by gene editing Provided are compositions comprising polynucleotides encoding modified diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 (DGAT1) polypeptides having improved properties, such as increased enzymatic activity and/or increased stability. Plants, plant cells, seed, grain and comprising the polynucleotides are provided which have one or more of increased fatty acid or protein content. Methods of generating the polynucleotides in plant cells include transformation and genetic modification. Methods of employing the polynucleotides in plants, methods for increasing DGAT1 activity in a plant, and methods for increasing fatty acid content or protein content in a plant are provided.
US11479756B2	Ketoreductase polypeptides for the reduction of acetophenones The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US11479754B2	Method for producing cultivated epithelial cell sheet A method for producing an epithelial cell sheet, comprising culturing cells derived from oral mucosal epithelial cells on a substrate in a serum-free medium, wherein the serum-free medium comprises (i) EGF protein or KGF protein, (ii) B-27 supplement, and (iii) a ROCK inhibitor.
US11479753B2	Hierarchically structured protein materials for three dimensional (3D) cellular support systems A cellular support system comprises a three-dimensional scaffold structure comprising at least one void. At least one suspended protein bridge spans across the at least one void in the three-dimensional scaffold structure. The suspended protein bridge is capable of supporting cells and promotes three-dimensional cellular growth. In certain aspects, the protein in the suspended protein bridge is an extracellular matrix protein, such as collagens, laminins, fibronectins, and combinations thereof. Such a cellular support system supports thriving cell cultures in three-dimensions emulating cell growth in vivo in an extracellular matrix, including promoting cell remodeling. Methods for making such cellular support systems are also provided.
US11479749B2	Production and cryopreservation of high concentration inocula The subject invention provides standardized, high concentration inocula in solid form for use as seed cultures in scaled-up cultivation. Further embodiments include methods of producing standardized inocula, as well as methods of preserving and storing the inocula for convenient use over extended periods of time.
US11479747B2	Arrayed lyser and homogenizer systems with multiple agitator devices Systems and methods for the efficient agitation of tissue samples. A device may include a plurality of chambers that each receives samples therein. The plurality of chambers may be uniformly spaced with respect to a least one dimension, to form a one dimensional or two dimensional array. Each of the chambers may include an opening and an agitator device in fluid contact with the sample disposed within the chamber. The agitator devices may include a micromotor which provides rotational motion to a shaft and an impeller fixed to the shaft such that the impeller and the shaft rotate together upon provision of the rotational motion by the micromotor. The system may include an electrical energy source electrically coupled to the plurality of micromotors to rotate the impellers sufficient to agitate the sample as required for a particular activity (e.g., homogenization, lysis).
US11479744B2	Composition having suppressed alumina damage and production method for semiconductor substrate using same The present invention pertains to: a composition capable of removing dry etching residue present on the surface of a semiconductor integrated circuit, while suppressing alumina damage in a production process for the semiconductor integrated circuit; a cleaning method for semiconductor substrates that use alumina; and a production method for a semiconductor substrate having an alumina layer. This composition is characterized by containing 0.00005%-1% by mass of a barium compound (A) and 0.01%-20% by mass of a fluorine compound (B) and having a pH of 2.5-8.0.
US11479741B2	Wash fluid for use in inkjet recording apparatus and image formation method A wash fluid for use in an inkjet recording apparatus contains water, a coconut oil fatty acid surfactant, an organic deliquescent agent, a polyhydric alcohol, and a basic inorganic compound. The polyhydric alcohol is an alkanediol. The coconut oil fatty acid surfactant is contained in an amount of at least 0.01% by mass and no greater than 3.00% by mass. The organic deliquescent agent is contained in an amount of at least 0.10% by mass and no greater than 30.00% by mass.
US11479740B2	Cyclohexene propanal derivatives as perfuming ingredients Described herein is a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently from each other, represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-2 alkyl group. The use of compound of formula (I) as perfuming ingredients of floral type and the compounds as part of a perfuming composition or of a perfuming consumer product are also described.
US11479739B2	Cyclic oxy ether compounds as perfuming ingredients Described herein is a method of using cyclic oxy ether compounds of formula in a form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, where the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; p represents 0 to 3; n represents 0 to 2; R represents, independently from each other hydrogen, a C1-C6 alkyl or C2-C6 alkenyl group each optionally substituted by an ester group; and R1 represents, independently from each other, a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group, the method including using the compound of formula (I) as a perfuming ingredient.
US11479727B2	System and method for flexible conversion of feedstock to oil and gas A feedstock flexible process for converting feedstock into oil and gas includes (i) indirectly heated hydrous devolatilization of volatile feedstock components, (ii) indirectly heated thermochemical conversion of fixed carbon feedstock components, (iii) heat integration and recovery, (iv) vapor and gas pressurization, and (v) vapor and gas clean-up and product recovery. A system and method for feedstock conversion includes a thermochemical reactor integrated with one or more hydrous devolatilization and solids circulation subsystems configured to accept a feedstock mixture, comprised of volatile feedstock components and fixed carbon feedstock components, and continuously produce a volatile reaction product stream therefrom, while simultaneously and continuously capturing, transferring, and converting the fixed carbon feedstock components to syngas.
US11479724B2	Covered cavity kiln pyrolyzer The invention presents a covered cavity kiln pyrolyzer with modulated means of rotation, to promote mixing and exposure of the biomass to heat, thereby allowing complete and efficient pyrolysis of biomass therein. The invention has a portal arrangement for simultaneous entry of fuel and air alongside the exit of emissions and flames to a separate hood structure. In addition to rotational modulation for mixing, the rotational capabilities of the kiln also permit the removal of processed charcoal when the portal is turned downward. The invention also has a system of internal prongs for mixing and sifting removal of char, as well as automated fuel delivery mechanisms and a system of openings to allow insertion of pipes and sensors into the kiln for monitoring and for additional delivery of reagents for better modulation and efficiency by a user during the pyrolyzation process.
US11479720B2	Composition for etching and method for manufacturing semiconductor device using same A composition for etching and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, the method including an etching process of using the composition for etching, are provided. The composition for etching includes a first inorganic acid; any one first additive selected from the group consisting of phosphorous acid, an organic phosphite, a hypophosphite, and mixtures thereof; and a solvent. The composition for etching is a high-selectivity composition for etching that can selectively remove a nitride film while minimizing the etch rate for an oxide film and does not have a problem such as particle generation, which adversely affects device characteristics.
US11479716B2	Light-modulating material, light-modulating film, and light-modulating laminate A light-modulating material of which the light transmittance can be controlled over a wide region from visible light to infrared light by voltage application is provided. The light-modulating material comprises a graphene-like carbon material having an aspect ratio of 3 or more and 330 or less.
US11479715B2	Enhanced friction reducers for water-based fracturing fluids A fracturing fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; proppant; a friction reducer; and a friction reducer enhancer, wherein the friction reducer enhancer is a surfactant. The friction reducer enhancer can be in a concentration greater than or equal to a critical micelle concentration. Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation can include introducing the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation. The friction reducer enhancer can increase the hydration rate of the friction reducer, whereby friction reduction of the fracturing fluid can occur much faster than without the friction reducer enhancer.
US11479714B2	Profile control and oil displacement agent for oil reservoir and preparation method thereof The present disclosure relates to a profile control and oil displacement agent for an oil reservoir and a preparation method thereof. The profile control and oil displacement agent is prepared by uniformly dispersing polymer microspheres, an activator and a solvent. The polymer microspheres are micron-sized dry-powdered microspheres, which are prepared by stirring and polymerizing a first monomer, a second monomer, an initiator, a hydrophobic nano-powder and water in a specific proportion. The profile control and oil displacement agent of the present disclosure can reduce the oil-water interfacial tension, has good long-term stability, simple preparation and low cost, avoids solvent waste, and can be applied to the deep profile control and oil displacement system of oil fields.
US11479713B2	Polymer-based enhanced oil recovery with compositionally-tuned slugs A method for selecting compositions of first and second slugs to be injected into an underground formation includes selecting a first salinity and a first polymer concentration for a first slug to be injected into a well; selecting a second salinity and a second polymer concentration for a second slug to be injected into the well; injecting the first slug into the well; and injecting the second slug into the well. The second slug is injected immediately after the first slug.
US11479711B2	Materials and methods for reducing viscosity of oil The invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for reducing the viscosity of crude oil using microorganisms and/or biosurfactants produced by microorganisms.
US11479700B2	Urethane adhesive composition An object of the present invention is to provide a urethane adhesive composition excellent in adhesion durability for an olefin resin. The present invention is a urethane adhesive composition containing a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, an isocyanurate compound of pentamethylene diisocyanate and/or hexamethylene diisocyanate, and a secondary aminosilane compound.
US11479696B2	Adhesive sheet In an embodiment, an adhesive sheet has an expandable adhesive layer 2 on one side or both sides of a base 1, wherein the expandable adhesive layer 2 contains an epoxy resin including a polyfunctional epoxy resin, a phenol resin as a curing agent, an imidazole-based compound as a curing catalyst, and a temperature-sensitive foaming agent. The adhesive sheet has properties in good balance, such as fast curability, heat resistance, and adhesiveness, and also excellent properties such as thermal conductivity attributed to a good filling property.
US11479695B2	Peel-off detection label The invention relates to a peel detection label that is a laminate including a support, a pattern layer formed in a part of the surface of the support, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive laminate having at least a low modulus layer (X), a high modulus layer (Y) and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (Z) in that order, in which the low modulus layer (X) has an n-layered structure (where n is an integer of 1 to 10) having a surface in contact with the support and the pattern layer and a surface in contact with the high modulus layer (Y), and the low modulus layer (X) satisfies a specific thickness-average shear storage elastic modulus.
US11479690B2	Matt powder coatings A branched carboxylic acid functional polyester resin P is described herein along with thermosetting powder coating compositions (PCC A) comprising a binder K, the binder K comprising the polyester resin P and a crosslinker X. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A. In addition, processes for making said PCC A and processes for coating an article with said PCC A are described as well as articles having coated thereon the PCC A and an articles having coated and cured thereon the PCC A.
US11479686B2	Conductive composition and wiring board using the same The conductive composition of the present embodiment contains metal nanoparticles having an average particle diameter of 30 nm to 600 nm, metal particles having an average particle diameter larger than that of the metal nanoparticles, a thermosetting resin having an oxirane ring in a molecule, a curing agent, and a cellulose resin. Then, the specific resistance of the conductor formed by applying and calcining the conductive composition on the substrate is preferably 5.0×10−6 Ω·cm or less, and the conductor does not peel from the substrate when a tape having an adhesive force of 3.9 N/10 mm to 39 N/10 mm is pressed against the conductor and peeled off.
