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| US11726062B2 |
Magnetic layer characterization system and method
In a method of testing a multilayer structure containing a magnetic layer, one or more network parameters are measured of a waveguide that is electromagnetically coupled with the multilayer structure as a function of frequency and as a function of a magnetic field applied to the multilayer structure during the measuring of the network parameters. Based on the measured one or more network parameters, at least one magnetic property of the magnetic layer of the multilayer structure is determined. The network parameters in some embodiments are S-parameters. The at least one magnetic property may include an effective anisotropy field of the magnetic layer and/or a damping constant of the magnetic layer. |
| US11726060B2 |
Flame ionisation detector and method for the analysis of an oxygen-containing measuring gas
A flame ionization detector includes a burner to combust an oxygen-containing sample gas in a gas flame in the presence of air and while supplying a hydrogen-containing combustion gas. A measurement device measures an ion current from the gas flame to an electrode, and a temperature sensor measures a temperature of the gas flame. An evaluation device evaluates the measured ion current and compensates during evaluation of the measured ion current for a cross-sensitivity of the ion current to oxygen in the sample gas using the measured temperature of the gas flame. |
| US11726054B2 |
NFC-enabled test sensors, systems and methods using the same
An electrochemical test sensor is adapted to receive a fluid sample including an analyte. The electrochemical test sensor includes a base. The base includes an enzyme adapted to react with the analyte. The electrochemical test sensor further includes a plurality of electrodes, a near field communication (NFC) tag chip, an analog front end (AFE) and a microcontroller. |
| US11726053B2 |
Systems and methods for electrical measurements of a plant stalk
An apparatus configured to perform non-destructive, electrical measurements on a plant stalk to detect and quantify internal damage is disclosed. This apparatus includes features to minimize misalignments that can negatively affect the precision and/or accuracy of the electrical measurements. |
| US11726052B2 |
Capacitive sensor
A capacitive sensor includes a substrate and an electrode structure including at least a first electrode, a second electrode and a sensing layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor further includes a measurement circuit configured to measure the capacitance of the electrode structure by applying, at a first measurement phase, a first pair of electrical potentials including a first electrical potential of the first electrode and a first electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode by applying, at a second measurement phase, a second pair of electrical potentials including a second electrical potential of the first electrode and a second electrical potential of the second electrode to the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrical potential of the second electrode and the second electrical potential of the second electrode are different from each other. |
| US11726051B2 |
Apparatus for monitoring a fluid
A processing apparatus is configured to receive a sense signal from a capacitive fluid sensor having a first electrode and a second electrode with a sensing region between the electrodes. The processing apparatus is configured to receive an alternating drive signal applied to the capacitive fluid sensor. The processing apparatus is configured to determine a complex impedance of the fluid sensor based on the sense signal and the drive signal. The complex impedance includes an in-phase component indicative of a conductivity quantity of a fluid in the sensing region and a quadrature component indicative of a capacitance quantity of the fluid sensor. The processing apparatus is configured to determine a temperature of the fluid in dependence on at least the determined capacitance quantity of the fluid sensor. |
| US11726047B2 |
Distributed fiber-optic sensor network for sensing the corrosion onset and quantification
Materials, methods of making, and methods of sensing liquid droplets with high spatial resolution as a signature of the on-set of corrosion using a hierarchical sensor network A hierarchical sensor network for sensing liquid droplets with high spatial resolution as a signature of the on-set of corrosion, including an interrogation system; and an intermediate sensor array layer in communication with the interrogation system. The network includes an interrogation system and an intermediate sensor array layer in communication with the interrogation system. |
| US11726039B2 |
Analysis of viable and nonviable cells
Provided are methods, for selectively analyzing a cell sample. Viable cells are dyed with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, and nonviable cells are dyed with a membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye. The cells are illuminated to cause fluorescent emission from the membrane-permeable fluorescent dye in the viable cells and the membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye in the non-viable cells. The cells are then quenched for at least a portion of fluorescence of the membrane-permeable fluorescent dye in the nonviable cells by the membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye. The cells are then analyzed for viable and nonviable cells. |
| US11726038B2 |
Determining composition of a sample
A single-wavelength light source is configured to generate an excitation light source. A sample holder that defines an inner cavity is capable of holding a sample and includes a surface transparent to the excitation light source. One or more mounts are attached to at least one of the light source or the sample holder. The mounts are configured to change an incident angle of the excitation light source on the surface. One or more optical components are positioned in a path of a fluorescence emission emitted from the surface and guide the fluorescence emission to a detector. A detector detects an intensity of the fluorescence emission. |
| US11726036B2 |
Optical inspection system and method including accounting for variations of optical path length within a sample
An illuminator/collector assembly can deliver incident light to a sample and collect return light returning from the sample. A sensor can measure ray intensities as a function of ray position and ray angle for the collected return light. A ray selector can select a first subset of rays from the collected return light at the sensor that meet a first selection criterion. In some examples, the ray selector can aggregate ray intensities into bins, each bin corresponding to rays in the collected return light that traverse within the sample an estimated optical path length within a respective range of optical path lengths. A characterizer can determine a physical property of the sample, such as absorptivity, based on the ray intensities, ray positions, and ray angles for the first subset of rays. Accounting for variations in optical path length traversed within the sample can improve accuracy. |
| US11726033B1 |
Determination of total crude oil in water by absorbance spectrophotometry
A method for quantifying a crude oil in water is provided. The method includes selecting an ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) wavelength to perform a measurement, preparing calibration solutions in xylene, and preparing a calibration curve from the calibration solutions. A sample is prepared including extracting the crude oil from the water in a two-phase separation with xylene. An absorbance of the sample in the xylene is measured at the UV/Vis wavelength. A concentration of the crude oil in the water is calculated from the absorbance. |
| US11726023B2 |
Compositions and methods for cell-like calibration particles
A method includes calibrating a cytometric device for analysis of a target cell, by inserting, into the cytometric device, a hydrogel particle. The hydrogel particle has at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property that is substantially similar to the at least one of a background fluorescent property or a spectral property of the target cell. The method also includes measuring at least one property of the hydrogel particle using the cytometric device. |
| US11726022B2 |
Device for detecting mold
A mold sensor include a housing that defines an enclosed chamber in which a nutrient-treated substrate is positioned. The mold sensor includes a substrate advancement mechanism that is configured to selectively move the substrate to expose a surface of the substrate within the chamber. The mold sensor includes a sensor configured to detect mold growth on the substrate within the chamber. |
| US11726021B1 |
Methods of conducting an environmental test
Methods for sampling the particulates and substances emitted from a test sample when the surface of the sample is ablated. The disclosed sampling chamber and methods avoids the need for clean rooms and other expensive testing apparatus and can be used to test a variety of materials in accordance with standard measurement procedures. Use of the testing chamber and methods assists with safety and risk evaluation in applications such as painting and removal of coatings. |
| US11726019B2 |
Viscous damper fluid viscosity monitoring device and method based on piezoceramic transducers
The present invention belongs to the technical fields of civil engineering, smart material and health monitoring, and provides a viscous damper fluid viscosity monitoring device and method based on piezoceramic transducers, comprising piezoceramic transducers, wires, corks, a baffle and a viscous damper. When the fluid viscosity of the viscous damper changes, the energy dissipation of pressure waves during propagation in a fluid will change, and signals received by the piezoceramic transducers will change, so that the viscosity of the fluid in the viscous damper can be calculated by the amplitude change of the signals received. The device of the present invention has a simple structure and accurate monitoring results, and provides a simple and feasible method for real-time monitoring of fluid viscosity of viscous dampers in engineering. |
| US11726013B2 |
Pathology assembly
Filter (45) for a pathology assembly (10) comprising a first side (41) that is configured to facilitate the outflow of a fixating, conserving and/or nurturing liquid and/or gas, the first side (41) being configured to withhold at least one specimen, the first side (41) being configured to facilitate recognition and analysis of the specimen, a ridge (46) comprising a filter closing element (26) and a second side (39) opposing the first side (41) comprising a supporting structure (44) and a first member for a first seal (48). |
| US11726009B2 |
Method and device for measuring the oxygen content of the headspace gas in a container
A device determines an oxygen content of a headspace gas in a liquid-filled container. The device contains a piercer, a sampling tube, a piercing head on which the piercer and the sampling tube are disposed, a pump, a ring line, and a sensor unit disposed within the ring line and used to determine the oxygen content and/or an oxygen partial pressure of the headspace gas of the liquid-filled container. The ring line is configured such that the headspace gas of the liquid-filled container can be sampled via the piercer or the piercing head by use of the pump and can be returned into the headspace of the liquid-filled container via the sampling tube. |
| US11726006B2 |
Apparatus for testing the firmness of infant sleep surfaces
An apparatus to test, at home, the firmness of a sleep surface to be used by an infant is disclosed. The apparatus is based on the home version of the Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 8811.1:2013. The apparatus comprises two pieces, one piece is the support to hold a defined weight, and the other piece is used as a scale to visualize how much the piece with the weight sinks into the sleep surface. |
| US11726005B2 |
Pressure controlled auto braking for dynamic vehicle test (DVT)
In accordance with exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for automatically controlling braking of a vehicle during testing. In an exemplary embodiments, a testing assembly is provided that includes a roll test machine and a tester system. The roll test machine includes a flat surface, a plurality of rollers, and one or more optical controllers. The plurality of rollers are configured to engage a vehicle on the flat surface for testing of the vehicle. The one or more optical encoders are configured to generate wheel speed and brake force data for the vehicle during testing of the vehicle. The tester system includes a processor configured to at least facilitate generating instructions for brake pressure to be applied via a braking system of the vehicle during the testing of the vehicle. |
| US11726002B2 |
Optical test instrument with removable cartridge
An optical test instrument, in combination with a removable connector cartridge is provided. A method of replacing a damaged or worn optic fiber interface is also provided. The optical test instrument has casing having a cartridge receiving cavity therein with an inner end provided with a test instrument optical port; and an outer end provided with a cartridge receiving opening. The connector cartridge is sized and configured to be inserted in the cartridge receiving cavity. The connector cartridge has a cartridge inner end for facing the test instrument optical port when in use, and a cartridge outer end for receiving an optic fiber from a device under test (DUT). The connector cartridge houses a fiber optic cable extending between the cartridge inner end and the cartridge outer end. The connector cartridge is removably connectable to the instrument casing to allow replacement of the connector cartridge when the cartridge outer end is worn or damaged. |
| US11726001B2 |
Color releasing toilet overflow indicator
A device adapted for installation onto a toilet overflow pipe to indicate a leaking condition of a toilet flush valve. The device having a stem portion with a diameter configured for receipt within an interior diameter of a toilet overflow tube. The device including a housing forming a reservoir for collection of water prior to entering the overflow tube. The reservoir including a cavity for the placement of a water soluble pigment, wherein the pigment is dissolved within water in the housing and into the overflow tube. An alternate embodiment of the device, includes a stay member configured to support a ball float member in an off condition. |
| US11726000B2 |
Hybrid fluorescent UV dye for refrigerant systems
A hybrid structure ultraviolet dye for leak detection in an appliance includes a ceramic matrix defining pores, and fluorophores encapsulated in nanoparticles bonded to the ceramic matrix within the pores. Upon excitation, the fluorophores release energy and emit fluorescent light to be detected under an ultraviolet lamp. The hybrid structure ultraviolet dye can be included in the refrigerant of a sealed system such that upon refrigerant, the hybrid structure ultraviolet dye, or both exit the sealed system at a leak onto external surfaces of the components, the color emitted by the fluorophores can be detected via application of a UV light. |
| US11725996B2 |
Magnetically coupled pressure sensor
Measurement of pressure of a fluid in a vessel using a cantilever spring in the vessel; a magnet connected to the cantilever spring in the vessel; an electromagnet outside of the vessel operatively connected to the magnet and the cantilever spring in the vessel, wherein the electromagnet induces movement of the magnet and the cantilever spring in the vessel, and wherein the movement is related to the pressure of the fluid in the vessel; a receiving coil operatively positioned relative to the magnet, wherein movement of the cantilever spring and the magnet in the vessel creates an electromotive response in the coil; and a controller analyzer connected to the receiving coil, wherein the controller analyzer uses the electromotive response in the coil for measuring the pressure of the fluid in the vessel. |
| US11725986B2 |
Spectroscope and spectroscope production method
A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part arranged on one side of the bottom wall part, a light detection element supported by the support to face a surface of the bottom wall part on the one side through a spectroscopic space, a resin molded layer provided at least on the surface of the bottom wall part on the one side, and a reflecting layer provided on the resin molded layer and included in an optical function part on the bottom wall part. The resin molded layer has a first part having a shape corresponding to the optical function part and a second part which surrounds the first part and is thinner than the first part. |
| US11725985B2 |
Signal conversion system for optical sensors
The disclosure provides an optical instrument, a method of converting an optical input to a digital signal output, and a spectrometer. In one embodiment, the optical instrument includes: (1) an optical sensor configured to receive an optical input and convert the optical input to electrical signals, and (2) a conversion system having conversion circuitry having multiple parallel signal channels that are configured to receive and modify the electrical signals to analog outputs, an analog switch configured to select one of the parallel signal channels according to an operating mode of the optical instrument, and an analog to digital converter configured to receive and convert the analog output from the selected parallel signal channel to a digital signal output. |
| US11725970B2 |
Fluid metering/monitoring system using vibration
A fluid monitoring system is provided, which includes at least one fluid vibration sensing unit to provide at least one fluid vibration signal from at least one location on a measuring chamber of a meter to be monitored. The system also includes one or more display units, and a control unit configured to be coupled to the at least one fluid vibration sensing unit and the one or more display units. The control unit is configured to detect a condition from the respective location using the at least one fluid vibration sensing unit and communicate to at least one or more display units to provide a display of the condition. A meter with a fluid monitoring system is also provided. |
| US11725969B2 |
Sampling module for multiphase flow meter
A sampling module is for mounting in a pipeline with a multiphase flow meter and for receiving multiphase fluid from the pipeline. The sampling module includes: a separation chamber for receiving and separating a sample volume of fluid from the multiphase fluid, the separation chamber having a vertical extent when in use; a lower valve for opening and closing a lower fluid path between a lower end of the separation chamber and the pipeline; an upper valve for opening and closing an upper fluid path between an upper end of the separation chamber and the pipeline; a lower sensor for measuring fluid properties of the fluid in a lower part of the separation chamber; and an upper sensor for measuring fluid properties of the fluid in an upper part of the separation chamber. |
| US11725968B2 |
Measurement of absolute time of flight in an ultrasonic meter using received and reflected waves
A method and system for measuring a time of flight can involve correlating a signal comprising a reflected signal from a first transducer to a second transducer, or a subsequent reflected signal at the first transducer or the second transducer, with a previously received signal to produce a correlation for a measurement of a time of flight. The signal(s) can include one or more of a pulse train, acoustic sound; ultrasonic sound; or light, and the previously received signal can be a signal that has been reflected one or more times. |
| US11725967B2 |
Gas volume determination in fluid
An integrated circuit includes one or more central processing unit (CPU) cores configured to cause a first ultrasonic transducer to generate ultrasonic signals into a fluid moving in a pipe and the first or a second ultrasonic transducer to receive the ultrasonic signals from the fluid. The CPU core(s) also compute a first value indicative of at least one of a standard deviation and a time correlation based on the received ultrasonic signals. The CPU core(s) further determine a second value indicative of a volume of gas bubbles in the fluid using the computed first value indicative of the at least one of the standard deviation and time correlation. |
| US11725966B2 |
Multi-stage irreversible sensor coupling
A multi-stage irreversible sensor coupling is provided. A sensor body includes a sensor and has a sensor body wall and at least one sensor body engagement feature. A clip barrel is configured to slidably engage the sensor body and has at least one clip barrel engagement feature. A wedge clip is configured to slidably engage the clip barrel and has at least one wedge clip engagement feature that is configured to urge the at least one sensor body engagement feature into cooperative engagement with the at least one clip barrel engagement feature when the wedge clip, clip barrel, and sensor body are fully engaged together. |
| US11725963B2 |
Position detection sensor and position detection device
The present disclosure is directed to a position detection sensor of an electromagnetic induction type connected to a position detection circuitry. The position detection sensor includes a circular substrate, a plurality of first loop coils arranged in a first direction on the circular substrate, and a plurality of second loop coils arranged in a second direction on the circular substrate, the second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the plurality of first loop coils includes a straight portion extending in the second direction and a circumferential portion disposed along an outer edge of the circular substrate, and each of the plurality of second loop coils includes a straight portion extending in the first direction and a circumferential portion disposed along the outer edge of the circular substrate. |
| US11725962B2 |
Systems and methods for generating, updating and enhancing large-scale high-precision 3D road maps and multi-level road graphs
Systems and methods involving obtaining point cloud data from one or more sources corresponding to one or more zones within a real-world space, the point cloud data representing surface features of structures detected within the one or more zones; defining a plurality of first-level nodes based on the point cloud data, individual first-level nodes corresponding to obtained point cloud data corresponding to individual zones of the one or more zones; identifying connections between two or more first-level nodes, the connections between the two or more first-level nodes based on connections between the point cloud data for the zones corresponding to the two or more first-level nodes; and defining a plurality of second-level nodes, individual second-level nodes corresponding to aggregated subsets of first-level nodes for which connections are identified. |
| US11725947B2 |
Alignment of electrical devices using inertial measurement units
An alignment system for sensor or other electrical device filters rate data from gyroscopes and integrates the same to determine an alignment error state that is populated into a direction cosine matrix that pre-rotates measurement from a first electrical device into an estimated coordinate frame to determine a static alignment between first and second electrical devices or sensors. The system may be part of a countermeasure system on an aircraft. A first electrical device may be an inertial navigation system (INS), and a second electrical device may be an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The attitude of the IMU is used to translate the detected threats from the countermeasure system into a common reference frame of the INS. |
| US11725943B1 |
Driving patterns
One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze acceleration data corresponding to driving data, analyze the acceleration data, and determine driving patterns and associated drivers based on the data. Acceleration data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and/or on-board vehicle systems. Drivers associated with driving trips may be identified based on the acceleration data collected by the mobile devices. In some cases, driving patterns may be determined based on the acceleration data before and after stopping points during driving trips, and the driving patterns may be compared to a set of previously stored driving patterns associated with various different drivers. |
| US11725940B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle control point selection system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial vehicle control point selection system. A first unmanned aerial vehicle can navigate about a geographic area while a second unmanned aerial vehicle can capture images of the first unmanned aerial vehicle. Location information of the first unmanned aerial vehicle can be recorded, and a system can identify the first unmanned aerial vehicle in the captured images. Utilizing the recorded location information, the system can identify landmarks proximate to the first unmanned aerial vehicle identified in the images, and determine location information of the landmarks. The landmarks can be assigned as ground control points for subsequent flight plans. |
| US11725939B2 |
System and method for controlling a light projector in a construction site
A method and a system for projecting a construction plan or a specified pattern in a construction site. The system may include: a light projector configured to project an image associated with the construction plan or the specified pattern, onto a specific surface within the construction site; at least one sensor configured to obtain dimensional parameters of at least one of: the specific surface, and the image as projected on the specific surface; and a computer processor configured to: derive, from the construction plan or the construction pattern, an intended projection portion which comprises visual content intended to be projected on the specific surface; calculate a model of said image, based on the dimensional parameters obtained from the at least one sensor; and generate a modified projection portion based on the model, and the intended projection portion, wherein the light projector is further configured to project said modified projection portion. |
| US11725934B2 |
Systems and methods for metrology optimization based on metrology landscapes
A method for quantifying sensitivity of metrology to process variation including performing metrology, by a metrology tool, on at least one metrology target located at at least one site on a semiconductor wafer, thereby generating a metrology landscape, and calculating a sensitivity metric directly based on the metrology landscape, the sensitivity metric quantifying a sensitivity of the metrology landscape to process variation involved in manufacture of the semiconductor wafer. |
| US11725932B2 |
Video extensometer system with reflective back screen
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for conducting deformation (e.g., extension and/or strain) measurements based on characteristics of a test specimen using light sourced from a single side of a test specimen. The light source and an imaging device are arranged on a single side of the test specimen relative to a back screen while the light source illuminates both a front surface of the test specimen and the back screen. The back screen reflects light to create a silhouette of the test specimen. The imaging device captures images of one or more markers on a front surface of the test specimen, as well as measuring position of the markers during the testing process. The imaging device also measures relative changes in position of the edges of the test specimen during the testing process, by analyzing the edges of the silhouetted image created by the reflective back screen. |
| US11725931B2 |
In-process diameter measurement gage
An In-Process Diameter Gage comprises a Position Detection Subsystem, preferably an optical switch and trigger, a Dimension Measurement Subsystem, preferably comprising a wheel of known diameter and a rotation encoder, and a Data Processing Subsystem, all configured and arranged to determine a dimensional property of a rotating part, such as diameter. |
| US11725927B2 |
Optical coherence tomography with dispersed structured illumination
Apparatus and methods are presented for enhancing the acquisition speed or performance of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography. In preferred embodiments a plurality of wavelength combs containing interleaved selections of wavelengths from a multi-wavelength optical source are generated and projected onto a sample. In certain embodiments the wavelength combs are projected simultaneously onto a plurality of regions of the sample, while in other embodiments the wavelength combs are projected sequentially onto the sample. Light in the wavelength combs reflected or scattered from the sample is detected in a single frame of a sensor array, and the detected light processed to obtain a tomographic profile of the sample. In preferred embodiments the wavelength comb generator comprises a wavelength interleaver in the form of a retro-reflective prism array for imparting different displacements to different selections of wavelengths from the optical source. |
| US11725924B2 |
Controlling mechanical systems based on natural language input
A method is provided. The method includes obtaining an enhanced state graph. The enhanced state graph represents a set of objects within an environment and a set of positions of the set of objects. The enhanced state graph includes a set of object nodes, a set of property nodes and a set of goal nodes to represent a set of objectives. The method also includes generating a set of instructions for a set of mechanical systems based on the enhanced state graph. The set of mechanical systems is configured to interact with one or more of the set of objects within the environment. The method further includes operating the set of mechanical systems to achieve the set of objectives based on the set of instructions. |
| US11725923B2 |
Method for positioning a body having an angle scale
A method for positioning a body that has a surface extending along a circular arc, includes: attaching the body to a machine part that is capable of swiveling; attaching a stationary, first distance gauge; attaching a stationary, second distance gauge; determining three first distance values and three second distance values at three defined angular positions of the machine part different from each other; calculating a first offset value, based on the three first distance values and the corresponding angular positions, and a second offset value, based on the three second distance values and the corresponding angular positions; shifting the body relative to the machine part, until the first offset value is determined by the first distance gauge and the second offset value is determined by the second distance gauge within permissible tolerances. |
| US11725922B2 |
Jig for and method of measuring length of stud bolt
A length measuring jig measures the length of a tubular stud bolt with a central hole defined axially therethrough while the tubular stud bolt remains mounted on a target product such as a steam turbine casing. The length measuring jig includes a rod to be inserted into the central hole in the stud bolt, a first jaw provided on a tip end of the rod for abutting against an end face of the one side in longitudinal direction of the stud bolt, a slider on which the rod is slidably supported, a second jaw provided on the slider for abutting against an end face of the other side in longitudinal direction of the stud bolt, and a cap to be fitted in the central hole in the stud bolt and having a slit defined therein for allowing the rod to extend therethrough. The first jaw has an overall length smaller than a diameter of a minimum-diameter portion of the central hole in the stud bolt. The cap has an inner wall surface defining an end of the slit in the cap, and a distance to the inner wall surface from a central axis of the stud bolt is equal to a radius of the minimum-diameter portion of the central hole in a state in which the cap is fitted in the central hole in the stud bolt. |
| US11725920B2 |
Detonator sensing arrangement
A detonator which includes a housing which has a passage with an inlet and an outlet and which is of reducing cross sectional area from the inlet to the outlet and wherein the inlet is configured to be exposed to an end of a shock tube, and a fusible link is located at the outlet. |
| US11725918B2 |
Device and method for obtaining a horizontal dispersion pattern
A payload container for providing a horizontal dispersion pattern of sub-projectiles suitable for combatting surface targets is in the form of a cylinder and includes at least two sub-projectiles arranged in a core enclosed by a container wall, wherein the sub-projectiles are linearly disposed. In addition, a projectile and use of the same include at least one payload container or a plurality of sequentially arranged payload containers displaced by a displacement angle relative to each other. The displacement angle is predetermined in such way so that the sub-projectiles are vertically lined at the time when the mechanical force from the carrier shell disappears and the sub-projectiles are spread to the left and to the right, providing a horizontal dispersion pattern. |
| US11725911B2 |
Methods and apparatus for a conducted electrical weapon
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from multiple cartridges to provide a current through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW includes a handle and one or more deployment units. A handle and each deployment unit include a processing circuit and memory. The processing circuit of a handle may communicate with the processing circuit of the one or more deployment units. The processing circuit in a deployment unit may confirm receipt of a message from the processing circuit in a handle. A handle may provide operation and usage data to a deployment unit for storage. A handle may receive data from a deployment unit. |
| US11725907B2 |
Collapsible sight for a firearm
A pistol, incudes a slide; a lens attached to and rotatable with respect to the slide; a light source that reflects a light off a reflective surface of the lens to aim the pistol; a hood rotatably mounted and in contact with the lens, wherein the hood folds over the lens in a collapsed configuration and is angled from the lens in a deployed configuration, and the lens, the light source, and the hood fit within an outline profile of the slide in the collapsed configuration. |
| US11725901B2 |
Variable velocity barrel assembly
A blaster for shooting projectiles that includes a housing that defines a housing interior, and a variable velocity barrel assembly positioned in the housing interior. The variable velocity barrel assembly includes a barrel that defines a barrel axis and a barrel interior. The barrel includes an exit opening at a distal end thereof. At least a first opening communicates the barrel interior with an exterior of the barrel. The first opening is defined through a side wall of the barrel. A slider member that includes a cylindrical portion that surrounds the barrel is movable axially along the barrel between a maximum velocity position where the cylindrical portion covers the first opening and a minimum velocity position where the slider member does not cover the first opening. |
| US11725900B2 |
Archery release aid mount
An archery release aid mount includes an attachment mechanism configured to rigidly attach the archery release aid to a bow. A securing device is configured to receive an archery release aid. The securing device includes a securing device that upon the archery release aid mount receiving the archery release aid, holds the archery release aid securely, and that is configured to allow a user to without tools remove the archery release aid from the archery release aid mount when the user wants to use the archery release aid during archery. |
| US11725897B2 |
Monolithic noise suppression device with cooling features
A noise suppression device for a firearm, the noise suppression device including a body including an outermost external surface of the noise suppression device, and an internal surface; a raised strip protruding from the outermost external surface of the noise suppression device; and a plurality of fins extending from the raised strip and spaced apart from each other at intervals along a length of the raised strip, wherein the noise suppression device includes no joints, no seams, or any formerly separate pieces within the body or the core. |
| US11725895B2 |
Firearm operating system
A firearm operating system includes a housing, a central pivoting member disposed within the housing, a trigger including a portion disposed within the housing and a portion extending outside the housing such that the portion of the trigger within the housing includes a hole and at least one finger that extends in a first direction from the hole. Due to movement of the trigger, the at least one finger presses against the central pivoting member to cause the central pivoting member to rotate. |
| US11725885B2 |
Heat exchanger fin and manufacturing method of the same
A heat dissipation device includes a base plate and a plurality of fins arranged on the base plate. Each fin includes a fin body including a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet coupled to each other, wherein the fin body is curved and includes a first portion and a second portion transverse to the first portion, an evaporation channel defined in the first portion, one or more connecting channels disposed in the first portion and in fluid communication with the evaporation channel, a condensation channel defined in the second portion, and one or more auxiliary channels disposed in the second portion and in fluid communication with the one or more connecting channels and the condensation channel. |
| US11725880B2 |
Hygroscopic cooling tower for waste water disposal
In various embodiments, the present invention relates to heat dissipation systems including a hygroscopic working fluid integrating waste water as makeup water. The present invention also relates to methods of using the same. The present invention also relates to hygroscopic cooling systems adapted to dispose of waste water by combining the waste water with a hygroscopic working fluid, precipitating impurities and evaporating the remaining water. |
| US11725879B2 |
Methods and configuration for retrofitting NGL plant for high ethane recovery
A natural gas liquid plant is retrofitted with a bolt-on unit that includes an absorber that is coupled to an existing demethanizer by refrigeration produced at least in part by compression and expansion of the residue gas, wherein ethane recovery can be increased to at least 99% and propane recovery is at least 99%, and where a lower ethane recovery of 96% is required, the bolt-on unit does not require the absorber, which could be optimum solution for revamping an existing facility. Contemplated configurations are especially advantageous to be used as bolt-on upgrades to existing plants. |
| US11725878B2 |
Refrigerator with sound reproducing capability
A refrigerator with a sound reproducing capability is provided. The refrigerator may include a cabinet forming an exterior of the refrigerator and having an upper surface portion, a lower surface portion, a side surface portion, and a rear surface portion, a door coupled to the cabinet, a vibration module attached to an inner surface of at least one among the door, the upper surface portion, the side surface portion, the rear surface portion, and the lower surface portion, and a controller configured to control vibration of the vibration module. The vibration strength of the vibration module and power supplied to the vibration module may be determined by a trained model trained through machine learning, an area of artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, the refrigerator may include a communicator, and may operate in conjunction with an external device via 5G communication. |
| US11725877B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for monitoring refrigeration units
A system for monitoring and reporting internal refrigeration unit temperatures includes a temperature measuring device for placement within the refrigeration unit. The temperature measuring device has a first temperature sensors situated in a liquid or solid mass (e.g. glycol or glass beads) for measuring an average temperature within the refrigeration unit and/or has a second temperature sensors exposed to ambient air within the refrigeration unit for measuring an instantaneous temperature within the refrigeration unit. A circuit periodically transmits the average temperature and/or the instantaneous temperature from the temperature measuring device to a server where the average temperature and the instantaneous temperature are analyzed to determine and/or predict a fault with the refrigeration unit. Upon determination and/or prediction of the fault, an alert is sent to at least one staff member indicating the refrigeration unit and fault. |
| US11725875B1 |
Modular refrigeration system
Exemplary embodiments provide a refrigeration system having an interior space cooled by a plurality of cooling. Each cooling unit is capable of operating either synchronously when in communication with a control panel or under independent operation. Each cooling unit is modularly and replaceable without the use of tools by means of a quick connect system. The cooling units use a heat exchanger cooled by chilled water and make use of an electronic super heat control and electronic expansion valve to regulate the flow of refrigerant for improved efficiency. |
| US11725874B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator that is capable of enabling a user to easily introduce or remove goods into or from the refrigerator is described. Specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a drawer for receiving goods to be more conveniently used is described. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a food introduction port formed in the front thereof, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, a plurality of drawers disposed in the storage compartment, the drawers being arranged vertically, a moving frame extending vertically so as to correspond to the height at which the drawers are disposed, the moving frame being configured to selectively push the drawers such that the drawers are moved toward the food introduction port, an electric driving unit coupled to the moving frame for moving the moving frame toward the food introduction port, and a controller for controlling the electric driving unit to move the moving frame when it is sensed that the door is open. |
| US11725873B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator with a drawer provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. A frame which is movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link. The side plate includes a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer. The vertical part may be connected with the drawer so as to enable the drawer to move integrally with the frame. |
| US11725872B2 |
Support frame for sliding adjustment shelves of refrigerated cabinet
A support frame for sliding adjustment shelves of a refrigerated cabinet comprised at least a fixed column, at least a support body and at least a locking unit, the fixed column is provided with a plurality of positioning bosses spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance along its length direction, the support body can be locked on the positioning boss of the fixed column through the locking unit, and when the locking unit is released, the support body can slide along the fixed column. Thus, the invention has a larger bearing capacity and a more stable structure, and is more durable. |
| US11725870B2 |
Support assembly for appliance
A vacuum insulated appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner. A ladder rack is coupled to the inner liner. The ladder rack includes first and second sidewalls coupled together by a connecting wall that defines a plurality of apertures. An adapter member includes a hook configured to extend through an aperture of the plurality of apertures when coupled to the ladder rack. The adapter member is coupled with a locking member that engages inner surface of first and second sidewalls of the ladder rack. A cantilever support is coupled to the adapter member and extends outward from the ladder rack. A rail assembly is coupled to an upper surface of the cantilever support. A spacer is coupled to an end of the cantilever support and abuts an inner liner surface. A storage feature is coupled to the rail assembly and is operable between stowed and deployed positions. |
| US11725864B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main cabinet including a cooling device to generate cold air, a sub-cabinet detachably connected to the main cabinet, a cold air relay duct provided to connect the main cabinet and the sub-cabinet and having a cold air flow path to allow the cold air generated by the cooling device to be delivered to the sub-cabinet, and a heat blocking member provided in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the main cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected and in a portion of the cold air flow path at which the sub-cabinet and the cold air relay duct are connected. |
