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| US11525811B2 |
Detection system and detection method
A sound source device and a signal receiver are disposed at first and second ports of a target object, respectively. A sound of a specific frequency of the sound source device is introduced into the target object to generate a resonant sound wave. A computer simulates a signal generated when the resonant sound wave is received by the signal receiver and regarding the signal as reference information. The reference information comprises first data having characteristics of the resonant sound wave, and data having features of an imaginary defect formed on the target object. The features of the imaginary defect correspond to the characteristics of the resonant sound wave. When the target object has a real defect, the sound of the specific frequency of the sound source device is introduced into the target object. Features of the real defect are derived by comparing the first data with the second data. |
| US11525807B2 |
Transducer array
Examples of the disclosure relate to a transducer array. The transducer array includes a monolithic crystal, a first array of electrodes provided on a first surface of the monolithic crystal, and a second array of electrodes provided on a second surface of the monolithic crystal. The second surface is an opposing surface to the first surface. The transducer array also comprises a plurality of oscillators wherein the plurality of oscillators include sections of the monolithic crystal that are positioned between opposing portions of an electrode from the first array and portions of an electrode from the second array. |
| US11525804B2 |
Optogalvanic effect detection system
An optogalvanic effect (OGE) detection system utilizes an intracavity sample cell and a circuit that provides low noise stable excitation and maintenance of a radio frequency (rf) driven gas discharge within the sample cell and a direct current output proportional to the if driving voltage, associated monitoring devices and software. When an optical stimulus interacts with the discharge, any electrical change in the discharge can be simply determined with high precision and accuracy by measuring the impedance of the discharge via a measurement of the direct current output. In a preferred embodiment the rf gas discharge is created with a series resonant oscillator with two push pull sections connected together to generate the high voltage signal. A current source provides a low noise stable current to power the oscillator sections. A band pass amplifier filters the current of the discharge prior to measuring it. |
| US11525803B2 |
Ionization for tandem ion mobility spectrometry
An ion-mobility spectrometer system includes a housing with an upstream end, a downstream end, and a drift region defined along a longitudinal axis through the housing between the upstream and downstream ends. A first ionizer is operatively connected the housing to supply ions at the upstream end. A second ionizer is operatively connected to the housing to supply ions at the upstream end, wherein the first and second ionizers are both situated upstream of the drift zone relative to an ion flow path through the drift zone. An electric field generator is operatively connected to the housing to drive ions through the drift zone in a direction from the upstream end toward the downstream end. The second ionizer is a radioactive ionizer mounted to the housing at the upstream end positioned to direct irradiated ions into the housing. |
| US11525802B2 |
Gas sensor and sensor element
A gas sensor includes a sensor element, a detection device, a reference gas regulating device. The sensor element includes an element body having disposed therein a measurement-object gas flow section, a measurement-object-gas-side electrode disposed in or out of the element body, a reference electrode disposed within the element body, and a reference gas introducing section that allows a reference gas to be introduced thereinto and to flow therethrough to the reference electrode. The reference gas regulating device allows an oxygen pump-in current to flow between the reference electrode and the measurement-object-gas-side electrode to pump oxygen into around the reference electrode from around the measurement-object-gas-side electrode. A ratio R1/R2 of a reaction resistance R1 of the reference electrode to a diffusion resistance R2 of the reference gas introducing section is greater than or equal to 0.1 and less than or equal to 2.0. |
| US11525800B2 |
Biosensor for measuring an analyte concentration
The present patent disclosure concerns a sensor device comprising a sensor electrode for measuring an analyte concentration in an aqueous solution and a method of preparing a sensor electrode, wherein the sensor electrode comprises a substrate having conductive means, a polymer mixture deposited on the sensor electrode adjacent to and/or in contact with the conductive means, wherein the polymer mixture comprises a semiconducting polymer comprised of monomeric units comprising one or more aromatic, preferably thiophene, moieties along a backbone chain and at least two polar side chains covalently bonded to the backbone chain, wherein the semiconducting polymer has an electron and/or hole mobility of at least 1×10−2 cm2V−1s−1, preferably at least 1×10−1 cm2V−1s−1, and wherein the polymer mixture further comprises a hydrophilic polymer comprised of monomeric units comprising one or more carbon-carbon bonds and one or more of hydroxyl, ester, carbonyl or amide moieties, wherein the semiconducting polymer to hydrophilic polymer weight ratio ranges from 1:100 to 1:1, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is cross-linked with a mole ratio of cross-linked hydrophilic polymer monomer units to non cross-linked hydrophilic polymer ranging from 1 to 25%. |
| US11525797B2 |
Method for detecting an air discharge decomposed product based on a virtual sensor array
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for detecting an air discharge decomposed product based on a virtual sensor array, comprising: fabricating a virtual sensor array; disposing the virtual sensor array in a hermetically sealed gas chamber, energizing, and initializing; performing gas-sensitive testing to the virtual sensor array and storing a testing result as samples to store; and building a convolutional neural network model diagram for identifying contents of gas components, and identifying an atmosphere. The virtual sensor array fabricated by the present disclosure may reduce the array size and the overall volume of a device to an extreme content; the built convolutional neural network may dig other feature information besides a response value from a response curve of a sensor, thereby effectively improving identification efficiency and identification accuracy. |
| US11525796B2 |
Microtube sensor for physiological monitoring
A soft, flexible microtube sensor and associated method of sensing force are described. A liquid metallic alloy is sealed within a microtube as thin as a strand of human hair to form the physical force sensing mechanism. The sensor is hardly distinguishable with the naked eye, and can be used for the continuous biomonitoring of physiological signals, such as unobtrusive pulse monitoring. Also described is a method of fabricating the microtube sensor and wearable devices incorporating one or more microtube sensors. |
| US11525792B2 |
NMR method for determining permeability in geologic formation
A method for predicting formation permeability by measuring diffusional tortuosity in several directions by pulse gradient NMR. The method comprises evaluating an anisotropic diffusion coefficient by pulsed gradient NMR, determining diffusional tortuosity from the restricted diffusion data, supplementing the NMR results with resistivity and sonic logging data, measuring anisotropic tortuosity and porosity by resistivity and sonic data and combining all components in a single fitting model. The 11-coefficient model is trained to recognize the true values of permeability by comparing the real oil permeabilities measured in a library of oil-carrying rock cores with the NMR, resistivity and sonic correlates. The fitting coefficients are extracted by minimizing the discrepancy between the laboratory measured permeabilities and the predicted values combining all rapid logging information components with the agreement-maximizing weights. |
| US11525789B2 |
Apparatus and method for performing a computed tomography scan of an object which has an elongate shape, in particular wooden boards
Apparatus and method for performing computed tomography scans of elongate objects, wherein the object is irradiated with X-rays emitted by a plurality of X-ray emitters which are offset relative to a forward movement direction transversal to the main axis of the object, wherein a rotation device rotates each object about its own main axis of extension while the object is irradiated by one or more beams of X-rays, wherein electronic identifying means estimate the instantaneous position and orientation of the axial portions of the object which are irradiated during the rotation, and wherein an electronic processing and control unit is programmed for combining sets of radiographic data acquired for each axial portion of the object at different detecting moments during the rotation, for processing a three-dimensional tomography reconstruction of the object while taking into account corresponding information about the position and the orientation of each axial portion at each moment. |
| US11525786B2 |
Method and apparatus for angular-resolved spectroscopic lithography characterization
An apparatus and method to determine a property of a substrate by measuring, in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture lens, an angle-resolved spectrum as a result of radiation being reflected off the substrate. The property may be angle and wavelength dependent and may include the intensity of TM- and TE-polarized radiation and their relative phase difference. |
| US11525785B2 |
Method and device for chemiluminescence-based analysis
A method for detecting an analyte reactive towards luminol, comprising the steps of: feeding into a reaction chamber an alkaline solution of luminol, noble metal nanoparticles and at least one analyte reactive towards luminol, wherein the reaction chamber is in the form of a curved channel; detecting the light emitted due to a chemiluminescence reaction taking place in said channel; and discharging a reaction mass from said channel, characterized in that the average diameter of the metal nanoparticles is greater than 25 nm. Also provided is a microfluidic device for carrying out the method. |
| US11525778B2 |
Portable diffraction-based imaging and diagnostic systems and methods
The disclosure features systems and methods for measuring and diagnosing target constituents bound to labeling particles in a sample. The systems include a radiation source, a sample holder, a detector configured to obtain one or more diffraction patterns of the sample each including information corresponding to optical properties of sample constituents, and an electronic processor configured to, for each of the one or more diffraction patterns: (a) analyze the diffraction pattern to obtain amplitude information and phase information corresponding to the sample constituents; (b) identify one or more particle-bound target sample constituents based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information; and (c) determine an amount of at least one of the particle-bound target sample constituents in the sample based on at least one of the amplitude information and the phase information. |
| US11525775B2 |
Method for identifying a biomolecule using a terahertz sensor control system
A system for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing, an asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor, and a method for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing are presented. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor includes three gap areas which highly confine an electric field. The biosensor includes an E-shaped structure facing an inverted E-shaped structure with gaps between the respective legs. Each leg has a specially designed extension on either side which increases the electric field. A terahertz laser interrogates an analyte upon the metamaterial structure with a plurality of frequencies. The amplitude difference is estimated by an amplitude difference referencing technique. The amplitude difference is matched to a database record to identify the biomolecule analyte. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor in combination with the amplitude difference referencing technique detects the type of biomolecule with a high degree of accuracy and requires only small analyte samples with sub-micron thicknesses. |
| US11525771B2 |
Device for a light-spectroscopic analysis
The invention relates to a device for a light-spectroscopic analysis of a, for example, liquid sample. In particular, light should be guided through a sample and then detected and/or analyzed photometrically, spectrophotometrically, fluorometrically, spectrofluorometrically and/or by means of phosphorescence or luminescence. |
| US11525767B2 |
Optimizing method of suction condition of microparticle and microparticle fractionating device
To provide a technology of optimizing a suction condition of a microparticle.The present technology provides an optimizing method of a suction condition of a microparticle including: a particle number counting step of detecting a time point when a microparticle passes through a predetermined position on a main flow path through which liquid containing the microparticle flows, sucking the microparticle from the main flow path to a microparticle suction flow path by the microparticle suction flow path with a predetermined suction force, and counting the number of microparticles sucked into the microparticle suction flow path; and a step of determining an elapsed time from passage through the predetermined position with which the suction by the microparticle suction flow path should be performed on the basis of a time from the time point when the microparticle passes through the predetermined position on the main flow path until the suction is performed and the number of counted microparticles. |
| US11525761B2 |
Liquid vaporization device and method
A vaporizer device and associated methodology for providing accurate sampling through substantially efficient, complete and uniform single pass vaporization of a liquid sample by avoiding liquid pre-vaporization and downtime attributable to system damage from incomplete vaporization, particularly in the distribution, transportation, and custody transfer of natural gas. The vaporizer device includes at least one input port for receiving a liquid sample, a channel for directing the liquid to a vaporizer core and a heating assembly within the vaporizer core configured to flash vaporize the liquid sample. The vaporized sample can then be passed to an outlet for sample analysis. |
| US11525758B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying gear tooth numbers in a gearbox
A method for identifying gear tooth numbers in a gearbox using data obtained from a vibration measuring device delivered to a data acquisition device and data delivered by a user to a computer device, comprising: processing data delivered by a user to the computer device, where the data comprises a gearbox ratio and a number of stages of a gearbox for calculating a potential gear tooth combination in each stage of a gearbox, calculating frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination using the data delivered at the processing data, measuring vibration signals of the gearbox, calculating a frequency spectrum from measured data delivered at the measuring, determining an amplitude of components, of the frequency spectrum delivered at the calculating a frequency spectrum at frequencies of characteristic features for each potential tooth combination delivered at the calculating frequencies of characteristic features. |
| US11525756B1 |
Systems and methods for detecting hose failure
A system configured to detect failure of a hose includes a sensor assembly having a body with a first arm and a second arm pivotally coupled to one another at respective first ends, and the body is configured to move between a closed position and an open position. The sensor assembly also includes a first electrical contact positioned at a respective second end of the first arm and a second electrical contact position at a respective second end of the second arm. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are configured to contact one another to form a complete electrical circuit when the body is in the closed position and are configured to be separated from one another to form an open electrical circuit when the body is in the open position to facilitate detection of the failure of the hose. |
| US11525755B1 |
Fluid storage water monitor
A water detection system for a fluid storage system includes a housing configured to be disposed in fluid communication with a fluid storage vessel, a water-activated battery disposed within the housing and configured to produce an electrical voltage upon contact with water, and an electronic circuit disposed within the housing and configured to detect water above a threshold within the fluid storage vessel based at least in part on the electrical voltage. |
| US11525752B2 |
Water detecting pressure sensors
A water detecting pressure-sensing device includes a metal housing including a cavity. A pressure sensor is disposed on a die and configured to generate a signal in response to a pressure variation. A protection medium at least partially fills the cavity and covers the die. One or more electrodes are disposed on the die and are used to detect a presence of a water droplet on the protection medium. |
| US11525750B2 |
Metal-embedded optical fibers for monitoring pressure or corrosion at high temperatures
A fiber optic sensor and a related method of manufacture are provided. The fiber optic sensor includes an embedded optical fiber contained within a metal diaphragm assembly, where the terminal end of the optical fiber is positioned opposite a diaphragm. The method includes forming a metal-embedded optical fiber by ultrasonic additive manufacturing and securing the metal-embedded optical fiber to a housing having a diaphragm that is opposite of the terminal end of the optical fiber. The sensor can provide extremely accurate pressure measurement at high temperatures and in highly corrosive media. An optical fiber-based pressure sensing system is also provided. |
| US11525746B2 |
Foldable electonic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a base substrate including a planar part and a folding part, which is connected to a side of the planar part and is foldable along a folding axis extending in a predetermined direction, where the base substrate includes a front surface including an active region and a peripheral region adjacent to the active region, when viewed from a plan view in a thickness thereof, a plurality of pixels disposed on the front surface and in the active region, an encapsulation layer covering the pixels, a strain-sensing pattern disposed on the front surface, in the active region, and on the folding part, and a plurality of pixel pads disposed on the peripheral region. The strain-sensing pattern is disposed between the base substrate and the encapsulation layer. |
| US11525741B2 |
Optimized thermocouple system and method
An optimized thermocouple system and a method of optimizing a thermocouple system having a plurality of thermocouple probes and a junction box is provided and includes examining the thermocouple system to identify a first thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes, wherein the first thermocouple probe includes a first positive leg and a first negative leg and is located electrically farthest from the junction box. The method includes calculating a first loop resistance between the first thermocouple probe and the junction box and configuring a second thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes having a second positive leg, a second negative leg and a second loop resistance such that the second loop resistance is substantially equal to the first loop resistance. |
| US11525736B2 |
Temperature monitoring for printed circuit board assemblies during mass soldering
A computer determines one or more temperature sensitive components from a part details in a bill of materials for soldering on a printed circuit board assembly, where the bill of materials is a record comprising part details having a reference designator. The computer determines whether temperature sensitive components exist in the bill of materials. Based on determining that at least one of the temperature sensitive components exist in the bill of materials, the computer determines temperature limits for each temperature sensitive component based on the reference designator, monitors, using the thermographic cameras the measured temperatures of the temperature sensitive components during soldering in the reflow oven. Then, based on determining that the measured temperatures of the temperature sensitive components exceeds the temperature limits, the computer determines an elapsed time outside of the temperature limit when the measured temperatures of the temperature sensitive components exceeds the temperature limits. |
| US11525729B2 |
Projection device
A projection device and a household appliance are provided. The projection device includes a casing, a lens component, and a pattern lighting module. An opening is disposed at a front end of the casing. The lens component is disposed inside an accommodating space of the casing and fixed on the casing, and the lens component corresponds to the opening. The pattern lighting module is disposed inside the accommodating space of the casing and fixed on the casing, and the pattern lighting module corresponds to the lens component. The pattern lighting module emits at least one patterned light beam that passes through the lens component and the opening sequentially. |
| US11525728B1 |
Systems and methods for determining an estimated weight of a vehicle
Systems and methods for determining an estimated weight of a vehicle are provided. The system includes at least one data storage and at least one processor. The at least one data storage is configured to store vehicle data associated with the vehicle. The at least one processor is configured to: identify a plurality of vehicle maneuvers based on the vehicle data, each vehicle maneuver being associated with a portion of the vehicle data, each portion of the vehicle data comprising a measured torque profile; generate a plurality of simulated torque profiles for each vehicle maneuver; generate a plurality of error profiles, an error profile being generated for each vehicle maneuver based on differences between the plurality of simulated torque profiles and the measured torque profile corresponding to that vehicle maneuver; and determine the estimated weight of the vehicle based on the plurality of error profiles. |
| US11525727B2 |
Device and method for controlling an optical recognition unit with the help of a capacitive filling level measurement in liquid containers
A device for controlling an optical recognition unit with the help of a capacitive filling level measurement in liquid containers having a sensor with a measuring electrode, a conductive base plate suitable for arranging at least one liquid container or a carrier unit having at least one receptacle for receiving a liquid container, a sensor electronics unit that is connected to the measuring electrode and the base plate adapted to determine a capacitance between the measuring electrode and base plate, an evaluation unit, and a control unit for controlling the optical recognition unit, is disclosed. |
| US11525726B2 |
Liquid sensor
Provided is a liquid sensor capable of relatively accurately detecting the liquid level even if vibration or the like occurs. The liquid sensor is configured to detect a liquid level in a state in which at least a portion of the liquid sensor is immersed in liquid. This liquid sensor includes a substrate. The substrate is provided with a hole. An inner circumferential surface of the substrate is formed around the hole. A first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode are formed on the inner circumferential surface. The liquid sensor further includes a detection circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect capacitance between the first and second electrodes. |
| US11525723B2 |
Determining fluid properties
Techniques for measuring fluid properties include circulating a mixed-phase fluid flow through a fluid flow circuit; circulating the mixed-phase fluid flow through a pre-polarizing magnet; polarizing at least a gas phase of the mixed-phase fluid flow to an initial polarization; measuring fluid induction decay (FID) values of the polarized gas phase with the EFNMR detector; determining a velocity of the gas phase based on the FID values of the polarized gas phase; producing a pulsed magnetic field gradient to suppress one or more signals acquired by the EFNMR detector with a first electromagnet; measuring FID values of the liquid phase of the mixed-phase fluid with the EFNMR detector simultaneously with the production of the pulsed magnetic field gradient; producing a homogeneous polarizing field to polarize the liquid phase of the mixed-phase fluid with a second electromagnet; and determining a velocity and content of the liquid phase based on the FID values of the polarized liquid phase. |
| US11525712B2 |
Method and transfer device for transferring data blocks
A method for transferring data blocks from a field device to a server, each data block including data describing an operation of the field device during a block time period is provided. The method includes setting a first and a second pointer delimiting a completed time period; and, until a predetermined transfer period elapses: transferring the data blocks having a block time period that is later than the second pointer to the server in a chronological order; and if all data blocks having a block time period that is later than the second pointer have been transferred to the server, transferring the data blocks having a block time period that is earlier than the first pointer to the server in an anti-chronological order. Data blocks can efficiently and reliably be transferred to the server. |
| US11525702B2 |
Sensor system for determining at least one rotation characteristic of a rotating element
A sensor system for determining at least one rotation characteristic of an element rotating about at least one rotation axis includes at least one sensor wheel having a profile and being connectable to the rotating element; and at least one inductive position sensor including at least one coil arrangement that includes at least one excitation coil and at least two receiver coils, where at least in sections of the at least two receiver coils have a sinusoidal shape. |
| US11525701B2 |
Inductive position sensor
The present invention relates to an inductive position sensor configured to determine a position of a target device. The inductive position sensor comprises at least two coils for determining the position. At least two of the at least two coils for determining the position at least partially overlap. At least one coil of the at least two at least partially overlapping coils is a transmitter coil and at least one of the at least two coils is a receiver coil. At least one of the at least two coils has N2+R portions substantially equally distributed over N substantially parallel planes, N being an integer larger than or equal to two and R an integer larger than or equal to zero. For each of the at least two coils the portions distributed over the N substantially parallel planes are substantially identical, so that mutual inductance between the at least two coils is substantially unaffected by misalignments between the N substantially parallel planes. |
| US11525697B2 |
Limited-sensor 3D localization system for mobile vehicle
A system configured to autonomously operate a vehicle within an environment is disclosed herein. The system includes a vehicle including a sensing system with a single active sensor configured to detect objects within an environment as the vehicle travels on a journey along a travel path within the environment. The system further includes a computing system communicably coupled to the vehicle. The computing system includes a memory configured to store a three-dimensional map of the environment, and a processor configured to determine an updated pose of the vehicle based on the three-dimensional map and input from the single active sensor of the vehicle. The processor is further configured to generate an updated travel path for the vehicle, wherein the updated travel path is generated based on the updated pose of the vehicle within the environment determined by the computing system. |
| US11525692B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and vehicle
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller determines, based on a preference of a user of a vehicle that enters a parking lot adjacent to a complex facility having a plurality of shops and a plurality of facility entrances, a shop to be used by the user from among the plurality of shops. The controller determines an entrance to be used by the user from among the plurality of facility entrances based on a position of the shop to be used, and outputs a position of the entrance to be used to the vehicle. |
| US11525690B2 |
Spatiotemporal lane maneuver delay for road navigation
System and methods are provided for calculating a lane maneuver delay for different lane maneuvers and different road segments at different times of the day to generate a predicted lane maneuver delay for use in routing and navigation services. A lane-level map-matcher identifies the lane a vehicle is driving on using positional sensors. Sensor data is obtained from vehicle sensors using the left-turn and right-turn signal lights sensor. A lane maneuver delay value is calculated from the time period a left-turn or right-turn signaling light was kept on before a vehicle completed a lane maneuver. The lane maneuver delay values are aggregated to generate a predicted lane maneuver delay that may be used in lane level routing instructions. |
| US11525689B2 |
Method and devices for providing data to a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle
A method for providing data for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes communicating position data concerning a position of the motor vehicle to the driver assistance system, requesting additional information from a server if the driver assistance system requires additional information with respect to the position data, and communicating, in response to the requesting, the additional information from the server to the driver assistance system. |
| US11525688B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining object position
An object positioning method and apparatus is disclosed. The object positioning apparatus may obtain a reference position of an object, obtain a map-based heading angle of the object based on waypoints on a map, and determine a current position of the object based on the reference position and the map-based heading angle. |
| US11525687B2 |
Method for determining correction values, method for determining a position of a motor vehicle
The disclosure relates to a method for determining correction values for a number of sensors of a traveling motor vehicle. The method being based on backward calculation. The disclosure further relates to a method for determining a position of a motor vehicle, using the correction values. The disclosure also relates to an associated electronic control device and to an associated non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. |
| US11525686B2 |
Crowd sourced multi-stage mobile device fingerprint based navigation
A method and system for deploying a calibrated positioning map of an area. The method, executed in a processor of a server computing device, comprises deploying a crowd sourced magnetic fingerprint map for mobile device localization during traversal of the indoor area, accumulating received signal strength (RSS) measurements in forming a RSS fingerprint map using crowd sourced RSS measurements during the deploying, and switching, responsive to identifying desirability of a change in the mobile device localization within the indoor area, from the crowd sourced magnetic fingerprint map to the RSS fingerprint map as basis for localizing the mobile device. |
| US11525685B2 |
Systems and methods for creating electronic indoor maps for emergency services
Systems and methods for creating electronic indoor maps for emergency services are provided. The system has a processor operatively coupled to at least one storage unit and a communication component, the processor being configured for: receiving a service provider identifier from a computing device of at least one computing device; granting the computing device access to an annotation layer of an electronic map of at least one electronic map based on the service provider identifier; generating at least one annotation in response to receiving at least one selection of a service resource within a facility from the computing device; and storing the at least one annotation in the annotation layer. |
| US11525684B2 |
Assistive mechanism via edge device personalization
A method, system, and computer program product provide navigation guidance around various object types in a vicinity of a guidance assistance device for a user by analyzing received data regarding an environment around the guidance assistance device to identify one or more entities Ei and by applying an artificial intelligence machine learning analysis to group the one or more entities Ei into corresponding categories Cj and to determine a minimum spacing distance Dmin for each of the one or more entities Ei, wherein the minimum spacing distance Dmin is a minimum distance between the guidance assistance device and the entity Ei based on the categorization Ci specified by the user, and then providing feedback to the user when any of the one or more entities Ei is within than minimum spacing distance Dmin corresponding to said entity. |
| US11525681B2 |
Method and apparatus for self-contained positioning of a mobile robot inside a tank
A method and apparatus for positioning a mobile robot inside a vertical cylindrical Aboveground Storage Tank filled with a liquid is described. No additional hardware is needed other than the robot itself. The only piece of information needed is the tank's diameter which is known by construction. The robot carries proprioceptive sensors needed to propagate its position estimate as well as exteroceptive sensors needed to control the dead reckoning positional drift. Proprioceptive and exteroceptive data are merged using data fusion algorithms adapted to the sensor suite integrated in the vehicle, which can take different forms. |
| US11525680B2 |
Angular rate sensor with centrally positioned coupling structures
An angular rate sensor includes first, second, third, and fourth proof masses spaced apart from a surface of a substrate, each of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses being configured to move along first and second transverse axes parallel to the surface of the substrate. A first coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the first and second proof masses. A second coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the second and third proof masses. A third coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the third and fourth proof masses. A fourth coupling structure is interposed between and interconnects the fourth and first proof masses. The first, second, third, and fourth coupling structures are configured to constrain an in-phase motion of adjacent ones of the first, second, third, and fourth proof masses along the first and second transverse axes. |
| US11525677B2 |
Surveying apparatus for surveying an object
The present invention relates to a surveying apparatus for surveying an object as well as a surveying system comprising the surveying apparatus having a simple and compact optical setup. The surveying apparatus comprises a lens arrangement including at least one movably arranged focus lens element for focusing to sight an object; an imaging unit configured to obtain an image of at least a part of the object; a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the object along the optical axis of the distance measuring unit; and a beam splitter/combiner configured to combine a part of the optical imaging path of the imaging unit and a part of the optical distance measuring path of the distance measuring unit so that the optical axis of the imaging unit and the optical axis of the distance measuring unit are at least coaxially arranged with the optical axis of the lens arrangement between the lens arrangement and the beam splitter/combiner. |
| US11525674B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring properties using bulk acoustic waves
A measuring system is disclosed. The measuring system includes a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device including a piezoelectric substrate and a first and second electrode disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and a measuring device communicatively coupled to the first electrode via a first probe and the second electrode via a second probe and configured to apply an electrical signal to the first and second electrode to generate an incident bulk acoustic wave within the piezoelectric substrate, detect at least a first reflected bulk acoustic wave and a second reflected bulk acoustic wave at the first and second electrode, and calculate a thickness between a first interface corresponding to the first reflected bulk acoustic wave and a second interface corresponding to the second reflected bulk acoustic wave based on a time elapsed between detecting the first and second reflected bulk acoustic waves. |
| US11525670B2 |
Shape-sensing systems with filters and methods thereof
Shape-sensing systems and methods for medical devices. The shape-sensing system can include a medical device, an optical interrogator, a console, and a display screen. The medical device can include an integrated optical-fiber stylet having fiber Bragg grating (“FBG”) sensors along at least a distal-end portion thereof. The optical interrogator can be configured to send input optical signals into the optical-fiber stylet and receive FBG sensor-reflected optical signals therefrom. The console can be configured to convert the reflected optical signals with the aid of filtering algorithms of some optical signal-converter algorithms into plottable data for displaying plots thereof on the display screen. The plots can include a plot of curvature vs. time for each FBG sensor of a selection of the FBG sensors for identifying a distinctive change in strain of the optical-fiber stylet as a tip of the medical device is advanced into a superior vena cava of a patient. |
| US11525669B2 |
Laser projection module, depth camera and electronic device
A laser projection module is provided. The laser projection module includes a substrate assembly, a lens barrel assembly, a light source, a diffractive optical element and a collimation element. The lens barrel assembly includes a lens barrel and a stop member connected to the lens barrel. The lens barrel is disposed on the substrate assembly and configured to define a receiving cavity together with the substrate assembly. The light source is disposed on the substrate assembly, accommodated in the receiving cavity, and configured to emit laser to the receiving cavity. The diffractive optical element and the collimation element are accommodated in the receiving cavity. The light source, the collimation element and the diffractive optical element are sequentially disposed in an optical path of the light source. The stop member is configured to prevent the diffractive optical element from moving in a light-emitting direction of the laser projection module. |
| US11525666B2 |
Spectral contrast optical coherence tomography angiography
In an aspect, a method for imaging a target comprises steps of: performing optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanning on the target with one or more beams of source light, the one or more beams of source light comprising a plurality of wavelengths; wherein performing OCT scanning comprises: providing the source light to a reference optical path and to a sample optical path, wherein providing the source light to a sample optical path comprises illuminating the target with the source light; and recording interference data corresponding to an interaction of a light from the reference optical path and a light from the sample optical path; processing the interference data; and identifying blood or one or more blood-features in the target based on an optical attenuation of light in or associated with the sample optical path by the blood or the one or more blood-features. |
| US11525664B2 |
Calibration method
A calibration method includes the steps of placing a structure to be measured at a first position, measuring a first distance from a laser interferometer to a reflector, and measuring first coordinates of a body to be measured, moving the structure to be measured to a second position, measuring a second distance from the laser interferometer to the reflector and measuring second coordinates of the structure to be measured with the coordinate measuring apparats, while the structure to be measured is at the second position, determining a scale error of the reference instrument, mounting the reference instrument, measuring the interval between objects to be measured, and calculating a calibration value of the interval between the objects to be measured. |
| US11525661B2 |
Magnetic unit, position detection apparatus, and magnetic member
A position detection apparatus includes a magnetic unit and a sensor. The magnetic unit includes a magnetic member and a retainer. The magnetic member includes a magnet and a first magnetic yoke. The magnet extends in an axial direction and has a cross-section orthogonal to the axial direction, and a first maximum outer diameter in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction. The cross-section has a substantially constant area in the axial direction. The first magnetic yoke is disposed adjacent to the magnet in the axial direction and has a second maximum outer diameter in the radial direction. The second maximum outer diameter is greater than the first maximum outer diameter. The retainer extends in the axial direction and retains the magnetic member. The sensor detects a magnetic field that changes in association with a movement of the magnetic unit along the axial direction. |
| US11525659B2 |
Tool for measuring the size, position, spacing and overlap length of rebar in a concrete structure
A tool and system for measuring the size, position, and spacing of rebar in a concrete structure comprises a card preferably having a linear periphery. Around the periphery are a plurality of cutouts, with each of the cutouts adapted to measure the diameter of a standard rebar. The periphery of the card also has a series of hash marks to determine linear measurements. The amount of clear cover of the resulting concrete is measured by placing the tool on rebar inboard of the formwork and counting the hash marks to the adjacent formwork. The spacing between two rebars is measured by placing the tool on one rebar and counting the hash marks between two rebars. Alternatively, the distance between rebars and rebar overlap length is estimated by using the tool to determine the scale, if the space between bars is and overlap is longer that the tool length. |
| US11525658B2 |
Combined depth gauge
Combining several capillary tubes in one depth gauge, which measure the depth in different ranges, will allow obtaining a measuring scale close to linear and eliminate the main disadvantage of a capillary depth gauge. |
| US11525657B2 |
Measuring wheel with fixed stand
A measuring wheel may include a wheel assembly comprising a first wheel and a second wheel, a handle operably coupled to a shaft, a housing to which the shaft and the wheel assembly are operably coupled, and a fixed stand disposed at a portion of the housing substantially between the first and second wheels. |
| US11525656B2 |
Self-retracting tape rule
A tape rule comprises a blade, a reel, a spring, a lock, and a housing. The blade comprises a substrate and a coating. The coating is configured to provide color, environmental protection, and/or abrasion resistance. In some embodiments, (1) the coating is formed from non-polymer materials; (2) the blade comprises reinforcements metallurgically bonded to the blade at or near a free end; (3) measurement indicia comprise laser marked portions of the substrate that create color contrasts with other portions of the substrate; (4) the measurement indicia comprise portions of the substrate visible through gaps in the coating; (5) the measurement indicia comprise voids in the substrate filled with a coating material having a contrasting color; and/or (6) the substrate has a surface texture configured to change an appearance of the coating relative to an appearance of the coating on an as-rolled surface finish of the metal substrate. |
