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| US11761573B2 |
Display support arm mount
Display assemblies for supporting displays on stands or support arms have mount portions to removably attach to the displays using magnetic assemblies and latches. The magnetic assemblies and latches can improve user experience and allow the display to be installed on a support arm from the viewing side of the display and without having to see or reach behind the display. Magnetic structures can center a mount portion of the support arm and a recess of the display and can attract them to each other. Laterally-extending latches can ensure the display is not inadvertently removed. Locking mechanisms can prevent the display from being rotated to a portrait orientation when sufficient space around the display and the necessary user intent is not provided. |
| US11761570B2 |
Coupler
A coupler, adapted for being assembled and connected with a water sprayer, includes a sleeve and a coupling member adapted for being assembled and connected with the water sprayer. The coupling member and the sleeve are sleeved with each other and respectively have a first corresponding end and a second corresponding end which correspond to each other. The first corresponding end and the second corresponding end are adapted to be engaged with each other, so that the sleeve and the coupling member are capable of being mutually locked and into a non-rotatable state through the engagement and rotation meshing operation. The sleeve can be disengaged with the coupling member through axially moving the sleeve so that the sleeve is allowed to be axially rotatable. |
| US11761567B2 |
Method of protecting end fittings of a hose or tube
A method of protecting the end fittings of a tube or hose includes the steps of providing an end fitting that is attached to a hose or tube. Providing a heat shrinkable plastic capsule having a tubular portion with an open end and a closed end. Placing the plastic capsule over the end fitting until the closed end of the capsule is in contact with end of the fitting. Placing a magnet at the outer face of the capsule to maintain the end of the capsule in contact with the end of the fitting and heat shrinking the capsule onto the fitting. Removing the magnet from the end of the capsuled fitting. |
| US11761565B2 |
Clamp ring type metal sealgas pipe joint
A clamp ring type metal seal gas pipe joint is connected to one end of a gas pipe, and includes a fitting joint, a nut, and a clamp ring. Axial contact surfaces of the clamp ring and the fitting joint are respectively provided with a convex portion configured in a convex V shape and a concave portion configured in a concave V shape matched with each other, so that an end part of the gas pipe is compressed and self-flared to form a sealing part when the fitting joint is tightened. In the process of tightening the nut and the fitting joint, the end part of the metal bellow is compressed and self-flared by the convex portion of the clamp ring and the concave portion of the fitting joint to form a cone surface to realize limit fixation and form a double sealing. |
| US11761560B2 |
Modular pipe rack system
An apparatus for supporting one or more pipes is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first tower, a second tower, and each tower includes four vertical columns, and a first set of horizontal beams. Each beam is configured to span and connect two of the vertical columns via biaxial moment connecting collars. The towers are aligned to support a first pipe on beams from both towers along a primary pipe support axis, and none of the columns in the first tower is connected to a column of the second tower by a biaxial moment connecting collar. |
| US11761556B2 |
Valve wear state grasping method and system using valve stem angular velocity
A valve state grasping system that can be easily retrofitted to any of various existing or operating valves (rotary valves) and actuators, and in particular, even facilities to which commercial power is not supplied, and allows detailed and accurate state grasping and diagnosis or failure prediction for the valve or actuator. The valve state grasping system is configured to perform, based on angular velocity data of a valve stem which opens and closes the valve, state monitoring, diagnosis, and life prediction of this valve. To the valve stem, a monitoring unit having at least a semiconductor-type gyro sensor is attachably and detachably fixed. The angular velocity data includes angular velocity data acquired from this monitoring unit in accordance with a rotational motion of a valve body from being fully open or fully closed to fully closed or fully open. |
| US11761540B2 |
Seal stack assembly
Systems and methods include providing an annular seal stack for an assembly. The seal stack is disposed within an annulus formed between a probe and a housing of the assembly and configured to provide a radial seal between the probe and the housing. The seal stack includes a first support retainer, a first lipseal, a first seal support system comprising at least one support ring disposed between the first support retainer and the first lipseal, a second support retainer configured to support the first lipseal, a second lipseal, a second seal support system comprising at least one support ring disposed between the second support retainer and the second lipseal, and a third support retainer configured to support the second lipseal. |
| US11761536B2 |
Pump seal
An annular seal for sealing an opening in a pump housing surrounding a piston rod includes a primary sealing portion with an inner surface adjacent to the piston rod and an outer surface adjacent to the pump housing. An initial sealing portion features an inner wall and an outer wall so that an annular space is defined therebetween. A top wall extends between the inner and outer walls. A coil spring is positioned within the annular space of the initial sealing portion and urges the inner wall into engagement with the piston rod and the outer wall into engagement with the pump housing. |
| US11761534B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device includes a gear mechanism, a wall part that overlaps with the gear mechanism in an axial direction, a plate provided between the wall part and the gear mechanism in the axial direction, and a park lock mechanism. The park lock mechanism has a parking pawl on a side of a surface of the plate facing the wall part. The park lock mechanism has a manual shaft and/or a detent mechanism on a side of a surface of the plate facing the gear mechanism. |
| US11761532B2 |
Hydraulic control unit for a transmission
A hydraulic control unit (10) for a transmission (36) of a motor vehicle drive train may include a housing top section (12), a first valve housing (14) having a first valve (60), and a second valve housing (16) having a second valve (62). The first valve (60) is aligned along a first direction (30) and the second valve (62) is aligned along a second direction (32), wherein the first direction (30) differs from the second direction (32). |
| US11761530B2 |
Breather structure for actuator
A breather structure of an actuator includes: a breathing hole that extends through a rear housing between an inside and an outside of the rear housing; a filter that is configured to permit a flow of gas through the breathing hole via the filter while limiting a flow of liquid and a flow of solid through the breathing hole between the inside and the outside of the housing; and a blocker. The blocker is configured to block a portion of a path extending from an outer opening, which is an opening of the breathing hole opened to an outside space, to the filter to limit arrival of the liquid and the solid from the outside space to the filter. |
| US11761524B2 |
Electronic locking differential
An electronic locking differential that includes a movable electromagnet to selectively operate a dog clutch for locking a side gear to a carrier. The dog clutch includes a dog member having a plurality of legs that extend through leg apertures in the carrier. A cam mechanism is employed on the legs and the carrier to generate and apply a force to the dog member to maintain the dog member in an engaged position when torque is transmitted through the cam mechanism. The carrier is configured with an annular rib that surrounds a pocket. The annular rib has a frustoconical shape that matches that of a pole piece on the electromagnet. The electromagnet is received into the pocket when the electromagnet is operated and the dog member is in its engaged position. |
| US11761522B2 |
Actuator integration apparatus and system
An actuator integration apparatus and system provide a means for integrating a digitized control system and remote operation functionality not existing manually operated machinery. At least one actuator unit is mounted to a mounting chassis with at least one mounting clamp to provide access and engagement to at least one lever. The at least one lever is further connected to or otherwise integrated to the control scheme of the external machinery. A power supply is provided to supply operating electrical power, and an external terminal is configured to generate and transmit operable commands to the at least one actuator unit to moderate the position of the at least one lever by extension. |
| US11761520B2 |
Linear drive device, motor, and linear drive device production method
In a linear drive device, a movable member is driven using a guide shaft and a lead screw supported by a bracket. Since a nut mechanism, which with the lead screw configures a feed screw mechanism, is provided with a first spring between two nuts, it is possible to limit rattling of the nuts with respect to the lead screw. Of the two nuts, the first nut provided on the side opposite a motor and a first plate is not able to move relative to the movable member in the axis direction. As a result, when a member to be driven is loaded on the movable member and the movable member is driven in the direction approaching the first plate, the first plate and members disposed therearound are not susceptible to interference by the member being driven. |
| US11761516B2 |
Device and method for tensioning a belt of a video camera assembly
A device for tensioning a belt of a video camera assembly, including a belt tensioner terminal and an elastic thrust element operating on the belt tensioner terminal for thrusting the belt tensioner terminal against the belt. The device further includes an adjustment element for determining an adjustable positioning of the belt tensioner terminal with respect to the belt and at least one constraint element for operating between a rest condition, where it does not constrain the positioning of the belt tensioner terminal, and a constraint condition, where it constrains in position the belt tensioner terminal. The adjustment element is operatively connected to the thrust element in a removable way. Advantageously, the thrust element and the adjustment element share a same operative direction, the at least one constraint element operating or developing along a direction which is orthogonal to said operative direction of the thrust element and of the adjustment element. |
| US11761515B2 |
Work vehicle multi-speed drive assembly with guided dog clutch
A drive assembly for a work vehicle includes a drive housing, a drive shaft rotatable about a drive axis, an inner hub rotationally fixed to the drive shaft, and a planetary gear set coupled to the drive shaft and configured to selectively rotate an output element. The drive assembly also includes a clutch arrangement having a clutch ring configured to selectively engage the planetary gear set. The clutch arrangement further includes a guide assembly mounted on the clutch ring and configured to selectively interact with the planetary gear set to effect disengagement of the clutch ring from the planetary gear set. A clutch actuation assembly is configured to effect movement of the clutch arrangement along the drive axis to engage the planetary gear set, and a guide actuation assembly is configured to operate the guide assembly to interact with the planetary gear set. |
| US11761514B2 |
Line guide device for clean room applications
A line guide device for lines in a clean room application, comprising an elongate, flexible envelope which is displaceable to-and-fro between a first connection point and a second connection point movable relative thereto, forming a deflection arc between two runs. The envelope has at least one undoable and reclosable connection region, for insertion or removal of a line when the connection region is open. The envelope, when closed, surrounds in dust-tight manner an inner space for accommodating one or more lines. A functional material is provided within the envelope to reduce the number of free particles in the inner space. The functional material may retain operationally released particles in the inner space and/or counteract the operational release of particles in the inner space. |
| US11761512B1 |
Biaxial vibration isolation and damping in a concentric plural-cylinder system
An exemplary inventive device is placed between inner and outer concentric cylindrical structures. The inventive device includes at least three coaxial rectangular-toroidal elements adhered together, viz., at least one smaller stiff element, at least one larger stiff element, and at least one resilient element. The elements are arranged so that each resilient element is adjacently positioned between a smaller stiff element and a larger stiff element. The inner circumferential surface of the smaller stiff element contacts the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylindrical structure. The outer circumferential surface of the larger stiff element contacts the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical structure. The inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the resilient element are distanced, respectively, from the inner cylindrical structure's outer circumferential surface and the outer cylindrical structure's inner circumferential surface. Mechanically induced deformations of the resilient elements permit longitudinal displacement and result in vibration isolation/damping in biaxial radial directions. |
| US11761502B2 |
Elastic joints having a torsion stop and use of such joints in vibration absorbers
Novel elastic torsion stop components based on multilayer elastomer metal elements in cylindrical, conical, or spherical shape. The elastic torsion stop components are particularly suitable for use as maintenance-free and low-wear joints having a large angular spread, for example in vibration absorbers, such as in pendulum vibration absorbers for wind turbines. |
| US11761501B2 |
Friction simulating device
The invention discloses a friction simulating device, comprising: a first driving shaft, a first driving gear, a second driving gear, a second driving shaft, a plurality of friction plates and a driving mechanism. The first driving gear is coaxially fixedly connected to the first driving shaft. The second driving gear is located on a radial outer side of the first driving gear and is provided coaxially with the first driving gear. The second driving shaft is coaxially fixedly connected to the second driving gear. The plurality of friction plates being provided subsequently between the first driving gear and the second driving gear in a direction of an axis of the first driving gear, wherein some of the friction plates are axially movably connected to the first driving gear in a circumferential direction, and the other friction plates are axially movably connected to the second driving gear in the circumferential direction. The friction simulating device is able to simulate the friction applied to the wheels of the vehicle by the ground. |
| US11761500B2 |
Damping material as intermediate layer for a brake pad and process for making the damping material
A damping material 10 for a damping layer or interlayer of a brake lining has at least one rubber content and one resin content. A plurality of macroscopic, heterogeneously delimited areas are formed in the damping material 10, areas comprising rubber areas 1 with a high rubber content of at least 3% to maximally 50% by weight, and resin areas 2 with a high resin content of at least 5% by weight, wherein the rubber areas 1 are free of resin or have a resin content ≤5% by weight, and the resin areas 2 are free of rubber. |
| US11761498B2 |
Expanding rotor brake
A braking system includes a rotor, a braking mechanism including a brake pad, and an actuator system configured to reposition the rotor from a first position where the rotor does not engage with the brake pad to a second position where the rotor engages with the brake pad. |
| US11761497B2 |
Two-way clutch
Provided is a two-way clutch capable of making a size in an axial direction thereof compact. A first engaging element and a second engaging element are arranged in a first wedge-shaped space and a second wedge-shaped space between an outer member and an inner member. The first engaging element is held by the first retainer and the first retainer is enabled to swing to the outer member. The second engaging element is held by the second retainer and the second retainer is enabled to swing to the outer member. In a side view orthogonal to an axial direction of the first engaging element and the second engaging element, at least a part of the first engaging element and at least a part of the second engaging element overlap in the axial direction. |
| US11761492B2 |
Boot for constant velocity universal joint
A boot for a constant velocity universal joint includes large- and small-diameter mounting portions to be mounted to an outer joint member and a shaft, respectively, with boot clamps, a bellows portion integrally coupling the large- and small-diameter mounting portions to each other, and a cylindrical shoulder portion formed at a bellows portion-side end of the large-diameter-side mounting portion, and connected to the bellows portion through two auxiliary crest portions and one auxiliary trough portion between the auxiliary crest portions. A radial distance between each of the auxiliary crest portions and the auxiliary trough portion is shorter than a radial distance between a crest portion and a trough portion. A diameter passing through a center of the radial distance between each of the auxiliary crest portions and the auxiliary trough portion is larger than a diameter of the cylindrical shoulder portion. |
| US11761491B2 |
Ball-hinged transmission shaft with straight shaft
A ball-hinged transmission shaft with a straight shaft includes a socket, a ball, and a straight shaft. A rolling element is further coaxially provided on a straight shaft. The rolling element is a rotator with an axis of the straight shaft as a center of rotation. An upper portion of the rolling element is connected to a bearing. A mouth-shaped surface is further respectively provided at two ends of a transmission hole of a ball. The mouth-shaped surface is a curved surface matching the shape of the rolling element. The rolling element is fit and provided in the mouth-shaped surface at the two ends of the transmission hole of the ball. The ball is restricted by an inner positioning spherical surface of a socket, the straight shaft, and the rolling element at the same time. |
| US11761490B2 |
Drive train connector assembly
A drive train connector assembly includes a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure. The first connecting structure has an attachment protrusion with first and second edges. The first edge extends in a first direction. The second edge extends in a second direction. Both directions are perpendicular to the rotational axis. The first and second directions define a first acute angle therebetween. The second connecting structure defines recessed area. The attachment protrusion fits into the recessed area. The recessed area defines third and fourth edges. The third edge extends in a third direction and the fourth edge extends in a fourth direction. The third direction and the fourth direction define a second acute angle. With the attachment protrusion installed within the recessed area the first and third edges are parallel to one another and the second and fourth edges are parallel to one another. |
| US11761486B2 |
Polycrystalline diamond bearings for rotating machinery with compliance
Methods and apparatus for providing compliance in bearings of rotating machinery are provided. The rotating machinery may include a drive shaft movably coupled within a bearing housing. Compliant bearing assemblies may interface engagement between the drive shaft and the bearing housing, including polycrystalline diamond bearing elements, each with an engagement surface, and an opposing engagement surface of a metal that contains diamond solvent-catalyst. |
| US11761484B2 |
Flared springs for bearing assemblies
A bearing assembly includes a bearing defining a bearing bore therethrough with a plurality of spring bores circumferentially distributed around the bearing bore. A respective spring is seated in each of the spring bores. Each spring is has a flared end that is larger in diameter than a main section of the spring. The flared end of each spring engages its respective spring bore. |
| US11761479B2 |
Mechanical system having high rotation flexure bearing
A flexure bearing having a first sleeve and a second sleeve is provided. Each sleeve includes a first pillar having a first end attached to the sleeve and a second end projecting outwardly from the sleeve and a second pillar having a first end attached to the sleeve and a second end projecting outwardly from the sleeve parallel to and diametrically opposed to the first pillar. The flexure bearing has a plurality of blind holes and a plurality of compression springs, each compression spring having a first spring end fit into one of the blind holes of a pillar of the first sleeve and a second spring end fit into a corresponding blind hole of an adjacent pillar of the second sleeve when the second sleeve is interconnected to the first sleeve. |
| US11761478B2 |
Contact layer on the surface of a metal element in relative movement against another metal element and an articulation joint provided with such a contact layer
A contact layer is formed by a deposition method on an inner surface of a first metal element by a centrifuging process, and preferably includes an inner layer of copper alloy and an outer layer of tin alloy. Such a contact layer is used in an articulation joint including a first metal element having a surface provided with the contact layer, and a second metal element with a second surface. The first and second elements are relatively movable such that first and second surfaces slide against each other. |
| US11761474B2 |
Control cable connection structure
A control cable connection structure includes a long, narrow casing, a casing end, a cable end and a slider. An end portion of a first conduit is anchored at one end portion, in a length direction, of the casing. An end portion of a second conduit is anchored at the casing end. The casing end is superposed and assembled with the casing in a radial direction of the second conduit. The cable end is attached to an end portion of a second inner cord. An end portion of a first inner cord is anchored at the slider. The slider is supported at the casing to be slidable in the length direction thereof. In the assembled state, the cable end is engaged with the slider at an opposite side from a side at which the second conduit is disposed, and the second inner cord is connected with the slider. |
| US11761472B2 |
Nut restrainer, centering tool, and methods of use
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, nut restrainers, centering tools, and methods of use are presented, particularly as applied to high strength bolted connections. Nut restrainers may have an interior profile including a circular profile section and a regular hexagonal profile section, a nut inserted into the nut restrainer may have lateral freedom of movement, and the nut restrainer may have a top plane with one or more centering protrusions. A centering tool for positioning a nut restrainer may have a non-circular head section, a cylindrical positioning section, a threaded section, and a cylindrical restrainer positioning section; a method of positioning a nut restrainer coaxial with a bolt hole using the centering tool. |
| US11761468B2 |
Stud clip assembly and method
A stud clip assembly is provided. The stud clip assembly includes a clip having a mounting platform and a retention platform. The mounting platform includes a mounting bore that extends away from the retention platform and that defines a mounting aperture. The mounting aperture includes a threaded portion formed therein and a collar arranged at a first end thereof. The stud clip assembly further includes a fastening element configured to be threaded into the threaded portion of the mounting aperture. The collar is configured to be crimped onto the fastening element. |
| US11761463B2 |
Fluid actuator, fluid actuator control method, and computer readable medium storing control program of fluid actuator
Provided is a fluid actuator capable of safely driving a drive target. An air actuator using air as a working fluid includes an X-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PX+ and PX− along one drive axis, which drives a drive target in an X direction, a Y-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PY1+, PY1−, PY2+, and PY2− along two drive axes, which drive the drive target in a Y direction, and an acceleration detection unit that detects translational acceleration and rotational acceleration generated in the drive target on the basis of the measured air pressures PX+, PX−, PY1+, PY1−, PY2+, and PY2−. |
| US11761456B2 |
Centrifugal fan and blower equipped with the centrifugal fan
A centrifugal fan sucks in air from one side in an axial direction and blows out air outward in a radial direction. A blade leading edge is connected to a cylinder inner surface of a side plate. The blade leading edge has: a tip end extended linearly by an apex of a convex surface and connected to the cylinder inner surface; and a convex surface end indicating a boundary between the convex surface and a side surface of the blade. When the cylinder inner surface has: a diameter Φa at a first position, which is an end position of the upstream tubular portion of the side plate on one side in the axial direction, a diameter Φb at a second position where the blade leading edge is connected; and a diameter Φc at a third position where the convex surface end is connected, a relationship of Φa≥Φb≥Φc is satisfied. |
| US11761454B2 |
Ceiling fan blade fastening structure
A ceiling fan blade fastening structure includes a base and a fan blade. The base is fixed to a rotor of a motor of a ceiling fan. The base has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has a slot. The bottom wall is provided with a guide rail portion adjacent to the slot. The bottom wall is provided with a bracket and a positioning block behind the guide rail portion. The fan blade has a tongue portion to be inserted into the slot and pressed against the positioning block, so as to position the fan blade. The tongue portion is provided with a stop block to be against the rear of the bracket, so that the fan blade is unable to be disengaged from the slot. |
| US11761453B2 |
Pump impeller and pump herewith
A pump impeller, which can be part of a pump, has an impeller surface and blades being arranged on the impeller surface, wherein at least one of the blades is a blade of the first type which has a blade edge which is inclined toward the front in the rotational direction. The pump impeller can also have blades of a first type and of a second type, the blade geometries thereof differing from one another. A housing element for a pump or of a pump has a housing inner wall defining a flow channel for a fluid medium extending along a central axis. The cross section of the flow channel is greater in a main flow direction and the housing inner wall has a surface structure configured such that it counteracts a return flow counter to the main flow direction along the housing inner wall of the fluid medium. |
| US11761451B1 |
Axial counterbalance for rotating components
A rocket engine propulsion system having improved engine performance is described herein. The rocket engine propulsion system includes an axial counterbalance to reduce or eliminate axial thrust exerted on components of a turbopump. The axial counterbalance can allow for a larger range of axial thrust forces while coupling this ability to a rotational speed (e.g., rotations per minute, or RPM) of a shaft. The axial counterbalance includes a protrusion on that extends circumferentially around a shaft that mates with a protrusion on a swing arm. The swing arm is rotatably attached to a bracket which is constrained by a static support. |
| US11761449B2 |
Fan module
A fan module comprises a frame, a wire-stopping structure, an impeller and a circuit board. The frame includes a frame wall, a base, a plurality of static blades and a connector. A wire groove formed on an outside of the frame wall to accommodate a wire. The static blades are radially connected to the base and the frame wall. The connector is formed on the outside of the frame wall and extended from one end of the wire groove to the base along one of the static blades. The connector includes a plurality of pins. The wire-stopping board is fixed to the frame wall to cover the wire groove. The impeller is disposed in the frame. The circuit board is disposed in the frame and located on the base. The circuit board includes a plurality of pin holes, and the pin holes are electrically connected to the pins. |
| US11761447B1 |
Adaptive learning system for improving sump pump control
A sump pump system may implement adaptive learning and machine learning techniques to facilitate improved control of sump pumps. A sump pump system may implement the described techniques to generate, train, and/or implement a machine learning model that is capable of predicting or estimating one or more conditions of the sump pump system (e.g., water level in the basin, motor malfunction, stuck impeller, geyser effect, blocked outlet pipe, faulty level sensor/switch, faulty bearing, failure to engage pump at high-water mark, etc.) based on one or more detected input variables (e.g., acceleration or vibration patterns detected in water, on a pump, or on a pipe; capacitance values of water; audio signatures; electrical signatures, such as power or current draw; pump motor rotation speed; water pressure signatures or values, such as those detected at the bottom of a sump basin; etc.). |
| US11761442B2 |
Scroll compressor
A scroll compressor including a casing; an orbiting scroll orbitingly moved inside the casing; a fixed scroll engaged with the orbiting scroll to form a pair of compression chambers; and a main frame supporting the orbiting scroll, wherein the fixed scroll includes a fixed scroll base plate and a fixed scroll wrap protruding from the fixed scroll base plate, wherein the main frame includes a main frame base plate provided on an opposite side of the fixed scroll base plate with respect to the orbiting scroll, and wherein the fixed scroll base plate, the main frame base plate and the casing may form an orbiting space of the orbiting scroll. An orbiting radius of the orbiting scroll is increased inside the casing having a predetermined size, so a refrigerant discharge amount is increased in a state in which the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll are accommodated inside the casing. |
| US11761441B1 |
Spring controlling valve
A valve member for a spring-loaded valve assembly includes a top portion having a spring retaining recess, the spring retaining recess extending into the top portion to form a void space, the void space to receive at least one coil of a spring, the spring retaining recess having a recess diameter that is smaller than a top portion diameter, wherein the recess diameter is larger than a rest diameter of a spring base including the coil, the spring retaining recess blocking expansion of the at least one coil when the spring is compressed. The valve member also includes a bottom portion coupled to the top portion. The valve member further includes a sealing element positioned axially below a shoulder of the top portion and legs coupled to the bottom portion. |