| US11725861B2 |
Hybrid ice maker
An ice making device provides an ice tray and a frame to hold the ice tray. The frame has a proximal end with a motor and a distal end with a circular opening. An insert positioned in the circular opening with a projection provides a vibrating motion to dislodge ice cubes from the ice tray. An ice tray includes an integrated heating circuit for sensing capacitance and releasing frozen ice cubes. An ice tray also includes a raised flange to prevent water from splashing out of the ice tray. |
| US11725859B2 |
System and method for dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness and dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at rolling-element bearing of an oil free chiller
Methods are directed towards dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing and for dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing. Further, an oil free chiller system is configured for dynamically determining refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing of the oil free chiller system, wherein the oil free chiller system is also configured for dynamically controlling refrigerant film thickness at the rolling-element bearing of the oil free chiller system. |
| US11725858B1 |
Systems and methods for regenerative ejector-based cooling cycles
Systems and methods for regenerative ejector-based cooling cycles that utilize an ejector as the motivating force in a cooling loop to regeneratively sub-cool a refrigerant in a single-stage cooling cycle. |
| US11725855B2 |
Air conditioning apparatus
Provided is an air conditioning apparatus. The air conditioning apparatus includes a heat exchanger in which the refrigerant and the water are heat-exchanged with each other, a high-pressure guide tube extending from a high-pressure gas tube of an outdoor unit so as to be connected to one side of the heat exchanger, a low-pressure guide tube extending from a low-pressure gas tube of the outdoor unit so as to be combined with the high-pressure guide tube, a liquid guide tube extending from a liquid tube of the outdoor unit so as to be connected to the other side of the heat exchanger, a bypass tube configured to connect a bypass branch point of the high-pressure gas tube to a bypass combination point of the liquid guide tube to bypass a high-pressure refrigerant existing in the high-pressure tube to the liquid guide tube, and a bypass valve installed in the bypass tube. |
| US11725854B2 |
Cryocooler
A cryocooler includes a displacer that includes a lid portion and a main body portion, a displacer drive shaft that includes a collar portion held between the lid portion and the main body portion, and a buffer that is disposed in a clearance between the collar portion and the lid portion or between the collar portion and the main body portion and includes a soft material and a hard material disposed on an opposite side to the collar portion with respect to the soft material. |
| US11725850B2 |
Method and system for ultra-deep borehole geothermal energy harvesting
A multivessel system is provided for installing a production train in an ultra-deep borehole into the Earth's lithosphere. The system includes a plurality of gate valves and a plurality of pressure vessels, including a first pressure vessel having a first vessel elevator configured to engage and hold a production train section as the first vessel elevator moves in the first pressure vessel along a portion of a length of a train channel, a second pressure vessel having a second vessel elevator configured to engage and hold the production train section as the second vessel elevator moves in the second pressure vessel along another portion of the length of the train channel, and a third pressure vessel, with all three pressure vessels being configured to be water cooled. The system includes a train clamp configured to engage and hold the production train in the borehole. Each of the first vessel elevator and the second vessel elevator includes a clamp configured to engage and hold the train section as the respective first vessel elevator or the second vessel elevator moves along the train channel. |
| US11725847B2 |
Devices for supporting equipment outdoors and methods of manufacture and use thereof
A device comprises: a plurality of tubular members; a plurality of nodes configured to be assembled with the tubular members and thereby form a frame configured to support an outdoor equipment item thereon; and a plurality of augers configured to be driven through the nodes into a ground such that the frame is secured to the ground when the frame supports the outdoor equipment item. |
| US11725846B2 |
Sound attenuation for HVAC devices
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to improved HVAC devices and kits for HVAC devices that improve the sound attenuation associated with the device, particularly low-frequency noise. An example embodiment includes an improved furnace including a housing with a combustion air chamber, a heat exchanger chamber, and a circulation blower chamber, wherein the combustion air chamber comprises a burner assembly and a combustion air fan, the furnace also includes a sound attenuation layer including a first acoustic metamaterial layer coupled to the combustion air chamber and tuned to attenuate sound for a first frequency band, one or more housing openings fluidly connecting the combustion air chamber to an environment outside the housing, wherein the sound attenuation layer includes a discontinuous section that aligns with one or more of the housing openings. |
| US11725844B2 |
Lighting control for chilled beam
A device comprising a fin structure, a vent disposed in the fin structure, a cooling coil disposed in the vent, a light disposed in the fin structure and wherein the fin structure is configured to create a Coanda effect for air exiting the vent. |
| US11725842B2 |
Flow control device for an HVAC fluid transportation system
A flow control device (1) for an HVAC fluid transportation system comprises a flow tube (10) formed in one piece, a flow measurement system (11) integrated with the flow tube (10) and configured to measure a volumetric flow of fluid (ϕ) through the flow tube (10), and an electronic circuit (12) arranged in a fixed fashion on the flow tube (10) and connected electrically to the flow measurement system (11). The flow control device (1) further comprises a control signal output terminal (13) attached to the flow tube (10) and connected to the electronic circuit (12). The electronic circuit (12) is configured to generate and apply on the control signal output terminal (13) an actuator control signal, using the volumetric flow of fluid (ϕ) measured by the flow measurement system (11), for an actuator actuating a valve of the HVAC fluid transportation system (2) arranged outside the flow tube (10) of the flow control device (1). |
| US11725840B2 |
Wirelessly configuring climate control system controls
An example HVAC system includes an HVAC component, and an HVAC control configured to control the HVAC component according to an HVAC system configuration parameter. The HVAC control includes a controller wireless interface and a memory. The system also includes a mobile device having a user interface and a mobile wireless interface in wireless communication with the controller wireless interface of the HVAC control. The mobile device is configured to display the HVAC system configuration parameter on the user interface, receive user input settings for the HVAC system configuration parameter, and wirelessly transmit the received user input settings to the controller wireless interface of the HVAC control. The HVAC control is configured to store the received user input settings in the memory of the HVAC control to control the HVAC component. Example methods of controlling an HVAC system are also disclosed. |
| US11725835B2 |
Energy efficient and refrigerant-free air cooler
The invention discloses an energy efficient refrigerant-free air cooler comprising a housing (7); a porous ceramic honeycomb monoliths (2) horizontally positioned and parallel to one another, which is in constant contact with a tray or tank of water (6) maintained at a constant level; a set of thin walled pipes (4) made of conductive material are positioned in a suspended fashion by means of perforated sheets (16a,16b) and in each one of the channels of the honeycomb so as to be positioned in the water tray (6) leaving free spaces/passages around the peripheries of the pipes (4). A blower (20) blows air through the free spaces around the peripheries of the pipes in one direction and cools the surroundings. Another blower (15) blows air in any one direction through the conductive thin-walled pipes and gets cold due to the cold surroundings inside the channels, resulting in cold air at the exit ends of the pipes. |
| US11725834B2 |
Window frame for air conditioner unit and air conditioner unit for use therewith
A frame that is configured to hold a window air conditioner unit includes a main frame body having an opening formed therein for receiving the air conditioner unit. The frame includes a pair of adjustable side support frames that are slidingly coupled to the main frame body for filling a space between sides of the air conditioner unit and sides of the window frame. Each of the side support frames includes a take-up device for securing the frame within a window channel of the window frame. The take-up device has a fixed stop fixedly attached to the side support frame and an adjustable stop that is movable in a forward-rearward direction. The take-up device further includes an actuator that is accessible to a user along the main frame body and is configured to move the adjustable stop in the forward-rearward direction. |
| US11725833B2 |
Heat exchanger for a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system
A heat exchanger for receiving an airflow having an uneven intensity distribution across the heat exchanger and for flowing refrigerant within the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes sections of microchannel tubes for flowing refrigerant through at least one pass through the heat exchanger, wherein the sections are configured according to the airflow across the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be used in an HVAC system. A method may also be performed to manufacture the heat exchanger. |
| US11725829B2 |
Method for operating a cooking system, and hob and cookware
A method for operating a cooking system, the cooking system including a hob, cookware, and a mobile device, includes: transmitting a process instruction from the mobile device to the hob; receiving the process instruction from the mobile device by the hob; transmitting a confirmation request from the hob to the cookware; in response to a confirmation by a user on the cookware, transmitting a confirmation message from the cookware to the hob; and in response to the hob receiving the confirmation message from the cookware, executing the process instruction of the mobile device by the hob. |
| US11725821B2 |
Fuel nozzle device for gas turbine engine
A fuel nozzle device (100) for injecting liquid fuel into a combustion chamber (52) of a gas turbine engine (10) includes an outer tube (101), a rear end wall (102) closing a base end of the outer tube, a tapered conical tube (104) defining a first air passage (112) therein, and a second air passage (114) having an annular cross section jointly with the outer tube, a fuel passage (108) axially passed through the rear end wall, and leading to a fuel ejection port (109) directed toward an inner circumferential surface of a base end of the conical tube, a first air introduction passage (111) passed through the outer tube to communicate with the first air passage, and a second air introduction passage (113) passed through the outer tube to communicate with the second air passage. |
| US11725817B2 |
Combustor assembly with moveable interface dilution opening
A gas turbine engine and combustor assembly are provided, the combustor assembly including a first liner and a second liner together defining at least in part a combustion chamber, wherein the first liner and the second liner are separated by a gap along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the first liner is forward of the second liner relative to a flow of fluid through the combustion chamber along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the gap is extended along the circumferential direction. |
| US11725816B2 |
Multi-direction hole for rail effusion
A heat shield panel for use in a gas turbine engine combustor is disclosed. In various embodiments, the heat shield panel includes a hot side, a cold side spaced from the hot side, a rail member disposed on the cold side proximate an outer perimeter, the rail member having an outer wall and an inner wall and an orifice extending through the rail member, from the inner wall to the outer wall, the orifice having an entrance portion having an entrance opening positioned on the inner wall and extending at least to an intermediate portion of the rail member and an exit portion having an exit opening positioned on the outer wall and extending at least to the intermediate portion of the rail member, the entrance portion of the orifice being angled relative to the exit portion of the orifice. |
| US11725811B2 |
Consumer appliance
A consumer appliance with a body. A cartridge removably mounted to the body. The cartridge having a surface with a first colored region and a second colored region. A control circuit positioned within the body. A first emitter positioned on the body that projects a light at the first colored region. A second emitter positioned on the body that projects light at the second colored region. A first light sensor positioned on the body that sends a first signal to the control circuit based on a color of light reflected from the first colored region. |
| US11725807B2 |
Stand light
A method of operating a portable light including placing a base housing on a support surface, such that a plurality of legs are spaced away from the support surface and collapsed against an elongate body, grasping a portion of the portable light adjacent a light head with a first hand of a user and lifting the base housing away from the support surface, grasping the handle with a second hand of the user, depressing an actuator on the handle with the second hand, which removes a locking member from a locking recess of the elongate body to enable movement of the collar relative to the elongate body in a direction along a longitudinal axis, and sliding the collar along the elongate body away from the light head to move the plurality of legs to be obliquely angled relative to the elongate body. |
| US11725798B2 |
Projection lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky
The present disclosure discloses a projection lamp for projecting a nebula and a starry sky comprising a housing, a light source assembly, a laser assembly, a rotating assembly, a control board, a base seat, and a power source port. The light source assembly and the laser assembly are disposed in the housing and penetrate through the housing, and the rotating assembly and the control board are disposed in the housing. The rotating assembly is configured to drive a rotating optical sheet and a diffraction sheet to rotate. The light source assembly comprises a light source board, a light reflecting cup, a fixed optical sheet, the rotating optical sheet, and a lens assembly. The light source board, the light reflecting cup, the fixed optical sheet, the rotating optical sheet, and the lens assembly are successively disposed along a path in which light rays emitted by the light source board move. |
| US11725795B2 |
Light for the exterior of a vehicle
A light for the exterior of a vehicle includes at least one illuminant and a lens. The illuminant emits light in an activated state that hits the lens directly or indirectly via a reflector. The lens is transparent to light in a first predetermined wavelength range and reflects light in a second different wavelength range when the illuminant is deactivated. The illuminant is at least one light-emitting diode (LED). The diode emits light in a third wavelength range, which is predetermined such that the emitted light, after transmission through the lens, is present in a predetermined fourth wavelength range that is at least different from the second wavelength region. The light can be used as part of a rear light in a vehicle. |
| US11725792B2 |
Headlight socket
The headlight socket has a socket, a locking tab, a light bulb surface, a left alignment guide and a right alignment guide. The socket is a plastic section that can hold a vehicle headlight lightbulb. The locking tab holds the headlight inside a standard vehicle headlight housing. The left alignment guide is a curved C shape section that positions the headlight socket within the vehicle headlight housing. The left alignment guide is mirrored across the locking tab to create the right alignment guide. The locking tab additionally has an upper lip that allows it to be pushed and pulled more easily. On the light bulb surface the socket has a indents, holes, and a wiring ridge. The plurality of indents are slots that provide space for additional wiring attached to the vehicle headlight. |
| US11725787B2 |
Downlight apparatus
A downlight apparatus includes a light source, a driver box, a light housing and a heat dissipation plate. The driver box is used for storing a driver. The driver is connected to an external power source to generate a driving current to the light source. The light housing has a light holder and a rim. The light source is stored in the light holder. The rim defines a light opening for a light of the light source to escape. The heat dissipation plate is placed between the light holder and the driver box for carrying away both heat of the driver box and the light source. The heat dissipation plate is a separate metal piece from the driver box and the light housing. The heat dissipation plate has a portion not covered by the light holder and the driver box and exposed to air. |
| US11725786B2 |
Lighting fixture with illuminated end caps
A lighting fixture includes a housing with a first end and a second end. The lighting fixture further includes a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to illuminate a main lens of the housing between the first end and the second end. The lighting fixture further includes an end cap disposed at the first end. The end cap includes an end cap lens and a second plurality of LEDs configured to illuminate the end cap lens independently from the first plurality of LEDs. The end cap further includes a wall configured to substantially prevent light emitted from the second plurality of LEDs from being emitted through the main lens of the housing. |
| US11725784B1 |
Lighting fixture with 2D array of closely-packed LED components
An LED lighting fixture includes a housing, a substrate located within the housing, a plurality of LED groups of various colors mounted on the substrate, each LED color group including multiple LED components, at least one circuit communicating with a power supply and adapted for powering the LED components, and an optical component located at an output end of the housing. The LED components are arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another, such that no two LED of the same color reside adjacent one another along both of the first and second directions, and each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm. |
| US11725782B2 |
Motor vehicle having an opening for pressure relief
A motor vehicle has at least one pressure vessel for storing storage medium, preferably fuel, at least one pressure relief device for pressure relief of the at least one pressure vessel, and at least one opening through which storage medium flows out during a pressure relief. |
| US11725780B2 |
Compressed natural gas storage and transportation system
A system for storing and transporting compressed natural gas includes source and destination facilities and a vehicle, each of which includes pressure vessels. The pressure vessels and gas therein may be maintained in a cold state by a carbon-dioxide-based refrigeration unit. Hydraulic fluid (and/or nitrogen) ballast may be used to fill the pressure vessels as the pressure vessels are emptied so as to maintain the pressure vessels in a substantially isobaric state that reduces vessel fatigue and lengthens vessel life. The pressure vessels may be hybrid vessels with carbon fiber and fiber glass wrappings. Dip tubes may extend into the pressure vessels to selectively expel/inject gas from/into the top of the vessels or hydraulic fluid from/into the bottom of the vessels. Impingement deflectors are disposed adjacent to the dip tubes inside the vessels to discourage fluid-induced erosion of vessel walls. |
| US11725775B1 |
Toolless mounting of electronic devices
A mounting bracket for mounting an electronic device to the T-bar of a drop ceiling provides for self-locking snap-action securing of the mounting bracket to a flange of the T-bar, suspending the mounting bracket from the T-bar. The mounting bracket also provides for self-locking snap-action attachment of the mounted device to the bracket, suspending the device from the suspended mounting bracket. A split adapter allows vertical offsetting of the device from the ceiling, reducing vertical displacement of ceiling tiles resting on the T-bar. The split adapter has two halves the are laterally slid on to the T-bar flange and are then longitudinally slid together to be joined against lateral separation. The composite adapter thus formed presents an adapter flange to which the mounting bracket snap-secures, the mounting bracket locking the adapter halves against longitudinal separation. |
| US11725774B2 |
Isolation coupler for a structural assembly and method for attenuating a load
An isolation coupler for coupling a functional element to a support structure includes a first bracket. The first bracket includes a number of first-bracket sides. The number of first-bracket sides forms a closed polygonal shape, in plan view. The isolation coupler further includes a number of isolators coupled to each one of the first-bracket sides. The isolation coupler also includes a second bracket. The second bracket includes a number of second-bracket sides. The second bracket sides are coupled to the isolators. The number of second-bracket sides is equal to the number of first-bracket sides and forms the closed polygonal shape, in plan view. The isolators separate each one of the first-bracket sides from a corresponding one of the second-bracket sides to attenuate a load transferred from the first bracket to the second bracket. |
| US11725773B2 |
Display mounting system and method
A display mounting system including a support column, a moving bracket, an arm assembly, and a tilt assembly is described. The display mounting system includes one or more display attachment brackets to support one or more electronic displays. The display mounting system is used to hold one or more electronic displays over a worksurface or in front of a wall, and it allows the user of the display mounting system to easily change the orientation of one or more electronic displays according to user's preferences. |
| US11725772B1 |
Adjustable support arm
An adjustable support arm utilizing an elastomeric member having a dynamic attachment point to support the weight of an attached object. The adjustable support arm can include a lower bracket that is connected to an upper bracket by an upper arm and a lower arm. The elastomeric member counterbalances the weight of an attached object. The first end of the elastomeric member can be attached to a linkage, which can include a first, second, and third link and the second end of the elastomeric member can be attached to one of the arms. The links can be coupled to each other between the upper and lower arms such that the linkage is dynamically moveable upon movement of the support arm. |
| US11725770B2 |
Coupling systems
A coupling device comprising a base member connectable to a first item and a release member connectable to a second item, the base and release members being releasably connectable together. The base member has a front face including a pocket. The release member comprises a body which is configured to be received in the pocket in a coupled position. The pocket has an open access end through which the release member can be slidingly inserted and removed. The base member includes a stop member moveable, by an actuator, between a lock position in which the stop member interengages with the release member to prevent removal of the release member from the pocket of the base member, and a release position in which the release member can be separated from the base member. A securing apparatus for releasably securing a mobile equipment to a support surface, and including the coupling device. |
| US11725768B2 |
Vacuum adiabatic body, refrigerating or warming apparatus, and method for manufacturing vacuum adiabatic body
A vacuum adiabatic body, a refrigerating or warming apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a vacuum adiabatic body are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a first space, a second plate defining at least a portion of a wall for a second space having a second temperature different from a first temperature of the first space, and at least one conductive resistance sheet connecting the first and second plates to each other. At least one of a flange of the first plate coupled to the at least one conductive resistance sheet or a flange of the second plate coupled to the at least one conductive resistance sheet is bent. |
| US11725764B2 |
Fluid conduit interlock
A fluid conduit interlock comprises at least one retention member for engaging a fluid conduit, the or each retention member configured to be movable between a retention position for retaining the fluid conduit and a release position for releasing the fluid conduit, a valve member configured to be movable between a valve open position for opening a hollow bore and a valve closed position for closing the hollow bore, and an interlock mechanism configured to operably link the movement of the or each retention member and the movement of the valve member so that the or each retention member in the release position locks the valve member in the valve closed position and so that the valve member in the valve open position locks the or each retention member in the retention position. |
| US11725763B2 |
Pipe fitting with inner and outer seals
A pipe fitting configured to be coupled to a pipe. The pipe fitting includes a body that is elongate along a central axis that extends in a longitudinal direction. The body includes a shell, a stiffener, and a shell-stiffener. The shell includes a shell inner surface that defines a shell through hole that extends through the shell in the longitudinal direction. The stiffener is positioned within the shell through hole, and the stiffener includes a stiffener outer surface that faces the shell inner surface such that the stiffener outer surface and the shell inner surface cooperate to define a pocket configured to receive the pipe. A shell-stiffener seal member is positioned about the stiffener such that a seal member inner surface is substantially flush against the stiffener outer surface and a seal member outer surface abuts against the shell inner surface. |
| US11725759B2 |
Pipe element having wedging groove
A pipe element has a circumferential groove with a surface portion oriented at an angle with respect to its longitudinal axis. A surface portion of the groove adjacent to the angled surface portion is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A mechanical coupling has projecting keys that engage the groove. The keys have mating surfaces that contact both the perpendicular and angled surface portions of the groove. When the pipe element and coupling are used in combination to form a pipe joint, axial load on the pipe, resisted by the mechanical coupling, is shared between the perpendicular and angled surface portions which results in a pipe joint that can withstand higher internal pressure than if the axial load were borne by the perpendicular surface portion alone. |
| US11725758B2 |
Fluid line quick connector with spacer having angled surface(s)
A connector seal pack spacer and assembly are employed for use in a fluid line quick connector in an automotive application, for instance. The spacer is located beside an o-ring in installation in the fluid line quick connector. The spacer is designed and constructed with an angled surface that, upon insertion of a spigot in the fluid line quick connector, works to maintain an intended position of the o-ring in the fluid line quick connector. Unwanted mispositioning and dislodging of the o-ring is hence minimized and, in some cases, altogether precluded. |
| US11725750B2 |
Recovering used subsea pipelines
A method of recovering a used pipeline from the seabed to the surface comprises attaching a recovery cap to the pipeline at the seabed to surround an end of the pipeline, and then upending at least an end portion of the pipeline underwater suspended beneath the recovery cap. While the upended pipeline is being lifted toward the surface, hydrocarbon contaminants rising buoyantly from the interior and walls of the pipeline are captured within the recovery cap, floating on water within and surrounding the pipeline. The captured contaminants are then conveyed from the recovery cap to a reservoir that is external to the recovery cap. The reservoir can be lifted toward the surface with the upended pipeline, for example, on a lifting line attached to the recovery cap. The reservoir can expand as it fills with contaminants and as hydrostatic pressure decreases, with gas from the contaminants being vented off. |
| US11725747B1 |
Water arrestor valve assembly
A water arrestor valve assembly permits the servicing and/or replacement of a water hammer arrestor in a segment of a plumbing system. The water hammer arrestor can be isolated from the incoming and outgoing water supply by a valve or a tee-shaped valve body. In addition, the bleeder drain valve(s) can be located on the tee-shaped valve body to reduce the pressure and drain fluid before removal of the water hammer arrestor and can also be used to isolate, reduce the pressure and drain the length of piping of the fixture/appliance that is downstream of the water hammer arrestor. |
| US11725744B2 |
Self closing taps
A self closing tap (102) comprising a cartridge (12) and a tap handle interface is disclosed. The cartridge (12) comprises a piston (122), and a plunger (32). The piston (122) is comprised of a piston head (124), and a piston shaft (126), the piston shaft (126) has a longitudinal axis (A) and is fixed to the piston head (124) at a first end, and the second end of the piston shaft (126) is an engagement end (182). The plunger (32) is movably fixed to a first portion of the piston shaft (126) and adapted to move longitudinally along the first portion of the piston shaft (126). The plunger (32) has a first and second end with the second end of the plunger (32) being closer to the engagement end (182) of the piston shaft than the first end, the tap handle interface comprises a first and second recess (186, 154), the first recess (186) is adapted to receive the engagement end (182) of the piston shaft (126) and prevent rotation of the piston shaft (126) around its longitudinal axis (A), and the second recess (154) is adapted to receive at least the second end (126) of the plunger (32) and to prevent rotation of the plunger (32) around the piston shaft (126). |
| US11725740B2 |
Valve with movable shutter
A valve having a hollow body which extends along a main axis (X), in which at least one secondary body is arranged at one end of the hollow body substantially coaxial to the main axis (X) and has an inner end portion with a collar protruding towards the inner surface of the hollow body is disclosed. The hollow body has at least one annular groove in which a ring is arranged at least partially to prevent the movement of the secondary body towards the end of the hollow body, in which the ring is divided into at least two arcs configured to be inserted individually inside the groove of the hollow body to form the ring. |
| US11725736B2 |
Environmental seal and shaft seal
Embodiments of an environmental barrier and seal include physical shields to protect against mechanical damage, labyrinth features to inhibit fluid/particle intrusion, impeller features, and a brush seal. Combinations of these features are presented in various embodiments, specific to particular operating conditions, to create an environmental barrier that protects primary carbon face seals and other shaft seals. |
| US11725735B2 |
Packing device for vehicle
A packing device for a vehicle may include: a body part; a power providing part rotatably mounted in the body part, and disposed through the body part; an insertion space part disposed in the body part; and a sealing part disposed in the insertion space part, including an insert-molded structure having different materials, and configured to press against the insertion space part and the power providing part so as to prevent an oil leak. |
| US11725734B2 |
Seal assembly with a case for inducing pumping
A seal assembly includes an annular rigid support member having a centerline and including an axial portion coupleable with the outer member and a radial portion extending inwardly from the axial portion. The radial portion has an outer end formed with the axial portion and an inner end defining a central opening disposeable around the shaft and being formed asymmetrical about the centerline and/or having a varying radial distance from the centerline. An annular sealing member has an outer portion attached to the support member and an inner portion with a first end providing a sealing lip, the sealing lip sealingly engageable with a running surface about a shaft to define a sealing interface, and a second end attached to the inner end of the support member radial portion. As such, contact pressure of the sealing lip against the running surface varies about a circular perimeter of the sealing interface. |
| US11725732B2 |
Seal between mutually fixed surfaces
Seal between mutually fixed surfaces comprises a metal ring, placed between graphite layers, where sections of the metal ring to be coated with graphite have a jagged profile. Both sides of the metal ring are coated with graphite in such a way that graphite layers and the metal ring form a seamless whole. Recesses are made in the seal on both sides between graphite rings, a hole is placed in their centre. |
| US11725721B2 |
Vehicle drive apparatus that reduces or prevents an increase in oil agitation caused by a chain
An intermediate wall is provided with a return oil hole through which oil discharged from a friction engagement device returns toward an oil reservoir. A chain drive is disposed adjacent to the intermediate wall. The chain drive transmits a driving force from an input member and/or a rotary electric machine to an oil pump. There is provided an oil guide through which oil flowing through the return oil hole is guided to a region other than a chain placement region inside a case. The chain placement region is a region where a chain of the chain drive is placed. |
| US11725719B2 |
Gear wheel mechanism and manufacturing method for a gear wheel mechanism
This gear wheel mechanism includes a rotator, a first gear wheel, a second gear wheel, and a reinforcement member. The rotator is configured to be rotatable about a rotation shaft and has an elliptical shape as viewed in an axis direction of the rotation shaft. The first gear wheel includes a first base portion including a first outer circumferential surface and a first inner circumferential surface and having a hollow cylindrical shape configured to be deformable by the rotator being inserted in the axis direction of the rotation shaft and external teeth formed in the outer circumferential surface. The second gear wheel includes a second base portion including a second outer circumferential surface and a second inner circumferential surface and having a hollow cylindrical shape disposed to cover the external teeth and internal teeth which are formed at positions facing the external teeth of the second inner circumferential surface, with which the external teeth are partially engaged in accordance with deformation of the first base portion by rotation of the rotator. The reinforcement member is disposed in contact with a region of the second outer circumferential surface corresponding to a region in which the internal teeth of the second inner circumferential surface are formed. |
| US11725711B2 |
Cable system and fastener for same
A fastener is provided for receiving a cable. The fastener includes at least one through-going passageway for receiving the cable and at least one pawl like member that projects into the passage and is used for engaging the cable. |
| US11725710B2 |
Variable fluid damping
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for variable fluid damping. The apparatus comprises a mount. The apparatus also comprises a damper coupled to the mount to apply a damping force in response to movement of the mount. The apparatus further comprises an electrical element positioned to correspond to the damper. The apparatus additionally comprises a rheological fluid disposed in the damper. The rheological fluid changes viscosity in response to a change in an output of the electrical element to change the damping force of the damper. The apparatus also comprises a controller to provide input to the electrical element in response to a normal operating condition or an emergency operating condition. |
| US11725709B2 |
Rotation damper with a magnetorheological fluid and damping method
A rotation damper has a housing, a magnetic field source and a damper shaft designed as a hollow shaft, and a coupling rod arranged inside the damper shaft. The hollow shaft and the coupling rod form interacting transmission units and convert a relative axial movement of the coupling rod into a rotational movement of the hollow shaft. A displacer unit is arranged in the housing. The displacer unit includes the damper shaft and meshing displacer components that are rotatable in relation to each other. The displacer unit contains a magnetorheological fluid as the working fluid and can be operated thereby. The magnetic field source is configured for applying a magnetic field to the displacer components in order to dampen a rotational movement of the damper shaft. |
| US11725705B2 |
Braking torque sensor of brake
A braking torque sensor of a brake is provided, the braking torque sensor includes: a long circular shaft hole arranged on a brake arm of the brake; a connecting plate configured to detect a braking displacement which is generated by the hinge shaft of the brake element in a long circular shaft hole and varies with the magnitude of the friction force when the braking action is performed by the brake, and convert the detected displacement into a plate deformation of the connecting plate; and a tension sensor configured to convert the plate deformation generated due to the braking action on the connecting plate into force information, and transmit the force information outwards in a form of electrical signal or digital signal. The detection result of the braking torque sensor is consistent with the actual result, so that an abnormal condition of the brake can be detected in time. |
| US11725701B1 |
Disconnect clutch assembly shaft with cap
A clutch assembly includes a shaft, a seal plate supported by the shaft, and a cap connect to the shaft. The shaft includes a first end and a second end axially spaced from each other. The cap is disposed at the second end. The cap includes a base covering the second end, and a wall extending from the base towards the first end. The wall is configured to axially constrain the seal plate. |
| US11725688B2 |
Flat roof mounting device
A mounting device for covering a roof penetration in a roof includes a base formed from a sheet of material. The base includes a top, a bottom, a socket depending from the top toward the bottom, and an outer perimeter structure encircling the socket and depending downward from the top to the bottom. An internal reservoir is defined between the top and bottom of the base for holding a sealant against and in cooperation with the roof. The internal reservoir includes an upper cavity and a lower cavity. The upper cavity is bound within the socket. The lower cavity continuously encircles the socket and extends both below the socket and between the socket and the outer perimeter structure. |
| US11725687B2 |
Anchoring washer for an EME protection cap system
A cap system for enclosing a metallic fastener assembly extending through a structure, which includes a first securement mechanism positioned about a periphery of a washer of the metallic fastener assembly wherein the first securement mechanism includes a first tab member extending in a direction transverse to a plane of a surface of the washer and a second tab member extending in a direction transverse to the plane of the surface of the washer spaced apart from the first tab member about the periphery of the washer. Cap system further includes a cap member which includes a sidewall having an inner surface which defines a cavity dimensioned to receive the washer and defines a second securement mechanism complementary configured to engage the first securement mechanism; and an end of the sidewall of the cap member defines an opening which provides the washer to have access into the cavity. |
| US11725686B1 |
Rotation locking device for T-bolt
A T-bolt locking device provides positive engagement of a T-bolt with a track as well as prevents disengagement from the track when loosening the T-bolt sufficiently to allow movement of an accessory along a slot in the track to a new position. Tightening the accessory onto the T-bolt secures flanges of the head of the T-bolt against an inner surface of the track while fixing the accessory to the track. The T-bolt locking device comprises opposing tabs configured to pass through the slot in the track and receive the flanges of the head of the T-bolt, whereby the locking device is in the engaged position, preventing rotation of the head of the T-bolt in relation to the tabs. When fastening the T-bolt and locking device, if the locking device does not seat against the track surface, this indicates that the T-bolt is under-rotated and not properly engaged with the track because the opposing tabs of the locking device are contacting the upper face of the T-bolt flange. This prevents the opposing flanges of the head of the T-bolt from being received between the terminal inner surfaces of the tabs of the locking device, and thus, prevents the accessory from being tightened against the track. |
| US11725671B2 |
Fan motor
A fan motor includes a housing, a rotating shaft that is rotatably disposed in the housing and extends through the housing, an impeller rotatably disposed at the rotating shaft, a first vane disposed adjacent to the impeller and configured to guide a flow of air generated by the impeller, a rotor disposed at the rotating shaft and spaced apart from the impeller in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, a stator that is disposed in the housing and surrounds the rotor, the stator and the rotor defining an air gap therebetween, and a second vane coupled to the stator and disposed downstream relative to the first vane in a flow direction of the flow of air. The second vane is in contact with at least a part of an inner surface of the housing. |
| US11725664B2 |
Noise and vibration management for smoke evacuation system
A system for noise and vibration management of a smoke evacuation system includes a pump that compresses air and produces a pressure differential within an airflow path. The pump may be a sealed, positive displacement pump. The system includes vibration absorption mechanisms disposed between inner and outer housings, as well as on the outside surface of the outer housing. Methods of controlling and regulating a motor of the system to preserve the lifespan of the motor and maintain consistent airflow rates throughout the smoke evacuation system include varying a supply of electrical current to the motor so that it can operate at variable performance levels. Orifices are opened and closed in order to relieve resistance pressures within the airflow path due to clogging and blockages. |
| US11725658B2 |
Screw compressor with male and female rotors
The present application provides a screw compressor that comprises a first male rotor and a second male rotor, each of the first male rotor and the second male rotor having convex-helical teeth, the first male rotor and the second male rotor being rigidly connected together; a first female rotor and a second female rotor, each of the first female rotor and the second female rotor having concave-helical teeth, the first female rotor being arranged separately from and opposite to each other; wherein the convex-helical teeth of the first male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the first female rotor, and the convex-helical teeth of the second male rotor are engaged with the concave-helical teeth of the second female rotor. The male rotors in the screw compressor are symmetrically so that the axial force exerted on the first male rotor counteract with the axial force exerted on the second male rotor. |
| US11725654B2 |
Method for conveying a fluid through a screw pump, and screw pump