| US11525655B1 |
Methods for extended-range, enhanced-precision gun-fired rounds using g-hardened flow control systems
Methods involve using a guided munition (e.g., a mortar round or a grenade) that utilizes deployable flow effectors, activatable flow effectors and/or active flow control devices to extend the range and enhance the precision of traditional unguided munitions without increasing the charge needed for launch. Sensors such as accelerometers, magnetometers, IR sensors, rate gyros, and motor controller sensors feed signals into a controller which then actuates or deploys the flow effectors/flow control devices to achieve the enhanced characteristics. |
| US11525651B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle with electromagnetic pulse transmitter
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is disclosed. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle includes a body, rotors attached to the body, one or more sensors, and an electromagnetic pulse transmitter. The electromagnetic pulse transmitter is configured to transmit an EMP and the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is configured to track a target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using the one or more sensors and direct the electromagnetic pulse transmitter at the target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to disrupt the target Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. |
| US11525647B2 |
Firearm barrel feeding geometry
Provided are barrels, barrel assemblies, firearms, and associated components, assemblies, and methods. A barrel of a firearm may include an inner surface defining a bore configured to guide a projectile as the projectile is propelled through the bore by pressurized gas. The barrel may define a muzzle end, a chamber end opposite the muzzle end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the muzzle end and the chamber end. The inner surface may define a chamber at the chamber end of the barrel. The chamber may receive a cartridge and to support at least a portion of a casing of the cartridge during firing. The barrel may further define one or more barrel feed ramps at the chamber end configured to guide at least a portion of the cartridge into the chamber during an operational cycle of the firearm. The barrel may engage with a barrel extension as a barrel assembly. |
| US11525646B1 |
Optical trigger for bows, crossbows and firearms
An optical trigger for bows, crossbows and firearms preferably includes a trigger member, a light source and a light receiver. The trigger member is pivotally retained relative to at least one surface with a pivot rod. The trigger member preferably includes a pull area and an actuation area. An actuation hole is preferably formed above a pivot point. The actuation hole allows light to travel from the light source to the light receiver. The light source and the light receiver are retained relative to one of first and second sides of the trigger member. One end of a spring is engaged with an edge of the actuation area and the other end is retained relative to a support surface. It is preferable to have a light shield located on opposing sides of the trigger member. Each light shield surrounds the actuation hole and the light source or light receiver. |
| US11525643B2 |
Firearm bolt assembly with a pivoting handle
Firearms and bolt mechanisms are disclosed herein. The firearm can include a bolt assembly configured to provide leverage for extracting a cartridge. The bolt body can include a main cylindrical body, handle, and a pivot pin extending through a portion of the handle within the cylindrical body. The handle can be rotated relative to the main cylindrical body to push the bolt assembly along an internal passageway of the receiver. |
| US11525642B2 |
Thermal energy storage devices, systems, and methods
Methods, systems, and device for thermal energy storage are provided. For example, some embodiments include a thermal energy storage device that may include: a first casing wall; a second casing wall; and/or multiple support structures located between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The multiple support structures may provide continuous thermal paths and/or continuous mechanical paths between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The thermal energy storage device may be fabricated utilizing an additive manufacturing technique, such as direct laser metal sintering. Some embodiments may be manufactured utilizing printed metals, such as an aluminum alloy. In some embodiments, a phase-change material is charged between the first casing wall and the second casing wall. The phase-change material may include paraffin. |
| US11525634B2 |
Two-orientation condenser for enhanced gravity driven film condensation
An enhanced gravity-driven, thin film condensation heat transfer condenser is disclosed for use in a thermosyphon performing in two perpendicular orientations, as well as orientations in between. The thermosyphon includes an evaporator fluidly coupled to a first condenser configured with a plurality of fins, with each of the plurality of fins having notches adjacent to flanges, the notches forming vapor flow channels through the plurality of fins. The first condenser is fluidly coupled to a second condenser, and vapor flowing from the evaporator must first pass through the first condenser before entering the second condenser. |
| US11525632B2 |
Heat dissipation device
A heat dissipation device is configured for a working fluid to flow therethrough. The heat dissipation device includes a base, at least one heat dissipation fin, and at least one fluid replenisher. The base has at least one internal channel configured for the working fluid to flow therethrough. The at least one heat dissipation fin having an extension channel and an inlet and an outlet is in fluid communication with the extension channel. The at least one heat dissipation fin is inserted into one side of the base, and the extension channel is communicated with the at least one internal channel through the inlet and the outlet. The at least one fluid replenisher is connected to at least one internal channel. |
| US11525628B2 |
Process for producing biomethane from a biogas stream, comprising solidification of the impurities
Process for producing biomethane from a biogas stream including methane, carbon dioxide and at least one impurity chosen from ammonia, volatile organic compounds, water, sulfur-based impurities (H2S) and siloxanes. A biogas stream is dried, the at least one impurity is at least partially removed by solidification and removal of the impurity. The methane and the carbon dioxide contained in the biogas obtained from the second step are separated so as to produce a biomethane stream and a CO2 stream. |
| US11525624B2 |
Refrigerator with magnetic bin system
A refrigerator includes a housing defining an interior compartment with an open side and a door rotatably coupled with the housing. The door includes a liner defining an outer attachment surface and an opposite inner surface. The attachment surface includes a plurality of indicia corresponding with a plurality of predetermined attachment locations along the attachment surface. The door further includes a plurality of first magnetic components adjacent the interior surface and aligned with respective ones of the indicia. The refrigerator further includes a storage component defining a mounting surface having an area smaller than the attachment surface. The storage component includes a second magnetic component selectively releasably attachable to the liner at a selected one of the predetermined attachment locations by mutual attraction between the first magnetic component corresponding with the selected one of the predetermined attachment locations and the second magnetic component. |
| US11525622B2 |
Systems and methods for sealing a refrigerated galley of an aircraft
The present disclosure provides system for sealing a refrigerated galley of an aircraft. The system includes a door, and a seal assembly positioned at a bottom surface of the door. The seal assembly includes (i) a housing coupled to the bottom surface of the door, (ii) a seal positioned at least partially in the housing, wherein the seal is moveable relative to the housing and the door, (iii) a biasing mechanism coupled to the housing and the seal and configured to hold the seal in a relaxed state by applying a biasing force to the seal in a direction away from a floor surface of the refrigerated galley, and (iv) an activation mechanism coupled to the housing. The activation mechanism is configured to transition the seal from the relaxed state to a compressed state in response to a rotation of the door from an open position to a closed position. |
| US11525620B2 |
Door insert, door of a household cooling appliance, and method for mounting a door insert
A door insert for a door of a household cooling appliance has a body defining a storage space for storing goods. The insert body has a bottom and side walls. A front wall, which is formed as a separate component, extends in a width direction between the side walls. A separate holding bracket connects the separate component to at least one of the side walls. The outer face of a side wall is provided with a coupling structure and a bracket element of the separate holding bracket is formed with a counter coupling structure. The two coupling structures are engaged with each other. There is also described a door, a household cooling appliance, and a method for mounting a door insert in a door. |
| US11525610B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes evaporator cases arranged in a freezing chamber and located on a bottom surface of a partition wall, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator cases, and grill covers arranged on a rear side of the evaporator cases and having a blowing fan installed therein. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to a refrigerating chamber and through which at least a portion of cold air passing through the blowing fan flows, and a freezing chamber discharge passage which extends from the grill covers to the freezing chamber and through which the remaining cold air among the cold air passing through the blowing fan passes. |
| US11525609B2 |
Entrance refrigerator
An entrance refrigerator includes a cabinet installed to pass through a front door or a wall and forming a storage compartment for storing goods, a housing coupled to a lower end of the cabinet, an outdoor side door coupled to a front surface of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment and exposed to an outside, an indoor side door coupled to a rear surface of the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment and exposed to an inside, a cold air supply device accommodated in a space defined by a lower portion of the cabinet and the housing and supplying cold air to the storage compartment, and at least one guide duct mounted on a bottom surface of the housing and extending in a front-to-rear direction of the housing, the at least one guide duct having a discharge port formed therein. |
| US11525601B2 |
Flexible duct connector processing system
The flexible duct connector processing system of the present invention comprises a decoiler machine and a processing machine. The decoiler machine stores one or more rolls of flexible duct connector stock which are fed to the processing machine. The processing machine beads, notches, and cuts the flexible duct connector stock according to programmed instructions received from a control system. A conveyor system disposed after the processing machine optionally collects the cut flexible duct connector stock and conveys it in batches. |
| US11525600B2 |
Air conditioning system and control method thereof
An air conditioning control system includes a casing including paths through which air passes, dampers arranged at an entrance and an exit of each of the paths and operated to open or close the entrance and the exit according to a control signal, a heat and mass exchanger including a hygroscopic material for absorbing moisture and arranged across the paths to be rotated with respect to the casing, a driving unit rotating the heat and mass exchanger, a heat exchange unit having a heat transfer medium flowing inside the heat exchange unit and arranged on at least one of the paths, and a controller opening or closing the entrance and the exit of the paths by applying a control signal to the dampers, and changing a rotation speed of the heat and mass exchanger by applying a control signal to the driving unit, according to operation modes. |
| US11525595B2 |
System for determining operation condition of precooling operation/preheating operation of air conditioner
A precooling operation/preheating operation control apparatus includes: an air conditioner, a ventilation apparatus, and a controller. The air conditioner performs heat exchange between air in a target space for precooling or preheating and a heat medium. The ventilation apparatus replaces part of the air in the target space with outside air that is air outside a building. The controller determines, on the basis of a set temperature of the target space at a designated time and a quantity related to an outside air temperature, operation details of the air conditioner and operation details of the ventilation apparatus during a precooling operation or preheating operation. |
| US11525594B1 |
Automated management of electricity consumption
An electricity automation application may automate control over an HVAC system in a consumer's home or other building to reduce or eliminate electricity consumption during a high-price or high-demand time interval. The consumer may grant authorization for the application to control the HVAC system at appropriate timepoints while maintaining an inside air temperature that is between minimum and maximum temperature setpoints set by the consumer. The application models temperature gains and losses for the home or building as a function of inside and outside temperatures and HVAC operating status. If a high-price or high-demand time interval is predicted, the application may determine a timepoint to precool or preheat the home or building to reduce or eliminate electricity use during the duration of the high-price or high-demand time interval. |
| US11525589B2 |
Air cleaner
An air cleaner includes a fan that is configured to suck air in an axial direction and discharge air between the axial direction and a radial direction. The air cleaner further includes a fan motor that is configured to rotate the fan. The air cleaner further includes an air guide unit that includes a cylindrical outer wall and an inner wall that is located in a center portion of the outer wall and that defines a space that is configured to receive the fan motor. The air guide unit defines an annular air flow path that is configured to receive air discharged by the fan and that is defined by an inner circumferential surface of the outer wall and an outer circumferential surface of the inner wall. The air guide unit further includes a plurality of guide ribs. The air guide unit further includes a plurality of flow guide protrusions. |
| US11525588B2 |
Portable air purifier
A portable air purifier may include a case having an accommodation space, a front side and a rear side of which are open; a fan assembly accommodated in the accommodation space and including a blower fan; a fan cover disposed in front of and coupled to the fan assembly in the accommodation space; and a filter module disposed behind the fan assembly in the accommodation space. The case may include a first support surface that protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of the case and disposed behind the fan cover to face the fan cover, and a second support surface that protrudes from the inner circumferential surface of the case and disposed in front of at least a portion of the filter module to face the at least a portion of the filter module. The fan cover and the filter module may be coupled in a frontward-rearward direction with the first support surface and the second support surface interposed therebetween and may be fixed to the case. |
| US11525586B2 |
Turbo fan and air-conditioner having the same
A turbo fan includes a hub for coupling a rotating shaft of a motor, a shroud, and a plurality of blades. Each blade includes an inner insertion portion disposed between the hub and the shroud, and an outer extension portion extending from the inner insertion portion and protruding beyond an outer circumference of the hub. Each blade has a positive pressure surface that includes a front surface facing toward a rotational direction and has a convex shape, and a negative pressure surface that includes a rear surface facing toward an opposite direction to the rotational direction and has a concave shape. Each blade further includes a first flow guide protrusion protruding from the positive pressure surface and arranged at an outer end of the outer extension portion, and extends from one side to the other side of the outer end of the outer extension portion in an axial direction. |
| US11525583B2 |
Telescopic rail
The present application concerns a telescopic rail comprising a first rail element, at least one further rail element and at least one rolling body cage for positioning a plurality of rolling bodies between two rail elements, wherein the rolling body cage has at least two receiving limbs having a respective plurality of through openings, wherein the receiving limbs together have a cross-section partially enclosing an internal space, and a plurality of rolling bodies received in the through openings in the receiving limbs, wherein the rolling body cage is arranged with the rolling bodies between the first rail element and the further rail element. According to the invention it is proposed that such a telescopic rail be modified to such an effect that the telescopic rail has a first group of rolling bodies and the rolling bodies of the first group are made of graphite, wherein the telescopic rail has a second group of rolling bodies and the rolling bodies of the second group are made of a material which is of greater hardness than the graphite of the rolling bodies of the first group, and wherein at least two rolling bodies of the second group are respectively received in the through openings of at least two receiving limbs. |
| US11525580B2 |
Axially oriented internally mounted continuous ignition device: removable nozzle
An embodiment of a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor case, a combustor liner disposed within the combustor case, a fuel nozzle at an upstream end of the combustor liner, a torch igniter within the combustor case, and a removable fuel injector. The torch igniter includes a combustion chamber, a cap configured to receive a removable fuel injector and a surface igniter, a tip, an annular igniter wall extending from the cap to the tip and defining a radial extent of the combustion chamber, a structural wall coaxial with and surrounding the igniter wall, and an outlet passage within the tip which fluidly connects the combustion chamber to the combustor. The removable fuel injector extends through a fuel injector opening of the combustor case. The diameter of the fuel injector opening is wider than a fuel injector diameter of the removable fuel injector. |
| US11525579B2 |
Combustor nozzle, combustor, and gas turbine including same
A combustor nozzle capable of injecting fuel uniformly, a combustor including the combustor nozzle, and a gas turbine including the combustor are provided. The combustor nozzle includes a premix passage in which air and fuel are mixed, wherein the premix passage includes a plurality of pegs configured to inject fuel and guide an air flow and a plurality of mixing bars configured to mix air and fuel injected from the plurality of pegs, the mixing bar having a twisted structure. |
| US11525577B2 |
Extended bulkhead panel
A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel. |
| US11525576B2 |
Lighter device having accessory storage
A device comprises a main body having a first, lighter portion and a second portion. The lighter portion is configured to house a lighter mechanism capable of igniting a flame. The second portion contains a pocket accessible from outside the main body and is configured to receive an accessory. |
| US11525574B2 |
Single inlet oxygen burner for metal making
The present disclosure describes a metal making burner in fluid communication with a gas inlet and comprising an oxygen inlet valve that provides control of oxygen flow to two different discharge lines, such as a main line and a shroud line. This allows distinct “modes” of operation, utilizing only the flow from the single oxygen supply as the control method. The apparatus includes a moving piston with ports therein that meter flow to both discharge lines when the ports line up with a separate set of ports in a cylinder that receives the piston. At low or no pressure from the gas inlet, flow rates follow one ratio of flows between the discharge lines. As pressure from a gas inlet changes in the burner, the piston moves and realigns the ports (opening or closing some of the ports), which results in a different ratio of flows between the discharge lines. |
| US11525567B2 |
Ventilation housing
A ventilation housing of the present disclosure includes: a housing; and a ventilation assembly. The housing includes a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface and internally having a first space communicating the inside and the outside of the housing. The ventilation assembly includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side. The ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other. The ventilation assembly has a second space serving as a ventilation path connecting the gas-permeable membrane and the outside of the ventilation assembly in the inside of the internal member, the inside of the external member, and/or an interspace between the internal member and the external member joined together. A height H1 of the internal member is 6 to 10 mm. A ratio of the height H1 of the internal member to a height H2 of the projection is 1.00 to 1.70. The ventilation housing of the present disclosure exhibits excellent performance in terms of moisture permeation between the inside and the outside of the housing and is capable of reducing dropping of the ventilation assembly from the projection of the housing. |
| US11525565B1 |
Christmas tree stand connecting structure and LED decorative lamp
A Christmas tree stand connecting structure and an LED decorative lamp are disclosed. The Christmas tree stand connecting structure includes a fixed disc and an LED decorative lamp, wherein a side wall of the fixed disc is movably connected with a supporting frame. A top of the fixed disc is equipped with a connecting mechanism, wherein an angle adjusting assembly is arranged in the connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes a connecting part, a positioning part, a connecting end, a connecting line, and a connecting port. The connecting part is assembled through the positioning part on a bottom of the connecting part and the positioning slot in a top. In a mounting process, a blocking part inside a matching slot is jacked to two sides through a semicircular structure on the top for a clamping part to clamp and fix a side wall of the blocking part. |
| US11525559B2 |
Set comprising a plug connectable LED and a photocurable composition
A set including a plug connectable LED and a packaged photocurable composition. It relates also to methods for applying that article. The photocurable composition includes cyanoacrylate monomers and/or acrylate monomers, and a visible light photoinitiator system. The plug connectable LED, when connected to a host mobile device including a rechargeable battery, allows energisation of the LED so that it can be used as a convenient light source to cure the photocurable composition. The set itself does not comprise a battery or, batteries. The set is a versatile consumer product in the field of adhesives, fillers, sealants and coatings. |
| US11525557B2 |
Downlight apparatus
A downlight apparatus has a rotatable base, a light module and a front cover. The light is rotatable in a spherical rotating space defined by the rotatable base. There is a stop structure for keeping the light module staying at rotating angle with respect to the rotatable base when there is no external force applying on the light module. |
| US11525552B2 |
Method for transmitting control instructions to a plurality of receivers and receiver adapted to receive a light pixel carrying the control instructions
Control instructions are transmitted to receivers by modulating light sources to generate light beams that are modulated with digital data streams for inducing control instructions in the light beams. Each light beam is applied to a pixel shaper element of a pixel shaper assembly to produce a light pixel, each light pixel carrying the control instructions of the light beam, each light pixel having a perimeter defined by the pixel shaper element. The pixel shaper assembly combines the light pixels into an image without significant overlap or voids between the light pixels. The light pixels are directed toward a projector lens for transmission toward the receivers. In a receiver, an optical receiver detects a light pixel. A controller decodes the control instructions received in the detected light pixel and uses the control instructions to control a function of the receiver. |
| US11525550B2 |
Lamp for automobile and automobile including the same
A lamp for an automobile and an automobile including the lamp. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a lamp for an automobile includes: a light source that generates and emits light; and a micro lens array (MLA) module which is provided in front of the light source and on which the light is incident. The MLA module includes: an entrance lens array; an exit lens array; and a shield provided between the entrance lens array and the exit lens array. The shield includes a protrusion area forming an upper periphery of the shield and protruding upward and a recess area recessed downward from the protrusion area. Minute protrusions each having a shape lifted upward are provided in some of the plurality of protrusion areas or the plurality of recess areas. |
| US11525549B1 |
Solar powered illumination device
A solar powered illumination device, including a bulb to illuminate in at least one color, a base unit removably connected to the bulb to receive the bulb therein, a solar cell circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of the base unit to generate power in response to receiving an external light source and send the power to the bulb, and a connector unit, including a connector body removably connected between the bulb and the base unit, and a photodiode disposed on at least a portion of the connector body to generate power for the bulb in response to receiving the external light source thereon. |
| US11525544B2 |
Fuel storage module assembly
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for producing a hydrogen storage vessel that is lightweight. The hydrogen storage vessel may comprise an inner body and an outer body structured as concentric rings with a conic interface. The vessel may have four material layers, including a barrier layer, an insulation layer, a fiber knit, and an abrasion layer. The fiber knit may be braided to trap the hydrogen, as the barrier layer may not be completely impermeable. Additionally, the fiber braid may be clamped to the outer body, enabling pressure pushing on the inner body to wedge and seal the storage vessel. |
| US11525543B2 |
Storage method for hydrochlorofluoroolefin, and storage container for hydrochlorofluoroolefin
To provide a method for safely and stably storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin filled in a container for storage, transportation, etc. A method for storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin in a sealed storage container, wherein the hydrochlorofluoroolefin is stored in such a state that a gas phase and a liquid phase coexist in the storage container, and the concentration of air in the gas phase in the storage container at a temperature of 25° C. is kept to be at most 3.0 vol %, and a method for storing a hydrochlorofluoroolefin in a sealed storage container, wherein the hydrochlorofluoroolefin is stored in such a state that a gas phase and a liquid phase coexist in the storage container, and the concentration of oxygen in the gas phase in the storage container at a temperature of 25° C. is kept to be at most 0.6 vol %. |
| US11525540B2 |
Supporting structure and display apparatus
Provided is a display apparatus having a structure excellent in workability upon installation. The display apparatus includes: a display section; and a supporting structure that is to be mounted on a wall surface and supports the display section. The supporting structure includes a support that supports the display section from below in a vertical direction, and an inclination adjusting mechanism provided at the support and configured to adjust an inclination of the display section with respect to the vertical direction. |
| US11525536B2 |
Sealing device and associated inner sleeve
A sealing device is provided for sealing a transition between a main line and a branch line. An insert has a main part disposed in the main line. A connector is disposed in the branch line. A first expandable inner sleeve for bracing the main part in the main fine is provided, as well as at least a second expandable inner sleeve for bracing the connector in the branch line. An inner sleeve having a locking device is also provided. |
| US11525530B2 |
Mechanical branch outlet
A mechanical branch outlet includes: a housing defining: an outer surface; an inner surface; and an outlet bore extending between the outer surface and the inner surface; an insert defining: a wall; an axis; a rim extending radially outward from the wall with respect to the axis, the rim being a flange; a first end extending from the rim in a first axial direction aligned with the axis; and a second end extending from the rim in a second axial direction opposite from the first axial direction; the first end received fully within the outlet bore of the housing; the outlet bore of the housing configured to slidably receive the second end and retain the first end, an outer diameter of the rim being greater than an outer diameter of the second end. |
| US11525525B2 |
Apparatus for noise reduction in valves
An apparatus for noise reduction in valves is disclosed. A disclosed example valve includes a valve body including a fluid passageway, and a cage located in the fluid passageway, the cage including a wall having openings, a fluid to flow from an inner surface of the wall to an outer surface of the wall through the openings, each of the openings including respective ribs, the ribs to follow a helical path along a length of each opening to cause rotation of the fluid flowing through the openings. |
| US11525523B2 |
Open circuit diagnostic for pulsed solenoid I/P
Techniques for diagnosing failures in a digital solenoid I/P converter are provided herein. A controller of the I/P converter may apply a fixed voltage to an I/P coil of the I/P converter, causing an armature to move from an off-position to an on-position in a properly-functioning I/P converter. The controller may receive an indication of whether a digital logic line trip has occurred, indicating that a current for the I/P coil has reached a desired maximum current level. The controller may remove the fixed voltage applied to the I/P coil when the maximum current level is reached or when a threshold period of time has elapsed from the application of the fixed voltage to the I/P coil. The controller may diagnose, based on whether the digital logic line trip occurred prior to removing the fixed voltage, a failure in the I/P converter. |
| US11525521B2 |
Control device for valve device
An instruction duty computation unit computes an instruction duty ratio representing a ratio between an energization time and a non-energization time of a motor based on an actual rotation angle detected by a rotation angle sensor and a target rotation angle of a valve member. The rotation angle sensor detects an actual rotation angle of a valve member of a fluid control valve. A stress computation unit computes a valve member load torque of the valve member based on the actual rotation angle and an actual duty ratio of the motor. An actual duty computation unit computes a new value of the actual duty ratio based on an instruction duty ratio computed by using an instruction duty computation unit and a valve member load torque computed by using a stress computation unit. |
| US11525515B2 |
Radial seal segment joint
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a segmented radial seal assembly that includes at least two segments, each segment having a first end and a second end at opposite ends. A first segment first end has a protruding feature and defines a tangential vector from a circumferential ring that is formed by the segmented radial seal. The protruding feature defines a curved face having at least a first axis of curvature that is parallel to the tangential vector. The second segment second end has a recessed feature that is matingly engageable to the first segment first end, thereby forming a first radial seal segment joint. The segmented radial seal assembly is configured to surround a shaft. |
| US11525512B2 |
Seal ring
Provided is a seal ring configured so that stable lubrication performance can be provided across a wide range of rotation speed. A seal ring for sealing a clearance between a rotary shaft and a housing includes; inclined grooves formed at a sliding surface so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction, the inclined grooves being closed on an outer diameter side thereof and configured to generate a dynamic pressure; and supply grooves opening on a sealed fluid side and communicating with an inner diameter side of the inclined grooves. |
| US11525511B2 |
Film-integrated gasket having a gasket support with a recess formed therein
A film-integrated gasket is provided in which a gasket body is supported by a gasket support body formed of a resin film and a film thickness t2 at a position where the gasket body is supported is set to be smaller than a film thickness t1 at an adjacent position thereto so as to satisfy a demand for low reaction force by reducing the compression ratio in the thickness directional in mounting. The film-integrated gasket can be provided with a portion compressed in the thickness direction at the position where the gasket body is supported, so that the portion sets a thickness difference. The film-integrated gasket can alternatively be provided with a portion where a plurality of resin films is stacked at an adjacent position to the position where the gasket main body is supported, so that the portion sets a thickness difference. |
| US11525510B2 |
Piston rings
A piston ring (10) for forming a seal between a piston (26) and piston housing (28). The piston ring (10) has first and second orthogonal axes (12, 14) and a body portion (18) which is resiliently deformable in the direction of the first axis (12) and is substantially rigid in the direction of the second axis (14). |
| US11525509B2 |
Resin member
A resin member capable of inhibiting generation of particles due to repeated bending thereof is provided. A rolling diaphragm 5 composed of a resin member has one surface formed as a liquid contact surface 37a, repeatedly bends when used, and has flexibility. A surface roughness of the liquid contact surface 37a at a portion 371 that bends is less than 0.40 μm as an arithmetic average roughness, and a total light reflectance of the liquid contact surface 37a at the portion 371 that bends is not less than 2.0%. |
| US11525508B2 |
Shift device
In a shift device (10), a base portion (42) of a collar (40) is accommodated in a mounting hole (50) of a support portion (34), and a thin plate portion (52) of the support portion (34) is disposed at an upper side of an upper face (42A) of the base portion (42). When an impact load of at least a predetermined value is applied to a shift lever, the thin plate portion (52) of the support portion (34) is broken by the base portion (42) and the support portion (34) moves while being guided by the base portion (42). Thus, the impact load is absorbed. Consequently, an impact load absorption mode may be made consistent. |
| US11525501B1 |
Pass through differential
Pass-through differentials are described. |
| US11525496B2 |
Roller chain
A roller chain includes a plurality of inner and outer link units and a plurality of sealing rings. Each inner link unit includes two inner chain plates and two bushings. Each outer link unit interconnects an adjacent pair of the inner link units, and includes two outer chain plates and two connecting rods. Each of the outer chain plates has two inner surrounding surface portions each partially defining a retaining space. Each of the sealing rings is disposed in a respective one of the retaining spaces in the outer chain plates. |
| US11525495B2 |
Link chain
A link chain comprises an inner link plate, an outer link plate, a bushing and a pin that form a chain link, and a labyrinth seal between the outer link plate and the inner link plate. The labyrinth seal comprises at least one lug having lug length and at least one groove having a groove depth, the lug length and groove depth being between 10% to 50% of an average respective link plate thickness, wherein in response to an overload of the link chain, the flow of force within the link chain is partially diverted across surfaces of the labyrinth seal formed by the at least one lug and the at least one groove. |
| US11525493B2 |
Torsional vibration damper with centered flanges
A torsional vibration damper, including: an output flange supported for rotation around an axis of rotation and including a first drive surface and a second drive surface; an intermediate flange including a first drive tab aligned in series with the first drive surface in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation and a second drive tab aligned in series with the second drive surface in the circumferential direction; a first spring including a first end directly engaged with the first drive surface and a second end directly engaged with the first drive tab; and a second spring including a first end directly engaged with the second drive tab and a second end directly engaged with the second drive surface. In an example embodiment, the intermediate flange includes a centering tab in contact with the output flange and arranged to center the intermediate flange with respect to the output flange. |
| US11525492B2 |
Vibration-proof mount
A vibration-proof mount which is interposed between a vibration device including a vibration source and an elastic member disposed on a foundation surface includes an upper base plate including a first mounting portion where the vibration device is mounted, a lower base pate arranged below the upper base plate and supporting the upper base plate, and a plurality of connecting members connecting the upper base plate and the lower base plate, the plurality of connecting members including at least two or more first connecting members disposed between the first mounting portion and the lower base plate at intervals from one another. The first mounting portion is configured to have higher rigidity than the lower base plate. |
| US11525490B1 |
Power transmission device having a friction clutch and a controller configured to determine an approximated temperature of the friction clutch and responsively control the friction clutch
A power transmission device includes a friction clutch, an actuator, and a controller configured to determine an approximated temperature change of the friction clutch. The controller is configured to determine a current power state of the friction clutch, determine a desired power state change based on the current power state and a previous power state, determine a plurality of thermal coefficients based on a thermal coefficient model, the desired power state change, and a set of operation variables, determine an approximated temperature change of the friction clutch based on the thermal coefficients and a friction clutch temperature model, determine an approximated clutch temperature based on the approximated temperature change and a contemporaneous value of an device ambient temperature, and control operation of the actuator based at least on the approximated clutch temperature. |
| US11525488B2 |
Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission includes a clutch device having a clutch hub, a clutch drum, a friction plate, a piston, and a hydraulic chamber. The clutch drum includes an outer-side cylindrical portion, a disc-shaped first radial portion extending radially inwardly, an axial portion extending axially from the first radial portion, and a disc-shaped second radial portion extending radially inwardly from the axial portion. The piston includes a pressing portion disposed between the first radial portion and the friction plate side, and a disc-shaped piston radial portion extending radially inwardly from the pressing portion. The hydraulic chamber is provided radially inwardly from the axial portion and on the non-friction-plate side of the piston radial portion. A comb-teeth portion is provided at a radially intermediate portion of the piston radial portion. The axial portion and the piston radial portion intersect with each other in a comb-teeth shape. |
| US11525481B2 |
Rolling bearing arrangement, device and method for determining a used and/or remaining period of a grease life-time
A rolling bearing arrangement having a first and a second raceway element, and rolling bodies being arranged between the two raceway elements so that the two raceway elements are rotatable against each other in the manner of a rolling bearing, a space between the raceway elements in which the rolling bodies are rolling off comprising a lubricating grease, at least one sensor element for sensing temperature, at a specific point of the rolling bearing, particularly in the space, and for sensing speed of the rolling bearing and a unit receiving the sensed temperature and speed, calculating from the profiles of the sensed temperature over time and from the speed over time via a calculated energy imposed on the grease a used and/or remaining period of the grease life-time. |
| US11525480B2 |
Bearing protector
A split bearing protector with a flexible design that adds improved moisture protection to a bearing and can be installed without removing the bearing from the machine in which it is installed. |
| US11525478B2 |
Wind turbine
A wind turbine includes a rotor shaft. The rotor shaft is mounted via a bearing assembly having a first bearing ring and a second bearing ring mounted to rotate in relation to the first bearing ring. A hydrostatically supported first friction bearing segment is disposed on the first bearing ring and interacts with a first friction face that is disposed on the second bearing ring. The first friction bearing segment is received in a receptacle pocket of the first bearing ring such that a first compression chamber is formed between the first bearing ring and the first friction bearing segment. The first friction bearing segment is configured such that a second compression chamber is formed between the first friction bearing segment and the second bearing ring, wherein the first compression chamber and the second compression chamber are connected by a duct that runs through the first friction bearing segment. |
| US11525474B1 |
Fastener device for securing articles to a slatted floor
A cost-effective anchor member formed of sheet metal for use with a compression style fastener device for securing equipment such as hog penning and gates to a slatted floor, the anchor member having an elongated body with a curved center section and opposed inclined sections extending upwardly and outwardly from the center section, and a cutout formed in the curved center section in which an internally threaded attachment member is secured against rotating, wherein in use the anchor member is positioned extending laterally against the underside of the slatted floor with spaced apart contact locations supporting the anchor member and providing improved stability. |
| US11525468B1 |
Blowout preventer closing circuit
The disclosure provides a blowout preventer system including: a hydraulic circuit, a blowout preventer including a ram having an open port and a close port, a hydraulic fluid tank, a hydraulic fluid pump, and a control valve. The hydraulic circuit includes: a first accumulator, a first valve, and a second valve. The control valve is coupled to the open port, the close port, and the hydraulic fluid tank. The first accumulator is coupled to the control valve by way of the first valve and to the close port by way of the second valve. The first valve allows hydraulic fluid to flow from the control valve to the first accumulator but prevents hydraulic fluid from flowing back to the control valve. When the control valve is in the open position, the second valve is closed, and when the control valve is in the close position, the second valve is open. |
| US11525466B2 |
Valve