| US11761430B2 |
Bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine, wind turbine and method for mounting a bearing support arrangement
A bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine includes a support structure and a bearing housing. The bearing housing is arranged within the support structure. The arrangement further includes a bearing radially supported by the bearing housing. A rotor shaft is radially supported by the bearing and a removable wedge is arranged between the support structure and the bearing housing to clamp the bearing between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing. A method for mounting the bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine is also disclosed as is a wind turbine incorporating the bearing support arrangement. |
| US11761428B2 |
Ice shield for tower mounted equipment
A tower (1) having equipment (3) mounted thereon is disclosed. The tower (1) has an ice shield assembly (2) for protection to of the equipment (3) against falling ice mounted thereon. The ice shield assembly (2) comprises a tower fixture arrangement (5) being secured to the tower (1) and an ice shield (4) connected 5 to the tower fixture arrangement (5) via a hinge (6). The ice shield (4) is configured for vertically overlapping the horizontal extends of the equipment (3). The ice shield assembly (2) further comprises at least one spring element (7), e.g. in the form of a curved rod, connected at one end to the ice shield (4) and at an opposite end to the tower (1), the at least one spring element (7) 10 being configured to allow the ice shield (4) to pivot relative to the tower (1) at the hinge (6) in order to ensure a gradual transfer of energy from falling ice, which collides with the ice shield (4). |
| US11761427B2 |
Method and system for building prescriptive analytics to prevent wind turbine failures
Systems and methods for building predictive and prescriptive analytics of wind turbines generate a historical operational dataset by loading historical operational SCADA data of one or more wind turbines. Each sensor measurement is associated with an engineering tag and at least one component of a wind turbine. The system creates one or more performance indicators corresponding to one or more sensor measurements, and applies at least one data clustering algorithm onto the dataset to identify and label normal operation data clusters. The system builds a normal operation model using normal operational data clusters with Efficiency of Wind-To-Power (EWTP) and defines a statistical confidence range around the normal operation model as criterion for monitoring wind turbine performance. As real-time SCADA data is received by the system, the system can detect an anomalous event, and issue an alert notification and prescriptive early-action recommendations to a user, such as a turbine operator, technician or manager. |
| US11761424B2 |
Brake of a large wind turbine
A system includes a wind turbine having a fixed part and a rotational part and a brake having a brake disk mounted to the rotational part for rotation with the rotational part. At least one brake block is fixed relative to the fixed part and has a friction surface facing the brake disk. The brake block is shiftable between a first position with the friction surface spaced from the brake disk and a second position with the friction surface in contact with and pressed against the brake disk, and the friction surface and/or the brake disk are configured such that pressing the at least one brake block against the brake disk creates a micro-interference fit between the at least one brake block and the brake disk. |
| US11761423B2 |
Adaptable spoiler for a wind turbine blade
Provided is an adaptable spoiler for a wind turbine rotor blade, including: a base element adapted to be connected at or integrated with a rotor blade; an airfoil element being attachable to the base element and having an airfoil shaped surface to be exposed to an air flow. |
| US11761421B2 |
Wind turbine blade manufacture
A wind turbine blade having a spar cap and a shear web system is described. The spar cap comprises a pultruded strip of fibrous reinforcing material with a first datum feature visible at a surface of the pultruded strip. The shear web system comprises a second datum feature, wherein the first datum feature of the spar cap is aligned with the second datum feature of the shear web system. |
| US11761420B2 |
Composite material, a wind turbine blade, a wind turbine and a method for producing a composite material
Provided is a composite material for a wind turbine blade, the composite material including a plurality of rigid elements and plurality of flexible elements, wherein each flexible element is arranged between two rigid elements and is connected thereto such that the rigid elements are flexibly connected to each other by the flexible elements. The flexibility of the composite material can be achieved by using the interspaces between the rigid elements. Therefore, when the composite material is placed on a curved surface, hollow spaces between the rigid elements may be reduced or avoided. |
| US11761419B2 |
Root assembly of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, wind turbine blade and wind turbine
A root assembly of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine is provided. Also provided is a wind turbine blade including the root assembly and a wind turbine including the wind turbine blade. |
| US11761416B2 |
Energy storage system
Energy storage system comprising: a first tunnel shaft extending in an upright direction from a ground level to a predetermined underground level; an underground chamber at the predetermined underground level in the first tunnel shaft; a water reservoir is provided at the ground level a second tunnel shaft extending in a lying direction at the predetermined underground level, the second tunnel shaft forming a second water reservoir; at least one pipe extending through the first tunnel shaft interconnecting the first water reservoir and the second water reservoir for enabling water to flow between the ground level and the predetermined underground level; and at least one electrical pump and at least one electrical turbine operationally connected to the at least one pipe to enable a controlled charging and discharging of the energy storage system by running an upward and a downward flow of water via the pumps and the turbines, respectively. |
| US11761410B2 |
Sealed intake air system
A sealed intake air system incorporates a positive connection seal interface between the air filter and the airbox with captive fasteners to provide a positive connection between the air filter and the one-piece airbox. |
| US11761408B2 |
Internal combustion engine system operable in at least two operating modes
The invention relates to an internal combustion engine system (100), comprising: —an internal combustion engine (2) comprising a cylinder block (3) housing a plurality of cylinders (4), a first intake manifold (6a) connected to a first group of cylinders (4a) a second distinct intake manifold (6b) connected to a second group of cylinders (4b) and a first, respectively a second, exhaust manifold (8a, 8b) for receiving the exhaust gas emitted from the first, respectively the second, group of cylinders (4a, 4b); —an air inlet line (10); —an EGR line (20) connected to the first and second exhaust manifolds (8a, 8b); wherein the internal combustion engine system is operable in at least two operating modes, respectively a normal operating mode in which all cylinders are supplied with fuel and a regeneration operating mode, in which the cylinders of the first group of cylinders (4a) are no longer supplied with fuel, characterized in that: —the system also includes a mixing unit (30) comprising a four-way valve, said four-way valve (30) having a first inlet (31) connected to the EGR line (20), a second inlet (32) connected to the air inlet line (10), a first outlet (33) connected to the first intake manifold (6a) and a second outlet (34) connected to the second intake manifold (6b); —the four-way valve is designed so that, in said normal operating mode, the intake gases supplied to the first intake manifold (6a) and to the second intake manifold (6b) have approximately the same proportion of exhaust gas and so that, in said regeneration operating mode, the intake gas supplied to the first intake manifold (6a) only includes exhaust gas. |
| US11761407B1 |
Inlet mixer for exhaust gas recirculation in power generation systems
An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) mixer for use in a power generation system is provided. The EGR mixer includes a mixing chamber defining a flow direction and a working fluid inlet coupled with the mixing chamber for introducing a working fluid into the mixing chamber along the flow direction. The EGR mixer also includes exhaust gas injection ducts extending across the mixing chamber downstream from the working fluid inlet. Each of the exhaust gas injection ducts is oriented to receive exhaust gases being recirculated within the power generation system and to inject the exhaust gases into the mixing chamber in a direction that intersects the flow direction to generate a turbulent flow within the mixing chamber. The EGR mixer also includes an outlet coupled with the mixing chamber for directing a mixture of the exhaust gases and the working fluid to a compressor within the power generation system. |
| US11761406B1 |
Methods and systems for controlling a bellows in a pressure-less fuel tank
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a volume of a variable volume device arranged in a fuel tank. In one example, a method may include, upon conditions being met, operating a pump of an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system leak detection module (ELCM) to increase or decrease the volume of the variable volume device in response to a refueling event of a vehicle being transported. |
| US11761404B2 |
Motor vehicle comprising a water provision unit and method for operating a motor vehicle
A motor vehicle including a water provision unit for providing water to at least one water consumer. Here, a water collection tank, a primary water tank and at least one secondary water tank are provided. The water collection tank is or can be fluidically connected to a water source and the primary water tank, bypassing the water collection tank and the secondary water tank, is fluidically connected to the at least one water consumer. The water collection tank is fluidically connected both directly and indirectly via the at least one secondary water tank to the primary water tank, and the water provision unit includes a water conveying unit which is provided and designed for conveying the water out of the water collection tank in direction of the primary water tank by a gaseous conveying medium. |
| US11761397B2 |
Method and device for checking the state of the outlet valves of an engine of a motor vehicle
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include methods for operating a motor vehicle having combustion chambers. The methods may include: closing the combustion chambers of the motor vehicle towards the exhaust tract by bringing outlet valves of the combustion chambers into the closed state; checking whether the outlet valves of the combustion chambers of the motor vehicle are in a closed state by evaluating the pressure prevailing in an intake pipe of the motor vehicle; and in the event one or more of the outlet valves are not in a closed state, initiating countermeasures to comply with emissions protocols. |
| US11761395B2 |
Dynamic skip fire transitions for fixed CDA engines
A variety of methods and arrangements are described for managing transitions between operational states of an internal combustion engine during skip fire operation of the engine. |
| US11761393B2 |
Multiple combustion mode engine with ammonia fuel and control method thereof
Disclosed is a multiple combustion mode engine with ammonia fuel including an cylinder head, a cylinder sleeve, a piston, a main combustion chamber, an inlet valve and an exhaust valve, and further including a jet ignition device arranged on the cylinder head and used for providing an ignition source for the main combustion chamber, and an ammonia injector used for providing ammonia/air mixture gas for the main combustion chamber. Also disclosed is a control method of the multiple combustion mode engine with ammonia fuel. The time sequence of ammonia injection of the main combustion chamber and jet flame generation of the pre-chamber is controlled, the mixed state of the fuel/air in the main combustion chamber before ignition can be controlled, and finally different combustion modes, i.e. a premixed combustion mode and a diffusion combustion mode, are formed in the main combustion chamber. |
| US11761385B2 |
Turbine engine shaft shear detection
A method is provided involving a turbine engine. During this method, data is received indicative of twist of a shaft of the turbine engine. The data is monitored over time to identity one or more reversal events while the turbine engine is operating, where each of the reversal events corresponds to a reversal in a value sign of the data. Shaft shear is identified in the shaft based on occurrence of N number of the reversal events. |
| US11761384B2 |
Geared gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft and a method of operating a gas turbine engine on an aircraft. Embodiments disclosed include a gas turbine engine for an aircraft including: an engine core has a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan has a plurality of fan blades; a nacelle surrounding the engine core and defining a bypass duct and bypass exhaust nozzle; and a gearbox that receives an input from the core shaft and outputs drive to the fan wherein the gas turbine engine is configured such that a jet velocity ratio of a first jet velocity exiting from the bypass exhaust nozzle to a second jet velocity exiting from an exhaust nozzle of the engine core at idle conditions is greater by a factor of 2 or more than the jet velocity ratio at maximum take-off conditions. |
| US11761378B2 |
Bleed air charged cooling system with turbo-generator
In some examples, propulsion, electrical generation, and cooling system. The system comprises a gas turbine engine including a compressor and a bleed air outlet from the compressor, wherein the compressor is configured to compress a first fluid, wherein a portion of the compressed first fluid is directed out of the bleed air outlet to define bleed air from the compressor. The system also includes a turbo-generator including a combustor, wherein the combustor is configured to receive the bleed air from the compressor and combust a fuel with the bleed air, wherein the turbo-generator is configured to generate electrical energy via the combustion of the fuel by the combustor. The system also includes an air cycle cooling system configured to remove heat via an air cycle cooling process, wherein the air cycle cooling process is charged via the bleed air from the compressor. A compressor of the air cycle cooling system may be driven by a turbine of the turbo-generator or a turbine of the gas turbine engine. |
| US11761376B1 |
Side plate for rotary engine
A side housing for a rotary internal combustion engine, has: a side wall; a side plate having a rotor-engaging side facing away from the side wall and a back side opposite the rotor-engaging side and facing the side wall, the side plate defining first threads located on the back side, the first threads extending circumferentially around a central axis of the side plate; and a nut rotatable relative to the side wall about the central axis of the side plate and axially locked to the side wall relative to the central axis, the side plate secured to the side wall via a threaded engagement between the first threads of the side plate and second threads defined by the nut. |
| US11761374B2 |
Damper device and total heat exchanger including the same
A damper device and a total heat exchanger including the same are provided in the present application, including: a damper plate, including an air port cover plate, and a rotating shaft disposed at the air port cover plate and extending along a diameter direction of the air port cover plate; and a damper plate fixing base configured to fix the damper plate inside the damper plate fixing base and including a fixing groove formed opposite to the rotating shaft and configured to fix the rotating shaft, the fixing groove including a recess disposed opposite to the rotating shaft and formed by further being recessed from at least a part of the outer circumference of the fixing groove. According to the above technical solutions of the present application, the damper device can ensure performance without reducing the air volume under low temperature conditions, and can also suppress icing of the damper device. |
| US11761373B1 |
Vehicle cooling device
A cooling device is employed in a vehicle including an internal combustion engine provided with a forced-induction device and an intercooler. The cooling device includes a circulation circuit configured to circulate coolant supplied to the intercooler, an electric pump configured to operate to circulate the coolant in the circulation circuit, and processing circuitry configured to control a discharge amount of the coolant of the pump. The processing circuitry is configured to execute a control amount deriving process of deriving a control amount of the pump based on a requested flow rate and a coolant temperature, and an operation process of causing the pump to operate based on the control amount when the requested flow rate is larger than 0. |
| US11761372B2 |
Multi-way coolant valve and heat pump system having the same
A multi-way coolant valve and a heat pump system having the same include an external housing in which first, second and third external inlets and first, second and third external outlets are formed; and an internal housing provided rotatably inside the external housing to selectively fluidically-connect the first, second and third external inlets, and the first, second and third external outlets, and divided into two stages through which a coolant flows respectively, wherein as the internal housing rotates at a predetermined interval in a selected mode of the vehicle, the first external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet, the second external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet or the second external outlet, and the third external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet. |
| US11761370B2 |
Vehicle air intake screen maintenance systems and methods
A vehicle radiator air intake screen maintenance system comprising a radiator fan, a fan motor; and a processor operable to control the rotational speed and direction of the radiator fan to: periodically implement a drop cycle whereby a radiator cooling air flow generated by the fan rotating in a forward direction is slowed such debris collected on a radiator air intake screen of the vehicle is caused to fall off due to gravitational force; and periodically implement a full reverse cycle where a rotational direction of the fan is reversed and an expulsion air flow is generated whereby debris collected on vehicle radiator and the air intake screen will be blown off, whereafter reverse rotation of the fan is stopped and the fan is returned to the full forward operating speed and direction. |
| US11761365B2 |
Exhaust gas and reductant mixer for an aftertreatment system
Apparatus and method for mixing reductant in an exhaust gas flow using virtual interception. Embodiments include an exhaust gas and reductant mixer comprising a body, a first flow device, and a reductant entry port. The body defines an exhaust gas flow path having a central portion. The first flow device swirls the exhaust gas in a circumferential direction with respect to the gas flow path. The reductant entry port introduces the reductant into the gas flow path at a location downstream from the first flow device and in an introduction direction (1) offset from the central portion, and (2) opposite the circumferential direction. |
| US11761364B2 |
Exhaust gas purification device for internal combustion engine, and vehicle
Provided is an exhaust gas purification apparatus having a control device that monitors the transition of a detection value of each of an upstream NOx sensor and a downstream NOx sensor, and when the NOx purification rate of the SCR catalyst falls to a value of a first threshold or lower, generates an abnormality detection signal indicating that an over storage state has occurred in an SCR catalyst if the amount of change in the detection value of the upstream NOx sensor per unit time is at least a second threshold and the amount of change in the detection value of the downstream NOx sensor per unit time is at most a third threshold. |
| US11761361B2 |
Method for manufacturing pillar-shaped honeycomb structure filter
A method for manufacturing a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure filter including preparing a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure having a plurality of first cells and a plurality of second cells that are alternately arranged adjacent to each other with a porous partition wall interposed therebetween; adhering ceramic particles containing 50% by mass or more in total of one or two selected from SiC and SiN to a surface of the first cells; and performing a heat-oxidation treatment on the pillar-shaped honeycomb structure in which the ceramic particles are adhered to the surface of the first cells to form a porous film comprised of the ceramic particles having an oxide film thereon so as to satisfy: (1) 0.05≤T≤0.5; (2) 0.05≤T/D50; and (3) 4≤{(W1−W0)/W0×100}/D50. |
| US11761358B2 |
Multi-port exhaust valve for two-stroke engines
An exhaust valve includes a toroidal surface about an axis of rotation of the valve. The toroidal surface is positionable over a central exhaust port of an engine when lowered. The valve is raised by an actuator in response to increasing rotational speed of the crankshaft of the engine, thereby enlarging and raising the effective opening of the exhaust port. Lateral valve surfaces on either side of the toroidal surface close lateral exhaust ports when the valve is lowered. The lateral valve surfaces may be cylindrical and formed on fins. |
| US11761348B2 |
Axial flow turbine with upstream gland and extraction of cooling air
There is provided an axial flow turbine capable of realizing a reduction in gland leakage amount. The axial flow turbine in an embodiment is of a single flow type and includes an upstream-side gland part located on an upstream side of a working medium in an axial direction of a turbine rotor and a downstream-side gland part located on a downstream side of the working medium in the axial direction of the turbine rotor. The axial flow turbine is configured such that a cooling medium lower in temperature and higher in pressure than the working medium is extracted in a middle of flowing from the inside to the outside of the turbine casing in the upstream-side gland part, and the extracted cooling medium is introduced into the stationary blade. |
| US11761340B2 |
Blade component, method for manufacture of same, and gas turbine
A blade component of a compressor or turbine stage of a gas turbine, in particular of a gas turbine engine is provided. The blade component has at least two structural elements which can be connected together by means of a connection process, in particular sintering. The at least two structural elements can be coupled and/or connected to at least one means for internal cooling of the blade component, and/or the means for internal cooling of the blade component is arranged in at least one of the least two structural elements. The at least two structural elements, when assembled, can be coupled to a cooling insert inside the blade component, wherein during operation, cooling air flowing into the cooling insert can be guided in targeted fashion via impingement cooling openings onto the inside of the blade component, in particular as impingement flow cooling. |
| US11761336B2 |
Adiabatic salt energy storage
Efficient energy storage is provided by using a working fluid flowing in a closed cycle including a ganged compressor and turbine, and capable of efficient heat exchange with heat storage fluids on a hot side of the system and on a cold side of the system. This system can operate as a heat engine by transferring heat from the hot side to the cold side to mechanically drive the turbine. The system can also operate as a refrigerator by mechanically driving the compressor to transfer heat from the cold side to the hot side. Heat exchange between the working fluid of the system and the heat storage fluids occurs in counter-flow heat exchangers. In a preferred approach, molten salt is the hot side heat storage fluid and water is the cold side heat storage fluid. |
| US11761335B1 |
Determining method for bursting-preventing parameter of roadway support for rock burst in coal mine, and system thereof
A model selection method for a hydraulic support includes: determining a surrounding rock-support mutual feedback equilibrium curve under a first equivalent in-situ stress and a surrounding rock-support mutual feedback equilibrium curve under a second equivalent in-situ stress, according to the first equivalent in-situ stress, the second equivalent in-situ stress, a stress of a fracture zone on a softening zone under the first equivalent in-situ stress, and a stress of the fracture zone on the softening zone under the second equivalent in-situ stress; determining a support strength of a to-be-selected hydraulic support on the surrounding rock and a minimum expansion and contraction quantity required by a movable column according to the equilibrium curves; determining the residual burst energy that needs to be absorbed by the hydraulic support; and determining the hydraulic support matched with roadway. The method quantitatively achieves parameterized model selection of the bursting-preventing hydraulic support of roadway. |
| US11761331B2 |
Quantification of polymer viscoelastic effects on SOR reduction using modified capillary
A method of quantifying a viscoelastic effect of a polymer on residual oil saturation (Sor) including calculating an extensional capillary number (Nce) using flux, pore-scale apparent viscosity, and interfacial tension to account for the polymer's viscoelastic forces that are responsible for Sor reduction. The polymer is used polymer flooding during enhanced oil recovery. An extensional capillary number is calculated for a plurality of polymer materials, which are then compiled in a database. Also provided is a reservoir simulator for predicting the Sor reduction potential of the viscoelastic polymer, which includes a database of calculated extensional capillary numbers for a plurality of polymers. The database includes a curve generated from the calculated extensional capillary numbers for a plurality of polymers properties, flux rates, formation nature, oil viscosities, and rheological behaviors. |
| US11761330B2 |
Subsurface measurement compression and reconstruction
An apparatus comprises a subsurface sensor to be positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the subsurface sensor is to detect subsurface measurements. The apparatus includes a processor and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate a combination of functions based on the subsurface measurements, wherein the combination of functions is a subset of functions from a library of functions. The program code is executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine at least one function parameter of at least one function of the combination of functions and determine at least one formation property of the subsurface formation based on the at least one function parameter. |
| US11761324B2 |
Solid-state damping of mechanical vibration in tool string
A vibration-damping sub is provided to mitigate shock and other sources of vibration in a tool string. In examples, a tubular damping body is rigidly coupled between a vibration-sensitive tool and a vibration source. The tubular damping body includes a tubular wall defining a plurality of shaped holes configured to dampen the mechanical vibration to below the design threshold for the vibration-sensitive tool. The tubular damping body may also include different portions having different materials and impedances to further disrupt the propagation of mechanical waveforms. |
| US11761322B2 |
Fatigue monitoring of coiled tubing in downline deployments
Methods for real-time coiled tubing fatigue monitoring can establish a remaining operational life of a coiled tubing strand. Standard or low-cycle plastic fatigue in bending is measured each time the coiled tubing strand is deployed through a guide arch. Also, smaller, but higher frequency loads, e.g., high cycle loads imparted to the coiled tubing strand due to interaction with an oceanic environment, are also measured. A plurality of weight detectors may be coupled to a support frame below the guide for monitoring the high-cycle loads. The remaining operational life of the coiled tubing strand may be calculated based on both the plastic strains using a low-cycle fatigue analysis and the elastic strains using a high-cycle fatigue analysis. An operator may retire a coiled tubing strand prior to failure based on the calculated remaining operational life. |
| US11761320B2 |
Method and system to drill a wellbore and identify drill bit failure by deconvoluting sensor data
A method and system to drill a wellbore and identify drill bit failure by deconvoluting sensor data. The method comprises drilling the wellbore using a drill bit; and measuring data indicative of a parameter associated with the drill bit using a sensor located in the wellbore. The method also comprises decomposing the data to generate an intrinsic mode function of the drill bit data; and analyzing the intrinsic mode function to identify a drill bit failure. The system for drilling the wellbore comprises a drill bit; a sensor; and a processor. The sensor is located in the wellbore and operable to measure data indicative of a parameter associated with the drill bit. The processor is in communication with the sensor and operable to decompose the data to generate an intrinsic mode function of the drill bit data; and analyze the intrinsic mode function to identify a drill bit failure. |
| US11761317B2 |
Decoupled long stroke pump
Methods for operating a decoupled long stroke pump to pump treatment fluid to a wellbore are provided. The decoupled long stroke pump has relatively long stroke plungers that can be powered by hydraulics, linear electric motors, mechanical long stroke mechanisms, linear actuators, or any other device that can provide a linear force to the plungers. Such long stroke pumps have the suction and discharge strokes decoupled such that an absolute linear flow rate without pressure pulses on the suction or discharge can be produced. Any desired flow profile of the treatment fluid can be produced via the decoupled long stroke pump. |
| US11761315B2 |
Non-fracturing restimulation of unconventional hydrocarbon containing formations to enhance production
There is provided system and methods for restimulating a hydrocarbon producing well using water and pressures below the closure pressure, which results in production rates approaching the initial production rate of the well. There is provided multiple restimulation techniques using water based fluids at or below the closure pressure of the well, which results in production rates approach that of the prior rate upon stimulation. |
| US11761309B2 |
System and method for incorporating a velocity spool (ejector) in a corrosion inhibition system
The present disclosure describes a wellhead system that includes a wellhead; a tank of corrosion inhibitor chemical; and an ejector device comprising: a high pressure nozzle connected to the wellhead through a first flowline; a low pressure nozzle connected to the tank of corrosion inhibitor chemical through a second flowline; and wherein the ejector device is configured to generate a gas and chemical mixture fluid that exits the ejector device and flows downstream of the wellhead system. |
| US11761306B2 |
Assembly with tightly controlled axial gap for threaded connector insulation on vacuum insulated tubing