A method for conveying a fluid through a screw pump, wherein at least one drive spindle of the screw pump is driven by an asynchronous motor, wherein, the asynchronous motor is operated at a first nominal frequency, a gas/liquid mixture being conveyed as fluid, a measurable variable depending on a liquid content of the fluid is registered, and after a fulfillment of a frequency-change condition depending on the measurable variable the asynchronous motor is operated at a second nominal frequency, reduced in comparison with the first nominal frequency. |
| US11725650B2 |
Liquid feeder
A liquid feeder switches a flow path of a liquid having flowed in from an inflow port to one of a flow path communicating with a first base communication port and a bypass outflow path. When a pump is attached to a base, the bypass outflow path is closed to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow to the pump. When the pump is removed from the base, the bypass outflow path is opened to allow the liquid having flowed in from the inflow port to flow from the bypass outflow path to the outflow port. The liquid feeder is able to prevent liquid leakage when a pump of a liquid feeder is replaced or repaired. |
| US11725645B2 |
Automated control mechanisms and methods for controlling fluid flow in a hemodialysis apparatus
Automated control mechanisms and methods for controlling fluid flow in a hemodialysis apparatus are described. The methods can involve a controller receiving information from a pressure sensor in a control chamber of a reciprocating diaphragm-based blood pump and causing the application of a time-varying pressure waveform on a diaphragm of the blood pump during a fill-stroke of the blood pump. The controller can be configured and programmed to monitor a pressure variation in the control chamber measured by the pressure sensor and to compare the measured pressure variation to a pre-determined value. Based on such comparison, the controller can initiate a procedure to pause or stop a dialysate pump of the hemodialysis apparatus if the magnitude of the measured pressure variation deviates from the pre-determined value. |
| US11725642B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes a compressor body configured to compress a refrigerant. The compressor body includes a cylinder, a discharge valve, a groove, a gas hole, and a flow restrictor. The cylinder receives a piston. The discharge valve is configured to open and close one side of the cylinder and define a compression space for the refrigerant together with the piston. The groove is defined in an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder and into which at least a portion of the refrigerant discharged through the discharge valve is introduced. The gas hole is defined in the groove to pass through the cylinder. The flow restrictor includes twisting wires made of different materials and is disposed to be wound around the groove. |
| US11725640B2 |
Electroosmotic pump
The present invention discloses a path-type liquid medicine delivery electro-osmosis pump that can be applied to a wearable medicine device.An electro osmosis pump according to the present invention includes: a connector provided with a liquid medicine inlet and a liquid medicine outlet; a check valve assembly combined to one side of the connector; and a driver that is connected to the other side of the connector and moves the liquid medicine toward the liquid medicine outlet by applying pressure to the liquid medicine while being separated from the liquid medicine, which passes through the check valve assembly. |
| US11725639B2 |
Swash plate-type axial, piston pump
A swash plate-type axial piston pump, in particular for hydraulic systems, has a cylinder drum (3) rotatable about an axis of rotation (7) in a pump housing (1) and in which pistons (9) are arranged axially movable. The actuating ends of the pistons are accessible from outside of the cylinder drum (3) and are supported at least indirectly on a swash plate (15). In order to set the stroke of the pistons (9) and the fluid system pressure generated, the swash plate can be swiveled to the desired angle of inclination relative to the axis of rotation (7) by an adjustment device (21), which has at least one swiveling lever (23) that can be deflected and returned in at least one direction by an actuator and that each has in at least one hydraulically actuated actuating cylinder (31, 43) one actuating piston (35) acting on one end on an articulation point (29) of the swivel lever (23). One actuating piston (35, 47) has at its end, facing away from the articulation point (29), a guide surface (73), which is an integral part of the actuating piston (35, 47) and is in contact with an assigned guide surface (33, 45) of the actuating cylinder (31, 43). At least one compensator (75, 70, 59) is orients the guide surfaces (73; 33, 45) in their respective positions relative to each other. |
| US11725637B2 |
Apparatus and method for harvesting vibration energy from a rotating object
Energy harvesters (EH) which can effectively harvest wasted vibrational/kinematic energy and convert it into electrical energy for battery-free sensor operation are described herein. The energy harvesters can be integrated with a power management circuit and a wireless sensor for monitoring wind turbine blades. The target application of the energy harvesters includes powering the wireless sensors used for wind turbine blade structural monitoring. |
| US11725631B2 |
Method for testing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade for a wind power installation, and rotor blade component
A method for testing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade for a wind power installation, comprising: dividing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade for a wind power installation into two, three or more rotor blade component segments, forming cutouts in a connection interface at a connection end of one of the rotor blade component segments. A rotor blade component segment of a rotor blade for a wind power installation, the rotor blade component segment comprising a connection end which has been formed by dividing a rotor blade component of a rotor blade for a wind power installation into two, three or more rotor blade component segments, a connection interface at the connection end of the rotor blade component segment, and cutouts which are formed in the connection interface and serve for connection of the rotor blade component segment to a test stand. |
| US11725625B2 |
Distributed reinforcement learning and consensus control of energy systems
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for utilizing distributed reinforcement learning and consensus control to most effectively generate and utilize energy. In some embodiments, individual turbines within a wind farm may communicate to reach a consensus as to the desired yaw angle based on the wind conditions. |
| US11725621B2 |
Power take-off apparatus for a wave energy converter and wave energy converter comprising the same
A power take-off apparatus for a wave energy converter of point absorber type, includes a cylinder attachable to a floating device, a piston that reciprocates inside the cylinder and has a piston rod attachable to a mooring, at least one penstock with a first end in communication with a second end of the cylinder through a first opening, and a second end having a second opening, and a housing above a cylinder first end. The housing communicates with the penstock through the second opening and with the cylinder through a third opening in the housing such that the cylinder, penstock and the housing form a closed loop for a fluid in the power take-off apparatus. A water turbine is arranged inside the housing so that working fluid entering the housing from the at least one penstock causes rotation of the water turbine to drive an electrical generator connected thereto. |
| US11725620B2 |
Underwater hydroelectric power generation system including a pelton turbine and perforated tubular penstocks
An underwater turbo-generator unit for producing electrical power has a pressure-resistant shell that defines a sealed internal chamber. At least one water inlet extends through the shell to effect fluid communication between the chamber and a body of water surrounding the shell. A turbine is supported within the chamber to turn on a spin axis in response to admission of a flow of water into the chamber via the or each water inlet. The shell is arranged to maintain a gas-filled space within the chamber, facilitating the use of a Pelton turbine that turns about a vertical spin axis. The or each water inlet communicates with at least one tubular penstock structure that can be supported by the unit outside the shell. The chamber communicates with, and drains water into, a fluid storage volume such as a pipeline positioned at a level beneath the chamber. |
| US11725612B1 |
Method and system for rationalizing a temperature within an engine system
Systems and methods for determining whether or not a temperature sensor is degraded are presented. In one example, a determination of degradation of the temperature sensor is based on a difference between a temperature determined from output of the temperature sensor and an estimate of a temperature of a pressure sensor. |
| US11725609B2 |
Passive infrared reduction device
A line of sight blocker including a cover defining a duct bounded by the cover and a heated surface when the cover is fastened over the heated surface. The cover blocks transmission of infrared radiation emitted from the heated surface; the cover comprises a material having a lower thermal conductivity than the heated surface; and the duct comprises a vent and a path for latent heat from the heated surface to escape through the vent. |
| US11725607B2 |
Hot air engine having a step piston
According to an embodiment of a hot air engine, the hot air engine includes a transmission with a connecting rod and a double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has a first section with a larger diameter and a second section with a smaller diameter, and is arranged in a cylinder. The double-acting step piston is at least partially hollow and the connecting rod extends through the second section and is articulatedly connected in the first section of the double-acting step piston. The double-acting step piston has sealing rings both in the first section and in the second section. |
| US11725603B1 |
Systems and methods for air-fuel ratio imbalance monitor
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include determining presence of a zone flow based on a comparison of a first exhaust sensor and a second exhaust sensor. The presence or absence of the zone flow may determine a rate at which an air-fuel ratio is adjusted. |
| US11725600B1 |
Method of controlling opening speed of purge valve according to purge gas concentration and active purge system thereof
A method controls an opening speed of a purge valve according to the purge gas concentration implemented by an active purge system (APS). A purge controller varies, when a valve opening speed of a purge control solenoid valve (PCSV) is controlled, the valve opening speed of the PCSV using any one among a low concentration rate coefficient, a high concentration rate coefficient, a coolant temperature rate coefficient, and an ambient air temperature rate coefficient, and performs the purge control using a difference between the valve opening speeds, and thus dualizes the valve opening speed of the PCSV according to a hydrocarbon (HC) concentration, thereby stably controlling the air-fuel ratio, and simultaneously, securing the purge rate and relatively stably control an air-fuel ratio in a state of high concentration purge execution. |
| US11725598B2 |
Method for controlling engine braking in a vehicle
A method for controlling engine braking in a vehicle comprises: determining a position of a throttle operator; determining a speed of the vehicle; and determining an engine braking mode selected. In response to the position of the throttle operator being a fully released position and the selected braking mode being a first engine braking mode: controlling an engine and a position of a throttle valve according to the first engine braking mode for applying a first level of engine braking. In response to the position of the throttle operator being the fully released position and the selected braking mode being the second engine braking mode: controlling the engine and the position of the throttle valve according to the second engine braking mode based at least on the speed of the vehicle for applying a second level of engine braking. A vehicle implementing the method is also disclosed. |
| US11725596B2 |
Intake control device
An intake control device 1 includes: a body 3 including an intake passage 2; and a valve body 4 located in the intake passage 2. The intake passage 2 includes a direction continuation segment 13 in which a first major axis direction d1 and a second major axis direction d2 are approximately parallel to each other continuously from a downstream opening 6 of the body 3. The body 3 includes a seal plane 14 formed along a plane that intersects with part of the direction continuation segment 13. The valve body 4 includes a valve plane 15 formed by a plane that abuts the seal plane 14, and is configured to slide relative to the seal plane 14 via the valve plane 15 to adjust an opening degree of the intake passage 2. |
| US11725595B2 |
Control logic for gas turbine engine fuel economy
A method of operating an engine of a multi-engine aircraft includes sequentially operating the engine through a plurality of cycles, each cycle including a breathing-in phase followed by a breathing-out phase. The breathing-in phase includes: i) in response to a speed of a rotor of the engine being at a sub-idle threshold, opening variable guide vanes upstream a compressor and injecting fuel into the combustor to increase rotor speed to a pre-determined upper threshold, and then ii) in response to the rotor speed reaching the pre-determined upper threshold, reducing a supply rate of fuel into the combustor and substantially closing the variable guide vanes. The breathing-out phase includes maintaining the variable guide vanes closed at least until the speed drops from the pre-determined upper threshold to the pre-determined sub-idle threshold. |
| US11725593B2 |
Gas turbine and method for adjusting flow rate of fuel supplied thereto
A gas turbine including a fuel gas supply system to supply fuel gas via a fuel piping to a gas turbine combustor, a pressure control valve installed halfway along the fuel piping, a flow control valve installed in the fuel piping at downstream of the pressure control valve, and a control device configured that in a case where a flow rate change occurs in the fuel gas flowing through the fuel gas supply system, along with a tendency of change in an opening degree of the pressure control valve or a pressure P1 at upstream of the pressure control valve, a command value of the flow rate of the fuel gas that is determined based on a demand value of a gas turbine load is adjusted so that the change is suppressed in the opening degree of the pressure control valve or the pressure P1. |
| US11725591B2 |
High power epicyclic gearbox and operation thereof
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft including: an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan including a plurality of fan blades; a gearbox that can receive an input from the core shaft, and can output drive to a fan shaft via an output of the gearbox so as to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft; and a fan shaft mounting structure arranged to mount the fan shaft within the engine, the fan shaft mounting structure including at least two supporting bearings connected to the fan shaft. A fan-gearbox axial distance is defined as the axial distance between the output of the gearbox and the fan axial centreline, the fan-gearbox axial distance being greater than or equal to 0.35 m. |
| US11725590B2 |
Turbomachine and gear assembly
A turbomachine engine and gear assembly is provided. The engine includes a first power input component rotatable along a first direction relative to the engine centerline axis, a second power input component rotatable along a second direction relative to the engine centerline axis, a power output component rotatable relative to the engine centerline axis, a static component fixed relative to a circumferential direction relative to a gear assembly centerline axis, and a gear assembly. The gear assembly includes a first rotatable gear operably coupled to the first power input component at a first interface. The first rotatable gear is operably coupled to the static component at a static component interface. The static component interface is configured to react against the first rotatable gear to rotate the first rotatable gear relative to the gear assembly centerline axis. The power output component is operably coupled to the first rotatable gear. |
| US11725585B2 |
Fuel delivery pump selection
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a pump selector system can include a primary pump fluidly connected to provide a primary flow to a fluid destination, a secondary pump fluidly connected to provide a secondary flow to the fluid destination, and a selector valve disposed downstream of the primary pump and the secondary pump. The selector valve can be configured to toggle between a first position configured to allow flow from the primary pump to flow to the fluid destination and to block flow from the secondary pump to the fluid destination, and a second position configured to allow flow from the secondary pump to flow to the fluid destination and to block flow from the primary pump to the fluid destination. |
| US11725584B2 |
Heat engine with heat exchanger
A heat engine comprising a compressor providing a flow of compressed air from a core flowpath of the heat engine; a cooled cooling air (CCA) heat exchanger system to which the flow of compressed air is provided from the compressor; a coolant supply system providing a flow of coolant to the CCA heat exchanger in thermal communication with the flow of compressed air at the CCA heat exchanger, in which the coolant supply system and CCA heat exchanger together define a CCA circuit through which the compressed air flows in thermal communication with the coolant; and a hot section disposed downstream of the compressor section along the core flowpath through which combustion gases flow, in which the hot section defines a secondary flowpath through which the flow of compressed air from the CCA heat exchanger is provided. |
| US11725574B2 |
Operation mechanism of turbocharger
An operation mechanism of a turbocharger includes: a driving member undergoes a reciprocating movement; a link plate rotationally coupled to the driving member through a first hinge-portion, wherein a first rotation-center of the first hinge-portion is moves linearly along a virtual line in a reciprocating manner in response to the reciprocating movement; and an operation lever. The operation lever includes: a first end operates a flow regulator of the turbocharger, wherein a swing center of the operation lever is located at the first end; and a second end rotationally coupled to the link plate through a second hinge-portion including a second rotation-center, wherein the second end is swings relative to the swing center when the first rotation-center moves linearly along the virtual line, and wherein a distance from the swing center to the second rotation-center is shorter than a distance from the swing center to the virtual line. |
| US11725573B2 |
Two-passage exhaust system for an engine
An exhaust system includes a housing comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion separated by a common wall. The first housing portion has a first exhaust passage therethrough. The first exhaust passage has a first inlet receiving exhaust gasses from a turbocharger. The second housing portion has a second exhaust passage therethrough. The second exhaust passage has a second inlet receiving gasses from an exhaust bypass valve. The first passage and the second passage are non-intersecting within the housing. |
| US11725570B2 |
Engine piston, engine, hand-held tool, and method of manufacturing an engine piston
A two-stroke engine piston (1) is disclosed comprising a piston top (3), a mantle surface (5), a stratified scavenging channel (7) in the mantle surface (5), and a weight reduction space (9) arranged between the piston top (3) and the stratified scavenging channel (7). The weight reduction space (9) has a largest first axial extent (a1) at the mantle surface (5) and a second axial extent (a2) radially inside the mantle surface (5), and wherein the second axial extent (a2) is greater than the largest first axial extent (a1). The present disclosure further relates to an engine (30), a hand-held tool (40), and a method of manufacturing an engine piston (1). |
| US11725564B2 |
Diagnostic methods for a high efficiency exhaust aftertreatment system
A method includes acquiring nitrogen oxide (NOx) data indicative of a first amount of NOx in an exhaust flow exiting an engine and a second amount of NOx in the exhaust flow exiting an exhaust aftertreatment system coupled to the engine where the exhaust aftertreatment system including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system including a SCR catalyst; determining a NOx conversion efficiency fault is present within the exhaust aftertreatment system based on the first amount of NOx and the second amount of NOx; monitoring an actual amount of NOx in the exhaust flow downstream of the SCR catalyst; determining an expected amount of NOx downstream of the SCR catalyst; and determining the SCR catalyst is responsible for the NOx conversion efficiency fault in response to the actual amount of NOx differing from the expected amount of NOx by more than a threshold amount. |
| US11725562B2 |
Systems and methods for hot air injection into exhaust ports
Methods and systems are provided for reducing emissions during an engine cold start. In one example, a method may include, during emission control device heating, injecting heated air into an exhaust runner of each cylinder of the engine during an exhaust stroke of the corresponding cylinder, after a blowdown exhaust pulse. In this way, an amount of hydrocarbons in feedgas provided to the emission control device prior to the emission control device reaching its light-off temperature may be reduced. |
| US11725561B2 |
Systems and methods for sampling exhaust gas
A sampling assembly for an exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a body layer, an outer bowl, a first sampler, and an inner bowl. The body layer defines a cylindrical passage. The outer bowl is coupled to the body layer. The first sampler extends circumferentially along the body layer to the outer bowl. The first sampler includes a first sampler channel and a first sampler aperture. The first sampler channel is configured to provide exhaust gas into the outer bowl. The first sampler aperture is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the cylindrical passage and provide the exhaust gas into the first sampler channel. The inner bowl is disposed at least partially within the outer bowl and configured to receive the exhaust gas from the outer bowl and provide the exhaust gas into the cylindrical passage. |
| US11725554B2 |
Insert assembly unit for a muffler of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine
An insert assembly unit for a muffler of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine includes two walls (12, 14) arranged at spaced locations from one another. Each of the two walls has a circumferential edge area (20, 22) configured for fixing at a circumferential wall of a muffler. An exhaust gas flow unit (26) is arranged between the two walls. The exhaust gas flow unit includes a flow duct area (34) with an exhaust gas outer flow opening (38) to be positioned directed towards an opening in a circumferential wall of a muffler, a first mounting duct area (40) with a first mounting opening (44) for fixing the exhaust gas flow unit at a first wall of the walls, and a second mounting duct area (42) with a second mounting opening (46) for fixing the exhaust gas flow unit at a second wall of the walls. |
| US11725551B2 |
Filter element of a filter for purifying fluids, insertion adapter, and filter
A filter element arranged exchangeably in a filter housing of a filter has a filter medium delimiting an element interior. An end body arranged at the filter medium has a fastening region surrounding the interior opening that communicates with the element interior. An insertion adapter for connecting the filter element to a fluid connector of the filter housing has an insertion sleeve insertable axially into the fastening region of the end body. The inward side of the fastening region is provided with a material that is initially flexible during manufacture of the filter element and hardens later on. The insertion sleeve has a holding element radially outwardly arranged at the circumference. With inserted insertion sleeve, the holding element is arranged in the fastening region. The initially flexible material of the fastening region flows behind the holding element and forms a form fit connection with the holding element when hardened. |
| US11725550B2 |
Control method, controller, and control program for controlling lubricating system, computer-readable medium carrying control program, lubricating system, and vehicle
A lubricating system of an engine equipped with an idle reduction system includes an oil cooler, a remotely operable valve configured to open and close a bypass passage that bypasses the oil cooler, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform the steps of: controlling the valve so that a temperature of lubricating oil approaches a target temperature; and lowering the target temperature when an average torque of the engine is less than a predetermined threshold. |
| US11725545B2 |
Internal combustion engine with camshaft valve phase variation device
A combustion engine for a vehicle includes a device for changing the timing of suction/relief valves with respect to the drive shaft. The device includes a first disc idly mounted to the camshaft and has a first side defining first slot tracks. A second disc is integral with the camshaft and includes second slot tracks facing the first side of the first disc. Drive elements transmit motion between the first disc and the second disc and each is accommodated between corresponding two of the partially facing tracks. As centrifugal forces caused by the rotation speed of the camshaft changes, each drive elements moves between a first reference position and a second reference position which are close to and far from the rotation axis of the camshaft, respectively. A phase changer device exerts a force which tends to oppose movement of said drive elements towards the second reference position. |
| US11725541B2 |
Method and device for removing and/or installing an annular component
A device for removing and/or installing an annular component, which is arranged at a position within a turbine housing, which position is accessible via an access point of the turbine housing. A method for removing and for installing a component of this type by a device of this type. |
| US11725530B1 |
Offtake scoops for bleed pressure recovery in gas turbine engines
An example gas turbine engine includes a compressor including a casing defining a passageway and a shaft extending through the passageway. The shaft drivingly coupling the compressor and a turbine of the gas turbine engine. The shaft has an opening to receive airflow from the passageway. The gas turbine engine also includes an inner shroud, stator vanes coupled to and extending radially between the casing and the inner shroud, and an offtake scoop disposed on a downstream side of the inner shroud. The offtake scoop has a channel to direct the airflow radially inward toward the opening in the shaft. |
| US11725525B2 |
Engine section stator vane assembly with band stiffness features for turbine engines
An engine section stator for a gas turbine engine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The engine section stator includes an inner band, an outer band spaced radially outwardly from the inner band, and a series of spaced apart aerofoils extending the inner and outer bands. The engine section stator includes a stiffness feature that extends away from one of the inner and outer bands of the engine section stator. The stiffness feature configured to increase the high cycle fatigue strength of the aerofoils without impeding airflow passing between the inner and outer bands. |
| US11725523B2 |
Microstructure geometry for thermal barrier coatings to mitigate CMAS attack
Thermal barrier coatings and methods to make such coatings present improved resistance to CMAS infiltration. The method for forming a thermal barrier coating includes applying a layer of the thermal barrier coating to a component having a surface, forming a plurality of first channels in the thermal barrier coating, and forming a plurality of second channels in the thermal barrier coating. The first channels extend through a thickness of the thermal barrier coating from an interface with the surface of the component to a free surface opposite the interface. The second channels are disposed between the free surface and the interface and extending lengthwise generally parallel to the free surface of the thermal barrier coating, wherein the thermal barrier coating comprises a material comprising yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) or yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). |
| US11725521B2 |
Leading edge hybrid cavities for airfoils of gas turbine engine
Core assemblies for manufacturing airfoils and airfoils made therefrom are described. The core assemblies having a leading edge hybrid skin core positioned relative to a plurality of core bodies and configured to define a leading edge cavity at a leading edge of the manufactured airfoil. The leading edge hybrid skin core extends from a root region toward a tip region in a radial direction, the leading edge hybrid skin core extends above at least one of the plurality of core bodies to define an exit in a tip region of the manufactured airfoil, and the leading edge hybrid skin core has a height-to-width ratio of about 0.8 or less. |
| US11725514B2 |
Bolter
A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel. |
| US11725510B2 |
Fluid identification and saturation estimation using CSEM and seismic data
A method for fluid identification and saturation estimation in subsurface rock formations using the Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) data and Seismic Data by calculating the fluid saturation (Sfl) in a reservoir given the resistivity obtained from CSEM data, and acoustic impedance obtained from the seismic data, comprising the following steps: a) obtaining wireline data within a zone of interest in a nearby well and determining the resistivity of water by calibrating the background resistivity trend with a reference Sfl curve, b) obtaining inverted CSEM survey data from a subsurface zone of interest, c) obtaining inverted seismic data in the form of Acoustic Impedance (AI), d) bringing both the inverted CSEM and acoustic impedance data to a same domain; time or depth, f) calculating fluid saturation using a rock physics model inputting the resistivity of water along with inverted CSEM and acoustic impedance data, resulting in a Sfl profile. |
| US11725508B2 |
Crude oil parameter detection device
The present disclosure relates to a crude oil parameter detection device, which includes a liquid cavity constituted by a first housing, a flow measurement cavity constituted by a second housing, a detection cavity constituted by a third housing, and a processing module; the flow measurement cavity is in-built in the liquid cavity; the first housing includes a first liquid inlet and a first liquid outlet; the second housing includes a second liquid inlet and a second liquid outlet; the second liquid outlet is in communication with the first liquid outlet through a liquid outlet pipeline; a float assembly is in-built in the flow measurement cavity, which includes a float and a float connection rod integrally connected with the float, and an end of the float connection rod is connected to a detection part; the detection cavity at least internally comprises a position detection module; the position detection module detects a position of the detection part at the end of the float connection rod to obtain a float height detection signal; and the processing module calculates a flow rate of measured crude oil according to the float height detection signal. The present disclosure can safely meter the crude oil flow rate of a crude oil transport pipeline and meet the accuracy of metering the crude oil. |
| US11725507B2 |
Generating tube waves within a wellbore using an electrohydraulic discharge source
A method for collecting data relating to characteristics of a wellbore by generating tube waves within the wellbore using an electro-hydraulic discharge (EHD) source includes generating tube waves that propagate within a fluid column of a wellbore using an EHD source, where the fluid column is defined by a casing string within the wellbore. The method also includes allowing at least a portion of the generated tube waves to interact with acoustic impedance boundaries that act as reflectors within the wellbore, creating reflected tube waves that propagate within the fluid column. The method further includes recording data corresponding to the generated tube waves and the reflected tube waves using a receiver, where the recorded data relate to characteristics of the reflectors within the wellbore. |
| US11725504B2 |
Contactless real-time 3D mapping of surface equipment
Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for providing a photonic sensing system to perform an automated method to characterize displacement of equipment surfaces and monitor changes in real-time. A three-dimensional (3D) point cloud of one or more objects is generated by an analysis and presentation system using light information collected through structured light illumination by an array of structured-light sensors (SLSes) directed toward the one or more objects. Generating the point cloud includes defining points of the 3D point cloud that are relative to reference points on the one or more objects. Real-time contactless 3D surface measurements of the one or more objects are performed using the 3D point cloud. Changes in one or more parts of the one or more objects are determined by the an analysis and presentation system by analyzing the real-time contactless 3D surface measurements. |
| US11725495B2 |
Crowding avoidance apparatus and method
A crowding avoidance sub (CAS), in or above a bottom hole assembly (BHA), e.g., between drill string and BHA, sends sensor data over lines in a modified housing and flex lines accommodating and reporting relative axial motion between movable parts of a single sub, typically below a cushion, jar, or shock sub, possibly even a motor. Sensors connected to an Intellisys™ data connection system provide a data stream to a computer at the surface, and may include downhole preprocessing, but need not. The drive system of the hook feed rate is directly controlled in real time by a data station receiving, and operating based on, “travel” or “progress” information received from downhole sensors of the CAS indicating effectively instantly and electronically (rather than slower signals through drilling fluid) whenever the string progresses dangerously faster than the bit, and must be slowed or stopped. |
| US11725494B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatically modifying a drilling path in response to a reversal of a predicted trend
A system and method of directionally steering a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) by receiving data indicative of a directional trend of the BHA and a projection to bit depth; determining a location of the BHA based on the received data; comparing the location of the BHA to a planned drilling path to identify an amount of deviation; automatically creating a modified drilling path based on the amount of deviation and a predicted trend of a downhole parameter; detecting a trend of the downhole parameter while drilling along the modified drilling path; and automatically creating a further modified drilling path when the trend of the downhole parameter is a reversal of the predicted trend of the downhole parameter. The predicted trend of the downhole parameter is an increase of a d-exponent factor or a d-exponent-corrected factor with an increase in depth. |
| US11725489B2 |
Intelligent, real-time response to changes in oilfield equilibrium
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described for intelligent, real-time monitoring and managing of changes in oilfield equilibrium to optimize production of desired hydrocarbons and economic viability of the field. In some examples, a method can involve generating, based on a topology of a field of wells, a respective graph for the wells, each respective graph including computing devices coupled with one or more sensors and/or actuators. The method can involve collecting, via the computing devices, respective parameters associated with one or more computing devices, sensors, actuators, and/or models, and identifying a measured state associated with the computing devices, sensors, actuators, and/or models. Further, the method can involve automatically generating, based on the respective graph and respective parameters, a decision tree for the measured state, and determining, based on the decision tree, an automated adjustment for modifying production of hydrocarbons and/or an economic parameter of the hydrocarbon production. |
| US11725486B2 |
Systems and methods for downhole deployment of containers
A downhole tool system may include one or more containers to hold waste product and a tractor to convey the one or more containers to a storage location within a wellbore. The downhole tool system may also include an anchor to seal against the wellbore and secure the containers at the storage location. Additionally, the downhole tool system may include a disconnect tool to separate the tractor from the containers such that the tractor may be removed from the wellbore while leaving the containers at the storage location. |
| US11725484B2 |
Method of generating a drill hole sequence plan and drill hole sequence planning equipment
Drill hole sequence planning equipment 14 includes a position determining module 18 for determining an initial location of a mobile drill rig 12. A selection module 24 selects a destination location for the drill rig 12. A corridor establishment module 26 establishes a corridor between the initial location of the drill rig 12 and its destination location, the corridor having a selected width. A processing unit 28 is responsive to the modules 18, 24 and 26 for selecting a hole location of each hole within the corridor to be drilled by the drill rig 12 sequentially as it moves from its initial location to its destination location. |
| US11725481B2 |
Wet-mate retrievable filter system
A mandrel in production tubing within a well has a side pocket with an inlet port for connection to an upper control line segment that extends upward alongside the production tubing. An outlet port is below the inlet port for connection to a lower control line segment extending below the pocket. A filter assembly is lowered through the production tubing into the pocket. A valve at a lower end of the pocket is movable from a closed position closing the outlet port to an open position opening the outlet port. A probe mounted to a lower end of the filter assembly engages and pushes the valve from the closed position to the open position while the filter assembly is being seated in the pocket. |
| US11725478B2 |
Flow control device, method, and system
A flow control device including a housing having a flow port therein, the flow port including a first end and a second end, a first gate having a specific gravity greater than water disposed in the housing adjacent a first end of the port and movable between a position of nonobstruction of the first end of the port and a position of obstruction of the first end of the port; and a second gate disposed in the housing, the second gate having a specific gravity about the same as a specific gravity of formation water in a formation in which the device is intended to be employed, the second gate disposed to control flow at the second end of the port. |
| US11725476B2 |
Method and system for electrical control of downhole well tool
The present disclosure provides a valve assembly comprising a valve section, a power section, and an electronics section. The valve assembly is configured to mate with a tubing sub (and/or mandrel) inserted in-line with a tubing string inserted into a wellbore. The valve allows for injection into or production from the tubing string. The valve assembly comprises an electric motor and a motor controller permitting fine control over the valve, as well as sensors which measure various parameters, such as fluid flow, valve position, pressure, temperature, and/or water cut. A cable connects the valve assembly to the surface and provides power and data telemetry and allows control of the valve assembly with a remote electronic signal. Multiple valve assemblies may be provided at spaced intervals along the tubing string and individually monitored and/or controlled by a remote location. Also disclosed is a method for operation of such valve assemblies. |
| US11725475B2 |
Drill pipe conveyed permanent bridge plug with integral casing scraper
An integral permanent bridge plug assembly for a wellbore. The integral permanent bridge plug assembly includes a permanent bridge plug mounted to a cylindrical body, a setting sleeve, a bottom connection, an engagement assembly mounted to an outer diameter of the cylindrical body that is selectively extendible between a recessed position and an extended position, and a scraper including a plurality of blades and configured to engage the wellbore tubular in which the permanent bridge plug is to be set. The wellbore has a wellbore tubular having an internal diameter surface. When deployed, the integral permanent bridge plug assembly is configured to both scrape the internal diameter surface of the wellbore tubular and set an isolation barrier in a single trip into the wellbore. |
| US11725474B2 |
Automation of packer inflation
The disclosure provides for a method for setting an inflatable packer. The method includes positioning an inflatable packer within a borehole, and pumping fluid into an inflatable element of the inflatable packer using a pump that is driven by a motor. The method includes measuring pressure of the inflatable element, determining a derivative of the measured pressure with respect to time, and determining onset of restraining of the inflatable element has occurred. Upon or after determining the onset of restraining, the method includes turning off the motor or slowing down an rpm of the motor. The disclosure also provides for a system, including a computer readable medium with processor-executable instructions stored thereon that are configured to instruct a processor to execute a pressure control algorithm to control a speed of the motor in response to pressure measurement data from the pressure sensor. |
| US11725473B2 |
System and method for protecting a packer during deployment
A system and method protect a packer during deployment in a borehole. The system comprises a shaft, the packer, a protective member, a movement mechanism, and an expansion mechanism. The shaft has a longitudinal length along a longitudinal axis extending in the borehole having an inner surface. The packer surrounds the shaft at a predetermined position along the longitudinal length. The protective member surrounds the shaft and is vertically positioned above or below the packer. The movement mechanism is configured to move the protective member to the predetermined position in order to surround the packer, thereby protecting the packer. The expansion mechanism is configured to expand the packer and the protective member when positioned around the packer to position the protective member in contact with the inner surface of the borehole. A method comprises steps performed during operation of the system. |
| US11725471B2 |
Method for retaining blowout preventer actuator bodies
In a blowout preventer central bore and a central bore axis with an oval ram cavity having a ram cavity axis having one or more horizontal interface portions between the ram cavity and an actuator body, a method of connecting the actuator body to the ram cavity comprising providing one or more locking bar receptacles passing through one or more of the planes of the one or more horizontal interface portions of the ram cavity, providing one or more locking bar receptacles passing through one or more of the planes of the one or more horizontal interface portions of the actuator body, and providing one or more locking bars in one or more of the one or more locking bar receptacles in both the ram cavity and the actuator body. |
| US11725466B2 |
Molded composite inner liner for metallic sleeves
Logging downhole exposes components of logging tools, for example, antennas to abrasive and erosive operating conditions. A protective sleeve may disposed about an antenna assembly to protect the antenna assembly for the downhole operating conditions. To permit transmission and receipt of signals by and too the antenna assembly, slots are formed or disposed in the protective sleeve. A non-conductive composite insert is formed in the slots to protect the internal components of the protective sleeve, for example, the antenna assembly, from the operation conditions. A non-conductive composite inner liner is formed in an annulus of the protective sleeve and adheres to the protective sleeve and the non-conductive composite insert. The non-conductive component insert and inner liner allow signals to be transmitted and received by the antenna assembly so that logging operations can be completed without undue delay and the expense of repairing or replacing worn or damaged components. |