A valve, having a valve housing, in which a housing interior is formed, in which a movable valve slide is located. The valve slide is impinged upon by a compression spring that is supported via a supporting element on the valve housing. The supporting element has a supporting wall, from which a plurality of supporting arms protrudes, which axially overlap the valve slide in each axial position. On the supporting arms guide surfaces are formed for linear guidance of the valve slide. The supporting arms are springily deflectable and in each case have a radial support surface, with which they are supported on the valve housing. |
| US11525462B2 |
Ceiling fan
A ceiling fan assembly having a motor assembly with a rotating blade hub, and at least one fan blade mounted to the rotating blade hub with a blade span defined between a tip and a root, and defining an airfoil cross section including a rounded leading edge and a v-shaped trailing edge defining a chord therebetween. The blade comprising a pressure side surface and a suction side surface extending between the leading and trailing edges and including a hollow interior and including a tip opening at the tip and a root opening at the root for accessing the hollow interior. The at least one fan blade includes a thickness to chord ratio of less than about 15%. |
| US11525460B2 |
Method for assembling a water pump
Method to assemble a water pump with an impeller driven by an electrical machine comprising a housing cap and a volute with an inlet and an outlet and a boot hosting a stator and a rotor of the electrical machine and an electronic board mounted at the side apart from the impeller and covered by the cap housing, the boot having a radial extending rim comprising at least slots defined by the following steps: connecting the volute to the boot by inserting axial hooks in the boot's slots, twisting the volute versus the boot to fix the axial hooks, inserting radial hooks of the cap housing in the same slots. |
| US11525459B2 |
Convectors
A convector for cooling a microprocessor includes a volute-shaped housing, a stator, and a rotor, and can be mounted to a CPU board of a computing device for thermal coupling with the microprocessor. The volute-shaped housing of the convector encapsulates the stator and the rotor, and has a radially outer casing which defines a single exit port for guiding a fluid out of the housing. The stator has a plurality of plates configured to conduct heat. The rotor has a plurality of disks and a shaft extending longitudinally along the housing. Together, the housing, the stator, and the rotor define a spiral flow path through the volute-shaped housing, in both radially outward and longitudinal directions, to the single exit port. A motor may be provided to impart rotational motion to the rotor. |
| US11525458B2 |
Conveying device
A conveying device with an electric drive, having a housing with a suction opening and a plurality of outlet openings that comprises a conveying element which is rotatably received in the housing to produce a fluid flow from the suction opening to the respective outlet opening, wherein the outlet openings are mounted to the housing at least axially spaced from each other. |
| US11525455B2 |
Double suction fan and air conditioner having the same
A double suction fan includes first and second rings spaced at a predetermined distance apart from and in parallel to each other, an intermediate plate disposed between the first and second rings and including a shaft hole, a plurality of first blades disposed between the first ring and the intermediate plate, a plurality of second blades disposed between the second ring and the intermediate plate, and first and second rotating hubs disposed on both side surfaces of the intermediate plate, wherein each of the first and second rotating hubs is formed of a plurality of hub plates which are disposed perpendicular to the intermediate plate around the shaft hole, and wherein the plurality of hub plates are formed to evenly distribute air introduced through the first and second rings in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of first and second blades when the intermediate plate rotates. |
| US11525446B2 |
Compressor and air conditioner
A compressor and an air conditioner are provided. The compressor includes a main shaft, a first cylinder and a second cylinder. The main shaft sequentially passes through the first cylinder and the second cylinder and can rotate therein, to compress refrigerant entering the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The second cylinder has an inner cavity capable of receiving the main shaft. A volume variation control cavity in communication with the inner cavity is provided in a side wall of the inner cavity, and a sliding vane is provided inside the volume variation control cavity. The volume variation control cavity can be selectively connected to a gas inlet and a gas outlet of the compressor, to change gas pressure in the volume variation control cavity, and drive the sliding vane to abut against or be separated from the main shaft by the gas pressure in the volume variation control cavity. |
| US11525445B2 |
Compressor assembly, compressor, and method of manufacturing compressor
A compressor assembly becomes a compressor as a result of a terminal guard being attached. The compressor assembly includes a body, and a terminal guard mounting seat attached to an outer surface of the body. The terminal guard is attachable to the terminal guard mounting seat. A compressor includes the compressor assembly and the terminal guard. The compressor can be manufactured by attaching the terminal guard mounting seat to the outer surface, administering metal spraying to at least part of the outer surface after attaching the terminal guard mounting seat, and attaching the terminal guard to the terminal guard mounting seat after the administering metal spraying. |
| US11525442B2 |
Method and apparatus for testing for and removing trapped air from submersible well pump assembly
A fixture has a body that connects to a motor, the body having a bore. The body has a piston in the bore, separating the bore into a pressure chamber and a lubricant chamber in fluid communication with lubricant in the motor. A technician applies pressure to the pressure chamber, which causes the piston to increase pressure of the lubricant in the lubricant chamber and in the motor. The technician monitors a distance of movement of the piston, indicating a presence of residual air in the lubricant. If the movement meets a amount, the technician applies a vacuum to the lubricant chamber and bleeds out residual air from the lubricant in the motor. |
| US11525439B2 |
Actuating and sensing module
An actuating and sensing module is disclosed and includes a bottom plate, terminals, a control chip, a partition plate, a gas pressure sensor, a thin gas transportation device and a cover plate. The bottom plate includes terminal grooves, a recess, a gas outlet and a gas relief aperture. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves. The control chip is disposed in the recess. The partition plate is stacked on the bottom plate and includes an outlet opening in communication with the gas outlet and a pressure relief orifice corresponding to the gas relief aperture. The thin gas transportation device seals the gas outlet and the pressure relief orifice. The cover plate includes an opening passed through by the thin gas transportation device. The gas is transported to the outlet opening by the thin gas transportation device and sensed by the gas pressure sensor disposed in the outlet opening. |
| US11525432B2 |
Wind turbine and method for detecting and responding to loads acting thereon
A method for operating a wind turbine for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind turbine has an aerodynamic rotor with a rotor hub and rotor blades of which the blade angle is adjustable, and the aerodynamic rotor can be operated with a variable rotation speed, and the wind turbine has a generator, which is coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, for the purpose of generating a generator power, wherein the generator can be operated with a variable generator torque, comprising the steps of: determining a loading variable which indicates a loading on the wind turbine by the wind, and reducing the rotation speed and/or the generator power in a loading mode depending on the loading variable, wherein at least one force variable that acts on the wind turbine is used for determining the loading variable or as the loading variable. |
| US11525430B2 |
Wind turbine rotor blade with two rows of vortex generators
A wind turbine rotor blade includes a first row of vortex generators having two adjacent vortex generators each having a longitudinal axis and two first fins having trailing ends arranged in a distance d from each other. The two longitudinal axes define a center line. A second row of vortex generators includes a second fin having a trailing end arranged closer to the center line than a leading end of the second fin. The second fin is arranged on the same side of the center line as the first fin such that the trailing end of the second fin is arranged in a chordwise distance c from the trailing end of that first fin. A distance x of the trailing end of the second fin from the center line is within a certain defined range. |
| US11525427B2 |
High pressure fuel pump and fuel supply system
A high pressure fuel pump includes: a pump body that forms a suction passage and a pressurizing chamber and slidably supports a plunger; and a control valve that opens a connection between the suction passage and the pressurizing chamber in a suction stroke, during which the plunger is driven toward a suction side for suctioning fuel into the pressurizing chamber, while the control valve controls closing timing, at which the connection between the suction passage and the pressurizing chamber is closed by the control valve in a delivery stroke, during which the plunger is driven toward a delivery side for delivering the fuel out of the pressurizing chamber. The pump body forms a release passage that is communicated with the suction passage. The release passage relieves the fuel, which is pressurized by the plunger, from the pressurizing chamber before the closing timing during the delivery stroke. |
| US11525424B1 |
Charge-air cooler and method to reduce water induction in engine
An engine system includes an intake manifold and a charge-air cooler disposed upstream of the intake manifold. The charge-air cooler includes a housing defining an enclosure having a water reservoir, a heat exchanger disposed within the enclosure, and a valve disposed within the enclosure. The valve has a flap that is movable between an open position in which airflow is permitted across the water reservoir and a closed position is which airflow across the water reservoir is inhibited. |
| US11525422B1 |
Diagnostic for a fuel canister heating system
A vehicle includes a fuel tank, a canister, a first valve, a second valve, a heater, and a controller. The fuel tank is configured to store fuel. The canister is in fluid communication with the fuel tank and is configured to receive and store evaporated fuel from the fuel tank. The first valve is disposed between the fuel tank and the canister. The second valve is disposed between the canister and ambient surroundings. The heater is disposed within the canister. The controller is programmed to, periodically initiate diagnostic tests that are configured to determine if the heater is operating properly, if the heater is unable to turn off, or if the heater is unable to turn on. |
| US11525416B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for thermal management by deploying engine fueling on demand
A method includes receiving information indicative of a temperature of exhaust gas emitted from an engine operating at an engine speed, determining that the temperature of the exhaust gas is below a predefined temperature threshold, determining an engine load sized to increase the temperature of the exhaust gas above the predefined temperature threshold, increasing a load on the engine to the determined engine load while maintaining the engine at the engine speed by increasing at least one of a fuel flow rate and a fuel flow pressure of the fuel pump powered by the engine, and diverting the excess fuel from the fuel flow path upstream of the engine. Increasing at least one of the fuel flow rate and the fuel pressure of the fuel pump causes excess fuel to be provided to the engine than is necessary to maintain the engine at the engine speed. |
| US11525414B2 |
Method to control a road vehicle during a slip of the drive wheels
A method to control a road vehicle during a slip of the drive wheels and having the steps of: detecting a slip of at least one drive wheel; and controlling, only during a slip of at least one drive wheel, a driving unit of the road vehicle with a signalling law so as to obtain a cyclic operating irregularity, which generates an abnormal vibration and/or an abnormal noise. |
| US11525406B2 |
Turbine engine gearbox
A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section, a compressor section, and a turbine section including a fan drive turbine that drives the fan through a gear reduction. The gear reduction includes at least two double helical gears in meshed engagement, each of the at least two double helical gears having a first plurality of gear teeth separated from a second plurality of gear teeth such that a first end of the first plurality of gear teeth and a first end of the second plurality of gear teeth are spaced apart by an axial distance. Each of the first plurality of gear teeth is offset a first circumferential offset distance in relation to the next gear tooth of the second plurality of gear teeth when moving in a circumferential direction relative to respective axes. |
| US11525404B2 |
Torch igniter cooling system
An embodiment of a torch igniter for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprises a combustion chamber oriented about an axis, a cap defining an axially upstream end of the combustion chamber and oriented about the axis, a tip defining an axially downstream end of the combustion chamber, a structural wall coaxial with and surrounding the igniter wall, an outlet passage defined by the igniter wall within the tip, and a cooling system. The cooling system comprises an air inlet formed within the structural wall, a first flow path disposed between the structural wall and the igniter wall, and an aperture extending through the igniter wall transverse to the flow direction. The aperture directly fluidly connects the first flow path to the combustion chamber. |
| US11525402B2 |
Combustion chamber with solid fuel
A propulsion system is provided and includes a solid hydride storage unit from which gaseous hydrogen fuel is drawn, an engine comprising a combustion chamber and a piping system to draw the gaseous hydrogen fuel from the solid hydride storage unit, the piping system being interposed between the solid hydride storage unit and the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is receptive of the gaseous hydrogen fuel drawn from the solid hydride storage unit by the piping system and is configured to combust the gaseous hydrogen fuel to drive an operation of the engine. |
| US11525399B1 |
Oil system with flow restrictor
An oil system, has: a pump driving an oil flow in an oil conduit, the pump having an outlet pump pressure; a heat exchanger providing heat exchange between the oil flow and one or more fluid; a component downstream of the heat exchanger, the component having a maximum oil pressure requirement and a minimum oil pressure requirement; and a flow restrictor in fluid flow communication with the oil conduit, the flow restrictor having an orifice sized to provide a restrictor pressure differential across the flow restrictor, the restrictor pressure differential being equal to at least the outlet pump pressure minus pressure differentials through the heat exchanger and the oil conduit from an outlet of the pump to the component minus the maximum oil pressure requirement, and at most the outlet pump pressure minus the pressure differentials through the heat exchanger and the oil conduit minus the minimum oil pressure requirement. |
| US11525398B2 |
Engine inlet with deployable particle separator
A system that filters airborne particles when the aircraft is in a dusty environment and is disengaged when the aircraft is flying up and away from the dusty environment. |
| US11525396B2 |
Combustor apparatus with bleed arrangement and resonator with cooling flow and method of operating combustor apparatus
A gas turbine engine includes combustion apparatus defining a volume, a compressor, a cooling air supply feed from the compressor, and a Helmholtz resonator. The Helmholtz resonator has a neck and a chamber having an attenuation volume and which is in fluid communication with the attenuation volume, the cooling air supply feed is connected to the Helmholtz resonator and includes a valve arrangement. In a first engine operating condition, the valve arrangement is closed and the Helmholtz resonator attenuates acoustic frequencies in a first range and, in a second engine operating condition, the valve arrangement is open whereby cooling air purges the attenuation volume and the Helmholtz resonator attenuates acoustic frequencies in a second range. |
| US11525395B2 |
Turbocharger
As seen in a section parallel to a central axis of a shaft and including the center of gravity of a valve surface, with respect to the center of gravity, an end of the valve surface on the side of a first shaft direction is located on the side of a first direction in a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the shaft. As seen in a section orthogonal to the central axis of the shaft and including the center of gravity when the central axis of the shaft and a central axis of a through-hole coincide with each other, with respect to the center of gravity, an end of the valve surface on the side of a second direction in a direction along the valve seat surface is located on the side of the first direction in a direction orthogonal to the valve seat surface. |
| US11525393B2 |
Turbine engine with centrifugal compressor having impeller backplate offtake
A gas turbine engine includes a fan, a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The compressor compresses gases entering the gas turbine engine. The combustor receives the compressed gases from the compressor and mixes fuel with the compressed gases. The turbine receives the hot, high pressure combustion products created by the combustor by igniting the fuel mixed with the compressed gases. The turbine extracts mechanical work from the hot, high pressure combustion products to drive the fan and compressor. |
| US11525389B2 |
Engine assembly and method
An engine assembly and a method of control thereof is provided. The engine assembly comprises: an exhaust gas aftertreatment device having an inlet for receiving exhaust gases leaving an engine; a heater for selectively heating gases at or upstream of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device; an air moving device for driving a flow of gases into the inlet of the exhaust gas aftertreatment device when the engine is in a non-running condition; and a controller configured to, prior to the engine being started: operate the heater to heat gases at or upstream of the inlet; and operate the air moving device to drive a flow of gases into the inlet to thereby heat the exhaust gas treatment device. |
| US11525387B1 |
Cooling system of hybrid vehicle and control method for the same
A cooling system of a hybrid vehicle include an engine, a drive motor, a main water pump, a cooling line, a heat-exchange line, a heater line on which a heater and an exhaust heat recovery device are provided, a coolant control valve unit selectively supplying coolant to the cooling line, the heat-exchange line and the heater line, a bypass line connecting the rear of the exhaust heat recovery device and the front of the heater, an auxiliary water pump that selectively supplies coolant from the exhaust heat recovery device to the front of the heater, a state measurement unit that measures an operation state of the vehicle and outputs a corresponding signal, and a controller configured for controlling operation of the engine, the drive motor, the main water pump, the coolant control valve unit and the auxiliary water pump according to the output signal of the state measurement unit. |
| US11525382B2 |
Method for analysing the operation of an anti-pollution system for a motor vehicle
The present invention relates to a method for analysing the operation of an anti-pollution system for a motor vehicle (1) with an internal combustion engine, said vehicle (1) comprising at least one sensor for measuring (110) a parameter of the vehicle (1) and an analysis computation means (140) directly connected to said measuring sensor (110), said analysis computation means (140) comprising a memory area, said method being characterised in that it comprises a step for using the measuring sensor (110) to measure at least one parameter of the vehicle (1), a step for using the measuring sensor (110) to transmit at least one digital datum representative of the measured value of the parameter to the analysis computation means (140) and a step for using the analysis computation means (140) to compare said digital datum with a predetermined range of values representative of an operation of the anti-pollution system according to a predetermined standard. |
| US11525377B1 |
Condensed water drainage device and exhaust system of a vehicle having the same
A condensed water drainage device of an exhaust system includes a casing having an inlet on a first side thereof and an outlet on a second side thereof and a deformable member coupled to the first side of the casing and configured to elastically and extendably deform. The drainage device includes a condensed water drainage member coupled to the deformable member to extend the deformable member by pressure of an exhaust gas introduced to the deformable member and having a condensed water drainage hole communicating with the outlet. The drainage device includes a stopper coupled to the second side of the casing to limit movement of the condensed water drainage member and to open or close the condensed water drainage hole according to extension or contraction of the deformable member. |
| US11525376B2 |
Valve for internal combustion engines having a coating
The present invention for coating a valve head (6) of an inlet and/or outlet valve (4) comprises a preparation of a surface, which is to be coated, of the valve (4) for a coating, and a coating of the prepared surface with a ceramic high-temperature coating (22). |
| US11525372B2 |
Diaphragm latch
A diaphragm latch may comprise a housing, a diaphragm disposed in the housing, a pin coupled to the diaphragm, an opening in the housing, and a pin aperture disposed in the first side, wherein the pin extends from the pin aperture. The diaphragm may be configured to move in response to a pressure being communicated through the opening, and the pin may be configured to at least one of extend or retract from the pin aperture in response to the diaphragm moving. The diaphragm latch may passively couple an inner fixed structure (IFS) to an intermediate case (IMC) during an overpressure event. |
| US11525368B2 |
Turbine guide apparatus
A turbine guide apparatus, having multiple guide blades. Each guide blade has a first shroud and a second shroud formed on radial ends of a blade leaf having a first carrier for the guide blades. Each guide blade is fastened to the first carrier via a first shroud projection having a second carrier for the guide blades and is fastened on the second carrier via a second shroud projection. The first shroud projection is inserted into a groove of the first carrier in the radial direction and fastened in this groove via a bolt extending in the axial direction through the projection of the first shroud with radial mobility in this groove. The second shroud projection of the guide blade is fastened in the circumferential and radial direction via a pin extending in the axial direction into the projection of the second shroud and the second carrier. |
| US11525366B2 |
Flow straightener unit comprising a centering and attachment plate
The invention concerns a flow straightener unit (1) for a fan module of a turbomachine, the straightener unit (1) comprising a plurality of blades (2) distributed about an axis of rotation, each blade (2) is made of a composite material and comprises an aerofoil (21) and a root (22) intended to be assembled on a hub (4) of the turbomachine. The unit (1) comprises a centring and attachment plate (3) of the blade (2) on the turbomachine intended to be attached to the hub (4) at a determined azimuthal position and to the root (22) of the blade (2), the plate (3) is designed to be screwed to the hub (4) by screws (51a) that are longitudinal with respect to the axis of rotation of the unit (1) and screwed to the root (22) of the blade (2) by screws (52) that are radial with respect to the axis of rotation of the unit (1). |
| US11525365B2 |
Turbomachine with serrated-profile flow-splitter nose
A front fan turbomachine includes an annular separating wall having a slat for separating an air flow between a primary flow and a secondary flow, the slat having a leading edge; inlet guide vanes (IGV) for guiding the primary flow and outlet guide vanes (OGV) blades for guiding the secondary flow. The leading edge of the slat has a serrated profile having a succession of teeth and depressions. |
| US11525364B2 |
Transition piece, combustor provided with same, and gas turbine provided with combustor
A plurality of cooling passages extending in an axial direction are formed in a transition piece so as to be aligned in a circumferential direction and the axial direction. One or more downstream side passages are formed in a downstream side region (Rd) within one circumferential region. One or more upstream side passages are formed in an upstream side region Ru within the circumferential region. The total cross-sectional area per unit circumferential length of the one or more downstream side passages is larger than the total cross-sectional area per unit circumferential length of the one or more upstream side passages. |
| US11525362B2 |
Turbine vane, turbine blade, and gas turbine including the same
A turbine vane and a turbine blade are provided. Each of the turbine vane and the turbine blade may include a sidewall configured to form an airfoil and include a leading edge and a trailing edge, a partition wall configured to partition an internal space of the sidewall to form a plurality of cooling channels, and a metering plate configured to block inlet parts of the cooling channels and include cooling holes communicating with respective cooling channels. The metering plate may include a first cooling hole formed in the inlet part of each of the cooling channels and a second cooling hole formed, at a position close to the leading edge, in the inlet part of the cooling channel adjacent to the leading edge among the plurality of cooling channels. |
| US11525360B2 |
Ventilated high pressure blade of a helicopter turbine comprising an upstream duct and a central cooling chamber
A blade of a high-pressure turbine of a turboshaft engine, the blade including an airfoil extending in a spanwise direction, terminating in an apex and having a suction wall and a pressure wall joined by a leading edge and joined by a trailing edge. The blade further includes an internal cooling circuit having only an upstream duct and a central chamber for cooling the blade by circulating air. The upstream duct and the central chamber are separately supplied with air. The upstream duct being dedicated to the cooling of the leading edge and the suction wall, and the central chamber being dedicated to the cooling of the pressure wall and the trailing edge and being provided with bridge elements each connecting the pressure wall and the suction wall. |
| US11525359B1 |
Heat pipe for a turbine engine
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine airfoil and a heat pipe. The heat pipe is configured with the turbine engine airfoil. The heat pipe includes a closed-loop internal fluid circuit. |
| US11525352B2 |
Method and system to automate formation top selection using well logs
A method may include obtaining a request to determine automatically a depth of a formation top for a well in a geological region of interest. The method may include obtaining various well logs regarding the well and various wells in the geological region of interest. The method may include determining various depth values using the various well logs and a statistical interpolation method. The method may further include determining a final depth of the well using the various depth values and a searching method. |
| US11525351B2 |
Wellbore friction measurement, method and apparatus
An apparatus and method for measuring position and magnitude of downhole mechanical friction. The apparatus comprises sensors that reside along, or in-line with, a section of equipment that is installed or removed from a wellbore. The sensing device is configured measure relative to the wellbore during a work-over or other well intervention procedures where said section of equipment (tubing, rods, drill pipe, etc.) is installed in, or removed from, the wellbore. Recorded measurements are then processed to correct for dynamic forces to provide a measure of friction through the portions of the wellbore where said equipment travels. The sensing can be done near the source of friction, or at some distance through a mechanical connection. A method for determining depth and magnitude of downhole friction is also provided. Additionally, a method for applying the map of wellbore friction to the design and analysis of a rod actuated pump is presented. |
| US11525344B2 |
Perforating gun module with monolithic shaped charge positioning device
A perforating gun module may include a gun housing including a housing chamber and a shaped charge positioning device provided in the housing chamber. The shaped charge positioning device may include a shaped charge holder and a detonator holder provided axially adjacent to the shaped charge holder. The shaped charge positioning device may be a singular and monolithic piece of non-metal material. A perforating gun module string may include a first perforating gun module directly coupled to a second perforating gun module. Each perforating gun module may include a gun housing with a housing chamber, a shaped charge holder provided in the housing chamber, and a detonator holder provided axially adjacent to the shaped charge receptacle. The shaped charge holder and the detonator holder may comprise a singular and monolithic piece of non-metal material. |
| US11525339B2 |
Extended entry port shunting system
A technique facilitates a gravel packing operation in a well. The system may utilize a Y-manifold having a manifold body through which or along which a gravel slurry may be flowed. A plurality of exit end shunt connectors extends from the manifold body to enable connection with corresponding exit end shunt tubes at a position separated from the manifold body. Additionally, a plurality of entrance end shunt connectors extends from the manifold body in a direction generally opposite the exit end shunt connectors. The extended entrance end shunt connectors enable connection with corresponding entrance end shunt tubes at a position separated from the manifold body. |
| US11525333B2 |
Re-closeable downhole valves with improved seal integrity
An apparatus and a method of controlling flow communication with an apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a flow communicator, a flow control member, an uphole-disposed flow interference effector uphole of the flow communicator, and a downhole-disposed flow interference effector downhole of the flow communicator. While each of the uphole-disposed flow interference effector and the downhole-disposed flow interference-effector, independently, is contacting the flow control member, the flow communicator is closed. Displacement of the flow control member, relative to the flow communicator, in the downhole direction, opens the flow communicator. While there is an absence of occlusion of the second uphole-disposed flow interference-effecting member of the uphole-disposed flow interference effector, the flow control member is disposable, relative to the flow communicator, such that each one of the second-uphole disposed flow interference-effecting member and the downhole-disposed flow interference-effector, independently, is contacting the flow control member, such that the flow communicator is closed. |
| US11525330B2 |
Dissolvable diversion package and method of use
Methods and systems for diverting the flow of fluids within a wellbore are disclosed. The methods and systems use a flow conveyed diverter pack, which includes a package portion and a wing portion. The package portion may contain a ball (a.k.a. a diverter ball) and may contain additional components. The diverter pack may be formed by sandwiching a diverter ball between films of a flexible material, for example, films of a dissolvable polymer. The diverter pack may be deployed in a wellbore, whereby the pack is conveyed by fluid flow to an opening to be sealed. The diverter pack seats upon the opening, thereby diverting flow from the opening. |
| US11525327B2 |
Morphable apparatus
Apparatus and method for securing and sealing a tubular portion to another tubular to provide a liner hanger in oil and gas wells. At the top of the liner string, a sleeve is arranged on the liner to create a chamber therebetween. A port provides fluid access through the liner to the chamber. When fluid is introduced into the chamber the sleeve is morphed to secure it to the cemented casing. A lower fluid pressure is required to morph the sleeve than if the liner itself was to be morphed. Embodiments are provided for securing and sealing arrangements to increase the metal to metal seal and the load capability between the liner string and casing. |
| US11525324B2 |
Locking clamp for a rotating control device
A clamp assembly device for connecting a rotating control device bearing assembly to a main body of a rotating control device. The device includes clamp members configured to retain the bearing assembly in place on the main body, a clamp actuator for driving clamping and unclamping of the clamp members and a lock pin controlled by a lock pin actuator. The lock pin actuator is configured to lock and unlock the clamp assembly device by moving the pin between locked and unlocked positions along an axis substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of the bearing assembly. |
| US11525321B2 |
Controlling release of torsional energy from a drill string
Apparatus and methods for controlling release of torsional energy from a drill string having a lower portion that is stuck against a subterranean formation and a top end rotated by a top drive. The method may include decreasing a rotational speed set-point of the top drive, decreasing a torque set-point of the top drive, and/or decreasing flow rate of drilling mud being pumped downhole via the drill string, thereby decreasing torque output by a mud motor rotating a drill bit. The method may further include lifting the drill string to free the drill string. Decreasing the torque set-point of the top drive may comprise decreasing the torque set-point of the top drive to a minimum torque level that the top drive can output. Decreasing the rotational speed set-point of the top drive may comprise decreasing the rotational speed set-point of the top drive to zero. |
| US11525315B2 |
Sensor system for tong assembly
A method of connecting or disconnecting a first tubular to a second tubular includes engaging the first tubular with a power tong; engaging the second tubular with a backup tong; and rotating the first tubular relative to the second tubular. The method also includes, while rotating, monitoring a distance between the backup tong and the power tong and comparing the distance to a first threshold value; and stopping rotation of the first tubular when the distance equals to the first threshold value. According to one embodiment, a tong assembly includes a power tong, a backup tong, a sensor configured to measure a distance between the power tong and the backup tong, and a controller configured to compare the distance to a threshold value. |
| US11525313B2 |
Wear enhancement of HDD drill string components
A hard facing is preferably accomplished with laser clad beads applied to horizontal directional drilling (HDD) component(s). These components may be subject to recirculating fluid regions associated to stepped geometries along a drill string, including various drill string coupling members. For example, laser cladding can be applied to a step region of the sonar housing and starter rod. A method applies a hard face coating such as laser cladding or other suitable hard facing in areas of tight geometric tolerances. |
| US11525311B1 |
System and method for well bore isolation of a retrievable motor assembly
A system and method for hydraulic isolation of a downhole powered system. The system and method include a sliding sleeve, venting assemblies with venting ports, and check valves associated with a vent body, and an isolation sleeve, isolation valve, and integral packer for controlling fluid flow through the motor and pump assembly of the powered system. Also disclosed is a wet connect mandrel modified to receive the isolation sleeve, the isolation sleeve preferably capable of permitting the passage of tools therethrough and capable of preventing fluid through the inlet of the mandrel. The mandrel may also be outfitted with a built in sliding sleeve. The sleeves, valves and packer can be actuated mechanically, hydraulically or electrically. Electrical actuation can be facilitated using the power from an adjacent wet connect mandrel. |
| US11525308B2 |
Drilling device
A drilling device includes a drill basic body and a conveying helix which runs helically around the drill basic body. The conveying helix is subdivided into a plurality of conveying helix segments that are disposed next to one another. The conveying helix segments may be disposed loosely next to one another. |
| US11525306B2 |
Pulsed-power drill bit ground ring with two portions
A drill bit for downhole pulsed-power drilling is disclosed. A pulse-power drill bit may include a bit body; an electrode coupled to a power source and the bit body; a ground ring coupled to the bit body, the electrode and the ground ring positioned such that an electric field produced by a voltage applied between the ground ring and the electrode is enhanced at a portion of the ground ring proximate to the ground ring; a reinforcement material forming portions of the ground ring; a binder material infiltrated through the reinforcement material to form a composite material and forming a first portion of the ground ring; and an machinable material forming a second portion of the ground ring, wherein the composite material has a first resistance to abrasion greater than a second resistance to abrasion of the machinable material. |
| US11525304B2 |
Telescoping step ladder safety hand rails and beam
A telescoping safety hand rail and beam for step ladders. The invention consists of two upright telescopic rails and a telescopic horizontal beam and tray. The tray includes a container, various pass-through openings for holding tools, a paint can hook and a pass through orifice to accept the horizontal beams to allow telescopic movement. The inner rails extend upwards from the fixed outer rails and latch in place at the top and middle of the telescoping travel range. This advantageously allows the utilization of all steps of a ladder by providing a supplemental knee brace and eliminates the dangerous opportunity to stand unbraced on any step of a ladder. The invention is mounted to a step ladder with strategically placed brackets and double sided mounting tape. |
| US11525301B2 |
Rollup window cover
A window cover may include a cover body, a mounting feature, a first roll-up-securing feature, a second roll-up-securing feature, a pull-strap, and a weight. The cover body can be moved between a rolled-up position and a deployed position. The mounting feature may be secured to a first side of the cover body and can attach the cover body above a window. The first roll-up-securing feature is secured to a second side of the cover body. The second roll-up-securing feature is secured to the first side of the cover body and is configured to engage the first roll-up-securing feature to retain the cover body in the rolled-up position. The pull-strap may be attached to the first side of the cover body and is accessible when the cover body is in the rolled-up position. |
| US11525300B1 |
Cord winding assembly with tilt members and window blind using the cord winding assembly
A window blind includes a headrail, a controller, a rotating rod, a pivoting member, a blind body, a bottom rail, two lift cord sets, two tilt cord sets and two cord winding assemblies. With the technical feature that the rotating rod and the tilt members of the cord winding assemblies are arranged in the same axial direction in sequence, the effect of almost synchronous rotation can be achieved, thereby optimizing the complexity of the overall blind window components or related parts. |
| US11525295B2 |
Furniture board having a flap fitting and carcass and furniture item having such a furniture board
A furniture board with an integrated or inserted flap fitting includes a lever mechanism having a plurality of levers guiding a flap of a furniture item. The flap fitting has a spring unit acting on at least one lever of the lever mechanism via an adjustable preload. The lever mechanism, in a closed position of the guided flap, moves into a front-side opening of the flap fitting and a front-side opening of the furniture board. The preload of the spring unit and/or the transmission ratio between the spring unit and the lever mechanism is adjustable via an adjusting element having a tool receptacle. The tool receptacle is accessible through a front-side opening in the furniture board and/or the flap fitting. |
| US11525293B2 |
Device for operating opposite sliding doors
A device for operating opposite sliding doors of a vehicle includes a center rail mounted at a center inside a door and formed in a curved shape so that the door moves to the outside of a vehicle interior of the vehicle when the door is opened. A center roller is mounted on the vehicle body so as to correspond to the center rail. The center roller is configured to move the center rail by being coupled to the center rail when the door is opened or closed as a center bearing unit formed at one side of the center roller is seated on the center rail. The center roller has a center shaft formed at a position spaced apart from the center bearing unit such that the center shaft can rotate the center roller. |
| US11525292B2 |
Flush handle for door of vehicle
Disclosed is a flush handle for a door of a vehicle. The flush handle includes a housing installed in the door of the vehicle, a handle portion installed in the housing, a pivot portion formed on one side of the handle portion and including a rotating shaft, an interconnection groove formed in the pivot portion, a driving portion which is installed in the housing, includes an opening member having one side coupled to the interconnection groove, and is configured to linearly move and to transfer power to the handle portion, and a return spring installed on the rotating shaft. Here, when the opening member linearly moves, the pivot portion rotates on the rotating shaft through the interconnection groove such that the handle portion rotates. |
| US11525291B2 |
Door sealing and timing mechanism for use in coach door configuration for a vehicle
A vehicle includes a body having an uninterrupted side aperture that provides access to an interior passenger cabin. A front door is hingedly attached at a forward edge of the uninterrupted side aperture. The front door is selectively operable between front open and front closed positions. A rear door is hingedly attached at a rearward edge of the uninterrupted side aperture. The rear door is selectively operable between rear open and rear closed positions. A latching assembly is at least partially positioned within the body and configured to receive the front door in the front closed position and the rear door in the rear closed position. A sealing assembly is defined between a forward seal of the rear door and a rearward seal of the front door. The forward and rearward seals engage one another in a fully-closed position. |
| US11525286B2 |
Motor vehicle latch with cover
A motor vehicle latch with a locking mechanism comprising a catch and a pawl for catching of the catch and a housing with an inlet slot for a latch holder which can go through the inlet slot into the housing in the event of closure of a door or flap and can be held there by the locking mechanism in such a way that the door or flap cannot open in an unscheduled manner, whereby the housing demonstrates a cover on a side of the housing with the inlet slot which is attached to the housing with the aid of a positive connection produced by suspension. An especially reliable fixing of the cover can thus be facilitated. Furthermore, the invention relates to a mounting procedure for the cover to the housing. |
| US11525279B2 |
Handle device