US11479674B2	Composite particles comprising TiN powder and method for producing the composite particles Provided are: composite particles having excellent oxidation resistance; and a method for producing composite particles. The composite particles are obtained by forming a composite of TiN and at least one of Al, Cr, and Nb. In the method for producing composite particles, a titanium powder and a powder of at least one of Al, Cr, and Nb are used as raw material powders and composite particles are produced using a gas phase method.
US11479673B2	Method for producing lanthanum hexaboride-containing composite particles and method for producing formed product To provide a method for producing lanthanum hexaboride-containing composite particles which are capable of forming a formed product having sufficiently high transparency and which are excellent in weather resistance, by a simple operation without calcination treatment at high temperature, and a method for producing a formed product using it. Also provided is a method for producing composite particles, which involves: reacting at least one silica precursor selected from a tetraalkoxysilane, its hydrolysate and its condensate, in the presence of lanthanum hexaboride particles, a volatile base, water and an organic solvent to obtain a first reaction mixture, and reacting the first reaction mixture with at least one silicon compound selected from an amino-modified silicone, an alkylsilane and an aminosilane, or the silicon compound and the silica precursor added, to obtain a second reaction mixture containing lanthanum hexaboride-containing composite particles.
US11479672B2	High wet fast disperse dye mixtures of N-[4-(5-thiocyanato-2,4-dinitro-phenylazo)-phenyl]-amine derivatives and N-[4-(4-nitro-phenylazo)-phenyl]-amine derivatives The present invention is directed to dye mixtures comprising dyes of formula (1) and dyes of formula (2), the process of the production and the use of the dye mixtures.
US11479670B2	Fluoroalkyl group-containing curable organopolysiloxane composition, cured product thereof, and transducer or the like provided with cured product A curable organopolysiloxane composition is provided. The composition can be easily processed into a film shape and has a high specific dielectric constant, high dielectric breakdown strength, and a low Young's modulus, allowing for a high energy density to be achieved, in addition to having excellent mechanical strength when used as a dielectric layer in a transducer. A fluoroalkyl group-containing curable organopolysiloxane composition, which can be cured by an addition reaction, comprises: an organopolysiloxane containing an alkenyl group and a fluoroalkyl group; an organohydrogen polysiloxane having SiH at both terminals of a molecular chain but not having a fluoroalkyl group; and a linear fluoroalkyl group-containing organohydrogen polysiloxane or a branched fluoroalkyl group-containing organohydrogen polysiloxane having T units.
US11479662B2	Polyethylene composition with treeing retardants A polyethylene composition comprising (A) an ethylene-based (co) polymer, (B) a styrenic unit-containing copolymer, and (C) a polyorganosiloxane. Also a method of making the composition; a crosslinked polyethylene product made by curing the composition; manufactured articles comprising a shaped form of the inventive composition or product; and methods of using the inventive composition, product, or articles.
US11479661B2	Rubber composition, aging-resistant rubber product using the same The present invention discloses a rubber composition, a processing method thereof, and an aging resistant rubber product using the rubber composition. The rubber composition comprises a rubber matrix and essential components, wherein, based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber matrix, the rubber matrix comprises a branched polyethylene with a content represented as A, in which 0
US11479658B2	Film-forming composition and film There is provided a film-forming composition, including: a first water-soluble cellulose ether (WSCE) having a viscosity at 20° C. of 2.5 to 45 mPa·s, a second WSCE having a viscosity at 20° C. of 6.0 to 50.0 mPa·s, a third WSCE having a viscosity at 20° C. of 4.5 to 15.0 mPa·s, each viscosity being determined in a 2% by mass aqueous solution, and a solvent, wherein the first WSCE is selected from four members of hydroxypropyl methyl celluloses Ia and Ib in Group I and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose IIa and methyl cellulose IIb in Group II, the second WSCE is the same member as that of the first WSCE, provided that the substitution degree(s) of the second WSCE may be the same as or different from that of the first WSCE, and the third WSCE is selected from members in a Group different from the Group of the first WSCE.
US11479657B2	System and method for fabricating nanoparticle filler material dispersions and producing improved compounds containing hydrophobic plastic polymers A system and method of forming a plastic blend that includes nanoparticles of filler material evenly dispersed, without agglomeration of particles, throughout a hydrophobic polymer. A slurry is created that contains water and nanoparticles of a filler material. The filler materials are selected from a group consisting of crystalline cellulose, cellulose fiber, chitosan and chitin. A dispersion aid is provided that has a melting point in a temperature range. The slurry is heated and mixed to a temperature that is above the melt point range of the dispersion aid. The dispersion aid is added. The slurry is cooled to a temperature that is below the melting point of the dispersion aid. This causes the dispersion aid to solidify and entrap the nanoparticles within solid compound. The solid compound is dried and then reduced into a powder. The powder is the fill composition that is melt compounded for use.
US11479656B2	Systems and methods for forming short-fiber films, composites comprising thermosets, and other composites The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for composites, including short-fiber films and other composites. In certain aspects, composites comprising a plurality of aligned fibers are provided. The fibers may be substantially aligned, and may be present at relatively high densities within the composite. For example, the composite may include substantially aligned carbon fibers embedded within a thermoplastic substrate. The composites may be prepared, in some aspects, by dispersing fibers by neutralizing the electrostatic interactions between the fibers, for example using aqueous liquids containing the fibers that are able to neutralize the electrostatic interactions that typically occur between the fibers. The liquids may be applied to a substrate, and the fibers may be aligned using techniques such as shear flow and/or magnetism. Other aspects are generally directed to methods of using such composites, kits including such composites, or the like.
US11479654B2	Method for producing resin for optical component, resin for optical component, spectacle lens, and spectacles A method for producing an optical component resin, suppressing yellowing due to addition of an ultraviolet absorber, an optical component resin, a spectacle lens, and spectacles. A method for producing an optical component resin, including a step of polymerizing a polymerizable composition containing a polythiol component, a polyisocyanate component, and an ultraviolet absorber, in which the ultraviolet absorber has a Hazen color number (APHA) of 40 or less in a toluene solution thereof having a concentration of 10% by mass, an optical component resin obtained by the producing method, an optical component formed of the optical component resin, a spectacle lens including a lens substrate formed of the optical component resin, and spectacles including the spectacle lens.
US11479649B2	Scratch-resistant floor and method for producing same, and floor coating A floor coating, which is prepared from 55-70% by weight of an epoxy-modified polyurethane resin, 5-10% by weight of Al2O3, 10-25% by weight of SiC, 0.4-1% by weight of a leveling agent, 0.3-1% by weight of a dispersant, 5-10% by weight of a solvent and 0.2-0.8% by weight of a curing agent. A degree of polymerization of the epoxy-modified polyurethane resin is 80-100. A scratch-resistant floor and a preparation method thereof are also disclosed herein.
US11479647B2	Film including a fluoropolymer The invention provides a film having a high relative permittivity, a high volume resistivity, and a high breakdown strength. The film has a relative permittivity of 9 or higher at a frequency of 1 kHz and 30° C., a volume resistivity of 5E+15 Ω·cm or higher at 30° C., and a breakdown strength of 500 V/μm or higher.
US11479643B2	Polyimide precursor solution and polyimide film produced using same The present invention relates to the production of a polyimide precursor, whereby, by using an amide-based organic solvent having a positive-number partition coefficient (Log P) and a density of at most 1 g/cm3, an interaction between the organic solvent and polyamic acid, which is a polyimide precursor, may be mitigated, thereby enabling the decrease of the viscosity of a polyimide precursor solution, and thus enabling a polyimide precursor solution having high solid content and low viscosity to be obtained.
US11479641B2	Fluorine-containing ether compound, lubricant for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium A fluorine-containing ether compound characterized by being represented by the following formula (1): R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4—R5 (1) In the formula (1), R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain. R2 and R4 are divalent linkage groups having a polar group and may be the same or different. R1 and R5 are bonded to an atom other than a carbon atom of R2 or R4. R1 and R5 are terminal groups composed of an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and may be the same or different. At least one of R1 and R5 is a chain organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms wherein one or more hydrogen atoms of the chain organic group is substituted with a group having an amide bond.
US11479637B2	Sheet-shaped prepreg Provided is a sheet-like prepreg that has both a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and high flexibility and offers excellent anti-warpage performance and cracking resistance. The sheet-like prepreg according to the present invention includes a curable composition and a sheet-like porous support impregnated with the curable composition. The sheet-like porous support is made from a material having a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or less. The sheet-like prepreg gives a cured product having a glass transition temperature of −60° C. to 100° C. The curable composition includes one or more curable compounds (A) and at least one of a curing agent (B) and a curing catalyst (C). The curable compounds (A) include an epoxide having a weight per epoxy equivalent of 140 to 3000 g/eq in an amount of 50 weight percent or more of the totality of the curable compounds (A).
US11479628B2	Shelf stable, low tin concentration, dual cure additive manufacturing resins Provided herein are methods of making (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes with zirconium catalysts, dual cure resins containing (meth)acrylate blocked polyurethanes and zirconium catalysts, methods of using the same in additive manufacturing, and products made therefrom.
US11479627B2	Film forming composition containing fluorine-containing surfactant A film with reduced formation of an edge reservoir at a periphery of a film in which the edge reservoir causes an unnecessary residue that cannot be removed by an etching process, and a method for forming the film. A film forming composition for use in a lithography process includes a surfactant containing a polymer and an oligomer having a C3-5 perfluoroalkyl partial structure. The perfluoroalkyl partial structure may further include an alkyl partial structure. The surfactant is contained in an amount of 0.0001% by mass to 1.5% by mass based on the total solid content of the film forming composition. The film forming composition further includes a coating film resin, the coating film resin is a novolac resin, a condensation epoxy resin, a (meth)acylic resin, a polyether-based resin, or a silicon-containing resin, etc. The formed film can be used as a resist underlayer film or a resist overlayer film.
US11479626B2	Single-ion conductive polymers for electrochemical devices A solid single-ion conductive polymer comprising a repeat unit of formula (Ia): wherein R1 is H, or C1 to C16 linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl; m is 1 to 5; each M+ is independently selected from Li+, Na+ or K+; and X is selected from CF3, CH3, or F; and the polymer has an average molecular weight of 350.000 to 1.200.000 Da.