An insulated tubular assembly includes jointed insulated tubing segments, all with inner and outer tubes concentrically disposed about in order to define a vacuum annulus in between and closed at both ends by annular bridges. Insulated tubing segment are provided with either male or female threads to threadably engage and form a joint directly with each other or through a coupling jointed to adjacent insulated tubing segments. An insulating sleeve held around such joint includes a first tubular shell adapted to cover at least part of one insulated tubular segment and a second tubular shell overlapping either internally or externally part of the first tubular shell, such that the second tubular shell extends axially about the threaded joint from one annular bridge to the adjacent one, with high tolerances on lengths of the insulated tubing segment extension extending beyond their respective annular bridges. |
| US11761305B2 |
Downhole degradable staging tool
An apparatus for selectively opening a passage through a downhole casing comprises an elongate cylindrical housing defining a central bore therein and having at least one passage extending therethrough between the central bore and an exterior of the housing, the housing being configured to be located in line within a downhole casing, a ball seat slidably located within the central bore so as to be operable to selectively cover or uncover the at least one passage and a sealing sleeve slidably located within the central bore between an open and closed position wherein the sealing sleeve valve covers the at least one passage in the closed position and uncovers the at least one passage in the open position. |
| US11761299B2 |
Cement plug and bridge plug assembly and method
A plug assembly for a cementing operation in a well includes a bottom wiper plug configured to land in or near the toe of a well and receive a cement slurry therethrough, a top wiper plug releasably coupled to the bottom wiper plug and configured to land on the bottom wiper plug after the cement slurry is received through the bottom wiper plug, a bridge plug coupled to the top wiper plug and configured to move toward the bottom wiper plug with the top wiper plug after the bottom wiper plug is landed in or near the toe of the well, and a sensor sub coupled to the bridge plug and configured to detect a gate in the well. |
| US11761295B2 |
Plugging device deployment
A system for use with a subterranean well can include a deployment apparatus configured to deploy one or more plugging devices into a fluid flow. The plugging devices are conveyed into the well by the fluid flow. The deployment apparatus can include multiple queues, different numbers of the plugging devices being contained in respective different ones of the queues. A method of deploying plugging devices can include connecting multiple queues of the plugging devices to a conduit, and deploying the plugging devices from a selected combination of the queues into the conduit. In another system, each of the plugging devices may include a body, and lines or fibers extending outwardly from the body. |
| US11761286B2 |
Erosion control system
A hydrocarbon extraction system that includes an erosion control system. The erosion control system includes a housing defining a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. The housing receives and directs a flow of a particulate laden fluid between the first inlet and the outlet. A conduit rests within the housing. The conduit changes a direction of the particulate laden fluid and reduces erosion of the housing. The conduit is inserted into the housing through the second inlet. The conduit defines a plurality of apertures between an exterior surface and an interior surface of the conduit. The apertures direct the fluid into a conduit cavity. The conduit guides the fluid entering the conduit cavity to the outlet. The erosion control system excludes a plug and/or a sleeve around or in the conduit. |
| US11761283B2 |
Core barrel sealing structure capable of increasing sealing-specific pressure
A core barrel sealing structure includes a core barrel, a drilling machine outer barrel, a chain mail-type flap valve and a trigger mechanism. The flap valve includes a valve seat and a chain mail-type valve flap. The trigger mechanism includes a trigger inner barrel and a trigger block. The trigger block is arranged in a through hole in a sidewall of the trigger inner barrel, and an inner wall of the drilling machine outer barrel is provided with a recessed opening adapted to the trigger block. When the core barrel is located in the valve seat, the valve flap is opened by 90° and is located between the trigger inner barrel and the drilling machine outer barrel. When the core barrel is lifted upwards, the valve flap returns to a top face of the valve seat to make sealing contact with a sealing face of a valve opening. |
| US11761282B2 |
Through-bore spool apparatus
A through-bore spool apparatus for use in deploying multiple spoolable media in a bore is disclosed. The through-bore spool apparatus comprises a first spool comprising a first spool axis and a first spoolable medium wound around the first spool axis, and a second spool comprising a second spool axis and a second spoolable medium wound around the second spool axis. The first and second spoolable media are de-spoolable simultaneously from the respective first and second spools during movement of the through-bore spool apparatus along a bore. |
| US11761281B2 |
Shaped power charge with integrated initiator
A power charge for actuating a wellbore tool. Combustion of the power charge generates gas and corresponding gas pressure within the wellbore tool and the power charge and wellbore tool are configured for providing a path to an expansion chamber for the gas pressure. A body of the power charge may have the shape of a regular polygonal cylinder, thus defining flow-paths for the expanding gas. The power charge may include a cylinder of energetic material and an interior space formed within the energetic material and configured for receiving an igniter and/or ignition material. Ignition of the igniter or ignition material results in combustion of the power charge. |
| US11761280B2 |
Interlock for a downhole tool
A downhole tool including a mandrel having a first surface, and opposing second surface defining a flow path, a lock support zone provided one of the first and second surfaces, and a passage extending between the flow path and the first surface. A tool is supported on one of the first and second surfaces. A sleeve is selectively shiftable on the one of the first and second surfaces into engagement with the tool. The sleeve includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The second surface portion includes a latch section. A lock system is arranged between the first surface and the second surface portion in the lock support zone. The lock system includes a lock member selectively supporting a lock element in the latch section. The lock element constrains movement of the sleeve. |
| US11761277B2 |
Casing exit anchor with redundant activation system
A method of activating an anchor with an anchor activation system including a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an internal chamber includes introducing a first activation force to a trigger comprising a piston arranged in a piston cylinder extending radially through the outer surface to the internal chamber, sensing that the first activation force did not activate the anchor, and introducing a second activation force to the trigger without reconfiguring the anchor activation system to break a shear element retaining the piston with the first activation to release the piston and activate the anchor. |
| US11761274B2 |
Test apparatus for measuring particle plugging of a simulated fracture
A test apparatus can measuring particle plugging of a simulated fracture. The test apparatus can include a first test component having a first surface and a second test component having a second surface. The second test component can be positionable relative to the first test component to create a simulated fracture between the first surface and the second surface. The test apparatus can include a visualization area of at least one of the first test component or the second test component can be positioned between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet along at least a portion of the simulated fracture. |
| US11761268B2 |
Wellhead penetrator for electrical connections
A wellhead penetrator includes a mandrel having first and second ends, a lock nut that is adjustably connected to the second end of the mandrel, a tapered bowl positioned within the lock nut, the mandrel, or both, and a cable lock assembly at least partially received into the mandrel and the lock nut. Moving the lock nut in an axial direction relative to the mandrel causes the cable lock assembly to grip a cable received therethrough. The penetrator also includes a sealing element positioned at least partially within the mandrel and spaced apart from the tapered bowl, and a backup member positioned adjacent to the sealing element and at least partially within the mandrel. The backup member presses against the sealing element so as to prevent misalignment of the sealing element, and the mandrel, the lock nut, the sealing element, and the backup member receive the cable therethrough. |
| US11761266B1 |
Oil rig mast hoisting system
A system includes hoisting cables for raising or lowering an oil rig mast, a support, and hoisting sheaves rotatably mounted on the support. The hoisting cables are wound at least in part about the hoisting sheaves during a process of raising or lowering the mast. Also included are measurement devices which measure angular displacement of the hoisting sheaves during a process of raising or lowering the mast with the hoisting cables. Further included is a signaling device which produces a signal if the measured angular displacement of the hoisting sheaves does not correspond to one or more reference values. A related method includes measuring angular displacement of the hoisting sheaves; comparing measured angular displacement of the hoisting sheaves with one or more reference values; and producing a signal if the measured angular displacement of the hoisting sheaves does not correspond to the one or more reference values. |
| US11761264B2 |
Active magnetic ranging while drilling
A magnetic ranging system for use with a drilling assembly in a borehole in a formation, the drilling assembly including a drill string, a drill bit and a bottomhole assembly (BHA) connected to the drill bit, the BHA including a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) system, a bi-directional MWD telemetry interface, and a steerable component, may comprise at least one ranging magnetometer incorporated into the BHA. The ranging magnetometer may be configured to collect ranging measurements from behind the drill bit and the ranging magnetometer may be configured to transmit measurement data. The magnetic ranging system may include at least two ranging magnetometers, with one ranging magnetometer positioned above the MWD system and one ranging magnetometer positioned below the MWD system. |
| US11761263B1 |
Balance force component for cordless window shades
The present application provides a balance force component of a cordless window shade, which relates to the technical field of window shade components. A balance force component of a cordless window shade, comprising a windows shade tube, a core tube component is respectively provided at both ends inside the window shade tube, a deceleration component is respectively provided at the outer ends of the core tube component, and the outer ends of the deceleration components are respectively provided with a mounting component, the core tube component comprises an outer bracket, a number of clamping holes are equidistantly arranged on one side of the outer bracket, both sides of the outer wall of the outer bracket are provided with limiting grooves, and the outer ends of the inner wall of the outer bracket are provided with tooth grooves. |
| US11761257B1 |
Emergency evacuation container and service for protection of valuables
A container for the storage of valuables and a service to retrieve the container is disclosed. The container is designed to contain valuables and important documents, and protect these contents during an emergency evacuation situation. The container is waterproof and can float in water. The container can also be made of a flame-resistant material. The container can emit a homing signal to facilitate the retrieval of the container in the event of an emergency situation. A container retrieval service can initiate a retrieval of the container in response to a determination that a disaster is likely to occur in the region where the container is located. |
| US11761256B2 |
Vehicle barrier gate system
A vehicle barrier gate system which is positioned above a roadway through which vehicles pass. Some of the various embodiments of the present disclosure include a gate comprised of an arm and barrier which is adjustable between a raised position in which a vehicle may pass and a lowered position in which a vehicle is prevented from passing. The gate may be movably connected to a ceiling or an overhead support structure positioned above the roadway. Various types of actuators may be utilized to adjust the gate along a linear and/or angular path between the raised and lowered positions. A control unit may be in communication with one or more sensors and/or an authorization system to control the actuator. The gate may include a breakaway mechanism which allows the gate to be manually raised or lowered in the event of actuator failure or a vehicle ramming through the gate. |
| US11761245B2 |
Door lock system
A door lock system includes a shaft and a cam. The cam is supported on the shaft for rotation with the shaft, and for movement along the shaft throughout a range of door lock release locations. A selector engages the cam to move the cam along the shaft upon rotation of the selector. An actuator lock has a closed condition blocking rotation of the shaft, and has an open condition permitting rotation of the shaft. The actuator lock prevents rotation of the cam at any of the door lock release locations when the actuator lock is in the closed condition. |
| US11761242B2 |
Electric strike including a biasing mechanism for a keeper support bracket
An actuator controlled electric strike for operating in conjunction with a latch of a lockset. The strike comprises a keeper support bracket movable between blocking and unblocking positions. When the bracket is in the blocking position a keeper is held in a locked position, and when the bracket is in the unblocking position the keeper is movable to the unlocked position. A motor is operatively connected to the bracket and is actionable in first and second directions to move the bracket between the blocking and unblocking positions. A biasing member comprises first and second springs that apply a net force to the bracket. The first spring applies a first force to the bracket in the first direction, and the second spring applies a second force to the bracket in the second direction. When the bracket is in the blocking position, the net force of the biasing member is approximately zero. |
| US11761239B2 |
Building access system with programming door locks
Disclosed is an entry system for a building having: a first door lock that includes a controller; wherein the first door lock is configured for encoding access rights to a first client keycard responsive to a first engagement with a master keycard. |
| US11761238B2 |
Locking device and method
An improved locking device comprising a lock body, a locking plug, and a plurality of tumblers, wherein the tumblers are restricted from moving with respect to the locking plug during the time frame that the locking plug is rotated with respect to the lock body. |
| US11761235B2 |
Locking device with a guard lock for safety doors
A locking device having a guard lock for safety doors includes a mechanical actuator which can be fastened on a movable door part and a housing which interacts with the actuator and can be fastened to a door counterpart. The housing includes a receptor to which the actuator can be inserted, and the housing comprises a locking element which is displaceable between an unlocked position, in which the actuator can be released, and a locked position, in which the actuator can be fixed relative to the receptor. The actuator comprises an engagement tongue having an engagement recess for mechanical operative engagement with a head end of a locking element in form of an engagement plunger, the engagement plunger being guided in the housing so as to be longitudinally displaceable in a spring-biased manner in the in a plunger longitudinal direction relative to an inner fixed bearing. |
| US11761232B2 |
Adjustable fence post coupler
An adjustable fence post coupler is shown and described. The adjustable fence post coupler includes a fence connection plate. The fence connection plate has a plurality of apertures located through the plate. The apertures are configured to allow for fasteners to be placed though and into the fence securing the fence connection plate to the fence. The fence connection plate is connected to at least two connection bolts. The connection bolts are connected to a fence post coupler strap. The connection strap has at least two tubes attached to the connection strap. The connection bolts go through the tubes securing them to the fence post coupler strap. The fence post coupler strap is connected to a fence post. The adjustable fence post coupler is used to adjust the distance from the fence post that the fence is installed at. This allows for a perfectly linear fence. |
| US11761230B1 |
Solar powered canopy system and method of use
A canopy system for providing cooling action and improving user comfort comprising of a canopy having one or more fans, one or more lights, one or more electrical outlets, one or more speakers, one or more solar panels, and at least one alternative power source; the solar panels store and supply solar power to the fans, lights, electrical outlets, and speakers; the fans direct airflow from above the canopy to the area underneath the canopy; the alternative power source stores and supplies electrical energy to the fans, lights, electrical outlets, and speakers if and when solar panels fail to supply solar power to the fans, lights, electrical outlets, and speakers. |
| US11761229B1 |
Tent cover system and method of use
A tent cover system for providing improved ventilation and cooling is disclosed. The tent cover system includes a frame having a hub and a plurality of roof poles extending therefrom; a cover having a reflective topside and a blackout underside; a plurality of vertical poles configured to hoist the cover above a tent, thereby creating an airspace therebetween; and a plurality of guy lines configured to removably secure the cover to a ground surface. |
| US11761225B2 |
Mechanism for detecting obstacles and mechanically reversing a direction of a pool cleaner
A mechanism for detecting obstacles and mechanically reversing (a direction of) a pool cleaner includes a drive part in non-rotatable connection with a cleaner housing, an arresting assembly connected to the cleaner housing, and a rotary direction-changing assembly rotatably connected to the cleaner housing or the drive part. The arresting assembly cooperates with the rotary direction-changing assembly. The mechanism for detecting obstacles and mechanically reversing (a direction of) a pool cleaner is compact in structure, low in manufacturing cost, and can perform obstacle detection and change a direction of the pool cleaner. With the structure of the rotary direction-changing assembly capable of rotating relative to the cleaner housing, the cleaner, when meeting an obstacle, is allowed to change the traveling direction, thereby resulting in a high working efficiency. |
| US11761220B2 |
Snap-together standoffs for restoring, repairing, reinforcing, protecting, insulating and/or cladding structures
A method covers at least a portion of a surface of an existing structure with a repair structure. The method comprises: providing a standoff, the standoff elongated in a longitudinal direction and operable from an open configuration to a closed configuration; while the standoff is in the open configuration, mounting the standoff to the existing structure, such that the standoff projects outwardly away from the surface of the existing structure; closing the standoff to the closed configuration, the closing of the standoff forming a standoff connector; and coupling a cladding panel to the standoff by engaging the panel with the standoff connector at a location spaced outwardly apart from the surface of the existing structure by a void. |
| US11761217B2 |
Scaffold gate toeboard assembly for use on a scaffold gate
A scaffold toeboard assembly including a toeboard frame having a toeboard coupled to a riser with a first and second end, with a lift handle coupled to the first end, and a toeboard coupled to the second end. The assembly further including a support frame having a vertical support with an attachment member configured to couple to a scaffold swing gate, wherein the riser is slidably coupled to the vertical support. |
| US11761216B2 |
Folding guardrail
The present disclosure relates systems and methods involving movable/adjustable guardrails. An example system includes a frame weldment and a rail assembly attached to the frame weldment. The rail assembly includes a first post and a second post. The base portion of the first post is rotatably coupled to a first pivot point of the frame weldment and the base portion of the second post is rotatably coupled to a second pivot point of the frame weldment. The system also includes a top rail rotatably coupled between a top portion of the first post and a top portion of the second post. The system yet further includes an actuator configured to controllably adjust a configuration of the rail assembly between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration with respect to the frame weldment. |
| US11761215B2 |
Floor panel and floor covering
A floor panel and a floor covering including a plurality of such floor panels, and more particularly, a laminated floor panel. The floor panel includes a hook that protrudes from an upward tongue of one floor panel to engage a clearance between an upward tongue block and an upward tongue of an adjacent floor panel. |
| US11761214B2 |
Flooring element
A flooring element suitable for connection to other elements in a flooring system. The flooring element comprises a body, a female connector and a retainer. The body defines a connector surface that is horizontal when in use. The female connector comprises a connector recess which is suitable for receiving a male connector and also which defines a connector opening in the connector surface. The retainer is connectable to the body such that, while it is connected to the body, the retainer is movable between and open position and a closed position. When in the closed position, the retainer is arranged to restrict movement of the male connector to guard against the male connector exiting the connector recess through the connector opening. When in the open position, the retainer does not restrict movement of the male connector thereby permitting the male connector to exit the connector recess through the connector opening. |
| US11761206B2 |
Megamodule panel system
The Invention is a panel of modular pieces that can be assembled into a series of different useful objects that include a chair, table, wall, car chassis and a series of additional items that efficiently accomplish desired outcomes without the need for tools, nails or significant additional pieces. One side of the panel is fully flat to allow for smooth outward facing surfaces on constructions, while the other side has holes that can be used to affix knobs, secure the panels to each other to secure them in a manner that accomplishes a useful purpose with modular poles, snaps, hinges and bearings. |
| US11761205B2 |
Ceiling system
A grid mounting system for a suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a support structure and a mounting bracket coupled to the support structure. An elongated first grid member is pivotably coupled to the mounting bracket about a pivot axis defined by a pivot member. The first grid member is movable about the pivot axis in a plurality of angular mounting positions. In one embodiment, the grid mounting system further includes a second grid member which may be pivotably or fixedly coupled to the mounting bracket. The support structure may be a wall or perimeter trim bracket attached to the wall in some installations. |
| US11761204B2 |
Insulated concrete form construction method and system
A system and method for constructing an insulated concrete form (ICF) wall are provided. Vertically-oriented pairs of ICF foam panels of an ICF structure are erected above a footing, with vertical panel supports located along opposed vertical edges of each set of adjacent vertically-oriented panel pairs. An internal brace support, extending longitudinally along the structure, is installed between the individual panels of the panel pairs. Concrete is poured between the erected vertically-oriented ICF foam panels to complete the ICF wall. |
| US11761203B2 |
Mold-in-place concrete formwork
A plastic formwork is disclosed, and comprises a slurry-receiving structure, wherein the slurry-receiving structure defines an aperture and a formwork-defined internal space, wherein a slurry is receivable within the formwork-defined internal space. The formwork further comprises a formwork-defined first connection system counterpart and a formwork-defined second connection system counterpart, each of which includes a sealed interface-effecting portion that is supported by a substrate portion. The material of the sealed interface-effecting portion is softer than the material of the substrate portion. The formwork is connectible to another formwork via interlocking engagement with effect that an obtained aperture and an obtained internal space are obtained, wherein a slurry is receivable within the obtained internal space. The interlocking engagement is with effect that sealing engagement is effected between the sealed interface-effecting portions of the formwork and the another formwork such that sealed interfaces are obtained between the formwork and the another formwork. |
| US11761200B2 |
Flame retardant clear coatings for building panels
Described herein is a flame-retardant building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface, an inorganic coating atop the first major surface, the inorganic coating being optically transparent and flame retardant and comprising a silicate compound; and wherein the inorganic flame retardant coating is substantially transparent such that the first major surface of the body is visible through the inorganic coating. |
| US11761198B2 |
Hold down system with distributed loading for building walls
A hold down system for a building wall comprises a first rigid member and a second rigid member, the second rigid member being vertically spaced apart from the first rigid member, the first rigid member is supported on a horizontal member of a stud wall, the first and second rigid members including first and second openings, respectively; a tie-rod with a lower end portion for being anchored to an anchorage, the tie-rod extending transversely through the first and second openings, the tie-rod dividing the first and second rigid members into a first lateral section on one side of the tie-rod and a second lateral section on a diametrically opposite side of the tie-rod; first support and second support disposed between the first and second rigid members, the first support being disposed in the first lateral section, the second support being disposed in the second lateral section, the tie-rod extending through the first and second rigid members outside of the first support or the second support; and a nut threaded to the tie-rod, the nut exerting pressure on the second rigid member to place the tie rod under tension loading, the tension loading is transferred by the second rigid member to the first and second supports to subject the first and second supports to compression loading, thereby causing the first rigid member to press on the horizontal member of the stud wall via the first and second lateral sections of the first rigid member, thus distributing the compression loading. |
| US11761197B2 |
Wall mountable bracket assembly
A bracket assembly isolates shear forces from fasteners to realize the full tensile load capability of the fasteners. The fasteners extend from a base plate and are embedded within a structure such as a poured concrete wall. Receptacles defined by the base plate receive bosses which extend from a mounting plate which overlies the base plate. The fasteners also retain the mounting plate to the base plate. Shear forces applied in the plane of the mounting plate are reacted between the bosses and the receptacles, the fasteners being isolated from the shear forces using oversized holes in the mounting plate to ensure that the fasteners experience primarily tensile loads. |
| US11761195B2 |
Systems and methods for the construction of structures
Material delivery systems as well as systems and methods relating thereto are disclosed. In an embodiment, the material delivery system includes a tank to hold water therein. In addition, the material delivery system includes a hopper to hold dry ingredients of the extrudable building material therein. Further, the material delivery system includes a mixing unit to receive water from the tank and dry ingredients from the hopper. The mixing unit includes an agitator to mix the water and the dry ingredients together to form the extrudable building material. Still further, the material delivery system includes a controller coupled to the agitator that is to: measure a load imparted to the agitator by the extrudable building material, add additional water to the mixing unit when the load is above a first threshold, and add additional dry ingredients to the mixing unit when the load is below a second threshold. |
| US11761193B2 |
Steel beam and supporting arrangement for supporting a steel beam at a console
A steel beam and a supporting arrangement for supporting a steel beam at console, the steel beam including a base plate, two web parts, and an end plate at each end of the steel beam. The base plate, the two web parts and the end plates delimit a space. At least one of the ends of the steel beam includes a console supporting slot extending from the at least one end of the steel beam. The console supporting slot is laterally at least partly limited by side plates inside the space of the steel beam, and by the side plates are attached to the end plate and to the base plate. |
| US11761192B1 |
Wastewater basin
A molded basin for use with a submersible sump, sewage or grinder pump. The molded construction of the basin permits design improvements to be incorporated into the basin including bolt down slots in a bottom flange of a bottom of the basin, a molded inner basin mounting surface for a float tree, a molded inner surface support mount to receive a bracket of a rail system used to raise and lower the pump within the basin, a disc that fits within the basin and is supported by a molded inner facing horizontal rib to create a wet/dry well and structural features present in a top surface of the basin and a cover for the basin to close said basin. Extension risers may be added to extend the height of the basin, wherein the extension risers contain many of the same structural features that are present in the basin. |
| US11761187B2 |
Toilet cistern with bidet spray head and injector, and use thereof
A WC cistern (1) with a wall (2) which forms a substantially cuboidal water tank (3). An intake (5) with which the water tank (3) can be filled is guided through the wall (2). A shutoff valve (7) is arranged in the intake (5), the shutoff valve interacting with a switch-off device (8) which triggers the shutoff valve (7) when a switch-off level (14) in the water tank (3) is reached. An injector (15) is arranged in the water tank (3) in a construction space (13) above the switch-off level (14). The outflow-side outlet (16) of the injector (15) is led out of the water tank (3). |