Handle device for operating doors, windows and the like. The handle device comprises a first element (3, 103), which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, a second element (8, 108), and a coupling device (10, 110) which is arranged to selectively allow and prevent relative rotation about the axis of rotation between the first and the second element. The coupling device comprises a first coupling member (11, 111) which is connected to or forming an integral part of the first element. A second coupling member (12) is connected to or forming an integral part of the second element (112). At least one engaging member (13, 13, 113, 114) is movable between an engagement position in which it simultaneously engages the first and the second coupling members to thereby prevent relative rotation between the first and second element and a release position in which it is disengaged from at least one of the first and second coupling members to thereby allow relative rotation between the first and second element. An actuator (22, 122) is arranged to move the engaging member between the engagement position and the release position. The engaging member (13, 14, 113, 114) is pivotally mounted to the first coupling member (11,111) and arranged to pivotally move between the engagement position and the release position. |
| US11525262B2 |
Climbing wall assemblies
The present disclosure is directed to climbing wall assemblies having a variety of improvements. For instance, the climbing wall assemblies may include connectors to attach the surface panels to the framework, in which the connectors may be mounted substantially anywhere along the front of the framework and at substantially any angle, providing for the securement of climbing panels in various geometries. The climbing wall assemblies may also include braces that may easily be adjusted to a desired length and configuration during construction of a climbing wall. The climbing wall assemblies may also include variable-angle, integral front posts, which provide for the easy and stable securement of climbing panels in various geometries. These improvements provide climbing wall assemblies that may be easily assembled to produce a desirable climbing wall structure having few framework components. |
| US11525261B2 |
Suspended ceiling connectors for unique grid designs
A ceiling beam connector that permits the incorporation of ornamental panel designs such as triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids into suspended ceilings. The connector has a faceplate attached to either two arms or a leg. The leg is attached to either the faceplate or an arm at an acute angle measured from an axis perpendicular to the faceplate. To maintain standard beam lengths and rout spacing at 2 foot, 3 foot, or 4 foot (61 cm, 91 cm, or 122 cm) beam spacing, the leg may project out at the following angles measured from the axis: about 14.0°, about 18.4°, about 26.6°, about 30.3°, about 45.0°, about 59.7°, about 63.4°, about 71.6°, or about 76.0°. |
| US11525253B2 |
Private part cleaning device and toilet
A first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle configured to be capable of being advanced and retracted and perform private part cleaning on a human body in an advanced state; a shutter configured to open and close an opening through which the first cleaning nozzle and the second cleaning nozzle are advanced and retracted; and a shutter water film forming portion configured to supply water to a front surface of a shutter main body of the shutter to form a water film are provided. |
| US11525251B2 |
Reciprocating pump-type pipe dredging device
A reciprocating pump-type pipe dredging device comprises an inflator and a pipe dredging portion detachably assembled with the inflator. The inflator includes a cylinder, an inflator handle and a first assembly portion. The pipe dredging portion includes a suction disc and a flexible pipe. The suction disc includes a second assembly portion joined with the first assembly portion, a disc connected to one end of the second assembly portion, and a third assembly portion extending toward an inner top end of the disc and corresponding to the second assembly portion. The flexible pipe includes a pipe and a plurality of layered flexible ring plates. One end of the pipe is provided with a fourth assembly portion joined with the third assembly portion, and the inflator and the pipe dredging portion are formed a continuous passage thereinside after assembling. |
| US11525249B1 |
Top spray-water outlet device
A top spray-water outlet device includes a top spray body, a switching device, clamping jaws, and elastic members. A water inlet, a shower water outlet and two top-spray water outlets are provided in the middle of an upper end of the top spray body. The water inlet is respectively connected to the shower water outlet and the top-spray water outlets. The switching device is arranged on one side above the top spray body. Upper and lower surfaces of the clamping jaw are respectively provided with a rotating shaft and a number of water outlet holes. The rotating shaft is rotatably fitted at the top-spray water outlet and is movably sealed. A water inlet hole is provided above the rotating shaft. The clamping jaws can function as a clamping mechanism to fix the hand shower and also as a water outlet device to spray water in this way. |
| US11525246B2 |
Liquid desiccant vapor separation system
A system for extracting water from the atmosphere is disclosed. The system has a vapor absorber vessel, an absorption cycle pump, a flash drum vapor desorber, a vapor condenser, an output conduit, and a heat exchanger. The vessel has an atmospheric air inlet and outlet ports, at least one liquid desiccant inlet port, at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports, and a surface on which the liquid desiccant flows between the at least one liquid desiccant inlet port and the at least two liquid desiccant outlet ports. The pump is adapted to circulate a first portion of the liquid desiccant from a first of the outlet ports to the at least one inlet port. The desorber is adapted to receive a second portion of the liquid desiccant from a second of the outlet ports, after passage through an expansion valve, the desorber incorporates a heat exchanger for supplying heat to liquid desiccant therein. The condenser receives desorbed vapor from the desorber, the condenser incorporates condensation surfaces adapted to be cooled to a temperature of less than 20° C., for enabling the condensing of the desorbed vapor to water. The output conduit collects water condensed in the condenser. The heat exchanger is located such that it receives desorbed heated liquid desiccant from the desorber and transfers part of its sensible heat to vapor-charged liquid desiccant passing from the vessel to the desorber. |
| US11525245B2 |
Automatic rainwater collection system
An automatic rainwater collection system, with a high degree of autonomy and sensitivity, which allows the collection and use of rainwater, in open spaces, areas of difficult access and/or lacking of water extraction systems, as well as in domestic spaces such as gardens or roofs, without additional adaptations for its use and which works with solar energy. The automatic rainwater collection system is conformed by: a flower-shaped obturable rainwater receiving element, which comprises: a plurality of internal petals and a plurality of external petals that can be opened or closed in an automated manner, a sensor with high sensitivity to droplet impacts and/or relative humidity, which is operatively connected to a motor to control the opening and closing of the plurality of petals of the rainwater receiving element; a support frame, which functions as a support for the obturable rainwater receiving element and as a water storage media; a modular system for filtering water, connected to said central media of water accumulation, which comprises a plurality of filtering modules, which provide different filtering options depending on the quantity and combination thereof in order to obtain different qualities of water for use in several activities; and a water storage media, which further functions as base and support of the collection system. |
| US11525244B2 |
Display device for shovel
A display device for a shovel that includes an attachment including a boom, an arm, and an end attachment includes an operation analysis start input part and an operation analysis check input part. The operation analysis start input part is configured to be operated to start an operation analysis of the shovel and store the history of the operation analysis. The operation analysis check input part is configured to be operated to display the result of the operation analysis. |
| US11525243B2 |
Image-based productivity tracking system
A work machine including a sensing device, a user interface, and a control unit is disclosed. The control unit may be configured to generate a productivity layer based on productivity data, and generate an image layer based on image data. The image data may include information relating to an image corresponding to a state of an operation associated with a worksite and a geospatial reference associated with the image. The control unit may be configured to generate a composite image of the worksite based on a map layer, the image layer, and the productivity layer, and cause the composite image to be displayed via the user interface. The composite image may position the image layer relative to the map layer based on the geospatial reference and geographical coordinates corresponding to the geospatial reference, and position the productivity layer relative to the image layer. |
| US11525237B2 |
Loader bucket
Power machine bucket implements include a rear wall structure, a bottom wall structure adjoining the rear wall structure at a bend region, and a two-piece brace. The two-piece brace includes a first piece attached to and extending along a portion of the bottom wall structure and a second piece, separate from the first piece, attached to the back side of the rear wall structure. |
| US11525235B2 |
Composite manhole cover with embedded detection
A composite manhole cover includes a body made of a polymer that has a mass of magnetic material embedded there within. The mass of magnetic material is detectable by a metal detector and, therefore, the composite manhole is locatable by the metal detector when the composite manhole cover is obscured by a material such as pavement, dirt, sand, grass/sod, etc. |
| US11525234B2 |
Geogrids
A geogrid in the form of an integral, mesh structure includes molecularly orientated polymeric material, with the integral, mesh structure being formed of interconnecting mesh defining elements including elongate tensile elements. The molecular orientation of the integral, mesh structure is uniform throughout the extent thereof. |
| US11525232B2 |
Modular foundation support systems and methods including shafts with interlocking torque transmitting couplings
A modular foundation support system includes modular foundation support components including self-aligning and torque transmitting coupler features wherein a plurality of axially elongated ribs are aligned with a plurality of axially elongated ribs to rotationally interlocke the modular foundation support components to one another. |
| US11525231B2 |
Double-spiral-tube structure, grouting and pile forming device and construction method for strengthening soft soil
A grouting and pile forming device includes a compartment box and a double-spiral-tube structure. The double-spiral-tube structure includes an outer spiral tube and an inner spiral tube, which are nested and fixed together. A top part of the outer spiral tube and a top part of the inner spiral tube are hermetically connected. An inner space of the inner spiral tube forms a grouting cavity. A space between the outer spiral tube and the inner spiral tube forms a drainage and delivery cavity. A plurality of drainage and delivery holes are provided in a tube body of the outer spiral tube. A construction method for strengthening soft soil through the grouting and pile forming device includes the following steps: 1) operation preparation; 2) downward spiral penetration; 3) drainage consolidation; 4) chemical consolidation; 5) upward spiral lifting; and 6) repeated operation until all soil to be strengthened is treated. |
| US11525230B2 |
System and method for mitigation of liquefaction
A method for the reduction of liquefaction potential within soil of a stratum located a distance deep below a foundation of a structure through the injection of a two-part polyurethane liquid forming a polymer foam. |
| US11525226B2 |
Thermally layered fire treated veneer panel
A veneer panel may include a face veneer, a first inner layer bonded to the face veneer, a second inner layer bonded to the first inner layer, and a thermally conductive backing layer bonded to the second inner layer. The first inner layer and the second inner layer are treated with a flame retardant. The first inner layer is disposed between the face veneer and the second inner layer, and the second inner layer is disposed between the first inner layer and the thermally conductive backing layer. |
| US11525225B2 |
Structural cable having an inner housing
The structural cable of a construction work comprises a bundle of load-bearing tendons, a sheath within which the bundle of tendons is located, and at least one vibration module received within the sheath and configured to generate vibrations to break superficial ice or frost deposits on the cable. |
| US11525220B2 |
Process for producing fibrous board
An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing fiberous board with which fiberous board exhibiting high bending strength and high stiffness at a wide range of heating temperatures and a wide range of compressing and heating times. In the present invention, fiberous board having an initial flexural modulus of at least 300 MPa in three point bending test is obtained by forming a web by correcting sheath-core composite fibers of which a core component is formed from a copolymer of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid and the sheath component is formed from ethylene glycol, adipic acid, terephthalic acid, isophthalic acid; and/or diethylene glycol. The web is then compressed in a direction of thickness and heated, so that the sheath component softens and melts and the sheath-core composite fibers are melt bonded together and molded into a flat plate shape. |
| US11525218B2 |
Barrier coating composition, sheet-like product and its use
A barrier coating composition is disclosed including 30-70 weight-% of a styrene (meth)acrylate copolymer, polymerised in the presence of a stabiliser, and the styrene (meth)acrylate copolymer having a glass transition temperature Tg≤20° C., preferably ≤10° C., 30-70 weight-% of a polyvinyl alcohol, and at most 5.0 weight-% of a cross-linker, reacting with —OH or —COOH groups. Further disclosed is a sheet-like product coated with the coating composition. |
| US11525217B2 |
Coated paper and paperboard structures
A coated paper or paperboard structure includes a paper or paperboard substrate and a basecoat applied to the paper or paperboard substrate to yield a basecoat outer surface. The basecoat includes a water-soluble polymer binder and pigment. |
| US11525215B2 |
Cellulose and cellulose ester film
A film is made from a wet laid product containing cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and a plasticizer. The film can be made by heat pressing the wet laid sheet to form a film having a continuous phase of cellulose ester resin and a discontinuous phase of cellulose fibers. |
| US11525212B2 |
High resolution headline sonar cable
A production method for a headline sonar cable characterized by steps of: a. providing a first strength member (14); b. coupling to strength member (14) a conductor (122); c. forming a layer of polymeric material about the combination of strength member (14) and conductor (122) while ensuring that the conductor remains slack; d. forming a flow shield around the layer of polymeric material, thus forming an elongatable internally located conductive structure; and e. braiding a strength-member jacket layer (52) of polymeric material around the elongatable internally located conductive structure while ensuring that the conductor is slack when surrounded by the jacket layer (52). For another embodiment, an optical fibre is wrapped around the exterior of the layer of polymeric material within which is enclosed a braided conductor formed about the first strength member (14). Other embodiments employ further thermo-plastic layers and further sheaths and further conductors. |
| US11525211B2 |
Bio-based polyelectrolyte complex compositions comprising non-water soluble particles
The present invention relates to a bio-based polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) composition suitable as a binder for fiber based materials, textiles, woven and nonwoven materials, said PEC composition comprising cationic biopolymer, anionic biopolymer, acid and preservative, and wherein the net charge of the PEC is cationic, the charge ratio of the anionic polymer and the cationic polymer is ≤1, the cationic biopolymer is chitosan, the anionic biopolymer is a polyanion derived from nature, the acid is a Brønsted acid and/or a Lewis acid, wherein the Brønsted acid is selected from any organic and/or inorganic acids, and wherein the Lewis acid is selected from any cationic mono- or multivalent atom, the weight ratio between cation and anion is 1:0.1 to 1:20, the weight ratio between the cation and acid is 1:0.01 to 1:30, chitosan has a degree of deacetylation being 66-100%, the pH is less than 7, and wherein said composition further comprises one or more non-water soluble particles. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing the PEC composition, uses of the PEC composition, as well as method of treating materials with the PEC composition. |
| US11525207B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet with an insertion opening defined in a front face, a laundry receiving space in the cabinet, a support assembly in the laundry receiving space for supporting laundry, and a first chamber including an air supply part for supplying dehumidified and heated air into the laundry receiving space. A communication opening in the front face of the cabinet opens to the first chamber. A chamber door is configured to open and close the communication opening. A water discharge tank is detachably connected to the chamber door and stores condensate water discharged from the air supply part. A chamber door conveying part reciprocates the chamber door, and moves the support assembly toward the insertion opening when the door opens the insertion opening. |
| US11525206B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus may include a main body having a laundry inlet port at a front surface thereof and configured to accommodate laundry loaded through the laundry inlet port, and a door rotatably coupled to a front surface of the main body to open and close the laundry inlet port. The door may include an outer frame provided with an opening and facing an outside of the main body; a front glass coupled to a front surface of the outer frame to cover the opening; an inner frame coupled to a rear surface of the outer frame and facing an inside of the main body; and a mounting guide that protrudes from an outer circumference of the outer frame to surround an outer circumferential surface of the front glass. The outer circumferential surface of the front glass may include a first curved portion provided at a front side thereof in a thickness direction, and a straight portion that extends toward a rear side from the first curved portion. The mounting guide may cover at least a portion of the straight portion. |
| US11525202B2 |
AI-based laundry course recommending apparatus and method of controlling the same
Disclosed is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based self-control air conditioner. The AI-based self-control air conditioner includes a communication unit configured to receive an image including member data for identifying the member from an image acquisition apparatus corresponding to a group including at least one member, and a processor configured to recognize the member data from the received image, to acquire operation data including an operation condition of an air conditioner, which is desired by the member, based on the recognized data, to store member information including the member data and the operation data in a database, and to acquire and analyze the operation condition of the air conditioner, which is desired by the member, with respect to at least one member from a plurality of pieces of member information corresponding to the group stored in the database, wherein the air conditioner is autonomously driven according to control of the processor. Accordingly, the air conditioner learns members itself and controls an operation in an optimum state to reduce power consumption and is driven according to an operation condition set for each member to enhance personal convenience of the member. |
| US11525194B2 |
Method and device for generating jacquard pattern, electronic device and readable storage medium
The present application discloses a method and device for generating a jacquard pattern, an electronic device. The method comprises: acquiring structure information of a unit structure of a preform to be prepared, wherein the structure information comprises a positional relationship between the warp yarns and the weft yarns of the unit structure of a preform to be prepared; obtaining a row number and a column number of the jacquard pattern to be generated, and correspondence between each pixel in the jacquard pattern to be generated and the warp yarns and weft yarns of the unit structure of the preform to be prepared, according to the structure information; and obtaining a pixel value of each pixel according to the correspondence and the positional relationship between the warp yarns and the weft yarns, and generating the jacquard pattern to be generated. |
| US11525191B2 |
Pack for spinning and method for producing fiber
A pack for spinning is provided with a kneading part disposed on a spinneret. The kneading part includes: an introduction plate including a plurality of first introduction holes for introducing a melted polymer; and a plurality of kneading units including a supply plate including a plurality of independent supply grooves into which the polymer introduced from the introduction holes flows and one or more supply holes disposed in each of the supply grooves, and a converging plate including a plurality of converging grooves in which a plurality of grooves into which the polymer supplied from the supply holes flows are intersected and a plurality of second introduction holes disposed in each of the converging grooves. |
| US11525188B1 |
Method and apparatus for removing electrically conductive coatings on metallic surfaces
A method of removing an electrically conductive coating from a metallic component includes providing an electrolytic cell with the metallic component containing the conductive coating. A DC power supply connected to the cathode and anode is activated to produce a plasma causing the conductive coating to disintegrate. A method of conductive coating removal from a metallic component includes providing an aqueous solution of ammonium citrate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium citrate, and/or potassium phosphate as an electrolyte, a cathode and the metallic component with the conductive coating as an anode. A DC power supply connected to the cathode and anode produces a plasma causing the conductive coatings on the metallic component to disintegrate. An apparatus for removing an electrically conductive coating from a metallic component includes an electrolytic containing the metallic component and a DC power supply capable of producing a plasma causing the electrically conductive coating to disintegrate. |
| US11525186B2 |
Corrosion inhibitor formulation for geothermal reinjection well
A method of inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface in contact with geothermal system is provided. The method may include contacting the metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition by adding the composition to geothermal process water. The corrosion inhibitor composition may include an organic phosphonate, an ortho phosphate, and zinc or a salt thereof. |
| US11525184B2 |
Dual selective deposition
Methods are provided for dual selective deposition of a first material on a first surface of a substrate and a second material on a second, different surface of the same substrate. The selectively deposited materials may be, for example, metal, metal oxide, or dielectric materials. |
| US11525179B2 |
Methods for forming vertically cracked thermal barrier coatings and articles including vertically cracked thermal barrier coatings
A method for forming a vertically cracked thermal barrier coating is disclosed including positioning an article relative to a heat source. The article includes a thermal barrier coating disposed on a first surface of a substrate, and the substrate includes a second surface distal across the substrate from the first surface. Heat is applied locally to at least one discrete portion of the second surface of the substrate. At least one vertical crack in the thermal barrier coating is formed disposed over the at least one discrete portion. An article is disclosed including a substrate and a vertically-cracked thermal barrier coating disposed on the substrate. The vertically cracked thermal barrier coating includes at least one vertical crack in the thermal barrier coating and at least one of a low density of less than 85% of a theoretical density for the thermal barrier coating and a selective crack distribution. |
| US11525177B2 |
Coating weight control apparatus and coating weight control method
A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part. |
| US11525176B2 |
Hot-dip galvanization system for large-scale hot-dip galvanization of automotive components
The invention relates to a system and a method for the hot-dip galvanization of motor-vehicle components, preferably for mass-production hot-dip galvanization of a plurality of identical or similar motor-vehicle components, in particular in batches, preferably for batch galvanization, especially preferably for high-precision hot-dip galvanization. |
| US11525173B2 |
Component comprising hard metal composition including fused tungsten carbide
A component obtainable by a process which includes providing a composition and sintering the composition at a sintering temperature of from 1250° C. to 1400° C. for a period of from 3 to 15 minutes. The composition includes hard material particles with an inner core of fused tungsten carbide and an outer shell of tungsten carbide, and a binder metal selected from Co, Ni, Fe and alloys with at least one metal selected from Co, Ni and Fe. |
| US11525169B2 |
Non-oriented electrical steel sheet and method for producing same, and motor core and method for producing same
A non-oriented electrical steel sheet with an average magnetostriction λp-p at 400 Hz and 1.0 T of not more than 4.5×10−6, and area ratio of recrystallized grains at a section in rolling direction of steel sheet of 40 to 95% and an average grain size of 10 to 40 μm is obtained by subjecting a steel slab containing, in mass %, C: not more than 0.005%, Si: 2.8 to 6.5%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, Al: not more than 3.0%, P: not more than 0.20%, S: not more than 0.005%, N: not more than 0.005%, Ti: not more than 0.003%, V: not more than 0.005% and Nb: not more than 0.005% and satisfying Si—2Al—Mn≥0 to hot rolling, hot-band annealing, cold rolling and finish annealing under adequate cold rolling and finish annealing conditions, and a motor core is manufactured by such a steel sheet. |
| US11525168B2 |
Cored wire with particulate material
A cored wire for refining molten metal includes a reactive core material that is in the form of a solid rod. A non-reactive particulate material radially surrounds the solid core material, and an exterior metal jacket radially surrounds the particulate material. The particulate material may include wood or other material that when introduced into the molten metal, undergoes thermal decomposition to release carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, or combinations thereof as a shroud around the core material. |
| US11525166B2 |
Rapid diagnostic test for LAMP
Kits and methods are described that are directed to specific and sensitive methods of target nucleic acid detection and more specifically detecting target nucleic acids directly from biological samples. The kits and methods were developed to be easy to use involving a minimum number of steps and giving rapid and consistent results either at point of care or in high throughput situations. The kits and methods utilize in various combinations, reversible inhibitors of kit components, thermolabile enzymes, poloxamers, various salts, indicators and one or more Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) primer sets for detecting single and/or multiple targets and variants of the targets including SARS-CoV-2 targets and variants thereof in a single reaction. The kits and methods permit detection of the target nucleic with similar sensitivity regardless of the presence of undefined mutations that may enhance the virulence of cells or viruses containing the undefined mutations. |
| US11525161B2 |
Methods of distinguishing ischemic stroke from intracerebral hemorrhage
Provided are compositions and methods for differentiating and diagnosing ischemic stroke and subgroups thereof (e.g., cardioembolic stroke, large vessel stroke, atherothrombotic stroke, lacunar stroke) from intracerebral hemorrhage. |
| US11525160B2 |
Methods for multiplex detection of alleles associated with ophthalmic conditions
Systems and methods for detecting at least two genomic alleles associated with corneal dystrophy in a sample from a human subject are disclosed in which cells (e.g., epithelial) of the subject are adhered to a tip of a substrate. The tip of the substrate is agitated in a lysis solution that lyses cells adhered to the substrate. The substrate is removed from the lysis solution upon completion of this agitation. The resulting lysis solution is incubated and then genomic DNA from the lysis solution is isolated to form a gDNA solution. From this, identity of at least two nucleotides present in the human TGFβI gene is determined using at least two oligonucleotide primer pairs and the gDNA solution. These at least two nucleotides are located at respective independent positions of the TGFβI gene corresponding to respective independent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with corneal dystrophy. |
| US11525159B2 |
Methods for detection of donor-derived cell-free DNA
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the status of an allograft within a transplant recipient from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the transplant recipient and from the donor. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR. |
| US11525158B2 |
Linear double stranded DNA coupled to a single support or a tag and methods for producing said linear double stranded DNA
The present invention is concerned with linear double stranded DNA, which is coupled to a single support or a tag at the 3′ end of its non-coding strand and methods for producing said linear double stranded DNA. The present invention further relates to the use of said linear double stranded DNA in an RNA in vitro transcription reaction and also to a method for producing RNA in vitro. The present invention also relates to a bioreactor for RNA in vitro transcription. |
| US11525157B2 |
Error correction in amplification of samples
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for correcting errors in sample amplification, including the errors occurred in determining the number of targets in samples. In some embodiments, the method comprises: stochastically barcoding a plurality of targets in the samples using oligonucleotides comprising stochastic barcodes to generate stochastically barcoded targets; contacting one or more defined barcoded primers with each of the one or more samples; and determining an amplification noise. |
| US11525156B2 |
Multiplex Q-PCR arrays
This invention provides methods and systems for measuring the concentration of multiple nucleic acid sequences in a sample. The nucleic acid sequences in the sample are simultaneously amplified, for example, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the presence of an array of nucleic acid probes. The amount of amplicon corresponding to the multiple nucleic acid sequences can be measured in real-time during or after each cycle using a real-time microarray. The measured amount of amplicon produced can be used to determine the original amount of the nucleic acid sequences in the sample. Also provided herein are biosensor arrays, systems and methods for affinity based assays that are able to simultaneously obtain high quality measurements of the binding characteristics of multiple analytes, and that are able to determine the amounts of those analytes in solution. The invention also provides a fully integrated bioarray for detecting real-time characteristics of affinity based assays. |
| US11525153B2 |
Methods and systems of characterizing and counting microbiological colonies
Described herein are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media to non-destructively acquire three-dimensional profiles of cellular microbiological samples growing on the surface of a solid growth medium. Acquisitions can be performed by an optical microscope that includes a vertical scanning interferometer. The three-dimensional profiles can enable measurement of sample parameters of microcolonies, which can be made of microbial colony forming units. The methods and systems enable early and rapid detection and quantification of microbes. |
| US11525152B2 |
System and method for rapid detection of viable microorganisms in liquid media
A system and method for rapid detection of viable microorganisms (e.g., pathogens) in liquid media suspensions utilizes at least two electrodes in electrical communication with a suspension (e.g., liquid media possibly containing microorganisms). Electrical response to an electrical pulse in a short initial time window (e.g., no longer than a time required to attain 95% (or another threshold percentage) of a steady state electrical response value after a change in state of the pulse) permits bulk electrical response of the suspension between the electrodes to be determined before electrical response signals are dominated by double layer formation at surfaces of the electrodes. Pulse application and detection of electrical response to a change in state of a pulse may be repeated over time, with changes in such response being useful to detect microorganism proliferation in a bulk suspension. |
| US11525142B2 |
Zea mays NLP transcription factor ZmNLP5 and use thereof
The present invention clones a gene ZmNLP5 from maize, which plays an important regulatory role in nitrogen assimilation, and the open reading frame of which has a DNA sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:1. The transcription factor protein encoded by the ZmNLP5 gene has an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:2. The uses of the maize NLP transcription factor ZmNLP5 mentioned above in promoting expression of a nitrogen metabolic key enzyme gene ZmNIR1.1, in promoting expression of a nitrogen metabolic key enzyme gene ZmNIR1.2, in promoting expression of a nitrogen metabolic key enzyme gene ZmNR1.1, in promoting expression of a nitrogen metabolic key enzyme gene ZmNR1.2, in improving nitrogen assimilation in maize, and in promoting elongation growth of maize root in deficient nitrogen environment are further provided. |
| US11525141B2 |
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yield and/or agricultural characteristics
Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 474-643, 645-679, 681-755, 757-760, 4806-6390, 6395-6396, 6401-6895, 6897-7249, 7251-7685, 7687-7693, 7695-7700, 7702-7708, 7710-7796, 7798-7816, 7818, 7820-7837, 7839-7840, 7842-7861, 7863-8134, 8136-8163 or 8164, isolated polynucleotides which are at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-170, 172-267, 269-424, 426-473, 761-2486, 2489-2494, 2496-4803 or 4804, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, harvest index, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant. |
| US11525139B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating non-age-associated hearing impairment in a human subject
Provided herein are compositions that include at least two different nucleic acid vectors, where each of the at least two different vectors includes a coding sequence that encodes a different portion of an otoferlin protein, and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject. |
| US11525133B2 |
Chimeric proteins
This invention relates to modular proteins that interact with one or more target molecules. The chimeric proteins comprise two or more repeat domains, such as tetratricopeptide repeat domains; inter-repeat loops linking the repeat domains; and one or more peptide ligands. Each peptide ligand is located in an inter-repeat loop or at the N or C terminus of the chimeric protein. The peptide ligands may include heterologous peptidyl binding motifs, such as short linear motifs (SLiMs). Chimeric proteins with various configurations and methods for their production and use are provided. |
| US11525132B2 |
Ligase mutant
Ligase mutants of the following (1), (2), or (3):(1) a ligase mutant comprising an amino acid sequence showing 95% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and having a nucleic acid-linking activity;(2) a ligase mutant comprising an amino acid sequence showing 90% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and having a nucleic acid-linking activity; or(3) a ligase mutant comprising an amino acid sequence showing 97% or more identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and having a nucleic acid-linking activity, have excellent properties. |
| US11525127B2 |
High-fidelity CAS9 variants and applications thereof
To address the limitations deriving from the unspecific genomic cleavages of the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) and to identify variants with higher cleavage fidelity, the present invention describes a yeast-based assay which allows to simultaneously evaluate the on- and off-target activity towards two engineered genomic targets. The screening of SpCas9 variants obtained by random mutagenesis of the Red-II domain allowed the identification of hits with increased on/off ratios. The best performing nuclease, evoCas9, was isolated through the combination of the identified mutations within a single variant. Side by side analyses with previously reported rationally designed variants demonstrated a significant improvement in fidelity of evoCas9 of the present invention. |
| US11525121B2 |
Mutant glucose oxidase and use thereof
By using a mutant glucose oxidase comprising an amino acid sequence in which a residue corresponding to isoleucine at position 489 or arginine at position 335 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 is substituted with an amino acid residue having a reactive functional group in a side chain, and binding an electron acceptor to the mutant glucose oxidase through the amino acid residue having a reactive functional group, an electron acceptor-modified glucose oxidase is obtained. |
| US11525115B2 |
Process for the isolation and analysis of microorganisms contained in a sample
A process is provided for isolating and analyzing microorganisms contained in a sample by collecting a determined volume in a sample, the determined volume representing all or part of this sample, likely to contain at least one microorganism. The collected volume is then split up into a plurality of compartments having a culture medium, the volume of each compartment being smaller than 10 μL, each compartment being isolated from the other compartments and having no interface with the ambient atmosphere. At least one microorganism is incubated in the compartments for determined durations, and compartments are detected that contain at least one microorganism. The incubation may be extended after detecting compartments so that at least one microorganism having a defined quantity can be detected, and then the content of the detected compartments can be recovered. Finally, at least one functional parameter relative to a microorganism in the compartments is determined. |
| US11525111B2 |
Bag assembly for cultivation of cells
The invention discloses a flexible bag assembly for cultivation of cells, comprising one or more bags forming a plurality of cultivation compartments, wherein a drain port in at least a first cultivation compartment is adapted to be fluidically connected with a second cultivation compartment upon opening of a valve means. It also discloses a bioreactor with the bag assembly mounted on a rocking tray and a method of cultivating cells in the assembly. |
| US11525109B2 |
Strain of yeast Saccharomyces bayanus subsp. uvarum DBVPG36P, its use in the fermentative production of foods and a method for the selection of the strain
The invention concerns a strain of Saccharomyces bayanus subsp. uvarum identified as SERIUS and deposited at the DBVPG with deposit number 36P. The invention further concerns the use of the strain of Saccharomyces bayanus subsp. uvarum identified as SERIUS (DBVPG 36P) as a food inoculate in the production of foods obtained through alcoholic fermentation, and a selection method for yeast strains of the group Saccharomyces adapted to alcoholic fermentation, particularly of grape, consisting of an isolation step for such yeasts from flowers. |
| US11525107B2 |
Process for the purification of alcohol-containing solvents
A process for processing an alcohol-containing solvent is described. The process according to the invention is used in particular for the treatment of alcohol-containing solvents which are used, for example, for cleaning metal parts. Further subject matter of the present invention are compositions which are suitable for the aforementioned intended use, as well as the use of certain compositions for the purification of alcohol-containing solvents. |
| US11525106B2 |
Tetraacetyldiamine and triacetyldiamine derivatives useful as bleach activators
This disclosure relates generally to bleach activator compositions. This disclosure relates more particularly to tetraacetyldiamine and/or triacetyldiamine derivatives and compositions thereof and to their use as bleach activators, and methods for using them as detergents or biocides. |
| US11525105B2 |
Surfactants for cleaning products
The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces. |
| US11525104B2 |
Porous dissolvable solid structure
A porous dissolvable solid can include an isethionate surfactant; a non-sulfate anionic surfactant; and an amphoteric surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, or a combination thereof. |
| US11525098B2 |
Fuel additive composition, fuel composition, and process for preparation thereof
The present disclosure describes an additive composition comprising: (a) an organometallic compound; (b) a nitrogen-containing compound; (c) an aryl peroxide; and (d) at least one solvent, wherein the organometallic compound to the nitrogen-containing compound to the aryl peroxide weight ratio is in a range of 7:0.5:0.5-9:1.5:1.5. The addition of additive composition not only synergistically improves the properties of the at least one fuel, such as, LPG for use as torch gas for cutting and welding application, but also reduces the consumption of both fuel and oxygen for cutting applications. The present disclosure is also directed towards a process for preparation of the fuel composition. |
| US11525097B2 |
Feedstock processing systems and methods for producing fischer-tropsch liquids and transportation fuels
A method for processing feedstock is described, characterized in that incoming feedstock is processed to selectively recover biogenic carbon material from the incoming feedstock. In some embodiments the incoming feedstock is comprised of mixed solid waste, such as municipal solid waste (MSW). In other embodiments the incoming feedstock is comprised of woody biomass. In some instances, the incoming feedstock is processed to selectively recover biogenic carbon material from the incoming feedstock to produce a processed feedstock having biogenic carbon content of 50% and greater suitable for conversion into biogenic carbon Fischer Tropsch liquids. The high biogenic carbon Fischer Tropsch liquids may be upgraded to biogenic carbon liquid fuels. Alternatively, the incoming feedstock is processed to selectively recover plastic material from the incoming feedstock to produce a processed feedstock having biogenic carbon content of 50% or less. |
| US11525096B2 |
Method for treating renewable feedstocks
A non-petroleum or renewable feedstock containing oxygen and contaminants of metals, gums, and resins is treated by introducing the feedstock into a reactor at a flow velocity of at least 20 ft/sec. The feedstock is heated within the reactor and cooled to form a reduced-temperature reactor product. At least a portion of the reduced-temperature reactor product is feed into a hydroprocessing reactor containing a hydroprocessing catalyst to form a hydroprocessed product. The hydroprocessed product is cooled and non-condensable gases, metals and water are separated and removed to form a final product. The final product has an oxygen content that is 60% or less of that of the feedstock, and wherein the final product comprises 25 wt % or less any triglycerides, monoglycerides, diglycerides, free fatty acids, phosphatides, sterols, tocopherols, tocotrienols, or fatty alcohols, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % naphtha, and 50 wt % or more diesel. |