US11479625B2	Ethylene-propylene branched copolymers as viscosity modifiers with enhanced fuel economy In some embodiments, ethylene-propylene branched copolymers are synthesized with pyridyldiamido catalysts and a chain transfer agent, and their performance as viscosity modifiers in oil are detailed. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides for ethylene-propylene branched copolymers having a shear thinning onset of less than about 0.01 rad/s and an HTHS value of less than about 3.3. In some embodiments, the ethylene-propylene branched copolymer is used as a viscosity modifier in a lubricating composition and a fuel composition.
US11479624B2	PE-RT pipes and processes for making the same Provided herein are polyethylene compositions suitable in the fabrication of PE-RT pipes for use in cold and hot water plumbing in accordance with ISO 22391-2, and processes for making the same.
US11479621B2	UV-curable composition and adhesive film, adhesive tape and bonding member containing the same The present disclosure relates to a UV-curable composition and adhesive film, adhesive tape and bonding member containing the same. Said UV-curable composition is a UV-curable composition catalyzable by photobase. Said UV-curable composition comprises (1) acrylic polymer and/or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; (2) curable components, comprising polyfunctional mercaptan and polyfunctional epoxy resin; and a (3) photobase generator. The composition of the present disclosure can be coated into an adhesive tape or adhesive film; such adhesive tape or film possesses initial adhesion before UV curing is carried out and can have the strength of a semi-structural adhesive or a structural adhesive after UV curing is carried out.
US11479620B2	3D printing with polymeric nanogel particles A photoinitiated polymerizable composition for 3D printing, the polymerizable composition comprising a nanogel component that comprises nanogel particles, wherein the nanogel particles comprise a copolymer with polymerizable reactive groups suitable for reacting with each other or a reactive diluent monomer, a reactive oligomer, a resin, or a combination thereof that is present in the polymerizable composition upon photoinitiation, wherein the nanogel component has a glass transition temperature that is in a range of about −50 C and about 20 C and an average molecular weight that is in a range of about 10 kg/mol and about 100 kg/mol, and wherein the nanoparticles have an average hydrodynamic radius that is in a range of 1 nm to about 5 nm.
US11479617B2	Chelator-functionalized glycosaminoglycans A compound includes a polysaccharide moiety and one or more chelating agents. The one or more chelating agents are covalently bonded to the polysaccharide moiety. The polysaccharide moiety can include a glycosaminoglycan moiety, such as a hyaluronic acid polymer or a sulfated glycosaminoglycan moiety. The compound can be used to treat or prevent a disease or disorder in a patient with a metal implant. The compound reduces a concentration of metal particulates or metal ions in the subject.
US11479615B2	Anti-coagulation factor XI antibodies Antibodies that bind the apple 3 domain of human coagulation Factor XI and inhibit activation of FXI by coagulation factor XIIa as well as activation of FIX by FXIa are described.
US11479608B2	Anti-CTLA4 antibodies The present invention belongs to the fields of tumor therapy and molecular immunology. The present invention relates to an anti-CTLA4 antibody, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The anti-CTLA4 antibody of the present invention can specifically bind CTLA4, and can very effectively block the binding of CLTA4 to B7.
US11479606B2	Compositions and methods for targeting CD33-expressing cancers Disclosed are compositions and methods for targeted treatment of CD33-expressing cancers. In particular, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides are disclosed that can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill CD33-expressing cancers. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a CD33-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs. Also disclosed are multivalent antibodies are disclosed that are able to engage T-cells to destroy CD33-expressing malignant cells.
US11479604B2	Immunomodulatory peptides and methods for modulating the immune system in a subject Peptides have immune system modulation properties. The immunologically active peptides can be derived from the heavy-chain complementarity determining region-3 of a humanized monoclonal antibody to NaPi2B transporter. Such peptides can be used to modulate the immune system of a subject under cancer treatment.
US11479603B2	Polypeptide and antibody bound to polypeptide An antibody for being specifically bound to a pro brain-derived neurotrophic factor (pro-BDNF) and a bound epitope. The antibody and the protein are used for treating autoimmune diseases. By inhibiting the activity induced by the pro-BDNF, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephriti, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, asthma or cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases are treated.
US11479599B2	Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and methods of using the same The instant disclosure provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that can bind to a SARS-CoV-2 antigen and, in certain embodiments, are capable of neutralizing a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Also provided are polynucleotides that encode an antibody or antigen-binding fragment, vectors and host cells that comprise a polynucleotide, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the presently disclosed antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and compositions to treat or diagnose a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
US11479597B2	Thiosuccinyl-crosslinked hemoglobin analogs and methods of use and preparation thereof Provided herein are thiosuccinyl-crosslinked hemoglobin analogs useful as blood replacement agents, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the methods of use and preparation thereof.
US11479595B2	Methods for modulating an immune response The present disclosure provides methods of modulating an immune response in an individual. The present disclosure provides methods of treatment. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) and an immune checkpoint inhibitor to an individual. The present disclosure provides methods comprising administering a multimeric polypeptide (synTac) to an individual who is undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor.
US11479592B2	Erythropoietin-derived peptide, preparation method and use thereof An erythropoiet-derived peptide having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. A, method for preparing the above-described erythropoietin-derived peptide. Also provided is the rrse of the above-described erythropoietin-derived peptide fo the preparation of medicament for reatin$ nerve cell damage. Also provided is the use of the above-described erythropoietin-derived peptide for the preparation of a medicament for treating hypoxic brain damage. Also provided is the use of the above-described erythropoietin-derived peptide for the preparation of a medicament for treating epilepsy. The novel EPO-derived peptide of the present invention has a small molecular weight and can penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Moreover, it is a small-molecule polypeptide derived from a functional protein in the human body, having an extremely small side effect to the human body compared with other developed and synthesized thugs, thereby it has a good clinical application prospect.
US11479590B2	Synthetic foldable proteins generated from peptide segments of folding nuclei of reference proteins A method of making a synthetic foldable having a tertiary structure emulating the tertiary structure of a reference foldable protein is described. The method includes determining a folding nucleus peptide sequence associated with folding the reference foldable protein. The synthetic foldable protein is synthesized by including the determined folding nucleus peptide sequence and at least one repeat thereof in the peptide sequence of the synthetic foldable protein.
US11479586B2	Polynucleotides and polypeptides useful for making alkaloid compounds Polynucleotides and polypeptides useful in the manufacture of a class of chemical compounds known as alkaloids are provided. The polynucleotides and polypeptides may be used to synthesize alkaloids, including reticuline, thebaine and morphine, in vivo and in vitro. The polynucleotides further may be used to examine the presence of the polynucleotides in a cell or a cell extract, and to modulate expression thereof in living cells.
US11479583B2	Targeted mosquitocidal toxins Insecticidal toxins described herein are fused toxin peptides made up of a targeting domain fused to a toxin domain. The targeting peptide generates a specific association with mosquitoes by causing the fused toxin peptide to bind mosquitoes in a way that leads to the insecticidal activity. Transgenic plants described herein are mosquitocidal by expressing an insecticidal toxin protein in nectar that includes a targeting peptide to ensure specificity against mosquitoes. These transgenic plants serve as role models for safety, since they are non-crop plants and specific to one mosquito species.
US11479582B2	Anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides Anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides are provided. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides include peptide sequences corresponding to the sequence of the SARS-CoV-2 fusion complex heptad repeat domain HR2 and having at least one artificial mutation. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be 39-mers, such as peptides #121 (SEQ ID NO: 2) and #125 (SEQ ID NO: 5). These peptides may competitively bind to SARS-CoV-2 and prevent either membrane mediated SARS-CoV-2 fusion, endocytosis-mediated viral entry, or both. The anti-SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptides may be administered to a subject in need thereof to inhibit or prevent SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry.
US11479581B2	Non-chromatographic purification of macrocyclic peptides by a resin catch and release The disclosure is directed to compounds and methods for preparing purified macrocyclic peptide using “catch-release” methods. These methods comprise reacting a free amino group of a resin-bound linear peptide with an azide- or alkyne-functionalized cap to form a resin-bound capped linear peptide having an azide- or alkyne-functionalized cap; cleaving the capped linear peptide from the resin to form a free capped linear peptide having an azide- or alkyne-functionalized cap; reacting the free capped linear peptide having an azide-functionalized cap with an alkyne-functionalized catch resin, or reacting the free capped linear peptide having an akynyl-functionalized cap with an azide functionalized catch resin, to form a catch-resin bound capped linear peptide; reacting the catch-resin bound capped linear peptide under conditions sufficient to effect macrocyclization of the linear peptide and release of the macrocyclic peptide from the catch resin.
US11479580B2	Polypeptide expressed in the stratum corneum and use thereof Polypeptides belonging to the family of late proteins of the cornified envelope (LCE), fragments of the polypeptide, isolated nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides, and cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions containing such polypeptides are described. The polypeptides have cosmetic and/or therapeutic use to reinforce the barrier function of the epidermis, prevent and/or treat the signs of skin dryness and prevent and/or treat disorders of the barrier function or the weakening of the epidermis.
US11479578B2	Protein purification and virus inactivation with alkyl glycosides A process for purifying a recombinant protein comprising the steps of: i) providing a solution comprising the recombinant protein; ii) adding an alkyl glycoside to the solution; and iii) purifying the recombinant protein. The addition of the alkyl glycoside provides improved clearance of process-related impurities. The purified recombinant protein of the invention has low levels of host cell DNA, host cell protein and viral contamination.
US11479573B2	Synthesis of cyclic organic compounds and metallocenes A method comprising synthesizing a cyclic organic compound via reaction of an unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentene with an unsubstituted or substituted acrylic acid in the presence of phosphoric and/or sulfonic acid reagent to make the cyclic organic compound. Also, a method of synthesizing a ligand for a transition metal, and a related substituted ligand-metal complex and catalyst, from the unsubstituted or substituted cyclopentene and unsubstituted or substituted acrylic acid. Also, the cyclic organic compound, ligand, and substituted ligand-metal complex and catalyst synthesized thereby. Also a method of polymerizing an olefin with the catalyst to give a polyolefin, and the polyolefin made thereby.
US11479572B2	Ifosfamide intermediate, preparation method and application thereof The invention discloses an ifosfamide intermediate, a preparation method and application thereof. The ifosfamide intermediate has formula I. The ifosfamide intermediate reacts with a chlorinating agent, and then cyclization is performed under the action of an organic base to obtain ifosfamide. Compared with the existing synthetic routes, the method of the invention has the advantages that the use of highly toxic and explosive ethyleneimine can be avoided, and the use of explosive chemicals can be avoided.
US11479571B2	Benzimidazol derivatives for treating filovirus infection The present invention relates to compounds comprising a benzimidazole scaffold, and the use of such compounds for the treatment of viral diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient. In particular the compounds of the invention comprising a benzimidazole scaffold are used for the treatment of filoviruses or retroviruses, and preferably for the treatment of Ebola virus or HIV virus.