| US11761186B2 |
Shower bar system
An assembly for a shower system having first and second shower members and connectable to a water supply with a supply pipe having a pipe outlet. The assembly includes an adjustable supply assembly and a diverter valve. The adjustable supply assembly includes an adapter coupleable to the pipe outlet, a supply member having a supply outlet and coupled to the adapter for movement along the axis, and a seal positioned to provide a sealed connection in adjusted positions. The diverter valve includes a valve inlet in fluid communication with the supply outlet, and first and second valve outlets in fluid communication with the first and second shower members, respectively. The shower system is mounted in an enclosure having a wall. The adapter connects to the pipe outlet on one side of the wall, and the diverter valve is located on another side of the wall. |
| US11761185B2 |
Two-handle automatic faucet
A two-handle automatic faucet includes a faucet body, a solenoid valve core, a controller, and a sensor. The solenoid valve core, the controller and the sensor are mounted to the faucet body. The controller is electrically connected to the solenoid valve core and the sensor. The controller controls action of the solenoid valve core according to a sensor signal of the sensor, so as to correspondingly control water flow of the two-handle automatic faucet. The controller and the solenoid valve core are installed to the faucet body, thus, it is convenient for a user to install the finished product of the two-handle automatic faucet. |
| US11761183B2 |
Soap dispenser shower head apparatus
A soap dispenser shower head apparatus for dispensing cleaning products directly through the shower head includes a head body including a body sidewall with a compartment aperture and a switch slot extending through to a body interior. A body top side engages a shower pipe. A compartment is coupled to the head body within the body interior and extends to the body sidewall on each side of the compartment aperture to define a compartment interior. The compartment interior receives a water soluble bath product pod through the compartment aperture. A valve is coupled within the body interior and moves between a rinse position and a lather position to selectively cover or expose the compartment interior, respectively. A switch is coupled to the valve and extends through the switch slot to move the valve between the rinse position and the lather position. |
| US11761179B2 |
Bathtub/shower arrangement, and use of a bathtub/shower arrangement
A bathtub/shower arrangement (1) having a bathtub (2), a bathtub inlet (3), a shower head (4) and a switchover valve (5), by way of which switchover valve a water flow (6) is able to be switched between the bathtub inlet (3) and the shower head (4). The bathtub inlet (3) is arranged above the bathtub (2) at a first distance (7) from an upper edge (9) of the bathtub (2), and the shower head (4) is arranged at a second distance (8) above the bathtub (2) from the upper edge (9) of the bathtub (2), at least the first distance (7) is greater than the height (11) of a side wall (10) of the bathtub (2). |
| US11761177B2 |
Anti-tipping features for a retaining mechanism
A retainer includes a drive portion defining a drive portion outer diameter, and a lug receiving portion with a skirt defining a lug receiving slot that extends partially through the lug receiving portion, forming a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a catch surface connecting the first sidewall to the second sidewall. The skirt also defines a skirt outer diameter that is greater than the drive portion outer diameter. Also, the drive portion has a hook tab that extends from the drive portion and that is spaced away from the skirt a minimum distance. |
| US11761176B2 |
Method and device for maintaining and/or repairing a construction machine
The invention relates to a device for maintaining and/or repairing a construction machine, with a mobile maintenance station that can be placed at the jobsite where the construction machine is being used, comprising a 3D printer for printing replacement parts for the construction machine on the basis of component data and/or a mobile display device for displaying repair information on the construction machine on the basis of component data, wherein a data supply station that is at a separate location from the maintenance station is provided, can be connected to the maintenance station by way of a communication link and is configured for providing the maintenance station with 3D printing data for printing the replacement part, and the maintenance station is configured for printing the replacement part layer by layer on the basis of the 3D printing data received from the data supply station. |
| US11761175B2 |
Hydraulic system of construction machine
A hydraulic system includes: a slewing motor; a mechanical brake; and a slewing control valve interposed between a main pump and the slewing motor. A first pilot port of the slewing control valve is connected to a first solenoid proportional valve by a pilot line. A second pilot port of the slewing control valve is connected to a second solenoid proportional valve by a second pilot line. The first solenoid proportional valve and the second solenoid proportional valve are connected to an auxiliary pump by a primary pressure line. A switching valve is interposed between the auxiliary pump and the mechanical brake. The switching valve includes a pilot port that is connected to the first pilot line by a switching pilot line. The valve switches from a closed to an open position when a pilot pressure led to the pilot port becomes higher than or equal to a setting value. |
| US11761168B2 |
Shovel
A shovel includes an upper swing structure, a cab mounted on the upper swing structure, and an operating lever provided in the cab. The operating lever includes a lever part to which a grip part is fixed, a holder part to which the lever part is connected, and a joint part connecting the lever part and the holder part. The lever part is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the holder part in a tool-free manner with a predetermined manual operation on the joint part. |
| US11761167B2 |
Automatic depth control system
A system for uncovering a desired and pre-planned trench. A trenching machine is equipped with sensors, including visual imaging sensors. The sensors detect the inclination of the ground and movement of the trenching machine, as well as the angle of a trenching boom. Using this information, and a pre-determined preferred trench grade, a processor commands the trenching boom to adjust its angle to maintain the preferred trench grade. Surface irregularities may therefore be accounted for along the length of the trench to maintain a constant grade at the trench bottom. |
| US11761165B1 |
Manhole cover
A manhole assembly includes a manhole cover and a manhole frame. The manhole cover is received on the manhole frame. A latch bolt attached to the manhole cover is movable between a latched position and a removal position. The latch bolt is biased toward the latched position by a spring. A security bolt received in the manhole cover is movable between a locked position wherein the security bolt engages the latch bolt to lock the latch bolt in the latched position and a removal position wherein the security bolt is disengaged from the latch bolt. An extraction tool is inserted through the manhole cover to remove the manhole cover from the manhole frame. The extraction tool engages a driven cam surface on the latch bolt to drive the latch bolt against a biasing force of the spring to move the latch bolt to the removal position. |
| US11761164B2 |
Method for forming a foundation wall
A method for forming a foundation wall of a building structure having a building frame seated on the foundation, the method including coupling each of a plurality of elongated vertical members to a floor of the foundation and the building frame so that each of the vertical members extend between the floor and the building frame adjacent to an existing foundation wall, providing at least one elongated horizontal member through apertures of the vertical members such that the horizontal member extends between and passes through respective ones of the vertical members, coupling panels to the horizontal member so as to form, with the vertical members and the horizontal member an integrated self-supporting formwork which, with the existing foundation wall forms a cavity, having disposed therein, the vertical members and the horizontal member, and flowing concrete into the cavity so as to fill the cavity around the vertical members and horizontal member disposed within the cavity. |
| US11761161B2 |
Retaining wall extension systems and methods
A retaining wall extension system for extending a retaining wall, wherein the retaining wall includes an existing wall cap having an upper surface defining an elevation of the retaining wall, with the upper surface having a length and a width. The retaining wall extension system includes an extension cap arranged to be received by the existing wall cap of the retaining wall. The extension cap includes a first portion arranged to be received by the upper surface of the existing wall cap, and a second portion integrally formed with the first portion, wherein the second portion extends vertically upward from the first portion so as to extend the elevation of the retaining wall. A method of extending a retaining wall is also provided. |
| US11761156B2 |
Construction machines
In a self-propelled construction machine (1), in particular road milling machine, stabilizer, recycler or surface miner, comprising a machine frame (2), and at least one working device (6), in particular milling drum, which is arranged in a housing (4) open towards the bottom that is at least partially closed on at least one side by at least one edge protector (8) height-adjustable relative to the machine frame (2), wherein, for the purpose of height adjustment, at least one first lifting device (10) is provided, the first end (15) of which is connected to the machine frame (2), and the second end (16) of which is connected to the height-adjustable edge protector (8), it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a second lifting device (12) is provided, the first end (18) of which is connected to the machine frame (2), and the second end (20) of which is connected to a first end (22) of a transmission device (14), which is in turn connected, with a second end (24), to the height-adjustable edge protector (8). |
| US11761154B2 |
Underpayment panel having drainage channels
An impact-absorbing assembly includes a covering layer being one or more of artificial turf, rubber mats, polymer mats, short pile carpeting, particulate infill, wood chips, and ground rubber chips. Also included is a layer of underlayment panels positioned beneath the covering layer. The panels have a panel section with a plurality of drain holes formed therethrough. A top surface of the panels is configured to support the covering layer. A bottom surface of the panels has a plurality of bottom projections that cooperate to define bottom channels suitable to permit water flow across the bottom surface, the bottom channels being in fluid communication with the panel drain holes. The bottom projections define a first spring rate characteristic that is part of a first stage and a second spring rate characteristic is part of a second stage, the first stage having a smaller volume of material than the second stage. |
| US11761152B2 |
Soil form system supporting hardscape thereover
Soil form structure for supporting hardscape and corresponding vehicle, pedestrian traffic, and other loads while maintaining uncompacted or loosely compacted soil underneath. A number of cell structures may be coupled to each other, where each cell has a strong yet lightweight and open structure that can accept uncompacted soil, vegetation roots, utilities, and the like within at least approximately 85-90% of its volume, while also allowing hardscape to be poured or formed thereon. Thus, cell structures allow for hardscape to be integrally formed with the cell structures, without need for an underlying layer of highly compacted soil or other hardscape support. |
| US11761148B2 |
Composite skin material for vehicle and method for manufacturing the same
A composite skin material for a vehicle wherein a synthetic leather includes a surface resin layer having a plurality of openings, an adhesion layer present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and a fibrous base material present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer across the adhesion layer, and the adhesion layer is present only at the adherend part, except for the plurality of openings, in the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and the base material surface of the fibrous base material is bonded to the surface resin layer. |
| US11761147B2 |
Creasing method, creasing apparatus, and long fiber non-woven fabric
A creasing method includes: a gripping and rotating step of bunching and gripping a continuously drawn long fiber non-woven fabric and rotating the gripped part so that the long fiber non-woven fabric is twisted and a first folding line is formed; a heating step of heating the twisted long fiber non-woven fabric to fix the first folding line; and a widening step of releasing the long fiber non-woven fabric having the first folding line formed thereon. |
| US11761143B2 |
Water reactive materials for drying articles
Devices and methods related to drying absorbent articles with water reactive materials are generally described. |
| US11761138B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
Disposed is a laundry treating apparatus having a rotator. The rotator includes a bottom portion positioned on a bottom surface of a drum, a pillar protruding from the bottom portion toward an open surface of the drum, wherein the pillar is formed in a hollow shape, a blade protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the pillar, wherein the blade extends from one end thereof facing toward the bottom surface to the other end thereof facing toward the open surface, and a cap coupled to an end of the pillar to close an interior of the pillar, and the blade is disposed such that the other end thereof is spaced apart from the cap. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize deformation of the pillar in manufacturing the rotator. |
| US11761133B2 |
Control method for clothing treatment apparatus
A control method for a clothing treatment apparatus. The clothing treatment apparatus includes an air washing device for performing air washing on clothing. The control method includes: obtaining the material of clothing; obtaining the type of a clothing detergent; obtaining the type of a stain on the clothing; and determining a parametric range of air washing according to the material of the clothing, the type of the clothing detergent, and the type of the stain on the clothing. The embodiments allow clothing to be subjected to air washing treatment within an optical parametric range, i.e., a detergent can exert an activation function to the greatest extent, and also allows a stain to be removed and cleaned within the most suitable parametric range to improve the clothing decontamination capability, thereby improving a clothing treatment effect and improving user experience. |
| US11761130B2 |
System for the bonding of at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer
A system for bonding at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to form a nonwoven web. The system includes a conveyor having a circulating belt which has an upper strand arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is deposited and displaced on the upper strand in a production direction, a first bonding device which bonds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer when on the upper strand, a second bonding device arranged so that the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer is bonded after leaving the upper strand, and a transfer device which feeds the at least one wet-laid or dry-laid fiber layer to the second bonding device. |
| US11761129B2 |
Process and an apparatus for the production of a voluminous nonwoven fabric
The present invention relates to a process for producing a nonwoven fabric, comprising the steps of: (a) extruding a plurality of filaments from a spinneret; (b) depositing said filaments in a substantially not-crimped condition to make a nonwoven fabric on an element collecting the filaments; (c) heating said nonwoven fabric to crimp at least part of the filaments, so that the volume of said nonwoven fabric is increased; (d) bonding said nonwoven fabric; wherein said filaments are at least bicomponent filaments. |
| US11761128B2 |
Topology optimization for modeling and prediction of complex fabric structures and properties
A method for modeling textile structures using bicontinuous surfaces includes selecting a virtual scaffold of bicontinuous surfaces defining textile fabrication pathways to model spatial relationships between the pathways and yarns in a desired yarn pattern of a textile fabric design. The method further includes constructing a yarn pathway across the bicontinuous surfaces that form the virtual scaffold. The method further includes removing or releasing tension from the virtual scaffold, thereby allowing yarns to relax and determining a physical property of the textile fabric design. |
| US11761121B2 |
Method for producing polyacetal fiber
A method for producing a polyacetal fiber that presents an improved whiteness unevenness is provided. According to one embodiment, there is provided a polyacetal fiber production method that yields a polyacetal fiber using an oxymethylene copolymer having a melt index, at 190° C. under a load of 2.16 kg, of 5-60 g/10 min, wherein the production method includes taking off the polyacetal fiber from the discharge nozzle of a spinning apparatus, and drawing the taken-off polyacetal fiber. The tensile elongation E1 of the polyacetal fiber after the taking off is 20%-500%; the tensile elongation E2 of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 10%-100%; E1≥E2; and the single fiber thickness of the polyacetal fiber after the drawing is 0.7-5.0 denier. |
| US11761118B2 |
Carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer, including steps of: preparing a silicon single crystal wafer not doped with carbon; performing a first RTA treatment on the silicon single crystal wafer in an atmosphere containing compound gas; performing a second RTA treatment at a higher temperature than the first RTA treatment; cooling the silicon single crystal wafer after the second RTA treatment; and performing a third RTA treatment. The crystal wafer is modified to a carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer, sequentially from a surface thereof: a 3C-SiC single crystal layer; a carbon precipitation layer; a diffusion layer of interstitial carbon and silicon; and a diffusion layer of vacancy and carbon. A carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer having a surface layer with high carbon concentration and uniform carbon concentration distribution to enable wafer strength enhancement; and a method for manufacturing the carbon-doped silicon single crystal wafer. |
| US11761113B2 |
SiC single crystal manufacturing apparatus
The present invention provides a SiC single crystal manufacturing apparatus, including a crystal growth vessel which has a source loading portion to hold a SiC source, and a lid which is provided with a seed crystal support to hold a seed crystal; an insulating material which has at least one through-hole and covers the crystal growth vessel; a heater which is configured to heat the crystal growth vessel; and a temperature measuring instrument which is configured to measure the temperature of the crystal growth vessel through the through-hole, wherein the inner wall surface of the through-hole of the insulating material is coated with a coating material which contains a heat-resistant metal carbide or a heat-resistant metal nitride. |
| US11761112B2 |
Method for preparing large-size two-dimensional layered metal thiophosphate crystal
A method for preparing a large-size two-dimensional layered metal thiophosphate crystal includes the following steps: 1) weighing raw materials of indium spheres, phosphorous lumps and sulfur granules according to a predetermined amount and proportion, mixing them, and using iodine as a transport agent and potassium iodide as a molten salt; 2) adding the raw materials, the iodine and the potassium iodide to a reaction vessel together, and vacuum sealing it under a certain pressure, and then subjecting it to a high-temperature reaction; 3) taking out the products after the reaction, and washing the products to remove the residual iodine and potassium iodide and obtain large-size two-dimensional layered metal thiophosphate crystals. This method is simple and highly efficient. |
| US11761110B2 |
Photoanode film for the photocathode protection and the durability improvement of a reinforcing bar in concretes, the preparation method thereof and a method of using the photoanode film for the photocathode protection and the durability improvement of a reinforcing bar in concretes
The present invention relates to a Z-type heterojunction photoanode film used for the photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar, the preparation method thereof and a method for the corrosion inhibition of mental materials from concrete structures in marine engineering by using the Z-type heterojunction photoanode film used for the photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar. The preparation method includes steps of preparing Fe2O3 on the conducting surface of a clean conductive substrate through the hydrothermal process, preparing Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film by depositing polyaniline on the surface of Fe2O3 through the electrochemical synthesis and preparing Ru-Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film on the surface of the Fe2O3-PANI composite photoanode film through the in situ chemical reduction method. The technical solution in the present invention can achieve highly effective photocathode protection of a reinforcing bar from concretes in marine engineering and improve the durability of concrete structures in marine engineering. |
| US11761106B2 |
Method for producing black plated resin part
A method for producing a black plated resin part includes the steps of electroplating a resin substrate provided with an underlying plating layer in a trivalent chromium plating bath containing thiocyanic acid, to thereby form, on the underlying plating layer, a black chromium plating layer composed of trivalent chromium and having a thickness of 0.15 μm or more; and immersing the resin substrate provided with the black chromium plating layer in warm water at 30° C. or higher for a predetermined time. In the method, the amount of thiocyanic acid contained in the trivalent chromium plating bath, the temperature of the warm water, and the time of immersion of the resin substrate in the warm water are adjusted so that the black chromium plating layer exhibits a b* value of −1.7 or less based on the L*a*b* color system. |
| US11761105B2 |
Methods and apparatus for producing hydrogen peroxide
Apparatuses and methods for producing hydrogen peroxide by performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions are disclosed. An electrochemical cell has a chemical reaction chamber configured to hydrogenate a shuttle molecule and an electrochemical chamber configured to electrochemically dissociate water to form hydrogen ions at an anode, and to reduce the hydrogen ions to atomic hydrogen at a cathode. The chemical reaction chamber and the anode chamber are separated by a metallic membrane. The metallic membrane acts as a cathode of the cell, a hydrogen-selective layer and a catalyst. The metallic membrane may comprise a layer of palladium or a palladium alloy. A layer of co-catalyst may optionally be electrodeposited on the layer of palladium or palladium alloy. An ion exchange membrane separates the metallic membrane and the anode chamber. The hydrogenated shuttle molecule may be supplied to a reactor for contacting an oxygen-containing gas to yield hydrogen peroxide. |
| US11761104B2 |
Fuel production system
Fuel production system includes: synthesis gas generation unit configured to generate synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from carbon-containing raw material; fuel production unit configured to produce fuel from synthesis gas generated; water electrolyzer configured to electrolyze water to generate water-electrolyzed hydrogen; hydrogen supply unit configured to supply water-electrolyzed hydrogen generated to synthesis gas generation unit; and controller. The controller is configured to perform: calculating input energy based on first energy possessed by raw material, second energy consumed by water electrolyzer, third energy consumed by synthesis gas generation unit, and fourth energy consumed by fuel production unit; calculating recovered energy based on fifth energy possessed by fuel produced; and determining supply amount of water-electrolyzed hydrogen to be supplied based on input energy and recovered energy calculated. |
| US11761097B2 |
Systems and methods of water treatment for hydrogen production
A method includes providing raw water into a first filter assembly to remove solids from the raw water to form a filtrate, providing the filtrate from the first filter assembly into a second filter assembly to electrochemically remove ionics from the filtrate to form purified water, and providing the purified water to an electrolyzer to generate hydrogen by electrolyzing the purified water. |
| US11761091B2 |
Surface activated polymers
An aqueous composition for use in activating surface of polymers. |
| US11761086B2 |
Cobalt precursors
Cobalt precursors are described, having application for vapor deposition of cobalt on substrates, such as in atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) processes for forming interconnects, capping structures, and bulk cobalt conductors, in the manufacture of integrated circuitry and thin film products. |
| US11761084B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and method of processing substrate
A substrate processing apparatus includes a stage provided in a chamber, a shower head in which a plurality of slits are formed and which is opposed to the stage, a first gas supply part which supplies a first gas to a space between the stage and the shower head via the plurality of slits, and a second gas supply part which supplies a second gas which is not a noble gas to a region below the stage, wherein the second gas is the same gas as one of a plurality of kinds of gases constituting the first gas in a case where the first gas is a mixture gas constituted of the plurality of kinds of gases, and the second gas is the same gas as the first gas in a case where the first gas is a single kind of gas. |
| US11761081B2 |
Methods for depositing tungsten or molybdenum films
Described are vapor deposition methods for depositing metal films or layers onto a substrate, wherein the metal is molybdenum or tungsten; the methods involve organometallic precursor compounds that contain the metal and one or more carbon-containing ligands, and include depositing a metal layer formed from the metal of the precursor, onto a substrate, followed by introducing oxidizer to the formed metal layer. |
| US11761080B2 |
Method for processing a substrate by oscillating a boundary layer of the flow of one or more process gases over a surface of a substrate and systems for processing a substrate using the method
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to oscillating a boundary layer of a flow of process gas in methods and systems for processing substrates. In one aspect, one or more of a pressure, a gas flow rate, and/or a height of a substrate are oscillated during processing. In one implementation, a method of processing a substrate includes conducting a processing operation on the substrate in an interior volume of a processing chamber. The conducting the processing operation on the substrate includes moving a flow of one or more process gases over a surface of the substrate. The method also includes oscillating a boundary layer of the flow of one or more process gases while the flow of one or more process gases moves over the surface of the substrate. |
| US11761076B2 |
Microfluidic device and method using double anodic bonding
A microfluidic device for use with a microfluidic delivery system, such as an organic vapor jet printing device, includes a glass layer that is directly bonded to a microfabricated die and a metal plate via a double anodic bond. The double anodic bond is formed by forming a first anodic bond at an interface of the microfabricated die and the glass layer, and forming a second anodic bond at an interface of the metal plate and the glass layer, where the second anodic bond is formed using a voltage that is lower than the voltage used to form the first anodic bond. The second anodic bond is formed with the polarity of the voltage reversed with respect to the glass layer and the formation of the first anodic bond. The metal plate includes attachment features that allow removal of the microfluidic device from a fixture. |
| US11761073B2 |
Hot dip coating device and method
A hot dip coating device to provide a metal coating on a moving metal sheet, containing a liquid bath of metal coating material in use. The metal coating material on the moving metal sheet in use, including a container for the liquid bath, a guide or sink roll in the container below liquid bath surface level in use to guide the moving metal sheet through the bath, and a gas knife, above the liquid bath in use, having an outlet to project wiping gas on the metal coating on the metal sheet. At least one supporting roll with the guide or sink roll in use influence metal sheet shape in its width direction at the gas knife location. The one supporting roll is above liquid bath surface level to operate on the metal sheet before the metal sheet enters the bath. A method for use of the device. |
| US11761071B2 |
Beryllium copper alloy bonded body and production method therefor
Provided is a beryllium copper alloy bonded body including a first member made of a beryllium copper alloy and a second member made of a beryllium copper alloy, wherein the first member and the second member are bonded to each other via the nickel layer having a thickness of 8 μm or less. |
| US11761063B2 |
Method for preparing high-entropy alloy composites reinforced by diamond particles
Disclosed is a method for preparing a high-entropy alloy composites reinforced by diamond particles, belonging to the technical field of metal composites preparation. A vacuum coating preparation equipment equipped with an in-situ heating sample stage is used to perform a treatment of high-entropy alloy metallizing coating on the surface of diamond particles to generate modified diamond particles, where the alloy of the coating includes any four, five or six elements among seven elements of Ti, Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, W and Mo in an equal atomic proportion. The obtained coating generates carbide film in-situ with the surface layer of diamond particles, while the high-entropy alloy covers the carbide film, ensuring a strong bond with the diamond, and the high-entropy alloy composites reinforced by diamond particles are finally prepared. |
| US11761062B2 |
Polycrystalline diamond constructions
Polycrystalline diamond constructions are formed from a mixture of diamond grains including a first volume of fine-sized diamond grains, and a second volume of coarse-sized diamond grains. The fine-sized diamond grains are partially graphitized, and the coarse-sized diamond grains are not graphitized. The mixture of diamond grains is subjected to high pressure/high temperature sintering process conditions in the presence of a sintering aid thereby forming polycrystalline diamond. Contact areas between coarse-sized diamond grains in the polycrystalline diamond construction are substantially free of graphite. |
| US11761059B2 |
Preparation method of in-situ ternary nanoparticle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite
The present invention provides a method for preparing an in-situ ternary nanoparticle-reinforced aluminum matrix composite (AMC). In this method, an in-situ reaction generation technique is used, and with a powder containing formation elements for producing reinforcing particles as a reactant, in conjunction with a low-frequency rotating magnetic field/ultrasonic field regulation technique, an aluminum-based composite material is prepared using nanoparticle intermediate alloy re-melting. An AA6016-based composite material reinforced by ternary nanoparticles has an average particle size of 65 nm, and has an obvious refinement phenomenon compared with unitary and dual-phase nanoparticles. |
| US11761051B2 |
High tensile and high toughness steels
The present invention deals with alloyed steels having yield strength of at least 862 MPa (125 Ksi) and exhibiting outstanding hardness and toughness behavior, especially under stringent conditions which may be subjected to frost-heave and thaw settlement cycles, namely at subzero temperatures. The invention also relates to a seamless pipe comprising said steel and a method of production of said pipe thereof. |
| US11761040B2 |
DNA protection agent in DNA imaging buffer
Methods and compositions for protecting DNA from light-induced damage and other modifications that occur during DNA sequencing using fluorescent dyes are disclosed. |
| US11761037B1 |
Probe and method of enriching target region applicable to high-throughput sequencing using the same
The present invention discloses a probe applicable to high-throughput sequencing and a method of enriching a target region using the probe. The probe includes, in an order from a 5′ end, a ligation arm, a masking sequence 1, a UID sequence 1, an Illumina Tag1 sequence, a dU region, an Illumina Tag2 sequence, a UID sequence 2, a masking sequence 2 and an extension arm; wherein the masking sequence 1, the masking sequence 2, the dU region, the UID sequence 1, and the UID sequence 2 may be 0 bp. When sequencing is performed by using a library built by the probe of the present invention, it is not necessary to add a sequencing primer additionally, and adopting the method of the present invention may directly use an RNA as a template to capture a target region, so as to simplify the experiment procedure. |
| US11761033B2 |
Methods to amplify highly uniform and less error prone nucleic acid libraries
The present invention relates to a kit and a method of linear amplification of a least one nucleic acid target in a sample, said method comprising: (a) contacting each target in the sample with a nucleic acid polymerase and a primer comprising a component preventing copying of the primer by the nucleic acid polymerase; and at least one nuclease blocking nucleotide; (b) generating a primer extension product; (c) preventing priming by the 3′-end of the primer extension product, and (d) repeating steps b) and c) at least once. |
| US11761032B2 |
Methods and devices for performing real time digital PCR
Disclosed are devices that can perform multiple independent digital PCRs with real-time monitoring capability. The device comprises multiple PCR mini-reactors thermally coupled with its own temperature control element, a detection unit, and a motor for moving the PCR mini-reactors or the detection unit. The real-time digital PCR device can simultaneously perform multiple digital PCRs, generate amplification curves of thousands and millions of individual PCR processes, evaluate binary readouts based on the kinetic properties of individual amplification curves, and identify different target sequences based on the amplification curves. Methods of using the real-time digital PCR device to detect target nucleic acids and count circulating tumor cells are also disclosed. |
| US11761025B2 |
Preservation of cell-free nucleic acids
A method for preserving and processing cell-free nucleic acids located within a blood sample is disclosed, wherein a blood sample containing cell-free nucleic acids is treated to reduce both blood cell lysis and nuclease activity within the blood sample. The treatment of the sample aids in increasing the amount of cell-free nucleic acids that can be identified and tested while maintaining the structure and integrity of the nucleic acids. |
| US11761024B2 |
Using blood culture platforms for commercial sterility tests
A system that indicates the presence or absence of microorganisms in fluid food products. The system has a bottle for receiving sample to be tested. The bottle has a sensor that will monitor and detect changes in at least one sample parameter, but no additives that contain nutrients that support microbial growth. The bottle is placed in an incubator and the sensor in the bottle is monitored for changes. The incubator is programed so that, if the sensor detects that the value of the monitored parameter has reached a certain value, then the sample is determined to be positive for microbial growth. |
| US11761021B2 |
Recombinant Bacillus subtilis for synthesizing lacto-N-neotetraose and application thereof
The disclosure discloses recombinant Bacillus subtilis for synthesizing e lacto-N-neotetraose yield. The recombinant Bacillus subtilis is obtained by integrating two β-1,4-galactotransferase genes on a genome of a host bacterium Bacillus subtilis 168ΔamyE:P43-lacY, P43-lgtB, PxylA-comK and exogenously expressing a β-1,3-N-glucosaminotransferase gene. Compared with a strain before transformation, the recombinant Bacillus subtilis of the disclosure improves the yield of the synthesized lacto-N-neotetraose from 720 mg/L to 1300 mg/L, laying a foundation for further metabolic engineering transformation of Bacillus subtilis for producing the lacto-N-neotetraose. |
| US11761020B2 |
Recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors with CD14 promoter and use thereof
The present disclosure provides rAAV vectors and rAAV virions that specifically express exogenous nucleic acid sequences in CD14+ cells. The rAAV vectors or virions are useful for specifically expressing exogenous nucleic acid sequences encoding, for example, cancer antigens, viral antigens, and/or bacterial antigens in monocytes and dendritic cells. The rAAV transduced CD14+ cells can be used as antigen presenting cells that induce antigen-specific T cell responses. The present disclosure further provides methods producing rAAV virions and methods of immunotherapy. |
| US11761019B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia
A pharmaceutical composition suitable for preventing or treating cardiac arrhythmia is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition contains, as an active ingredient, a CCN5 protein or a nucleotide encoding the CCN5 protein. The pharmaceutical composition inhibits the pathological activity of CaMKII, which induces cardiac electrical abnormalities that is the main cause of atrial arrhythmia and ventricular arrhythmia, so as to restore the electrical functions, and inhibits the activity of myofibroblasts causing structural abnormalities. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition can be effectively used in the prevention or treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. |
| US11761018B2 |
Seedless fruit producing plants
The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits. |
| US11761016B2 |
Methods for identifying and/or selecting wheat plants having a mutation in an endogenous Ms1 gene
Compositions and methods are capable of modulating male fertility in a plant. Compositions comprise polynucleotides and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Expression cassettes comprise a male-fertility polynucleotide, or fragment or variant thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotide modulates the male fertility of a plant. Regulatory sequences drive expression in a male-tissue-preferred manner and may be targets to downregulate an operably-linked gene. Mutations that induce nuclear recessive male sterility in subsequent selfing and crossing of wheat lines containing the mutations may be tracked. Male-sterile plants may be maintained by crossing with a maintainer plant. Hybrids can be produced using the male-sterile plants. |
| US11761013B2 |
Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold
Methods and materials for modulating cold tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding cold tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased cold tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased cold tolerance levels. |
| US11761010B2 |
Soybean genetic transformation method using PMI as selectable gene
The present invention provides a soybean genetic transformation method using PMI as selectable gene, and relates to the technical field of genetic engineering. In the soybean genetic transformation method of the present invention, using the PMI gene as a selectable marker, soybean explants are infected by recombinant Agrobacterium with the PMI gene and a target gene, followed by co-culture; without recovery culture, the co-cultured explants are directly selected by a selective medium supplemented with mannose, where transformed explants with the PMI gene grow normally under selection pressure of mannose, while non-transformed explant growth is inhibited, thereby selecting successfully transformed positive plants; after shoot elongation and transplantation of the positive plants obtained, genetically transformed soybean plants are obtained successfully. Using the soybean genetic transformation method as provided by the present invention, soybeans can be genetically transformed by PMI genes derived from any species, achieving safe soybean genetic transformation. |
| US11761006B2 |
Use of MIR101 or MIR128 in the treatment of seizure disorders
Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include delivering to the patient an effective amount of a composition that increases the level of microRNA-101 molecules in brain cells of the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include delivering to the patient an effective amount of a composition that increases the level of microRNA-128 molecules in brain cells of the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include administering a vector encoding microRNA-101, pri-miR101 or pre-miR101 to the patient. Methods of treating a seizure disorder in a patient in need thereof are provided which include administering a vector encoding microRNA-128, pri-miR128 or pre-miR128 to the patient. In embodiments, increased levels of microRNA-101 and/or microRNA-128 cause improvement in one or more symptoms of the seizure disorder. |
| US11761005B2 |
Translocation and mutant ROS kinase in human non-small cell lung carcinoma
In accordance with the invention, a novel gene translocation, (4p15, 6q22), in human non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) that results in a fusion proteins combining part of Sodium-dependent Phosphate Transporter Isoform NaPi-3b protein (SLC34A2) with Proto-oncogene Tyrosine Protein Kinase ROS Precursor (ROS) kinase has now been identified. The SLC34A2-ROS fusion protein is anticipated to drive the proliferation and survival of a subgroup of NSCLC tumors. The invention therefore provides, in part, isolated polynucleotides and vectors encoding the disclosed mutant ROS kinase polypeptides, probes for detecting it, isolated mutant polypeptides, recombinant polypeptides, and reagents for detecting the fusion and truncated polypeptides. The disclosed identification of the new fusion protein enables new methods for determining the presence of these mutant ROS kinase polypeptides in a biological sample, methods for screening for compounds that inhibit the proteins, and methods for inhibiting the progression of a cancer characterized by the mutant polynucleotides or polypeptides, which are also provided by the invention. |
| US11761004B2 |
Safe harbor loci
Provided herein are safe harbor loci and methods for identifying and using safe harbor loci to engineer cells to express transgenes. The safe harbor loci exhibit increased transgene knock-in efficiency and allow for increased, stable expression of transgenes in engineered cells. Guide ribonucleic acids (gRNAs) may be used for insertion of transgenes in the safe harbor loci. |
| US11761002B2 |
Application of transgenic stem cell-derived exosome in preparing medicament or whitening cosmetic
An application of a transgenic stem cell-derived exosome in preparing a medicament or whitening cosmetic is provided. In the present disclosure, miR-27b-3p is transfected into an epidermal stem cell, and a transgenic stem cell-derived exosome is harvested. It is experimentally verified that the exosome can inhibit the expression of PIK3R3 protein in melanocytes and the proliferation and migration of melanocytes; and safety experiments further demonstrate the safety of the exosome. Therefore, corresponding medicaments or cosmetics prepared from the exosome have excellent medicinal and cosmetic application prospects. |
| US11760999B2 |
RAAV-based compositions and methods for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The invention relates to inhibitory nucleic acids and rAAV-based compositions, methods and kits useful for treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. |
| US11760998B2 |
High-throughput precision genome editing
The invention provides compositions and methods for high-efficiency genome editing. In some aspects, the invention provides retron-guide RNA cassettes and vectors comprising the cassettes. Also provided are host cells that have been transformed with the vectors. In other aspects, the invention provides retron donor DNA-guide molecules. In some other aspects, methods for genome editing and the screening of genetic loci are provided. In further aspects, methods and compositions are provided for the prevention or treatment of genetic diseases. Kits for genome editing and screening are also provided. |
| US11760997B2 |
Systems and methods for biomolecule retention
Compositions, systems, and methods for the display of analytes such as biomolecules are described. Display of analytes is achieved by coupling of the analytes to displaying molecules that are configured to associate with surfaces or interfaces. Arrays of analytes may be formed from the described systems for utilization in assays and other methods. |
| US11760994B2 |
Separating polynucleotide fragments
Provided is a method, including stretching a polynucleotide over a substrate including a plurality of equally spaced cleavage regions including a plurality of transposases, cleaving the polynucleotide with two or more of the plurality of transposases to form a plurality of polynucleotide fragments, and separating, within the plurality of polynucleotide fragments, a population of longer polynucleotide fragments from a population of shorter polynucleotide fragments. Also provided is a method including stretching a polynucleotide over a substrate including a plurality of equally spaced cleavage regions including a plurality of transposases, cleaving the polynucleotide with two or more of the plurality of transposases to form a plurality of polynucleotide fragments, and separating, within the plurality of polynucleotide fragments, a population of longer polynucleotide fragments from a population of shorter polynucleotide fragments. |
| US11760992B2 |
Method for producing and purifying RNA, comprising at least one step of tangential flow filtration
The present invention relates to method for producing and purifying RNA comprising the steps of providing DNA encoding the RNA; transcription of the DNA into RNA; and conditioning and/or purifying of the solution comprising transcribed RNA by one or more steps of tangential flow filtration (TFF). |
| US11760991B2 |
Multi-functional oxygenating microparticle loaded cell aggregates
A method of preparing and obtaining cell aggregates having increased oxygenation abilities. The method includes the preparation of fluorinated polymeric microparticles. Once the fluorinated polymeric microparticles are prepared, they are combined with mammalian cells to create the cell aggregates having increased oxygenation. |
| US11760988B2 |
L-aspartate alpha-decarboxylase mutant and application thereof
The disclosure discloses an L-aspartate α-decarboxylase mutant and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of enzyme engineering. In the disclosure, lysine at position 221 of L-aspartate α-decarboxylase is mutated to arginine, glycine at position 369 is mutated to alanine, and the obtained new mutant enzymes have better temperature tolerance and are beneficial to industrial production. The K221R and G369A recombinant strains are subjected to high-density fermentation, and with sodium L-aspartate as a substrate, a whole cell catalytic reaction is carried out to prepare β-alanine. Compared with a chemical production method, the method has the advantages that the production process is safe and clean, and has no environmental pollution. Compared with a pure enzyme catalysis method, the method has the advantages that the operation is simple and convenient. The yield of the final product β-alanine reaches 91% and 90% respectively, and the concentration reaches 162.15 g/L and 160.42 g/L respectively. |
| US11760979B2 |
Isolated liver cancer stem cell and method for drug screening thereof
An isolated rat liver cancer stem cell line which is named as TW-1 is provided. A method for drug screening by using the isolated rat liver cancer stem cell line is also provided. |
| US11760972B2 |
Enhanced efficient nitrogen-fixing composite microbial system added with non-nitrogen-fixing bacteria and application thereof
Disclosed are an enhanced efficient nitrogen-fixing composite microbial system added with non-nitrogen-fixing bacteria and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of agricultural microorganisms. The present disclosure provides enhanced efficient nitrogen-fixing bacteria, including at least one selected from a group of Klebsiella MNAZ1050, Citrobacter MNAZ1397 and Pseudomonas MNAZ228; also, the disclosed enhanced efficient nitrogen-fixing composite microbial system includes nitrogen-fixing bacteria and non-nitrogen-fixing bacteria, where the nitrogen-fixing bacteria includes at least one of the above three nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and the non-nitrogen-fixing bacteria includes at least one of Acinetobacter ACZLY512 and Kluyvera AZ981. |
| US11760971B2 |
Modified biological control agents and their uses
Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and associated diseases, promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or as a seed coating for plants and seeds. |
| US11760969B2 |
Distributed systems for the efficient production and use of microbe-based compositions
The invention relates to systems and methods for effective production and use of microorganisms and/or the fermentation broth in which they are produced. Advantageously, the system is cost-effective, scalable, quick, versatile, efficacious, and helpful in reducing resistance to chemical compounds and residue that concerns consumers. |
| US11760968B2 |
Incubator, sample vessel, kit and method for examining a sample material
An incubator (1) and its use for cultivating microorganisms and/or for carrying out a chemical reaction are provided. The incubator (1) has a sample vessel holder (3) for insertion of a sample vessel (4), a heating device (5) for changing a temperature in the sample vessel holder (3) and/or in a sample vessel (4) inserted into the sample vessel holder (3), and a sample-inactivating device (6) for inactivation of a sample (7) in a sample vessel (4) that is inserted into the sample vessel holder (3). |
| US11760967B2 |
Systems and methods for seeding cell cultures in a microfluidic device
This disclosure provides systems and methods for seeding cell cultures in a microfluidic device. The systems and methods of this disclosure can enable flow of a cell solution from one side of a scaffold, such as a porous substrate or membrane, to the other side of the scaffold. Flow of the liquid can pass through the scaffold while the cells themselves do not, resulting in the cells driven to the surface of the scaffold for consequent attachment. A microfluidic device can include a microfluidic feature structured to create a seal between a cell seeding tool and an inlet to a microchannel of the microfluidic device. This can enable a pressure-driven flow to push fluid down the channel and through pores of the membrane. In contrast, traditional gravity fed seeding of cells may not create enough pressure to drive fluid through the pores of the scaffold. |
| US11760965B2 |
Mesofluidic device for culture of cell aggregates
Mesofluidic devices for culturing cell aggregates and methods of using the same are disclosed. An exemplary mesofluidic device comprises at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, a plurality of fluid channels, and a plurality of culture chambers. Each culture chamber can comprise at least one chamber inlet and at least one chamber outlet. The at least one chamber inlet can be in fluid communication with the at least one fluid inlet via at least one of the plurality of fluid channels. The at least one chamber outlet can be in fluid communication with the at least one fluid outlet via at least one of the plurality of fluid channels. The mesofluidic device can be configured to contain a cell aggregate in each of the plurality of culture chambers. |
| US11760963B2 |
Ketogenic beer and alcoholic beverage mixture containing non-racemic ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate and/or 1,3 butanediol
A beverage can include D ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, D 1,3-butanediol, D Beta hydroxybutyrate salts, D Beta hydroxybutyrate/D 1,3-butanediol monoester, D ethyl hydroxybutyrate, hydroxybutyrate, and/or D hydroxybutyric acid of at least 0.5 percent by volume. The percentage of D ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate, D 1,3-butanediol, D Beta hydroxybutyrate salts, D Beta hydroxybutyrate/D 1,3-butanediol monoester, D ethyl hydroxybutyrate, hydroxybutyrate, and D hydroxybutyric acid can be between 5 and 19 percent, or can be higher than 19 percent. The beverage can be improved by the incorporation of flavor from hops and/or from other ingredients. |
| US11760961B2 |
Compressed solid composition for non-oral use
A novel binder and/or disintegrant for obtaining a compressed solid composition for non-oral use, the binder and/or disintegrant being fermented molasses, a process for preparing the compressed solid composition and also a binding and/or disintegrating composition, which includes at least fermented molasses. The fermented molasses advantageously makes it possible to replace synthetic binders conventionally used in compressed solid compositions, while also being able to act as a disintegrant on contact with a liquid, especially water. Thus, a novel way is proposed for utilizing a product which was hitherto solely used in the field of agriculture and livestock farming. |
| US11760960B2 |
Solid fragrance-containing composition with an inorganic/organic rheology modifier mixture
A solid, particulate composition having at least one water-soluble carrier material, at least one fragrance and at least one water-miscible organic solvent, wherein the carrier material is a water-containing salt (hydrate) whose water vapor partial pressure at a specific temperature in the range from 30 to 100° C. corresponds to the H2O partial pressure of the saturated solution of this salt, such that the salt melts at this temperature in its own crystal water. The invention further relates to processes for producing the solid composition, and to a washing or cleaning product including the solid composition. In addition, the present invention also relates to the use of a washing or cleaning product of this kind for cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces, and corresponding methods of cleaning textiles or hard surfaces using a washing or cleaning product of this kind. |
| US11760957B2 |
Compositions containing fenchols and methods of use
This disclosure provides a composition containing: (i) at least one material having odor strength or olfactive character; and (ii) at least one fenchol. The at least one fenchol is selected from an alkylated fenchol, an isomeric, diastereomeric or enantiomeric alkylated fenchol, or mixtures thereof. The at least one fenchol is present in an amount effective to enhance odor strength or olfactive character of the composition. The composition can be a synergistic composition. This disclosure also provides a method of enhancing odor strength or olfactive character of a composition by adding at least one fenchol to at least one material having odor strength or olfactive character in an amount effective to enhance odor strength or olfactive character of the composition. |
| US11760953B2 |
Multifunctional branched polymers with improved low-temperature performance
A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C3-C10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (III)-(V): wherein R6, R8, R9, R10, R12 and R15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R7, R11, R13, R14, R16, and R17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (III)-(V) is from 6 to 31. |
| US11760951B2 |
Grease composition, and lubrication method and device for sliding mechanism, using said grease composition
The present invention addresses a problem of providing a grease composition containing a urea-based thickener and capable of appropriately maintaining the kinematic friction force in lubrication parts. The grease composition contains a base oil (A) and a urea-based thickener (B), wherein the base oil (A) has a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 100 mm2/s or more, and the particles containing the urea-based thickener (B) in the grease composition satisfy the following requirement (I). Requirement (I): the area-based arithmetic average particle diameter of the particles is 2.0 μm or less, as measured by a laser diffraction/scattering method. |
| US11760940B2 |
Oilfield natural gas processing and product utilization
A remote hydrocarbon processing system comprising a gas compressor skid, gas processing skid, electric power generation skid, liquid storage tank, blending skid, and crude oil source, are fluid flow interconnected and located proximate to a producing well. Produced gases are delivered from the well to the gas compressor skid. Compressed natural gas is delivered to the gas processing skid where it is thermally separated to generate a processed gas stream and a processed liquid stream. The processed gas stream is delivered to the electric power generation skid and burned to generate electricity that may be delivered to an electric power transmission line. The processed liquid stream is delivered to the liquid storage tank. Crude oil from the crude oil source and processed liquid stream from the liquid storage tank are delivered to the Blending skid and blended into a lower viscosity, higher API gravity transportable crude oil. |
| US11760933B2 |
Thermally conductive electrically insulating thermoplastic materials
Thermally conductive electrically insulating compositions and structures and devices comprising such materials. In various embodiments, such materials comprise liquid crystal polymer and fillers, wherein the fillers comprise boron nitride and glass fiber. In various embodiments, the liquid crystal polymer is selected from the group consisting of semi-aromatic copolyesters, copolyamides, polyester-co-amides, and mixtures thereof. |
| US11760930B2 |
Quantum dots, a composition or composite including the same, and an electronic device including the same
Disclosed are a quantum dot and a quantum dot-polymer composite and a device including the same, wherein the quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium (In) and phosphorous (P), a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell, the second semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, wherein in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is less than or equal to about 2.5:1. |
| US11760928B2 |
Enhanced yellow-emitting carbon dots and its preparation method and application
A method of preparing an enhanced yellow-emitting carbon dots includes dissolving citric acid and urea in N,N-dimethylformamide, reacting at a temperature of 150-180° C. for 4-8 h to obtain a carbonized mixture, separating and purifying the carbonized mixture through column chromatography using an eluent prepared according to a volume ratio of dichloromethane to methanol from high to low, collecting a solution obtained by elution when the volume ratio of dichloromethane to methanol is 1:1-2, performing rotary evaporation to remove the solvent, and drying to obtain the yellow-emitting carbon dot. The yellow-emitting carbon dot with fluorescence intensity enhanced with the increase of temperature is synthesized. The yellow-emitting carbon dots has application value in the fields of temperature detection, biological imaging, photoelectric equipment and the like. |
| US11760926B2 |
Quantum dot, curable composition comprising the same, cured layer using the composition, color filter including the cured layer, and display device including the cured layer
A quantum dot surface-modified with a specific compound, a non-solvent curable composition including the quantum dot, a solvent based curable composition including the quantum dot, a cured layer manufactured utilizing the curable composition, a color filter including the cured layer, and a display device including the cured layer are disclosed. |
| US11760922B2 |
Methods of making hydraulic fracturing fluids and use thereof
Methods of preparing a crosslinked hydraulic fracturing fluid include combining a hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising a polyacrylamide polymer with a plurality of coated proppants. The plurality of coated proppants include a proppant particle and a resin proppant coating on the proppant particle. The resin proppant coating includes resin and a zirconium oxide crosslinker. The resin includes at least one of phenol, furan, epoxy, urethane, phenol-formaldehyde, polyester, vinyl ester, and urea aldehyde. Methods further include allowing the zirconium oxide crosslinker within the resin proppant coating to crosslink the polyacrylamide polymer within the hydraulic fracturing fluid at a pH of at least 10, thereby forming the crosslinked hydraulic fracturing fluid. |
| US11760918B2 |
Corrosion inhibitor with improved performance at high temperatures
Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. Methods may include contacting a metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes a heterocyclic diamine corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. |
| US11760915B2 |
Method of application of sliding-ring polymers to enhance elastic properties in oil-well cement
This document relates to methods for improving the tensile and elastic properties of cement of an oil well using cement compositions that contain sliding-ring polymer additives. The cement compositions containing the sliding-ring polymer additives exhibit increased stiffness while having a minimum impact on compressive strength, as compared to the same cement without the sliding-ring polymer additive. |
| US11760913B2 |
Perlite containing drilling fluids and uses thereof
A drilling fluid containing a liquid phase, a weighting agent (e.g. barite, calcite, ilmenite), and perlite is described. The drilling fluid may further contain one or more additives including a defoamer, a fluid-loss control agent, a viscosifier, an antiscalant, a deflocculant, a lubricant, a clay stabilizer, a bridging agent, and a surfactant. A process of drilling a subterranean geological formation utilizing the drilling fluid is also specified. The introduction of perlite to the drilling fluid is effective in reducing the thickness and permeability of filter cakes formed during the drilling process. |
| US11760910B2 |
Pressurized container system
To provide a propellant which has sufficient propelling performance and of which a component to be sprayed imposes low environmental burden, a propellant composition and a sprayer. A propellant composition comprising a propellant containing 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a pressurizing agent, and a sprayer comprising the propellant composition, a container in which the propellant composition is contained, and a spray unit to spray the propellant composition to the outside of the container. |
| US11760908B2 |