| US11525094B2 |
Methods of deoxygenating bio-based material and production of bio-based terephtalic acid and olefinic monomers
The present invention relates to a method of deoxygenating tall oil pitch, yielding aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. The invention even comprises turning the aliphates into polymerizable olefins by steam cracking, and turning the aromates into polymerizable terephthalic acid by oxygenation and, as necessary, rearrangement. The monomers can be used for the production of polymers of partially or completely biologic origin. According to the invention, tall oil pitch is first heated to turn it into liquid, which is then fed into a catalyst bed and catalytically deoxygenated with hydrogen. The deoxygenation catalyst is preferably a Ni—Mo catalyst and, in addition, a cracking catalyst can be used, such as an acidic zeolite catalyst. The deoxygenated product stream is cooled down so as to obtain a liquid, which is distilled for separation of the aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons for use in the production of the respective monomers and finally polymers. |
| US11525091B2 |
Supercritical CO2 solvated process to convert coal to carbon fibers
A method of forming high molecular weight (“HMW”) coal tar can include combining supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) and an amount of coal tar, and fractionating the amount of coal tar to form the HMW coal tar. The method can further include forming the amount of coal tar from coal. Forming the amount of coal tar from coal can include extracting the coal tar from an amount of coal using sCO2. |
| US11525089B2 |
Stacked slab coke oven corbel structures
Coke oven corbel structures are provided with a multiple number of stacked refractory slabs defining a corresponding multiple number of tiers of the corbel structure, The multiple number of stacked refractory slabs define a pair of substantially vertically oriented central fuel gas passageways and pairs of combustion air passageways laterally of a respective one of the central fuel gas passageways. A plurality of vertically stacked fuel gas blocks each defining a central fuel gas conduit may be positioned within each of the central fuel gas passageways. |
| US11525084B2 |
II-II-VI alloy quantum dot, preparation method therefor and application thereof
The disclosure provides a II-II-VI alloy quantum dot, a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes: step S1: reacting a precursor containing a second Group II element and a precursor containing a first Group VI element to form a II-VI semiconductor nanocluster; step S2: mixing the II-VI semiconductor nanocluster with a precursor containing a first Group II element, and performing cation exchange and in-situ growth to obtain a first system containing the II-II-VI alloy quantum dot. |
| US11525082B2 |
Phosphor and production method thereof phosphor-including member, and light emitting device or projector
Provided is a particulate phosphor including a single crystal having a composition represented by a compositional formula (Y1-x-y-zLuxGdyCez)3+aAl5−aO12 (0≤x≤0.9994, 0≤y≤0.0669, 0.001≤z≤0.004, −0.016≤a≤0.315) and a particle diameter (D50) of not less than 20 μm. Also provided is a light-emitting device including a phosphor-including member that includes the phosphor and a sealing member including a transparent inorganic material sealing the phosphor or a binder including an inorganic material binding particles of the phosphor, and a light-emitting element that emits a blue light for exciting the phosphor. |
| US11525081B2 |
Methods of inhibiting corrosion in acid stimulation operations
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid. |
| US11525076B2 |
Composition containing refrigerant, and refrigeration method using said composition, operating method for refrigeration device, and refrigeration device
The present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant characterized by having a coefficient of performance (COP) and a refrigerating capacity equivalent to or higher than those of R404A, and having a sufficiently low GWP. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132 (E)) and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), wherein HFO-1132 (E) is present in an amount of 35.0 to 65.0 mass %, and HFO-1234yf is present in an amount of 65.0 to 35.0 mass %, based on the total mass of HFO-1132 (E) and HFO-1234yf, and wherein the refrigerant is for use in operating a refrigeration cycle in which the evaporation temperature is −75 to −5° C. |
| US11525074B2 |
Two-component curing adhesive, laminated film, laminated film-manufacturing apparatus, and method for manufacturing laminated film
A two-component curing adhesive using a curing reaction between a polyisocyanate composition (X) and a polyol composition (Y), wherein the polyisocyanate composition (X) includes a polyisocyanate (A), the polyol composition (Y) includes a polyol (B) and a polyamine (C), the polyamine (C) includes a compound having two or more —NH2 groups in a molecule thereof, and the polyisocyanate composition. (X) and the polyol composition (Y) each have an elongational viscosity of 0.1 to 10 Pa·s. |
| US11525071B2 |
Polishing composition based on mixture of colloidal silica particles
Provided herein are compositions comprising a first colloidal silica particle that is not surface-modified and a second colloidal silica particle that is surface modified to carry a negative charge. Also provided herein are methods for selectively removing HfO2 or SiO2 from a surface. |
| US11525066B2 |
Molecular inks
A flake-less molecular ink suitable for printing (e.g. screen printing) conductive traces on a substrate has 30-60 wt % of a C8-C12 silver carboxylate and 0.1-10 wt % of a polymeric binder, or 5-75 wt % of bis(2-ethyl-1-hexylamine) copper (II) formate, bis(octylamine) copper (II) formate or tris(octylamine) copper (II) formate and 0.25-10 wt % of a polymeric binder, and balance of at least one organic solvent, wherein the binder has ethyl cellulose, and the ethyl cellulose has an average weight molecular weight in a range of 60,000-95,000 g/mol and a bimodal molecular weight distribution. |
| US11525065B2 |
Oil-based inkjet ink
Provided is an oil-based inkjet ink containing a pigment and a fatty acid ester-based solvent represented by general formula (1) shown below and having at least 18 but not more than 29 carbon atoms per molecule. In general formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group of 5 or more carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkyl group of 6 or more carbon atoms, and at least one of R1 and R2 is a branched alkyl group of 9 or more carbon atoms having a side chain of 4 or more carbon atoms. |
| US11525063B2 |
Fluorescent oxygen sensing ink
A fluorescent oxygen sensing ink includes at least one organic solvent, at least one polymer binder disposed in the organic solvent, and an oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye disposed in the organic solvent. The oxygen-sensitive fluorescent dye and the at least one polymer can interact to form a moisture-resistant film. The fluorescent oxygen sensing ink can be incorporated into an oxygen sensing wound dressing. |
| US11525053B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition which includes: a graft copolymer including a C4 to C10 alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer unit, a styrene-based monomer unit, and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; a first styrene-based copolymer including a C1 to C3 alkyl-substituted styrene-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; and a second styrene-based copolymer including an unsubstituted styrene-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit. The thermoplastic resin composition is remarkably excellent in heat resistance, chemical resistance, and appearance characteristics while maintaining basic properties. |
| US11525051B2 |
Multi-vinyl cyclic siloxane enhanced ethylene/α-olefin/diene interpolymer based compositions
A composition comprising the following components: A) an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated diene interpolymer; B) a peroxide; C) at least one multi-vinyl cyclic siloxane selected from Structure 1 below: Structure 1, wherein n is an integer greater than, or equal to, 1; and each R1 is independently selected from the following: a (C2-C4) alkenyl, or a H2C═C(R1a)—C(═O)—O—(CH2)m—, and wherein R1a is H or methyl, and m is an integer from 1 to 4; and each R2 is independently selected from the following: H, a (C1-C4) alkyl, a (C2-C4) alkenyl, a phenyl, or a H2C═C(R1b)—C(═O)—O—(CH2)m—, wherein R1b is H or methyl, and m is an integer from 1 to 4. |
| US11525048B2 |
Visibility improving film for display panel and display device comprising same
The present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel and a display device including the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a visibility improving film for a display panel capable of exhibiting excellent physical and optical properties particularly while enhancing the visibility of a laser pointer, by including metal-coated inorganic oxide fine particles dispersed in the photocurable resin layer, and a display device including the same. |
| US11525041B2 |
Process for producing polymers
A process for the synthesis of a granular polymer, the process comprising (a) providing an active polymerization mixture that includes polymer, monomer, catalyst and optional solvent; (b) introducing a hydroxy-containing diaryl acetyl compound to the active polymerization mixture to thereby provide an inactive polymer mixture; (c) separating the polymer solution into a first stream and a second stream, where the first stream includes the polymer and the hydroxy-containing diaryl acetyl compound, and the second stream includes the monomer and the optional solvent; and (d) fabricating granules from the first stream. |
| US11525034B2 |
Sulfonated poly(arylene ether) membranes with high monovalent salt rejection even in the presence of mixed salt feeds that contain multivalent salts
Described herein are water desalination membranes and methods of desalinating water. Sulfonated poly(arylene ether) polymers are also disclosed, including those comprising one or more sulfonate groups at various points along the polymer chain. The polymers may be used as at least a portion of a water desalination membrane. The polymers described herein are useful for preventing transport of aqueous ionic species (e.g., Na+ and Cl−) across a membrane made from the polymers while allowing water to pass. Chlorine-stable polymers are described, as well as polymers exhibiting good performance for rejecting monovalent cations in the presence of polyvalent cations. |
| US11525031B2 |
Fluorinated ether compound, fluorinated ether composition, coating liquid, article and its production method
A fluorinated ether compound represented by A-O—(Rf1O)m—Rf2—[C(O)N(R1)]p-Q1-C(R2)[-Q2-SiR3nL3-n]2, wherein A is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group, Rf1 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, m is an integer of from 2 to 500, Rf2 is a linear fluoroalkylene group, R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, p is 0 or 1, Q1 is a single bond or an alkylene group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group or the like, Q2 is an alkylene group, R3 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, L is a hydrolyzable group, and n is an integer of from 0 to 2 is provided. A fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid capable of forming a surface layer excellent in initial water/oil repellency, fingerprint stain removability, abrasion resistance, light resistance and chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer, and a method for producing it are also provided. |
| US11525022B2 |
Method for dewatering of biological sludge using a polymeric flocculant
A method for dewatering of biological sludge is disclosed. The method includes addition of a flocculant to a biological sludge, which includes an aqueous phase and a suspended solid organic material, flocculating and dewatering the sludge. The flocculant includes a polymer composition, which includes a cationic crosslinked first polymer, which is selected from crosslinked polyamines, and a cationic second polymer, which is a polymer obtained by polymerization of (meth)acrylamide and cationic monomers, the second cationic polymer being polymerized in presence of the cationic first polymer. |
| US11525015B2 |
Oxidized microfibrillated cellulose fibers and composition thereof
Provided is an oxidized microfibrillated cellulose fiber having a Canada standard freeness of less than 200 mL and an average fiber diameter of not less than 500 nm. Said fiber provides a composition having excellent water retention ability. |
| US11525012B2 |
Binding molecules specific for CD73 and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides anti-CD73 binding molecules, e.g., antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations comprising the disclosed compositions, and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases associated with CD73-expression, e.g., cancer. Such diseases can be treated, e.g., by direct therapy with the anti-CD73 binding molecules disclosed herein (e.g., naked antibodies or antibody-drug conjugates that bind CD73), by adjuvant therapy with other antigen-binding anticancer agents such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g., anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibodies), and/or by combination therapies where the anti-CD73 molecules are administered before, after, or concurrently with chemotherapy. |
| US11525010B2 |
Antibodies specific for GUCY2c and uses thereof
The present invention provides novel antibodies that specifically bind to GUCY2c and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer. The present invention further provides novel bispecific antibodies comprising such antibodies and uses thereof in the treatment of cancer. |
| US11525009B2 |
Bispecific antibody and antibody conjugate for tumor therapy and use thereof
Provided in the present invention is a bispecific antibody which comprises an anti-MUC1 VHH antibody fragment and an anti-CD16 VHH antibody fragment. The antibody fragment used in the present invention is a variable region sequence derived from a heavy chain camelid antibody and has a high binding affinity to the antigen. Antibody fragments recognizing MUC1 and CD16 are constructed in the same antibody molecule by the invention, so that the antibody molecule can specifically bind to MUC1 and CD16 molecules to promote the killing effect of NK cells on MUC1-positive expression cells and has an inhibiting effect on the growth of MUC1-positive tumors. Also provided is a conjugate of the bispecific antibodies, a related pharmaceutical composition and use. |
| US11525008B2 |
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of lung cancer
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of lung cancer. The inventors showed that FHIT (also known as bis(5-adenosyl)-triphosphatase) regulates HER2 activity in lung tumor cells and that HER2 inhibitors reduce invasion induced by FHIT inhibition. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating lung cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising the steps of i) determining the expression level of FHIT in a tumor tissue sample obtained from the patient, ii) comparing the expression level determined at step i) with a predetermined reference value and iii) administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of at least one HER2 inhibitor when the expression level determined at step i) is lower than the predetermined reference level. |
| US11525007B2 |
Antibody fab and Fc variants
The present invention relates to modified antibodies. In particular, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies having altered ability to induce direct cell death and effector function. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the antibodies of the invention, and to methods of using these antibodies in treatment of disease. |
| US11525006B2 |
BCMA-targeting antibody and use thereof
Provided in the present invention are a specific antibody of BCMA and a BCMA-targeting immune effector cell, and also provided are a chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell prepared using the antibody and the use thereof. |
| US11524995B2 |
Agents, uses and methods for the treatment of synucleinopathy
The invention relates to novel monoclonal anti-alpha-synuclein antibodies. The antibodies can be used for treating a synucleinopathy such as Parkinson's disease (including idiopathic and inherited forms of Parkinson's disease), Diffuse Lewy Body Disease (DLBD), Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease (LBV), Combined Alzheimer's and Parkinson disease, pure autonomic failure and multiple system atrophy. |
| US11524992B2 |
Glypican-3-binding fibronectin based scaffold molecules
Provided herein are polypeptides which include tenth fibronectin type III domains (10Fn3) that bind to glypican-3. Also provided are fusion molecules comprising a 10Fn3 domain that bind to glypican-3 for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Glypican-3 10Fn3 drug conjugates are also provided. |
| US11524989B2 |
AML antigens and uses thereof
The present invention provides novel compounds comprising an antigen of AML cells, and uses thereof. |
| US11524987B2 |
Highly purified recombinant human insulin (RHI) API and methods of producing the same
Methods are disclosed for producing highly purified recombinant human insulin (RHI) having a purity of 99.0% (w/w) or greater, a Total Impurity (not including the related substance desamido AsnA21-RHI, as specified by USP) of 0.8% (w/w) or less, and an impurity C of 0.1% (w/w) or less. Also disclosed are API compositions of highly purified RHI having a purity of 99.0% (w/w) or greater, a Total Impurity of 0.8% (w/w) or less, and an impurity C of 0.1% (w/w) or less. |
| US11524985B2 |
IL-37 fusion protein and methods of making and using same
The disclosure provides interleukin 37 (IL-37) fusion proteins, methods of making IL-37 fusion proteins including constructs used to express IL-37 fusion proteins, and methods of using IL-37 fusion proteins. In some embodiments, the IL-37 fusion protein includes amino acids 46-206 of isoform B of IL-37 and a heavy chain portion of an antibody. |
| US11524982B2 |
Chimeric M. hyorhinis polyprotein for vaccines and diagnostics
The present invention is directed to novel polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polyproteins of Mycoplasma surface proteins, all of which are useful in detecting infection and for the preparation of vaccines for treating and preventing diseases in swine and other animals. Vaccines provided according to the practice of the invention are effective against Mycoplasma infections. Detection and therapeutic polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are also a feature of the present invention. Assays, kits, systems, and nanoparticle encapsulated compositions related to the polynucleotides, polypeptides, polyproteins, antibodies or fragments, derivatives, and variants thereof are also disclosed. |
| US11524981B2 |
L-tryptophan-exporting protein variant and method for producing L-tryptophan using the same
The present disclosure relates to a protein variant having a tryptophan-exporting activity, an L-tryptophan-producing microorganism expressing the protein variant, and a method for producing L-tryptophan using the microorganism. |
| US11524979B2 |
Macrocyclic polypeptides
Disclosed herein are macrocyclic polypeptides having no more than 3 ammo acid substitutions compared to the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO: 1-2.37 or a mirror image thereof, wherein the polypeptide includes both L and D amino acids, libraries of such polypeptides, and uses thereof. |
| US11524976B2 |
Oligonucleotide synthesizer
A process for making an oligonucleotide, the process including reacting a oligonucleotide precursor with a solid phase support within a reaction vessel, the reaction vessel being coupled to an actuator and having a resting position and inverting the reaction vessel via the actuator such that the reaction vessel is inverted relative to the resting position, wherein the inversion of the reaction vessel results in stirring of the solid phase support within the reaction vessel. |
| US11524974B2 |
Aqueous lignin dispersions and methods of preparing the same
Method of forming colloidal lignin particles, comprising the step of dissolving lignin in a mixture of organic solvents, feeding of the said solution into water, and forming acolloidal dispersion of lignin. The used solvents are recovered with methods such as distillation and reused in the process. Water is removed from the colloidal dispersion by ultrafiltration and reused in the process. The concentrated colloidal dispersion is dried by spray drying. The invention can be used in applications where the colloidal nature of lignin will afford an advantage over bulk lignin. |
| US11524973B2 |
Metal compounds and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using the same
Described herein are metal compounds and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. The metal compounds include a material of Chemical Formula 1. |
| US11524972B2 |
Nitrogen-containing cyclic compound and color-changing film comprising same
Nitrogen-containing cyclic compounds for color conversion film, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the compound(s). |
| US11524971B2 |
Divalent metal ascorbate glycinate co-salt
A zinc ascorbate glycinate co-salt having a formula of MC8H11NO8 and a suggested structure of: Formula (I). Where M is Ca, Mg, or Zn. The divalent metal ascorbate glycinate co-salt is formed as a powder having a metal content of about 8% to about 21% on an anhydrous basis and containing between 0.0-20.0% water. |
| US11524967B2 |
Heteroacene and organic electroluminescence device using the same
A heteroacene having the following formula (F) is described. An organic electroluminescence device comprises the heteroacene as a phosphorescent host, a fluorescent host, a hole blocking layer, or an electron transport layer. The heteroacene lowers a driving voltage, or increases a current efficiency or a half-life of the organic electroluminescence device. |
| US11524965B2 |
Long-acting injectable formulations and crystalline forms of buprenorphine derivatives
This disclosure relates to crystalline forms of 3-acyl-buprenorphine derivatives and sustained release injectable pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of opioid dependence, pain or depression, including an aqueous suspension of crystalline 3-acyl-buprenoprhine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the composition does not include an organic solvent, a polylactide polymer, a polyglycolide polymer, or a copolymer of polylactide and polyglycolide. This disclosure also includes 3-acyl-buprenoprhine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof prepared in a controlled release matrix, including poly(lactide-co-glycolide), sucrose acetoisobutyrate, lecithin, diolein and a combination of two or more thereof. |
| US11524964B2 |
Processes for the preparation of (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]-pyrazin-8-yl)-n-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide and solid state forms thereof
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and various spondyloarthritic conditions, including types of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process. In various aspects, provided are methods for treating active non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) and methods for treating active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). |
| US11524958B2 |
Tricyclic compound as CRTH2 inhibitor
Provided are a tricyclic compound as shown in formula (I) as a CRTH2 inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a tautomer, a stereoisomer or a solvate thereof, and the use thereof in treating diseases related to CRTH2 receptors. |
| US11524957B2 |
Process for the synthesis of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one
The present invention provides processes and synthetic intermediates for the synthesis of 2-[(2S)-1-azabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-yl]-6-(3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4 {3H)-one or a salt, hydrate, or tautomer thereof, or any combination thereof, which are Cdc7 kinase inhibitors, and are useful for the treatment of disorders of cell proliferation, particularly cancer, and other disorders associated with Cdc7 activity. |
| US11524953B2 |
Niraparib solid state form
The present disclosure relates to a stabilized anhydrous p-toluenesulfonic acid salt of niraparib, Form A. The present disclosure is also related to processes for the preparation of the stabilized anhydrous p-toluenesulfonic acid salt of niraparib. Further, the present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the stabilized anhydrous p-toluenesulfonic acid salt of niraparib and methods for treating disease using the stabilized anhydrous p-toluenesulfonic acid salt of niraparib. |
| US11524951B2 |
2-(2,4,5-substituted-anilino)pyrimidine compounds
The present invention relates to certain 2-(2,4,5-substituted-anilino)pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a disease or medical condition mediated through certain mutated forms of epidermal growth factor receptor (for example the L858R activating mutant, the Exon19 deletion activating mutant and the T790M resistance mutant). Such compounds and salts thereof may be useful in the treatment or prevention of a number of different cancers. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and salts thereof, especially useful polymorphic forms of these compounds and salts, intermediates useful in the manufacture of said compounds and to methods of treatment of diseases mediated by various different forms of EGFR using said compounds and salts thereof. |
| US11524946B2 |
Polymerase inhibitors and related compositions and methods
The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for improved DNA amplification reactions. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for hot-start PCR applications using DNA polymerase inhibitors that minimize non-specific DNA amplification by inactivating DNA polymerase at lower temperatures. |
| US11524945B2 |
Compounds for treating ILK-mediated diseases
The present invention relates to compounds that are modulators of Integrin Linked Kinase (ILK), and methods of treating diseases with such compounds. In certain embodiments, the compounds are within Formulas I-VII (e.g., Csbl-1). In some embodiments, the compounds are used to treat an ILK-mediated disease, such as cancer (e.g., triple negative breast cancer) or an inflammatory disease. |
| US11524941B2 |
Pyrazole compounds as LSD1 inhibitors and applications thereof
Disclosed are a class of pyrazole compounds and applications thereof in the preparation of a medicament for treating related diseases. Specifically, related are a compound represented by formula (II) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11524940B1 |
Inhibitors of cysteine proteases and methods of use thereof
The disclosure provides compounds with warheads and their use in treating medical diseases or disorders, such as viral infections. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various compounds with warheads are provided. The compounds are contemplated to inhibit proteases, such as the 3C, CL- or 3CL-like protease. |
| US11524932B2 |
Lipids for use in lipid nanoparticle formulations
Compounds are provided having the following structure (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein X, Y, L1, L2, L3, G1, G2 and G3 are as defined herein. Use of the compounds as a component of lipid nanoparticle formulations for delivery of a therapeutic agent, compositions comprising the compounds and methods for their use and preparation are also provided. |
| US11524931B2 |
Process for drying N,N-dimethyl glycinate salte
The application relates to a process for drying a composition comprising an alkali metal salt of a compound of general formula (I) R1R2N—CHR3—COOM or formula (II) R1R2N—CHR3CHR3—COOM, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, and the use thereof. In the process, the composition, in particular the N,N-di methyl glycinate salt, is dried by feeding the composition into a fluidized bed dryer and subjecting the composition to a heat treatment by contacting the composition in the fluidized bed dryer with a drying gas stream, and during the heat treatment a solution or dispersion of the composition is sprayed onto at least a portion of the composition present in the fluidized bed dryer, or alternatively or in addition the composition, in particular N,N-dimethyl glycinate salt, is fed into a fluidized bed dryer and subjected to heat treatment in the fluidized bed dryer by contacting the composition with a drying gas stream, and the temperature of the composition in the fluidized bed during the heat treatment does not exceed 50° C. |
| US11524929B2 |
Method for producing alpha-allylated cycloalkanone
Provided is a method with which an α-allylated cycloalkanone is obtained from a cyclic compound cycloalkanone used as a starting material. The method is a method for producing an α-allylated cycloalkanone represented by General Formula (III), and the method includes: a step 1: reacting a compound represented by General Formula (I) and alcohol having 1 or more and 4 or less of carbon atoms in the presence of a first acid catalyst and optionally a dehydrating agent; and a step 2: reacting a crude product obtained in the step 1 and a compound represented by General Formula (II) in the presence of a second acid catalyst to produce an α-allylated cycloalkanone represented by General Formula (III). The step 1 and the step 2 are consecutively performed. In the formulae above, the group -A1- (it should be noted that the front bond refers to a bond that binds to the carbon atom C1 and the back bond refers to a bond that binds to the carbon atom C2) is an alkylene group having 4 or more and 20 or less of carbon atoms that optionally contains a hetero atom and optionally has a substituent, and R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or more and 4 or less of carbon atoms. |
| US11524928B2 |
Method for preparation of 2,5-dimethylphenol by selective catalytic conversion of lignin
The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing 2,5-dimethylphenol by selective catalytic conversion of lignin, relates to the technical field of chemistry, and includes the following steps: mixing lignin, a catalyst, and ethanol, and then carrying out a catalytic conversion reaction of lignin under the gaseous supercritical conditions of ethanol; and cooling the reaction product by quenching after the completion of reaction, and then subjecting it to separation and extraction to obtain 2,5-dimethylphenol. The catalyst comprises a modified sepiolite carrier, an active metal Mo, and auxiliary agents Zr and Fe. The process of the present disclosure is simple, and the prepared catalyst is a solid catalyst, which avoids problems of difficult recovery, serious environmental pollution and equipment corrosion caused by the use of homogeneous organic acid-base catalysts. |
| US11524925B1 |
Convenient and quickly-assembled rotary composting barrel and quick assembly method thereof
The present application provides a convenient and quickly-assembled rotary composting barrel and a quick assembly method thereof. On the one hand, the solution provides a convenient and quickly-assembled composting barrel, which comprises two lateral plates, a bearing plate and several surrounding plates, wherein the lateral plates and the bearing plate are respectively provided with the first clamping grooves and the second clamping grooves, and nuts are pre-installed in the first clamping grooves and the second clamping grooves, and the surrounding plate is provided with through-holes through which bolts penetrate at corresponding positions; on the other hand, the solution provides a quick assembly method of the rotary composting barrel, in which by screwing bolts with pre-installed nuts, the bearing plate is connected with the surrounding plate first, and then the lateral plates are connected with the surrounding plates at both sides quickly. The existing rotary composting barrel is inconvenient and time-consuming to install. The rotary composting barrel involved in this solution is ingenious in structural design. It is very convenient to install, and the assembly time is shortened by more than half. It is skillful and environment-friendly when used in conjunction with an unloading cart. |
| US11524921B2 |
Composite materials containing hemp and nanocellulose
Disclosed is a new composite material comprising nanocellulose and hemp or a hemp-derived component, such as pure hemp, hemp bast fibers, hemp inner fibers, hemp shives, hemp leaves, hemp seeds, or ground hemp. The nanocellulose may be hydrophobic or hydrophilic, and may include cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils, cellulose microfibrils, or a combination thereof. This invention provides construction blocks or panels; engineered parts; fire-resistant objects; coatings; containers; textile compositions; and fabric materials, for example. The composite material may also include one or more additives to modify mechanical, thermal, chemical, and/or electrical properties. The addition of nanocellulose can improve the mechanical properties of hemp-containing concrete mixtures to improve compressive strength for construction purposes. |
| US11524919B2 |
Glazing comprising a functional coating and a color adjustment coating
A material includes one or more transparent substrates comprising two main faces, wherein one of the faces of one of the substrates is coated with a functional coating which can have an effect on solar radiation and/or infrared radiation, and a face not coated with the functional coating of one of the substrates includes a reflective color-adjustment coating comprising at least one dielectric layer including a reflective dielectric layer with a thickness of between 2 and 100 nm, all the dielectric layers of the reflective color-adjustment coating have a thickness of less than 100 nm. |
| US11524918B2 |
High performance fiberglass composition with improved specific modulus
Glass fibers formed from the inventive composition may be used in applications that require high stiffness and have a specific modulus between 34 and 40 MJ/kg. Such applications include woven fabrics for use in forming wind turbine blades and aerospace structures. |
| US11524915B2 |
System used in design applications
A system for use in glass production technology such as for production of glass packaging, glassware, glass home equipments, wherein the system allows all kinds of design additions such as color, pattern, texture, decor, seal and form changing processes to be applied to the product without requiring re-firing of the product, after removal of the product from the moulds in the production lines while the product is still hot and the temperature is kept constant. |
| US11524913B2 |
Waste water purification system
The present invention relates to a water-processing system configured to produce purified waste water. The system comprises an inlet for waste water, one or more biological water-treatment units, and an outlet for purified water. The one or more biological water-treatment units are fluidly connected to the inlet and the outlet. Each of the one or more biological water-treatment units comprises: an inlet for receiving water to be treated, a reactor, an outlet for treated water, and ventilation means configured to provide ventilation to the reactor. The reactor is divided into two or more compartments by one or more screens. Each compartment is in fluid communication with the ventilation means, and comprises a biofilm on one or more surfaces. The reactor is configured to expose at least a portion of the waste water to the biofilm in the presence of air supplied by the ventilation means. |
| US11524912B2 |
Pressostatic odor control cover for slurry treatment tank with device for reducing the inner volume occupied by harmful and malodorous gases
Disclosed is a pressostatic odor control cover for slurry treatment tank with a device for reducing the inner volume occupied by harmful and malodorous gases emitted from the surface of the slurry. The treatment tank is delimited by a base and by lateral containment walls. The cover includes: a gas impermeable flexible membrane; a gas-tight continuous fixing unit of a margin of the membrane to the tank; an insufflation unit of air inside the cover; and a discharge valve of the air out of the cover. The odor control cover also includes a diaphragm permeable to liquids and to gases, arranged to delimit a reduced volume of the odor control cover available to the harmful gases and to the malodorous substances released from the slurry. The air insufflation unit is connected to the cover above the diaphragm. The discharge valve is connected to the cover below the diaphragm. |
| US11524911B2 |
Magnetization purifying device for air and water
A magnetization purifying device is provided. At least one or more accommodation spaces formed inside a housing unit along a preset depth or a width status are formed for accommodating a preset amount of magnetization purifying devices having corresponding status, a covering unit having an outwardly-extended engaging segment is provided and capable of being rotated for being matched with an opening formed at one end of the housing unit, another end of the housing unit capable of accommodating the magnetization purifying devices is formed with a recessed engaging segment, so that the magnetization purifying device can perform a predetermined rapid circulating magnetic force line cutting operation to introduced water or air, thereby enabling the water or air fully magnetized and discharged to be provided with anticipated pure oxygen and negative ions, thus the dissolved oxygen in water in a predetermined route, for example an aquaculture pond, can be increased. |
| US11524910B2 |
Bipolar CDI electrode, bipolar cdi electrode module and water treatment apparatus using the same
A bipolar capacitive deionization (CDI) electrode includes a circular current collector having a central hole and inner and outer circumferential surfaces; a nano-carbon coating layer formed on at least top and bottom surfaces of the circular current collector; and a hydrophobic polymer coating layer respectively disposed over the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the current collector. Maintenance and management is facilitated by a bipolar CDI electrode module configured such that individual parts are formed to be removably attached. A water treatment apparatus including the bipolar CDI electrode module exhibits high water treatment efficiency, superior long-term stability, and easy maintenance and management, while solving terminal corrosion problems due to the formation of a hydrophobic polymer coating layer on the surface of an electrode terminal. |
| US11524909B2 |
Accurate biocide dosing for low concentration membrane biofouling control applications
Biocide can be controllably added to a feed stream for a membrane. In some examples, the feed stream is separated into a primary feed stream and a secondary feed stream, for example, with the secondary feed stream having a lower flow rate than the primary feed stream. The secondary feed stream may be used to monitor and control the addition of the biocide, which is then diluted when the secondary feed stream is combined with the primary feed stream to form a combined stream for delivery to the membrane. |
| US11524907B2 |
Granular filter media
One aspect of the present invention is directed to a granular filter media for removing contaminants from water or other liquids. The media comprise granular materials comprising aggregate and remediation materials. Other aspects of the invention are directed to methods of making and using the granular filter media of the invention. |
| US11524906B2 |
System and method for sorbtion distillation
A system for distilling water is disclosed. The system comprises a heat source, and a plurality of open-cycle adsorption stages, each stage comprising a plurality of beds and an evaporator and a condenser between a first bed and a second bed, wherein each bed comprises at least two vapor valves, a plurality of hollow tubes, a plurality of channels adapted for transferring water vapor to and from at least one of the condenser or the evaporator, a thermally conductive water vapor adsorbent, and wherein each vapor valve connects a bed to either the condenser or the evaporator. |
| US11524903B2 |
Sparsely pillared organic-inorganic hybrid compound
A sparsely pillared organic-inorganic hybrid compound is provided. The sparsely pillared organic-inorganic hybrid compound includes: two inorganic material layers, each extending in one direction and facing each other; and an organic material layer disposed between the two inorganic material layers, wherein each of the inorganic material layers has a gibbsite structure in which a divalent metal cation is doped to an octahedral site, and the organic material layer includes a plurality of pillar portions, each of which is chemically bound to each of the two inorganic material layers such that the two inorganic material layers are connected to each other. |
| US11524897B2 |
Dielectric composition, dielectric thin film, dielectric element, and electronic circuit board
To provide a dielectric composition having excellent reliability. The dielectric composition contains a main component represented by a composition formula (Sr1-xCax)m(Ti1-yHfy)O3-δNδ, in which 0.15 |
| US11524894B2 |
Thermal integration in synthesis gas production by partial oxidation
A process and a plant are proposed for producing a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides by partial oxidation of carbon-containing fuel in the presence of an oxygen-containing oxidant and a moderator, wherein the obtained raw synthesis gas is laden with soot particles. According to the invention the cooling of the raw synthesis gas is carried out using a crossflow heat exchanger, a shell and tube heat exchanger or a spiral heat exchanger, wherein the carbon-containing input stream or the oxidant stream or the moderator stream or a plurality of these streams serve as the first coolant and are thus preheated before introduction into the partial oxidation plant. |
| US11524892B2 |
Method of manufacturing electronic devices and corresponding electronic device
A first electronic component, such as a sensor having opposed first and second surfaces and a first thickness, is arranged on a support member with the second surface facing towards the support member. A second electronic component, such as an integrated circuit mounted on a substrate and having a second thickness less than the first thickness, is arranged on the support member with a substrate surface opposed the second electronic component facing towards the support member. A package molding material is molded onto the support member to encapsulate the second electronic component while leaving exposed the first surface of the first electronic component. The support member is then removed to expose the second surface of the first electronic component and the substrate surface of the substrate. |
| US11524887B2 |
Liquid container tilting apparatus and method
A liquid container tilting apparatus designed for household and commercial use; made from a resilient material, capable of automatically tilting to a maximum tilt angle to optimize the draining of the last 1-6 cups of liquid from the container. As the liquid from the container drains, the tilting angle increases. The tilting apparatus is made of a base, a platform lever and a basket. The platform lever is part of the base. The basket holds the liquid container securely to the platform lever. The liquid container tilting apparatus can be cleaned and stored inside the liquid container or hung. |
| US11524882B2 |
Actuation unit for a capping head and capping head using it
An actuation unit for a capping head for the application of caps on containers or bottles, as well as to a capping head using such a unit, are provided. The actuation unit for a capping head for the application of caps on containers or bottles comprises at least two actuators, of which a first actuator is adapted to impart a translational displacement along a closing axis and a second actuator is adapted to impart a rotational movement about the closing axis, each actuator of the at least two actuators causing the rotation of a first shaft and a second shaft, respectively, both arranged coaxial to the closing axis, and is characterized in that the shafts of the at least two actuators are placed side by side along the axis and are mutually connected by means of at least one rotation decoupling joint. |
| US11524877B2 |
Elevator safety mechanism