US11479560B2	OX2R compounds Methods and compositions for agonizing a type-2 orexin receptor (OX2R) in a cell determined to be in need thereof, including the general method of (a) administering to a subject a cyclic guanidinyl OX2R agonist and (b) detecting a resultant enhanced wakefulness or increased resistance to diet-induced accumulation of body fat, or abbreviated recovery from general anesthesia or jet lag.
US11479559B2	Urea-substituted aromatic ring-linked dioxinoquinoline compounds, preparation method and uses thereof The present invention relates to an urea-substituted aromatic ring-linked dioxinoquinoline compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof. The invention also provides a preparation method of the compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as uses thereof as a drug, wherein the drug acting as a tyrosine kinase (i.e. VEGFR-2, C-RAF, B-RAF, and RET) inhibitor is used for treating disorders related to tyrosine kinase.
US11479558B2	Substituted tetrahydropyranoindoles, derivatives thereof, and their methods of synthesis and use Disclosed herein are tetrahydropyranoindole compounds and derivatives thereof, as well as their methods of synthesis and use. The disclosed compounds may be synthesized by methods that utilize a cooperative hydrogen bond donor/Brønsted acid system. The disclosed compounds may be useful for treating a disease, disorder, or a symptom thereof in a subject in need thereof, such as pain, swelling, and joint stiffness. The disclosed compounds also may be useful for treating cell proliferative diseases and disorders such as cancer.
US11479556B1	Bifunctional compounds for degrading BTK via ubiquitin proteosome pathway The present invention relates to compounds useful for degrading BTK via a ubiquitin proteolytic pathway. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising said compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various disease, conditions, or disorders.
US11479555B2	Substituted 1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[3,4-D]pyrimidin-3-ones as inhibitors of WEE-1 kinase The disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I) wherein Q, R1, R2, and m are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating a neoplastic disease with these compounds.
US11479552B2	Substituted piperidine compounds and their use Provided are compounds represented by the following formulas (I), (II), (III) and (IV) having orexin type 2 receptor-activating activity, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
US11479551B2	MTA-cooperative PRMT5 inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit Protein Arginine N-Methyl Transferase 5 (PRMT5) activity. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I) and to methods of use thereof, such as methods of treating cancer using the compounds of Formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising those compounds.
US11479544B2	Compound, material for organic electroluminescence element, organic electroluminescence element, and electronic device A novel compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 to R7, R11 to R18, L1 to L3, a to c, n, and Ar are as defined in the description, provides an organic electroluminescence device having a device lifetime further improved.
US11479543B2	Heterocyclic RIP1 kinase inhibitors Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition.
US11479542B2	Compounds, compositions and methods The disclosed subject matter provides certain polymorphic forms of Compound (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound (I) or such polymorphic forms, and methods of using or making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. It has now been discovered that Compound (I) can exist in multiple crystalline forms (polymorphs). One particular crystalline form, Form II, has been found to be more thermodynamically stable and, thus, likely more suitable for bulk preparation and handling than other polymorphic forms. Efficient and economic methods have been developed to prepare Compound (I) and Form II in high purity on a large scale. In animal studies, Form II has demonstrated safety and efficacy in treating depressive disorders and, when micronized, improved absorption compared to non-micronized Form II.
US11479534B2	Compound and use thereof in medicine Disclosed are a compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which can be used, by means of a chemical small molecule which targets both UHFR1 and HDAC1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as corresponding inhibitors or drugs for treating diseases, and are used for treating myelodysplastic syndrome, psoriasis, scar hyperplasia, prostate or breast hyperplasia, hematologic neoplasms and solid cancers alone or combined with other methods. Same have a good therapeutic effect.
US11479533B2	Inhibitors of Rho associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase The invention relates to inhibitors of ROCK1 and/or ROCK2. Also provided are methods of inhibiting ROCK1 and/or ROCK2 that are useful for the treatment of disease.
US11479532B2	5-aminolevulinate synthase inhibitors and methods of use thereof Disclosed herein, are 5-Aminolevulinate synthase inhibitors and methods for their use in the treatment of porphyria. In at least one specific embodiment, the 5-Aminolevulinate synthase inhibitors can include compounds or salts thereof of Formulas (I-V)
US11479529B2	Compounds with antimicrobial activity This invention relates to compounds of formula 1, 2 or 3 a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, wherein X1, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein. The compounds are antimicrobial agents that may be used to treat various bacterial and protozoal infections and disorders related to such infections. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and to methods of treating bacterial and protozoal infections by administering the compounds of formula 1, 2 or 3.
US11479528B2	Heat shock protein 90 inhibitors This disclosure is related to aromatic compounds of formula (I), and methods of their use in treating medical conditions associated with Heat Shock Protein-90 (HSP90), e.g., cancer. Compounds of formula (I) have the following structure: Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I).
US11479527B2	High penetration prodrug compositions of mustards and mustard-related compounds The invention provides compositions of novel high penetration compositions (HPC) or high penetration prodrugs (HPP) of mustards and mustard-related compounds, which are capable of crossing biological barriers with high penetration efficiency. The HPPs are capable of being converted to parent active drugs or drug metabolites after crossing the biological barrier and thus can render treatments for the conditions that the parent drugs or metabolites can. Additionally, the HPPs are capable of reaching areas that parent drugs may not be able to access or to render a sufficient concentration at the target areas and therefore render novel treatments. The HPPs can be administered to a subject through various administration routes, e.g., locally delivered to an action site of a condition with a high concentration or systematically administered to a biological subject and enter the general circulation with a faster rate.
US11479526B2	Aminoalkanoic acid derivative containing biphenyl group and antifungal pharmaceutical composition comprising the same The present invention relates to a derivative compound in which a biphenyl group is introduced into an aminoalkanoic acid, a stereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention exhibits excellent antifungal and fungicidal effects. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention exhibits a synergistic effect when used in combination with a conventional antifungal agent. Furthermore, the compound of the present invention provides broad-spectrum antifungal activity against a wide range of fungal pathogens. Therefore, the compound of the present invention may be widely used in fields requiring treatment with antifungal or fungicidal agents against human pathogenic fungi and animal pathogenic fungi, and phytopathogenic fungi.
US11479525B2	Propenylamines and methods of making and using same A composition includes a perfluorinated propenylamine represented by the following general formula (1): Each occurrence of Rf1 and Rf2 is: (i) independently a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms and optionally comprises one or more catenated heteroatoms; or (ii) bonded together to form a ring structure having 4-8 carbon atoms and that optionally comprises one or more catenated heteroatoms. At least 60 wt. % of the perfluorinated propenylamine is in the form of the E isomer, based on the total weight of the perfluorinated propenylamine in the composition.
US11479523B2	Single step process for the oxidation of cyclohexane The present invention disclosed a single step process for the conversion of cyclohexane to adipic acid by using manganese oxide, tungsten oxide or Mn—WOx nano structure having improved yield and selectivity.
US11479521B2	Methods for making light olefins from different feed streams According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, chemical streams may be processed by a method which may comprise operating a first chemical process, stopping the first chemical process and removing the first catalyst from the reactor, and operating a second chemical process. The reaction of the first chemical process may be a dehydrogenation reaction, a cracking reaction, a dehydration reaction, or a methanol-to-olefin reaction. The reaction of the second chemical process may be a dehydrogenation reaction, a cracking reaction, a dehydration reaction, or a methanol-to-olefin reaction. The first reaction and the second reaction may be different types of reactions.
US11479518B2	Method for producing 1,3-butadiene The method of the present invention for producing 1,3-butadiene includes: vaporizing an ethanol feedstock in a vaporizer (104), supplying the feedstock to two or more parallel first reactors (108) to convert ethanol into acetaldehyde in the presence of a first catalyst; supplying a resulting intermediate gas to a second reactor (110) to convert ethanol and acetaldehyde into 1,3-butadiene in the presence of a second catalyst; purifying a resulting crude gas containing 1,3-butadiene by a gas-liquid separator (112), a first distillation column (114), a fourth reactor (116), and a second distillation column (118); and supplying an oxygen-containing gas to at least one of the two or more parallel first reactors (108) under specific conditions, while discharging a carbon dioxide-containing gas from the first reactor (108), to thereby regenerate the first catalyst, while continuing the conversion reaction.
US11479517B2	Explosive formulations of mixture of carbon dioxide and a reducing agent and methods of using same The disclosure relates to embodiments of an explosive formulation comprising a detonable mixture of an oxidizing agent such as carbon dioxide, and a material that decomposes the oxidizing agent exothermically (a reducing agent), and additives that increase the mixture's shock sensitivity. The formulations may be used in a method to produce diamonds or nano oxides or in other applications that use traditional explosives such as, but not limited to: ammonium nitrate and fuel oil combinations (ANFO), watergel explosives, emulsion explosives and RDX.
US11479513B2	Antiskid and wear-resistant glaze, antiskid, wear-resistant and easy-to-clean ceramic tile and preparation method thereof An antiskid and wear-resistant glaze, an antiskid, wear-resistant and easy-to-clean ceramic tile and a preparation method thereof, relating to the technical field of building ceramics, are provided. This antiskid and wear-resistant glaze is prepared by antiskid and wear-resistant particles, a printing paste and sodium tripolyphosphate. This antiskid, wear-resistant and easy-to-clean ceramic tile comprises, from the bottom up, a green body layer, an overglaze layer, a decoration layer, an antiskid and wear-resistant layer and an easy-to-clean protection layer provided in turn, wherein the antiskid and wear-resistant layer is mainly prepared by antiskid and wear-resistant particles, and the easy-to-clean protection layer is mainly prepared by easy-to-clean protection particles.
US11479512B2	Process and apparatus for producing a shaped article Disclosed herein is a method and an apparatus for producing a shaped article. The method comprises obtaining a freshly produced aluminosilicate-containing particulate waste material and, before the waste material cools to ambient temperature, mixing the waste material into a mixture, wherein the mixture comprises the aluminosilicate, a metal oxide, an alkali, a water soluble silicate and water; shaping the mixture; and curing the shaped mixture, whereby the shaped article is produced.