Adhesive film, optical member comprising the same, and optical display apparatus comprising the same
An adhesive film formed of an adhesive composition including a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer and a silicone-containing (meth)acrylic compound, the adhesive film having a peel strength ratio of about 50% or more, as calculated by Equation 1, an optical member including the same, and an optical display apparatus including the same are disclosed. |
| US11760907B2 |
Adhesive resin composition for semiconductor, adhesive film for semiconductor device using the same and dicing die bonding film using the same
The present disclosure relates to an adhesive film for a semiconductor and a dicing die-bonding film the same, and particularly, to an adhesive film for a semiconductor, which may reduce electromagnetic interference generated in a semiconductor package by including a polymer matrix in which a magnetic filler including a core and a coating layer formed on the surface of the core is dispersed, and a dicing die-bonding film including the same. |
| US11760905B2 |
Method and apparatus to screen for and monitor cerebrovascular stenosis and for noninvasive intracranial pressure measurement
Brain motion monitoring systems and methods are disclosed that can detect interpret and/or display normal and abnormal brain motions. The devices and methods can detect Cerebrovascular Stenosis and provide for Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Measurement. |
| US11760901B2 |
Film forming formulation and composition thereof
A film forming formulation is provided that includes reaction products of phosphoric acid with a strained ring alkoxy silane. The phosphoric acid and the strained ring alkoxy silane are present in a molecular ratio of from 0.9-3.3:1. The film formulation also includes an aqueous solvent. A mold release coating composition is also provided that includes the film forming formulation, a reactive release agent, a base, and an aqueous solvent. |
| US11760898B2 |
Hard coating film and window and image display device using same
The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same. |
| US11760894B2 |
Fusing agent including a metal bis(dithiolene) salt
An example of a fusing agent includes a metal bis(dithiolene) salt, a polar aprotic solvent, and a balance of water. An example of a method for making an example of the fusing agent includes adding a metal bis(dithiolene) salt into a liquid vehicle including at least a polar aprotic solvent and water. |
| US11760891B2 |
Infrared ray transmittance ink composition for inkjet, method for preparing a bezel pattern using the same, the bezel pattern using the same method and display panel comprising the bezel pattern
An infrared transmitting ink composition for inkjet, a method of forming a bezel pattern using the same, a bezel pattern manufactured thereby, and a display substrate comprising the same are disclosed. The ink composition may check alignment marks using an infrared camera and detect pressure marks by non-destructive inspection even after the bezel pattern thereof is printed on a display substrate, and also may improve the adhesion to the substrate and the performance of inkjet process. The infrared ray transmitting ink composition for ink jet comprises a lactam black pigment, a dispersant, an epoxy compound, a vinyl ether compound, an oxetane compound, a photopolymerization initiator and an organic solvent. |
| US11760887B2 |
Titanium material
The titanium material includes a titanium oxide layer formed on a surface of titanium being a base material, the titanium oxide layer having a thickness measured by a glow discharge spectrometry of 60 to 300 nm, wherein: the titanium oxide layer contains 0.5 to 7.0 at % of nitrogen, and an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of a surface thereof is 2.0 to 4.0 μm; and a power spectrum of a surface roughness of the titanium material has a peak of an amplitude height of 0.005 to 0.020 μm in a range of a wavelength of 1.1 to 2.5 μm and has a peak of an amplitude height of 0.0010 to 0.0030 μm in a range of a wavelength of 0.80 to 0.98 μm. An L*a*b* color space may be L*: 30 to 40, a*: 2.0 to 9.0, and b*: −7.0 to 18.0. |
| US11760885B2 |
Aluminum flake pigment and method of producing same
An aluminum flake pigment is an aluminum flake pigment including aluminum flakes, wherein the aluminum flakes include small-size aluminum flakes each having a particle size of less than or equal to 1 μm, and in a microscope image when the aluminum flakes are observed using a scanning electron microscope, a ratio of the number of the small-size aluminum flakes is less than or equal to 35% with respect to the number of a whole of the aluminum flakes. |
| US11760881B1 |
Crack sealant method and composition for resistance to UV aging and weathering
An asphaltic sealant composition and method which use (a) the incorporation of one or more pigment and/or UV absorbing materials, (b) a low shear production method, and (c) the addition of an epoxidized ester of a vegetable oil or a plasticizer, effective for increasing the degree of dispersion of the pigment material in the sealant composition, to provide improve resistance to UV radiation. |
| US11760879B2 |
Enhanced alkyl ester containing oil compositions and methods of making and using the same
Vegetable oil compositions, as an example, corn oil, having an elevated lower alkyl ester content above about 7% weight percent of the total weight of the oil composition, and uses thereof are provided. |
| US11760878B2 |
Transparent and flexible blends of PMMA and polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer
A thermoplastic composition includes from about 30 wt % to about 95 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 25 wt % to about 45 wt %. A method of making a thermoplastic composition includes: (a) combining from about 30 wt % to about 95 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % of a poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 25 wt % to about 45 wt % to form a mixture; and melt processing the mixture to polymerize it and form the thermoplastic composition. |
| US11760876B2 |
Resin composition and article made therefrom
A resin composition includes 20 parts by weight to 45 parts by weight of a phosphorus-containing bismaleimide and 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, wherein the phosphorus-containing bismaleimide has a structure of Formula (I); the thermosetting resin is selected from a vinyl-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a maleimide resin, a polyolefin resin, a prepolymer of maleimide resin, and a combination thereof. The resin composition may be used to make a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following properties can be improved, including flame retardancy, outgassing properties, arc resistance, copper foil peeling strength, X-axis coefficient of thermal expansion, glass transition temperature and water absorption rate. |
| US11760875B2 |
Package of heat-bent polarizing sheet and injection-molded polarizing lens
A package of a heat-bent polarizing sheet for producing an injection-molded polarizing lens and an injection-molded polarizing lens that uses said sheet is provided. The heat-bent polarizing sheet is cumulatively packaged by a non-adhesive isolation film so as to withstand moisture and then stored or transported and can be used in injection molding without performing preliminary drying as a pretreatment of injection molding and without substantial protective-film removal work. |
| US11760874B2 |
Composite powder containing calcium carbonate and having microstructured particles having inhibiting calcium carbonate
A composite powder containing microstructured particles having inhibitory calcium carbonate, obtainable by means of a method in which large particles are combined with small particles, wherein the large particles have an average particle diameter within the range from 0.1 pm to 10 mm, the large particles comprise at least one polymer, the small particles are arranged on the surface of the large particles and/or distributed inhomogeneously within the large particles, the small particles comprise calcium carbonate particles, the small particles have an average particle size within the range from 0.01 pm to 1.0 mm, wherein the small particles are obtainable by means of a method in which calcium carbonate particles are coated with a composition comprising, based on its total weight, at least 0.1% by weight of at least one weak acid. |
| US11760873B2 |
Polyester packaging material
White goniochromatic packaging article. The package wall containing a composition useful for blocking light in the spectrum ranges from about 200 nm to about 1200 nm. The composition has polyester, polymethylpentene, and a light scattering pigment. The composition optionally includes at least one other colorant. Each of the polymethylpentene and the light scattering pigment comprise about 0.1 to about 0.5 weight percent of the wall. The polyester and polymethylpentene are immiscible and when subjected to orientation stresses the composition produces a goniochromatic packaging article. |
| US11760870B2 |
Resin composition for encapsulation
An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for encapsulation capable of suppressing warpage even when a large-area substrate is encapsulated.In order to solve the above problems, a resin composition for encapsulating an electronic member containing an epoxy resin (A), a compound having a polyalkylene glycol chain (B), and an inorganic filler (C) is provided.Thus, even when a large-area substrate is encapsulated, an effect of suppressing the warpage can be obtained. |
| US11760867B2 |
Polymer compositions and articles coated therewith
The present disclosure provides compositions and products formed therefrom. In particular, the disclosure provides polymer compositions and hydrogel-latex compositions in particular. Such compositions can include a water-soluble polymer, a natural or synthetic rubber latex, and a rheological stabilizer. The present disclosure further provides products and articles that include a coating layer of the polymer composition on at least a portion of a surface thereof. The coating formed of the polymer composition can impart improved properties to the product or article, such as improved moisture absorption, improved lubricity, and the like. |
| US11760863B2 |
Biochemical tool
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a biochemical tool capable of satisfactorily reducing absorption of a biochemical substance to a surface contacting a sample of the biochemical substance. A biochemical tool configured to contact a sample of a biochemical substance includes a part configured to contact the sample of the biochemical substance, the part being made of a resin composition containing at least one cycloolefin polymer selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of a cycloolefin and a chain olefin, a ring-opened polymer of a cycloolefin, and a hydrogenated product of a ring-opened polymer of a cycloolefin, and an antioxidant, the resin composition including 0.01 parts by mass or more and 0.7 parts by mass or less of the antioxidant relative to 100 parts by mass of the cycloolefin polymer. |
| US11760861B2 |
Carbon fiber bundle, manufacturing method therefor, prepreg, and carbon fiber-reinforced composite material
A carbon fiber bundle has a relationship among a crystallite size Lc (nm), a single-fiber compressive strength Fc (GPa) measured by a compressive fragmentation method of single-fiber composites, and an initial modulus E0 (GPa) in a resin-impregnated strand tensile test simultaneously satisfies formulas (1) to (3), and Lc is 4.00 nm or less: Fc≥1.3×10/Lc−0.3 (1) E0≤80×Lc+155 (2) E0≥330 (3). |
| US11760843B2 |
Nanomaterial of polyglycerol grafted cellulose nanocrystal dendrimer and preparation method thereof
The invention provides a nanomaterial of polyglycerol grafted cellulose nanocrystal dendrimer and a preparation method thereof. In the present invention, the cotton linter pulp is pulverized into flocculent fibers, fed to sulfuric acid, and reacted. After centrifugation, dialysis and ultrasonic cell disruption, cellulose nanocrystals are obtained. Carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals are further obtained after oxidation with TEMPO, dialysis, and freeze-drying. The carboxylated nanocrystals are further added to DMF, and under a nitrogen atmosphere, glycidol is grafted to the hydroxyl groups on the surface by heating with stirring. After the reaction is completed, the product is centrifuged, dried under vacuum, dialyzed, and freeze dried to obtain a nanomaterial of primary polyglycerol grafted cellulose nanocrystals. Dendrimers with different particle size ranges can be prepared by controlling the number of reactions, which contain a large number of hydroxyl groups on the surface, and are amenable to various modifications. |
| US11760841B2 |
Silicone-polycarbonate copolymer, sealants comprising same, and related methods
A silicone-polycarbonate copolymer has the formula Xg[ZjYo]c, where each X is an independently selected silicone moiety having a particular structure, each Y is an independently selected polycarbonate moiety, each Z is an independently selected siloxane moiety, subscript c is from 1 to 150, subscript g is >1, 0≤j<2, and 0 |
| US11760840B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition and molded article thereof
The present invention provides a resin composition which is excellent in moisture and heat resistance, thermal stability, rigidity, surface impact properties and chemical resistance. The resin composition includes, based on a total of 100 parts by weight consisting of (A) 30 to 99 parts by weight of a resin (component A), which is composed of 10 to 100 wt % of a polycarbonate-polydiorganosiloxane copolymer resin (component A1) and 0 to 90 wt % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (component A2), and (B) 1 to 70 parts by weight of a polyester resin (component B), (C) 10 to 50 parts by weight of a filler (component C) which is surface-treated with a silane coupling agent having an alkyl group, wherein the content of rubber-like polymer is 3 parts by weight or less. |
| US11760838B2 |
Polyimide resin precursor
The polyimide resin precursor in the present embodiment is a polyimide resin precursor obtained by allowing a diamine component and a tetracarboxylic acid anhydride component to react with each other, wherein based on the whole of the diamine component, the content of p-phenylenediamine is 75 mol % or more; the tetracarboxylic acid anhydride component includes an ester-containing tetracarboxylic acid anhydride represented by formula (1), and at least one biphenyltetracarboxylic acid anhydride selected from the group consisting of 3,4,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride, 2,3,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride and 2,3,2′,3′-biphenyltetracarboxylic acid dianhydride; and based on the whole of the tetracarboxylic acid anhydride component, (i) the total of the content of the ester-containing tetracarboxylic acid anhydride and the content of the biphenyltetracarboxylic acid anhydride is 75 mol % or more, and (ii) the content of the ester-containing tetracarboxylic acid anhydride is 15 to 80 mol %, and the content of the biphenyltetracarboxylic acid anhydride is 85 to 20 mol %. |
| US11760834B2 |
Polyester and molded article
Disclosed is a polyester and molded article. The polyester includes residues of formula (i), formula (ii), and formula (iii): in which R1 is an arylene group; R2 is a C2-C6 straight-chain hydrocarbylene group; and * represents a linking bond. The polyester has a number average molecular weight not less than 15,000 and has a degree of dispersion ranged from 2.95 to 5.70. |
| US11760831B2 |
Polymerizable composition for optical member
The present invention relates to [1] a polymerizable composition for optical member containing a polymerizable component and a urethaneurea compound having a structural unit derived from tolylene diisocyanate in an amount of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total amount of the polymerizable component; [2] a production method of an optical member, including a step of injecting the polymerizable composition of [1] into a molding die, and a step of polymerizing the polymerizable composition; and [3] a spectacle lens including a spectacle lens substrate obtained by the production method of [2]. |
| US11760829B2 |
Polyurethane foam formulation and sound insulation with foams based thereon (motor capsule)
Disclosed is a polyurethane foam formulation based on conventional polyether and novolac polyols with, in particular, MDI for the production of soft-elastic PUR moulded foams with viscoelastic properties, in particular for sound insulation with foams based thereon. |
| US11760827B2 |
Melamine-based crosslinked polymer Mannich product
Crosslinked polymers made up of polymerized units of cyclic diaminoalkane, aldehyde and bisphenol-S or melamine. A method for removing heavy metals, such as Pb(II) from an aqueous solution or an industrial wastewater sample with these crosslinked polymers is introduced. A process of synthesizing the crosslinked polymers is also described. |
| US11760823B2 |
Biocompatible dendronised polymer as a non-viral transfection agent
The invention relates in general to hydrophilic, biocompatible dendronised polymers, to complexes comprising the dendronised polymers, to methods of preparing the dendronised polymer and to uses of the dendronised polymer as a non-viral transfection agent for the delivery of biomolecules, in particular, genome editing tools, into a cell. |
| US11760822B2 |
Methods of making pressure sensitive adhesive compositions
Disclosed is a method comprising: a) dispersing a first monomer mixture comprising least one least monomer, the first monomer mixture having a total glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of from −10° C. to −65° C. with a surfactant and an initiator in an aqueous medium; b) when the first monomer mixture is completely dispersed, adding a second monomer mixture comprising at least one monomer, the second monomer mixture having a Tg at least 20° C. greater than the Tg of the first monomer mixture, to the aqueous medium; c) when the second monomer mixture is completely dispersed, adding a third monomer mixture comprising at least one monomer, the third monomer mixture having a Tg in the range of from −25° C. to 50° C.; and d) forming a polymer with the first, second, and third monomer mixtures. Also disclosed is a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the polymer formed by this method. |
| US11760820B2 |
Fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers
The invention pertains to novel fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers, including PCTFE-like plastomeric blocks, contributing substantially to the improvement of sealing performances upon increasing temperature of the fluorinated thermoplastic elastomers comprising the same. |
| US11760818B2 |
Method of preparing vinyl chloride-based polymer
The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and the method provides excellent productivity while having reduced amount of a volatile organic compound generated so as to provide the vinyl chloride-based polymer suitable for an eco-friendly material, and improved foaming and viscosity properties of a plastisol including the prepared polymer, by adding a carbonate-based metal salt and a transition metal catalyst together, and controlling input time and amount of the transition metal catalyst. |
| US11760816B2 |
Compound containing unsaturated double bond, oxygen absorber comprising same, and resin composition
Provided is an unsaturated double bond-containing compound capable of sufficiently advancing a crosslinking reaction or a curing reaction when used for a coating material or the like and having oxygen absorption performance. The present invention also provides an oxygen absorbent containing the unsaturated double bond-containing compound and a resin composition containing the same. Provided are an unsaturated double bond-containing compound represented by general formula (I), an oxygen absorbent containing the same, and a resin composition. |
| US11760815B2 |
Halogen recovery in a process for halogenating unsaturated isoolefin copolymer
A process for producing a halogenated isoolefin copolymer involves contacting an unsaturated isoolefin copolymer cement, the cement containing an unsaturated isoolefin copolymer dissolved in an organic solvent, under halogenation conditions with a halogenating agent and an aqueous solution of an organic peracid oxidant to form a two-phase reaction medium having an organic phase and an aqueous phase, the organic peracid oxidant capable of converting hydrogen halide to free halogen. The process leads to higher halogen utilization even when the cement contains significant amounts of water and without the use of an emulsifier. |
| US11760810B2 |
Modified immunoglobulin hinge regions to reduce hemagglutination
Polypeptide compositions comprising a human immunoglobulin constant region with a modified IgG4 hinge region having an N-terminal deletion of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 amino acids, relative to a native human IgG4 hinge sequence are provided. In some embodiments the hinge sequence further comprises the amino acid substitution S228P (Eu numbering). Polypeptides comprising the modified sequence optionally comprise a binding moiety specific for an epitope that is present on red blood cells; and can provide for reduced agglutination of hematopoietic cells compared to a comparable polypeptide with a native hinge region. |
| US11760809B2 |
Human monoclonal antibodies to ganglioside GD2
The present invention provides compositions for the production of an antibody or functional fragment thereof directed against disialoganglioside-GD2. The compositions of the invention include polynucleotides encoding a heavy chain and/or a light chain variable domain that binds to GD2. The invention also provides an isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof and methods of treating or preventing a disease, such as cancer or tumor formation, wherein the antibody or functional fragment includes a variable heavy chain domain and a variable light chain domain that has an amino acid sequence provided herein. The invention further provides a conjugate of an antibody or functional fragment thereof conjugated or recombinantly fused to a diagnostic agent, detectable agent or therapeutic agent, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing a disease in a subject in need thereof. |
| US11760807B2 |
GPC3-targeting drug which is administered to patient responsive to GPC3-targeting drug therapy
A method is provided for determining the efficacy of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for cancer in a patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy or for determining the continuation of GPC3-targeting drug therapy for a patient treated with GPC3-targeting therapy. The method includes determining the number of an immunocyte or an expression level of a molecule expressed on the immunocyte in a biological sample isolated from the patient before the start of GPC3-targeting drug therapy and/or the patient treated with the GPC3-targeting drug therapy, wherein when the number of the immunocyte or the expression level of the molecule expressed on the immunocyte is a predetermined value, the efficacy of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined or the continuation of the GPC3-targeting drug therapy is determined. GPC3-targeting drugs and drug preparations for use according to the disclosed methods are also provided. |
| US11760806B2 |
CD-38 directed chimeric antigen receptor constructs
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-CD38 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind CD38, CD38-antibody binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and CD38-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating a disease. |
| US11760805B2 |
Antibodies to CD40 with enhanced agonist activity
Provided herein are agonistic antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to human CD40. Such antibodies optionally comprise Fc regions with enhanced specificity for FcγRIIb. The invention also provides methods of treatment of cancer or chronic infection by administering the antibodies of the invention to a subject in need thereof. |
| US11760802B2 |
ILT3-binding agents and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides binding agents, such as antibodies, that specifically bind ILT3, including human ILT3, as well as compositions comprising the binding agents, and methods of their use. The disclosure also provides related polynucleotides and vectors encoding the binding agents and cells comprising the binding agents. |
| US11760796B2 |
Compositions and methods for treatment of diseases involving CXCL1 function
The present disclosure relates to antibodies, for example monoclonal antibodies, and their use in clinical patient evaluation and therapy. The present disclosure further relates to a method for modulating the activity of human CXCL-1 protein (hereinafter, referred to as CXCL1). In an aspect, antibodies described herein are capable of being used as a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases involving CXCL1 function, for example, pathological angiogenesis and inflammatory diseases. |
| US11760795B2 |
Monoclonal antibodies to growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15), and uses thereof for treating cancer cachexia and cancer
The present invention relates to monoclonal anti-human-GDF-15 antibodies. The antibodies include chimeric antibodies and humanized antibodies. The invention also relates to monoclonal anti-human-GDF-15 antibodies including murine anti bodies, chimeric antibodies and humanized antibodies for use in methods for the treatment of cancer cachexia and also for the treatment of cancer. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods and uses and cell lines capable of producing the monoclonal antibodies of the invention. |
| US11760787B2 |
B7-H5, a costimulatory polypeptide
B7-H5 costimulatory polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, and methods for using the polypeptides and nucleic acids to enhance a T cell response are provided herein. |
| US11760784B2 |
Compositions comprising PEDF-derived short peptides and uses thereof
A pharmaceutical composition for treating an ophthalmic disease in a subject includes a peptide and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the peptide contains the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1: S-X-X-A-X-Q/H-X-X-X-X-I/V-I-X-R, wherein each X is independently any amino acid. |
| US11760781B2 |
Compositions and related methods for modulating alkaloid production by controlling PMT promoter activation mediated by transcriptional factors ERF and Myc
Compositions and methods for modifying the production levels of alkaloids in plants are provided. Alkaloid production can be genetically controlled by modulating the transcriptional activation of PMT genes mediated by members of the ERF family and/or Myc family of transcription factors. Novel nucleotide sequences encoding the Myc family of transcription factors are also provided. |
| US11760780B2 |
Targeting dimerization of BAX to modulate BAX activity
Methods are provided for identifying an agent that directly modulates a Bcl-2-associated x-protein (BAX) by promoting or disrupting dimerization of the BAX. Agents that directly modulate BAX by affecting dimerization are also provided. |
| US11760775B2 |
Steroids and protein-conjugates thereof
Described herein are protein steroid conjugates that are useful, for example, for the target-specific delivery of glucocorticoids (GCs) to cells. |
| US11760766B2 |
Ionic liquids containing quaternary ammonium and phosphonium cations, and their use as environmentally friendly lubricant additives
An ionic liquid composition having the following generic structural formula: wherein Z is N or P, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen atom and hydrocarbon groups having one to four carbon atoms with optional interconnection to form a cyclic group that includes Z, and wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are all hydrocarbon groups when Z is P, and X− is a phosphorus-containing or carboxylate anion, particularly an organophosphate, organophosphonate, or organophosphinate anion, or a thio-substituted analog thereof containing hydrocarbon groups with at least three carbon atoms. Also described are lubricant compositions comprising the above ionic liquid and a base lubricant, wherein the ionic liquid is dissolved in the base lubricant. Further described are methods for applying the ionic liquid or lubricant composition onto a mechanical device for which lubrication is beneficial, with resulting improvement in friction reduction, wear rate, and/or corrosion inhibition. |
| US11760765B2 |
Method for producing triarylorganoborates
The invention relates to a process for preparing triaryl organoborates proceeding from organoboronic esters in the presence of an n-valent cation 1/n Kn+, comprising the anhydrous workup of the reaction mixture and the use of the triaryl organoborates obtained as co-initiator in photopolymer formulations, holographic media and holograms. |
| US11760762B2 |
Thienopyranones and furanopyranones as kinase, bromodomain, and checkpoint inhibitors
The invention relates to compounds and methods of treating diseases including but not limited to, cancer, non-cancer proliferative disease, sepsis, autoimmune disease, viral infection, atherosclerosis. Type 1 or 2 diabetes, obesity, inflammatory disease, or Myc-dependent disorder including by modulating biological processes by the inhibition of cell cycle checkpoint targets CDKs, and/or PI3 kinase, and/or bromodomain protein binding to substrates, comprising the administration of a compound(s) of Formula 1-V1 (or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof) as defined herein. |
| US11760759B2 |
Process for preparing substituted indolines
The invention provides novel methods for preparing substituted indoline compounds and their synthetic precursors. In an embodiment, the method discloses preparation of a compound represented by formula (II) through reduction of a compound represented by formula (IV) to a compound represented by formula (V) which is oxidized to form a compound represented by formula (II): |
| US11760757B2 |
Solid state forms of lumateperone ditosylate salt
Disclosed are solid state forms of lumateperone ditosylate, uses thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. |
| US11760755B2 |
Hepatitis B antiviral agents
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, thereof: which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. |
| US11760752B2 |
Carboxylic acid, acyl sulfonamide and acyl sulfamide-derivatized bicyclic aza-heteroaromatics as selective Mcl-1 inhibitors and as dual Mcl-1/Bcl-2 inhibitors
Mcl-1 selective inhibitors, Bcl-2 selective inhibitors, and Mcl-1/Bcl-2 dual inhibitors and methods of using the same for the treatment of disease are disclosed. |
| US11760748B2 |
HDAC inhibitor solid state forms
The present disclosure relates to the crystalline mesylate Form 1 salt of N-hydroxy 2-{6-[(6-fluoro-quinolin-2-ylmethyl)-amino]-3-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-yl}pyrimidine-5-carboxamide and methods of making the same. The crystalline mesylate Form 1 salt of N-hydroxy 2-{6-[(6-fluoro-quinolin-2-ylmethyl)-amino]-3-aza-bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-yl}pyrimidine-5-carboxamide is useful in preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms for the treatment of cancer, immune disorders and inflammation. |
| US11760746B2 |
Methods and intermediates for preparing therapeutic compounds
The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I. or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof. |
| US11760745B2 |
Heteroaromatic carboxamide derivatives as plasma kallikrein inhibitors
Disclosed are heteroaromatic carboxamides of formula (I), wherein Y, R, and Ar are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are the use of the compounds of formula (i) for the treatment of diseases which can be influenced by the inhibition of plasma kallikrein. |
| US11760739B2 |
Method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone
A method relates to producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone, the method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of adding an acid to a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-containing aqueous solution to obtain a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution; and (B) a step of obtaining a 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone extract by bringing the 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone-containing aqueous solution obtained in step (A) into contact with an extraction solvent that is phase-separated from the solution. |
| US11760738B2 |
Anisotropic copoly(imide oxetane) coatings and articles of manufacture, copoly(imide oxetane)s containing pendant fluorocarbon moieties, oligomers and processes therefor
Copoly(imide oxetane) materials are disclosed that can exhibit a low surface energy while possessing the mechanical, thermal, chemical and optical properties associated with polyimides. The copoly(imide oxetane)s are prepared using a minor amount of fluorinated oxetane-derived oligomer with sufficient fluorine-containing segments of the copoly(imide oxetane)s migrate to the exterior surface of the polymeric material to yield low surface energies. Thus the coatings and articles of manufacture made with the copoly(imide oxetane)s of this invention are characterized as having an anisotropic fluorine composition. The low surface energies can be achieved with very low content of fluorinated oxetane-derived oligomer. The copolymers of this invention can enhance the viability of polyimides for many applications and may be acceptable where homopolyimide materials have been unacceptable. |
| US11760737B2 |
Process for manufacturing 4-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl)morpholine
The present application relates to a novel, cost-saving and efficient process for preparing 4-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl)morpholine which serves as an intermediate for production of medicaments and for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders. |
| US11760735B2 |
Compounds and compositions for treating conditions associated with NLRP activity
In one aspect, compounds of Formulae (I) and (II), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are featured; Formula (I), Formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the variables shown in Formulae (I) and (II) can be as defined anywhere herein. |
| US11760734B2 |
Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
The present invention relates to fluorene derivatives and to electronic devices in which these compounds are used as matrix material in the emitting layer and/or as hole-transport material and/or as electron-blocking or exciton-blocking material and/or as electron-transport material. |
| US11760732B2 |
Process for preparation of sulfentrazone with tank-mix compatibility
Described herein is an environmentally friendly process for preparing pure sulfentrazone having tank-mix compatibility which includes treating sulfentrazone with a base and isolating the pure sulfentrazone with an acid. Compositions containing the pure sulfentrazone are also included. |
| US11760724B2 |
Pyridone compound production method
The present invention provides an effective production method for a pyridone compound. More specifically, the present invention provides a production method comprising: a step of reacting the compound represented by formula (1) (in the formula, X1 and X2 each independently represent a halogen atom, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, or a group represented by NHCOR2, and R2 represents a C1-C5 alkyl group) with 4 to 10 times by mass, with respect to the compound represented by formula (1), of the compound represented by formula (2) (in the formula, R2 represents the same as described previously), in the presence of at least one of a tri(C1-C8 alkyl)amine and an alkali metal acetate, at a temperature of 100° C. or higher to obtain the compound represented by formula (3) (in the formula, X1, X2 and R2 represent the same as described previously, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an NHCOR2 group); and a step of hydrolyzing the compound represented by formula (3), to obtain the pyridone compound represented by formula (4) (in the formula, X1, X2 and R1 represent the same as described previously). |
| US11760721B2 |
Polymerizable composition for polythiourethane-based optical material
An embodiment relates to a polymeric composition for a polythiourethane-based optical material, wherein the polymeric composition, comprising a particular additive, may appropriately adjust the reactivity of an isocyanate such that viscosity is maintained low for a predetermined period of time, and thus is capable of preparing a high-quality polythiourethane-based optical material, without a complicated purification process. Moreover, a polythiourethane-based optical material according to an embodiment has not only a uniform refractive index, but also a low yellow index, and thus may be used as a variety of plastic optical lenses, such as an eyeglass lens or a camera lens and the like. |
| US11760719B2 |
Diamine composition, and method of preparing diisocyanate composition
A diamine composition comprising a benzylmonoamine having a methyl group in an amount of 10 ppm to 2,000 ppm in the composition and use thereof for the preparation of a diisocyanate composition and an optical material. A process for preparing a diisocyanate composition wherein the b* value according to the CIE color coordinate of the diamine composition is adjusted to a specific range, whereby the yield and purity of the diisocyanate composition and the optical characteristics of the final optical lens are enhanced. Use of the process for the diisocyanate composition for preparing a plastic optical lens of high quality. |
| US11760718B2 |
Production of acetonitrile and/or hydrogen cyanide from ammonia and methanol
The invention relates to a process for producing a product gas comprising acetonitrile and/or hydrogen cyanide from a feed stream comprising ammonia and methanol over a solid catalyst comprising a support, a first metal and a second metal on the support, wherein the first metal and the second metal are in the form of a chemical compound, wherein the first metal is Fe, Ru or Co and the second metal is Sn, Zn, or Ge. The pressure is ambient pressure or higher and the temperature lies in a range from about 400° C. to about 700° C. Thus, the process for producing acetonitrile and/or hydrogen cyanide from ammonia and methanol may be catalyzed by a single catalyst and may be carried out in a single reactor. The invention also relates to a catalyst, a method for activating a catalyst and use of a catalyst for catalysing production of acetonitrile and/or hydrogen cyanide from ammonia and methanol. |
| US11760717B2 |
Resin composition and fluidity improvement method
The resin composition of the present disclosure contains a fluorene derivative represented by the following formula (1) and a polyamide-series resin: Wherein R1 represents a substituent, k denotes an integer of 0 to 8, R2a, R2b, R2c, and R2d each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R3a and R3b each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and X1a and X1b each represent a group defined in the following formula (X1): wherein R4 and R5 each represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group; or R4 and R5 bend together to form a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen atom adjacent to R4 and R5. The resin composition has an excellent fluidity. |
| US11760715B2 |
Modulators of lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase enzyme activity
The present invention relates to modulators of lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase enzyme. The present invention also provides compositions comprising such modulators, and methods therewith for treating lipoxygenase receptor mediated diseases. |
| US11760713B2 |
Benzophenone derivative
The present invention relates to a compound which is a benzophenone substituted with a hydroxyl-terminated alkylene oxide group (R) of formula 1: where R is a combination of from 1 to 13 propylene oxide groups and from 5 to 20 ethylene oxide groups, with the proviso that the sum of the propylene oxide groups and the ethylene oxide groups is not greater than 25. The compound of the present invention provides a non-volatile, non-toxic photoinitiator that provides excellent gloss retention in exterior architectural coatings. |
| US11760708B2 |
Compositions and methods for reducing enones to saturated alcohols or ketones
The invention relates to novel, scalable synthetic routes that allow for direct reduction of enones to the corresponding saturated alcohols. The invention relates, in certain aspects, to synthetic routes that allow for the reduction of enones to the corresponding ketones. Such reactions take place under mild conditions, are compatible with a wide range of functional groups, and expand the repertoire of existing green chemistry methodology. In certain embodiments, the reactions are run in aqueous solvent. |
| US11760707B2 |
Process for the synthesis of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene
The present invention pertains to a novel process of manufacturing the compound 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf). The compound 1234yf is the newest refrigerant with zero OPD (Ozone Depleting Potential) and zero GWP (Global Warming Potential). Thus, the invention relates to a process, involving a carbene generation route, for the manufacture of the compound 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf), of the compound 243db (2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane), and optionally of the compound 2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropene (1233xf) via carbene route and compound 243db (2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane). The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of the compound 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf), wherein the compound 243db (2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane) serves as a starting material, for the manufacture of the compound 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf). Further, the invention relates to a process for the manufacture of the compound 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf), and of the compound 243db (2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane), the initial starting materials are selected from the group consisting of com-pound 123 (2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane), compound 124 (2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane), and compound 125 (pentafluoroethane). |
| US11760706B2 |
Non-aromatic compound removal systems for para-xylene production
Selective removal of non-aromatic hydrocarbons from a xylene isomerization process for para-xylene production is accomplished using a membrane unit positioned within a xylene recovery loop. The membrane unit may include a one-stage or multi-stage (e.g., two-stage) membrane system and may be configured to separate a membrane unit product stream from a non-aromatics rich stream, which can be removed from the xylene recovery loop. The membrane unit may have a xylene permeance of about 60 gm/m2/hr/psi and a xylene to non-aromatic permeance ratio of about 15. |
| US11760701B2 |
Difluoromethoxylation and trifluoromethoxylation compositions and methods for synthesizing same
The present invention provides a compound having the structure: a processing of making the compound; and a process of using the compound as a reagent for the difluoromethoxylation and trifluoromethoxylation of arenes or heteroarenes. |
| US11760699B2 |
Method of altering a surface of a ceramic matrix composite to aid in nodule removal
A method of altering a surface of a ceramic matrix composite to aid in nodule removal is described. A fiber preform comprising a framework of ceramic fibers is heated to a temperature at or above a melting temperature of silicon. During the heating, the fiber preform is infiltrated with a molten material comprising silicon. After the infiltration, the fiber preform is cooled, and the infiltrated fiber preform is exposed to a gas comprising nitrogen during cooling. Silicon nitride may be formed by a reaction of free (unreacted) silicon at or near the surface of the infiltrated fiber preform with the nitrogen. Thus, a ceramic matrix composite having a surface configured for easy nodule removal is formed. Any silicon nodules formed on the surface during cooling may be removed without machining or heat treatment. |
| US11760696B2 |
Ceramic matrix composite component with modified thermal expansion and method for producing the same
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material component is provided that includes a CMC material and an environmental barrier coating (EBC). The CMC material includes first fibers, a matrix, and at least one coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) increasing additive. The first fibers include a first material having a first CTE value. The matrix includes a second material having a second CTE value. The at least one CTE increasing additive has a third CTE value. The EBC is disposed on at least one exposed surface of the CMC material and has a fourth CTE value. The third CTE value is greater than the first CTE value and the second CTE value, and the at least one CTE increasing additive is present within the CMC material in an amount that elevates a CTE value of the CMC material above the first CTE value or the second CTE value. |
| US11760695B2 |
Removing colorization on silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites
A method of depositing silicon carbide on a preform to form a ceramic matrix composite comprises placing the preform into a reaction vessel, removing air from the reaction vessel and backfilling the reaction vessel with an inert gas to an operating pressure. The reaction vessel and the preform are heated to an operating temperature. A carrier gas and precursor materials are heated to a preheat temperature outside of the reaction vessel. The carrier gas and the precursor materials are introduced to the reaction vessel in a specified ratio. Off gasses, the precursor materials that are unspent, and the carrier gas are removed from the reaction vessel to maintain the specified ratio of the precursor materials in the reaction vessel. |
| US11760694B2 |
Alumina sintered body and manufacturing method therefor
The present invention relates to an alumina sintered body and a manufacturing method therefor; for example, the present invention relates to an alumina sintered body that is suitably utilized for a member or similar used in a plasma processing device, an etcher for semiconductor/liquid crystal display device manufacturing, a CVD device, or similar, or that is suitably utilized for a substrate or similar of a plasma-resistant member which is to be coated, as well as a manufacturing method for said alumina sintered body. |
| US11760690B2 |
Recycled glass pozzolan for concrete
An apparatus for producing pozzolanic material from consumer waste includes a glass separator unit to remove glass material from the waste and a size reduction unit downstream the glass separator unit. The glass separator unit includes a tubular outer member and an inner helical member extending inwardly from the inner surface of the tubular outer member and defining an open central bore. The tubular outer member and the open central bore define respective coaxial longitudinal axes that are disposed at an angle relative to a horizontal reference plane, with the inlet higher than the outlet. Non-glass/non-ceramic material is output through the open outlet end of tubular outer member utilizing a flow of water. The glass/ceramic material is output to the size reduction unit through the open inlet end of the tubular outer member utilizing the rotating inner helical member of the glass separator unit. |
| US11760689B2 |
Methods of removing chloride from gypsum having high level of chloride salt
Beads of materials such as activated alumina, zeolite and silica gel, are used as chloride salt absorbers. The beads are mixed with high-salt gypsum. After mixing for a short time, the mixtures are dried, and the beads and the powder are separated by using a sieve or other physical separation device resulting in a low-salt gypsum which can be used as a gypsum source to make gypsum wallboard. |
| US11760683B2 |
Glass manufacturing apparatus and methods for separating a glass ribbon
A glass manufacturing apparatus can include a first elongated member, a second elongated member, and an elongated anvil member aligned with a space disposed between the first elongated member and the second elongated member. Methods can include rotating the first elongated member and the second elongated member while the elongated anvil member contacts a first major surface of the glass ribbon. In another embodiment, a glass manufacturing apparatus can include a first and second row of suction cups, and an elongated anvil member. The elongated anvil member can be engaged with a first major surface of the glass ribbon between the first and second row of suction cups that are attached to the first major surface of the glass ribbon. The glass manufacturing apparatus is configured to produce a score line on the second major surface of the glass ribbon along the elongated anvil member. |
| US11760682B2 |
Glass or glass ceramic articles with copper-metallized through holes and processes for making the same
A process for heating a glass or glass ceramic article with copper-metallized through holes includes heating the article from a first temperature to a second temperature. The first temperature is greater than or equal to 200° C. and less than or equal to 300° C., and the second temperature is greater than or equal to 350° C. and less than or equal to 450° C. An average heating rate during the heating of the article from the first temperature to the second temperature is greater than 0.0° C./min and less than 8.7° C./min. An article includes a glass or glass ceramic substrate having at least one through hole penetrating the substrate in a thickness direction; and copper present in the at least one through hole. The article does not comprise radial cracks. |
| US11760681B2 |
Chalcogenide glass material
Provided is a small-diameter chalcogenide glass material having excellent weather resistance and mechanical strength and being suitable as an optical element for an infrared sensor. The chalcogenide glass material has an unpolished side surface, a pillar shape with a diameter of 15 mm or less, and a composition of, in terms of % by mole, 40 to 90% S+Se+Te and an inside of the glass material is free of stria with a length of 500 μm or more. |
| US11760674B2 |
Semiconductor process wastewater treatment system and semiconductor process wastewater treatment method using the same
A semiconductor process wastewater treatment system and a semiconductor process wastewater treatment method using the same are disclosed. The disclosed semiconductor process wastewater treatment system may comprises: a processing unit configured to receive semiconductor process wastewater and treats the semiconductor process wastewater through a plurality of operations; and a membrane filtration tank arranged separately from the processing unit, the membrane filtration tank having a ceramic nano-membrane for filtering the semiconductor process wastewater which has passed through the processing unit, wherein the ceramic nano-membrane may include a carbon-based nano-material. The ceramic nano-membrane may include a graphene-based nano-material as the carbon-based nano-material. |
| US11760673B2 |
Treatment method of wastewater containing heterocyclic organics and adsorbing material obtained therefrom
The present disclosure relates to a treatment method of wastewater containing heterocyclic organics comprising the following steps: (1) adding a persulfate to the wastewater containing heterocyclic organics in a reaction vessel; (2) heating the reaction vessel to a reaction temperature in an inert atmosphere, then introducing an oxygen-containing gas until a reaction pressure is reached for reaction, and after the reaction is completed, cooling and filtering the reaction resultant to obtain a filtrate as a treated effluent and a filter residue; no catalyst is added to the reaction system. The treatment method provided by the present disclosure not only can significantly reduce the treatment temperature of the conventional wet oxidation, but also can control the amount of generated spherical polymer and the removal efficiency of organic pollutants by control of reaction conditions. Wastewater purification and organics recovery and reuse are achieved at the same time. |
| US11760666B2 |
Methods and compositions to reduce azoles and AOX corrosion inhibitors
A method to reduce or eliminate N-heterocycles, the method providing one or more environmentally benign chelators (EBCs) to an aqueous cooling system, the aqueous cooling system having at least one N-heterocycle in the presence of a halogenating or non-halogenating oxidizer. A method to reduce or eliminate AOX, the method providing one or more environmentally benign chelators (EBCs) to an aqueous cooling system, the aqueous cooling system having at least one AOX-containing species in the presence of a halogenating biocide. |
| US11760664B2 |
Bioactive filter
The invention relates to a bioactive filter for the disinfection of liquids, in particular water or aqueous solutions in containers. A structure that is advantageous in terms of filter efficiency is obtained by forming a spherical or oval filter body (1), which is coated with noble metals (FIG. 1). |
| US11760663B2 |
Fiber-optic integrated membrane reactor
A reactor for water splitting or water treatment includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a proton exchange membrane separating the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first optical fiber coated with a photocatalytic material. |
| US11760660B2 |
Automatic control system and method for water treatment of thermal sterilization kettle
The present disclosure relates to an automatic control system and method for water treatment of a thermal sterilization kettle. The system comprises a sampling module, a monitoring module and a control module, wherein the sampling module is used for respectively sampling hot water and cold water, and the monitoring module is arranged to respectively monitor online fluorescence signals in the sampled hot water and the sampled cold water; the control module is used for respectively controlling whether to add a compound medicament into a hot water area or not according to the online fluorescence signal of the sampled hot water and controlling whether to add the compound medicament into a cold water area or not according to the online fluorescence signal of the sampled cold water; and meanwhile, the monitoring module is further used for monitoring the residual chlorine signal of the sampled cold water. |
| US11760656B2 |
High entropy composite oxide, manufacturing method thereof, and anode materials comprising the same
Provided is a high entropy composite oxide of formula ([M1]pMnqFexCryNiz)3O4 having a spinel crystal, wherein the [M1], p, q, x, y and z are as defined in the specification. A method for producing the high entropy composite oxide, and anode materials including the same are further provided. With the entropy stabilization effect and plenty of oxygen vacancies, the anode materials including the high entropy composite oxide show the advantage of high Li+ transport rate, high electric capacity, redox durability, and good cycling stability, thereby having a bright prospect for application. |
| US11760654B2 |
Conversion of uranium hexafluoride and recovery of uranium from ionic liquids
Described are methods for the recovery of uranium from uranium hexafluoride dissolved directly into ionic liquids. |
| US11760651B1 |
Electrodes, electrode materials, and manufacturing thereof
Provided herein are high performance compounds, compositions, and composite materials of sodium (Na), tin (Sn), and oxygen (O). Electrodes and batteries incorporating the compounds, compositions, and composite materials are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing the compounds, compositions, and composite materials are also disclosed. |
| US11760650B2 |
Compound
A compound includes indium element (In), gallium element (Ga), aluminum element (Al) and oxygen element (O), the compound having a triclinic crystal system with lattice constants being a=10.07±0.15 Å, b=10.45±0.15 Å, c=11.01±0.15 Å, α=111.70±0.50°, β=107.70±0.50° and γ=90.00±0.50°. |
| US11760649B2 |
Solid electrolyte material and battery
Provided is a solid electrolyte material comprising Li, Y, Br, and Cl wherein in an X-ray diffraction pattern in which Cu-Kα is used as a radiation source, peaks are present within all ranges of diffraction angles 2θ of 15.1° to 15.8°, 27.3° to 29.5°, 30.1° to 31.1°, 32.0° to 33.7°, 39.0° to 40.6°, and 47.0° to 48.5°. |
| US11760643B2 |
Diamond composition
One variation of a diamond composition includes carbon: including a first amount of carbon-13 isotopes and a second amount of carbon-12 isotopes; and sourced from a hydrocarbon mixture including hydrocarbons and formed via methanation of a carbon dioxide mixture. The carbon dioxide mixture: sourced from a sample of air including carbon dioxide and impurities; conveyed through a separation unit configured to remove impurities; including carbon dioxide and impurities; conveyed through a distillation column configured to regulate amounts of carbon-13 isotopes and carbon-12 isotopes; and exhibiting a target ratio of carbon-13 isotopes to carbon-12 isotopes at an outlet of the distillation column. The diamond composition: formed via chemical vapor deposition; and exhibiting an isotopic signature defining a final ratio of the first amount of carbon-13 isotopes to the second amount of carbon-12 isotopes within a first target range corresponding to the target ratio exhibited by the carbon dioxide mixture. |
| US11760641B2 |
Method for manufacturing suspended graphene support film by selectively etching growth substrate
A method for preparing suspended graphene support film by selectively etching growth substrate is disclosed in present invention. The transfer process of graphene is avoided. The process of present invention is efficient and low in cost, suspended graphene support film can be prepared in a single etching step. The prepared graphene support film does not need any support by polymer film and polymer fiber. The prepared graphene support film has controllable number of layers and high intactness (90%-97%), large suspended area (diameter is 10-50 μm), wide clean area (>100 nm) and can be mass-produced. In addition, the graphene support film can be directly used as transmission electron microscope support film, and can be used to achieve high resolution imaging of nanoparticles. |
| US11760640B2 |
Nano-graphitic sponges and methods for fabricating the same
This disclosure provides a nano-graphitic sponge (NGS) and methods for preparing the nano-graphitic sponge. The disclosed nano-graphitic sponge possesses many excellent properties, including large surface areas and pore volumes, low-mass densities, good electrical conductivities and mechanical properties. These excellent properties make the nano-graphitic sponge an ideal material for many applications, such as electrodes for batteries and supercapacitors, fuel cells and solar cells, catalysts and catalyst supports, and sensors. |
| US11760631B2 |
Method of producing a cooled syngas of improved quality
A system and method for processing unconditioned syngas first removes solids and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), then removes volatile organic compounds (VOC), and then removes at least one sulfur containing compound from the syngas. Additional processing may be performed depending on such factors as the source of syngas being processed, the products, byproducts and intermediate products desired to be formed, captured or recycled and environmental considerations. |
| US11760629B1 |
Refinery gas processing method
A process for hydrogen recovery from refinery gas system comprising supplying the refinery gas to an inlet manifold fluidly coupled to a conditioning stage, the conditioning stage comprising a reactor having a reforming catalyst deposited on an ultra-short-channel-length metal substrate; supplying oxidant to the conditioning stage via the inlet manifold; supplying steam from a steam generator to the conditioning stage via the inlet , manifold; reacting the refinery gas in the conditioning stage; and discharging a product through a discharge outlet fluidly coupled to the conditioning stage, the discharge outlet configured to flow the product for use by a downstream reformer. The process allows to either increase the H2 production rate or lower the firing rate while maintaining a constant H2 production rate for the downstream steam reformer, independent of the feed compositional variability of the refinery or still gas. |
| US11760628B2 |
Method for generating hydrogen from a nitrogen containing borane compound and active metal borohydride mixture
A method for generating hydrogen from a mixture of nitrogen containing borane compound and active metal borohydride reactants uses a catalyst-free water vapor driven hydrothermolysis process. The method involves mechanically mixing a selected ratio of nitrogen containing borane compound such as ammonia borane and an active metal borohydride such as sodium borohydride to produce a mixture, combining the mixture with a water vapor source, and heating the mixture and water vapor source to a temperature within a near ambient temperature range of 30° C. to 104° C., until a product gas comprising hydrogen is released. The heating can be at a constant temperature or at increasing temperatures. Water vapor and impurities are removed from the product gas to produce purified hydrogen gas. |
| US11760626B2 |
Apparatus and method for dissipating heat with microelectromechanical system
In one or more embodiments, an apparatus generally comprises a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) module comprising a plurality of air movement cells and a power unit operable to control the plurality of air movement cells, and a housing configured for slidably receiving the MEMS module and positioning the MEMS module adjacent to a heat generating component of a network device. The MEMS module is operable to dissipate heat from the heat generating component and is configured for online installation and removal during operation of the heat generating component. |
| US11760619B2 |
Beverage devices, systems, and methods
An beverage mixing device is may comprise a controller in electronic communication with a sensor, the controller configured to: determine a drink type based on receiving sensor data from the sensor, and mix a pre-mixed composition with a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water based on the drink type. |
| US11760618B2 |
Container-processing device
A filling machine includes a rotor comprising plural container-filling positions, an inflow star upstream from the rotor, and a linear conveyor downstream of the rotor that receives the container from the rotor at an outflow point after the container has been filled but before the container has been closed. An interface having a curved portion receives the container at the outflow point and conveys the container toward the linear conveyor. |
| US11760604B1 |
Versatile elevator door interlock assembly
An illustrative example elevator door interlock includes at least one coupling roller supported on a base. A lock is configured to move relative to the base and the at least one coupling roller between a locking position and an unlocked position. An unlocking roller supported on the lock is situated to be moved by a vane of an elevator door coupler to move the lock into the unlocked position prior to the vane contacting the coupling roller. The elevator door interlock is compatible with a clamping type elevator door coupler and an expanding type elevator door coupler. The coupling roller is situated to be received between two vanes of the clamping type elevator door coupler or received against one of two vanes of the expanding type elevator door coupler. |
| US11760601B2 |
Spool device and related methods