The disclosure provides an apparatus and mechanism for and elevator safety mechanism. The safety mechanism can include a lock bar, a beak assembly, a detector assembly, and a linkage rod providing communication between the beak assembly and the detector assembly. The beak of the beak assembly can engage a catch in the lock bar when the safety mechanism is in a closed position, preventing the doors of the elevator from further opening. |
| US11524873B2 |
Ropeless elevator wheel force releasing system
According to an embodiment, an elevator system including: a beam climber system configured to move an elevator car through an elevator shaft by climbing a first guide beam that extends vertically through the elevator shaft, the first guide beam including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the beam climber system including: a first wheel in contact with the first surface; and a first electric motor configured to rotate the first wheel; and a wheel decompression system configured to move the first wheel away from the first guide rail. |
| US11524869B2 |
Method for monitoring an elevator system
A method for monitoring an elevator system utilizes a mobile terminal device having at least one sensor to collect measurement values in an elevator car. The mobile terminal device is carried by a passenger of the elevator system. The collected measurement values are transmitted by the mobile terminal device to a central evaluation unit where they are evaluated. The mobile terminal device activates a measurement mode when it detects that it is located in a region of a shaft door of the elevator system. |
| US11524868B2 |
Method and apparatus for effectively utilizing cab space
A method and a system for efficiently managing space inside an elevator cab is described. The system comprises a camera system, an image processing unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The system processes the image captured by the camera system comprising images of the occupants including passengers and objects inside the elevator. The captured image is transferred to the image processing unit. The image processing unit processes the image for further evaluation by the processing unit. The processing unit provides possible rearrangement of the passengers and the objects (occupants) to be rendered by the display unit. |
| US11524867B2 |
Determination of non-normal elevator calling request in an automatic elevator calling request system
An automatic elevator call system includes: a wireless signal apparatus installed in an elevator landing zone of an elevator system and broadcasting a corresponding wireless signal around; a counting unit configured to count, after an elevator call request corresponding to an identity of the personal mobile terminal is sent or received, the number of times the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is made within a predetermined time period; and an abnormal elevator call request judgment unit configured to judge, based on a comparison result between the number of times the elevator call request is made and a predetermined threshold, whether the elevator call request corresponding to the identity is a normal elevator call request operation. The present invention can effectively determine an intentional or unintentional abnormal elevator call request operation of a passenger. |
| US11524866B2 |
Testing for wireless beacons of elevator system and field installation of the elevator system
A mobile terminal of the present invention is configured to test a wireless beacon that is mounted in an elevator system and used for establishing a wireless connection with the mobile terminal and receiving service request commands. The wireless beacon is at least coupled to an elevator controller of the elevator system. The mobile terminal is configured to include: a connection testing module configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish the wireless connection with the mobile terminal and/or configured to test whether the wireless beacon can successfully establish a communication connection with the elevator controller; and a service request testing module configured to send a service request test command to the wireless beacon to enable the wireless beacon to automatically complete a service request test on the wireless beacon. |
| US11524865B2 |
Vertical platform lift and control system
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for a vertical platform lift assembly control system are disclosed. The control system may provide a method for monitoring sensors for the vertical platform lift, and may determine operating modes and fault conditions from the sensor data. An indicator system for the vertical platform lift may provide user feedback based on sensor data and the status of the control system. |
| US11524862B2 |
Nanofiber yarn dispenser
A dispenser is described for dispensing nanofiber yarns that includes a housing that defines an inlet, an outlet, and a chamber. A spool, around which is wound a length of nanofiber yarn, is disposed within the chamber defined by the housing. The nanofiber yarn is threaded from the chamber through the outlet and can be dispensed in a controlled way that reduces the likelihood of developing knots within the nanofiber yarn, and which facilitates convenient application of the yarn onto an underlying surface. In some cases, the dispenser can be used to concurrently dispense an adhesive or other polymer along with the nanofiber yarn. |
| US11524861B2 |
Printing apparatus
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a recorder; first and second conveying rollers; a first member which includes the first conveying roller and in which the first conveying roller is supported shakably; and a second member which includes the second conveying roller. The first member includes: a roller support having: an extending part which extends in an extending direction of a rotation shaft of the first conveying roller, and first and second supports which rotatably supports first and second ends of the rotation shaft of the first conveying roller, respectively; and at least one pressing part configured to press a central area of the extending part in a pressing direction extending from the first conveying roller to the second extending roller, in a state that the first and second conveying rollers are brought into contact with each other. |
| US11524858B2 |
Heat-shrinkable polyester film roll
The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film roll containing a paper tube and a heat-shrinkable polyester film wound around the paper tube to form the heat-shrinkable polyester film roll, wherein (1) the film winding length is 2000-20000 m, (2) the film width is 400-2500 mm, (3) the film thickness is 5-30 μm, (4) unevenness in thickness in the film widthwise direction in a film roll surface layer part is 12% or less, (5) the paper tube has an inner diameter of 3 inches, a difference in clearance of the paper tube in a widthwise direction after removal of the film from the film roll is 0.5 mm or less, and a flat compressive strength of the paper tube after removal of the film is 1700 N/100 mm or more, and (6) the average value of winding hardness in the widthwise direction in the film roll surface layer part is 500-850. |
| US11524855B2 |
Sheet processing machine comprising at least one sensor device, and method for controlling by open-loop control and/or closed-loop control at least one component of a sheet processing machine
In some examples, a sheet processing machine includes at least one sensor device that includes at least two sensors configured as a camera. The sheet processing machine further includes at least one infeed system. The at least one sensor device is configured to control, by open-loop control and/or closed-loop control, at least one servo drive of the infeed system as a function of at least one sheet of sheets being detected by the at least two sensors. The at least two sensors are configured to selectively detect at least one edge and/or printing mark of the sheets. Some examples likewise relate to a method for controlling, by open-loop control and/or closed-loop control, at least one component of a sheet processing machine. |
| US11524854B2 |
Belt conveyance device and image forming apparatus
A bearing which supports one end side of a driving roller includes a first restriction portion which is restricted from rotating and moving with respect to a first frame, and a bearing which supports the other end side of the driving roller includes a second restriction portion which is restricted from rotating and moving with respect to a second frame. As viewed from a direction perpendicular to a width direction of an intermediate transfer belt, a phase of shape of the first restriction portion in a state of being held by the first frame and a phase of shape of the second restriction portion in a state of being held by the second frame are equal to each other. |
| US11524848B2 |
Apparatus and method for determining the wear condition of a chain
In a method for determining the elongation of segments of a chain of a chain drive during operation, a plurality of measured values is determined at different positions of the chain. A plurality of length values is determined from the plurality of measured values and a position of the segments of the chain is determined. The length values are assigned to the segments of the chain, with the length of the segments of the chain being smaller than the length of the chain. |
| US11524840B2 |
Liquid stabilizing inliner for a tank container
The invention relates to a liquid-stabilizing inliner for use in a tank container, comprising an inliner having an inliner wall made of a film material, wherein the inliner wall 1) is configured as a bag to define an interior space for storing a liquid, 2) has an opening for the entrance of the liquid into the interior space, 3) has an inner surface facing the interior space and an outer surface facing an exterior environment; characterized in that an inflatable unit is connected to the inliner, the inflatable unit comprising a film material that is configured as a bag to define an interior space for containing a gas. The inflatable unit reduces sloshing of the liquid when a tank container with the inliner is partly filled with liquid. The inflatable unit may also function as a handle for removing the liquid-stabilizing after use. |
| US11524837B2 |
Array of sanitary tissue products
An array of toilet tissue products comprising first, second, and third packages, where first package conveys strength and a second package conveys softness. Lint, basis weight, total dry tensile, absorbency, and softness are common intensive properties of the first, second, and third toilet tissue products and one or more of these common intensive properties can be different between the first, second, and third toilet tissue products. |
| US11524835B2 |
Kit for building a shower enclosure with well-aligned plumb walls
A kit can be used to construct a shower enclosure within a plurality of walls and above a floor. Each wall has a plurality of vertical studs. The kit comprises a prefabricated shower base having a drain hole, a plurality of attachment pieces, and a plurality of prefabricated shower wall panels. The prefabricated base is configured to be positioned on the floor so that its drain hole is positioned over the floor's drain outlet. Each attachment piece has a front planar portion and is configured to attach to a stud of a wall so that the front planar portions of the attachment pieces on the same wall frame are essentially co-planar and plumb regardless of whether the front-facing surfaces of the studs are co-planar, plumb, and straight. Each prefabricated wall panel has a backside configured to attach to the front planar portions of a plurality of the attachment sleeves. |
| US11524834B2 |
Receiving structure and automatic feeding system
A receiving structure providing real-time information as to the materials constituting its contents includes a box body, a first side plate, and a second side plate. The box body, the first side plate, and the second side plate forming a receiving space, and the receiving space receives materials. A discharge port is formed between the second side plate and the first side plate, the discharge port is in communication with the receiving space, and the discharge port is configured to take out the material. A material checking unit is provided on the first side plate, the material checking unit detects and enables real time identification of the materials in the receiving structure. |
| US11524832B2 |
Insulated box assembly and temperature-regulating lid therefor
Example aspects of an insulated box assembly and a method of assembling an insulated box assembly are disclosed. The insulated box assembly can comprise a plurality of outer lateral sidewalls, the outer lateral sidewalls defining an inner surface, the inner surface defining an inner cavity; a plurality of inner lateral sidewalls received in the inner cavity, the inner lateral sidewalls defining an outer surface; and a monolithic sidewall liner received in the inner cavity between the outer lateral sidewalls and the inner lateral sidewalls, the sidewall liner defining a liner outer surface and a continuous, uninterrupted liner inner surface opposite the liner outer surface, the liner outer surface facing the inner surface of the outer lateral sidewalls, and the liner inner surface facing the outer surface of the inner lateral sidewalls. |
| US11524829B2 |
Multi-point load tub support
A blank for making a tub support that fits inside the top opening of a washing machine to prevent the wash tub from moving relative to the cabinet during shipping and handling. The tub support may comprise a rear folded portion having a plurality of rear tub contact points that contact the wash tub, and a sidewall configured to contact the top edge of the wash tub along a plurality of tub contact points and to contact the rim of the washing machine cabinet along a plurality of cabinet contact points. |
| US11524825B2 |
Mason jar valved-lid component and kit for use in fermentation
The present disclosure is directed to a lid component for use with a jar and a band. The jar and band may be a mason jar and a band for a mason jar. The lid component is made of an air-impermeable material and is dimensioned and configured to be releasably attachable to the jar by the band and to seal a wide mouth opening of the jar in an air-tight manner. The lid component comprises a one-way valve adapted to allow gas to escape from the jar while, at the same time, prevent air from entering the jar, when the lid component is releasably attached to the jar. The one-way valve comprises a bottom opening and a protruding top wall. The lid component further comprises a sealing wall that extends radially outwardly from the bottom opening. The sealing wall is substantially flat. |
| US11524822B2 |
Device for dispensing a liquid in the form of drops
The device makes it possible to dispense predetermined metered quantities of liquid. It includes a sealing member that can take up a liquid release position, allowing liquid to flow out of the device, and a non-return position preventing liquid from flowing back into the device. The sealing member is provided with metering means for metering out the liquid to be dispensed. |
| US11524817B2 |
Sealed packaging container
A novel sealed packaging container, comprising a container cover (1) and an open container body (2), wherein an edge of the container cover and a mouth edge of the container body are correspondingly provided with a first inner matching groove (11) and second outer matching groove (21), and a first outer matching groove (12) and second outer matching groove (22) having a double-folded structure; and the container is further provided with an anti-unfastening structure. An outer groove wall of the second outer matching groove extends downward from an upper end portion and is provided with two indentations (2231) that are easy to tear. The packaging container has strong anti-deformation abilities, the anti-unfastening structure is relatively stable, and the sealing performance is good. |
| US11524815B2 |
Bag for loose material
A bag for loose material, wherein the bag is formed from a tubular material, which tubular material is a tubular planar assembly or a flat material connected to form a tube, and has a first and a second open end. Sections of the tubular material of one of the ends are shaped by folding to form a bag bottom. The bag bottom exhibits a first cover sheet and a second cover sheet. The first cover sheet is connected to the bag bottom and extends in a first region of the bag bottom. The second cover sheet is connected to the bag bottom and extends in a second region of the bag bottom. Via the cover sheets, the folded sections of the tubular material are held together in such a way that the bag bottom is sealed. |
| US11524806B2 |
Method and device for sterilizing closure elements for packaging containers, and use thereof
A method for sterilizing closure elements (3) for packaging containers (1), wherein the closure elements (3) are collected individually by a holding mechanism (25) in the region of a sterile chamber (12) and are placed onto an opening (4) of a filled packaging container (1) and connected to the latter, and wherein the closure elements (3), while being conveyed inside the sterile chamber (12), are treated by means of at least one sterilizing medium (6, 7, 52) during a sterilizing process. |
| US11524804B2 |
Filling station and method for filling a transport tray
The disclosure relates to a method for filling a transport tray having a reduced risk of incorrect fillings. In accordance with the disclosure, a target filling of a plurality of receptacles in the transport tray is transmitted to the control device and at least one filling template is produced based on the target filling and on a filling regime and is displayed by means of a display device. Then drug portions corresponding to the filling template are transferred to the receptacles, and an image of at least the receptacles to be filled in accordance with the target filling is produced by means of an optical detection device and the actual filling is determined using the image and is compared to the target filling. If no target deviation is found, the transport tray is released for transferring the drug portions to the machine tray. |
| US11524801B2 |
Strapping tool
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping portions of the strap themselves. |
| US11524800B2 |
Device and method for wrapping container groups
A machine that forms groups of containers by wrapping containers in a film blank includes an adhesive applicator that is arranged along a film-transporter for applying adhesive onto an inner side of the film blank and along longitudinal side edges of the film blank before the containers are wrapped. The placement of the adhesive avoids distortion of images or text that are printed on the film blank due to shrinkage. |
| US11524796B2 |
Positioning mechanism, UAV dock using same, and UAV replenishment method
A positioning mechanism includes a base including a landing area and a guide member movably arranged at the landing area and configured to guide a moving object. The landing area includes a positioning portion. The guide member is configured to be in a non-operating state or an operating state relative to the base. A form of the guide member in the non-operating state is different from the form of the guide member in the operating state. |
| US11524795B2 |
Architecture and method for aircraft lighting system using a centrally located red, green, and blue (RGB) light source subsystem and a plurality of distributed passive light-heads
Systems and methods for an aircraft lighting system (ALS) are provided. The method includes co-locating a central light source subsystem including a blue light generator, red light generator, and green light generator, and a light generating control unit (LGCU) comprising a processor, and distributing a plurality of passive light-heads around an external surface of the aircraft. Each passive light-head of the plurality of passive light-heads is operationally coupled to a first side of a respective light switch of a respective plurality of light switches, the light switch being coupled on a second side to a light emitting output of the central light source subsystem. Controlling and actuating the light generators and the light switches in accordance with a load profile is performed by a light generating control unit (LGCU). |
| US11524792B2 |
Surface trim for acoustic absorption
A surface liner member includes an external wall which is provided with multiple holes, a spacer structure, and tubes which are respectively associated with the holes in the external wall. The surface liner member is intended to be applied to a base surface in order to reduce, by acoustic absorption, an acoustic wave reflected on this base surface. The acoustic absorption efficiency is improved, particularly for frequencies below 500 Hz, by varying the shape of the holes in the external wall such that the ratio of the hole perimeter to the hole area varies. Such a surface liner member may be adapted to form a surface portion of an aircraft engine nacelle, or of a leading edge of an aircraft wing. |
| US11524785B2 |
Tray table pillow for aircraft passenger seat
A tray table pillow combination for a passenger seat has a table rotatably coupled on each side to a support arm. The table has a utility surface and a cushioned surface on an opposed surface. The support arms are pivotally coupled to either a barrier or another seat forward of the passenger seat. Each arm has a seat connecting segment pivotally coupled to the barrier or other seat, and a table connecting segment slidably engaged with the seat connecting segment. The table is rotatably coupled to the table connecting segment. A detent mechanism is cooperatively engaged between the table connecting segment and the seat connecting segment to selectively lock and release slidable engagement of the seat connecting segment with the table connecting segment. A rotation lock is cooperatively engaged between the table connecting segment and the table on at least one of the support arms. |
| US11524784B2 |
Ventilated seat assembly with active air flow
A ventilated seat assembly with active air circulation including a structural frame element, a cushion assembly supported by the structural frame element, a perforated dress cover, a conduit network embedded in the cushion assembly configured to direct air to at least one target region of the cushion assembly, an air mover coupled in fluid communication with the conduit network, and a controller operable for activating the air mover to cause air to flow through the conduit network to the at least one target region. In operation, the controller activates the air mover to flow air, such as unconditioned air, through the conduit network to be released through the dress cover in the at least one target region. |
| US11524782B1 |
Decking stop device
A stop device for holding a unit load device in place on decking is described. In one example, the stop device includes a cylindrical socket having an outer surface, an inner surface, an open end, and a closed end. The stop device also includes a circular brim extending out from the outer surface, substantially perpendicular to the outer surface of the cylindrical socket, and a handle rod assembly that extends from the closed end of the cylindrical socket. The handle rod assembly can be used to lower the cylindrical socket into an aperture in the decking, such as aperture for a caster wheel in the decking. The handle rod assembly can also be used to rotate the stop device, aligning a circular segment cutout of the circular brim with an edge of the unit load device, to lock the stop device in place below the edge of the unit load device. |
| US11524772B1 |
Emergency flotation system (EFS)
Apparatus and associated methodology contemplating an emergency flotation system for floating a flying machine on a body of water. The system includes a water sensor mounted to the flying machine. An inflation device is configured to produce an appropriate amount of pressurized gas in response to the water sensor detecting a presence of water. An inflatable flotation device is in fluid communication with the inflation device, to receive the pressurized gas and thereby become inflated. The flotation device is configured, when inflated, to impart a buoyant force to the flying machine in the water. |
| US11524768B2 |
Rotary wing aircraft
[Object] To provide a rotary wing aircraft capable of self-leveling and ensuring a stable landing state. [Solution] The rotary wing aircraft according to the present disclosure comprises a plurality of rotary blades, an arm part for supporting the plurality of rotary blades, a mounting part for mounting an object, and a connecting part for connecting the mounting part to the arm part in a state where the mounting part is movable within a predetermined range. The position of the connecting part of the rotary wing aircraft of the present disclosure is above the center of gravity of the arm part. Thereby, self-leveling is made possible and a stable landing state can be ensured. |
| US11524765B2 |
Device for structure testing
The invention relates to a test stand comprising a support (19, 25) which is moveably connected to a wall (18, 18′, 18″), a base, a frame (26) of the test stand or another part of the test stand and can be moved on a predetermined path; an actuator (22) which is connected to the support and by means of which the support (19, 25) that can be moved on the predetermined path, two clamping devices (13) respectively comprising a ball joint, wherein one of the two clamping devices (13) is seemed to the support (19, 25) and the other of the two clamping devices (13) is arranged in an axis (10) with the first of the two clamping devices (13), such that a test body (1) is clamped between the two clamping devices (13) on outer surfaces of the test body and can be maintained by the clamping devices (13), and a test force exerted by a test body by moving the support (19, 25) through the first of the two clamping devices (13) acts essentially along the axis (10). The test body is fixed by means of an elastic element (23) in order to limit a rotation of the test body about the axis (10). |
| US11524764B2 |
Aerodynamic brake and method of aerodynamically braking a vehicle
An aerodynamic brake includes a rigid panel having a panel leading edge portion and a panel trailing edge portion. The aerodynamic brake also includes a flexible sheet having a sheet lower edge portion coupled to the vehicle body, and a sheet upper edge portion coupled to the panel leading edge portion. The aerodynamic brake further includes a panel actuator configured to move the rigid panel between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the rigid panel is located proximate the vehicle body and covers the flexible sheet in a folded state. In the deployed position, the panel leading edge portion is moved away from the vehicle body and the flexible sheet is in an open state exposable to an oncoming airflow for generating aerodynamic drag for slowing the vehicle. |
| US11524761B2 |
Stringer-frame intersection of aircraft body
Disclosed herein is a body of a mobile vehicle. The body includes skin, a stringer, and a frame. The skin comprises a first tab and a second tab, opposite the first tab. The first tab is fixed directly onto the skin and the second tab is fixed directly onto the skin. The frame comprises a cut-out, a first foot, and a second foot. The second foot is spaced apart from the first foot by the cut-out. The first foot is fixed directly onto the first tab of the stringer, such that the first tab of the stringer is immediately interposed between the first foot of the frame and the skin. The second foot is fixed directly onto the skin, such that no portion of the frame is fixed directly onto the second tab of the stringer. |
| US11524758B2 |
Universal motorized personal watercraft propulsion mounting system
A paddle assistance and propulsion system for use with personal watercraft is disclosed. The paddle assistance and propulsion system may include different mounting techniques that allow a propulsion device (e.g., a motor) to be coupled to various types of personal watercraft. Some mounting techniques may include the use of magnets to couple a motor-side mount to a boat-side mount. The paddle assistance and propulsion system may also utilize a variety of sensors in combination with control systems to provide various types of paddle assistance and different types of paddle assistance modes for the user of the personal watercraft. |
| US11524757B1 |
System and apparatus for attaching and transporting an autonomous vehicle
A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The vehicle can include a mechanisms that magnetically attaches to a ferry vehicle for transport to the location of use. |
| US11524749B2 |
Personal water craft foot well drainage system
A personal water craft includes a hull; a deck attached to, or integral with, the hull; a foot well having a foot well floor that is configured to receive a foot of a user of the personal water craft; and a drainage system configured to drain liquid from the foot well, the drainage system having a tube extending from the foot well floor to a location outside the hull. |
| US11524748B2 |
Snowmobile front suspension arm with disconnectable intermediate section
A suspension arm assembly for supporting at least a section of a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle front end, above a support surface is described. The suspension arm assembly has at least one segmented suspension arm formed by an upper arm section, a lower arm section and an intermediate arm section. The intermediate arm section is interconnected between the upper and lower arm sections by detachable end connectors. The intermediate arm section when impacted by objects in its pathway, when the vehicle is in motion and when damaged by an impact force of a strength overcoming its resistance strength, will deform or break. The intermediate arm can then be easily detached from the detachable end connectors for replacement by a further intermediate arm section and thereby permitting on site repair of the suspension arm assembly. |
| US11524747B2 |
Bicycle transmission using variable speed motor and planetary gear mechanism
A bicycle transmission using a variable speed motor and a planetary gear mechanism includes: a first input rotary shaft (10) rotatably connected to a main power source (11); a second input rotary shaft (20) receiving a motor rotational power from a variable speed motor (21); a planetary gear mechanism (30) receiving first and second rotational power respectively from the first input rotary shaft (10) and the second input rotary shaft (20), wherein the planetary gear mechanism (30) includes a ring gear (33), a carrier (31), a plurality of planet gears (32), and a sun gear (34); an output shaft (40) receiving a third rotational power from the planetary gear mechanism (30); and a control unit (50) controlling the variable speed motor (21) and controlling a rotational direction and speed of the second input rotary shaft (20). |
| US11524746B2 |
Adjustable chain guide system
An assembly for minimizing the disengagement of a chain from a chain ring is disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket and a chain guide assembly. The chain guide assembly includes a chain guide, a first lock and a second lock. The first lock and the second lock are capable of being actuated separately to lock the chain guide into a position in each of a first and second orientation relative to the bracket. |
| US11524744B2 |
Cycle suspension with rotation sensor
A suspension assembly for a cycle includes a plurality of links pivotably connected to one another by a plurality of pivots. A rotation sensor measures an angular relationship between two links and a setpoint of the suspension assembly is adjusted based on the angular measurements. |
| US11524743B2 |
Pedal mechanism and housing of balancing vehicle
The application relates to a pedal mechanism and a housing of a balancing vehicle. The pedal mechanism comprises a pedal body, and an internal framework is arranged inside the pedal body. A lower side of the pedal body is also formed with an induction probe for inducting a control system inside a balancing vehicle. A housing of the balancing vehicle comprises a pair of symmetrically arranged and relatively rotatable inner housings, the inner housings are connected with the upper housing, and the pedal mechanism installed at upper housing. The pedal body and the induction probe are integrally molded, which has the advantages of less multiple assembly processes, shorter processing time, higher precision, and not easy to fall off which strengthens the stability of the structure. |
| US11524741B2 |
Sensor wheel and disc brake apparatus
A sensor wheel for a human-powered vehicle comprises a wheel body and an attachment part. The wheel body is configured to be rotatable relative to a vehicle body of the human-powered vehicle about a rotational axis along with a rotational hub of the human-powered vehicle. The wheel body includes a plurality of openings spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction with respect to the rotational axis. The attachment part is configured to be operatively coupled to the rotational hub. At least one opening of the plurality of openings has a radial length defined radially with respect to the rotational axis. The radial length is equal to or larger than 8 mm. |
| US11524739B2 |
Mounting system for a bicycle luggage carrier
Disclosed is a mounting system mountable on a bicycle luggage carrier, including a clamping system for clamping on the bicycle luggage carrier and a carrier coupling part mountable on the clamping system and configured to cooperate with a corresponding luggage coupling part of a bicycle accessory, wherein the clamping system includes at least two clamping sets, each clamping set including a first clamping hook and a second clamping hook each arranged to clamp a longitudinal rod of the bicycle luggage carrier, the clamping set further including an adjustment member extending between said first clamping hook and said second clamping hook such that a distance between said first and second clamping hook is adjustable. |
| US11524737B2 |
Actuation device and telescopic apparatus
An actuation device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member, a movable member, and an actuator. The movable member is movably provided on the base member. The actuator is configured to be actuated by stimulation including at least one of electric stimulation and heat stimulation so as to move the movable member relative to the base member in a first direction by pulling the movable member. |
| US11524736B2 |
Method of assembling vehicle including an integrated interior module and top-hat
A vehicle assembly method includes assembling a chassis platform, mounting a floor pan to the platform, mounting a modular interior to the floor pan, assembling a body top-hat separate from the platform and the floor pan, and mounting the body top-hat to the platform and the floor pan after mounting the modular interior to the floor pan. |
| US11524733B2 |
Track assembly bushing having while iron member
A bushing for a track assembly, according to one or more embodiments, includes: a tubular bushing substrate having a longitudinal length and an outer surface; and at least one white iron member fixed to the outer surface of the tubular bushing substrate. |
| US11524732B2 |
Machine system having machinery roller assembly with static sealing clamping collars
A machine system includes a roller frame and a roller assembly mounted to the roller frame. The roller assembly includes first and second clamping collars positioned upon a roller shaft and each including a lower and an upper collar section. Fasteners clamp the lower and upper collar sections to the roller shaft to form static seals. The clamping collars may be formed with splitlines to enable the clamping collars to deform so as to simulate interference fits with the roller shaft. |
| US11524727B2 |
Side vehicle body structure of vehicle
An exhaust system member is provided on a vehicle-width-direction outer side relative to a vehicle body structure such as a side sill, while avoiding widening of the vehicle, enhancing shock absorption performance during a collision, and maintaining rigidity of the vehicle body. Embodiments include an engine disposed forward of a vehicle cabin, an engine exhaust system, and a hinge pillar extending vertically. The exhaust system includes a first exhaust system member beside the hinge pillar in the vehicle front-rear direction from the vehicle-width-direction outer side of the hinge pillar and extending forward of the hinge pillar, a second exhaust system member rearward of the hinge pillar, and a connection part connecting these exhaust system members. The connection part has a smaller length in the vehicle width direction than at least one of the first and second exhaust system members, and overlaps with the hinge pillar in the vehicle front-rear direction. |
| US11524725B2 |
Vehicle lower structure
A vehicle lower structure includes: a battery pack having first and second battery units and a battery cover; and a fuel tank that is arranged on a vehicle rear side to be higher than the first and second battery units. At positions under a floor panel, the first and second battery units are arranged on both sides in a vehicle width direction of a propeller shaft. The battery cover has a coupling section that couples first and second battery accommodation sections. The coupling section couples the first and second battery accommodation sections such that a vehicle rear side thereof is higher than the first and second battery accommodation sections, extends in the vehicle width direction at a position above the propeller shaft, and is arranged next to a vehicle front side of the fuel tank. |
| US11524721B2 |
Vehicle frame assembly
An assembly includes a pair of frame rails, each of the frame rails elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and having a front portion, a rear portion, and an elevated portion above and between the front portion and the rear portion. The assembly includes a cross-support fixed to at least one of the frame rails at the elevated portion and extending along a cross-vehicle axis from one of the frame rails toward the other of the frame rails. The assembly includes a bracket fixed to the frame rail at the elevated portion and fixed to the cross-support. |
| US11524719B2 |
Steering wheel sensor unit comprising a ring magnet
Disclosed is a steering wheel sensor unit, wherein the steering wheel is mounted on a shaft, which is journaled in a housing. The unit includes a ring magnet attached to the shaft within a shaft housing for rotation with the shaft, and sensing elements being arranged radially outside the shaft housing in an encapsulated compartment sensing rotation of the magnet and the shaft through the shaft housing. |
| US11524718B2 |
Apparatus and method for a steering control system
A steering control system adapted for use on a paving machine having one or more wheels and an automatic pivot steer mode. The preferred steering control system comprises a speed sensor adapted to determine a paving machine speed, a steering cylinder adapted to move between a straight forward position and a fully turned position, a steering cylinder sensor adapted to determine a steering cylinder position, a flow sharing valve in fluid communication with one or more of the one or more wheels and adapted to be moved between an open position and a closed position, and a controller adapted to communicate with the speed sensor, the steering cylinder sensor, and the flow sharing valve. The preferred steering control system is adapted to automatically open and close the flow sharing valve. Automatically moving the flow sharing valve between the open position and the closed position. |
| US11524715B2 |
Steering device
A steering device includes a turning shaft, a steering mechanism, a motor, and a control device. The control device includes a steering-range axial force calculating circuit, a limiting axial force calculating circuit, a final axial force calculating circuit, and an axial force adjusting circuit. The steering-range axial force calculating circuit calculates a steering-range axial force when a steering wheel is operated in a predetermined operation range. The limiting axial force calculating circuit calculates a limiting axial force. The final axial force calculating circuit calculates a final axial force. The axial force adjusting circuit adjusts a value of the steering-range axial force, the limiting axial force, or the final axial force based on the axial force that reflects the force acting on the turning shaft. |
| US11524714B2 |
Floating bearing, steering gear, and steering system
A floating bearing for a steering gear of a motor vehicle includes a rotary bearing having an inner bearing ring for receiving a screw pinion shaft of the steering gear, and an outer bearing ring built into a bearing sleeve. The bearing sleeve interacts with a guiding element, which interacts with a holding element, such that the bearing sleeve moves relative to the holding element in a first direction oriented radially to the longitudinal axis of the bearing sleeve when the screw pinion shaft is not loaded with torque, and relative movement is prevented when the screw pinion shaft is loaded with torque by moving the bearing sleeve in relation to the holding element in a second direction that is oriented radially to the longitudinal axis and perpendicularly to the first direction, whereby the guiding element is tilted in a guiding opening of the holding element or the bearing sleeve. |
| US11524713B2 |
Steering column for a motor vehicle
A steering column includes an adjusting unit that is fixedly clampable releasably to a supporting unit and in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis, a clamping device with a release position and a fixing position for locking the adjusting unit to the supporting unit, a clamping bolt arranged along a clamping axis and guided transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis through an elongated hole in the supporting unit extending in an adjustment direction and in which the clamping bolt in the release position is movable. A fixing element on the clamping bolt can be braced by the clamping device in the direction of the clamping axis against the supporting unit. A guide device may have guide elements on the fixing element and on the supporting unit that are spaced apart from the elongated hole, the fixing element being guided in the guide elements in a translational manner relative to the supporting unit. |
| US11524710B2 |
Loading turntable systems and methods
An attraction loading system is provided that includes a loading platform. The loading platform includes a rotational portion configured to rotate about a central vertical axis of the loading platform and a stationary portion extending between a first edge and a second edge of the loading platform. The first edge and the second edge of the stationary portion include respective interfaces of the stationary portion with the rotational portion. The rotational portion rotates from the first edge to the second edge. The attraction loading system further includes a loading path disposed about a circumference of the loading platform. |
| US11524708B2 |
Automated driving enabled vehicle
An automated driving enabled vehicle includes a travel controller, an automated driving indicator lamp, and a lamp controller. The travel controller controls the travel of the vehicle by automated driving in a normal movement mode and in an automatic parking mode. The normal movement mode includes allowing the vehicle to travel, and the automatic parking mode includes parking the vehicle by the automated driving in a parking lot. The lamp controller controls a lighting state of the automated driving indicator lamp during the execution of the automated driving to a first lighting state in the normal movement mode, and to a second lighting state different from the first lighting state in the automatic parking mode. |
| US11524707B2 |
Method and system for analyzing the control of a vehicle
A method and a system analyze the control of a vehicle having an autonomous driving unit. A change in the driving mode from autonomous driving to manual driving is detected, and at least one driving parameter before and/or after detecting the change is monitored. Based on driving values obtained by the monitoring with respect to the detected change in driving mode, at least one driving quantity quantifying the quality of interplay between the autonomous driving unit and a human driver is determined. |
| US11524706B2 |
Vehicle control system for a first and second automated driving mode
An override conciliating portion executes processing to conciliate an override request during an execution of automated driving control (i.e., override conciliation processing). In the override conciliation processing, it is determined whether or not there is the override request (step S20). If the determination result of the step S20 is positive, it is determined whether or not a second automated driving mode is selected as an operation mode (step S21). If the determination result of the step S21 is negative, acceptance processing of the override request is executed (step S22). If the determination result of the step S21 is positive, invalidation processing of the override request is executed (step S23). |