US11479507B2	Concrete mix composition A cementitious blend composition and a concrete mix composition preferable for making concrete resistant to high temperatures and alkaline conditions, particularly for making durable concrete for constructing an alumina digester tank in an aluminum smelter. The cementitious blend composition includes at least one hydraulic cement, silica fume (SF), and natural pozzolan (NP), wherein a weight percent ratio of at least one hydraulic cement:SF:NP in the cementitious blend composition lies in the range of (24-63):(5-44):(32-40) with the sum of the weight percentages of the at least one hydraulic cement, the SF, and the NP not exceeding 100%. The concrete mix composition comprises water and the cementitious blend composition, wherein a weight ratio of the water to the cementitious blend composition is 0.2-0.5, and wherein the concrete mix composition has a content of the cementitious blend composition of 400-550 kg/m3.
US11479503B2	Chemically strengthened glass and method for manufacturing chemically strengthened glass Provided is a tempered glass sheet, including: a compressive stress layer having a compressive stress of 20 MPa or more continuously from a main surface in a depth direction thereof; a tensile stress layer that is arranged on an inner side with respect to the compressive stress layer in a sheet thickness direction and has a tensile stress of 20 MPa or more continuously in a depth direction thereof; and a stress-neutral layer arranged between the compressive stress layer and the tensile stress layer, wherein the stress-neutral layer has a compressive stress of less than 20 MPa and/or a tensile stress of less than 20 MPa continuously in the sheet thickness direction, and has a thickness of 5.3% or more of a sheet thickness.
US11479502B2	Coating having solar control properties for a substrate, and method and system for depositing said coating on the substrate The present invention relates to coating glass for architectural or automotive use, either monolithic or laminated, having solar control properties. The coating consists of several layers of different metal oxide semiconductors (TiO2, ZnO, ZrO2, SnO2, AlOx) and a layer of metallic nanoparticles, which when superimposed on a pre-established order give the glass solar control properties. In particular the use of protective layers of n-type semiconductors around the metallic nanoparticles layer. It also relates to the method for obtaining the coating by means of the aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique, using precursor solutions containing an organic or inorganic salt (acetates, acetylacetonates, halides, nitrates) of the applicable elements and an appropriate solvent (water, alcohol, acetone, acetylacetone, etc.). The synthesis is performed at a temperature between 100 and 600° C. depending on the material to be deposited. A nebulizer converts the precursor solution into an aerosol which is submitted with a gas to the substrate surface, where due to the temperature the thermal decomposition of the precursor occurs and the deposition of each layer of the coating occurs.
US11479500B2	Enamel composition, method for preparing enamel composition, and cooking appliance An enamel composition, a method for preparing an enamel composition, and a cooking appliance including an enamel composition are provided. The enamel composition may include a base glass frit, and a catalytic glass frit. Further, the enamel composition may include 3 to 20 parts by weight of the catalytic glass frit based on 100 parts by weight of the base glass frit.
US11479499B2	Calcium-containing high-index phosphate glasses Glass compositions include phosphorus oxide (P2O5), niobia (Nb2O5), titania (TiO2), potassium oxide (K2O) and calcium oxide (CaO) as essential components and may optionally include barium oxide (BaO), sodium oxide (Na2O), lithium oxide (Li2O), tungsten oxide (WO3), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), tantalum oxide (Ta2O5), silica (SiO2) and other components. The glasses may be characterized by high refractive index at 587.56 nm at comparably low density at room temperature.
US11479488B2	Nano iron biological coupling device for organic wastewater and its process A nano zero valent iron biological coupling device for organic wastewater includes a continuous flow stirred reactor, a flocculation sedimentation device and a membrane bioreactor arranged in series. A nano zero valent iron feeding device is arranged in the continuous flow stirred reactor, a flocculant and a coagulant aid are arranged in the flocculation sedimentation device, and a microbial reaction liquid is arranged in the membrane bioreactor. A nano iron biological coupling process includes: S1, placing the organic wastewater in the continuous flow stirred reactor, adding the nano zero valent iron, stirring and mixing; S2, placing the organic wastewater treated after S1 in the flocculation sedimentation device; S3, placing the organic wastewater treated after S2 in the membrane bioreactor and interacting with the microbial reaction liquid; S4, performing a membrane separation on the organic wastewater treated after S3 in the membrane bioreactor to obtain purified organic wastewater.
US11479485B2	Sequestering agents, kits therefor, and methods of using sequestering agents and kits therefor Provided are sequestering agents for sequestering non-water moieties from an aqueous solution. The sequestering agents may comprise a detergent; and a polymer operable to stabilize formation of a detergent micelle thereby causing the detergent and polymer to self-assemble into a nanonet upon exposure to the aqueous solution. Also provided are kits therefore and methods for use of the sequestering agents and kits.
US11479476B2	Zirconia sol and method for manufacturing same Provided are a zirconia sol having a transmittance of 45% or more at a wavelength of 400 nm, having a transmittance of 75% or more at a wavelength of 550 nm, and containing zirconia particles in an amount of 20 wt % or more, and a method for manufacturing the zirconia sol.
US11479469B2	Method for storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid Provided is a method for stably storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a surfactant for a long period of time. One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for storing a nanocarbon dispersion liquid comprising a low-temperature storage step of storing the nanocarbon dispersion liquid at 10° C. or lower and/or a surfactant concentration adjustment step of adjusting a concentration of the surfactant in the nanocarbon dispersion liquid so as to be less than 100 times of a critical micelle concentration and equal to or more than the critical micelle concentration.
US11479462B1	Hydrocarbon reforming processes with shaft power production A high-pressure steam stream produced from the waste heat recovery system of a syngas producing unit may be superheated and then supplied to a steam turbine in a hydrocarbon production plant to produce an expanded steam stream and shaft power. A portion of the expanded stream can be fed into the reforming reactor in the syngas producing unit. The shaft power can be used to drive compressors and pumps in an olefins production plant. Considerable energy efficiency and capital investment savings can be realized by such steam integration compared to running the olefins production plant separately.
US11479460B2	Methods and devices for microelectromechanical resonators MEMS based sensors, particularly capacitive sensors, potentially can address critical considerations for users including accuracy, repeatability, long-term stability, ease of calibration, resistance to chemical and physical contaminants, size, packaging, and cost effectiveness. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to exploit MEMS processes that allow for manufacturability and integration of resonator elements into cavities within the MEMS sensor that are at low pressure allowing high quality factor resonators and absolute pressure sensors to be implemented. Embodiments of the invention provide capacitive sensors and MEMS elements that can be implemented directly above silicon CMOS electronics.
US11479456B2	Gas dispensing system for a beverage machine A gas dispensing system for a beverage system is disclosed herein. The gas dispensing system can releasably secure a gas canister or other gas source for release of pressurized gas therein to the beverage system. In an embodiment, the gas dispensing system includes a distribution body that can articulate between a loading position and a dispensing position. In the loading position, a gas canister can be releasably secured within the system. As the distribution body is moved into the dispensing position, a puncture mechanism can be moved further into the distribution body, puncturing the gas canister for release of pressurized gas. The distribution body can be fluidically coupled with a valve or other flow control element of the beverage machine, allowing for controlled entry of the pressurized gas into the system.
US11479455B2	Water dispensing station A drink station is provided with an alkaline filter cartridge in fluid communication with an ambient temperature water line provide alkaline water, and with a chilled water mixed with the alkaline water at a spigot to provide chilled alkaline water. A hot water heating element is located below the spigot so hot water flows upward for dispensing from the spigot, with a vent line between the heating element and spigot helping hot water to flow from the spigot to the heating element. A refrigeration system and a carbonation system is also provided. The refrigeration system uses the ice-bank technology. A submersible agitator pump improves heat exchanged between ice-bank and water by forced convection. The agitator pump operating based on the temperature of the drinking water. A figure eight evaporator coil can provide two cylindrical ice banks and two chilled water coils to increase the chilled water capacity.
US11479454B1	Drinking water and cleaning product refill station The water, cleaner, and wipe supply station includes multiple, related functions. Specifically: cleaning and refilling bottles with drinking water; cleaning and refilling cleaning product containers; and cleaning and refilling containers with pre-moistened wipes. The result is a reduction of waste introduced into landfills, and a means of centrally distributing clean water, cleaning products, and wipes without the need for additional containers.
US11479451B2	Roller reversing and jacking device for handling equipment A roller reversing and jacking device for handling equipment comprises a directional roller set, at least one set of reversing and jacking assemblies and a reversing roller set. The reversing and jacking assemblies comprises: a jacking slider restricted to and disposed on the frame through a slider guide post; a reversing and jacking eccentric shaft correspondingly disposed on the jacking slider, comprising an eccentric shaft segment, an eccentric roller and a transmission shaft segment; and a reversing and jacking drive motor connected to and/or disconnected from one end of the transmission shaft segment, and the reversing and jacking drive motor fixedly mounted on the frame.
US11479449B2	Vertical lifting device and method A vertical lifting device and method are provided. The vertical lifting device includes a fixed frame fixed to a foundation. A first cavity allowing passage of a lifting rope is provided in the middle of the fixed frame. A sliding frame moving horizontally on the fixed frame is arranged above the fixed frame. A second cavity allowing passage of the lifting rope is provided in the middle of the sliding frame. At least two stepping vehicles alternately lowering or lifting weights are arranged on the sliding frame and move on the sliding frame. The stepping vehicles are spaced in preset distances. The lifting rope penetrates through the stepping vehicles in sequence. Each stepping vehicle is provided with a clamping part clamping the lifting rope and a driving mechanism driving the stepping vehicle to move on the sliding frame.
US11479443B2	Elevator brake assembly with electromagnet assembly and permanent magnet assembly that engage one another Disclosed is a brake assembly for an elevator system, having: a housing defining a housing cavity, a housing forward end with a forward end opening into the housing cavity, and a housing aft end; a first magnet disposed in the housing cavity, near the forward end opening; a second magnet disposed in the housing cavity, between the first magnet and the housing aft end, and wherein the second magnet is configured to: reduce attraction between itself and the first magnet, whereby the first magnet moves at least partially through the forward end opening to engage a guide rail that is metallic, thereby preventing vertical movement of the first magnet of the brake assembly, when magnetically connected to the rail, relative to the housing; and attract the first magnet to draw the first magnet into the housing cavity.
US11479442B2	Method for monitoring characteristics of a door motion procedure of an elevator door using a smart mobile device A method and a device for monitoring characteristics of an elevator door motion procedure use a smart mobile device including multiple sensors. The method includes: (i) determining a time window, within which a door motion is assumed to occur, including a time interval enclosed by a start time limit and an end time limit and wherein at least one of the start time limit and the end time limit is determined based on first measurement values acquired by a first sensor in the smart mobile device; and (ii) detecting characteristics of the procedure based on second measurement values acquired during the time window by a second sensor in the smart mobile device. Using the method, door motion characteristics can be reliably monitored using a passenger's smart mobile phone while substantially limiting sensing and processing capacities required by the smart mobile phone as well as avoiding compromising passenger privacy requirements.