| US11725465B2 |
Optical gas sensor assembly
A sensor device includes a tubular body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a pressure plug on the first end of the tubular body, and a sensor tip on the second end of the tubular body, wherein the sensor tip comprises an open end opposite the tubular body and an optical tip removably positioned through the open end and held in place by a removable cap. The optical tip includes an optical rod and a rod holder. The sensor device further includes an optical fiber extending from the pressure plug, through the tubular body, and into the sensor tip where the optical fiber is optically coupled to the optical rod. The pressure plug may include a slack cavity where the optical fiber is in slack under neutral temperature and pressure conditions to withstand expansion of the sensor device under high temperature or pressure conditions. |
| US11725460B2 |
Flexible fracturing fluid delivery conduit quick connectors
Fracturing fluid delivery systems having flexible fracturing fluid delivery conduits secured with quick connectors are provided. In one example, a fracturing system includes a wellhead assembly and a fracturing fluid conduit coupled to the wellhead assembly to route fracturing fluid to the wellhead assembly. The fracturing fluid conduit includes a flexible body defining a bore for conveying the fracturing fluid to the wellhead assembly. The fracturing fluid conduit is coupled to the wellhead assembly via an actuated connector including one or more locking members that move from an unlocked position to a locked position to secure the fracturing fluid conduit to the wellhead assembly. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. |
| US11725459B2 |
Multiple ridge diamond compact for drill bit and drill bit
The disclosure relates to a multiple ridge diamond compact for a drill bit, comprising a hard alloy substrate (cemented carbide substrate) (102) and a diamond composite layer (101), wherein an end surface of the diamond composite layer is provided with at least two ridges angled relative to each other, and converging ends of two adjacent ridges extend to an edge of the diamond composite layer (101) so as to form a concave cutting edge portion on the edge. The plurality of ridges angled relative to each other are set as a cutting surface group to simultaneously cut a formation, the formation is first pre-crushed by means of the ridges angled relative to each other, the ridges first enter the formation from sharp surfaces (the converging ends of the ridges), a crushing pit in the direction of the ridges is further enlarged, and then the formation is further extruded and crushed by inclined surfaces on two sides of the group of ridges, such that the cutting surfaces thereof have a plowing effect, thus improving the crushing and drilling performance of the diamond compact, reducing the drilling cutting resistance, and further increasing the mechanical drilling speed (rate of penetration) of the diamond drill bit. |
| US11725458B2 |
Cutting a sidetrack window
A sidetracking method includes lowering a sidetrack assembly to a target zone of a wellbore comprising a casing. The sidetrack assembly comprising a cutting tool coupled to a wellbore string and a whipstock releasably coupled to the cutting tool. The method includes setting the whipstock on a wall of the wellbore, pulling the wellbore string, decoupling the cutting tool from the whipstock, actuating the cutter, cutting along a cut profile of the casing to cut free a portion of the casing at the target zone, actuating the mechanical fasteners, fastening the portion of the casing to the cutting tool, pulling the wellbore string, detaching the portion of the casing from the wall of the wellbore, drilling, with a directional drill string a sidetrack wellbore extending from the window to a downhole location of the sidetrack wellbore, and removing the whipstock from the wellbore. |
| US11725457B2 |
Drilling apparatus and related method
One or more apparatuses are described for drilling, and related methods. The apparatus can include a mast articulation mechanism supported by a base structure, an elongated mast, and a mast actuator. |
| US11725456B2 |
Hydraulic down-the-hole hammer and subsea pile
The present invention relates to a hydraulic down-the-hole hammer. The hammer comprises an elongate shaft and a piston having a central bore therethrough, the piston slidably mounted for reciprocal movement on the shaft and arranged to impact a percussion bit. Forward and rear drive chambers for the piston are disposed between the piston and the shaft and the forward chamber is separated from the rear chamber by an annular shoulder formed internally of the piston bore. The hammer also comprises a control valve to control reciprocation of the piston, wherein the control valve is arranged within the central bore of the piston. The hammer may be a disposable water hammer in which the piston is an outermost component of the hammer. |
| US11725452B2 |
Indoor ventilation system
A system for selectively opening and closing a ventilation opening in a window glass panel. The system includes a shield gasket and a ring-shaped fixing frame inserted into the opening, with the gasket interposed between the opening and the fixing frame. A cover is inserted into the fixing frame to open and close the ventilation opening. Fixing frame alternatives include wherein the fixing frame comprises a drain structure, an exterior gutter, a filter, and peripheral elastic support hooks. Shield gasket alternatives include wherein a body part transforms into a cylindrical shape during installation of the fixing frame, and wherein a wall part comprises a circumferential elastic protruding part forming an inner space part therein. Cover alternatives include wherein the cover includes ring shaped shielding walls and a hook to engage fixing frame insertion groove. |
| US11725450B2 |
Fire exit system
A fire exit system is disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the fire exit system may include a motor mechanically coupled to a window such that the motor, when turned on, causes the window to open, a controller coupled to the motor, and a switch coupled to the controller. When the switch is activated, the controller is configured to turn on the motor to open the window. |
| US11725446B2 |
Fenestration unit operator tensioner
A tensioner for a fenestration unit operator includes a base and a guide including a track, the track slidably receiving the base such that the base is restricted to sliding in a first direction with respect to the guide along a sliding axis and a second direction with respect to the guide along the sliding axis that is opposite to the first direction. The tensioner includes a pawl and a ratchet each being a part of one of the sled and the guide, respectively, the pawl being in biased engagement with the ratchet to permit sliding in the first direction and restrict sliding in the second direction, the pawl being configured to be manually disengaged from the ratchet to permit sliding in the second direction. The tensioner includes a pulley coupled to the sled such that the pulley is free to rotate about a rotational axis that is transverse to the sliding axis. |
| US11725444B2 |
Actuator for moving a furniture flap
An actuating drive includes an actuating arm pivotally supported about a pivoting axis, and movably supported between a closed position and an open position. A force storage member applies a force to the actuating arm, and a coupling device can brake or prevent a pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The coupling device includes a movably-supported first coupling element having a tooth arrangement, and the first coupling element can engage a second coupling element when a predetermined pivotal speed of the actuating arm is exceeded to brake or prevent the pivotal movement of the actuating arm. The second coupling element includes an engagement section for engaging the two coupling elements together, and includes a freewheel section separate from the engagement section. In the closed position, the first coupling element is within the freewheel section of the second coupling element, whereby the two coupling elements are decoupled from one another. |
| US11725443B2 |
Linear hinge assembly for an appliance
A domestic appliance may include a cabinet, a door, and a linear hinge coupling the door to the cabinet. The linear hinge may include a bearing assembly, an elongated shaft, a door linkage, and a cabinet linkage. The bearing assembly may be mounted to the cabinet. The elongated shaft may be received within the bearing assembly and slidable along a translation axis on the bearing assembly. The elongated shaft may define a first shaft pivot axis perpendicular to the translation axis and a second shaft pivot axis parallel to the first shaft pivot axis. The door linkage may couple the door to the elongated shaft. The door linkage may be pivotally connected to the elongated shaft at the first shaft pivot axis. The cabinet linkage may couple the cabinet to the elongated shaft. The cabinet linkage may be pivotally connected to the elongated shaft at the second shaft pivot axis. |
| US11725439B2 |
Structure for preventing movement of a sliding door
A structure includes a lower rail mounted to a lower portion of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A lower-rail roller part is rollably connected to the lower rail. A lower-rail swing arm is rotatably connected to the lower-rail roller part and a door. A lower guide rail is mounted to the door and defines a lower guide path in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A lifter has a first end that moves along the lower guide path, and a second end that is fixed to the vehicle body. The lifter applies a force in a direction from the door toward the vehicle body. An upper guide rail is mounted to an upper portion of the vehicle body. An upper-guide roller part is mounted to the door to be seated in the upper guide rail. |
| US11725436B2 |
Electrical panelboard guard with coupled members
Disclosed herein is a panelboard guard assembly configured to restrict access to a panelboard having a cover and a door defined therein, the cover having first and second side edges. The panelboard guard assembly includes overlapping members that are, at least in some implementations, mutually coupled to each other. The panelboard guard assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism that extends between and couples the members together, the adjustment mechanism facilitating adjustment of the distance between the outer ends of the members. |
| US11725428B2 |
Power actuator with self disengaging clutch unit
A power actuator for a latch of a motor vehicle closure panel has an electric motor to rotate a lead screw about an axis. A nut is disposed about the lead screw for selective translation along the lead screw. A clutch plate is configured for selective rotation about the axis when engaged with the nut, with a biasing member biasing the nut out of engagement with the clutch plate when the electric motor is de-energized. A carrier member is coupled with the nut to cause the nut to translate into engagement with the clutch plate during rotation of the lead screw, whereupon the nut and carrier member co-rotate with the clutch plate and leadscrew. A driven member is operably coupled with the clutch plate and with the latch via a cable/rod, such that the driven member maintains the latch in a cinched state when the electric motor is energized. |
| US11725424B2 |
Door lock device and electric control assembly thereof
A door lock device for emergency doors is provided, in which, through a configuration of a sensing component, the actuating time can be adjusted by a driver according to demands to facilitate time-delayed unlocking. |
| US11725422B2 |
Power transfer device for a rolling door operator
A power transfer device for a fire door operator having a pair of drive gears includes a bridge gear box having a drive shaft suitable for being coupled to an external drive. An idle spur gear is fixed to the drive shaft. A pair of spur gears are coupled to the idle spur gear to rotate in response to rotations of the idle spur gear. Spur gear shafts are coupled to the spur gears and arranged to be coupled to the drive gears of the operator so that rotation of the drive shaft by an external drive is translated to simultaneous rotations of the drive gears of the operator. |
| US11725420B2 |
Collinear latch and lock
A collinear latching and locking system is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes a strike with a lock bolt disposed at or defined by an end of the strike. The system further includes a latch pawl configured to surround at least a portion of the strike. The strike and the latch pawl are configured to actuate linearly along the same axis. In this regard, the strike and the latch pawl have a collinear configuration and actuation path. The system further includes a latch cam configured to actuate the latch pawl from a latched position to an unlatched position when the latch cam is turned. |
| US11725417B1 |
Fenestration cam lock assemblies and methods
Fenestration lock assemblies, fenestration units including the lock assemblies, and methods of assembling the lock assemblies. The lock assemblies use a cam and follower design that transfers rotary motion to a lock bolt that moves in translation between an extended/locked state and a retracted/unlocked state. |
| US11725411B2 |
Nuclear fuel assembly with multi-pitch wire wrap
A nuclear fuel assembly is constructed with fuel assembly components that are wire wrapped and positioned in hexagonal rings within a fuel assembly duct. The fuel assembly components positioned in an outermost ring of the fuel assembly are wire wrapped with a pitch that is shorter than fuel assembly components positioned at an interior ring of the fuel assembly. The shorter pitch at the outer ring of the fuel assembly increases pressure drop of a coolant fluid at the edge and corner subchannels and thereby reduces the temperature gradient across the fuel assembly, which provides a higher output temperature of the nuclear reactor without substantially increasing peak temperature of the fuel cladding. |
| US11725410B2 |
Electric pool-cleaning robot
An electric pool-cleaning robot, including a housing, a first filtering mechanism and a rotating wheel. One end of the housing is provided with a first water inlet, and the other end of the housing is provided with a first water outlet. The first filtering mechanism is arranged in the housing. The water enters the housing through the first water inlet, and then flows toward the first filtering mechanism to be filtered. The filtered water flows out of the housing through the first water outlet. The rotating wheel is arranged on the housing, and is capable of rotating to drive the housing to move. |
| US11725409B2 |
Pool cleaning robot with a battery
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing, a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle, a filtering system, a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the following is true—(a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections. |
| US11725400B2 |
Modular step for a window well
A modular step composed of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic. The modular step has a body and two flanges and is configured in size and shape to be detachably affixed to a window well. The modular step mates to the window using a friction fit, mechanical fasteners or tabs/slots. Multiple modular steps can be attached to a single window well. The modular step can be used to facilitate egress through a window well and improves the visual aesthetics of a window well. |
| US11725399B1 |
Flooring underlayment
A flooring underlayment comprises a membrane that includes a body panel having a panel top surface and a panel underside surface spaced apart from the panel top surface by a panel thickness. The membrane further includes a plurality of dimples projecting downward from the panel underside surface, each dimple having a dimple upper end open to the panel top surface, a closed dimple lower end spaced apart from the dimple upper end by a dimple height, and a dimple sidewall extending between the dimple upper end and the dimple lower end, the dimple sidewall configured to inhibit collapse of the dimple height when a load is applied to the flooring underlayment during use. The membrane includes a plurality of grooves open to the panel top surface and formed within a groove body projecting downward from the panel underside surface, each groove shaped to receive an elongated heating element therein. |
| US11725393B2 |
Wall panel
A wall panel may have a rigid layer, a first insulation layer made from a two-part rigid urethane pour foam, and a second insulation layer made from a phase change material. The first insulation layer may be chemically bonded to the rigid layer and may also be bonded to the phase change layer. The first insulation layer may be positioned between the second insulation layer and the rigid layer. The rigid layer may be a finished surface or a veneer layer may be applied to the rigid layer. |
| US11725391B2 |
Modular staircase and method of constructing same
A modular staircase frame is lightweight, adjustable, and may be brought to a worksite in pieces to be assembled. The modular staircase frame includes two opposing sets of laterally spaced blades, which may be adjustably connected to form laterally spaced ascending frame members. The opposing sets of blades may include a first pair of blades and a final pair of blades to anchor the frame to a first and second surface, respectively. The blades have openings for adjustable attachment of adjacent blades. The frame may also include stiffeners for added structural support. The opposing sets of laterally spaced blades may further include one or more corner blades for changing the direction of the staircase. Once the frame is installed, treads (temporary or final) can be removably installed on the frame to create a staircase. |
| US11725386B2 |
Serrated beam
A structural member section is provided that may be comprised of horizontal top and bottom flange elements interconnected by one or more vertical web member. The top flange of the member is serrated such that a series of serrations protrude horizontally in at least one direction from a top of the one or more vertical web member or are cut-out from the flange of a rolled shape. In one embodiment, the serrated top flange and at least a portion of the web member are intended to be encased by a horizontal concrete slab or slab-on-deck assembly. The slab material is capable of encasing all exposed surfaces of and curing around each serration to transfer horizontal shear forces between the serrated top flange and the slab material such that the member and slab behave compositely without needing additional reinforcing located within the voids between serrations. |
| US11725384B2 |
Ceiling system having a plurality of different panels
A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space having a plurality of walls. The ceiling system includes a grid system that extends to at least two of the plurality of walls and separates the building space into an occupiable space below the grid system and a plenum space above the grid system; and a plurality of ceiling tiles that are supported by the grid system and, with the grid system, create a barrier between the occupiable space and the plenum space, the plurality of ceiling tiles including three different polygonal non-rectangular ceiling tiles. |
| US11725382B2 |
Modular wall system
A wall panel of a moveable and demountable frameless wall panel system that is secured between a floor of a room and a ceiling rail secured to a ceiling of the room. The wall panel includes a frameless panel, an upper clamp assembly, a ceiling track configured to be removably inserted into the ceiling rail, a lower clamp assembly, a first height adjustment mechanism secured to the lower clamp assembly, a second height adjustment mechanism, and a bottom floor channel receiving the first height and second height adjustment mechanisms. |
| US11725379B2 |
Structural reinforced composite construction mat
A structural reinforced composite construction mat includes a plurality of composite plastic beams that are ganged together to define the mat, with a plurality of flitch plates disposed between at least some of the plastic beams to provide additional strength and rigidity to the mat. The plastic beams may be made of a composite material have a generally rectangular cross-section. The flitch plates have a width (vertical height) when disposed between adjacent beams that is less than the width (vertical height) of the beams, such that the flitch plates may be recessed below and above the top and bottom surfaces of the mat, respectively. A plurality of rods extend in the lateral direction through the beams and plates to compress the beams and plates against each. The flitch plates may be metal or fiber-reinforced resin and may further include slotted holes to allow the beams to retract lengthwise in response to environmental changes. |
| US11725378B2 |
Bolted beam to column connections
A joint connection structure of a building framework includes a column assembly including a column and a pair of side plates attached to the column on opposite sides of the column and extending laterally outward from the column. A beam assembly includes a beam having an end portion received between the side plates. At least one of the column and the beam has an opening in an area between the side plates to provide access for bolting at least one of the side plates to one of the column and the beam. The opening is free of a fastener extending through the opening when the column assembly is attached to the beam assembly. |
| US11725377B1 |
Apparatus and method for a cycle siphon using a float operated magnetically controlling pivoting float valve for minimizing the build-up of gases
An apparatus and method for an intake-end siphon flow regulator that allows for continuous operation in container liquids with entrained gases. A float actuated valve opens and closes as needed so that the siphon draws in container liquid. The float valve mechanism uses magnets that provide for a continuous valve cycling. This cycling overcomes gas build up that typically causes the siphon to fail. By disallowing extended periods of relatively low flow and pressure, the siphon builds up less gas bubbles that obstruct siphon operation. When the liquid rises enough, the float's buoyancy overcomes the magnetic attraction and the valve completely opens. The highest flow possible occurs and washes gases downstream. As the container liquid draws down, the magnets draw closer and when their magnetic fields interact, the magnets are drawn together, completely closing the valve. As liquid again enters the container, the aforementioned cycle repeats. |
| US11725375B2 |
Water conservation based on toilet seat position
Various embodiments for conserving fluid based on the position of a toilet seat are presented. One example embodiment includes a toilet flushing system having a fluid regulation component and a position detector. The fluid regulation component is configured to regulate an amount of fluid used to flush a toilet during a flush cycle. The position detector is configured to detect whether the toilet seat is in a raised position or a lowered position. The position detector is coupled to the fluid regulation component to communicate whether the toilet seat is in the raised position or the lowered position. The fluid regulation component is further configured to regulate the amount of fluid used during the flush cycle based at least in part on whether the toilet seat is in the raised position or the lowered position. |
| US11725373B2 |
Drain system for bathtub
A drain system for controlling a water level in a bathtub includes a drain exit assembly coupled to an exit drain of the bathtub and configured to receive water exiting the bathtub, a valve fluidly coupled to the drain exit assembly and operably coupled to a motor, and a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to the valve and in fluid communication with the drain exit assembly. The motor is configured to change the operational state of the valve based on a pressure sensed by the pressure sensor to control a water level within the bathtub. |
| US11725371B2 |
Sink basin drain assembly
Systems and methods for providing a sink basin having a coupled drain assembly for interchangeably coupling a drain and a garbage disposal are described. In an aspect, a sink basin drain assembly includes, but is not limited to, a drain body defining an interior; a collar extending outwardly from the drain body and terminating at an exterior edge and tapering from the exterior edge to an aperture fluidically coupled with the interior, the exterior edge configured to couple with an inwardly extending interior lip on a bottom portion of a flanged drain housing, the collar including a collar seal configured to abut an upper surface of the; and a drain shield including a base and sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, the sidewalls configured to interface with the bottom portion of the flanged drain housing to push the lip against the collar seal. |
| US11725370B1 |
Device and method for amplified water disbursement
The device and method disclosed comprises a portable housing continuous with a base that affixes to a drain stopper or directly to a sink or water basin to receive and direct water from a faucet or other similar dispenser, enlarging the surface area upon which the water flows. Greater water disbursement caused by the different flow configuration created by this device allows the sink or basin to stay cleaner by reducing dirt, debris, germs and grime buildup that would otherwise occur with use. |
| US11725369B2 |
Vessel rinsing apparatus
A vessel rinsing apparatus including a mounting base, a fluid discharge member including a plurality of nozzles, a valve member operably coupled to the fluid discharge member and configured to control water flow through the nozzles, and an escutcheon supported by the mounting base. |
| US11725368B1 |
Automatic shutoff valve for breakaway wet barrel fire hydrant
An automatic shutoff valve for breakaway wet barrel fire hydrant is disclosed. In general, one aspect disclosed features an apparatus comprising: a valve housing comprising a valve body, a flange, and a valve seat; a valve pedal configured to engage the valve seat and prevent fluid flow through the valve seat in a closed position, and to permit fluid flow through the valve seat in an open position; a lockout tab disposed within the valve body, wherein the lockout tab maintains the valve pedal in the open position; a lockout bar disposed distally from the valve body; and an activation rod mechanically coupled to the lockout bar and configured to keep the valve pedal engaged with the lockout tab. |
| US11725365B2 |
Handling system for ground-engaging wear parts secured to earth working equipment
A handling system for handling ground-engaging wear parts used on earth working equipment includes handling tools to remove and handle wear parts from equipment and/or to install new wear parts. The tools can include a torque or other tool to engage and/or disengage a lock retained by the wear member. The handling system allows an operator maintain a distance from heavy parts being removed or installed, reducing the risk of injury. |
| US11725355B2 |
Structural barrier and a method of installation thereof
A structural barrier and energy absorbing device comprises a plurality of structural elements. The structural element alone or in a plurality may serve as a traversal impediment or energy absorbing device, such as a pedestrian barrier, vehicular barrier, anti-tank obstacle, ballistic barrier, or the like. The structural element may be a tetrapod such that it comprises an element body having four extension portions that extend outwardly from the interior center to a distal end, such that the structural element maintains an identical orientation and a low center of gravity in each of four resting positions. The structural element may be a solid-state structural element comprised of a particular material or a portable and collapsible structural element wherein the element body comprises an outer skin defining an interior void space, such that during set-up or installation the interior void space may be filled with a filler substance onsite. |
| US11725354B2 |
Mechanism for actuating a barrier and a barrier including an actuator mechanism
A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame. |
| US11725351B2 |
Earth working machine having a rotatable working apparatus axially positionally retainable with high tightening torque by means of a central bolt arrangement, and method for establishing and releasing such retention
A bearing component for mounting a replaceable milling drum on an earth working machine includes an annular connecting flange having a central axis. A bearing stem protrudes from the connecting flange axially in a first direction to a first axial end, the bearing stem having an outer surface including at least first and second cylindrical bearing surfaces axially spaced from each other. The bearing stem further includes a centering recess open at a second axial end opposite the first axial end, the centering recess including an opening angle decreasing in steps so that the centering recess tapers in the first direction, the centering recess forming a portion of the central opening. |
| US11725346B2 |
Fibrous structures
A fibrous structure is disclosed. The fibrous structure exhibits a plurality of discrete knuckles arranged in a pattern of repeat units. The repeat units can include a plurality of rows arranged orthogonally in an X-Y plane, each row having a portion of the discrete knuckles, and each discrete knuckle separated from adjacent discrete knuckles in a row by a distance. Each of the discrete knuckles within the repeat unit can have substantially the same shape and size; and wherein the distance between at least two adjacent discrete knuckles in each row are non-uniform such that the repeat unit exhibits varying pillow width distances along the rows in both the X and Y axes. |
| US11725343B2 |
Cleaning apparatus and fiber structure manufacturing apparatus
A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis to clean a component to which paper dust is attached, the cleaning roller having a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area in a direction along the first rotation axis and to which more paper dust is attached than to the first area, and a remover configured to rotate about a second rotation axis extending in a direction different from the first rotation axis and configured to come in contact with at least a portion of the second area to remove the paper dust from the second area. |
| US11725334B2 |
Clothes treating apparatus provided inside vehicle
Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus provided inside a vehicle. The clothes treating apparatus provided inside a vehicle comprises: a clothes accommodation part providing an interior space and installed on a seat; a door for opening and closing the interior space; a supply part for supplying hot air or steam to the interior space; an interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from at least one device provided inside the vehicle; and a processor for opening the door if a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition is determined based on at least one from among the degree of air pollution inside the vehicle or a gesture of a passenger recognized by at least one sensor, and the processor may control an operation course of the supply part based on the travelling state information of the vehicle or the vehicle boarding pattern of the passenger. |
| US11725333B2 |
Multi-functional storage system for preventing water from condensing on inner side of door and method for drying inner side of door using same
A multi-functional storage system includes a storage compartment and a machine compartment provided at one side of the storage compartment. The multi-functional storage system also includes a door provided at a foreside of the storage compartment and the machine compartment. The machine compartment includes an intake port and an exhaust port communicating with outside air, and a blower unit for drawing in the outside air through the intake port and exhausting it through the exhaust port. While the door is closed and the intake port and the exhaust port are open, the blower unit is operated so as to dry an inner side of the door. |
| US11725332B2 |
Laundry treating appliance having a hinge assembly
A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a cabinet defining an interior and having a top panel that at least partially defines an access opening to the interior. A lid is rotatable between a closed position and an opened position to selectively open or close the access opening. At least one hinge assembly couples the top panel with the lid. The at least one hinge assembly can include a hinge housing coupled to the top panel. A cam is received within the hinge housing and coupled to the lid. A snubber housing is coupled to the hinge housing and has a damper receiving portion. A damper is at least partially received within the damper receiving portion. |
| US11725331B2 |
Water recirculation assembly for a laundry appliance
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that includes a pump. A drum is disposed within the cabinet and a tub is operably coupled to the drum and is disposed proximate to the cabinet. A water recirculation assembly is operably coupled to the pump. The water recirculation assembly includes a first tube that is operably coupled to the pump within the cabinet, a second tube that is fluidly coupled to the first tube, and a gap that is defined between the first tube and the second tube. |
| US11725330B2 |
Washing machine and control method of washing machine
A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; an induction heater disposed in a position spaced apart from the drum and configured to heat the drum; an input power source; a relay configured to interrupt a current applied to the coil of the induction heater from the input power source; a first processor configured to control the relay; and a safety device connected to a circuit connecting the first processor and the relay. The safety device includes: a first thermostat configured to operate according to a temperature of a first air between the drum and the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the first air is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a temperature of a second air outside the tub, and open the circuit when the temperature of the second air is a second safety control temperature. |
| US11725326B2 |
Fabric cleaning appliance with performance enhancement selector
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum at least partially defining a treating chamber, and a treating chemistry dispenser comprising multiple treating chemistry cups configured to dispense treating chemistry to the treating chamber. The method comprises performing a first wash cycle and dispensing a first dose of treating chemistry from one of the treating chemistry cups, receiving at a controller a user selection of an activation of a performance enhancement selector, and upon activation of the performance enhancement selector, activating a second wash cycle comprising dispensing a second dose of treating chemistry from another of treating chemistry cups. |
| US11725325B2 |
User-interface assembly for an appliance
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that includes a front panel that defines an aperture. A user-interface assembly is positioned within the aperture and includes a retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is biased by a force of gravity toward an open rest position. A spring pin is selectively engaged with the retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is retained in a retained position by the engagement between the spring pin and the retaining bracket assembly. A spring bracket is coupled to an interior surface of the user-interface assembly. The spring bracket engages an inner surface of the front panel to stop the user-interface assembly in the open rest position when the retaining bracket assembly is released from engagement with the spring pin. |
| US11725323B2 |
Wash article entrapment detection for laundry washing machines
A method for detecting entrapment of an article between a laundry machine door and bellows, comprising: identifying a maximum startup motor torque value of the drum motor while accelerating the drum from a stop to a target rotation speed; identifying a maximum operating motor torque value while rotating the drum at the target rotation speed; comparing a difference between the maximum startup motor torque value and the maximum operating motor torque value to a predetermined torque difference value; and terminating operation if the difference exceeds the predetermined torque difference value. A laundry washing machine configured to perform the method is also provided. |
| US11725320B2 |
System and method for tufting sculptured and multiple pile height patterned articles
A system and method for tufting sculptured and multiple pile height patterned articles, including controlling placement of yarns fed to the needles of the tufting machine by a yarn feed mechanism to form varying patterns includes a backing support over which the backing is fed, and which lifts/and biases the backing to a raised position. As the backing material is fed through the tufting machine, a series of loopers or hooks engage and pick loops of yarns from the needles. The yarn feed mechanism will be controlled to create a tension in selected loops of yarns, to cause the backing material to be pulled against the bias or spring force applied by the backing support toward the needle plate of the tufting machine to create tufts of different pile heights. |
| US11725318B2 |
Method of forming an annular textile preform by needling a helical fiber sheet, and a machine for performing such a method
A machine for forming an annular textile preform includes: a horizontal sheet-forming turntable for forming a helical fiber; a horizontal intermediate turntable positioned under the sheet-forming turntable; a horizontal intermediate unwinder positioned on the intermediate; a final horizontal unwinder positioned under the intermediate unwinder; and a horizontal preform-forming turntable positioned under the final unwinder. |
| US11725316B2 |
Cloth, cloth product and method for producing the cloth product
The present invention provides a cloth having different properties depending on regions, a cloth product comprising the cloth, and a method of producing the cloth product. The cloth of the present invention is characterized in that it includes a first region and a second region having a higher degree of fusion than the first region, wherein the first region includes a thermally fusible fiber and a fiber having a higher melting point than the thermally fusible fiber at a predetermined ratio. The cloth product of the present invention is characterized in that it includes the body made of the cloth, and the second region is positioned in a region requiring a greater strength than other regions. |
| US11725311B2 |
Protected float
A knitted component may include a course of a first yarn type and a course of a second yarn type, a first surface at least partially formed by the course of the first yarn type, and a cavity formed within the knitted component that is recessed relative to the first surface. A first float formed by the course of the second yarn type may extend across the cavity and may be exposed, and the course of the second yarn type may include a stitch that is knitted into the knitted component adjacent the float. |
| US11725310B2 |
Insulating double-knit fabric
An improved insulating performance fabric has a double-knit body, formed with traditional, relatively smooth, outer surfaces, and an inner surface with the form of multiple fabric “bubbles” separated, e.g., by a grid pattern of intersecting grooves. An insulating, double-knit performance fabric of this disclosure may also be found in the form of a garment comprising the insulating, double knit performance fabric, or in the form of fabric article comprising the insulating, double knit performance fabric, etc. |
| US11725309B2 |
Coforming processes and forming boxes used therein
Coforming processes for commingling two or more separate materials, for example solid additives, for example fibers and/or particulates, and filaments, and equipment; namely, forming boxes, useful in such coforming processes and more particularly to coforming processes for commingling filaments with one or more fibers, such as pulp fibers, and forming boxes useful therein are provided. |
| US11725307B2 |
Immuno-PETE
Methods and compositions are described herein for primer extension target enrichment of immune receptor (BCR or TCR) sequences. |
| US11725306B2 |
Antibody fragment library, and uses thereof
The present disclosure discloses an antibody fragment library, method for preparing the library and its applications. The essential steps in construction of the library is devoid of any restriction enzyme. Emulsion based PCR has been used as an important tool for the construction and validation of the library. The method as disclosed in the present disclosure leads to construction of a library comprising at least 8 billion clones. |
| US11725304B2 |
Continuous replenishment crystal growth
An apparatus for growing a crystal includes a growth chamber and a melt chamber thermally isolated from the growth chamber. The growth chamber includes: a growth crucible configured to contain a liquid melt; and a die located in the growth crucible, the die having a die opening and one or more capillaries extending from within the growth crucible toward the die opening. The melt chamber includes: a melt crucible configured to receive feedstock material; and at least one heating element positioned within the melt chamber relative to the melt crucible to melt the feedstock material within the melt crucible to form the liquid melt. The apparatus also includes at least one capillary conveyor in fluid communication with the melt crucible and the growth crucible to transport the liquid melt from the melt crucible to the growth crucible. |
| US11725303B2 |
Method for purifying a thallium compound using a carbon powder
Methods for purifying reaction precursors used in the synthesis of inorganic compounds and methods for synthesizing inorganic compounds from the purified precursors are provided. Also provided are methods for purifying the inorganic compounds and methods for crystallizing the inorganic compounds from a melt. γ and X-ray detectors incorporating the crystals of the inorganic compounds are also provided. |
| US11725300B2 |
In-situ laser annealing of Te growth defects in CdZnTe (ilast-czt)
In a crystal growth furnace having an array of vertically arranged heaters to provide controlled heating zones within a chamber, and a crucible for holding crystal material, wherein the crystal is grown vertically through the heating zones, the improvement includes a laser mounted outside the chamber which radiates a beam of energy to locally melt precipitates and inclusions. The furnace includes a mechanism to position the laser vertically to, at or near the interface between the formed crystal and crystal melt material above the formed crystal. The crystal material can be CdZnTe. |
| US11725297B2 |
Plating apparatus
A plating apparatus including a thief electrode that can be suitably maintained is provided. The plating apparatus includes a substrate holder holding a substrate, a thief electrode supporter supporting a thief electrode to be disposed outside the substrate, a plating tank configured to immerse the substrate in a plating solution for applying an electroplating treatment, a thief electrode maintenance tank configured to perform maintenance of the thief electrode, and a transport module configured to transport the thief electrode supporter to the plating tank and the thief electrode maintenance tank. |
| US11725295B2 |
Heat recovery device and electrodeposition coating system
A heat recovery device including: a warm-water bath storing warm water and a drying chamber, wherein warm exhausted air from the chamber heats the water includes: an exhaust duct that the exhausted air from the chamber to the outside air passes; an exhaust bypass duct between two positions in the exhaust duct; a circulation pipe through which the water circulates; a heat exchanger provided generates air in the bypass duct to be absorbed by water in the circulation pipe; a warm-water bypass pipe between two positions downstream to the heat exchanger in the circulation pipe or between one position downstream to the heat exchanger in the circulation pipe and the warm-water bath; a heatsink provided at the bypass pipe; a first distribution-changing valve for distribution of air flowing from the exhaust duct to the exhaust bypass duct; and a second distribution valve for distributing water to the bypass pipe. |
| US11725291B2 |
Electrolysis cell assembly utilizing an anion exchange membrane