| US11524703B2 |
Method and system for interactive hypothesis estimation of multi-vehicle traffic for autonomous driving
A system for interactive hypothesis estimation of multi-vehicle traffic for autonomous driving is provided. The system includes a sensor upon a host vehicle providing data regarding an operating environment of the host vehicle and a computerized device. The computerized device is operable to monitor the data from the sensor, identify a road surface based upon the data, and identify a neighborhood object based upon the data. The computerized device is further operable to determine a pressure score for the neighborhood object based upon a likelihood that the neighborhood object will conflict with the host vehicle based upon the road surface and the neighborhood object, selectively track the neighborhood object based upon the pressure score, and navigate the host vehicle based upon the tracking of the neighborhood object. |
| US11524700B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
A control system of a vehicle that can travel in a first state in which travel control is performed based on a position of a white line on a travel lane and in a second state in which travel control is performed based on a travel position of another vehicle. Periphery information is obtained of the vehicle. It is determined, based on the periphery information obtained, whether an emergency vehicle is approaching. A control unit configured to perform control so that travel control in the first state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is not approaching. Travel control in the second state is prioritized when it is determined that the emergency vehicle is approaching. |
| US11524699B2 |
Operation management device for automatic running vehicle and automatic running vehicle
An operating situation obtaining unit obtains the operating situation information of a plurality of operating vehicles along a predetermined route. A delayed vehicle extraction unit extracts a delayed vehicle that is delayed in actual operation relative to the operation schedule from among the plurality of operating vehicles, based on the operating situation information of the respective operating vehicles. An overtaking instruction unit outputs an overtaking instruction to overtake the delayed vehicle to a following vehicle that immediately follows the delayed vehicle. |
| US11524695B2 |
Interface for harmonizing performance of different autonomous vehicles in a fleet
Among other things, we describe techniques for an interface board for harmonizing performance of different autonomous vehicles in a fleet. In an embodiment, the interface system includes a printed circuit board installed in a host vehicle that includes an interface controller and interface circuitry coupled to the interface controller. The interface circuitry includes a plurality of relays configured by the interface controller to route/pass sensor signals received from actuators of the host vehicle to the interface controller, and route/pass control signals from the interface controller to actuator controllers of the host vehicle that control the actuators in accordance with an operating mode. Signal conditioning circuitry in the interface controller conditions the sensor signals and control signals to ensure that the electrical characteristics of the sensor signals are compatible with the interface controller, and that the electrical characteristics of the control signals are compatible with the actuator controllers. |
| US11524693B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system has a first communication network, a first operation component, a first vehicle control unit connected to the communication network and to the first operation component, wherein the first vehicle control unit is configured to control a first data connection between the first operation component and the first vehicle control unit by a first signal to the first operation component, and a second vehicle control unit connected to the first operation component, wherein the second vehicle control unit is configured to control a second data connection between the first operation component and the second vehicle control unit by a second signal to the first operation component. The first data connection and the second data connection can be controlled so that at least one of the first data connection and the second data connection is enabled or disabled. |
| US11524690B2 |
Black box operations controlled by driver mental state evaluation
The disclosed embodiments are directed to adjusting the operational characteristics of a black box installed in a vehicle. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising classifying a mental state of a driver of an automobile, loading at least one setting based on the mental state, the setting defining an operational characteristic of a black box installed in the automobile, configuring the black box using the at least one setting, and recording one or more events by the black box. |
| US11524688B2 |
Apparatus and method for assisting turn of vehicle at intersection
In an apparatus for assisting a turn of a vehicle at an intersection, a turn-signal state detection unit is configured to detect an operating state of a turn signal of the vehicle. A road information detection unit is configured to detect road information that is information regarding a road on which the vehicle is traveling. A determination unit is configured to, using at least one of the detected operating state of the turn signal and the detected road information, determine whether or not the vehicle will make a turn at the intersection. |
| US11524675B2 |
Vehicle and method of warning a vehicle operator of an impending shutdown of an electrical outlet on the vehicle
A vehicle powertrain includes a battery, an electric machine, an electrical circuit, an electrical outlet, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to receive electrical power from the battery to propel the vehicle and to deliver electrical power to the battery to recharge the battery. The electrical circuit is configured to transfer electrical power between the battery and the electric machine. The electrical outlet is configured to deliver power from the electrical circuit to an external device that is connected to the outlet. The controller is programmed to, in response to a first set of conditions that is indicative of the vehicle powertrain overheating or a second set of conditions that is indicative of an inability to charge the battery to a requested charge value, issue a warning of an impending shutdown of the electrical outlet. |
| US11524671B2 |
Method and device for controlling start of mild hybrid vehicle
A method for controlling a start of a mild hybrid vehicle that includes an engine, a starter-generator starting the engine or generating electricity by an output of the engine, a starter starting the engine, and a battery supplying electric power to the starter-generator may include: determining, by a controller configured for controlling an operation of the vehicle, whether a start of the vehicle is requested; checking, by the controller, current limit data of the battery when the start of the vehicle is requested; checking, by the controller, start torque current data of the starter-generator according to state data of the vehicle; comparing, by the controller, the current limit data with the start torque current data; and starting, by the controller, the engine using the starter-generator or the starter according to a result of the comparing, by the controller, the current limit data with the start torque current data. |
| US11524666B2 |
Brake device for vehicle
A brake device includes a first flow path unit guiding a braking hydraulic pressure by connecting some of wheel cylinder units and a master cylinder unit; a second flow path unit guiding a braking hydraulic pressure by connecting the others of the wheel cylinder units and the master cylinder unit; a third flow path unit connecting a reservoir and pump units, and connected with the first flow path unit; a fourth flow path unit connecting the reservoir and the pump units, and connected with the second flow path unit; a fifth flow path unit connecting the reservoir and the first flow path unit; a sixth flow path unit connecting the reservoir and the second flow path unit; a seventh flow path unit selectively connecting the first and second flow path units; and an eighth flow path unit connecting the second flow path unit and the reservoir. |
| US11524664B2 |
Brake control device for vehicle
A control device is provided with a flow rate derivation part for deriving a pressure-holding-valve flow rate on the basis of a pressure command value and a previous pressure command value; a differential pressure derivation part for deriving a differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value so that the differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value increases with an increase in the difference obtained by subtracting the pressure-holding-valve flow rate from a pump-discharge flow rate; and a pressure-holding-valve processing part for performing an aperture derivation process to derive a command aperture so that the command aperture decreases with an increase in the difference obtained by subtracting the pressure command value from the sum of an pressure value and the differential-pressure-valve differential pressure value, and driving a holding pressure valve at the command aperture. |
| US11524663B2 |
Adaptive trailer oscillation detection and stability control
A trailer oscillation and stability control device including an accelerometer and an angular rate sensor. An oscillation detection discriminator detects oscillatory lateral trailer motion in response to trailer displacement data derived from inputs from the angular rate sensor and acceleration signals received from the accelerometer, and then generates corresponding oscillatory event data. A brake controller generates a braking control signal in response to oscillatory event data received from the oscillation detection discriminator. |
| US11524661B2 |
Cleaning control device and cleaning control method
The disclosure relates to a cleaning control device and cleaning control method. Specifically, according to the disclosure, a cleaning control device may comprise a shield divided into a plurality of regions, a moving actuator moving the shield, a sensor detecting an object by transmitting and receiving a detection signal through some regions of the plurality of regions of the shield, and a controller generating and outputting a cleaning control signal to spray a cleaning liquid to a signal transmission region placed side-by-side with the sensor among the plurality of regions if a foreign body is present in the signal transmission region and generating and outputting a moving control signal to move a signal non-transmission region placed non-side-by-side with the sensor among the plurality of regions to a position of the signal transmission region. |
| US11524658B2 |
Windshield wiper device
The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (10a; 10b) for a windshield wiper (12a; 12b), comprising at least one wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b), at least one wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b), and a heating unit (18a; 18b) for heating a wiper blade (20a; 20b) and/or a spray unit (22a; 22b) for spraying a wash fluid onto a vehicle windshield, wherein the spray unit (22a; 22b) and/or the heating unit (18a; 18b) is/are at least partly arranged in the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b). The wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) and the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b) have coupling elements (24a, 26a; 24b, 26b) which are provided for laterally coupling the wiper arm adapter (14a; 14b) to the wiper blade adapter (16a; 16b). |
| US11524657B2 |
Fingerprint authentication device
A system is mounted on a vehicle and includes a sensor configured to perform a detection process that detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the sensor in order to perform a fingerprint authentication process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) control a power supply of the vehicle to be ON when a predetermined authentication process through a predetermined communication with another device other than the sensor is successful, the predetermined authentication process being different from the fingerprint authentication process, and (ii) suppress the detection process that detects the fingerprint in response to the power supply of the vehicle being ON and the predetermined authentication process being successful. |
| US11524654B2 |
Occupant protection device
An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a collision detector, a main airbag, a belt airbag, a belt controller, a distance detector, and an airbag controller. The collision detector detects a collision of the vehicle. In response to the collision detector detecting the collision, the main airbag deploys from a storage position toward an occupant seated on a seat of the vehicle. The belt airbag is stored in a seatbelt. The belt controller controls winding of the seatbelt, extraction of the seatbelt, and prohibition of the extraction of the seatbelt. The distance detector detects a distance from the storage position to the occupant. When the collision detector detects the collision of the vehicle and the detected distance is equal to or greater than a predetermined distance, the airbag controller deploys the belt airbag from within the seatbelt without causing the belt controller to prohibit the extraction of the seatbelt. |
| US11524647B2 |
Recalibration of radar sensor after airbag deployment
A computer comprises a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, upon detecting an airbag deployment in a vehicle, determine an airbag inflation state based on vehicle sensor data, to adjust a calibration parameter of a vehicle radar sensor based on the determined airbag inflation state, to operate the vehicle radar sensor based on the adjusted calibration parameter, and to update an output characteristic of the radar sensor for operating the vehicle based on the determined airbag inflation state. |
| US11524646B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle may include: an external fender covering a front fender panel; a bumper; and a retainer fixing the external fender and the bumper to the front fender panel, in which the external fender includes an external fender end, the bumper includes a bumper end, and the external fender end and the bumper end are disposed in vicinity to and face each other, the retainer is disposed near a boundary between the external fender end and the bumper end, the retainer is covered by the external fender and the bumper, the external fender end includes an external fender flange protruding inward of the vehicle, the bumper end includes a bumper flange protruding inward of the vehicle, the retainer includes a groove extending along the boundary between the external fender end and the bumper end, and the external fender flange and the bumper flange are inserted in the groove. |
| US11524642B2 |
System and method for setting information about vehicle
A system for setting information about a vehicle includes a collection vehicle that obtains data, and a server that receives the data from the collection vehicle, determines whether the data is applicable to user configuration information of a new vehicle, and determines whether to transform the data depending on whether the data is applicable to the user configuration information of the new vehicle so as to control a controlled device located in the new vehicle according to user configuration information stored in vehicles of at least one or more models. |
| US11524635B2 |
Retainer for securing personal electronic devices on seatbacks
A portable retainer for securing personal electronic devices on the backs of seats is provided. The portable retainer provides a core having communicating wire holes adjacent each end of thereof, through which an elastic wire protrudes for either hanging from a seatback in an upright hanging position or being supported in a pocket of the seatback in an inverted propped up position. The portable retainer provides front and rear endplates that are peripherally broader than the core for facilitating winding the elastic wire about the core in a stored position. The endplates may provide a slot for magnets, to which anchor plates can removably attach to a desired electronic device in either the hanging or the propped-up positions for viewing the anchored electronic device from selective angles and height, due in part to the rigidly malleable elastic wire. |
| US11524632B2 |
Power running board with sealed bushings
A moveable link for an active exterior component on a vehicle. The moveable link provides a sealed connection between the outer link and the base link and fixed link. This sealed connection prevents debris from contaminating the area where the outer link rotates about the pin, thereby preventing unwanted noises. Furthermore, the sealed connection also prevent corrosion between the outer link and the pin, which can lead to failure of the moveable link. |
| US11524624B2 |
Illumination system of a motor vehicle for shortening a illuminating distribution on a carriageway, a headlight system and a motor vehicle comprising the same, and associated method
The present disclosure relates to an illumination system for a motor vehicle for illuminating a carriageway section. The aim is to illuminate the carriageway section in such a way that irritations for other road users are avoided as far as possible. The illumination system includes an information system for providing or detecting a stopping point, an illumination device for projecting a calculated light distribution onto the carriageway section, and a control unit for calculating a light distribution, wherein the calculated light distribution is a one-piece area. The one-piece area begins from a predetermined starting section, which constitutes a proximal lighting section relative to the motor vehicle and does not extend beyond the stopping point. This leads to a shortening of a lane light of the motor vehicle, so that said lane light does not illuminate the lane beyond the stopping point. This is advantageous in particular for crossroads. |
| US11524623B2 |
Input lighting signal optimization device and method
An input lighting signal optimization device includes a multiplex circuit configured to select and output a first LED lamp lighting signal or a second LED lamp lighting signal, and a MICOM configured to output a driving signal for driving a first LED lamp or a second LED lamp after receiving an output signal of the multiplex circuit through one input port and detecting a wake-up signal included in the output signal of the multiplex circuit to switch to an activation mode. |
| US11524616B2 |
Controller and mount for a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and an armrest. A human-machine interface for controlling features of the vehicle seat or vehicle is coupled to the armrest. |
| US11524607B2 |
Dynamic ergonomic surface
A dynamic ergonomic surface system for use in a motor vehicle includes an ergonomic surface that is inlayed in a surrounding surface and transitions between states, including: a neutral state in which the ergonomic surface is consistent with the surrounding surface, and at least one ergonomic support state in which the ergonomic surface provides ergonomic support for a user operating an input device. The dynamic ergonomic surface system also includes a sensor system that detects events triggering the transition between states, and a controller that controls the ergonomic surface to transition between the states in response to the detected events. |
| US11524600B2 |
Electronic vehicle charge regulation
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to partition an area into zones, wherein each zone includes one or more delivery mechanisms and each delivery mechanism include one or more portions that are capable of charging an electric vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to, in response to receiving a request to charge, reserve a portion of a delivery mechanism for a fixed period of time based on available capacity of the delivery mechanism and need of the requesting electric vehicle. Embodiments of the present invention can be further used to modify the fixed period of time based on real time use of the delivery mechanism. |
| US11524598B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device is configured to perform timer charging, using preset start time and end time. The vehicle control device starts the timer charging of a battery mounted in a vehicle upon arrival of the start time, and ends the timer charging upon arrival of the end time. During the timer charging, power is supplied to the vehicle from a power supply device outside the vehicle through a charging cable. The vehicle control device is configured to: suspend the timer charging when the charging cable is disconnected during the timer charging; resume the suspended timer charging when predetermined resume conditions are met, the predetermined resume conditions including a condition in which the charging cable is reconnected after the timer charging is suspended and before the end time; and end) the suspended timer charging without waiting for the end time when the resume conditions are not met. |
| US11524594B2 |
Contact system for establishing an electric connection between a vehicle and a power supply
The invention relates to a contact system for establishing an electric connection between a vehicle and a power supply having a first pole and a second pole for charging the vehicle, secondary contact surfaces being mounted such that they surround a second insulating surface, wherein the second insulating surface has at least one minimum width which is greater than the peripheral size of one of the contacted primary contact surfaces in the same direction (X, Y, Z). |
| US11524592B2 |
Mobile discharging device for an energy storage device
A mobile discharging device for an energy storage device of an electric vehicle and to a method for operating the device. |
| US11524591B2 |
Electric vehicle
A vehicle includes a body and a cover rotatably connected to the body. The vehicle further includes a control bar rotatably connected to the cover. The cover is rotatable onto the body to put the cover in the stowed position from an extended position. The bar is between the cover and the body when the bar is in the stowed position. |
| US11524582B2 |
Battery charging system for hybrid or electric vehicle
A vehicle includes a battery, an electric machine, an electrical outlet, and a controller. The electric machine is configured to charge the battery. The electrical outlet is configured to draw power from the battery to power an external device. The controller is programmed to adjust a rate at which the electric machine charges the battery based on a power consumption at the electrical outlet exceeding a threshold and a battery degradation value. |
| US11524578B2 |
Control method and control device for vehicle display device
A control method for a vehicle-carried display device including a plurality of displays is disclosed. The control method including: acquiring a sequence of visual field images comprising gaze points in real time through gaze tracking; determining whether at least one display of the plurality of displays is focused based on the acquired sequence of visual field images; and controlling the plurality of displays according to a result of the determination. |
| US11524577B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system configured to reduce physical stress on a driver to operate an accelerator pedal without reducing acceleration feel. The vehicle control system selects a first driving force property if an estimated stress on an ankle is less than a threshold value, and selects a second driving force property if the estimated stress on the ankle is greater than the threshold value to reduce the stress on the ankle. When the second driving force property is selected, a target driving force is reduced less than a target driving force calculated based on the first driving force property. In this case, the vehicle control system reduces a difference between: a ratio of acceleration to a pedal force given that the first driving force property is selected; and a ratio of acceleration to the pedal force given that the second driving force property is selected. |
| US11524576B2 |
Speed reduction assembly and a vehicle that utilizes the speed reduction assembly
A speed reduction assembly for an electric vehicle includes an electric machine configured to operate as a motor and as a generator. The electric machine includes an output shaft that is rotatable about a longitudinal axis at an output speed. The assembly also includes an output member coupled to the output shaft and rotatable about the longitudinal axis at a reduced speed. In addition, the assembly includes a pericyclic apparatus coupled to the output shaft and the output member to reduce the output speed of the output shaft to the reduced speed of the output member. A vehicle may include the speed reduction assembly in certain configurations. The vehicle includes a battery module and the electric machine is in electrical communication with the battery module to recharge the battery module when the electric machine operates as the generator. |
| US11524575B2 |
Power take-off shaft system and agricultural vehicle
A power take-off shaft system for an agricultural vehicle includes an output shaft with a socket for a power take-off shaft stub located at one end of the output shaft, wherein the power take-off shaft stub is arranged in the socket. A control valve is arranged in the output shaft and includes a valve bore extending axially from the socket into the output shaft. A first piston is adjustably arranged inside the valve bore in the output shaft, and a shifting element is adjustably controlled by the first piston. A first gearwheel and a second gearwheel are disposed in engagement with the output shaft via the shifting element such that the first piston is adjustable between a first position and a second position. The control valve includes a second piston arranged on the first piston, where the first piston is adjustable into a neutral position by the second piston. |
| US11524571B2 |
Liquid level detecting apparatus of tank for vehicle
A liquid level detecting apparatus of a tank for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a main detecting part that detects the liquid level of the liquid in a tank to output a liquid level detection signal corresponding to the liquid level and an auxiliary floater assembly that has an auxiliary floater provided to float on the liquid surface of the liquid in the tank. A gyro sensor is mounted to the auxiliary floater, and an angle detection signal corresponding to an inclined angle of the tank is output by the gyro sensor. A controller determines a final liquid level value by correcting a liquid level value obtained from the liquid level detection signal based on the angle detection signal. |
| US11524569B2 |
Snowmobile heat exchanger assembly
A heat exchanger assembly has a top par and a bottom part joined to the top part. At least one of the top and bottom parts defines a recess. The top and bottom parts define therebetween a passage formed in part by the recess. The passage has a first portion of the passage extending along a first side of the heat exchanger assembly; a second portion of the passage extending along a second side of the heat exchanger assembly; an inlet fluidly communicating with the first portion of the passage near a first end of the passage; and an outlet fluidly communicating with the second portion of the passage near a second end of the passage. Fluid enters the passage via the inlet, then flows in the first portion of the passage, then flows in the second portion of the passage, and then exits the passage via the outlet. |
| US11524568B2 |
Electric vehicle and the wheel assembly thereof
A wheel assembly for an electric vehicle includes a wheel having a hub and an electric driving system for driving the hub. The electric driving system includes a driving device producing a driving moment. The hub defines an intra-hub space. The electric driving system further includes a speed reducer which is transmission-connected to a downstream side of the driving device and has a speed-reduction function. The electric driving system is coaxially connected to the hub, with at least a part accommodated in the intra-hub space. |
| US11524567B2 |
Hybrid transmission unit having two planetary wheel sets and a plurality of switching devices; and motor vehicle
A transmission unit for a hybrid motor vehicle, has a planetary gearing. The planetary gearing is fitted with a first planetary wheel set and a second planetary wheel set. The transmission unit also includes an electric machine, which is coupled with a component part of the planetary gearing, and a plurality of switching devices, each of which forming a brake or a clutch, and each being movable between an activated position and a deactivated position. The switching devices are operatively installed for switching various transmission ratios between an input, which can be coupled with an internal combustion engine, and an output, and/or between the electric machine and the output. No more than four switching devices are present for implementing at least two different transmission ratios in a drive state of the internal combustion engine, at least one transmission ratio in a drive state of the electric machine, and at least one transmission ratio in a recuperation state of the electric machine, as a result of their activated and deactivated positions. |
| US11524565B2 |
Cone element acting as a clutch in a K0 installation space
A hybrid module for a vehicle arranged in a drivetrain between a drive unit, particularly an internal combustion engine, and an output, wherein an electric machine is provided, a rotor of the electric machine is connected to the output, and a clutch is provided between the drive unit and the electric machine, characterized in that the clutch is formed as a cone clutch. |
| US11524564B2 |
Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle
A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle of which a second motor shaft gear of a second motor-generator is disposed on one side of a second motor shaft disposed in parallel with the first motor shaft, includes a planetary gear set disposed on the first motor shaft and including one rotation element and the other rotation element are fixedly connected to the engine output shaft and the first motor shaft, respectively, and one remaining rotation element is engaged to the other rotation element, and the planetary gear set in which a drive gear is connected to the remaining rotation element through a one-way clutch, and an output shaft disposed in parallel between the engine output shaft and the second motor shaft, externally gear-engaged with each of the drive gear and the second motor shaft gear through a driven gear fixedly connected to one side. |
| US11524563B2 |
Power transmission device for hybrid vehicle
A power transmission device for a hybrid vehicle may include: a cover part mounted on a vehicle body; two motor parts embedded in the cover part; two rotor parts mounted on the respective motor parts and rotated; a torsion damper part coupled to any one of the rotor parts, and connected to an engine part; a transfer part rotatably connected to the torsion damper part; a clutch part configured to selectively connect the other one of the rotor parts to the transfer part; and an output part connected to the clutch part, and configured to discharge power to a transmission. |
| US11524561B2 |
Vehicle power unit room structure
A vehicle power unit room structure is provided including a motor that is disposed inside a power unit room and that is configured to transmit drive force to a drive wheel, a compressor that is disposed adjacent to the motor in a vehicle width direction so as to overlap with the motor as viewed along the vehicle width direction, and a power supply section that is configured to supply power supplied from a power source to the motor and the compressor, and that is disposed at a vehicle upper side of the compressor so as to overlap with the compressor as viewed along a vehicle vertical direction. |
| US11524555B1 |
Automated vehicle sunscreen
An automated vehicle sunscreen comprises a deployable sunscreen secured within the headliner region of an automobile vehicle's interior. The sunscreen may be deployed mechanically by means of a motor in communication with the automobile vehicle's power source. Controls for the sunscreen may be disposed upon the dashboard of the automobile vehicle. |
| US11524553B2 |
Method for the start-up of an air-conditioning system, computer-readable storage medium, and air-conditioning system
The commissioning of an air conditioning system requires a series of manual steps, which leads to inefficient commissioning. A method is therefore provided for commissioning an air conditioning system of a vehicle, including the following: a) Reading in a target data record indicating a target vehicle state; b) Recording an actual data record indicating an actual vehicle state by measuring at least one signal and/or communicating with at least one vehicle component; c) Comparing the actual vehicle state with a target vehicle state; d) Activating at least one function of the air conditioning system only if the actual vehicle state corresponds to the target vehicle state. |
| US11524550B2 |
Air conditioning control device
An air conditioning control device includes: a passenger determination unit that determines whether a passenger is in a self-driving vehicle; a travel determination unit that determines a traveling state of the self-driving vehicle; and a light blocking control unit that executes a light blocking air conditioning control for a vehicle cabin by operating a light blocking device to adjust solar radiation into the vehicle cabin from a window of the self-driving vehicle when the passenger determination unit and the travel determination unit determine that the self-driving vehicle is in an unmanned traveling condition. |
| US11524549B2 |
Off set tri-zone sliding temperature door strategy
An air-handling system for a motor vehicle includes a conditioning section having an evaporator core and a heater core. The conditioning section is separated into a primary zone and a secondary zone at a position disposed upstream of the heater core. The heater core extends partially into each of the primary zone and the secondary zone. A primary door assembly is disposed within the conditioning section at a position upstream of the heater core and a secondary door assembly is disposed within the secondary zone of the conditioning section at a position downstream of the primary door and upstream of the heater core. |
| US11524546B2 |
Method for operating an air suspension system, and air suspension system
A method and system for operating pneumatic suspension system including a plurality of air springs changing a ride height of the motor vehicle by the supply and extraction of compressed air, at least two first axle air springs, and two second axle air springs, an air spring valve, a first and further changeover valve are arranged in a compressed air path, an additional accumulator valve, the second compressed air path is connected to the first compressed air path via a third compressed air path in which a connecting valve is provided, for simultaneous adjustment of the ride height of the vehicle on both axles, the air spring valves, and the first and the further changeover valves and the additional accumulator valve are opened at the same time while the connecting valve remains closed. |
| US11524541B2 |
Hydraulic suspension system for off-road vehicles
A system and methods are provided for a suspension system of an off-road vehicle that allows the springs to be mounted remotely, in any location on the vehicle, enabling the use of spring sizes, spring rates, motion ratios, and damping profiles that would be impractical with traditional suspensions. The suspension system includes a hydraulic cylinder coupled between the wheel and the chassis, in lieu of a conventional spring. This cylinder is in fluid communication with another cylinder by way of a hydraulic hose. This second cylinder includes a piston that presses against a suspension spring that is in contact with a fixed spring stop, thus transferring spring forces to the wheel. Alternatively, the spring stop may comprise a control actuator that moves according to signals from an onboard computer control system, enabling active control over spring load and chassis attitude. |
| US11524535B2 |
Jack and tow module for towing a trailer with a truck
A lift and tow module for use with a trailer and method of towing a trailer with a truck. The module has an arm having a connection point for securing to a tow vehicle and a lift body having a connection point for securing the lift body to a trailer. The connection point comprises at least two connection mechanisms spaced apart on the main body for connection to corresponding mechanisms on the trailer. A support plate is extendable from and operably supported by the main body and the lift body is movable in reciprocal directions. Mechanical actuators are operably coupled to the body and the arm for controlling respective movement, which allows the module to jack up a trailer, connect to a trailer, and/or tow a trailer. |
| US11524532B2 |
Integrated tire inflation/deflation adjustment system
A tire pressure system for a vehicle includes an inflation/deflation system that includes a compressor and a valve in fluid communication with four tires. Each of the four tires have a tire pressure. At least one sensor is configured to receive at least one of vehicle location data, vehicle environmental data and other sensor information. A controller is in communication with the inflation/deflation system and the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to select at least one of the four tires to adjust the tire pressure of the selected at least one of the four tires. The controller is configured to control at least one of the valve and compressor to achieve at least one of desired fuel economy and desired road control of the selected at least one of the four tires. |
| US11524530B2 |
Stud pin and studded tire
A stud pin includes a tip, a body portion, and a lower flange. A flange profile shape of the lower flange is an anisotropic shape includes short sides and long sides of different lengths, and includes four or more first flange protrusion portions that project in the longitudinal direction parallel with the long sides and two second flange protrusion portions that project in the lateral direction parallel with the short sides. A body profile shape of the body portion is a shape including body linear portions extending in a linear manner. The body linear portions are disposed facing a portion of the flange profile shape between two adjacent protrusion portions of the first flange protrusion portion and the second flange protrusion portion along the outer circumference of the flange profile shape. |
| US11524529B2 |
Tire
The tire has a tread portion axially divided into two shoulder land regions, two middle land regions and one crown land region by two shoulder circumferential grooves and two crown circumferential grooves. The middle land regions are each provided with a single longitudinal sipe, and first and second middle transverse grooves extending from the adjacent shoulder circumferential groove and crown circumferential groove, and terminated without being connected to the longitudinal sipe. The shoulder land regions are each provided with shoulder transverse grooves extending from tread edges and terminated within the respective shoulder land regions. |
| US11524526B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes two circumferential main grooves disposed in the region on one side of a tire equatorial plane as a boundary and a land portion defined by the two circumferential main grooves. The land portion includes a circumferential narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and sets of a first and a second lug groove extending in the tire lateral direction through the circumferential narrow groove. The first lug groove includes an end portion that opens to the edge portion on one side of the land portion and another end portion that terminates within the land portion. The second lug groove includes an end portion that opens to the edge portion on the other side of the land portion and an end portion that terminates within the land portion. The first lug groove and the second lug groove are alternately disposed in the tire circumferential direction. |
| US11524525B2 |
Pneumatic tire
Provided is a pneumatic tire. A carcass line when 10% of a regular internal pressure is applied is composed of a curved line (S) connecting arcs having different radii of curvature and curved to project outward in a tire width direction and a curved line (T) curved to project inward in the tire width direction. A radius of curvature (Ri) at a point on the curved line (S) and a radius of curvature (Ri+1) at an adjacent point satisfy |Ri+1−Ri|/|(Ri+1+Ri)/2|≤0.25. An inclination (θS) and an inclination (θT) at a connection point (Q) of the curved line (S) and the curved line (T) satisfy |θS−θT|≤8°. A ratio (Hβ/Hα) between a radial height (Hα) at a maximum outer diameter position of a carcass layer and a radial height (Hβ) at a tire maximum width position satisfies Hβ/Hα ≥0.58. |
| US11524524B1 |
Hub and rotor separator and method
Methods and devices and clamps for separating a hub from a rotor of a rotor/hub assembly, including a platform having a top portion to receive the rotor and an opening to allow a pusher from a jack or press to pass through the opening, and a set of clamps configured to hold the rotor in a fixed position with respect to the platform while the pusher pushes through the opening to contact the hub to separate the hub from the rotor. The clamps are generally C-shaped and devoid of moving parts and slip inwardly upon the platform to hold the rotor while the pusher pushes upward to release the hub from the rotor, and the clamps have a slot to allow the clamps to rotate and store out of position in a non-use mode. |
| US11524518B2 |
Lead casing for pencil, and pencil thereof for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and coloring
There is a lead casing for pencil for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring, made of a composition having, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead casing for pencil: a) from 50 to 95% of a mixture of polylactic acid and bio-polyethylene in a weight ratio polylactic acid/bio-polyethylene ranging from 60/40 to 90/10, and b) from 5 to 40% of vegetable fillers chosen in the group consisting of wood fibers. There is a pencil including the lead casing for the pencil of the disclosure for writing, drawing, marking, plotting, and/or coloring as well as a method for manufacturing such a pencil. |
| US11524515B2 |
Thermochromic dye compositions and method for preparing same
A thermochromic composition including a dye molecule; a matrix, wherein the matrix comprises a material having a defined melting point; and an optional developer. A process for preparing a thermochromic composition, including providing a dye; heating a matrix above its melting point; adding the heated matrix to the dye until the dye dissolves in the matrix; optionally, adding a developer; wherein the thermochromic composition exhibits a first color at a first temperature and a second color at a second temperature; wherein the first color and the second color are different; and wherein the first temperature and the second temperature are different. |
| US11524514B2 |
Tamper-proof medium for thermal printing
The present invention relates to method of manufacturing a tamper-proof medium for thermal printing, wherein a liquid treatment composition comprising at least one acid is deposited on a substrate which comprises a thermochromic coating layer comprising at least one halochromic leuco dye. |
| US11524510B2 |
Adjusting a pickup time of a printing medium when a transfer delay occurs or is anticipated to occur
An image forming apparatus includes an engine to form an image on an image forming medium, a paper transfer device to pick up a printing paper and transfer the paper to a transfer path, a sensor to sense a printing paper at a predetermined position on the transfer path, and a processor to determine whether a transfer delay occurs, when the printing paper is sensed, and adjust a pickup timing to advance a pickup of a printing paper of a next page. |
| US11524509B2 |
Ink, recording device, recording method, and recorded matter
ink includes water, an alcohol having a boiling point of 240 degrees C. or lower, and an infrared absorbent, wherein the alcohol accounts for 5.0 percent by mass or more of the total amount of the ink and the ink is free of an alcohol having a boiling point higher than 240 degrees C. |
| US11524506B2 |
Mobile device and liquid storing cartridge