US11479438B2	Nanofiber structure applicator A nanofiber structure applicator is described that can remove two substrates from opposing major surfaces of a nanofiber structure. The two substrates can have differing adhesive strengths with the nanofiber forest. This difference in adhesive strength can be used to reorient nanofibers that form the nanofiber structure relative to the final surface on which they are applied. This reorienting of the individual nanofibers within a nanofiber structure can be used to tailor some of the properties of the nanofiber structure. Furthermore, the nanofiber structure applicator is configured can improve the convenience with which a nanofiber structure can be transported and applied to an application surface.
US11479433B2	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device includes a tray, a conveyor, and a guide body. The tray is configured to stack a sheet. The conveyor is configured to convey the sheet to the tray. The guide body has a space, a height of the space being greater than a thickness of the sheet. The guide body is configured to guide the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, with a leading end of the sheet being inserted in the space. The guide body is configured to separate the sheet from the space, according to a difference of a sheet conveying speed of the conveyor and a moving speed of the guide body, and to stack the sheet on the tray.
US11479429B2	Method and apparatus for preparing edges of reels of web material A method and apparatus for preparing edges of reels of web material, where a reel is held with its axis horizontal; a manipulator applies a first adhesive element on an outer surface of the reel; a gripping member picks up the first adhesive element and forms a loop; and a cutting device transversely cuts the web material at the loop. A section of web material with a length equal to or greater than a circumference of the reel is unwound from the reel; a second adhesive element is applied on an outer surface or on an inner surface of the web material; and a scrap portion of the web material is cut and discarded by a suction device.
US11479420B2	Automatic tote accumulator with cam-actuated stack retaining latch A tote accumulator includes stack retaining latches that are configured to be acted on by a cam and follower mechanism and additionally by a holding mechanism. The cam and follower mechanism is configured to act on the stack retaining latches when the stack of totes is moved vertically by a lifting member, to move the stack retaining latches into an active dwell wherein the stack retaining latches are engaged with the stack of totes. The holding mechanism is configured to be activated to extend the active dwell after the cam and follower mechanism ceases to act on the stack retaining latches. The active dwell is extended even further by a mechanical interlocking feature between the latches and the totes. In various implementations, the design of the cam and follower arrangement and the activation timing of the holding mechanism may be adapted to execute a stacking or an unstacking operation.
US11479419B2	Automated machine for unloading and transferring cut and trimmed poultry meat pieces An automated unloading machine for unloading cut and trimmed raw poultry meat pieces from an upstream poultry meat cutting machine. The automated unloading machine is operably associated with a feed conveyer configured to support the cut and trimmed poultry meat pieces provided by the meat cutting machine. The automated unloading machine comprises one of an exit conveyor movable in a second direction and a packaging machine, an electronic controller configured to receive and process position and orientation data of the poultry meat pieces located on the feed conveyer, and a robotic picking device operatively associated with the electronic controller and configured to pick the poultry meat pieces from the feed conveyer and place them onto one of the exit conveyor and the packaging machine so that the cut and trimmed poultry meat pieces are arranged on one of the exit conveyor and the packaging machine in a desired orientation.
US11479417B2	Sensor systems and methods for detecting conveyor tension in a mining system A conveyor system that includes a sprocket, a conveyor element, a sensor, a tensioning system, and an electronic processor. The conveyor element is coupled to the sprocket to move around the sprocket. The sensor is positioned adjacent to the sprocket and configured to generate an output signal indicative of a detection of the conveyor element. The electronic processor is coupled to the sensor and to the tensioning system. The electronic processor is configured to receive the output signal from the sensor, estimate a trajectory of the conveyor element based on the output signal, determine a value for slack distance based on the estimated trajectory of the conveyor element, and control the tensioning system based on the value for slack distance.
US11479413B2	Automated outdoor terminal for storage and handover of online orders and a method to operate the terminal An automated temperature-controlled outdoor terminal for storage and handover of online grocery orders allowing simultaneous operation of two transactions and a method to operate the terminal is described here.
US11479409B2	Storage apparatus An apparatus (10, 60) for storage of elongate elements, such as pipes, tubes and conduits. The apparatus (10, 60) includes a frame (12) that supports a plurality of trays (15, 63). The trays (15, 63) are arranged in two vertical columns of storage positions, except for the trays located at the top or bottom of the apparatus as they are moved about sprockets (71, 72) by a drive motor (73). Each tray (15, 63) is configured to support a plurality of elongate items. The trays (15, 63, which may embodied as cradles or racks, may be moved between a storage position and an access position, wherein in the access position, the elongate items can be accessed from substantially vertically above the tray (15, 63).
US11479407B2	Displacement mechanism for a remotely operated vehicle The invention concerns a displacement mechanism (16) for a remotely operated vehicle (400,500,600,700), the displacement mechanism (16) being for raising and lowering wheels (25) onto a rail system (108) that the remotely operated vehicle (400,500,600,700) runs on. Furthermore, the invention concerns a remotely operated vehicle (400,500,600,700) comprising such a displacement mechanism (16), a method for raising and lowering the wheels of a remotely operated vehicle (400,500,600,700) comprising such a displacement mechanism (16) and an automated storage and retrieval system (1) comprising at least one remotely operated vehicle (400,500,600,700) comprising such a displacement mechanism (16).
US11479404B2	System and components for receiving, storing, and dispensing fluids A container has a top and a bottom endcap, a bottle sandwiched therebetween, and one or more bands coupling the top and bottom endcaps and the bottle. The bottle receives therein a flexible bladder. At least one of the top and bottom endcaps has a pair of opposing parallel surfaces, one of which has a protrusion extending therefrom and the other one of which has a recess therein at a location corresponding to that of the protrusion. A valving structure demountably engages with a neck portion of the bottle and has (i) a coupling valve assembly having two channels in fluid communication with the bottle and the bladder for injecting gas thereinto and dispensing liquid therefrom, respectively, and (ii) a twist-lock casing receiving therein the coupling valve assembly and removably coupled to the bottle's neck portion. The twist-lock casing has a structure for safely depressurizing the bottle.
US11479401B2	Cushioning device and packaging assembly for base station antenna A cushioning device and a packaging assembly for a base station antenna includes an inner cushioning member and an outer cushioning member. Each cushioning member comprises an inflated airbag. The inner cushioning member is configured to abut an end cover of the housing of the base station antenna and to surround at least one protruding member that is provided on the end cover within a cavity defined by the inner cushioning member. The outer cushioning member is configured to cover both ends of the base station antenna.
US11479400B2	Container A bottom section has a ground contact section which is provided at the outer periphery of a body section, and a raised bottom section which is provided inside the ground contact section. The raised bottom section is provided with a recessed section provided at the center, and a connection section which connects the recessed section and the ground contact section. The recessed section side end of the connection section is configured to be located closer to the neck side than the ground contact section side end when inner pressure is at ambient pressure.
US11479399B2	Container and method for manufacturing container There is provided a container that makes it possible to suppress intrusion of bacteria from the tip of a pleat part into the inside of the container. The container includes: a main body that includes a body part defining a containing portion and a flange part extending outward from an upper portion of the body part; and a lid that is joined to the flange part of the main body via an outer edge seal portion so as to cover the containing portion, the lid being formed by a lid member folded back at a fold-back portion such that portions of the lid member overlap each other. The lid has: a pleat part that includes the portions of the lid member overlapping each other and that extends from an edge of one side to an edge of the other side of the lid in a first direction; and a first lid part and a second lid part that are formed by the lid member and that are arranged on opposite sides of the pleat part. The pleat part includes: a pleat seal portion in which inner surfaces of the portions of the lid member are joined together and that extends from the edge of the one side to the edge of the other side of the lid in the first direction; and a steam passing portion that includes a through hole or a cutout formed in the pleat seal portion. Seal strength of the pleat seal portion is lower than that of the outer edge seal portion.
US11479396B2	Food package A package for products comprises: at least two flexible adjoined layers configured to provide a cavity extending therebetween for containing a product. The at least two flexible adjoined layers are moveable between: a first closed configuration in which the flexible adjoined layers are sealed around the entire periphery thereof to isolate the cavity from an external environment; and a second open configuration in which the flexible adjoined layers extend in a substantially cone shaped configuration, and in which the base of the substantially cone shaped configuration provides an opening extending into the cavity.
US11479395B2	Packaging device and method A packaging for a product comprising a container including a first body layer and a second body layer connected at a fold, the first and second body layers capable of collapsing to a first position and expanding to a second position, and one or more of said first and second body layers defining a void, and a cover including a first side and a second side, and the first and second body layers are configured to collapse to the first position between the first and second sides of the cover.
US11479391B2	Vented spout for a liquid storage container The spout includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes an elongated and generally tubular first main body having at least two longitudinally extending internal passageways, one being an air duct and the other being a liquid duct. The air duct ends with at least one constricted opening through which the air circuit exits the air duct. A valve is provided at the rear end of the first main body and is made integral therewith. The valve engages a valve seat provided at the rear end of an inner conduit positioned inside the second member and in which a rear section of the first main body is slidingly movable. The spout may be provided with a child-resistant closure (CRC) device.
US11479388B2	Packaging system with slidable latch An example packaging system includes a first box part with a first lid wall, the first lid wall including an aperture. The packaging system also includes a latch slidably disposed within the aperture, the latch having a body portion that extends perpendicularly into the first box part, where the latch is slidable in a direction parallel to the first lid wall. The packaging system also includes a second box part having a first tray wall, the first tray wall including a channel sized to slidably receive the latch, the channel including an assembly channel segment and a locking channel segment. When the first box part and the second box part are fitted together, a) the assembly channel segment is aligned with the latch when the latch is in a first position within the aperture, and b) the latch is slidable within the locking channel segment to a second position.
US11479383B2	Box provided with tamper evident means A box has a lower container and a cover. The lower container has a rectangular bottom wall, two first side walls opposite to each other and two second side walls opposite to each other. The cover has a rectangular main wall opposite to the bottom wall, two third side walls opposite to each other and two fourth side walls opposite to each other. The third side walls are adjacent and outside an upper portion of the first side walls, respectively. The fourth side walls are adjacent and outside an upper portion of the second side walls, respectively. A respective first tab with a through-hole protrudes downwards from a lower edge of both third side walls. A respective second tab with a through-hole is cut in both first side walls and has a side attached to the respective first side wall. Tamper evident means pass through respective couples of first and second tabs of adjacent third and first walls.
US11479382B2	Battery label alignment device and method A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.