An environment control system utilizes oxygen and humidity control devices that are coupled with an enclosure to independently control the oxygen concentration and the humidity level within the enclosure. An oxygen depletion device may be an oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell that reacts with oxygen within the cell and produces water through electrochemical reactions. A desiccating device may be g, a dehumidification electrolyzer cell, a desiccator, a membrane desiccator or a condenser. A controller may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of oxygen reduction and may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the dehumidification electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of humidity reduction. The oxygen level may be determined by the measurement of voltage and a limiting current of the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell. The enclosure may be a food or artifact enclosure. |
| US11725286B2 |
Two-step pretreatment system and method
Disclosed is a system for treating a surface of a multi-metal article. The system includes first and second and/or third conversion compositions for contacting at least a portion of the surface. The first conversion composition includes phosphate ions and zinc ions and is substantially free of fluoride. The second conversion composition includes a lanthanide series metal cation and an oxidizing agent. The third conversion composition includes an organophosphate compound, an organophosphonate compound, or combinations thereof that optionally may include at least one transition metal. Methods of treating a multi-metal article using the system also are disclosed. Also disclosed are substrates treated with the system and method. |
| US11725285B2 |
Preventing deposition on pedestal in semiconductor substrate processing
A heat shield structure for a substrate support in a substrate processing system includes an outer shield configured to surround a stem of the substrate support. The outer shield is further configured to define an inner volume between the outer shield and an upper portion of the stem and a lower surface of the substrate support and a vertical channel between the outer shield and a lower portion of the stem of the substrate support. The outer shield includes a cylindrical portion, a first lateral portion extending radially outward from the cylindrical portion, an angled portion extending radially outward and upward from the first lateral portion, and a second lateral portion extending radially outward from the angled portion. |
| US11725282B2 |
Suppression of parasitic deposition in a substrate processing system by suppressing precursor flow and plasma outside of substrate region
A method for operating a substrate processing system includes delivering precursor gas to a chamber using a showerhead that includes a head portion and a stem portion. The head portion includes an upper surface, a sidewall, a lower planar surface, and a cylindrical cavity and extends radially outwardly from one end of the stem portion towards sidewalls of the chamber. The showerhead is connected, using a collar, to an upper surface of the chamber. The collar is arranged around the stem portion. Process gas is flowed into the cylindrical cavity via the stem portion and through a plurality of holes in the lower planar surface to distribute the process gas into the chamber. A purge gas is supplied through slots of the collar into a cavity defined between the head portion and an upper surface of the chamber. |
| US11725275B2 |
Low refractive index surface layers and related methods
The disclosure relates to a method for forming a low refractive index layer on a substrate. The method generally includes (a) applying a block copolymer layer on a substrate, the block copolymer including a polar polymeric block and a non-polar polymeric block; (b) swelling the block copolymer layer with a solvent to increase the block copolymer layer thickness; (c) depositing a metal oxide or metalloid oxide layer on polar polymeric blocks of the block copolymer layer; and (d) removing the block copolymer layer from the substrate, thereby forming a porous metal oxide or metalloid oxide layer on the substrate. |
| US11725274B2 |
Integrated cluster tool for selective area deposition
Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods for processing a substrate. In one embodiment, a cluster tool apparatus is provided having a transfer chamber and a pre-clean chamber, a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) deposition chamber, an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber, and a post-processing chamber disposed about the transfer chamber. A substrate may be processed by the cluster tool and transferred between the pre-clean chamber, the SAM deposition chamber, the ALD chamber, and the post-processing chamber. Transfer of the substrate between each of the chambers may be facilitated by the transfer chamber which houses a transfer robot. |
| US11725273B2 |
Electronic device and manufacturing method thereof
An electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes an array substrate, which includes a substrate, a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, a second conductive layer, and a second insulating layer. The substrate has a substrate surface. The first conductive layer is located on the substrate surface. The first insulating layer is located on the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer is located on the first insulating layer and includes a first sputtering layer, a second sputtering layer, and a third sputtering layer. The second insulating layer is located on the second conductive layer. The second sputtering layer is located between the first and third sputtering layers, and includes a first metal element. The first sputtering layer includes the first metal element and a second metal element. The third sputtering layer includes the first metal element and a third metal element. |
| US11725268B2 |
Method to increase the thermal stress capability of a porous ceramic coating and a layer system
A method to increase the thermal stress capability of a porous TBC and layer system. Due to a post treatment step to a pose TBC coating cracks are produced inside the post TBC advantages manner to increase the thermal stress capability of the ceramic coating by only heating the surface of the ceramic coating. |
| US11725265B2 |
High formability steel sheet for the manufacture of lightweight structural parts and manufacturing process
A steel sheet has a composition comprising, by weight: 0.010%≤C≤0.080%, 0.06%≤Mn≤3%, Si≤1.5%, 0.005%≤Al≤1.5%, S≤0.030%, P≤0.040%, Ti and B such that: 3.2%≤Ti≤7.5% and (0.45×Ti)−1.35≤B≤(0.45×Ti)−0.43, optionally Ni≤1%, Mo≤1%, Cr≤3%, Nb≤0.1%, V≤0.1%, the remainder being iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from the smelting. The steel sheet has a structure consisting of ferrite, at most 10% of austenite, and precipitates comprising eutectic precipitates of TiB2, the volume fraction of TiB2 precipitates with respect to the whole structure being of at least 9%, the proportion of TiB2 precipitates having a surface area lower than 8 μm2 being of at least 96%. |
| US11725263B2 |
High temperature oxidation resistant co-based gamma/gamma prime alloys DMREF-Co
A series of alloys of Co, Ni, Al, W, Ta, and Cr, wherein the alloy comprises a solid solution of gamma and gamma prime alloy phases, the Ni content is greater than 25% at. %, the Al content is greater than 10 at. %, the Cr content is greater than 2 at. %, and the Ni:Co ratio is between 0.5 and 1.5. In one or more examples, the alloy further comprises one or more of C, B, and a reactive element metal. Embodiments of the alloy simultaneously possess a high solvus temperature, a high fraction of the strengthening γ′-L12 phase, good oxidation resistance and highly favorable solidification characteristics. |
| US11725262B2 |
Cemented carbide containing tungsten carbide and fine grained iron alloy binder
A sintered cemented carbide body including tungsten carbide, and a substantially cobalt-free binder including an iron-based alloy sintered with the tungsten carbide. The iron-based alloy is approximately 2-25% of the overall weight percentage of the sintered tungsten carbide and iron-based alloy. The tungsten carbide may be approximately 90 wt % and the iron-based alloy may be approximately 10 wt % of the overall weight percentage of the sintered tungsten carbide and iron-based alloy. The tungsten carbide may comprise a substantially same size before and after undergoing sintering. The iron-based alloy may be sintered with the tungsten carbide using a uniaxial hot pressing process, a spark plasma sintering process, or a pressureless sintering process. The sintered tungsten carbide and iron-based alloy has a hardness value of at least 15 GPa and a fracture toughness value of at least 11 MPa√m. |
| US11725261B2 |
Nickel-based superalloy, single-crystal blade and turbomachine
The invention relates to a nickel-based superalloy comprising, in percentages by mass, 4.0 to 5.5% rhenium, 1.0 to 3.0 ruthenium, 2.0 to 14.0% cobalt, 0.3 to 1.0% molybdenum, 3.0 to 5.0% chromium, 2.5 to 4.0% tungsten, 4.5 to 6.5% aluminum, 0.50 to 1.50% titanium, 8.0 to 9.0% tantalum, 0.15 to 0.30% hafnium, 0.05 to 0.15% silicon, the balance being nickel and unavoidable impurities.The invention also relates to a single-crystal blade (20A, 20B) comprising such an alloy and a turbomachine (10) comprising such a blade (20A, 20B). |
| US11725260B1 |
Compositions, articles and methods for forming the same
Compositions, and articles and methods for forming articles which include said compositions, are disclosed. The compositions include, by weight percent, about 13.7% to about 14.3% chromium (Cr), about 9.0% to about 9.9% cobalt (Co), about 4.0% to about 5.25% aluminum (Al), about 0.5% to about 3.0% titanium (Ti), about 4.5% to about 5.0% tungsten (W), about 1.4% to about 1.7% molybdenum (Mo), about 3.25% to about 3.75% niobium (Nb), about 0.08% to about 0.12% carbon (C), about 0.005% to about 0.04% zirconium (Zr), about 0.010% to about 0.014% boron (B), and balance nickel (Ni) and incidental impurities. |
| US11725259B2 |
Plated steel sheet
A plated steel sheet having excellent chemical convertibility includes: a steel; and a plating layer that is provided on a surface of the steel, in which the plating layer includes, by mass %, Al: 5.00% to 35.00%, Mg: 2.50% to 13.00%, Fe: 5.00% to 35.00%, Si: 0% to 2.00%, Ca: 0.03% to 2.00%, and a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities, and in a surface of the plating layer, the area fraction of a Fe—Al phase is 0% to 30%, the area fraction of a rod-like lamellar structure of Zn and MgZn2 is 5% to 90%, the area fraction of a massive MgZn2 phase is 10% to 70%, and the area fraction of a remainder is 10% or less. |
| US11725257B2 |
Gold alloy with color compatible with the 5N standard and method of production thereof
A Gold alloy for jewelry, comprising: Gold: in the amount comprised between 780‰ and 840‰ in weight; Copper: in the amount comprised between 125‰ and 167‰ in weight; Silver: in the amount comprised between 15‰ and 54‰ in weight; Platinum or Palladium, wherein the content of Palladium or Platinum is such that the assembly of Gold, Copper, Silver and Platinum or Gold, Copper, Silver and Palladium reaches a percentage at least equal to 980‰, and more preferably the 1000‰ in weight of the alloy; and wherein the so composed Gold alloy shows, under the conditions referred to in the ISO DIS 8654:2017 standard, a color compatible with the 5N alloy color standard. |
| US11725256B2 |
Method for recovering metals from secondary materials and other materials comprising organic constituents
A method for recovering metals, such as noble metals or copper, from secondary materials and other materials having organic constituents, wherein the organic components are extracted from the secondary materials and other material by thermal treatment in a process chamber and the secondary materials and other materials having organic constituents are prepared for the recovery process. |
| US11725252B2 |
PCR detection kit for rapidly identifying Salmonella of specific serotypes
The present disclosure relates to a PCR detection kit for rapidly identifying Salmonella of specific serotypes. The kit includes primers for detecting tcpS gene, the primers for detecting the tcpS gene including a forward primer having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1 and a reverse primer having a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2. The kit can identify Salmonella of enteritidis, pullorum/gallinarum, and dublin serotypes rapidly and in a high throughput, which can be used as an auxiliary method for the conventional serotyping of Salmonella. |
| US11725249B2 |
Methods for identifying cancer risk
Provided herein are tissue-specific differential methylated regions (T-DMRs) and cancer-related differential methylated regions (C-DMRs) and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of detecting a cell proliferative disorder by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. In another embodiment of the invention, there are provided methods of determining clinical outcome by detecting altered methylation in one or more DMRs identified herein. |
| US11725247B2 |
Methods of treating cancer
Methods and compositions for treating cancer such as melanomas are disclosed. |
| US11725236B2 |
Methods for forming lipid bilayers on biochips
This disclosure provides a biochip comprising a plurality of wells. The biochip includes a membrane that is disposed in or adjacent to an individual well of the plurality of wells. The membrane comprises a nanopore, and the individual well comprises an electrode that detects a signal upon ionic flow through the pore in response to a species passing through or adjacent to the nanopore. The electrode can be a non-sacrificial electrode. A lipid bilayer can be formed over the plurality of wells using a bubble. |
| US11725235B2 |
Method for attaching one or more polynucleotide binding proteins to a target polynucleotide
The invention relates to new methods of attaching one or more polynucleotide binding proteins to a target polynucleotide. The invention also related to new methods of characterising target polynucleotides. |
| US11725232B2 |
Compositions, methods and kits for detection of genetic variants for alzheimer's disease
Provided herein are methods, kits, and devices related to genetic variations of neurological disorders. For example, methods, kits, and devices for using such genetic variations to assess susceptibility of developing Alzheimer's disease. |
| US11725231B2 |
Methods and systems for nucleic acid preparation and chromatin analysis
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for nucleic acid preparation and/or analysis. Nucleic acids may be derived from one or more cells. Nucleic acid preparation may comprise generating nucleic acid molecules of varying lengths. Nucleic acid analysis may comprise identifying nucleic acid sequence information with nucleosome position information. |
| US11725230B2 |
Selective degradation of wild-type DNA and enrichment of mutant alleles using nuclease
The present disclosure provides methods for preparing a target mutant nucleic acid for subsequent enrichment relative to a wild type nucleic acid using nucleases that have a substantially higher activity on double stranded DNA versus single stranded DNA or RNA. The present disclosure also includes methods for enriching a target mutant nucleic acid and for preparing unmethylated/methylated nucleic acids of interest for subsequent enrichment. |
| US11725224B2 |
Methods for co-activating in vitro non-standard amino acid (nsAA) incorporation and glycosylation in crude cell lysates
Disclosed are methods, systems, components, and compositions for cell-free synthesis of proteins and glycoproteins. The methods, systems, components, and compositions may be utilized for incorporating non-standard amino acids (nsAAs) into cell-free synthesized proteins and glycosylating or otherwise modifying the cell-free synthesized proteins in vitro. The nsAAs of the cell-free synthesized protein may be modified via glycosylation or other modification. |
| US11725223B2 |
Microorganisms for diterpene production
The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism comprising one or more nucleotide sequence(s) encoding: a polypeptide having ent-copalyl pyrophosphate synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene synthase activity; a polypeptide having ent-Kaurene oxidase activity; and a polypeptide having kaurenoic acid 13-hydroxylase activity, whereby expression of the nucleotide sequence(s) confer(s) on the microorganism the ability to produce at least steviol. |
| US11725214B2 |
Methods for increasing grain productivity
The invention relates to methods for increasing plant yield, and in particular grain yield by reducing or abolishing the expression and/or activity of OTUB1 in a plant. Also described are genetically altered plants characterised by the above phenotype and methods of producing such plants. |
| US11725210B2 |
Immunomodulatory fusion proteins and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to immunomodulatory fusion proteins containing an extracellular binding domain and an intracellular signaling domain, wherein binding of a target can generate a modulatory signal in a host cell, such as a T cell. The present disclosure also relates to uses of immune cells expressing such immunomodulatory fusion proteins to treat certain diseases, such as cancer or infectious disease. |
| US11725208B2 |
Conjugated antisense compounds and their use
The present disclosure provides half duplex compounds comprising a first oligomeric compound and a second, shorter, oligomeric compound, wherein the first oligomeric compound is complementary to a target nucleic acid and the second oligomeric compound is complementary to the first oligomeric compound. In certain embodiments, the compounds disclosed herein are useful for modulating the expression of extra-hepatic target nucleic acids. |
| US11725207B2 |
Serpina1 iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNAi agents, targeting the Serpina1 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of Serpina1 and methods of treating subjects having a Serpina1 associated disease, such as a liver disorder. |
| US11725202B2 |
Soil-based DNA extraction
Methods of extracting DNA from soil involve lysing microbial cells contained within the soil by mixing it with an extraction buffer containing cetrimonium bromide (cTAB). The cTAB helps reduce or eliminate high levels of humic acid often present within the soil, which interferes with processes including PCR. Methods further involve binding DNA lysed from the microbial cells and then bound to a silica substrate, washing non-DNA debris from the silica substrate, eluting the DNA from the substrate, and eluting the isolated DNA in an elution buffer. Example methods may involve extracting microbial DNA from a plurality of soil samples. Such methods involve adding soil samples into separate wells within a multi-well plate, lysing microbial cells within the samples using an extraction buffer, binding the microbial DNA released from the cells to silica particles, washing non-DNA debris from the silica particles, and separating the DNA from the silica particles. |
| US11725201B2 |
Nucleic acid elution
This invention relates to the storage on a solid matrix of genetic material, in particular DNA that has been purified prior to the application to the solid matrix. More specifically, the invention relates to a solid matrix for the storage of purified DNA, which matrix has been treated with a solution comprising plant polysaccharide inulin. One advantage of the invention is that an increased amount of DNA can be stored in the solid matrix of the present invention.” |
| US11725200B2 |
Method for isolating RNA with high yield
A phenol-free method for isolating a nucleic acid from a sample is provided, said method comprising the following steps: a) adding a precipitation buffer to a sample to prepare an acidic precipitation mixture wherein said precipitation buffer comprises a metal cation precipitant and a buffering agent, has a pH value of 4.0 or less and does not comprise an organic solvent selected from aprotic polar solvents and protic solvents and wherein the acidic precipitation mixture comprises the metal cation precipitant in a concentration of less than 200 mM and precipitating proteins; b) separating the precipitate from the supernatant, wherein the supernatant comprises small RNA having a length of less than 200 nt and large RNA having a length of at least 1000 nt; and c) isolating a nucleic acid from the supernatant. The present method allows to avoid the use of organic solvents during protein precipitation. Also provided is a precipitation buffer. |
| US11725197B2 |
Lipase variants and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to a variant of a parent lipase, wherein said variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 2; has lipase activity; has substitutions corresponding to G91A and N92D in the lid region located from position G82 to position 1100 of SEQ ID NO: 2; has one or more additional substitutions in the lid region; and has at least mutations in positions corresponding to position T231 and position N233 of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to compositions, methods for cleaning a surface using a variant or a composition of the invention; polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, host cells comprising the polynucleotides; methods of using the variants; and methods for obtaining the lipase variant. |
| US11725196B2 |
FCE mRNA capping enzyme compositions, methods and kits
The present disclosure relates to compositions, kits, and methods of making RNA vaccines having an appropriate cap structure. Systems, apparatus, compositions, and/or methods may include and/or use, in some embodiments, non-naturally occurring single-chain RNA capping enzymes. In some embodiments, an RNA capping enzyme may include an FCE variant having (a) an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to positions 1 to 878 of SEQ ID NO: 1, and/or (b) one or more substitutions relative to SEQ ID NO: 1 at a position selected from positions corresponding to positions 215, 337, 572, 648, and 833 (e.g., a position selected from positions corresponding to position 215, 337, and 572) of SEQ ID NO: 1. |
| US11725191B2 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for continuously inactivating a virus during manufacture of a biological product
Methods for continuously inactivating virus during manufacture of a biological product are provided. The methods include steps of (1) combining (a) a composition including a biological product, and (b) a composition including a virus-inactivation reagent, to obtain (c) a treatment composition having a predetermined property for inactivation of a virus, (2) confirming that the treatment composition exhibits the predetermined property, (3) transferring the treatment composition to a treatment vessel that includes an inlet, an outlet, and a static mixer, the transferring occurring at the inlet, (4) incubating the treatment composition in the treatment vessel at a predetermined temperature while the treatment composition flows at a predetermined rate and contacts the static mixer, and (5) collecting the treatment composition from the treatment vessel at the outlet, wherein steps (1) to (5) are carried out continuously. Apparatuses and systems including such a treatment vessel are also provided. |
| US11725188B2 |
Quality assurance of chondrocytes
The present invention relates to methods that are based on expression of integrin alpha10 and integrin alpha11 on chondrocytes, used for determining purity, quality, degree of chondrocytic identity, chondrocytic potency, and/or degree of chondrocytic phenotype of a composition comprising chondrocytes, as well as for isolating and enriching a population of high quality chondrocytes and controlling culturing and expanding of high quality chondrocytes. The present invention relates also to composition comprising chondrocytes. |
| US11725186B2 |
Recombinant NK cells expressing co-stimulatory molecules
Cancer immunotherapy using genetically engineered NK cells is enhanced by expression of recombinant co-stimulatory molecules to deliver co-stimulatory signals to a recipient host's immune cells to enhance an immune response. |
| US11725184B2 |
Culture method for organoids
The invention relates to improved culture methods for expanding epithelial stem cells and obtaining organoids, to culture media involved in said methods, and to uses of said organoids. |
| US11725181B2 |
Biogas buffer storage system
Processes, systems, and associated control methodologies are disclosed that control the flow of biogas during the biogas cleanup process to create a more consistent flow of biogas through the digester, while also optimizing the output and efficiency of the overall renewable natural gas facility. In representative embodiments, a biogas buffer storage system may be used during the cleanup process to control the pressure and flow rate of biogas. The biogas buffer storage system may monitor and control the biogas flow rate to either bring down or increase the digester pressure, thereby maintaining a normalized biogas flow rate. |
| US11725177B2 |
Method and system for cell operations using the internet of things
A data collection hub and method wherein a controller is configured to receive data from a plurality of sensors sensing conditions related to the performance of operations on cells by at least one instrument. A database stores the data from the plurality of sensors and the controller is configured to compare data from the plurality of sensors for a past operation with the data for a more recent operation. |
| US11725172B2 |
Platform and method for testing antibiotic sensitivity of a polymicrobial infection
A platform and method for testing antibiotic sensitivity of a polymicrobial infection is provided. The platform includes a body defining a plurality of sets of chambers and a plurality of wells. Each set of chambers has a plurality of chambers adapted for culturing microbes of the polymicrobial infection therein. Each well is associated with a corresponding set of chambers and has an input in fluidic communication with the outlets of the plurality of chambers in the corresponding set of chambers. Selected antibiotic therapies may be received in the wells which fluidically connect the plurality of chambers in a corresponding set of chambers such that microbes cultured in the plurality of chambers in the corresponding set of chambers are in soluble factor contact. |
| US11725171B2 |
Fluid mixing systems with adjustable mixing element
A fluid mixing system includes a support housing having an interior surface bounding a chamber. A flexible bag is disposed within the chamber of the support housing, the flexible bag having an interior surface bounding a compartment. An impeller is disposed within the chamber of the flexible bag. A drive shaft is coupled with the impeller such that rotation of the drive shaft facilitates rotation of the impeller. A drive motor assembly is coupled with the draft shaft and is adapted to rotate the drive shaft. An adjustable arm assembly is coupled with the drive motor assembly and is adapted to move the drive motor assembly which in turn moves the position of the drive shaft and impeller. An electrical controller can control movement of the adjustable arm. |
| US11725170B2 |
System and method for three-dimensional in vitro flexible microelectrode array
The present disclosure relates to a biocompatible, in vitro probe system. The probe system may have a substrate and a culture well supported on the substrate. The culture well defines a three-dimensional volume for containing in vitro cultures of electroactive cells. The probe system has at least one probe subsystem supported on the substrate. The probe subsystem has at least one probe having an array of electrodes, with the probe being disposed within the culture well for in vitro electrically communicating with the electroactive cells. The probe subsystem is adapted to be interfaced to an external instrumentation/recording device. |
| US11725169B2 |
Method for producing sangria and resulting composition
The present invention discloses a method for producing a sangria on an industrial scale and the resulting composition, which has a characteristic that allows the homemade taste of a sangria to be maintained, and at the same time it can be stored without changes in its appearance. |
| US11725166B2 |
Method for treating a wort in a boiling kettle
A method for treating a wort in a kettle provides a kettle with an inlet for feeding a wort into the kettle and with an outlet for flowing the wort out of the kettle. A heating means for bringing the wort contained in the kettle close to or at boiling temperature, as well as for controlling the temperature. A gas sparging system for sparging an inert gas into said wort. Feeding wort from a lautering step into said boiling kettle through the inlet, the wort at a temperature below its boiling temperature. During sparging, heating the wort and maintaining it at a treatment temperature below the boiling temperature of the wort for a duration between 15 and 90 min, and no longer than required to evaporate at most 4 wt. % of water initially in the wort. Transferring the treated wort to a trub separation step through the outlet. |
| US11725165B2 |
Portion unit of a cleaning agent
A portion unit of a cleaning agent, having a cleaning agent composition and a chamber which receives the cleaning agent composition and includes a chamber wall that delimits the chamber and has a layer thickness D. The chamber includes a main volume and at least one auxiliary volume, and the cleaning agent composition can freely enter the at least one auxiliary volume from the main volume and vice versa, wherein the chamber wall is formed in a transition region between the main volume and the at least one auxiliary volume in a substantially stepped manner. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing such a portion unit. |
| US11725162B2 |
Alkaline cleaning compositions comprising an alkylamino hydroxy acid and/or secondary amine and methods of reducing metal corrosion
The invention relates to compositions, methods of manufacture, and methods for reducing metal corrosion during alkaline cleaning. In particular, the method employs an alkylamino hydroxy acid, secondary amine, or combination thereof in alkaline cleaning of hard surfaces. |
| US11725157B2 |
Systems and methods for conversion of unsorted solid wastes
Embodiments of the present invention may provide managing waste including providing non-sorted solid waste (1), processing non-sorted solid waste in a waste handling system (21), shredding (26) non-sorted solid waste to create shredded non-sorted solid waste (27) in a waste handling system; introducing shredded non-sorted solid waste into a thermochemical conversion reactor (4); heating and even chemically converting a shredded non-sorted solid waste; producing hydrochar (22) and a recyclable materials fraction (23); recycling water (24) used in the heating and chemically processing of the shredded non-sorted solid waste in a thermochemical conversion reactor in said waste handling system; sorting (25) the recyclable materials fraction; fueling (28) a thermochemical conversion reactor with hydrochar (22); and perhaps even recycling heat from a thermochemical conversion reactor in the waste handling system. |
| US11725152B2 |
System and method of reducing emissions and increasing swell in an oil conditioning process
A system for conditioning live crude oil to produce stabilized oil that can be stored in a conventional oil storage tank and hydrocarbon gas includes a stabilizer tower and a heater treater. The stabilizer tower receives oil from separators at the wellhead production facility and outputs oil to the heater treater. The heater treater outputs gas back into the stabilizer tower and, optionally, recycles a portion of oil output back into the heater treater, which enhances oil output. |
| US11725149B1 |
Fluidized catalytic cracking processes and additives for improving gasoline yield and quality
A fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition (FCC catalyst composition) includes an FCC catalyst and from 1 wt.% to 30 wt.% aromatization-promoting FCC additive. The FCC catalyst includes a USY zeolite, and the aromatization-promoting FCC additive is an MFI zeolite modified with an aromatization compound. The aromatization compound is a metal or metal oxide that includes a metal element from periods 4-6 of the IUPAC periodic table. A method for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed includes contacting the hydrocarbon feed with the FCC catalyst composition at reaction conditions sufficient to upgrade at least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed. |
| US11725141B2 |
Cadmium free quantum dots, and composite and display device including the same
Quantum dots and electroluminescent device including the same. The quantum dots include an alloy core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including indium (In), gallium (Ga), and phosphorous (P), and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the alloy core, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, wherein the quantum dots are configured to emit blue light having a maximum emission peak wavelength that is greater than or equal to about 440 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to about 490 nm, wherein in the quantum dots, a mole ratio of gallium with respect to a sum of indium and gallium is greater than or equal to about 0.2:1 and less than or equal to about 0.75:1, and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal shell includes a zinc chalcogenide. |
| US11725140B2 |
Photoluminescent premixed compositions, related methods and uses
A premixed photoluminescent composition and related hardened form and method of forming joints for pavers or stones. The premixed photoluminescent composition comprises solid aggregates; a photoluminescent particulate component adapted to emit light when photoexcited; and a binder. When in contact with an activator, oxygen or water, the binder is adapted to harden into a water-resistant binder matrix that bonds the solid aggregates and embeds the photoluminescent particulate component. In use, the water-resistant binder matrix has a transparency allowing transmission of at least a portion of the light emitted by the photoluminescent particulate component. |
| US11725139B2 |
Manipulating hydrophilicity of conventional dye molecules for water tracer applications
A composition includes a functionalized fluorescent dye. The functionalized fluorescent dye includes an isothiocyanate-containing dye that is functionalized with a functional group. The functional group includes a primary amine. The functionalized fluorescent dye can be mixed with a fluid to form a tracer fluid for tracing fluid flow in a subterranean formation. |
| US11725137B2 |
Defect-resistant plastic scintillators with aliphatic additives
A plastic scintillator includes a polymer matrix, an aliphatic additive present in the polymer matrix in an effective amount to impart fog resistance to the plastic scintillator, and at least one fluorescent dye in the polymer matrix, the dye being effective to provide scintillation upon exposure to radiation. The effective amount of the aliphatic additive is in a range of greater than 0 weight percent up to 5 weight percent relative to the total weight of the plastic scintillator. Moreover, the aliphatic additive has a structure comprising up to 300 repeat units. |
| US11725133B2 |
Fluid systems for expanding shape memory polymers and removing filter cakes
A method includes disposing a device into a borehole in proximity to a subterranean formation where a filter cake has been formed adjacent thereto, the device comprising a support structure and a shape-memory article disposed at the support structure, the shape-memory article comprising a shape-memory polymer, wherein the device is disposed when the shape-memory article is in a compacted shape; exposing the shape-memory article to a fluid system to cause the shape-memory article to expand and conform to a surface of the borehole; exposing the filter cake to the fluid system; and removing the filter cake with the fluid system. The fluid system comprises (i) an acid component, a chelating agent, or a combination thereof; (ii) an activator, (iii) a viscosifier, (iv) water or a brine, and (v) optionally a surfactant. |
| US11725131B2 |
Polymer-sand nanocomposite for water shutoff
A method of preparing a polymer-sand nanocomposite for water shutoff. The method includes applying a surface polymerization to sand particles. The surfaced polymerization formed by combining a polymerization initiator dissolved in a solvent with the sand particles to form a precursor sand mixture, combining a co-monomer and additional polymerization initiator in the presence of graphene, where the graphene is not functionalized, to form a precursor polymer mixture, and combining the precursor sand mixture and the precursor polymer mixture to form a sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite. The method further includes drying the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite, preparing a polymer hydrogel, and combining the polymer hydrogel and the sand-copolymer-graphene nanocomposite to crosslink the components and form the polymer-sand nanocomposite. The associated method of forming a barrier to shut off or reduce unwanted production of water in a subterranean formation utilizing the polymer-sand nanocomposite is also provided. |
| US11725128B2 |
Impregnation sealant for electronic components
The present invention relates to an anaerobically curable impregnation sealant composition and methods thereof containing a (meth)acrylic monofunctional monomer with a hydrophobic moiety, a (meth)acrylic monofunctional monomer with a hydroxyl group, a modified polyester urethane methacrylate resin having a weight average molecular weight of from about 8000 to about 18000 g/mol, and triallylisocyanurate, triallylcyanurate, or derivatives thereof, or a combination thereof. The present invention particularly relates to a sealant composition for impregnation to plastic and metal substrates that also provides resistance to thermal cycling. |
| US11725125B2 |
Adhesive resin laminate, laminate, and method of producing same
Provided are an adhesive resin laminate having an excellent adhesive force to two adherends, a laminate in which this adhesive resin laminate is laminated with two adherends, and a method of producing them. An adhesive resin laminate having at least a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, in which the first adhesive layer includes a base resin and a crosslinking agent, the base resin is a modified polyolefin resin, the crosslinking agent is an epoxy-based compound, the second adhesive layer includes a polyolefin-based resin, and when an adhesion initiation temperature of the first adhesive layer is set to T1, and an adhesion initiation temperature of the second adhesive layer is set to T2, T2 is higher than T1 by 30° C. or more. |
| US11725116B2 |
CMP composition including a novel abrasive
A chemical mechanical polishing composition includes a liquid carrier and colloidal silica particles dispersed in the liquid carrier. The colloidal silica particles have a positive charge of at least 10 mV in the liquid carrier and may be characterized as having: (i) a number average aspect ratio of greater than about 1.25 and (ii) a normalized particle size span by weight of greater than about 0.42. The polishing composition may further optionally include an iron-containing accelerator and a tungsten etch inhibitor, for example, when the polishing composition is a tungsten CMP composition. |
| US11725115B2 |
Method for preparing self-cleaning anti-icing coating based on brushlike organosilicon
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a self-cleaning anti-icing coating based on brushlike organosilicon. In this method, a brushlike organosilicon-modified polyurethane coating is prepared by subjecting a thiolactone, a diamine compound and monovinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane to a simple multi-component click reaction to obtain a dihydroxy-terminated block, and introducing the dihydroxy-terminated block into a polyurethane matrix. |
| US11725114B2 |
Aqueous ink jet ink composition, ink set, and recording method
An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains an organic solvent with an SP value of 9.5 to 10.5, resin particles, a plasticizer, and water. With respect to the amount of the aqueous ink jet ink composition, 1.0% by mass to 10.0% by mass of the organic solvent is contained. |
| US11725113B2 |
Dispersion, ink composition for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method
A dispersion contains: a water-insoluble colorant; and acrylic resin particles, where: the acrylic resin particles contain, as a monomer unit, 20 mol % or more of an acrylic blocked isocyanate group based on a total amount of the acrylic resin particles; and the acrylic resin particles have a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less. |
| US11725112B2 |
Three-dimensional printed porous silicone matrix using leachable porogen
The silicone-based ink for additive manufacturing includes a siloxane macromer, and a porogen mixture comprising a water-soluble porogen and a surfactant. The product of additive manufacturing with a silicone-based ink includes a three-dimensional printed structure including a plurality of continuous filaments arranged in a predefined pattern and a plurality of inter-filament pores defined by the predefined pattern of the continuous filaments. In addition, each continuous filament of the three-dimensional printed structure includes a silicone matrix having an open cell structure with a plurality of intra-filament pores, and the intra-filament pores form continuous channels through the silicone matrix. |
| US11725111B2 |
Compositions and processes for depositing carbon-doped silicon-containing films
Described herein are compositions for depositing a carbon-doped silicon containing film comprising: a precursor comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: an organoaminosilane having a formula of R8N(SiR9LH)2, wherein R8, R9, and L are defined herein. Also described herein are methods for depositing a carbon-doped silicon-containing film using the composition wherein the method is one selected from the following: cyclic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), plasma enhanced ALD (PEALD) and plasma enhanced CCVD (PECCVD). |
| US11725110B2 |
Superhydrophobic coating containing silica nanoparticles
A substrate with a superhydrophobic coating, wherein the superhydrophobic coating includes a binding layer disposed on the substrate, and a hydrophobic layer disposed on the binding layer, wherein the hydrophobic layer includes perfluoroalkyl-functionalized silica nanoparticles, and a method of fabricating the substrate with the superhydrophobic coating. Various combinations of embodiments of the substrate with the superhydrophobic coating and the method of fabricating thereof are provided. |
| US11725109B2 |
Thermal and/or fire resistant panel, a mounting assembly, and a kit
Disclosed herein is a thermal and/or fire resistant panel comprising: a panel body comprising a fire resistant composition, wherein the fire resistant composition comprises: a silane cross-linked hybrid inorganic polymer; and a siloxane. |
| US11725108B2 |
Biomass composition and biomass molded body
A biomass composition contains powder of parenchyma cells of a plant containing a saccharide, a multivalent carboxylic acid and an intermediate product of juice of the plant and a multivalent carboxylic acid. The intermediate product is a substance in an intermediate step of curing reaction. The intermediate product is synthesized by adding the multivalent carboxylic acid to the juice of the plant and causing preliminary reaction by heat treatment. |
| US11725105B2 |
Thermally conductive polymer composition
A polymer composition comprising a polymer matrix within which a plurality of flake-shaped mineral particles and mineral whiskers are distributed is provided. The polymer composition exhibits an in-plane thermal conductivity of about 0.2 W/m-K or more as determined in accordance with ASTM E 1461-13. |
| US11725101B2 |
Phthalic anhydride modified polymer rubbers of ethylene-glycidylmethacrylate-vinyl acetate and epoxy resins comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to rubber polymers of ethylene-glycidylmethacrylate-vinyl acetate polymer as modifiers in epoxy resins. In particular ethylene-glycidylmethacrylate-vinyl acetate rubber polymers comprising phthalic anhydride modified glycidyl methacrylate monomer units. |
| US11725097B2 |
Elastomeric article
An accelerator-free elastomeric formulation comprising base polymers, crosslinkers, stabilizers, an activator, an antioxidant, a pigment, a wax, an antifoam and a pH adjuster. A method of preparing an accelerator-free elastomeric formulation, comprising the steps of mixing Base polymer A with Crosslinker A to produce mixture A, adding while stirring Stabilizer A, Crosslinker B, an activator, an antioxidant, a pigment, a wax and an antifoam one after another with no particular order and followed by a pH adjuster into the mixture A to produce mixture B, adding Base polymer B and Stabilizer B one after another with no particular order into the mixture B to produce an accelerator-free elastomeric formulation and allowing the accelerator-free elastomeric formulation to mature. |
| US11725085B2 |
Elastomeric articles, compositions, and methods for their production
This application relates to synthetic elastomeric articles, such as gloves, comprising the cured product of a synthetic latex composition, the synthetic latex composition comprising a synthetic carboxylated polymer and a cross-linking composition, the cross-linking composition comprising an aqueous solution of a negatively charged multivalent metal complex ion having a pH of at least 9.0. Also described are compositions for forming the articles, and methods for making the articles, based on the use of the described cross-linking composition. The articles, compositions and methods contain a second cross-linking agent comprising either (a) sulphur and a sulphur donor, (b) a multivalent metal oxide or ionic cross-linking agent, (c) sulphur, a sulphur donor and an ionic cross-linking agent, or (d) sulphur donor. |