A mobile device configured to be coupled to a counterpart device includes a driving section configured to be driven by electric power, a coupling section configured to be coupled to the counterpart device, and an accommodation section configured to accommodate an all-solid-state battery. When the counterpart device is coupled to the coupling section, the driving section is driven by electric power supplied from the counterpart device, and when the counterpart device is not coupled to the coupling section, the driving section is driven by electric power supplied from the all-solid-state battery. |
| US11524501B2 |
Liquid storage unit
The liquid storage unit includes a rectangular parallelepiped case having an open upper surface and a liquid storage pack including a rectangular parallelepiped adapter. The liquid storage pack is detachably housed in the case, the case includes a convex portion that protrudes from the inner side surface along a first direction perpendicular to a bottom surface, the adapter includes a concave portion that is formed on the outer side surface along a first direction and open to the lower surface, and the concave portion can engage with the convex portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the inner side surface, and is formed asymmetrically with respect to a surface that passes through the center of the adapter in the first direction and is perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US11524500B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus and system including liquid ejection apparatus
There is provided a liquid ejection apparatus, including: a head; a signal output circuit; a discharge mechanism; a controller; and a memory in which association information is stored. The controller is configured to: diagnose a degree of defectiveness of the head based on a signal from the signal output circuit; and receive, from a user, an input of discharge amount information. In response to the input of the discharge amount information, the controller is configured to: control the discharge mechanism to discharge a liquid by a discharge amount corresponding to the discharge amount information; and change the association in the association information based on the discharge amount corresponding to the discharge amount information and a discharge amount that corresponds to the degree of the defectiveness of the head. |
| US11524494B2 |
Method for making a layered structure embedding three-dimensional elements made of crystal glass or precious stones
A method for making a layered structure without any defects, including a first support layer, a second support layer, and an adhesive intermediate layer interposed between the first layer and the second layer which is adapted to fix the layers on each other. The intermediate layer embeds operatively at least a three-dimensional macroscopic element being made of crystal glass or precious stones, and the intermediate layer is made of a thermoplastic resin having a melting temperature. |
| US11524485B2 |
Fracture film for peelable membrane containers
The invention comprises a fracture film for sealing a peelable membrane to a container comprising a first layer of high density polyethelene, a second layer of polybutene-1/ethylene-vinyl acetate, wherein the second layer is bonded to the first layer, and a third layer of ethylene-acrylic acid, wherein the third layer is bonded to the second layer. |
| US11524483B2 |
Decoration member
A decoration member including: a color developing layer including a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer. The light absorbing layer includes a copper oxynitride (CuaObNc). |
| US11524482B2 |
Decoration member and method for producing same
A decoration element including a color developing layer including a light reflective layer, and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and an in-mold label layer provided on one surface of the color developing layer. The light absorbing layer includes a convex portion shape or concave portion shape having an asymmetric cross-section. |
| US11524477B2 |
Storage container and refrigerator having the same
A storage container includes a container body having a storage space defined therein; and a container cover coupled to one side of the container body to open and close the storage space, wherein the container body includes: an inner layer forming an inner face of the container body defining the inner space; and an outer layer bonded to the inner layer and forming an outer face of the container body. The inner layer is made of titanium first material, and the outer layer is made of aluminum second material. |
| US11524476B2 |
Device for embossing foils
A device for embossing foils comprises a base embossing plate and a counter embossing plate, the surfaces of which facing one another are respectively at least partially planar for embossing a foil lying between them. The base embossing plate is provided with a plurality of embossing inserts for embossing a plurality of blanks to be punched out of the foil. Each embossing insert is held at the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert retainer so as to be movable a predetermined amount relative to the base embossing plate in the direction normal to the at least partially planar surface of the base embossing plate, is at the same time spring-borne relative to the base embossing plate by means of an own embossing insert suspension and is guided by means of an own embossing insert guide during the spring-borne movement relative to the base embossing plate. |
| US11524474B2 |
Adjustable cutting and creasing heads for creating angled cuts and creases
A converting machine is used to convert sheet material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging. The converting machine includes a converting assembly that performs a transverse conversion function, a longitudinal conversion function, and an angled conversion function on the sheet material to create the packaging templates. The converting machine includes a tool head with a converting instrument. The orientation of the converting instrument is adjustable to enable performance of the angled conversion function and at least one of the longitudinal conversion function and the transverse conversion function. |
| US11524469B2 |
Composite material automatic laminating device
This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller. |
| US11524465B2 |
Electromagnetic induction welding device for joining composite materials and relative joining method
A portable welding device comprising: a base facing a work surface, designed to receive tapes in electrically conductive composite materials to be joined or defined by at least one already positioned tape; an operating head receiving one tape at a time and movable with respect to the base along at least a first movement line parallel to the work surface; a motorized arm connecting the operating head to the base and selectively activatable to impart movements to the operating head; and feeding means selectively activatable to feed one tape at a time to the operating head and connected to the operating head; the operating head comprises a positioning roller receiving a tape at a time; a pressure roller spaced from and aligned with the positioning roller along the first movement line; and an inductor interposed between the positioning roller and the pressure roller with reference to the first movement line. |
| US11524462B2 |
Apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects
Apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam, which apparatus comprises an irradiation device adapted to guide an energy beam across a build plane, wherein a calibration device is provided comprising a positioning unit, a determination unit and a calibration unit, preferably arranged in a process chamber of the apparatus, that is adapted to at least partially reflect the energy beam, wherein the irradiation device is adapted to guide the energy beam to the calibration unit for generating a reflected part of the energy beam, wherein the positioning unit is adapted to position the irradiation device dependent on at least one parameter of the reflected part of the energy beam determined via the determination unit. |
| US11524453B2 |
Methods and systems for manufacturing composite radiation shielding parts
Various methods and systems are provided for manufacturing a radiation shielding component of an imaging apparatus. In one embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be manufactured by infiltrating metal particles with a binder solution and then curing the binder solution impregnated with the metal particles. In another embodiment, the radiation shielding component may be printed with metal powder, infiltrated with a binding agent, and then cured to polymerize the binding agent. |
| US11524450B2 |
Method and workpiece with an interior angle formed by alternating printing techniques
A method for producing a workpiece that is constructed layer-by-layer, and a workpiece that is constructed layer-by layer. The workpiece has a contour acting as an interior angle. Alternating undercuts are provided along a curve at which the surfaces that form the contour which acts as an interior angle intersect. The undercuts are formed in consecutive layers of the workpiece that is constructed layer-by-layer on different sides of the curve. |
| US11524447B2 |
Pressure vessel and manufacturing method thereof
A pressure vessel includes a vessel body including a cylindrical-shaped straight body portion with a spiral-shaped projection portion formed at an outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion, and a covering portion that comprises a fiber bundle wrapped onto the outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion in a spiral pattern running parallel to the projection portion so as to cover the outer peripheral surface of the straight body portion. |
| US11524446B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring a cured-in-place piping process
A method for monitoring a curing process of a cured-in-place pipe is disclosed. The method includes affixing a plurality of sensors to a resin layer of a liner, and determining a curing profile corresponding to at least the resin layer, the curing profile including a threshold curing value. The method further includes sensing, using the plurality of sensors, real-time data indicative of at least one curing parameter. Additionally, the method includes comparing the real-time data from each sensor to the threshold curing value, and outputting an alert upon the real-time data meeting or exceeding the threshold curing value. |
| US11524445B2 |
Dental model and reusable die assembly for thermoforming of dental aligners
An assembly useful for thermoforming a dental aligner from polymer sheet material includes (a) a custom dental model having a planar bottom surface and a receptacle formed in said planar bottom surface; and (b) a reusable die removably received in said receptacle. |
| US11524444B2 |
Use of dual ovenable polyester films in thermoforming packaging applications and dual ovenable thermoformed packages obtained therefrom
The present invention relates to thermoforming food packaging methods and to dual ovenable thermoformed food packages suitable for cooking food products directly in the package in microwave, conventional and convection ovens. These packages are characterized by good hermeticity, clean peelability, self-venting, very good optics and, if shrunk, a very appealing appearance. |
| US11524443B2 |
Process for producing shaped film
The method of the present invention for producing a shaped film includes a step of arranging a thermoplastic resin film to divide a space into a first space located on one surface side of the film, and a second space located on the other surface side, a step of heating the thermoplastic resin film, a step of curving the thermoplastic resin film in one space by using a difference in pressure between the first space and the second space, a step of stopping the curving step of the thermoplastic resin film in a state where at least a convex curved surface of both surfaces of the film is exposed into the space, and a step of cooling the curved film. |
| US11524442B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid container
An apparatus for manufacturing a liquid container, in which a nozzle unit has a seal body disposed in a supply path, the seal body has an annular first seal portion, an annular second seal portion and a spare supply path extending from a flow inlet located between the first seal portion and the second seal portion to a flow outlet located closer to a tip side of the seal body than the second seal portion, and the seal body can move between a blocked position where the first seal portion sits on the supply path, a spare supply position where the first seal portion separates from the supply path and the second seal portion sits on the supply path and an open position where the first seal portion separates from the supply path and the second seal portion separates from the supply path. |
| US11524438B2 |
Apparatus and method for film production and/or film processing
The invention relates to an apparatus and to a method for film production and/or film processing, characterized by a device for determining the flatness and/or evenness of the film and for further processing and/or outputting the determined results. |
| US11524436B2 |
Plastic faucet body and a die for molding the same
A plastic faucet body and a die for molding the same are disclosed in present invention. The plastic faucet body comprises a left water inlet pipe (1) and a right water inlet pipe (2), wherein a connecting cross-beam (3) is disposed between the left water inlet pipe (1) and the right water inlet pipe (2), the left water inlet pipe (1) and the right water inlet pipe (2) are embedded with a threaded copper pipe (4), respectively, the copper pipes (4) are formed integrally with the plastic faucet body by means of a single stage process and are in communication with the corresponding left water inlet pipe (1) and the right water inlet pipe (2), respectively. |
| US11524429B2 |
Imprinting apparatus and method of manufacturing product
An imprinting apparatus 100 includes a control unit 126 that controls movement of a stage 104. During a period after a pattern is formed in a first region of regions until a pattern is formed in a second region that differs from the first region of the regions, the control unit 126 does not allow the first region to pass through a facing portion that faces a discharge ports 122b. After a predetermined time has elapsed since the discharging unit 106 finally discharges a imprint material 127 to the substrate with an airstream generated along a substrate from the facing portion at the facing portion that faces the discharge ports 122b, the control unit 126 controls movement of the stage such that the regions in which the pattern is formed are allowed to pass through the facing portion. |
| US11524426B2 |
Master manufacturing method, master, and optical body
There is provided a new and improved master manufacturing method, master, and optical body enabling more consistent production of optical bodies having a desired haze value, the master manufacturing method including: forming a first micro concave-convex structure, in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to visible light wavelengths, on a surface of a base material body that includes at least a base material; forming an inorganic resist layer on the first micro concave-convex structure; forming, on the inorganic resist layer, an organic resist layer including an organic resist and filler particles distributed throughout the organic resist; and etching the organic resist layer and the inorganic resist layer to thereby superimpose and form on the surface of the base material a macro concave-convex structure and a second micro concave-convex structure. |
| US11524423B2 |
Chain saw
A chain saw has a housing, a guiding plate, a chain, a power system and a tensioning component. The tensioning component includes a knob, a driving member and a transmission assembly. When the chain is in a loose state, the knob is forced to rotate and drives the transmission assembly to rotate, and the transmission assembly drives the driving member to rotate, then the driving member drives the guiding plate to move to tension the chain. When the chain is in an extension state, the knob is forced to rotate, the driving member stays still, and a skidding inside the tensioning component is generated. The tensioning component of the chain saw of the present invention can tension the chain and fix the guiding plate by rotating the knob, the operation is simple and convenient; Meanwhile, the tensioning component avoids over-tensioning the chain by skidding inside. |
| US11524417B2 |
Shaver with sensors and methods for providing a shaving lubricant having a smart polymer
A system and a method for adaptively releasing a lubricant or a cosmetic for a razor cartridge, a sensing unit detects a property of at least one of skin, air, water and a chemical agent in a region adjacent to the razor cartridge. A smart polymer provided on the razor cartridge is selectively responsive to a characteristic external stimulus by undergoing a physical or chemical change. A processing unit controls the release of the lubricant or the cosmetic by providing the characteristic external stimulus to cause the smart polymer to undergo a change. The processing unit compares the detected property to a reference threshold parameter and determines whether to provide the characteristic external stimulus to the smart polymer based on the comparison, thereby generating the lubricant or the cosmetic. The determined level of depletion of the smart polymer is indicated by a light, aural, or haptic indication. |
| US11524416B2 |
Retractable knife for rapid manual deployment while fully grasped
A self-defense pocket knife with handle of suitable proportion to be grasped in closed fist and a conveyance system configured for the emergency manual conveyance of a blade from a position for storage to a position for use without requiring the user to appreciably alter or compromise grip upon the handle during the course of such conveyance. |
| US11524412B2 |
Intelligent cleaning robot
An intelligent cleaning robot is provided by the present application, to clean dust on a surface of a photovoltaic cell assembly and lower a labor cost, and a walking posture of the intelligent cleaning robot may be adjusted according to needs. The intelligent cleaning robot includes a frame, a sweeping device installed on the frame to perform sweeping operations, a first walking wheel located at one end of the frame and driven by a first motor to move, a second walking wheel located at another end of the frame and driven by a second motor to move, and a control system in signal communication with both the first motor and the second motor and configured to control the first motor and the second motor to rotate synchronously, or control the first motor and the second motor to rotate in different rotational speeds or different directions. |
| US11524411B2 |
Automated product loading onto a pallet
Various examples are provided related to automation of pallet loading. In one example, a method includes positioning, by a material manipulator, an opening of a product; inserting a product loading assembly of a pallet loading system through an opening of the product, where the product loading assembly can hold the product during manipulation of the product and the pallet loading system can position the product for loading on a pallet; and transferring the product onto the pallet using the product loading assembly. The product can be a portion of a product or a garment or portion of a garment. The product can be smoothed on a surface of the pallet. The pallet can secure the product to the pallet by a pallet clamp. The product on the pallet can be embellished by processing equipment or workstation. |
| US11524400B2 |
Work site storage lock system
A tool chest may include a base portion, two opposing sidewalls, a drawer portion and a lid. The sidewalls extend substantially parallel to each other on opposite sides of the base portion to define a tool repository between the sidewalls. The lid has a closed position covering a top of the tool chest, and an open position in which access is provided to the tool repository. The drawer portion is slidable to at least partially remove the drawer portion from the base portion. The drawer portion is automatically locked by closing the lid via a locking assembly that is operable configured to automatically unlock with the lid is open unless the locking assembly is retained in a locked position. |
| US11524399B1 |
Slidable handle grip assembly and method
A slidable handle grip assembly includes a tubular member that has a first end, a second end, and a perimeter wall extending between the first and second ends. The first and second ends are open. The tubular member is positioned on an elongated shaft of a tool such that the tubular member can slidably move from a grip end to a head end of the tool. An outer surface of the perimeter wall defines a supplemental handhold for the shaft. |
| US11524398B2 |
Gear drive mechanisms for surgical instruments
A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly having a gear drive mechanism. The gear drive mechanism includes a variable radius gear to provide a desired mechanical advantage to a user during actuation of a movable handle of the surgical instrument. |
| US11524397B2 |
Stapler with moveable strike plate and integrated accessibility features
A stapler including a moveable strike plate and accessibility features is described. A slidable strike plate is moveable from a first staple forming position to a second staple forming position to form different staple shapes. The slidable strike plate is moved relative to the anvil of the stapler with a single hand to change positions. A rotatable strike plate is turned with a single hand to move between staple forming positions by rotating an outer dial of the rotatable strike plate relative to the anvil of the stapler. The stapler includes an indicator window that shows if the stapler is empty or running low on staples and a quick release staple loading magazine that is operable using a single hand. |
| US11524396B2 |
Fastener tool
A tool is provided for applying fasteners to a workpiece. The tool as a magazine that carries multiple fasteners and is carried by a housing. A driver blade is provided to drive a lead fastener into a workpiece. The driver blade has a driving edge with a profile that includes driving projections, having curved contact surface for contact with curved edges of the fastener, and a relief portion therebetween that is recessed relative to both projections and contact surfaces. Further, the tool includes a lockout assembly for limiting movement of the driver blade and contact trip, thereby limiting activation of the motor. The pusher may include a pusher lockout surface that is designed for movement in an opposite direction to a feed direction by the contact trip as well as configured to slide over a locking art of the contact trip when the fasteners are empty or nearly empty. |
| US11524393B2 |
Sleeve assembly for shear wrench tool
A sleeve assembly for a shear wrench tool including an output sleeve configured to mate with a nut to facilitate winding of the nut onto a threaded bolt and having a plurality of circumferentially arranged locking features for interlocking with those of a transmission sleeve. A transmission sleeve for transferring torque between the output sleeve and at least one feature of a shear wrench tool transmission section. The transmission sleeve has a first set of circumferentially arranged locking features for interlocking with the locking features of the output sleeve and a second set of circumferentially arranged locking features for cooperating with a locking sleeve. A locking sleeve coupled to the output sleeve in a manner which permits the locking sleeve to rotate between first and second rotational positions relative to the output sleeve. |
| US11524390B2 |
Methods of making chemical mechanical polishing layers having improved uniformity
The present invention provides methods of manufacturing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP polishing) layer for polishing substrates, such as semiconductor wafers comprising providing a composition of a plurality of liquid-filled microelements having a polymeric shell; classifying the composition via centrifugal air classification to remove fines and coarse particles and to produce liquid-filled microelements having a density of 800 to 1500 g/liter; and, forming the CMP polishing layer by (i) converting the classified liquid-filled microelements into gas-filled microelements by heating them, then mixing them with a liquid polymer matrix forming material and casting or molding the resulting mixture to form a polymeric pad matrix, or (ii) combining the classified liquid-filled microelements directly with the liquid polymer matrix forming material, and casting or molding. |
| US11524386B2 |
Grinding apparatus
A grinding apparatus including a chuck table for holding a wafer, a grinding unit having a spindle for rotating a grinding wheel, an inclination adjusting unit for adjusting the inclination of the rotation axis of the chuck table with respect to the rotation axis of the spindle, a touch panel, and a control portion. The control portion is adapted to compare the information regarding the target sectional shape input into a target shape input field with the information regarding the present sectional shape input into a present shape input field and then control the inclination adjusting unit to change the inclination of the rotation axis of the chuck table so that the wafer is ground to obtain the target sectional shape of the wafer. |
| US11524385B2 |
CMP polishing pad with lobed protruding structures
A polishing pad useful in chemical mechanical polishing comprises a base, and a plurality of structures protruding from the base wherein a portion of the plurality of structures are defined by a cross section having a perimeter which defines an area. The perimeter can be defined by parametric equations and can have six or more inflection points or the cross-section can comprise three or more lobes. The cross-section has a Delta parameter in the range of 0.2 to 0.75. |
| US11524383B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
An end of polishing of a wafer is determined for each of wafers at a high accuracy. A wafer processing method includes: a first process of acquiring an initial state of a processing target surface of a wafer; a second process of forming a coating film on the wafer after the first process; a third process of polishing the processing target surface of the wafer by a polishing member based on initial polishing conditions in a state where the polishing member is in contact with the processing target surface of the wafer; a fourth process of acquiring a processed state of the processing target surface of the wafer after the third process; and a fifth process of determining an end of polishing, an insufficiency in polishing, or an excess in polishing based on the initial state and the processed state. |
| US11524381B2 |
Machining centre for timepiece components
A machining centre includes a base supporting several superposed stages. At least one stage is movable and can be position indexed relative to the base. Each stage includes distinct stations at a constant angular pitch including machining units or grippers. The combination of stations from adjacent stages defines a plurality of machining locations each combining a unit and a gripper. Each relative movement between two indexing positions of two stages changes the composition of the locations. Each gripper has at least one rotational degree of freedom relative to the stage that carries it. At least one station includes both at least one machining unit and at least one gripper. |
| US11524380B2 |
Motion control system and method
A motion control system and a motion control method are provided. The motion control method includes: sending a plurality of machining commands to a second controller by a first controller at a cloud; storing the plurality of machining commands in a buffer by the second controller; and operating the machine tool according to the plurality of machining commands stored in the buffer. As such, when poor communication occurs between the first controller and the second controller, the second controller causes the buffer to send a deceleration command to the machine tool so as to cause the machine tool to operate at a reduced speed, thereby avoiding unexpected motion such as sudden shutdown of the machine tool and damage to machined products. |
| US11524379B2 |
Milling machine processing system with intelligently follow-up cutting fluid nozzle and working method
The present invention relates to a milling machine processing system with an intelligently follow-up cutting fluid nozzle and a working method. The milling machine processing system comprises a workpiece stage, wherein a milling machine box body is arranged above the workpiece stage; a milling cutter mechanism is mounted on the milling machine box body for processing workpieces on the workpiece stage; a rotating mechanism is mounted on an end surface of the milling machine box body located at one side of a milling cutter; the rotating mechanism is connected with a two-axis linkage mechanism and drives the two-axis linkage mechanism to rotate about a center line on which the milling cutter is located; the two-axis linkage system is connected with a nozzle through an angle adjusting mechanism and is used for adjusting a position and an angle of the nozzle. |
| US11524378B2 |
Dust collection deburring apparatus
To provide a dust collection deburring apparatus which is capable of performing efficient and preferable debarring work and which is capable of, even in the case of handing a large workpiece, performing preferable deburring work by placing the workpiece together with a pallet on a work table by a forklift. A dust collection deburring apparatus A includes a work table apparatus configured to allow a product together with a pallet to be placed on and allow a worker to perform deburring work, a chip antiscattering apparatus arranged so as to surround the work table apparatus and configured to prevent scattering of chips, and a chip suction collection apparatus including a dust collecting device configured to suck air from an internal space surrounded by the chip antiscattering apparatus to suck the chips generated in the deburring work. |
| US11524370B2 |
Turbine blade repair method using additive manufacturing
A turbine blade repair method is provided. The turbine blade repair method includes quantizing a position and a shape of a damaged portion of a turbine blade into numerical values, calculating a momentum loss of the turbine blade due to removal of the damaged portion, modeling a shape of a repair portion to replace the damaged portion so that the repair portion has the same momentum as the damaged portion, removing the damaged portion, and forming the modeled repair portion by performing an additive manufacturing at a position of the removed damaged portion. |
| US11524368B2 |
Augmented vision system with active welder guidance
Welding headwear comprises a display operable to present images for viewing by a wearer of the welding headwear, and comprises circuitry operable to determine an identifier associated with a workpiece, retrieve, from memory, welding work instructions associated with the identifier, and generate the images for presentation on the display based on said work instructions. |
| US11524367B2 |
Glass plate and manufacturing method of glass plate
Separation lines are formed in a glass plate having first and second main surfaces by irradiating with laser light. The separation lines are configured of a product line corresponding to an outline of a glass article to be separated; and a release line. The product line includes a first in-plane void array configured of in-plane voids arranged on the first main surface; and internal void arrays for product line, each having an in-plane void. The release line includes internal void arrays for release line. A maximum length of the internal void array for product line L1max is equal to a maximum length of the internal void array for release line L2max, and a minimum length of the internal void array for product line L1min is greater than a minimum length of the internal void array for release line L2min; or the length L1max is greater than the length L2max. |
| US11524360B2 |
Marking system for decorating workpieces
A marking system for decorating one or more workpieces includes a plurality of marking stations that can mark product images on blank workpieces to produce product workpieces, at least some of which have different sizes, shapes, materials, or a combination thereof, a control system that can select one of the plurality of marking stations and send product image data to the selected one of the plurality of marking stations, and a robotic manipulator that can transport a blank workpiece to the selected marking station under the control of the robotic manipulator. The selected marking station can mark the product image the blank workpiece based on the product image data which produces a product workpiece. The robotic manipulator can remove the product workpiece from the selected one of the plurality of marking stations. |
| US11524358B2 |
Mechanical performance of al-steel weld joints
A method of resistance spot welding a workpiece stack-up that includes a steel workpiece and an aluminum workpiece includes adhering an aluminum patch to faying surface of a steel workpiece, positioning an aluminum workpiece over the aluminum patch and the steel workpiece to assemble a workpiece stack-up, passing an electric current through the workpiece stack-up to create a molten aluminum weld pool, and terminating passage of the electric current to solidify the molten aluminum weld pool into a weld joint that bonds the steel and aluminum workpieces together through the aluminum patch. A workpiece stack-up having a weld joint that bonds an aluminum workpiece and a steel workpiece together through an aluminum patch is also disclosed. The weld joint establishes a bonding interface with the faying surface of the steel workpiece, and the aluminum patch is adhered to the faying surface of the steel workpiece around the weld joint. |
| US11524349B2 |
Substrate
A substrate includes a multilayer substrate body in which a plurality of circuit bodies are laminated in a laminating direction through insulating layers and are interlayer connected via a connected conductor formed on each of the insulating layers, and a magnetic body that is arranged in the laminating direction while at least a part of or all of the magnetic body sandwiches the circuit bodies. Each of the circuit bodies includes at least a first circuit body and a second circuit body. The first circuit body is formed of a first extending portion and a first folding portion. The second circuit body is formed of a second extending portion and a second folding portion. |
| US11524346B2 |
Rotary cutting tool, rotary cutting unit, and rotary cutting method
According to one implementation, a rotary cutting tool includes: a body without a back taper; and a cutting edge part integrated with the body. The body has a flow path of a cutting oil inside the body. The cutting edge part has a first supply port that supplies the cutting oil toward a workpiece. The body has at least one second supply port that supplies the cutting oil to a clearance formed between a bush for positioning and the body. The bush is used by being inserted in the body. |
| US11524345B2 |
Bore cutting tool and method of making the same
A bore cutting tool for cutting metal workpieces includes a tool substrate and a tool coating on a surface of the tool substrate. The bore cutting tool includes a plurality of pits in the surface of the tool substrate and wherein the tool coating extends over the pits such that the pit surface includes the tool coating. In this way, the pit dimensions can be retained over prolonged tool life and the pits, with their coated surface, are particularly effective at retaining lubricant so that the thickness of a lubricant film can be increased as compared to a tool without the coated pits. In the embodiments, the pits are formed by laser etching and are present only on the cylindrical land. Average pit depth is suitably in the range 8 μm to 25 μm, average pit width and pit length is independently selected from 40 μm to 250 μm and average pit density may be 20 to 30 pits/mm2. |
| US11524342B2 |
Tool holder
A tool holder for collet chucks, wherein a clamping rotor for applying an axial force to a collet chuck is provided. The clamping rotor, including the two axial bearings of the clamping rotor, are accommodated in a tool holder main part, which is connected to a collet chuck receiving body that receives the collet chuck. In order to captively support the clamping rotor in the main part, a bearing seat element is screwed into the main part, said bearing seat element delimiting a receiving chamber for the clamping rotor towards the collet chuck receiving element. Thus, the clamping rotor is enclosed and held in the main part independently of the collet chuck receiving body. This creates new possibilities for the maintenance and adaptation of the tool holder under different conditions, and in particular the force flow emanating from the clamping rotor during a clamping process is kept away from the collet chuck receiving body, thereby improving the precision of the tool holder. |
| US11524341B2 |
Method and apparatus for retaining a tool in a tool holder with defined contact surfaces
A plurality of friction rods each of which is positioned in a hole around the retaining bore with a portion of each of the plurality of friction rods partially protruding into the retaining bore for directly engaging the shank of the tool for holding the shank of the tool in the retaining bore at the defined contact surfaces. |
| US11524335B2 |
Casting device and casting method
A casting device capable of manufacturing products in a short cycle time; and a casting method using this casting device. The casting device includes: a pressurized furnace; a mold having a cavity formed therein; a stalk; at least a first hot water tap in a cylindrical shape connecting the cavity and an end of the stalk on the downstream side in the molten metal filling direction and guiding the molten metal supplied to the stalk to inside the cavity; and a filter member provided in the first hot water tap. The filter member includes a flange extending along the extension direction of the first hot water tap and abutting an inner wall surface of the first hot water tap. A coolant passage having coolant flowing therethrough is provided in the vicinity of the inner wall surface. |
| US11524333B2 |
Melting and casting process and combined melting and casting furnace plant
A process for melting metal parts and casting the melt in at least one mould and a corresponding combined melting and casting furnace plant are described. In the process, metal parts to be melted are brought into a crucible furnace, and a molten metal is produced therein and made ready for casting. A riser tube integrated in a lid of the crucible furnace is heated in a position remote from the crucible furnace, and the lid with heated riser tube is brought into a position closing the crucible furnace, in which the riser tube projects into the molten metal. A mould is arranged on the lid in a casting position above the riser tube, and the molten metal is introduced into the mould from below by pressurising the melt in the crucible furnace. The combined melting and casting furnace plant is designed to carry out such a process. |
| US11524330B2 |
Method for producing a hollow valve for internal combustion engines
The invention relates to a method for producing a valve body for a hollow valve. Said method comprises the following steps: providing a workpiece, blank or semi-finished product and a forming punch, introducing a protective layer between the workpiece and the forming punch (22) and press forming the workpiece to produce a preform. The invention also relates to a hollow valve produced by means of this method. |
| US11524328B2 |
Braided medical devices
A braided vaso-occlusive member formed out of first plurality of filaments interwoven with a second plurality of filaments, wherein filaments of the first plurality are helically wound in a first rotational direction along an elongate axis of the braided member, and filaments of the second plurality are wound in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction, such that filaments of the first plurality cross over and/or under filaments of the second plurality at each of a plurality cross-over locations axially spaced along the elongate axis of the braided member, wherein at each cross-over location, the filaments of the first plurality cross over at least two consecutive filaments of the second plurality, then cross under only a single filament of the second plurality, and then cross over at least two additional consecutive filaments of the second plurality. |
| US11524325B2 |
Friction forming
A method of forming a component by applying a forming load to a blank of material against a mandrel, wherein the mandrel defines the shape of the component to be formed and applying a forming load as a combination of a localised force and localised friction heating. |
| US11524324B2 |
Method for producing a bent torsional profile and torsional profile
The invention relates to a method for producing a bent torsional profile comprising the following process steps: a) provision of a plate made of planar sheet metal, b) reshaping of the plate through the introduction of a bent trough oriented in the longitudinal direction of the plate in a central length portion (6) of the plate at a distance from the front edges of the plate, forming legs between the trough and the longitudinal edges of the plate, c) reshaping of the legs in such a manner that an open profile is created, d) reshaping of the legs in such a manner that a hollow profile is produced, wherein a longitudinal gap is formed between the two legs over the entire longitudinal extent thereof and wherein an air gap is created between the legs and the trough in the region of the trough, e) joining of the two legs over the entire longitudinal gap. |
| US11524322B2 |
Jig for attaching and detaching cleaning member
The disclosure provides a jig for attaching and detaching a cleaning member, which facilitates attaching and detaching the cleaning member to and from a rotation device without holding the cleaning member directly by hand, even when there is no sufficient spacing around the cleaning member. The jig 100 for attaching and detaching a cleaning member 60 includes a pair of jig bodies 110 capable of clamping two ends 63 of a holder 62 of the cleaning member 60, and a connecting mechanism 120 that interlocks the movements of the pair of jig bodies 110 between a clamped state in which two ends 63 of the holder 62 are clamped and a non-clamped state in which the clamped state is released. |
| US11524321B2 |
Cleaning method and plasma processing apparatus
A cleaning method is provided. In the cleaning method, residues of elements of a group for a common semiconductor material in a chamber are removed with plasma of a halogen-containing gas. Residues of metal elements of groups 12 and 13 and groups 14 and 15 in the chamber are removed with plasma of a hydrocarbon-containing gas. A C-containing material in the chamber is removed with plasma of an O-containing gas. Further, the removing with the plasma of the halogen-containing gas, the removing with the plasma of the hydrocarbon-containing gas, and the removing with the plasma of the O-containing gas are performed in that order or the removing with the plasma of the hydrocarbon-containing gas, the removing with the plasma of the O-containing gas, and the removing with the plasma of the halogen-containing gas are performed in that order X times where X≥1. |
| US11524320B2 |
Sucker rod cleaning using inductive heating
A sucker rod cleaning system includes an inductive heating device, a feed mechanism, a first support and a second support. An electromagnet of the inductive heating device includes a wire coil head that is configured to inductively heat a sucker rod positioned within a heating zone. The feed mechanism is configured to feed a sucker rod through the heating zone in a feed direction. The first support is positioned on an upstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the feed mechanism. The second support is positioned on a downstream side of the wire coil head, and is configured to support a portion of a sucker rod as it is fed through the heating zone by the feed mechanism. |
| US11524318B2 |
Method and system for marking and encoding recyclability of material to enable automated sorting of recycled items
A method and system for marking and encoding recyclability includes material identification markers to enable a robot with computer vision capability to properly identify and distinguish between various materials. The material identification markers could include marks or symbols to describe a recyclable item or material. The material identification markers may be incorporated into the design of the item, printed on the item or label, or placed in any other way as this is a vision-based system. Further, the material identification markers may be visible or invisible to the human eye. |