US11479380B2	Stamp application A method and apparatus for applying stamps to a group of packages wherein the stamps are arranged in a predetermined pattern and the packages in the group are arranged in a different pattern, such that the stamps are applied to the packages uniformly and without waste using an apparatus having one or more carriages moveable in the x- and/or y-directions.
US11479378B2	Stretch wrapping machine with dispense rate control based on sensed rate of dispensed packaging material and predicted load geometry A method, apparatus and program product control a dispense rate of a packaging material dispenser of a stretch wrapping apparatus by utilizing a combination of a sensed rate of packaging material exiting the dispenser and a predicted geometric relationship between the packaging material dispenser and the load.
US11479376B2	Method for cushioning objects in a container, and device for cushioning objects in a container The invention relates to a method for cushioning objects in a container, said method comprising the following steps: a. detecting and/or determining a variable characterizing a residual empty volume of the container by means of at least one sensor, and b. automatically producing at least one cushioning means depending on the variable characterizing the residual empty volume of the container. According to the invention, a cushioning means is produced only when this results from a comparison of the variable characterizing the residual empty volume of the container with a limit value.
US11479374B2	Feeder unit, feeder module comprising feeder units, and method for discharging a constant mass flow of one or more powders into a receiving container A method for processing pharmaceutical powders, which comprises providing a feeder module including a plurality of feeder units each with a storage hopper, a weighing cell, a conveyer, and a discharge end, connecting the storage hopper to a refilling system with a refilling valve, connecting the refilling valve to a level or weight indicator disposed above the refilling valve, connecting the discharge end to a common receiving container, refilling the storage hopper with a powder intermittently 40 to 80 times per hour, storing data during refilling, transporting powder from the storage hopper with the respective conveyer, and discharging powder from each feeder unit into the common receiving container. During each refilling of the storage hopper, the refilling valve dispenses powder into the storage hopper and, during the step of transporting the powder from the storage hopper, the conveyer is operated according to the data collected during previous refills.
US11479371B1	Load testing for flight control surface A load testing apparatus can include a plurality of vertical load structures arranged on a flight control surface to provide torque on the control surface and reacted by a control rod of the flight control surface. The load testing apparatus can also include a plurality of fore/aft load structures arranged to provide tensile and/or compressive force in a direction intersecting a hinge line of the flight control surface. Each of the plurality of fore/aft load structure can include a first rubber pad having a surface extending in a first plane that is arranged to contact a lower surface of the flight control surface. Each of the plurality of fore/aft load structures can also include a first rubber pad having a surface extending in a second plane that is arranged to contact an upper surface of the flight control surface, wherein the first plane and the second plane are non-parallel planes.
US11479366B2	Exterior aircraft light, aircraft comprising the same, and method of operating an exterior aircraft light An exterior aircraft light includes a housing having a length (L), a width (W), and a height (H), the length (L) being greater than the width (W) and the height (H) and the housing having a front end region and a rear end region, wherein the housing is configured to be mounted on a tail portion of a fuselage of an aircraft; at least one first light source, arranged in the rear end region of the housing, for providing aircraft rearward signal lighting; and a plurality of second light sources, which are arranged spaced along the length (L) of the housing for a distributed illumination of a stabilizer of the aircraft.
US11479359B2	UAV operation route planning method, UAV pesticide spreading method and device The present disclosure provides a UAV operation route planning method, a UAV pesticide spreading planning method and device for providing improvements on the operation accuracy of UAV. The UAV operation route method comprises steps of: obtaining a plurality of sub-areas of an operation area of a UAV; exhausting operation orders of the sub-areas and waypoint sequences in each of the sub-areas, respectively; planning routes according to the operation orders of the sub-areas and the waypoint sequences in each of the sub-areas to obtain all routes in the operation area; and determining a route in all the routes having a total voyage meeting a preset constraint condition as an optimal operation route.
US11479355B2	Hover-capable flapping-wing aircraft A flapping-wing aircraft includes a support frame, a motor coupled to the support frame, a pair of wings coupled to the support frame, and a linkage assembly coupled to the support frame and configured to translate an output torque of the motor into flapping motion of the wings, wherein the linkage assembly includes a first link coupled to a rotational output of the motor, a second link pivotably coupled to the first link at a first pivot joint, a third link pivotably coupled to the second link at a second pivot joint, and a fourth link pivotably coupled to the support frame and slidably coupled to the third link, and wherein the fourth link is coupled to a first wing of the pair of wings.
US11479352B2	Tailsitting biplane aircraft having a coaxial rotor system An aircraft operable to transition between thrust-borne lift in a VTOL orientation and wing-borne lift in a biplane orientation. The aircraft has an airframe including first and second wings with a fuselage extending therebetween. A propulsion assembly is coupled to the fuselage and includes a counter-rotating coaxial rotor system that is tiltable relative to the fuselage to generate a thrust vector. A flight control system is configured to direct the thrust vector. In the VTOL orientation, the first wing is forward of the fuselage, the second wing is aft of the fuselage and the coaxial rotor system is configured to provide thrust in line with a yaw axis of the aircraft. In the biplane orientation, the first wing is below the fuselage, the second wing is above the fuselage and the coaxial rotor system is configured to provide thrust in line with a roll axis of the aircraft.
US11479350B2	Tip gap monitoring systems for ducted aircraft A tip gap monitoring system for a ducted aircraft having a proprotor system including a duct and a plurality of proprotor blades includes sensors coupled to the proprotor system. The sensors are configured to detect one or more parameters of the proprotor system to form a plurality of sensor measurements. The tip gap monitoring system also includes a flight control computer in data communication with the sensors. The flight control computer includes a tip gap measurement module configured to determine a tip gap distance between the duct and the proprotor blades based on the sensor measurements.
US11479347B2	Landing gear storage and quick servicing solution A method for pressurizing and depressurizing a shock absorber of an aircraft. More specifically, it relates to a method in which an aircraft weight and ambient temperature are used to calculate a required pressurization level of a shock absorber. As such, the shock absorber may be pressurized to the correct level without applying an iterative approach, greatly reducing initialization time.
US11479340B2	Short take off and land aircraft A Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) aircraft has a fuselage with an axis and an engine providing thrust, a first aileron at an end of a first wing, a second aileron at an end of a second wing, a first slot having a length through the first wing proximate the first aileron, orthogonal to the axis; a second slot having a length through the second wing proximate the second aileron, orthogonal to the axis; a first electric motor in the first wing driving a first two-blade propeller in the first slot, a second electric motor in the second wing driving a second two-blade propeller in the second slot, and a control mechanism enabling a user to drive the first and second electric motors in a same rotary direction, to reverse the rotary direction, and to drive the first and second motors at a same rpm.
US11479335B2	Magnetic perimeter attachment for an aircraft flooring section A magnetic perimeter attachment for an interior space of a vehicle, such as an aircraft or other such vehicle. The vehicle flooring section includes a magnetic tape attached to the structural floor of a vehicle and a spacer panel magnetically coupled to the magnetic tape, where the spacer panel is located on the perimeter of the vehicle flooring section. The magnetic tape includes a carrier layer having an acrylic or rubber adhesive material, which is for bonding to a structural floor panel of the vehicle. The tape also includes a magnetic material deposited in the carrier layer. The magnetic material and the adhesive material are located on opposite sides of the carrier layer.
US11479333B2	Method for manufacturing a one-piece reinforced structure and obtained structure A method for manufacturing a one-piece reinforced structure and obtained structure is provided, the method using base components made of partially-cured composite material and joining the base components together, applying a coating made of composite material on the base components, and applying heat on the assembly formed by the base components covered with the coating until a complete curing of the assembly is obtained, such that a one-piece reinforced structure made of composite material is obtained formed by the coating and the base components adhered to the coating, wherein the base components that form part of the very manufactured structure act as a mould during the manufacturing process, thus preventing the need to use moulds on which the composite material is deposited that must be subsequently removed from the final obtained structure.
US11479328B2	Inflation-based antifouling An inflation-based antifouling system and method that include an inflatable film configured to be disposed on a target clean surface; and an inflation device that inflates the inflatable film such that bio-fouling is removed from the target clean surface.
US11479327B2	Pet corral for kayak Provided herein is a pet carrier system for providing a defined area on a kayak for safe travel of a pet. In some embodiments, the pet carrier system includes a corral made of at least three vertical posts securable to the kayak, at least two railing bars connecting the three vertical posts, and at least three connectors for securing the vertical posts to the kayak. The corral provides a fenced structure from the front end of the kayak up to the area in front of the cockpit of the kayak. The system would dissuade a pet from moving transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the kayak and would persuade the pet to either remain in the defined space or to move relatively aligned with the longitudinal axis of the kayak. This way, the pet is less likely to overstep onto either side of the kayak and cause the kayak to capsize.
US11479326B2	Powered hydrofoil system A hydrofoil system is disclosed, having a fuselage with a propeller mounted to one end of the fuselage and a wing extending laterally from the fuselage. The fuselage is configured for removable attachment to a mast, so that the mast when attached extends from the fuselage in a direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and also substantially orthogonal to the wing. A tail wing is connected to the fuselage by a tail strut, so that the tail wing is positioned beyond the end of the fuselage to which the propeller is attached. A motor is housed in the fuselage and has a cable connected thereto, the cable extending outside the fuselage, wherein a removable sealing system inhibits water ingress to the motor at the location where the cable is connected when the sealing system is installed in the fuselage.
US11479316B2	External protection device for vehicles and heads A rigid and aerodynamic device for external protection for motorcycle and bicycle vehicles with 2 to 4 wheels. This removable dome type device is formed by multiple overlapping panels that form an oval shell type structure, which protects both the vehicle and the pilot from external weather conditions and physical damage in the event of a collision.
US11479314B2	Dropper post assembly for a bicycle A dropper post assembly for supporting a bicycle seat can include an outer tube and an inner tube telescopically receivable in the outer tube and slidable within the outer tube between a retracted position in which a lower end of the inner tube is proximate a lower end of the outer tube and an extended position in which the lower end of the inner tube is axially spaced from the lower end of the outer tube. An actuator assembly may include an actuator body having a mounting portion connected to the lower end of the outer tube and a cartridge rod receiving portion, and may be configured so that when the inner tube is in the retracted position at least the upper surface of the cartridge rod receiving portion is nested within the inner tube.
US11479312B2	Smart trailer system A smart trailer system coupled to a trailer of a vehicle includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of the trailer, a sensor interface board electrically coupled to the sensor and configured to retrieve the measured parameter, and a master controller communicatively coupled to the sensor interface board via a data bus.