| US11725083B2 |
Method for forming chitin film
A method for forming a chitin film is provided. The method includes the following steps. In a step (a), a chitin suspension is prepared by adding chitin to water. In a step (b), physical forces are provided to process the chitin suspension, so that a mean particle diameter of the chitin is reduced. In a step (c), the chitin suspension is applied to a target, and the chitin film is formed after the chitin suspension is dried. |
| US11725070B2 |
Polymerization process for the synthesis of vinyl aromatic polymers with a controlled structure
The present invention relates to a polymerization process for the synthesis of vinyl aromatic polymers, in which the sequence of monomers in the chain and the linear, branched soluble, or crosslinked insoluble structure, with reactive or different polarity functions, are controlled. Said process comprises the step of polymerizing vinyl aromatic monomers by means of an Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) reaction with an Activator ReGenerated by Electron Transfer (ARGET), the reaction being carried out at a temperature comprised between 25° C. and 110° C. in an inert gas atmosphere in the presence of a complex catalyst containing a cupric halide and a multidentate amine ligand, feeding to the reaction an organic initiator having two geminal halogens, an alkali metal (bi)carbonate, a solvent pair of an aliphatic alcohol and an acetic ester of the same aliphatic alcohol and possibly ascorbic acid, provided that no initiator is used with three or more active halogens, or polyvinyl monomers or inimers. |
| US11725068B2 |
Cyclic polyolefins derived from hexyne, octyne, nonyne, pentadecyne and their copolymers with acetylene
Disclosed are saturated cyclic monopolymers derived from hexyne, octyne, nonyne, pentadecyne and saturated cyclic copolymers derived from acetylene and a second alkyne monomer that is hexyne, octyne, nonyne, or pentadecyne. |
| US11725067B2 |
Styrene-free coating compositions for packaging articles such as food and beverage containers
A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes an emulsion-polymerized latex copolymer having copolymer chains of one or more ethylenically-unsaturated monomers and one or more styrene offset monomers. Preferably, the coating composition is substantially free of BPA, PVC, and styrene. The method may also include curing the sprayed coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container. |
| US11725064B2 |
Chimeric small molecules for the recruitment of antibodies to cancer cells
The present invention relates to chimeric chemical compounds which are used to recruit antibodies to cancer cells, in particular, prostate cancer cells or metastasized prostate cancer cells. The compounds according to the present invention comprise an antibody binding terminus (ABT) moiety covalently bonded to a cell binding terminus (CBT) through a linker and optionally, a connector molecule. |
| US11725061B2 |
CSGP4—specific chimeric antigen receptor for cancer
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions related to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that target chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan-4 (CSPG4). T cells transduced with a CSPG4-specific CAR are effective for inhibition of particular cancer cells that express CSPG4. In certain embodiments, the cancer is melanoma, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, mesothelioma, glioblastoma, or renal cancer. |
| US11725055B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies targeting killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) family signaling
Monoclonal antibodies derived from the native human repertoire that bind the extracellular portion of Killer IgG Receptor (KIR) and pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions thereof are useful in treating cancer in human and other subjects. |
| US11725054B2 |
Anti-CD83 antibodies and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to proteins that bind to CD83 and uses thereof, for example, in therapy, prophylaxis, diagnosis, or prognosis. |
| US11725049B2 |
Human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody
An antibody has an antagonistic effect against IL-33. In particular an isolated human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibody has framework regions with amino acid sequences from a germline, including combinations and fragments of such sequences. The epitopes for a plurality of anti-IL-33 monoclonal antibodies were identified, human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies were obtained, and the complementarity-determining regions that achieve high binding ability to IL-33 was specified by introducing mutations in the complementarity-determining regions. The identified complementarity-determining regions were used to produce the foregoing human anti-IL-33 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies having framework regions. |
| US11725048B2 |
CXCL10 binding proteins and compositions thereof
The present invention relates to C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10) binding proteins and uses thereof in methods of detecting and/or diagnosing a condition in a subject, comprising determining a level of CXCL10 in the subject. Specific antibodies that bind to total CXCL10 (full-length, N-terminally truncated and citrullinated) and antibodies that bind active CXCL10 (full-length) were used to measure the level of total and active CXCL10 in samples from ovarian cancer patients. The calculated ratio of active to total CXCL10 was lower in patients with malignant condition when compared to patients with benign tumours or healthy individuals and is the basis of method of diagnosis of malignant conditions, monitoring tumour burden and disease progression. |
| US11725046B2 |
Human neutralizing anti-tetanus toxin monoclonal antibody and its applications
The invention describes fully native human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against tetanus toxin. The invention developed fully native human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against tetanus toxin through a systematic high through-put platform that is specialized for identifying and developing human native antibody. The neutralizing monoclonal antibodies described in the invention can be used in the prevention, treatment and detection of Clostridium tetani infection. The fully human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies developed in the invention have a high affinity toward tetanus toxin, as well as possessing high neutralizing activities against the toxin, safe of use with high disease prevention effectiveness, free of exogenous virus contamination, and are widely applicable to various human groups with strong industrial applications. |
| US11725045B2 |
Anti-respiratory syncytial virus antibodies, methods of their generation and use
Provided are antibodies or antigen binding polypeptides characterized by the ability to neutralize respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Specifically, the antibodies or antigen binding polypeptides are characterized by high affinity binding to RSV fusion glycoprotein (RSVF). Further provided are methods for their identification, isolation, generation, preparation, and use, as well as the heavy chain and light chain sequences of the antibodies provided. |
| US11725043B2 |
Ulinastatin polypeptides
Provided are ulinastatin glycoforms, ulinastatin fusion polypeptides, and related compositions, mixtures, and methods of use, including methods of recombinantly producing ulinastatin polypeptides and treating diseases. |
| US11725042B2 |
Methods and devices for complexing target entities
A method of recovering a population of extracellular vesicles from a biological sample comprising extracellular vesicles and contaminants is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises: a) removing contaminants from the sample, wherein the contaminants are relatively larger or more dense than the extracellular vesicles; b) contacting the sample of step a) with a plurality of binding compositions, each binding composition having first and/or second moieties capable of binding a recognition motif of the target entities under conditions to allow complexing of the extracellular vesicles with the plurality of binding compositions to form a complexed population of extracellular vesicles, the complexed population of extracellular vesicles having an increased volume and/or higher density in comparison to the extracellular vesicles in individual form; and c) recovering the complexed population of extracellular vesicles. |
| US11725040B2 |
T cell receptors
The present invention relates to T cell receptors (TCRs) which bind the HLA-A*0201 restricted peptide GVYDGREHTV (SEQ ID NO: 1) derived from the MAGE-A4 protein. The TCRs of the invention demonstrate excellent specificity profiles for this MAGE epitope. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the TCRs, cells engineered to present the TCRs, cells harbouring expression vectors encoding the TCRs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the TCRs, nucleic acids or cells of the invention. |
| US11725039B2 |
α/β t-cell receptor and methods of using it
The present disclosure relates to a new T-cell receptor (TCR), in particular at least one complementarity-determining region (CDR) thereof; a T-cell expressing said TCR; a clone expressing said TCR; a vector encoding said TCR; a soluble version of said TCR; a pharmaceutical composition or bispecific comprising said TCR, said cell, said clone or said vector; use of said TCR or said cell or said clone or said vector or said pharmaceutical composition or bispecific to treat cancer; and a method of treating cancer using said TCR, said cell, said clone, said vector, said pharmaceutical composition or bispecific comprising said TCR. |
| US11725035B2 |
Methods of treating a disorder associated with with insufficient stimulator of interferon genes (STING) activity
Compounds capable of mimicking the pyrin-domain of IF116 is provided together with compounds capable of binding to the pyrin-domain of IF116 or a fragment thereof as well as their uses in medicine. Specifically, the compounds are provided for use in the treatment of disorders associated with STING activity, including cancer and immuno-deficient or auto-immune disorders. |
| US11725032B2 |
Treatment of muscular dystrophies
There is described a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a functional dystrophin protein. Also described is a vector, a host cell and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the nucleic acid molecule; use of the nucleic acid molecule in therapy, such as in the treatment of a muscular dystrophy; and a method of treating muscular dystrophy, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the nucleic acid molecule to a patient suffering from a muscular dystrophy. |
| US11725029B2 |
Expression of pneumococcal surface protein a (PSPA)
The present invention relates to expression of Pneumococcal Surface Protein A (PspA). The invention represents an advancement in the field of genetic engineering and vaccine technology. The invention discloses expression vectors and recombinant host cells for expression of truncated PspA peptide. The invention also discloses vaccine compositions comprising the truncated peptides as carrier protein. |
| US11725028B2 |
FimH mutants, compositions therewith and use thereof
Polypeptides comprising a FimH lectin domain comprising at least one an amino acid mutation that causes the FimH lectin domain to be in the low affinity conformation for mannose are described. Pharmaceutical compositions which comprise such polypeptides and methods of stimulating an immune response in a subject in need thereof by administration of the polypeptide are further described. |
| US11725026B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting lactate dehydrogenase a activity
The present disclosure is directed to one or more engineered peptide inhibitors against the lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) activity in cells. The disclosure also provides compositions, and kits including the one or more peptide inhibitors, and methods of using the one or more peptide inhibitors. The peptide inhibitors and compositions can be used for treatment of conditions in which there is abnormally high LDHA activity, such as cancer or metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, mendelian disorders, inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative and neuropathological diseases, neuropsychological disorders, obesity and eating disorders, chronic diseases and genetic diseases. |
| US11725024B2 |
Antibody drug conjugates
The present disclosure provides antibody drug conjugates comprising STING modulators. Also provided are compositions comprising the antibody drug conjugates. The compounds and compositions are useful for stimulating an immune response in a subject in need thereof. |
| US11725023B2 |
Therapeutic oligonucleotides
Methods and compositions are provided for oligonucleotides that bind targets of interest. The targets include cells and microvesicles, such as those derived from various diseases. The oligonucleotides can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The target of the oligonucleotides can be a target such as PARP1, HIST1H1B, HIST1H1D, NCL, FBL, SFPQ, RPL12, ACTB, HIST1H4A, SSBP1, NONO, H2AFJ, and DDX21, or a complex, subunit or fragment thereof. |
| US11725020B2 |
Prodrugs of a CDK inhibitor for treating cancers
There are provided compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, used for inhibition or modulation of the activity of cyclin dependent kinases (CDK) and/or glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3), for the treatment of disease states or conditions mediated by cyclin dependent kinases and/or glycogen synthase kinase-3, including cancers. |
| US11725018B2 |
Crystals
Provided are crystals of 2-{[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbamoyl}-4-chlorophenyl dihydrogen phosphate, compositions comprising the same, and methods of making and using such crystals. |
| US11725011B2 |
Bicyclic urea kinase inhibitors and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula (I), (II), and (III). The provided compounds are able to bind protein kinases (e.g., SIK) and may be useful in modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the activity of a protein kinase (e.g., SIK, (e.g., SIK1, SIK2, or SIK3)) in a subject or cell. The provided compounds may be useful in treating or preventing a disease (e.g., proliferative disease, musculoskeletal disease, genetic disease, hematological disease, neurological disease, painful condition, psychiatric disorder, or metabolic disorder) in a subject in need thereof. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods, and uses that include or involve a compound described herein. |
| US11725010B2 |
Polyheterocyclic compounds as METTL3 inhibitors
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that function as inhibitors of METTL3 (N6-adenosine-methyltransferase 70 kDa subunit) enzyme activity: X—Y—Z (I) wherein X, Y and Z are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, and autoimmune diseases, as well as other diseases or conditions in which METTL3 activity is implicated. |
| US11725008B2 |
Ethanediamine-heterocycle derivatives as inhibitors of protein arginine methyltransferases
The present invention relates to ethanediamine-heterocycle compounds that are able to act as inhibitors of PRMTs (protein arginine methyltransferases) for treating cancer and other diseases mediated by PRMTs. |
| US11725006B2 |
Hydrophilic berberine-type derivative and application thereof in preparing drug
An 8-dihalomethyl berberine-type quaternary ammonium salt compound represented by general formula (I) or (II) and an application thereof in preparing a drug. The compound shows hydrophilicity and has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerative colitis, and antitumor activities, while having no or low toxicity. |
| US11724997B2 |
Compounds and compositions for treating conditions associated with APJ receptor activity
This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or prodrug of the compound) that modulate (e.g., agonize) the apelin receptor (also referred to herein as the APJ receptor; gene symbol “APLNR”). This disclosure also features compositions containing the same as well as other methods of using and making the same. The chemical entities are useful, e.g., for treating a subject (e.g., a human) having a disease, disorder, or condition in which a decrease in APJ receptor activity (e.g., repressed or impaired APJ receptor signaling; e.g., repressed or impaired apelin-APJ receptor signaling) or downregulation of endogenous apelin contributes to the pathology and/or symptoms and/or progression of the disease, disorder, or condition. Non-limiting examples of such diseases, disorders, or conditions include: (i) cardiovascular disease; (ii) metabolic disorders; (iii) diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with vascular pathology; and (iv) organ failure; (v) diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with infections (e.g., microbial infections); and (vi) diseases, disorders, or conditions that are sequela or comorbid with any of the foregoing or any disclosed herein. More particular non-limiting examples of such diseases, disorders, or conditions include pulmonary hypertension (e.g., PAH); heart failure; type II diabetes; renal failure; sepsis; and systemic hypertension. |
| US11724993B2 |
Acesulfame potassium compositions and processes for producing same
Compositions and processes for producing high purity acesulfame potassium are described. One process comprises the steps of forming a cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct; hydrolyzing the cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct to form an acesulfame-H composition comprising acesulfame-H; neutralizing the acesulfame-H in the acesulfame-H composition to form a crude acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 2800 wppm acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid, wherein the neutralizing step is conducted or maintained at a pH at or below 11.0; and treating the crude acesulfame potassium composition to form the finished acesulfame potassium composition comprising acesulfame potassium and less than 37 wppm acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid. |
| US11724992B2 |
Compounds and compositions for treating conditions associated with NLRP activity
In one aspect, compounds of Formula AA, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, are featured: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables shown in Formula A can be as defined anywhere herein. |
| US11724982B2 |
Trifluoromethoxylation of arenes via intramolecular trifluoromethoxy group migration
The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromcthoxylated aryl or trifluoromothoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without substitution; and R1 is —H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), -(alkylaryl), -(alkylheteroaryl), —NH-(alkyl), —N(alkyl)2, —NH-(alkenyl), —NH-(alkynyl) —NH-(aryl), —NH-(heteroaryl), —O-(alkyl), —O-(alkenyl), —O-(alkynyl), —O-(aryl), —O-(heteroaryl), —S-(alkyl), —S-(alkenyl), —S-(alkynyl), —S-(aryl), or —S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure: with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure: and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: |
| US11724977B2 |
Processes for solvent extraction of cannabinoids, terpenes and flavonoids from biomass
In alternative embodiments, provided are industrial processes and methods for extracting or removing cannabinoids, flavonoids and terpenes from plant materials such as trichomes. In alternative embodiments, the cannabinoids, flavonoids and terpenes are extracted or removed from the plant materials using a non-polar, organic solvent, or a mixture of non-polar, organic solvent and polar, organic solvent. |
| US11724974B2 |
Methods for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons
According to one or more embodiments described herein, a method for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons may include passing a hydrocarbon feed comprising one or more alkanes or alkyl aromatics into a fluidized bed reactor, contacting the hydrocarbon feed with a dehydrogenation catalyst in the fluidized bed reactor to produce a dehydrogenated product and hydrogen, and contacting the hydrogen with an oxygen-rich oxygen carrier material in the fluidized bed reactor to combust the hydrogen and form an oxygen-diminished oxygen carrier material. In additional embodiments, a dual-purpose material may be utilized which has dehydrogenation catalyst and oxygen carrying functionality. |
| US11724973B2 |
Methods and systems for processing pentanes
A method for processing pentanes obtained from a DIB unit is disclosed. The process can include separating a first stream containing pentanes obtained from a DIB unit, in a separation column to obtain a second stream comprising iso-pentane and a third stream comprising n-pentane and neo-pentane; and subjecting the third stream to a butane isomerization unit producing a fourth stream containing iso-pentane, n-pentane, and neo-pentane. |
| US11724968B2 |
Shell and processing method of shell
A shell and a method for processing the shell are provided. The method includes: coating a sol prepared in advance on an inner surface of a ceramic shell prepared in advance; sintering the ceramic shell coated with the sol by using a sintering process, and forming a transition layer having nano-sized micro-pores on the inner surface of the ceramic shell. |
| US11724967B2 |
System and method for forming an ultra-high temperature composite structure
A method for forming an ultra-high temperature (UHT) composite structure includes dispensing a first polymeric precursor with a spinneret; forming a first plurality of nanofibers from the first polymeric precursor; depositing the first plurality of nanofibers with a collector; and applying a fluid, with a nozzle, onto the first plurality of nanofibers disposed on the collector. The fluid includes a second polymeric precursor. |
| US11724966B2 |
Microwave dielectric ceramic material and preparation method thereof
A temperature-stable modified NiO—Ta2O5-based microwave dielectric ceramic material and a preparation method thereof are provided. Using ion doping modification to form solid solution structure is an important measure to adjust microwave dielectric properties, especially the temperature stability. Based on formation rules of the solid solution, ion replacement methods are designed including Ni2+ ions are replaced by Cu2+ ions, and (Ni1/3Ta2/3)4+ composite ions are replaced by [(Al1/2Nb1/2)ySn1-y]4+ composite ions, which considers that cations with similar ionic radii to Ni2+ and Ta5+ ions can be introduced into the NiTa2O6 ceramic for doping under the same coordination environment (coordination number=6), and therefore a ceramic material with the NiTa2O6 solid solution structure can be obtained. The microwave dielectric ceramic material with excellent temperature stability and low loss is finally prepared by adjusting molar contents of each of doped ions, and its microwave dielectric properties are excellent. |
| US11724962B2 |
Method for etching curved substrate
A method for etching a curved substrate is provided, including: forming a conductive thin film layer with an etched pattern on the curved substrate; supplying power to the conductive thin film layer such that the conductive thin film layer has an equal potential at each position of the conductive thin film layer; etching each position of the curved substrate to an etching depth corresponding to the potential at each position of the conductive thin film layer based on the etched pattern of the conductive thin film layer, so as to obtain the curved substrate having a consistent etching depth at each position of the curved substrate. With the etching method, it is possible to etch an arbitrary curved surface to obtain a microstructure with a uniform processing depth. |
| US11724961B2 |
White glass-ceramic substrates and articles including tetragonal zirconia crystalline phase, and method of manufacturing the same
A glass-ceramic article comprises: a center-volume composition comprising (on an oxide basis): 55-75 mol % SiO2; 0.2-10 mol % Al2O3; 0-5 mol % B2O3; 15-30 mol % Li2O; 0-2 mol % Na2O; 0-2 mol % K2O; 0-5 mol % MgO; 0-2 mol % ZnO; 0.2-3.0 mol % P2O5; 0.1-10 mol % ZrO2; 0-4 mol % TiO2; and 0-1.0 mol % SnO2. Lithium disilicate and either β-spodumene or β-quartz are the two predominant crystalline phases (by weight) of the glass-ceramic article. The glass-ceramic article further comprises tetragonal ZrO2 as a crystalline phase. The composition of the glass-ceramic article from a primary surface into a thickness of the glass-ceramic article can comprise over 10 mol % Na2O (on an oxide basis), with the mole percentage of Na2O decreasing from the primary surface towards the center-volume. The glass-ceramic article exhibits a ring-on-ring load-to-failure of at least 120 kgf, when the thickness of the glass-ceramic article is 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm. |
| US11724960B2 |
Glass ceramic with reduced lithium content
A transparent colored glass ceramic, in particular an LAS glass ceramic, suitable for use as a cooking surface is provided. The transparent colored glass ceramic includes high-quartz solid solution (HQ s.s.) as a main crystal phase and exhibits thermal expansion of −1 to +1 ppm/Kin the range from 20° C. to 700° C. The glass ceramic has from 3.0 to 3.6 percent by weight of lithium oxide (Li2O) as constituents and either is colored with 0.003 to 0.05 percent by weight of vanadium oxide (V2O5) or is colored with 0.003 to 0.25 percent by weight of molybdenum oxide (MoO3). |
| US11724956B2 |
Glass composition and glass powder, in particular for the use in the dental field
The present disclosure relates to a glass composition as well as a glass powder. The disclosure also relates to the use in the dental field, e.g. as dental material such as dental filling or dental restauration material, in particular as or for the production of a glass ionomer cement, for example for the treatment and/or for the filling of cavities in human and/or animal teeth and/or for tooth restoration. |
| US11724954B2 |
Basic additives for silica soot compacts and methods for forming optical quality glass
A method for forming an optical quality glass is provided. The method includes contacting silica soot particles with a basic additive, forming a silica soot compact, and removing the basic additive from the silica soot compact. A method of forming a cladding portion of an optical fiber preform is also provided. |
| US11724951B2 |
Energy efficient decentralized wastewater reuse system incorporating multiple stages of aerobic bioreactors and recirculation for organics and nitrogen reduction
A decentralized wastewater reuse design utilizing trickling filter (TF)-based aerobic bioreactors responds to the growing need for efficient energy usage per gallon of wastewater treated and/or pound of biological oxygen demand (BOD) removed from processed influent. A facility based on this design is able to adjust power consumption as needed due to external factors, such as utility rate scheduling, grid availability, and/or renewable power sources, without compromising effluent quality performance or increasing energy intensity. The facility improves on past TF applications by overcoming physical hydraulic constraints and expanding the capacity for both aerobic nitrification and anaerobic denitrification throughout the system. This design reduces grid dependency and overall power utilization per gallon of wastewater treated and/or per pound of BOD removal in alignment with climate-oriented policies that are expected to further exert pressure on states and municipalities to shift to carbon-free energy sources supplying all of their water/wastewater facility operations. |
| US11724948B2 |
Method for wastewater treatment through microorganism biochemical pathway optimization
Increased control and efficiency over the wastewater purification can be achieved through creating conditions that allow the operator to selectively prioritize the digestive function of microorganism in the activated sludge. The gas-dispersion return sludge is created using pure oxygen or oxygen containing trace amounts of ozone as a reactive gas, which is blended with return sludge to create a mixture of gas and liquid, which is passed through an atomizer or a cavitation pump to instantly render the reactive gas to an ultra-fine bubble state. At least a portion of the ultra-fine bubbles dissolve within the gas-dispersion return sludge, activating the dormant microorganisms. Due to a complete or an almost complete absence of biodegradable material in the gas-dispersion return sludge, the microorganism prioritize their digestive function, and when exposed to biodegradable pollutants present in wastewater, digest the pollutants using biochemical pathways different from the ones used in nature. |
| US11724938B2 |
Methods for production of hydrogen
Synthesis gas containing nitrogen as the majority component is processed to increase the hydrogen to carbon dioxide ratio. Nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and other contaminants are subsequently removed by a purification unit to produce a purified hydrogen gas stream. A recycle stream within the purification unit helps achieve a hydrogen purity greater than 99.9 percent, and hydrogen recovery greater than 99 percent. |
| US11724937B2 |
Method of dry reforming of methane
A method of dry reforming of methane (CH4) is provided. The method includes contacting at a temperature of 500 to 1000 degree Celsius (° C.) a reactant gas mixture including methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) with a bimetallic supported catalyst. The bimetallic supported catalyst includes a porous catalyst support and a bimetallic catalyst. The porous catalyst support includes aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and magnesium oxide (MgO). The bimetallic catalyst includes nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu) disposed on the porous catalyst support. The method further includes collecting a product gas mixture including hydrogen (H2) and carbon monoxide (CO). The bimetallic supported catalyst includes 8 to 16 weight percent (wt. %) nickel and 2 to 14 wt. % copper, each based on a total weight of bimetallic supported catalyst. |
| US11724933B2 |
Eutectic bonding with AlGe
A MEMS device formed in a first semiconductor substrate is sealed using a second semiconductor substrate. To achieve this, an Aluminum Germanium structure is formed above the first substrate, and a polysilicon layer is formed above the second substrate. The first substrate is covered with the second substrate so as to cause the polysilicon layer to contact the Aluminum Germanium structure. Thereafter, eutectic bonding is performed between the first and second substrates so as to cause the Aluminum Germanium structure to melt and form an AlGeSi sealant thereby to seal the MEMS device. Optionally, the Germanium Aluminum structure includes, in part, a layer of Germanium overlaying a layer of Aluminum. |
| US11724930B2 |
Beverage dispensing assembly and beverage container
Beverage dispensing assembly (1), comprising a dispenser (2) and a beverage container (3), wherein the beverage container (3) has a neck portion (7) and a shoulder portion (8) adjacent the neck portion (7), wherein the neck portion (7) is provided with at least an outflow opening and at least one gas inlet opening (9) and wherein the dispenser (2) comprises a housing (4), wherein the housing (4) is provided with a receptacle (5) for receiving at least part of the container (3), wherein the container (3) is positioned in the dispenser (2) with the neck and shoulder portion (7, 8) facing downward, such that the neck portion (7) and at least part of the shoulder portion (8) are received in the receptacle (5), wherein part of the shoulder portion (8) extends close to and/or is in contact with a wall of the receptacle (5), wherein preferably a lid (12) is provided over the container (3), enclosing a part of the container (3) extending outside the receptacle (5). |
| US11724929B2 |
O-ring retaining apparatus for a bar gun
A system and method of using an O-ring retaining apparatus to maintain an O-ring in the same position relative to the position of the handle of a bar gun while permitting a valve stem in physical contact with the O-ring to slide past without the O-ring becoming dislodged. |
| US11724928B2 |
Beverage dispensing machines and backblocks thereof
A backblock includes a body with a cavity connected to an inlet and an outlet. A spindle is positioned with a first end within the cavity and a second end with a tab exterior of the body. A latching plate is configured for translative movement relative to the body. The latching plate includes a keyhole with a bore and a channel. The bore is dimensioned to receive the spindle and the channel is dimensioned to receive the tab. The latching plate has a first latch position proximate to the body and a second latch position spaced apart from the body. When the tab is in alignment with the channel, the latching plate can translate to the second latch position about the tab. When the tab is out of alignment with the channel, the tab retains the latching plate in the first latch position. |
| US11724927B2 |
On demand functional beverage dispenser
An on demand functional beverage dispenser is provided that outputs an enhanced flavored mixture by combining a liquid with a flavored product and a functional product including a dietary supplement. |
| US11724925B2 |
Machine for packaging liquids or semisolid products in containers
Described herein are a machine for packaging liquids or semisolid products in containers, in particular liquids in containers such as bottles, and a support system of such a machine. In particular, the machine for packaging liquids in containers includes two or more operating units selected from a preform oven, a blowing unit for blowing the preforms to form containers, a rinsing unit for rinsing the blown containers, a container filling unit, a filled container capping unit, a container labeling unit, an empty or filled container sterilization unit, and a container descent and orientation unit; distribution starwheels for transporting the preforms or containers between the operating units; and a base including an upper plate and a lower plate, wherein all the operating units and the distribution starwheels are placed on the upper plate. |
| US11724924B2 |
Two-handled rotating lid opener
A rotating lid opener having two opposing handles facilitates removal of a screw lid from a container (e.g., a jar), particularly when used with a separate container securing device to hold the container while the screw lid is being removed using the two-handled device. In certain embodiments, the two opposing handles are one-way foldable and include a locking mechanism to hold the handles in an open/extended position for operating the rotating lid opener to loosen a screw lid from a container. |
| US11724923B1 |
Active tether control for a tethered multirotor
A control system and method for tensioning an active tether for a multirotor unmanned aerial system is provided. The control system includes a tensioning pulley and a tensioning spring. The tensioning spring is arranged to generate a variable tension force on the active tether. A transducer is connected adjacent to the tensioning spring to sense a linear displacement position of the tensioning pulley and to transmit a position signal to a controller. The position signal is proportional to the linear displacement position. A servomotor in communication with the controller receives a control signal from the controller in response to the position signal. The servomotor drives a cable reel. The cable reel is rotatably mounted in the frame for spooling the tether in response to rotation of the servomotor. The cable reel is rotated by the servomotor to maintain a predetermined tension on the tensioning spring. |
| US11724921B2 |
Set-up method for a mobile crane and mobile crane
A mobile crane includes an undercarriage, a superstructure having a crane boom and a crane cable, and a plurality of support carriers for stabilizing the undercarriage in a correct operating state. In order to set-up the mobile crane, a support carrier is disposed in a disassembled state separately from the mobile crane in a waiting position. The support carrier is connected to the crane cable of the crane boom and is shifted between the waiting position and a receiving position which is disposed on the undercarriage. The support carrier is moved by the crane boom between the receiving position and a coupling position in a support box of the undercarriage in such a manner that the support carrier is guided in the support box at least in a substantially tension-free manner. A controller is configured to carry out the set-up method. |
| US11724917B2 |
Aligning device and method for aligning a guide rail of an elevator system by means of force pulses
An aligning device is used for aligning a guide rail of an elevator system. The guide rail is held on a shaft wall of an elevator shaft and is displaceable in at least two horizontal directions, oriented crosswise with respect to each other, before a final fixation. The aligning device has a detection device that is configured to detect, in an automated manner, a position deviation of the guide rail from a nominal position, and has a hammer mill that is configured to hammer the guide rail in an automated manner depending on the detected position deviation by exerting pulse-like strikes in one of the horizontal directions toward the nominal position. |
| US11724914B2 |
Rack for a stairway guide, and a method of providing a stairway guide comprising a rack
A rack for a stairway guide suitable for providing good grip in curves comprises a bendable strip body, said bendable strip body comprising a first main side and a second main side, the first main side being provided with a series of equidistant engagement elements, each element being chosen from i) a hole, and ii) a protrusion. Both longitudinal sides are provided with a series of indentations. Being bendable, a stairway guide can be manufactured easily by bending the rack in the desired shape defined by the stairway guide. |
| US11724910B2 |
Monitoring of conveyance system vibratory signatures
A method of monitoring a conveyance system is provided. The method including: monitoring vibratory signatures along a first axis of a conveyance apparatus of a conveyance system; detecting a vibratory signature along the first axis about equivalent to a vibratory signature of significant event; and examining vibratory signatures for a secondary event along at least one of the first axis and a second axis of the conveyance apparatus for at least one of a selected time period after detection of the significant event and a selected time period before detection of the significant event. |
| US11724898B2 |
Image processing device
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a cassette main body, a device main body, a handle, and a pressing member. The cassette main body contains a sheet. The device main body stores the cassette main body retractably in a first direction. The handle is displaceably supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member is supported by the cassette main body. The pressing member presses the device main body in a second direction opposite to the first direction in conjunction with displacement of the handle with respect to the cassette main body. |
| US11724897B2 |
Systems and methods for self-loading a modular robot into a delivery vehicle
A modular robot system which may be configured to accommodate packages of varying sizes is provided. The modular robot may include a base having omni-directional wheels and cameras and sensors, one or more modular containers, and a lid, which may be releasably linked together to form a small, medium or larger units. The base may include a lifting mechanism to vertically raise the robot to a desired height in alignment with a delivery vehicle. Moreover, retractable loading arms of the vehicle may be extended from the vehicle to engage with the robot to facilitate self-loading of the robot into the delivery vehicle. |
| US11724889B2 |
Nip guard
A nip guard (10) for use with a conveyor system which includes a pulley (84) and a flexible conveyor belt (88) which is engaged with and which passes over the pulley (84), the conveyor belt (88) including an outer load-carrying surface (82) and an inner surface (86), wherein the nip guard (10) includes supporting structure (64, 66, 60) and, mounted to the supporting structure (60, 64, 66), at least one belt scraping element (46) configured to be in scraping contact with the inner surface (86) of the belt (88). |
| US11724887B2 |
System and method for fix pitch parcel distribution
A system (500) for distributing a stream of articles (100) at a fix pitch (P) includes a belt assembly (250) with belt segments (252) carrying a stream of articles (100), a sensor assembly (510) with sensors (512), a control system (550) interfacing with the belt assembly (250) and the sensor assembly (510), wherein the sensor assembly (510) provides measurements of initial positions of each article of the stream of articles (100) and transmits the measurements to the control system (550), wherein the control system (550) utilizes the measurements to determine deficits of the initial positions to final positions for each article based on a predefined pitch value (P), and wherein the control system (550) controls a speed of the plurality of belt segments (252) to provide the final positions for each article according to the predefined pitch value (P). |
| US11724886B2 |
Safety device for push conveyor
A flight conveyor for conveying articles while preventing injuries to an operator, the flight conveyor comprising a frame defining a trough, a drive system defining a rotating pathway and at least one flight driven by the drive system along the rotating pathway for conveying the articles through the trough, wherein the at least one flight is detachably fastened to the drive system and configured to be detached when subjected to a resistive force capable of injuring an operator. |
| US11724882B2 |
Controlling automated pallet movers
An automated warehouse system can include automated pallet movers, a physical space in which the automated pallet movers operate, and a control system to provide commands to each of the automated pallet movers for operating in the physical space. The commands can include a pallet transportation command including a pallet identifier of a pallet to be transported by the automated pallet mover in the physical space, and a destination location to which the pallet is to be transported by the automated pallet mover. The commands can also include a control algorithm command that specifies a control algorithm for moving through the physical space. The automated pallet mover can be configured to transport the pallet to the destination location according to a route resulting from performance of the control algorithm, while other automated pallet movers concurrently transport other pallets to other destination locations. |
| US11724881B2 |
Distribution and inventory system and methods of using the same
Systems, computer-readable instructions, and methods for dispensing and tracking medical products in various medical locations are disclosed. For example, the system may include a server which receives one or more requests for types of medical products from one or more client devices, determines whether the requested types and quantities are available in a dispenser and issues an instruction to the dispenser to automatically dispense the requested medical products and quantities. The server may receive confirmation after the types of medical products are dispensed from the dispenser and update a database. The server may receive unused and used medical product information from a client device and reconcile with restocked medical product information from the dispenser. Available types of medical products and quantities, usage reports and recommendations may be viewed via a Platform by one or more client devices. The dispenser may receive requests directly from a client device for medical products. |
| US11724879B2 |
Management method, device and system applied to goods-to-person system, server and computer storage medium
A management method applied to the goods-to-person system includes: in response to a task of putting products on shelves, calculating popularity of a product to be put on shelf according to historical sales order data of the product to be put on shelf, and matching the popularity of the product to be put on shelf with popularity of a shelf to determine a shelf area; selecting a goods location with space randomly in the determined shelf area, Wherein the goods location is used for storing the product to be put on shelf; and controlling a mobile robot to transport a shelf where the goods location is located to a work station. |
| US11724878B2 |
Modular vertical lift system