US11479311B2	Self-balancing systems for electric vehicles An electric vehicle includes a lateral self-stabilization system and may further include a fore-aft self-stabilization system. The lateral self-stabilization system may include a controller configured to cause an actuator to laterally tilt a frame of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to an orientation of the vehicle, or portion thereof, about a roll axis. The frame of the vehicle may include any suitable structure configured to be laterally tilted by the actuator relative to an axle of the vehicle. The fore-aft stabilization system may include a motor controller configured to drive a motor of the vehicle based on sensed information relating to a pitch angle of the vehicle. In some examples, the vehicle is a robotic vehicle.
US11479308B2	Active vehicle interface for crosswind management A dynamic interface between a vehicle windshield and a structure (e.g., an A-pillar) is provided. The dynamic interface can be actively managed to allow its configuration to be selectively changed based on real-time driving environment conditions. The interface can include one or more actuators that can be selectively activated or deactivated to change the aerodynamic characteristics of the interface. When a crosswind activation condition is detected, the actuator(s) can be activated. The actuator(s) can be soft-bodied structures. The actuator(s) can include a bladder defining a fluid chamber filled with a dielectric fluid. A first conductor and a second conductor can be operatively positioned on opposite portions of the bladder. When electrical energy is supplied to the conductors, they can become oppositely charged. As a result, the conductors can be electrostatically attracted toward each other, displacing some of the dielectric fluid to an outer peripheral region of the fluid chamber.
US11479306B2	Material-optimized connection node The present invention relates to a system consisting of a connection node and at least one first connection body, wherein: the connection node comprises a connection node central body, a first connection element for joining with the connection body, and at least one second connection element for joining with a second connection body; the first connection element and the second connection element are connected or may be connected to the connection node central body; and at least one portion of the connection node central body and/or of the first connection element and/or of the second connection element is manufactured by means of an additive process, for example 3D printing, or by means of a casting process.
US11479304B2	Tunable energy absorber An energy absorber for interposition between a cover and a covered object includes a generally planar matrix of cells. Each of the cells includes a plurality of generally elongate micro-elements interconnected to form a cell micro-structure, with each cell having a respective energy absorption capacity such that an energy absorption capacity of the energy absorber varies across at least one direction. The cells are configured such that impulse of an object with the cover with the energy absorber sandwiched between the cover and the covered object causes a deceleration vs. time response in the object, beginning with a generally linear rise in the deceleration to a peak deceleration within 5 ms after the beginning of the impulse event, followed by a generally nonlinear decrease in the deceleration over a period of not greater than 15 ms to a final target deceleration of not greater than 10% of the peak deceleration.
US11479300B2	Hollow member Energy absorption at the time of load input is improved with high mass efficiency.A hollow member includes: a hollow metal member having a bending induction portion in a portion thereof in a longitudinal direction; and a resin material which is disposed in close contact with the metal member on both sides of the bending induction portion in the longitudinal direction, and is disposed in at least a part of a range of less than ⅚ of a cross-sectional height of the metal member from an end portion of the bending induction portion toward an outside in the longitudinal, in which an amount of the resin material per length in the longitudinal direction is larger on the outside of the bending induction portion than on an inside of the bending induction portion.
US11479297B2	Overshoot protection in hitch assist operation A vehicle system configured to control a trailer alignment routine includes a hitch mounted on a vehicle and a controller. The controller is configured to identify a coupler position of a trailer and control motion of the vehicle to toward an aligned position. The controller is further configured to control a braking procedure of the vehicle including a plurality of concurrent deceleration control procedures in response to a portion of the vehicle passing a gradual stopping distance. The concurrent deceleration procedures include monitoring an elapsed time following the portion of the vehicle passing the gradual stopping distance and monitoring a remaining distance to the aligned position based on a velocity of the vehicle and comparing the remaining distance to a rapid stopping distance.
US11479294B2	Steering system of vehicle A steering system of a vehicle is provided. The steering system adjusts the torsional rigidity of a torsion bar without limitation as to the configuration thereof and performs active control responding to the vehicle state by adjusting steering characteristics by controlling the torsional rigidity of the torsion bar based on the traveling condition, load state or driving mode of the vehicle. The steering system includes an MR assist device, which is coupled to an end portion of the torsion bar and adjusts the rotation and torsional rigidity of the torsion bar using an MR fluid as a working fluid.
US11479292B2	Torque compensating apparatus and method for motor driven power steering system A torque compensation apparatus for a Motor Driven Power Steering (“MDPS”) system including: a column torque sensor configured to detect column torque applied to a steering shaft; a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle of a steering wheel; and a controller configured to calculate a compensation ratio by sudden steering, based at least one of the column torque detected by the column torque sensor and a steering angular velocity calculated from the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor. The basic assist torque outputted from the MDPS system is then compensated for according to the compensation ratio.
US11479291B2	Control apparatus Each of a plurality of microcomputers outputs a motor drive signal, which is generated based on a current command value and a current limit value as a control amount command value and a control amount limit value, to each motor drive circuit. When an OFF determination of an own microcomputer is made, each microcomputer executes first end processing as a first stage of end processing and transmits an OFF determination signal to the other microcomputer. When the OFF determination signal is received from the other microcomputer, each microcomputer determines that the OFF determination has been made and starts second end processing which gradually decreases the current command value or the current control limit value from a present value. When the second end processing is completed and power-off preparation of the own microcomputer and the other microcomputer is completed, each microcomputer executes final end processing for turning off the power supply relay.
US11479288B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle An adjustment drive for a motor-adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, includes a spindle drive having a threaded spindle which engages in a spindle nut which, so as to be able to be driven in a rotating manner about the spindle axis relative to the threaded spindle, is coupled to the rotor shaft of a drive motor which has a rotor and a stator. In order to enable a compact design with minor complexity, the rotor shaft of the drive motor is configured as a hollow shaft which is disposed so as to be coaxial with the spindle axis and in which the threaded spindle is coaxially disposed.
US11479286B2	Flexible and stretchable heaters of high robustness for automotive applications A flexible electric heating device includes a planar flexible carrier foil, at least two electrically conductive bus lines attached to a surface of the carrier foil, and at least one electric heating member, including first and second electrically conductive electrodes, electrically connected to one of the bus lines. Each electrode has at least one curved edge, wherein the curved edges are located at a distance and are facing each other. The heating member further includes a resistive heater layer, at least partially overlapping the curved edges of the electrodes to form a resistive connecting region. The curved edges are arranged such that locations of the resistive connecting region are facing the first electrode or the second electrode in directions parallel to at least three mutually orthogonal directions that lie in the carrier foil, wherein one of the orthogonal directions is aligned parallel to an edge of the carrier foil.
US11479283B2	Method for operating a track-bound traffic system A method operates a track-bound traffic system which carries out a determination that a first track section part lying between a track-bound vehicle and a second track section is free of vehicles. A track-side device disposed in a first track section at a distance to an adjacent second track section, transmits status information which characterizes the second track section as being free of track-bound vehicles, and the transmitted status information is received by a vehicle traversing the first track section. The distance is measured such that no other track-bound vehicle fits in a first track section part lying between the track-bound vehicle and the second track section when the track-bound vehicle receives the status information, and the first track section part lying between the track-bound vehicle and the second track section is identified as being free of other track-bound vehicles by the track-bound vehicle based on the received status information.
US11479279B2	System and method for protecting a communication between a balise and a guided vehicle from cross-talk An on-board device is configured for reading a telegram of a balise installed at a point along a route followed by a guided vehicle in which the on-board device is to be installed. The on-board device includes a receiver having an antenna for picking up the telegram transmitted by the balise and delivering a reception signal to a processing unit. The processing unit is configured for processing the reception signal in order to read the telegram sent by the balise. A test component is configured for adding a test signal to the reception signal before its processing by the processing unit. The test signal is configured to act as a noise for limiting a sensitivity of the receiver, making it therefore impossible to read a cross-talk signal. A method for protecting the on-board device from cross-talk is also provided.
US11479274B2	Method for improving fatigue resistance performance of locomotive rubber-metal pad and locomotive rubber-metal pad A method for improving fatigue resistance performance of a locomotive rubber-metal pad and the locomotive rubber-metal pad improve the fatigue resistance performance of the rubber-metal pad and prevent rubber and metal from being torn during running by changing a structure of the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad and adjusting a shape and position relationship between the rubber and the metal. The shape and position relationship between the rubber and the metal is adjusted by adjusting thickness of a rubber layer between the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad so that the rubber layer has variable thickness. A rubber layer diameter of each layer is a variable diameter by adjusting a size of the rubber layer diameter between the rubber and the metal of the rubber-metal pad.
US11479273B2	Handhold device of railcar A handhold device of a railcar includes: a frame arranged along a side edge of a specific door opening and connected to a car interior side of a side carshell; a turning mechanism provided at the frame and configured to be turnable about a turning axis extending in an upper-lower direction; and a handle including a base portion connected to the frame through the turning mechanism and a holding portion projecting from the base portion in a direction intersecting with the turning axis. The handle is angularly displaceable about the turning axis between a deployed position where the holding portion is exposed to the specific door opening when viewed from a lateral side of the car body and a storage position where the holding portion is hidden by the side carshell when viewed from the lateral side of the car body.
US11479269B2	Apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle and method thereof An apparatus for assisting driving of a vehicle includes a camera mounted to the vehicle for viewing an area in front of the vehicle, a radar sensor mounted to the vehicle to sense around the vehicle, and a controller connected to the camera and/or the radar sensor to detect obstacles and perform collision avoidance control. The controller is further configured to recognize a first obstacle approaching in a lateral direction from an outside of a driving lane of the vehicle, generate and store a collision avoidance path for avoiding collision with the first obstacle, recognize a third obstacle passing behind a second obstacle in the lateral direction after the recognition of the first obstacle is interrupted by the second obstacle, and perform collision avoidance control of the vehicle based on a similarity between the first obstacle and the third obstacle and based on the stored collision avoidance path.
US11479267B2	Autonomous driving apparatus and method An autonomous driving apparatus and method for an ego vehicle that autonomously travels includes a first sensor to detect a vehicle nearby the ego vehicle, a memory to store map information, and a processor to control autonomous driving of the ego vehicle based on the nearby vehicle detected by the first sensor and the map information stored in the memory.
US11479266B2	Remote operation system, computer readable storage medium, and vehicle A remote operation system includes a processor that is configured to acquire position information and communication quality information from each of plural vehicles on a regular basis, create position-specific communication quality information in which the position information and the communication quality information are associated with each other, supply the position-specific communication quality information to an operator of a remote operation target vehicle.

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