A conveyor carriage movable on a guide rail. The conveyor carriage includes a conveyor frame; a pair of side rails spaced apart from each other; and a load carrying portion coupled to the pair of side rails. A drop-down plate hingedly mounted to the conveyor frame and positioned in between the pair of side rails. The drop-down plate is pivotable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the drop-down plate encloses a component of the conveyor carriage in the closed position. The conveyor carriage to pick up and deposit loads from and to a load handling station. The load handling station including a control box with a pivotable lid to enclose one or more components of the load handling station in the closed position. |
| US11724873B2 |
Capsule for the preparation of a beverage containing pellets
The invention relates to a capsule for the preparation of a beverage in a beverage machine by feeding liquid in the capsule and extracting a beverage out of the capsule, wherein the capsule comprises containment walls forming an interior cavity containing beverage precursor; wherein the beverage precursor comprises a combination of non-compacted beverage extractable powder and pellets of compacted beverage extractable powder and wherein the largest dimension of each pellet is at least 3.5 millimeters. The invention enables to confer different beverage characteristics, for example, change the beverage extraction and aroma release kinetics, make more intense beverages and/or improve the beverage flow released from the capsule. |
| US11724871B2 |
Rigid packs for smoking articles with a double hinged lid and blanks to manufacture said rigid pack for smoking articles
A pack for smoking articles can include two groups of smoking articles arranged adjacent to each other; an inner containing element surrounding the two groups, having two distinct and separate extraction openings to access the respective groups of smoking articles, and having a front wall, two side walls and/or a rear wall; an outer containing element arranged around the inner containing element, surrounding the two groups, and having a rear wall; and two lids, which are hinged at opposite ends of the rear wall of the outer containing element, rotate between an open and closed position of the corresponding extraction openings, and each having a rear wall hinged to the rear wall of the outer containing element, two side walls, one front wall and one end wall. |
| US11724870B2 |
Contact lens dispenser
Contact lens dispensers are provided including a pens dispenser having an interior and a dispensing end. A delivery screw is provided in the interior of the tubular housing. The delivery screw has a thread pitch and a plurality of contact lenses, one contact lens per pitch. Upon actuation of an actuator, each contact lens moves along the thread by a distance of one pitch and a single contact lens is dispensed from the dispensing end of the tubular housing. A case and disposable foil contact lens cartridge are also provided as a re a case and disposable contact lens foil spool, wherein actuation of push-buttons dispense contact lenses ready for immediate application onto an eye. |
| US11724867B2 |
Reconfigurable packaging and corresponding blank
Reconfigurable packaging for a cooking appliance includes a base including a base panel defining lower wing slots and opposing sidewalls extending from the base panel. The base defines a storage cavity. A cover is coupled to the base and configured to enclose the storage cavity. The cover includes a cover panel defining upper wing slots, a first side wing extending from a first side of the cover panel, and a second side wing extending from a second side of the cover panel. The first side wing and the second side wing are operable between a first folded position engaging the upper wing slots and a second folded position engaging the lower wing slots. |
| US11724865B2 |
Toilet roll package
Provided is a toilet roll package wherein toilet rolls are gusseted-packaged with exterior film, each roll being individually wrapped with resin film. The rolls are arranged in two rows between upper and lower sealed portions of the package with their circumferential surfaces abutting, the upper and lower sealed portions facing to the circumferential surfaces of the rolls. In an area of the exterior film closer to the upper sealed portion than position (P1) of adjoining between the rolls closest to the upper sealed portion, open start portion (60) convexed toward the upper sealed portion is formed. The open start portion (60) includes base portion (61) having an easy tear line extending along the top-bottom direction, and flaring portion (62) formed with easy tear lines flaring from close to a lateral side of the base portion toward the lower sealed portion with gradually increasing distance therebetween. |
| US11724863B2 |
Tabbed seal with oversized tab
Various enhancements of tabbed seals are provided herein with enhanced grasping functionality. Such enhancements include an oversized tab structure for increasing the overall surface area of the tab. In some forms, the tab has been configured such that the overall gripping tab is larger, but a portion thereof is temporarily adhered to the lower laminate, such as during seal and/or cap installation. Instead, the gripping tab includes a small free portion and then a second, temporarily bonded portion that can either release or rupture, permitting the overall grippable portion of the tab to be large. |
| US11724862B2 |
Cap and container
A cap configured to be detachably attached to a mouth portion of a container body having a containment space for contents and close the mouth portion, includes: a transparent or semitransparent topped tubular outer lid portion; and a topped tubular inner lid portion located in close contact with an inner side of the outer lid portion so as to be relatively non-rotatable. A retaining protrusion having an inclined surface that is inclined inward in a downward direction and extends to a lower end of the outer lid portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the outer lid portion. The retaining protrusion engages with a retaining depression provided on an outer peripheral surface of the inner lid portion, to suppress separation between the outer lid portion and the inner lid portion. |
| US11724861B2 |
Decorative closure for a container
A closure constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of a container, the closure having a substantially cylindrical shape and comprising substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of the closure, wherein the closure further comprises: (a) a closure precursor having a substantially cylindrical shape and comprising a lateral surface and substantially flat terminating surfaces forming the opposed ends of the closure precursor, wherein the lateral surface and the flat terminating surfaces of the closure precursor have a substantially uniform color; and (b) a decorative layer that at least partially covers at least the lateral surface of the closure precursor. |
| US11724859B2 |
Food containers with gas diversion
A food container including a receptacle defining a first storage volume and a second storage volume, a cover configured to be secured to the receptacle, and a gas diversion system located between the first storage volume and the second storage volume when the cover is secured to the receptacle. |
| US11724857B2 |
Mechanism for joining collapsible walls of a plastic container
An attachment mechanism between folding walls of a plastic container facilitates the assembly and disassembly of said walls and at the same time provides a strong attachment capable of resisting the stresses to which the container is subjected. The attachment mechanism includes a pair of male active closure means, a pair of male passive closure means, a pair of female active closure means and a pair of female passive closure means. |
| US11724856B2 |
Hybrid collapsible container
A collapsible container includes a frame including a base and a plurality of walls hingeably connected to edges of the base. At least one wall of the plurality of walls has a large opening therethrough. The large opening occupies a majority of the area of the at least one wall. An insert is received in the frame. The insert at least substantially covers the large opening in the at least one wall. |
| US11724854B2 |
Box with foldable handle
A box can include a first side panel; a second side panel positioned perpendicular to the first side panel; a top panel joined to the first side panel; and a handle assembly, the handle assembly including: a handle portion attached the top panel, the handle portion including a tab at a side end of the handle portion, and a locking panel attached to the second side panel, the locking panel defining a cut pattern, the cut pattern including a first side cut and a second side cut, a flap defined between the first side cut and the second side cut, the first side cut diverging into an inner cut extending along a bottom of the flap and an outer cut defining a space below the bottom of the flap, a portion of the second side cut extending along the bottom of the flap. |
| US11724851B2 |
Insulated box assembly with overlapping panels
A box assembly can include an exterior piece including a first middle portion, a second middle portion, a third middle portion, and a fourth middle portion; the first middle portion and the third middle portion positioned perpendicular to the second middle portion and the fourth middle portion; a plurality of insulator pads including a first side insulator pad, a second side insulator pad, and a third side insulator pad; the first side insulator pad contacting the first middle portion; the second side insulator pad contacting the first middle portion, the second middle portion, and the third middle portion; the third side insulator pad contacting the third middle portion; and an interior piece positioned within the exterior piece, the interior piece including a first side panel and a second side panel; the first side insulator pad positioned between the first side panel and the first middle portion. |
| US11724848B2 |
Multilayer container, method for manufacturing same, and method for manufacturing reclaimed polyester
Provided is a multilayer container including: a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X); and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y) and a yellowing inhibitor (A). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to a total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. Also provided are a method for manufacturing the multilayer container, and a method for manufacturing a recycled polyester, the method thereof including a step of recovering polyester from the multilayer container. |
| US11724847B2 |
Blow molded article with debossing
A blow molded multilayer article having a hollow body defined by a wall comprising at least three layers. The wall has a first Layer A comprising an outer surface of the wall, a second Layer A comprising the inner surface of the wall and a Layer B between the first and second Layer As. The B layer can contain an effect pigment and/or an opacifying pigment and the Layer As can be transparent. The wall contains a deboss element. |
| US11724845B2 |
Apparatus for X ray irradiation
The present invention concerns an apparatus for irradiating goods with X-rays, comprising a first source of X-rays configured for emitting X-rays along a first irradiation volume centered on a longitudinal axis (X), and a conveyor configured for driving goods such as to expose a first portion of the goods through the first irradiation volume,wherein, the conveyor is configured for driving the target products through the irradiation volume along a vertical axis (Z). |
| US11724844B2 |
Ultrasonic sealing device
An ultrasonic sealing device including a sonotrode for sealing a packaging material, including a piezoelectric transducer to generate ultrasonic acoustic vibrations for the sealing, a housing, a power circuit connected to the piezoelectric transducer. The power circuit is enclosed in the housing, and an absorbent arranged in the housing to absorb moisture in an atmosphere therein to lower humidity. A method of controlling humidity in an ultrasonic sealing device is also described. |
| US11724842B2 |
Component mounting system and tape scraps collecting device
A component mounting system including: a component mounting device group in which a plurality of component mounting devices that mount components supplied to a board transported in from an upstream side by a tape feeder and transport out the board to a downstream side, and cut a carrier tape after supplying the components by a cutter device and discharge scraps of carrier tape, are installed on a floor surface while being arranged in a direction of conveying the board; a main conveyor that is installed along an arrangement direction of the plurality of component mounting devices in a region on the floor surface under the component mounting device group, and transports the scraps of carrier tape discharged from each of the plurality of component mounting devices; and a scraps storage that is installed outside the region and stores the scraps of carrier tape transported by the main conveyor. |
| US11724839B2 |
Method of packaging including covering an opening of a chute using a lid
The method includes covering a first opening of at least one first chute using a lid, delivering air from a pressurized air source into the at least one first chute, and advancing at least one first plunger through a first end of the at least one first chute to transfer a product through a second end of the at least one first chute and into a first open side of at least one first box. |
| US11724835B2 |
Locking and separating mechanism capable of achieving sequential release of multiple satellites and working method thereof
The disclosure provides a locking and separating mechanism capable of achieving sequential release of multiple satellites and a working method thereof. The locking and separating mechanism includes a satellite group, two sets of locking assemblies and two sets of separating assemblies, wherein the satellite group includes a plurality of satellite bodies, the locking assemblies are located above the satellite group, the locking assemblies are connected with a base, the two sets of locking assemblies are arranged symmetrically at the diagonal line of the satellite group, the two sets of separating assemblies are arranged symmetrically on the two opposite sides of the satellite group, the bottom parts of the separating assemblies are fixedly connected with the base, and the inner sides of the separating assemblies are connected with the satellite group; the separating assemblies include sliding rails, a plurality of sliding blocks, redundant steel wire ropes, fixed pulleys A, pulley support seats A, fixed pulleys B, separating motors and pulley support seats B; the plurality of sliding blocks are matched with the sliding rails, the sliding blocks are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with spherical structures on the satellite bodies, the locking assemblies compress the satellite group, and the separating assemblies separate the satellite bodies one by one. The mechanism is simple in structure, low in energy consumption, and convenient to install and store, and can achieve separation of multiple satellites one by one. |
| US11724834B2 |
Atomic number (Z) grade shielding materials and methods of making atomic number (Z) grade shielding
In some aspects, this disclosure relates to improved Z-grade materials, such as those used for shielding, systems incorporating such materials, and processes for making such Z-grade materials. In some examples, the Z-grade material includes a diffusion zone including mixed metallic alloy material with both a high atomic number material and a lower atomic number material. In certain examples, a process for making Z-grade material includes combining a high atomic number material and a low atomic number material, and bonding the high atomic number material and the low atomic number together using diffusion bonding. The processes may include vacuum pressing material at an elevated temperature, such as a temperature near a softening or melting point of the low atomic number material. In another aspect, systems such as a vault or an electronic enclosure are disclosed, where one or more surfaces of Z-grade material make up part or all of the vault/enclosure. |
| US11724833B2 |
Expandable systems for space
Systems for insulating a space vehicle or space borne container from an external environment as well as cryogens from heat sources. Such systems also protect the vehicle from the high dynamic pressures, the high heat loads encountered in atmospheric flight, and provide storage capability that strongly limits, or effectively eliminates, cryogenic boil-off losses once in space. Such systems include an expandable structure having a plurality of contiguously adjacent expandable layers. The layers are connected by a plurality of tension connectors between successive layers. For launch and flight the layers can be restrained in a collapsed position. Whereupon exiting a free stream environment, the layers are expanded where they can lock into place or otherwise remain in an expanded state. The expansion creates separation between the layers with minimal conduction paths providing near theoretically perfect multi-layer insulation and extremely effective debris protection. |
| US11724831B2 |
Electromagnetic spacetime continuum propulsion system for space travel
An electromagnetic propulsion system for the movement of spacecraft by means of ejection of the perturbed dark matter. In the present invention, to perturb and accelerate the dark matter, the electromagnetic energy generated by microwave generators is supplied to a number of position-adjustable electromagnetic vibrators that form a phased antenna array inside the waveguide. Since the dark matter permeates the Universe and its reserves are unlimited, it can be used as a working medium in the constant acceleration propulsion system for as long as the electric power supply lasts. Since the electromagnetic propulsion system has infinite reserves of the working medium, the specific impulse is also infinite. The speed of the dark matter jet approaches the speed of light. |
| US11724828B2 |
Deployable system with flexible membrane
An example system for extraterrestrial deployment of a flexible membrane surface includes a flexible membrane having a periphery and an interior. The flexible membrane is rolled about a roll axis into a cylindrical geometric shape in an undeployed state. A payload base has extendable radial booms, wherein the distal end of each extendable radial boom is attached to the periphery of the flexible membrane and the interior of the flexible membrane is free of attachment to the extendable radial booms. The payload base and the extendable radial booms are positioned to one side of the flexible membrane along the roll axis. The extendable radial booms are configured to extend orthogonally to the roll axis from the payload base to unroll the flexible membrane about the roll axis to form the flexible membrane surface in a deployed state, wherein the roll axis is substantially orthogonal to the flexible membrane surface. |
| US11724826B2 |
Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods
Spacecraft servicing devices and related methods may include a propellant tank configured to store a propellant and to be placed into fluid communication with a portion of the target spacecraft. |
| US11724823B2 |
Integrally stiffened bonded panel with machined recesses and improved methods of manufacture
Methods for machining a composite material substrate are discloses comprising integrating a predetermined pattern area having a disbond material for the purpose of creating a disbond region into the composite material substrate at a predetermined thickness, detecting the disbond region and forming a plurality of recesses in the composite material substrate by removing a machined plug from the composite material substrate to form recesses positioned at locations corresponding to the predetermined pattern area, and composite components comprising the recesses machined according to such methods. |
| US11724822B1 |
Systems and methods to combine taxi and landing lights for an aircraft in the same housing as a camera
Systems and methods to combine lights and cameras are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may carry a housing that holds both a lighting component and a video camera; receive instructions to operate the lighting component in at least one of two different lighting modes, including a landing lighting mode and a taxi lighting mode; control the video camera to capture video information at a particular frame rate; and control the lighting component to emit light in a manner that supports at least one particular lighting mode and that includes switching off or turning down the lighting component in synchrony with the particular frame rate to reduce glare and/or otherwise improve the captured video information. |
| US11724820B2 |
Decision-support system for aircraft requiring emergency landings
A system and method to assist aircraft pilots with rapid decision-making in cases where the pilot needs to make a flight diversion at low altitudes due to an emergency (for example, loss of thrust). Once an emergency need for diversion is detected, the system and method generates a list of alternative airports the plane can reach given: (i) the current conditions of the plane; (ii) a real-emergency time simulation of evolving conditions of the plane; (iii) the environment at potential landing sites; and (iv) the environment on the flight path to those sites. For airports potentially within reach, the system and method provides a confidence scores for successful landings for alternative simulated landing options. The simulations and confidence scores take into account aircraft position, altitude, speed, and possible further problems with the aircraft for the both the current flight path and for each simulated alternative. |
| US11724819B2 |
Method and system for assessing aircraft landing and surface movement performances
A method for detecting and reporting anomalies in operation of an aircraft. The method including the steps of: receiving real time data indicative of the operation of the aircraft, the real time data including at least one of the following parameters: ground speed, rate of deceleration of the aircraft, touchdown location, aircraft route, timing of aircraft route, ground movement activities and a maximum landing distance; based on the collected real time data, calculating a predicted performance of the aircraft, and alerting an operator when the predicted performance is outside of an acceptable performance for the aircraft. |
| US11724816B2 |
Hybrid eVTOL power system
A reliable and redundant hybrid VTOL UAV power architecture includes two or more channels of high voltage AC power generated from at least one generator, the generator coupled to one or more liquid fueled turbine engines. Two or more high voltage domain modules, one for each channel, receive the high voltage AC power and, using a rectifier change it to high voltage DC power. A power distribution unit accepts the newly converted channel of high voltage DC power and thereafter bidirectionally provides it to a domain battery and to a primary set of motors. Two or more high voltage busses, each coupled separately to one of the two or more high voltage domain modules, each redundantly transport converted channel of high voltage DC power to, in one embodiment, primary sets of motors forming a primary high power domain bus for these select motors. |
| US11724812B2 |
Systems and methods for rain abatement in parachute packing
A recovery parachute assembly may comprise a container comprising an open base end, a parachute packed within the container, a plurality of riser lines and suspension lines packed within the container and proximate the open base end, a tray including a lip configured to receive the open base end of the parachute container, and a first standoff block coupled to the tray, wherein the first standoff block compresses at least one of the riser lines or suspension lines into the base end of the container and away from the tray, wherein the first standoff block defines a channel between the lip of the tray and the first standoff block, wherein the channel includes a plurality of drain holes formed along a distal edge of the tray. |
| US11724802B1 |
Lightweight rotor conversion systems for tiltrotor aircraft
A conversion system for a tiltrotor aircraft may be configured to control tilting of a pylon assembly relative to a wing of the aircraft. The system may include a means for generating asymmetric thrust with a propulsion rotor carried by the pylon assembly to generate a first torque on the pylon assembly in a first direction. The system may include a brake mechanism to selectively resist the first torque on the pylon assembly by applying a second torque to the pylon assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction. The rotor (via asymmetric thrust generated by the rotor) and the brake mechanism are coordinated to work against each other to control the tilt rate and angle of the pylon assembly during conversion between flight modes of the tiltrotor aircraft. Other aspects of the present technology include methods of tilting rotors of tiltrotor aircraft using asymmetric thrust and brake mechanisms. |
| US11724799B2 |
Aircraft having a controllable center of gravity and method of use
Aspects relate to an aircraft having a controllable center of gravity and methods of controlling the center of gravity. An exemplary aircraft having a controllable center of gravity includes a first tank configured to store a first portion of a ballast, a second tank configured to store a second portion of the ballast disposed substantially aft of the first tank, at least a pipe configured to provide fluidic communication between the first tank and the second tank, at least a pump configured to pump the ballast bidirectionally between the first tank and the second tank by way of the at least a pipe, and a controller in communication with the at least a pump and configured to control a ballast ratio of the first portion of the ballast relative the second portion of the ballast and affect an aircraft center of gravity. |
| US11724798B1 |
Safe vertical take-off and landing aircraft payload distribution and adjustment
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can provide opportunities to incorporate aerial transportation into transportation networks for cities and metropolitan areas. However, VTOL aircraft can be sensitive to uneven weight distributions, e.g., the payload of an aircraft is primarily loaded in the front, back, left, or right. When the aircraft is loaded unevenly, the center of mass of the aircraft may shift substantially enough to negatively impact performance of the aircraft. Thus, in turn, there is an opportunity that the VTOL may be loaded unevenly if seating, luggage placement, and/or positions of internal components are not coordinated. Among other advantages, dynamically assigning the payloads and adjusting components of the VTOL aircraft can increase VTOL safety by ensuring the VTOL aircraft is loaded evenly and meets all weight requirements; can increase transportation efficiency by increasing rider throughput; and can increase the availability of the VTOL services to all potential riders. |
| US11724796B2 |
Time variable electrical load sharing in a power distribution network of an aircraft
An electrical power distribution network of an electric power system of an aircraft is operated such that it sequentially adopts a plurality of different partial load sharing modes in a time variable manner, which provide for partial load sharing across electrical power sources (A, B, C, D) with respect to associated electrical loads (AA, BB, CC, DD), by sequentially switching between a plurality of different partial load sharing configurations of the electrical power distribution network, each partial load sharing configuration being associated to a particular one of the partial load sharing modes. |
| US11724792B2 |
Composite airfoil for an aircraft
An airfoil body is provided for an aircraft which includes a first skin, a second skin, a plurality of first stiffeners and a plurality of second stiffeners. The first stiffeners are configured from or otherwise include first stiffener composite material. The first stiffeners extends widthwise between and are connected to the first skin and the second skin. Each of the first stiffeners has a first stiffener longitudinal centerline that extends spanwise along the first skin and the second skin. The second stiffeners are configured from or otherwise include second stiffener composite material. The second stiffeners extend widthwise between and are connected to the first skin and the second skin. Each of the second stiffeners has a second stiffener longitudinal centerline that extends lengthwise along the first skin and the second skin. |
| US11724789B2 |
Boil-off gas re-liquefying method for LNG ship
Disclosed herein is a BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships. The BOG reliquefaction method for LNG ships includes: 1) compressing BOG; 2) cooling the BOG compressed in Step 1) through heat exchange between the compressed BOG and a refrigerant using a heat exchanger; 3) expanding the BOG cooled in Step 2); and 4) stably maintaining reliquefaction performance regardless of change in flow rate of the BOG compressed in Step 1) and supplied to the heat exchanger to be used as a reliquefaction target. |
| US11724788B2 |
Arrangement for a sailing boat furling system and a furling system with such an arrangement
The present invention relates to an arrangement (100) for a sailing boat furling system, and for reception of or comprising an outgoing shaft (11) exposed to external torque loads. It comprises a furling drive unit (20) with a gear mechanism (22) and a motor unit (23) connected to an ingoing, motor, shaft (21) and a ratchet mechanism (10) comprising a locking functionality. The ratchet mechanism comprises a housing (17A,17B) and takes up the outgoing shaft (11). The furling drive unit (20) is connectable to ratchet mechanism (10) and is so arranged that the motor unit (23) will be located distant from the outgoing shaft (11), and it further comprises a control unit (30) arranged to control the motor unit (23) driving the ingoing shaft (21). The outgoing shaft can be switched between an engaged mode, in which the outgoing shaft (11), when exposed to external torque loads in a first direction, is allowed to rotate in an opposite, second, direction but prevented from rotating in a said first direction, hence protecting the motor unit and the gear mechanism (22) from external torque loads on the outgoing shaft (11) which are transferred to or taken up by the ratchet mechanism (10), and a disengaged mode in which the outgoing shaft (11) and the ingoing shaft (21) are allowed to rotate in both directions, by controlling, by means of the control unit (30), the movement of the ingoing shaft (21), and thereby, via the ratchet mechanism (10), the outgoing shaft (11) between being in the engaged mode and in the disengaged mode. |
| US11724782B2 |
Watercraft accessory
An accessory for providing storage for a watercraft includes a base extending in a longitudinal direction having an upper side, a lower side, a front side, a rear side, a left side, and a right side and a plurality of mounting rails extending along a perimeter of the upper side of the base along the front side, the rear side, the left side, and rear side thereof. The mounting rails project from the upper side of the base thereby defining a recessed platform space therebetween. |
| US11724781B2 |
Boil-off gas reliquefaction system and method for discharging lubricanting oil in boil-off gas reliquefaction system
A BOG reliquefaction system includes: a compressor; a heat exchanger cooling the BOG compressed by the compressor through heat exchange using BOG not compressed by the compressor; a pressure reducer disposed downstream of the heat exchanger and reducing a pressure of fluid cooled by the heat exchanger; and a combination of a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of a cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a fourth temperature sensor disposed downstream of a hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, combination of a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the cold fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a third temperature sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger, or combination of a first pressure sensor disposed upstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger and a second pressure sensor disposed downstream of the hot fluid channel of the heat exchanger. |
| US11724780B2 |
Sonobuoy cartridge percussion apparatus
Disclosed herein is a sonobuoy cartridge percussion apparatus. A sonobuoy cartridge percussion apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a CO2 cartridge filled with CO2 gas; a percussion ram configured to hit one end of the CO2 cartridge; a spring configured to enable the percussion ram to hit the CO2 cartridge by applying force to the percussion ram; a CO2 cartridge fastening body configured such that a spring reception hole is formed therein to enable the spring to be compressed and inserted into the spring reception hole; and a thread-shaped fastening member configured such that one end thereof is wound around the percussion ram and the other end thereof is passed through the spring reception hole, wherein the fastening member compresses the spring, and is fastened to a stop protrusion formed on the CO2 cartridge fastening body. |
| US11724779B2 |
Long-term mooring device
The present invention provides a long-term mooring device. A support frame is provided on a dock. The dock is provided with a free guide roller. The free guide roller is wound with a cable. An upper end of the cable is horizontally connected to a spring fixed on a lower side of a cross arm of the support frame, through a free guide roller provided on the lower side of the cross arm of the support frame (corresponding to the free guide roller on the dock). The middle of the cable penetrates through an inertial induction self-locking connection joint fixed on an end of a platform arm. The platform arm is fixed on a platform. The present invention provides an omnidirectional restoring force for the moored platform through the elastic deformation of the springs to control the movement response of the platform within a certain range. |
| US11724777B2 |
Sailing boat with an inverted U-shaped mast
A sailing boat includes at least one mast with at least one first and one second section projecting upwards with respect to the hull and arranged facing each other in the orthogonal direction to the advancement direction for supporting a mainsail in two mutually specular and alternative operating positions, where the sections are connected and spaced out from each other by at least one overturning section of the mainsail placed at the top of them to allow the passage from one specular position to the other. The three sections of mast define for that purpose a first sliding guide for the whole mainsail that extends substantially along the whole extension length of the mast and the mast includes a second sliding guide positioned substantially at the top thereof and placed aft with respect to the overturning section. |
| US11724766B2 |
Mount and mounting system for auxiliary handlebars
A mount for an auxiliary handlebar, the mount comprising: a stem; a fastener configured to receive the auxiliary handlebar; a clamp configured to secure the mount to a primary handlebar; and a clamp lock comprising: a linkage rotatably connected to the stem; and a cam lever rotatably connected to the linkage; wherein the clamp lock is configured to selectively lock the clamp. |
| US11724763B2 |
Side cowl
A side cowl configured to cover a vehicle side portion of a saddle-ridden vehicle is provided. The side cowl includes a convex portion elongating in an upper-lower direction and protruding outward in a vehicle width direction with respect to a cowl outer surface. The convex portion is formed on the cowl outer surface at a downstream side of traveling wind that flows on the cowl outer surface. |
| US11724762B2 |
Motorcycle with obstacle sensor
A motorcycle including a motorcycle body having a front part, a tail part and a central part between the front part and the tail part front and rear wheels constrained to the motorcycle body (2,3,4), a traction engine constrained to the motorcycle body (2,3,4) and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels, at least one optical signalling device fixed to the motorcycle body arranged and oriented so as to be visible by a vehicle that is following the motorcycle, an electronic control unit of the optical signalling device operatively connected to the optical signalling device, an obstacle sensor fixed to the motorcycle body (2,3,4) and operatively connected to the electronic control unit, where the electronic control unit is adapted and configured to receive at least one output signal supplied by the obstacle sensor, verifying whether said output signal meets at least one logical activation condition and, in such case, turning on the optical signalling device to signal a risk of collision with the motorcycle to the vehicle which follows the motorcycle, and where the obstacle sensor is arranged and oriented so that the output signal supplied to the electronic control unit carries information correlated to the presence of obstacles placed in front of the motor cycle. |
| US11724761B2 |
Composite bicycle saddle
A composite bicycle saddle includes a saddle body that is a sandwich structure composed of an upper outer layer, a lower outer layer and an intermediate layer with the upper outer layer and the lower outer layer to be of the same material and the intermediate layer of another material, a track arranged below the saddle body, and a front binding element and two rear binding elements being having an outer end portion provided with a cylindrical joint portion. The cylindrical joint portions of the front and rear binding elements are inserted into respective mounting through holes of the track and respective through holes of the saddle body and fused and integrated with the upper outer layer and lower outer layer or the intermediate layer of the saddle body. |
| US11724757B2 |
Roller frame assembly in ground-engaging track system having anti-backbending rollers and method
A ground-engaging track system includes a track roller frame, an idler, and anti-backbending rollers supported by the track roller frame at locations between track rollers and the idler. The anti-backbending rollers define an idler space receiving the idler partially therein and positioned to oppose backbending of a deflection-sensitive section of a ground-engaging track. |
| US11724751B2 |
Truck body assembly and methods of making and using same
An assembly for utility truck bodies having metal and/or composite reinforcement(s) and/or foam reinforcements and/or honeycomb reinforcement/and/or wood reinforcements encapsulated within a thermoformed thermoplastic, or thermoset or fiber-reinforced thermoset walking surface floor structure of the truck bed assembly or other composite floor structure with attachable components and junctions, e.g., sidepack(s), and methods of making the same are provided. |
| US11724747B2 |
Dash panel assembly
A dash panel assembly includes: a cowl inner upper panel coupled to a first side of a dash main panel; a cowl inner lower panel coupled to the cowl inner upper panel and the dash main panel, and configured to form a closed section with the cowl inner upper panel; and a dash cross upper member coupled to a second side of the dash main panel and configured to overlap the closed section with the dash main panel disposed therebetween. |
| US11724746B2 |
Chassis assembly having mixed materials
A chassis assembly having mixed material for reduced mass is provided. The assembly comprises an upper structure comprised of metal. The upper structure has a plurality of first bond surfaces, each of which is parallel with each other at varying elevations relative to a z-axis of a 3-dimensional coordinate thereof. The assembly further comprises a lower structure made of a polymer composite. The lower structure has a plurality of second bond surfaces, each of which is parallel with each other at varying elevations relative to the z-axis thereof. The second bond surfaces are arranged to align with the first bond surfaces in complementing relation such that the lower structure is joined with the upper structure at the first and second bond surfaces. The assembly further comprises an adhesive disposed between the first and second bond surfaces to join the lower and upper structures at the first and second bond surfaces, defining a bond gap between the first and second bond surfaces. |
| US11724743B2 |
Vehicle front structure
A vehicle front structure includes a suspension housing disposed between a front side member and a fender apron upper member, a first reinforcing member extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and coupled to the suspension housing, and a first connecting portion attached to the first reinforcing member and connecting the fender apron upper member and the front side member. |
| US11724742B2 |
Automatically parking a vehicle in a parking slot
A method for automatically parking a vehicle in a parking slot involves manually driving the vehicle into the parking slot in a training step, and thereafter automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot in a replay step. Automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot involves detecting information of features of the environment of the vehicle corresponding to the driven trajectory, matching feature descriptors of the detected features of the environment with feature descriptors stored in the digital map, and re-localizing the vehicle against the trajectory stored in the digital map in order to navigate the vehicle along the stored trajectory into the parking slot. Automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot is repeated multiple times, and involves deleting a feature descriptor stored in the digital map if the number of matches does not exceed a threshold after a predefined number of repetitions. |
| US11724735B2 |
Steering control apparatus, steering control method, and steering apparatus
The present disclosure provides a steering control apparatus, a steering control method, and a steering apparatus. Specifically, the steering control apparatus comprises: a reception unit for receiving steering correction condition information; a steering correction determination unit for determining whether to correct steering on the basis of the steering correction condition information; an angle correction value calculation unit for, when it is determined to correct the steering, determining correction parameters of the steering correction condition information and calculating an angle correction value by using the correction parameters of the steering correction condition information; and a signal generating unit for generating a motor control signal by determining whether to generate the motor control signal which is based on the angle correction value according to a result of comparison of the angle correction value to a reference value. |
| US11724726B2 |
Dish carrying assembly
A dish carrying assembly for collecting and transporting entree dishes includes a cart that has a plurality of rollers for rolling on a support surface. A canister is coupled to the cart has the canister extending upwardly from the cart and the canister has an entry to facilitate entrée dishes to be positioned within the canister. A lifting unit is integrated into the canister and the entree dishes can be stacked upon the lifting unit. The lifting unit is biased to travel upwardly in the canister thereby facilitating a user to remove a respective entree dish from the canister without having to bend over. A door is slidably disposed on the canister for opening and closing the canister. |
| US11724723B1 |
Locked-axle wheel cradle, system, and method
A crane-less locked axle cradle system configured to lift a rail vehicle wheel off a rail and transport the lifted wheel along a rail is presented. The present disclosure discloses a system that can lift the locked-axle wheel off the rail with no crane thereby allowing the train with a locked axle to be transported off the mainline in a shorter period of time. A cradle system can have two parts (male and female members with wedges and rail wheels) that can be mated with each other around a rail wheel. As the male and female members are pulled together, locked wheel engagers can couple with different portions of the locked-axle wheel, causing the locked-axle wheel to lift off the rail given the gradient of the wedge or rotation of the wheel. In another embodiment, the wheel lifting can be assisted by an air bag, hydraulic cylinder, jack, or other. |
| US11724720B2 |
Unsupervised velocity prediction and correction for urban driving entities from sequence of noisy position estimates
A method using unsupervised velocity prediction and correction for urban driving from sequences of noisy position estimates includes: performing a vehicle velocity prediction for one or more other vehicles in a vicinity of a host automobile vehicle; calculating a first heuristic based on a uniformity test; calculating a second heuristic based on a vehicle speed of the one or more other vehicles; combining the first heuristic and the second heuristic using a weighted sum; determining an uncertainty mask applying the combined first heuristic and the second heuristic and a heuristic threshold; and applying the uncertainty mask to identify a velocity correction for use by the host automobile vehicle. |
| US11724717B2 |
Implementation of dynamic cost function of self-driving vehicles
Various embodiments of the invention enable an ADV to dynamically adjust its behaviors to emulate behaviors of a vehicle operated by a human driver when the ADV encounters an obstacle. A dynamic cost function can be used to collect real-time values of a set of parameters, and use the real-time values to constantly adjust a preferred safety distance where the ADV can be stopped ahead of the obstacle. An method includes determining a first distance to the obstacle in response to detecting an obstacle ahead of the ADV; and for each of a number of iterations, collecting a real-time value for each of a set of parameters, determining an offset to the first distance using the real-time value for each of the set of parameters, calculating a second distance based on the first distance and the offset, and controlling the ADV in view of the second distance using an expected value of each of the set of parameters, such that the ADV can stop at a point having the second distance to the obstacle. |
| US11724714B2 |
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle state management
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle state management are provided. An offboard state service can obtain a vehicle command associated with changing an onboard-defined state of an autonomous vehicle. Data indicative of the command can be provided to a computing system onboard the autonomous vehicle. The onboard computing system can initiate a vehicle action in accordance with the command and provide a command response indicative of an updated vehicle status for the onboard-defined state to the state service. In response, the state service can update a current status for the onboard-defined state as represented by a vehicle profile corresponding to the autonomous vehicle. The state service can generate an update event indicative of the vehicle state and the updated current status and publish the update event to a distributed event stream such that a number of devices subscribed to the event stream can receive data indicative of the update event. |
| US11724712B2 |
Driving assistance apparatus
A driving assistance apparatus includes a controller programmed to perform a deceleration assistance process of assisting in decelerating a vehicle before the vehicle arrives at a deceleration object, and to control a display apparatus to display, in a first display area, first notification information for notifying an occupant of the vehicle of the deceleration object that is a target for the deceleration assistance process. When a first object and a second object that is different from the first object are both detected as the deceleration object and the second object is the target for the deceleration assistance process but the first object is not the target for the deceleration assistance process, the controller is programmed to control the display apparatus to display, in a second display area, second notification information for notifying the occupant of the first object, the second display area is different from the first display area. |
| US11724711B2 |
Vehicle idling stop control method and vehicle idling stop control device
A vehicle idling stop control device has switches that detect an operation of opening a driver's door and an unbuckling of a driver's seat belt as disembarkation operations by a driver. When a disembarkation operation performed by the driver is detected during an idling stop, the idling stop is cancelled and the engine is restarted upon detecting a disembarkation operation performed by a driver during the idling stop. Also, restarting of the idling stop is prevented due to ending of the disembarkation operation performed by the driver until after the vehicle starts traveling. Thus, unnecessary automatic stopping and automatic restarting of the engine are thereby avoided when the vehicle sets off without the driver actually exiting the vehicle. |
| US11724706B2 |
Preconditioning a fuel cell using route data
Methods and systems may provide for technology to predict a future increase in power demand on a fuel cell based on route data associated with a vehicle powered by the fuel cell and reduce an operating temperature of the fuel cell prior to the future increase in power demand. The technology may also provide supplemental power from a battery to the vehicle while the operating temperature of the fuel cell is being reduced. |
| US11724703B2 |
Method and system for driver posture monitoring
Various systems and methods are provided for determining a posture of an occupant of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method comprises capturing images of an occupant in a vehicle via a vehicle camera, determining a current posture of the occupant and a recommended posture for the occupant based on the captured images and body measurements of the occupant, and outputting a guidance based on a difference between the current posture and the recommended posture. In this way, a comfort of the occupant may be increased by guiding the occupant toward a more ergonomic posture. |
| US11724702B2 |
System and method for hazardous driving prevention
A system for preventing an unauthorized and/or hazardous use of a vehicle. The system may include a first sensor; a driver recognition module in communication with the first sensor, the driver recognition module is configured to determine an identity of a driver based on readings of the first sensor; a second sensor; a driver condition determination module in communication with the second sensor, the driver condition determination module is configured to determine a condition of the driver based on readings of the second sensor; and a hazardous driving prevention module in communication with the driver recognition module and driver condition determination, the hazardous driving prevention module is configured to determine and perform one or more actions of a predetermined set of actions based on the determined identity and determined condition of the driver. |
| US11724694B2 |
Traveling assistance apparatus
A traveling assistance apparatus controls a safety apparatus for avoiding collision between an own vehicle and an object, based on detection information from an object detection apparatus. The assistance apparatus calculates a predicted time to collision of a target object and the own vehicle, and operates the safety apparatus in response to the predicted time to collision being equal to or less than a predetermined operation timing. In response to a steering operation by a driver for collision avoidance of the own vehicle being performed, the assistance apparatus performs operation-stop in which operation of the safety apparatus is stopped or operation-delay in which the operation timing is delayed. The assistance apparatus suppresses the operation-stop or the operation-delay in response to a target object serving as a collision avoidance target being recognized in a path of the own vehicle after the steering operation by the driver, based on the detection information. |
| US11724692B2 |
Detection, warning and preparative action for vehicle contact mitigation
The present application relates to a system for providing alert notifications of possible vehicle contact events including a vehicle controller for determining a first velocity of a host vehicle, a sensor for determining a second velocity of a proximate vehicle, a processor configured for predicting a time of intersection of the first velocity and the second velocity generating a control signal in response to the time of intersection being less than a first threshold time, and a controller configured for providing a vehicle contact warning and performing a contact preparation action in response to the control signal. |
| US11724691B2 |
Systems and methods for estimating the risk associated with a vehicular maneuver
Systems and methods described herein relate to estimating risk associated with a vehicular maneuver. One embodiment acquires a geometric representation of an intersection including a lane in which a vehicle is traveling and at least one other lane; discretizes the at least one other lane into a plurality of segments; determines a trajectory along which the vehicle will travel; estimates a probability density function for whether a road agent external to the vehicle is present in the respective segments; estimates a traffic-conflict probability of a traffic conflict in the respective segments conditioned on whether an external road agent is present; estimates a risk associated with the vehicle following the trajectory by integrating a product of the probability density function and the traffic-conflict probability over the at least one other lane and the plurality of segments; and controls operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the estimated risk. |
| US11724690B2 |
Advanced passenger safety for an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods can improve passenger safety for an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) based on the integration of sensor data captured by the AV's interior and exterior sensors. The AV can determine passenger occupancy data corresponding to where each passenger is detected within the AV by the interior sensors. The AV can determine multiple sets of one or more driving actions that the AV can perform at a future time. The AV can generate crash impact data corresponding to where each passenger is detected from one or more simulated collisions between the AV and one or more objected detected by the exterior sensors when the AV performs one or more sets of driving actions from among the multiple sets. The AV can determine ranked sets of driving actions based on the passenger occupancy data and the crash impact data. |
| US11724686B2 |
Method of reducing cold start emissions in hybrid electric vehicles
A method of reducing cold start emissions in a series mode hybrid electric vehicle, including an internal combustion engine with an exhaust duct having a catalyst and a downstream oxygen sensor, an output of the combustion engine being connected to an electric generator with a power output of at least 10 kW that is connected to an electric motor which is coupled to a drive shaft of two or more wheels. The method includes detecting a cold start condition, injecting fuel into the engine such that combustion at a lambda value, λ, is achieved for which λ>1, running the engine at a speed of 1000 rpm or higher, determining if the efficiency of the catalyst reaches a first level, setting λ to about 1 after the predetermined efficiency level of the catalyst has been reached, and reducing the speed to working conditions when the catalyst efficiency reaches a second level. |
| US11724681B2 |
3-way solenoid valve and brake system for vehicle including same
A 3-way solenoid valve and a brake system for vehicle including same. The 3-way solenoid valve includes a valve chamber, valve block, a first operation assembly, a valve seat, and a second operation assembly. |
| US11724680B2 |
Apparatus for braking using electric booster and control method thereof
Provided are an apparatus for braking using an electric booster and a control method thereof. The apparatus for braking using an electric booster includes an electric booster connected to a master cylinder and configured to discharge braking hydraulic pressure by pressing a piston of the master cylinder with electric power of a motor together with a driver's pedal force, an electric hydraulic braking unit connected to the master cylinder through hydraulic lines, and configured to store braking hydraulic pressure in an accumulator and to perform ESC braking by driving a pumping motor, and a control unit configured to control the electric booster and the electric hydraulic braking unit, to compare required braking hydraulic pressure with preset reference hydraulic pressure when the ESC braking is required, and to perform ESC braking by the electric hydraulic braking unit or braking by the electric booster according to a result of the comparison. |
| US11724677B2 |
Supplemental braking control system in autonomous vehicles
Described are devices, systems and methods for managing a supplemental brake control system in autonomous vehicles. In some aspects, a supplemental brake management system includes brake control hardware and software that operates with a sensing mechanism for determining the brake operational status and a control mechanism for activating the supplemental brake control in an autonomous vehicle, which can be implemented in addition to the vehicle's primary brake control system. |
| US11724676B2 |
Trailer detection and control module
A trailer control valve for a tractor includes a body defining a supply port and first and second delivery ports. The supply port is configured for fluid communication with a fluid source on the tractor. The first and second delivery ports are configured for fluid communication with glad-hand connectors through which fluid is supplied from the tractor to a trailer. A pressure sensing solenoid receives fluid signal from each of the first and second deliver ports and selectively passes fluid signal therefrom to a pressure sensor as a function of a brake control signal received by a controller that controls the pressure sensing solenoid. |
| US11724674B2 |
Method, device and system for automatically braking commercial vehicle
A method for automatically braking a commercial vehicle includes: providing a plurality of ultrasonic radars on a front vehicle body of a target commercial vehicle, the ultrasonic radars being configured to detect a region before the target commercial vehicle in a gapless manner, an active speed range being set for each ultrasonic radar; acquiring a current speed of the target commercial vehicle in real time and calculating a safe distance for each ultrasonic radar in accordance with the current speed; and detecting whether there is an obstacle within the safe distance in real time, and when there is the obstacle within the safe distance, transmitting a decelerating or braking instruction to an execution system of the target commercial vehicle. |
| US11724669B2 |
System and method for a sensor protection system
The present teaching relates to method and system for sensor protection. A sensor protection system includes an assembly having a first structure embedded in a second structure, wherein a sensor is firmly placed in the first structure for sensing information through the assembly and protected from negative impact of outside environment, and one or more devices mounted on the second structure for providing means to clean a slanted surface of the second structure through which the sensor senses the surrounding information, wherein the one or more devices can be individually or jointly activated as needed to clean the slanted surface in order to prevent degradation of information sensed by the sensor through the assembly. |
| US11724668B1 |
Integrated alarm systems for truck bed covers
A vehicle includes a passenger cabin and a truck bed located rearward of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a truck bed cover that is sized to cover the truck bed and is movably attached to one or more walls of the truck bed to allow the truck bed cover to be moved between open and closed positions. The truck bed cover includes a latching device that engages a striker in the closed position. A sensing device is mounted in the truck bed that is configured to provide an indication of an open condition of the truck bed cover to a vehicle locking and security ECU. The locking and security ECU configured to provide an indication using an OEM security system of the vehicle when the open condition is detected. |
| US11724663B2 |
Air bag for oblique crash protection
An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag configured to be mounted on a vehicle steering wheel. The airbag includes an inflatable main chamber configured to cover the steering wheel, and an inflatable lateral chamber configured to cover a vehicle A-pillar. The apparatus also includes a tether actuation unit and a tether connected to the tether actuation unit and to a portion of the airbag that helps define the lateral chamber. The tether actuation unit has an unactuated condition maintaining a connection with the tether that restricts deployment of the lateral chamber. The tether actuation unit also has an actuated condition releasing its connection with the tether and causing the lateral chamber to fully deploy. |
| US11724660B1 |
Airbag and airbag module
An airbag module includes an airbag, an inflator, and a mounting retainer. The airbag includes an inflation chamber, an inflation port for the inflation chamber, and a neck that opens into the inflation chamber around the inflation port. The airbag further includes a pocket. The pocket is located on the neck and opens away from the neck and the inflation port. The inflator is configured to be inserted into the neck and inflate the inflation chamber through the inflation port. The mounting retainer is configured to be installed to the neck in the pocket, receive and support the inflator, and mount the airbag to a vehicle. |
| US11724659B2 |
Knee air bag and control method of deploying the same
A knee air bag reduces an injury to occupant's legs by employing a slim crash pad design. The air bag includes a first cushion that is deployed from an inner side of a crash pad toward an occupant to fill a space below the crash pad and a second cushion that is deployed between the first cushion and the occupant to support occupant's legs while being supported on the first cushion. |
| US11724657B2 |
Automotive electronic system and control method thereof
An automotive electronic system includes a detection element, a first cable, and a control device. The detection element includes a first serializer. The first serializer supports a first signal mode. The control device includes a processor and a first deserializer. The processor generates a first control signal. The first deserializer is coupled through the first cable to the first serializer, and is switchable between a plurality of operation modes according to the first control mode. Responsive to the detection element, the first deserializer selects a first specific mode among the operation modes, and the first specific mode matches with the first signal mode. |
| US11724653B2 |
Hood ornament mounting system
A hood ornament mounting system is provided. The system includes a ring member having a keyed structure, including dentations, along an internal perimeter of the ring member, and a pair of through channels formed along an outside perimeter of the ring member at opposite regions. Additionally, the system includes a base member with a pair of recesses formed at opposite regions along a perimeter of the base member. The base member includes a bottom surface configured to contact a surface of an automobile and a top surface dimensioned to fit within the internal perimeter of the ring member. The base member has grooves on the perimeter to accommodate the dentations. A locking pin is seated in each of the pair of recesses. The locking pin is configured to lockingly interact with the keyed structure. |
| US11724649B2 |
Camera monitoring system and method of controlling same
A camera monitoring system and a method of controlling the same are provided. The camera monitoring system includes a camera assembly that captures an image of an outer side surface of a vehicle and a mirror assembly disposed to overlap at least a portion of the camera assembly. A driver performs deployment and folding of the camera assembly and the mirror assembly. A controller operates the driver in response to an input of the deployment or folding of the camera assembly and the mirror assembly and determines a failure of the camera assembly. The camera assembly and the mirror assembly are moved based on a single drive shaft, and the controller deploys or folds the camera assembly and the mirror assembly. |
| US11724645B1 |
Passenger safety system
A system warning the driver of a mass transit vehicle that at least one pedestrian is within an injury risk zone adjacent the mass transit vehicle. The system includes a vibration generator in or on the driver's seat of the mass transit vehicle, functionally associated with a motion sensor and an associated timer commencing sensing of pedestrian motion toward the vehicle for a predetermined duration immediately after the boarding door has been closed in preparation for departure from the boarding zone. Any such pedestrian motion toward the vehicle sensed by the motion sensor within a first risk zone adjacent the vehicle stimulates the first vibration generator to generate a first tactile signaling output perceptible by the driver sitting on the driver's seat for notification of the pedestrian motion in the first risk zone. The vibratory notification may be combined with motion-stimulated visual warning output on a monitor and/or auditory alarm output on a speaker. A plurality of different risk zones can be monitored by different sets of vibration generators, motion detectors, visual stimulus warning outputs (on a split-screen monitor) and/or sound generators for auditory alarm outputs. The system can also function in cooperation with existing safety systems such as warning lights, pedestrian crossing arms, pivot-out stop signs; of the system can include enhanced lighting such as predominantly downwardly directed flood lights mounted on the vehicle below the driver's eyesight (to prevent glare). |
| US11724644B2 |
Vehicle and vehicle control system
A vehicle for transporting passengers include a floor board on which the passengers ride. The vehicle further includes a passenger distribution detection device that detects a passenger distribution that is a distribution of the passengers on the floor board. The vehicle further includes a control device that executes a passenger guidance control that guides the passengers on the floor board such that the passenger distribution approaches a target passenger distribution to increase a stability of the vehicle. |
| US11724643B2 |
Vehicle alarm
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect an object in data received from a rear-facing radar on a vehicle and activate an alarm in response to the object moving through a predesignated region behind the vehicle at a speed below a threshold speed or for a duration above a threshold time. |
| US11724637B2 |
Vehicle opening and closing body control device that senses gestures
An opening and closing body control device is applied to a vehicle that includes a vehicle body having an opening, an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening, a drive unit configured to operate the opening and closing body, and a detection device configured to detect a gesture operation of a user. The opening and closing body control device includes: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a portable device carried by the user by wireless communication; an operation determination unit configured to determine whether the gesture operation is executed in a situation where the portable device is present in a detection area of the detection device; and an opening and closing body control unit configured to operate the opening and closing body based on a content of the gesture operation when it is determined that the user executes the gesture operation. |
| US11724634B2 |
Vehicle cargo divider assembly system
An assembly for a vehicle includes a substrate that defines a channel that has a bottom, a retention feature that is coupled to the substrate and that extends into the channel, and a panel that is operably coupled to the retention feature. The panel is movable between a locked position, wherein the panel is maintained in an upright position by the retention feature, and an unlocked position, wherein the panel is operable to pivot relative to the retention feature between the upright position and a stowed position. |
| US11724631B1 |
Foldable bracket assembly for supporting a grill or table
A bracket assembly is put to use in a cooking apparatus or else a food service table support system for attaching to a rail of a balcony or deck, or a tailgate of a pickup truck (or other vehicle, even the tailgate of a UTV or trailer, tube inserted inside the hitch receiver of a motor vehicle, or hung off the side of a passenger door of a motor vehicle. |
| US11724629B2 |
Vehicle headrest
Various implementations include vehicle headrest configurations and related audio systems. In some cases, a headrest includes: a main body having a front surface to support a back of a user's head and a pair of acoustic channels each formed in part by a side wall having a front edge that is offset from the front surface, the main body having a portion configured to receive first and second transducers, where a transducer mount in each of the pair of acoustic channels for mounting respective ones of the first and second transducers, wherein a dimension (Dimension C) is defined by a rotation angle of the transducer mount relative to a centerline of the vehicle headrest, wherein Dimension C is approximately −20 degrees to approximately zero degrees. |
| US11724628B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat capable of exhibiting both performances of regulating an input of a load and reducing vibration is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a coupling structure coupling a first member and a second member. The coupling structure includes a bolt inserted through the first member and the second member, an auxiliary member arranged so as to hold the first member between the auxiliary member and the second member in an axial direction of the bolt, a first elastic element arranged between the first member and the second member in the axial direction, the first elastic element being in contact with the first member and the second member, and a second elastic element arranged between the first member and the auxiliary member in the axial direction, the second elastic element being in contact with the first member and the auxiliary member. |
| US11724624B2 |
Cargo shelf for delivery vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis, a cargo body coupled to the chassis, a cargo support member, and a shelf assembly. The cargo support member is mounted to an outer wall of the cargo body and is disposed within the cargo body. The shelf assembly includes a tray and a strap. The tray is hingedly coupled to the cargo support member. The strap is coupled to the tray and the cargo support member. The strap is adjustable to reposition a forward end of the tray. |
| US11724619B2 |
Vehicle
An electrically driven vehicle includes a battery pack including a battery ECU, a gate ECU provided separately from the battery pack, and an HVECU provided separately from the battery pack and the gate ECU and configured to control any one of battery power and battery current of the battery as a control target. The gate ECU is installed at a position outside the battery pack and relays communication between the battery ECU and the HVECU. |
| US11724615B2 |
Battery management system
Provided is a battery management system of an electric vehicle suitable for a sharing service. A battery management system 100 includes: an electric vehicle 2 capable of travelling by driving a motor with an exchangeable battery 1; a battery station 3 capable of charging the battery 1 by adjusting a charging speed; and a management server 4 connected to the electric vehicle 2 and the battery station 3 through a communication network. The management server 4 quantitatively evaluates exchangeability of the battery 1 stored in the battery station 3, on the basis of at least a position of the electric vehicle 2 and a battery remaining amount of the battery 1 mounted on the electric vehicle 2, determines the charging speed of the battery 1 of the battery station 3, on the basis of an evaluation value of the exchangeability of the battery 1, and transmits control information relevant to the determined charging speed, to the battery station 3. |
| US11724613B2 |
Energy transfer based on intended use
An example operation includes one or more of establishing communication between a transport and a location via a module including a battery, determining an energy amount in the transport and an energy requirement at the location, and initiating a transfer of a portion of the energy amount from the transport to the battery based on an intended use of the portion at one or more devices at the location. |
| US11724610B2 |
Circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle, in particular for a hybrid or electric vehicle
A circuit arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a high-voltage battery for storing electrical energy, an electric machine for driving the motor vehicle, a converter via which high-voltage direct current voltage provided by the high-voltage battery is convertible into high-voltage alternating current voltage for operating the electric machine, and a charging connection for providing electrical energy for charging the high-voltage battery. The converter is a three-stage converter having a first switch unit which is assigned to a first phase of the electric machine. The first switch unit has two switch groups connected in series which each have two insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) connected in series, where a connection is disposed between the IGBTs of one of the two switch groups, which connection is electrically connected directly to a line of the charging connection. |
| US11724602B2 |
Drive system for a transportation system
A transport system including at least one guideway, at least one levitation generator, at least one lifting member, at least one drive generator, and at least one drive member is presented. The at least one guideway, at least one levitation generator, at least one lifting member, at least one drive generator, and at least one drive member can each be implemented with other systems. The at least one drive generator is configured to: generate a driving magnetic flux; move with a corresponding at least one drive member; and be driven relative to the at least one drive member by the driving magnetic flux. The at least one levitation generator can be configured to: generate a levitating magnetic flux; move within a corresponding at least one lifting member; and elevate above a rest position relative to the at least one lifting member in response to the levitating magnetic flux. |
| US11724600B2 |
Electrical fault isolation in a power distribution network of an aircraft
An electrical power distribution network of an electric power system of an aircraft is operated in at least one normal operation mode such that it provides for load sharing across electrical power sources (A, B, C, D) with respect to electrical loads (AA, BB, CC, DD), wherein the electrical power distribution network, in case of an electrical fault, is operated in at least one electrical failure mitigating operation mode, which provides for electric fault isolation, such that a network portion of the electrical power distribution network including the electrical fault is isolated from at least one other network portion of the of the electrical power distribution network. |
| US11724599B2 |
Power supply charging system
A power supply charging system comprising: a) a first power cell having electrical energy stored therein; b) a second power cell having electrical energy stored therein, wherein the first power cell and the second power cell are adapted to not be in a discharging mode or a charging mode simultaneously; c) a third power cell in electrical communication with the first power cell and the second power cell, wherein the third power cell is adapted to operably supply power to the first power cell when in the charging mode or the second power cell when in the charging mode; and d) a control system which is adapted to alternate the power being supplied from the third power cell to the first power cell while in the charging mode and the second power cell which in the charging mode based on an occurrence of a pre-determined condition. |
| US11724597B2 |
Vehicle-mounted displaying method, device and vehicle
A method for displaying information to the occupants of a vehicle includes setting a display-hosting region on a window of a vehicle and obtaining a number of driving parameters of the vehicle. Points of interest (POI) information, such as landmarks, and commercial and other desired locations, which satisfy a number of preset conditions according to the number of the driving parameters are obtained. Facial images and face parameters of occupants are obtained, and POI and associated information can be displayed according to the number of facial parameters. The POI information is displayed to one or more display regions. |
| US11724594B2 |
Using skip fire with power take-off
Engine controllers and control schemes that facilitate skip fire engine operation in conjunction with use power take-off devices are described. In one aspect, a skip fire mode is exited when the power take-off unit is engaged and the current torque request exceeds a torque threshold. In some embodiments, the exit is delayed when the temperature of an after treatment system is below a designated temperature threshold. In another aspect, the engine transitions to the skip fire mode when the power take-off unit disengages. In some embodiments, exiting is conditioned on the current torque request being less than a torque threshold. In some embodiments, the transition is made immediately, whereas in others the transition only occurs when the power take-off unit is not reengaged for a period of time or is further conditioned on determining that the power take-off unit is likely to remain disengaged for the period of time. |
| US11724585B2 |
Two motor power-split hybrid system with selectable one-way clutch enabled lockable planetary gear sets for two-speed dual motor EV and engine plus dual motor drive modes
A hybrid drive train includes a first electric motor, a nested power splitting planetary gear set having a first carrier element and a second carrier element, an inner sun gear coupled with the first electric motor and an outer sun gear coupled with an output shaft. A first selectable one-way clutch controls the first and the second carrier element, and switches between operation as a one way clutch and operation as a brake. A second selectable one-way clutch controls a ring gear of the nested planetary gear set, and switches between operation as a one way clutch and operation as a brake. The extra outer planetary gear set improves lowing capacity at higher speeds without substantially increasing the axial length of the power split device. |
| US11724580B2 |
Roof device for vehicle and control method thereof
A roof device for a vehicle includes: a plurality of plate members and a frame coupled to a vehicle body and configured to support the plurality of plate member, where at least a portion of the frame is configured to rotate around its edge, and at least one of the plurality of plate members is configured to slide along an inner edge of the frame. |
| US11724565B2 |
Controlling comfort components of a vehicle based on an occupancy state
A method for controlling a comfort component of a vehicle is presented. The method includes determining that the vehicle has arrived at a destination. The method also includes determining that the comfort component is activated. The method further includes deactivating the comfort component in response to determining that the comfort component is activated and the vehicle has arrived at the destination. |
| US11724564B2 |
Method and system for controlling and diagnosing a climate control system
A system and method for controlling and diagnosing an automotive climate control or environmental system with an electronic or mobile device is disclosed. The system provides for wireless control between the system controllers and an electronic device, such as an electronic device or computer, with instructions executed on a processor to display on the electronic device or the computer-human interface display device with a user interface region or a graphical user interface. Using wireless technology features of an electronic device, the automotive climate control system is wirelessly controlled from the electronic device containing software connected with the climate control system software and firmware mounted within the vehicle that rotates servo motors, and operates fan speed and compressor activity. The user interface regions may be used to create preset, predetermined desired positions of system mode, temperature, fan speed, and the display color and appearance of the user interface region. |
| US11724561B2 |
Device for regulating a flow through and distributing a fluid in a fluid circuit
Device for controlling a flow-through and distributing a fluid in at least one fluid circuit, in particular a refrigerant in a refrigerant circuit including a housing with ports for connecting with fluid lines, each of which is connected via a passage opening with the at least one interior volume of the housing, as well as with at least one valve element disposed in the interior volume of the housing with a drive element for moving the valve element relative to the housing. The at least one valve element is supported rotatably about a rotational axis and comprises at least three through openings developed as through-bores forming in the interior of the valve element a common volume. An axis of symmetry of a first opening and the rotational axis of the valve element are located on a common axis. The device is used in a refrigerant circuit of a thermal system. |
| US11724558B2 |
Systems and methods for thermal management of vehicle sensor devices
Methods and systems for thermal management of sensors of a vehicle. The system includes a sensor that is attached to a vehicle, a temperature monitor configured to collect temperature data corresponding to the sensor, a processor, and a sensor cleaning subsystem. The sensor cleaning subsystem includes a cleaning fluid reservoir and a port that is positioned to direct cleaning fluid from the reservoir to the sensor. The processor is configured to: receive temperature data corresponding to the sensor from the temperature monitor, determine that a current temperature of the sensor is greater than a first threshold temperature, and cause the sensor cleaning subsystem to initiate a cleaning cycle and direct the cleaning fluid to the sensor to cool down the sensor in response to determining that the current temperature of the sensor is greater than the first threshold temperature. |
| US11724557B2 |
Assembly for a hydraulically suspended vehicle axle
An assembly for a hydraulically suspended vehicle axle may have a central housing, and at least two hydraulic suspension components supported on the central housing and fluidly connected to one another by a fluid line extending at least partially through the central housing. |
| US11724555B2 |
Method and apparatus for responding to road surface discontinuities
Disclosed embodiments are related to suspension systems including dampers and suspension actuators and related methods of control for mitigating the effects of potholes and other road surface discontinuities. |
| US11724553B2 |
Valve system, tire parameter monitoring system and method for mounting a tire parameter monitoring system onto a wheel rim of a vehicle
A valve system for a tire parameter monitoring system includes a valve body having an elastomeric material and a connection element. The connection element includes a first engaging device with which the connection element is detachably connected to an electronic module of the tire parameter monitoring system, a second engaging device with which the connection element is detachably connected to the valve body, and a mounting section adapted to be detachably connected to a hole in a wheel rim. A tire parameter monitoring system and a method for mounting a tire parameter monitoring system to a wheel rim of a vehicle are also provided. |
| US11724550B2 |
Pneumatic tire
The tread pattern of the pneumatic tire includes an outer main groove, shoulder lug grooves, and vertical sipes. The outer main groove extends in the tire circumferential direction on an outer side of the tire centerline in the tire width direction. The shoulder lug grooves are spaced apart in the tire circumferential direction and provided in the shoulder land portion regions on an outer side of the outer main groove in the tire width direction, extend from the outer side in the tire width direction toward the outer main groove, are closed in a shoulder land portion region. Each of the vertical sipes has a narrower width than each of the shoulder lug grooves, crosses each of the shoulder lug grooves and extends in the tire circumferential direction. Each of the vertical sipes has a depth greater than a groove depth of each of the shoulder lug grooves. |
| US11724549B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes two circumferential main grooves disposed in an inner half of a tread developed width in a tire lateral direction; shoulder lug grooves that divide shoulder land portions into shoulder block portions and that each include a see-through portion in the tire lateral direction; center lug grooves dividing a center land portion into a plurality of center block portions; and center sipes having both ends terminated in the center block portions. The center sipe includes at least two sipe portions having different angles via at least one bent portion. An angle θ1 of at least one sipe portion with respect to a tire equator line satisfies 0°≤θ1≤15°, and an angle θ2 of at least the other sipe portion with respect to the tire equator line satisfies 35°≤θ2≤60°. |
| US11724547B2 |
Heavy duty pneumatic tire
A heavy duty pneumatic tire 1 has provided in a buttress region 10 thereof a protrusion 11 extending in the tire circumferential direction. In a tire meridian cross-section, the maximum protrusion height hmax of the protrusion 11 from an imaginary buttress surface J is 3.0 mm or greater and is in the range of 0.025-0.050 times a half tread width Wt. The cross-sectional area Sa of the protrusion 11 protruding from the imaginary buttress surface J is 20 mm2 or greater. |
| US11724544B2 |
Pneumatic tire
To provide a pneumatic tire excellent in steering stability and durability at high-speed driving, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion and a belt layer, wherein the tread portion is arranged on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction, the reinforcing cord in the belt layer is composed of cords made of monofilaments in which 50/5 cm or more of the monofilaments are arranged in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer, and the maximum load capacity of the tire WL (kg) and the weight of the tire WT (kg) satisfy (WT/WL)≤0.0140. |
| US11724541B2 |
Cylinder boot for axle of industrial vehicle
A cylinder boot for an axle of an industrial vehicle includes a cylinder boot body, a rod-side fixing portion, a cylinder-side fixing portion, and a detection portion. The cylinder boot covers a cylinder rod of a steering hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder boot body has a contractable portion that is contractable in response to a stroke of the cylinder rod. The rod-side fixing portion is disposed at one end portion of the cylinder boot body and fixed to a distal end portion of the cylinder rod. The cylinder-side fixing portion is disposed at the other end portion of the cylinder boot body and fixed to a cylinder body of the steering hydraulic cylinder. The detection portion is displaced in a direction in which the cylinder rod extends or contracts, and is detected by a detection sensor disposed on the beam axle. |
| US11724538B2 |
Rim fibre architecture of a composite wheel
A rim portion of a composite wheel comprises a shaped annulus formed about a central axis of rotation of the composite wheel and having a circumferential axis extending circumferentially about the central axis and around the rim portion, said rim portion having a fibre layup comprising a stacked laminate formed from alternating layers of: a hoop tow layer comprising elongate fibre tow in which the fibres are substantially aligned with the circumferential axis of the rim portion, the hoop tow layer being formed from at least one annularly wound elongate fibre tow; and a bias ply layer comprising at least one fibre ply in which the fibres are substantially orientated at an angle of +Θ or −Θ to the circumferential axis of the rim portion, wherein Θ is from 26° to 40°. |
| US11724537B2 |
Panel and method for producing a panel
The invention relates to a panel and a method for producing a panel. The panel is in particular a floor, wall or ceiling panel, and comprises at least one core layer, the core layer comprising an upper core surface and a lower core surface and at least one pair of opposite side edges; wherein the core layer comprises magnesium oxide cement; wherein the core has a density which is substantially homogenous over its entire volume, and wherein at least one decorative top layer is attached to an upper core surface of the core layer. |
| US11724536B2 |
Radius template
Disclosed is a tool including: first and second members that respectively define: first and second forward ends; first and second bodies that extend along respective first and second elongate axises to first and second aft ends, wherein the first and second forward ends are pivotally connected to a pivot member, whereby the first and second members are configured to pivot about a pivot axis, so that the first and second aft ends move toward and away from each other; and a third member that defines a first transverse end and a third body that extends along a third elongate axis to a second transverse end, wherein: a first slide lock is fixed to the first transverse end of the third member and is operationally connected to the first member; and a second slide lock is operationally connected to the second member and the third member. |