Implementations of spool devices may include a frame including an anchor, the anchor configured to directly couple to a belt of a user, an axle coupled through the frame, and a first spool coupled over a first portion of the axle. The first portion of the axle may extend entirely through the first spool. The spool device may also include a second spool coupled over a second portion of the axle. The second portion of the axle may extend entirely through the second spool. The spool device may also include a first spool handle directly coupled to an outer wall of the first spool, a second spool handle directly coupled to an outer wall of the second spool, a first hose roller directly coupled to the frame, and a second hose roller directly coupled to the frame. |
| US11760599B2 |
Post-processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the post-processing apparatus
A post-processing apparatus includes a post-processing device, an ejection device, and an ejection tray. The post-processing device executes post-processing on a medium on which an image is formed by an image forming apparatus. The ejection device ejects the medium on which the post-processing is executed by the post-processing device. The ejection tray holds the medium ejected by the ejection device. The ejection tray includes a main tray having an upper face inclined downward in an ejection direction, and a movable tray being rotatably supported by the main tray between a stacking position at which the medium ejected by the ejection device remains stacked on the upper face of the main tray and an ejection position at which the medium ejected by the ejection device slides along the upper face of the main tray. |
| US11760594B2 |
Document feeder and image forming apparatus
A document feeder includes a device body, and an opening and closing cover which is provided to be openable and closable with respect to the device body, and including a paper feed roller and a paper feed roller drive shaft on the device body. The document feeder includes a guide member, which is mounted rotatably to the paper feed roller drive shaft on an outer side of the paper feed roller in a roller axis direction thereof. The guide member guides a document being conveyed, in a state where the opening and closing cover is closed, by being opposed to the paper feed roller drive shaft in a predetermined orientation. |
| US11760592B2 |
Sheet feeding device including a plurality of separation pieces movable to separate uppermost sheet from stack of sheets
A sheet feeding device includes: an accommodating unit having a placement surface on which the stack of sheets is mounted; an inclined member having an inclined surface inclined relative to the placement surface to extend in an inclined direction and a back surface opposite the inclined surface; a sheet pick-up unit for feeding an uppermost sheet in the stack of sheets toward the inclined member; and a sheet separating member provided on the inclined surface. The sheet separating member includes a plurality of separation pieces and a support portion those made of resin. The support portion supports the separation pieces at positions closer to the back surface than to the inclined surface so that the separation pieces are movable away from the placement surface in the inclined direction and toward the back surface in a normal direction of the inclined surface independently from one another. |
| US11760582B2 |
Product packaging installation
A packaging installation that includes a grouping machine configured to form batches of products and a horizontal form-fill-seal packaging machine arranged downstream the grouping machine and being configured to receive the formed batches of products and to package them in individual packages. The grouping machine includes a receiving area to receive the products and a grouping area where the products are grouped into batches, and, for transporting products to the grouping area. The grouping machine includes a first product path and a second product path, different from the first product path, extending from the product receiving area to the grouping area. According to one embodiment, the grouping machine is configured to cause the products arriving at the grouping area from the first product path and from the second product path to have different orientations. |
| US11760581B2 |
Conveyor belt cleaning apparatus
A cleaning assembly for cleaning a conveyor belt comprising: a base member adapted to be mounted relative to the conveyor belt; and a blade mounting assembly associated with the base member and adapted for mounting a scraper blade thereto, wherein the blade mounting assembly is configured for rotational movement relative to the base member, wherein the cleaning assembly is configured to maintain the scraper blade in abutment with the conveyor belt. A conveyor belt cleaning apparatus comprising: a plurality of cleaning assemblies, each of the plurality of cleaning assemblies comprising: a base member associated with the elongate support member, and a blade mounting assembly associated with the base member and adapted for mounting a scraper blade thereto, wherein the blade mounting assembly is configured for rotational movement relative to the base member; and an elongate support member, wherein each of the plurality of cleaning assemblies is adapted to maintain the respective scraper blades in abutment with a conveyor belt. |
| US11760575B2 |
Conveyance device and planar conveyance device
A conveyance device and a planar conveyance apparatus capable of carrying out an article in any direction. The conveyance device includes an energizing mechanism unit configured to energize and move an article and a rotation mechanism unit configured to rotate the energizing mechanism unit itself, and is capable of changing a moving direction of the article by rotating the energizing mechanism unit with the rotation mechanism unit. The energizing mechanism unit includes an energizing mechanism side motor, and the energizing mechanism side motor includes a coil on a center side and an outer body surrounding the coil, and is an outer rotor type motor in which the outer body rotates. The energizing mechanism side motor is disposed such that a central shaft of the outer body is in a substantially horizontal posture, and the outer body energizes the article by coming into contact with the article directly or through a freely-rotating rotor interposed therebetween. |
| US11760574B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling order fulfillment using spatial batching
An order fulfillment system controller receives orders for different objects, generates a number of batched tasks that is less than the number of received orders, and determines a set of the orders with a total distance between them that is greater than a total distance between other sets of the orders. The controller allocates a different order from the set of order to a different batched task, and allocates each unallocated order to a selected batched task based on the distance between objects of the unallocated order and objects previously allocated to the selected batched task being less than the distance between objects of the unallocated order and objects previously allocated to other batched tasks. The controller controls different agents according to the allocation of different subsets of orders to different batched tasks. |
| US11760569B2 |
Replenishment and order fulfillment system
A warehousing system for storing and retrieving goods disposed in containers is provided. The system includes a multilevel storage array including an array of storage shelves for holding containers thereon, at least one substantially continuous lift for transporting containers to and from at least one level of the storage array, at least one transport vehicle located on the at least one level and configured to traverse a transport area transporting containers between the at least one continuous lift and container storage locations so that the at least one continuous lift communicates non-deterministically, via the transport vehicle, with storage locations of each of the storage shelves on the at least one level, an infeed transport system linked to the at least one continuous lift, and an order fulfillment station for generating order containers corresponding to customer orders where the order containers are entered onto the storage shelves of the storage array. |
| US11760568B2 |
Modular automatic warehouse for storing industrial products
A modular automatic warehouse comprising at least one module having a parallelepiped shape delimited by respective vertical uprights is provided. The module comprises a first and a second element, each element comprising a plurality of substantially horizontal seats or guides defined by structural flanks for the introduction and/or extraction of a respective plurality of shelves or drawers adapted to contain articles to be stored. The first and second elements being opposite to each other and separated by a compartment inside which at least one lift operates. The lift is able to translate from a lowered position to a raised position in order to move to a location of the drawers. The warehouse may further comprise a means for translating at least one at a time of the drawers towards further similar adjacent modules in turn provided with a means for translating the drawers to be displaced. Further, the means for translating acts inside the compartment which is open at least in the translation direction from one module to the other. |
| US11760566B2 |
Hands free storage receptacle
A storage receptacle can include a storage bin and a pedal mounted to the receptacle as well as a hopper. A method of using the storage receptacle can include receiving a force on a hopper handle of a hopper of a storage receptacle, the hopper having a cable connection point connected to a cable, based on the force, rotating the hopper to enable a user to place material in a storage bin of the storage receptacle, wherein the rotating causes the cable to have slack and preventing the cable having the slack from coming out of a groove in a pulley via a shroud positioned over at least a portion of the pulley. |
| US11760564B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for securing wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container
An apparatus, system and method for securing wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container. The apparatus, system and method for securing wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container secures the shipping racks across the width of the container and vertically, and then end-to-end inside the length of the container from the fixed end of the container to the doors as the container is loaded. In addition, the system and method secures wheeled shipping carts within a shipping container using a securing apparatus installed within the shipping container to constrain the wheeled shipping carts both vertically and horizontally in location during transport. |
| US11760561B2 |
Capsule, a system for preparing a potable beverage from such a capsule and use of such a capsule in a beverage preparation device
A capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a beverage has an aluminum capsule body and a cover sheet hermetically closing off the capsule. The capsule body has a flange with a deformable sealing ring portion with an inner wall portion extending from and contiguous with an inner base portion of the flange, an outer wall portion extending from and contiguous with an outer base portion of the flange and a bridge portion interconnecting the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion. The bridge portion is located axially spaced from the base portions of the flange. In radial cross-sectional view, a top of the bridge portion axially most remote from the base portions of the flange is flat or has a center plane curved with a radius of curvature larger than two times a wall thickness of the top of the bridge portion. |
| US11760560B2 |
Code and container of system for preparing a beverage or foodstuff
A container for a beverage or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising reference units defining a reference line r; the data portion comprising a data unit, wherein said data unit is arranged on an encoding line D that intersects the reference line r, the data unit is arranged a distance d from said intersection as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby said encoding line D is circular and is arranged with a tangent thereto orthogonal the reference line r at said intersection point, wherein the reference units are arranged with a configuration defining a reference point from which the reference line r extends. |
| US11760558B2 |
Dispenser carton blank and assembly
A blank forms a dispenser carton. The dispenser carton receives a rolled sheet to form a dispenser carton assembly. The dispenser carton has a top panel. A dispensing state of the dispenser carton the top panel includes a pair of locking tabs with notches received by a pair of flaps of side panels of the dispenser carton. The pair of flaps each have flap notches. The flap notches provide a gap between a top panel flange and a front panel of the dispenser carton. The pair of locking tabs are received into flap apertures of the pair of flaps. A pair of triangular gaps separate a portion of a back panel of the dispenser carton from left and right side panels to bias the pair of locking tabs against stops of the pair of flaps. A bottom panel of the dispenser carton includes a bottom aperture. |
| US11760555B2 |
Temperature insulated packaging systems and related methods
A temperature insulated packaging system includes a container having interior surface bounding an interior volume and a liner disposed within the interior volume and at least partially bounding a compartment configured to receive an item for temperature insulated shipping. The liner includes a first sleeve made of cellulose material and at least partially bounds a channel. The first sleeve has an outside wall disposed adjacent to the container and an opposing inside wall disposed adjacent to the compartment configured to receive the item for shipping, the channel being disposed between the inside wall and the outside wall. At least one insulation sheet is disposed within the channel of the first sleeve, the at least one insulation sheet being made of a cellulose material and having a plurality of recesses formed thereon. |
| US11760554B2 |
Mixing container and spray container including mixing container
A mixing container includes a body having an upper opening and containing a dissolving agent, at least one receiving chamber protruding outward from an inner peripheral surface of the body, having a hollow defined in the protrusion where a press-through pack (PTP) sheet is fittable from inside the body, and formed from a flexible material, a support including a plate and a releasing hole that communicates with an inlet of the hollow in the receiving chamber when the plate is installed on the inner peripheral surface of the body and allows a substance stored in the PTP sheet to be released into the body, and holds an edge of the PTP sheet between the inner peripheral surface of the body and the plate, and a holding structure that holds the support on the inner peripheral surface of the body. |
| US11760547B2 |
Twist-tie dispensing assembly
A twist-tie dispensing assembly for dispensing of loose twist-ties in bulk form comprises a base defining a rear wall and an open front, wherein a flexible portion of the rear wall is configured to elastically deflect through a cut-out provided on the rear wall in a direction from the rear wall toward the open front. A box is mounted to the base, the box defining a back wall and a storage compartment configured to hold twist-ties, the back wall of the base defining a slot exposing the storage compartment to an exterior of the box, wherein the slot is configured to receive at least partially the flexible portion of the rear wall of the base from the exterior of the box toward the storage compartment when the box is mounted to the base. |
| US11760545B1 |
Closure for a membrane sealed container
A closure assembly for piercing and creating access to a container whose mouth is normally sealed by a thin membrane applied to a rim of the container. |
| US11760544B2 |
Closeable tumbler lid
A lid assembly for an associated beverage container includes a lid including a lid body having a sidewall for engaging an opening of the associated container and a top wall. The top wall includes an elongated recessed portion formed therein, and a drink opening is located in the recessed portion adjacent the sidewall. A slider is removably received in the recessed portion. The slider is movable along a length direction of the recessed portion between a closed position for closing the drink opening and an open position for opening the drink opening. The lid and the slider have a cooperating detent arrangement configured to maintain the slider in the closed position or the open position, and the slider is configured to compress via the detent arrangement as the slider is moved between the closed position and the open position. |
| US11760538B2 |
Shipping frame and shield
An improved shipping frame for use with storage and/or transporting goods includes four corner posts and a top surface and a bottom surface. The corner posts comprise of telescoping leg sections whereby the smaller dimensioned section fits within the larger dimensioned section and can be locked at a particular height. A shield assembly comprises a rear shield and two side shields is affixed to the top section of the frame to brace any upper load therein. |
| US11760531B2 |
Double-handle box
A blank can include first, second, third, and fourth side panels; the third side panel joining the first side panel and the second side panel and defining a first handle opening; the fourth side panel extending from the second side panel and defining a second handle opening; a plurality of bottom flaps, each of which extends from one of the side panels; and a plurality of top flaps, each of which extends from one of the side panels; the third and fourth top flaps defining third and fourth handle openings, respectively, the third handle opening substantially aligned with the first handle opening and the fourth handle opening substantially aligned with the second handle opening when the third and fourth top flaps, respectively, are in a folded condition; wherein centerlines of the first and second handle openings are respectively aligned with centerlines of the third and fourth handle openings. |
| US11760528B2 |
Paper-based composite container for off-gassing products, and method for making same
A paper-based composite container for an off-gassing product includes a paperboard can body having a substantially gas-impervious liner attached to an inner surface thereof, and a pair of substantially paper-based end closures attached to the opposite ends of the can body, each end closure defining a generally cylindrical sealing panel in contact with an inner surface of the can body. Heat-sealable materials are disposed on opposing surfaces of the sealing panel and can body. The sealing panels of the end closures are attached to the can body by heat seals. The heat seal for at least one of the end closures is discontinuous such that at least one vent channel extends through the heat seal to establish fluid communication between an interior of the container and the environment outside the container. The at least one vent channel is operable to vent excess gas pressure from the interior of the container. |
| US11760525B2 |
Method and kit for labelling objects
A kit for labelling an object with a target label comprises an instrument having an end(s) for manipulating labels. Transfer label(s) adhered to the end of the instrument, the transfer label having a facestock having adhesive on at least one of its surfaces, an adhesion force A between a first surface of the facestock of the transfer label and the instrument being greater than an adhesion force B between a second surface of the transfer label and a target label. The instrument and transfer label are used to manually transfer the target label from a target label liner to an object by releasable adherence of the target label to the second surface of the transfer label. A method for labelling an object is also provided. |
| US11760519B2 |
Article transport facility
A transfer device and a control device for controlling the transfer device are provided. The control device is configured to execute setting control to set a storing position, in a container, of each of a plurality of articles to be stored in the container, storage control to control the transfer device so as to store each of the articles at the storing position, and replacement control to replace one of a first holding portion and a second holding portion attached to the attachment portion with the other one. The setting control is control to set the storing position in accordance with an order of transferring the plurality of articles so as to sequentially place the articles from a reference position that is set at a position adjacent to a side wall portion. |
| US11760518B2 |
System for forming an article array in a container
A head for use in forming an article array in a container cavity (“cavity”) by sequential placement of adjacent article rows in the cavity, including a gripper having a frame having a longitudinal axis, the gripper adapted to selectively engage and disengage an article row for permitting placement thereof; and a flexible layer connected to the frame and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and positioned to one side of the gripper. During formation of the article array in the cavity, the flexible layer preventing contact between a most recently positioned article row in the cavity and a corresponding article row being positioned in the cavity, including filling a remaining unfilled portion of the cavity between a penultimate article row and the container for receiving the final article row having a width approximately equal to or less than a width of the final article row. |
| US11760517B2 |
Vertical packaging machine
Disclosed is a vertical packaging machine configured for packaging a product. The machine may include a supply conduit formed by at least one hopper through which the product to be packaged is introduced in the supply conduit. A tube is arranged downstream the hopper. The supply conduit includes at least a first passage conduit and a second passage conduit which are separated from one another such that each of the first and passage conduits offers a different path for the product to be packaged. Each of the first and second passage conduits includes a first injection opening and a second injection opening, the first injection openings being located at different heights and in different angular positions in reference to the second injection openings. The machine also includes one or more injection devices and that are configured to inject gas into the first and second gas injection openings. |
| US11760515B2 |
Control mechanism for tilting machine of strapping machine
Strapping machine tilting device control mechanism including epicyclic transmission having a main axis and an internal crown, intermediate gears and an external crown, a pulling mechanism connected to intermediate gears to a tilting device tensioning roller to transmit movement of the gears around to the main axis to the tensioning roller, a tensioning wheel centered with the main axis constrained to the inner crown and connected to a strapping machine tensioning assembly to transmit tensioning wheel movement, a locking device connected to the external crown, control device to interact with a strapping machine actuation lever connected to the locking device to transmit actuation lever movement to the locking device defining rest and operating positions, the locking device includes: ring centered with the main axis and integral with the external crown, and torsional spring between the tilting device and control device, centered with the main axis to tighten around the ring. |
| US11760513B2 |
Filling unit and method for filling containers
Filling unit (1) for a packaging machine (100) for filling bulk materials (50) into packages (60), and packaging machine with a filling unit (1), comprising a conveyor device (2), by means of which bulk materials (50) can be conveyed into a package (60), and a control device (3), which is suitable and configured to guide a filling stream (4) into a package (60). A fill level sensor device (5) including a sensor device (6) is provided, which is suitable and configured to detect a first fill level (7) and a second fill level (8) of bulk materials (50) in a package (60), wherein the first fill level (7) corresponds to a lower fill level than the second fill level (8). The control device (3) regulates the filling stream (4) by way of the fill levels determined by the sensor device (6). With the method according to the invention, the package is filled until the second fill level is detected. Then the filling stream is reduced until the first fill level is detected. Thereupon the filling stream is increased. |
| US11760506B2 |
Assembly jig with flexible floor interface
Apparatus and methods for an assembly jig are disclosed. The assembly jig includes an elongate support frame that has a first end and a second end, a fixed beam at the second end, transversely oriented to a long axis of the support frame, a pivotable beam at the first end, transversely oriented to the long axis and pivotable in a vertical plane that is substantially perpendicular to the long axis, and a floor contacting transport assembly connected to at least the pivotable beam and configured to enable selective movement of the assembly jig relative to a floor surface. |
| US11760503B2 |
Augmented reality system for pilot and passengers
An aircraft having an augmented reality flight control system integrated with and operable from the pilot seat and an associated pilot headgear unit, wherein the flight control system is supplemented by flight-assisting artificial intelligence and geo-location systems is presented. The present disclosure includes an augmented reality flight control system incorporating real-world objects with virtual elements to provide relevant data to a pilot during aircraft flight. A translucent substrate is disposed in the pilot's field of view such that the pilot can see therethrough, and observe virtual elements displayed on the substrate. The system includes a headgear that is worn by the pilot. A flight assistance module is configured to receive data related to the aircraft and provide predictive assistance to the pilot during flight based on the received data based in part on a pilot profile having preferences related to the pilot. |
| US11760502B2 |
Fuel delivery system with purge gas step and fuel gas flushing step and method thereof
A fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine comprises a cryogenic fuel tank, a first fuel line for connection to the cryogenic fuel tank, a fuel pump connected to receive fuel via the first fuel line, a plurality of fuel lines connecting the fuel pump to a combustor of the gas turbine engine, a controller configured to operate the fuel delivery system, a purge gas tank connected to the first fuel line and configured to store a purge gas for purging the plurality of fuel lines and a fuel gas tank connected to the first fuel line and configured to store a fuel gas for flushing purge gas from the plurality of fuel lines. |
| US11760496B2 |
Electromagnetic gyroscopic stabilizing propulsion system method and apparatus
Electromagnetic gyroscopic stabilizing propulsion system method and apparatus is an electric gyroscope that creates magnetic fields used to rotate its flywheel. The rotation of its flywheel creates both a gyroscopic effect and thrust with airfoil shaped spokes. The invention attaches to an airframe through an articulating joint that causes the axle of the gyroscope to precess in a vertical orientation regardless of the movements/angle of the airframe. The gyroscope's thrust aligns itself with the axle of the gyroscope. The net effect is that the invention has tremendous efficiency, no external drive because it is also a motor, tremendous power from magnetic leverage of the flywheel, and stability because of the gyroscopic effect. |
| US11760495B2 |
Control systems for hybrid electric power plants
A control system for a hybrid electric powerplant of an aircraft can include a heat engine controller configured to receive one or more power settings and to determine a heat engine setting and an electric motor setting. The heat engine controller can be configured to use the heat engine setting to control a heat engine system as a function of the heat engine setting to control torque output by a heat engine. The heat engine controller can be configured to output the electric motor setting. The system can include an electric motor controller can be operatively connected to the heat engine controller. The electric motor controller configured to receive the electric motor engine setting from the heat engine controller and to control an electric motor system as a function of the electric motor setting to control torque output by an electric motor. The system can include a system protection module that can be part of or connected to the heat engine controller and can be configured to provide one or more protection commands to directly control one or more heat engine protection systems and one or more electric motor protection systems. |
| US11760489B2 |
Aircraft seat device
An aircraft seat device with at least one shell element, with at least one table unit, with at least one support device that is configured to obliquely connect the at least one table unit to the shell element at least in a stowage position, the support device comprising at least one rotational bearing unit, which is configured for pivoting the table unit between the stowage position and at least one intermediate position that is situated substantially in a horizontal plane, the support device comprising at least one linear bearing unit, which is configured for traversing the table unit between the intermediate position and at least one completely deployed usage position that is close to a seat. |
| US11760488B2 |
Seat assembly having integrated lighting system
A seat assembly for an internal cabin of a vehicle includes a backrest, and a lighting system coupled to the backrest. A method of forming a seat assembly for an internal cabin of a vehicle includes coupling a lighting system to a backrest. |
| US11760487B2 |
Ceiling mounted tray systems
A ceiling-mounted delivery assembly for a cabin of a vehicle includes a conveyance system that has a pair of guide rails, and a trolley operatively connected to the conveyance system for movement relative thereto. The trolley includes a control box having a pair of wheels. Each wheel is operatively connected to a respective one of the pair of guide rails. The control box includes a plurality of pulley drums extending from the control box. The trolley includes cable connection system having a plurality of cables. Each cable attached to a respective one of the pulley drums of the control box. The trolley includes a tray operatively connected to the cables of the cable connection system to be moved up and down relative to the control box. |
| US11760482B1 |
Updating virtual aerial map using sensors associated with aerial vehicles
A system may include a receiver configured to receive sensor data from one or more aerial vehicles, the sensor data including map data including sensed data related to an aerial view from one or more aerial vehicles of terrain and objects on the terrain. The system may also include a map updating processor in communication with the receiver. The map updating processor may receive the map data and identify a geographic location and/or an orientation associated with the map data. The map updating processor may also align, based at least in part on the geographic location and/or the orientation, the map data with a virtual aerial map providing an aerial view of terrain and objects on the terrain. The map updating processor may also incorporate at least a portion of the map data into the virtual aerial map and generate an updated virtual aerial map. |
| US11760478B2 |
Flying robot
A flying robot comprising: a flying body unit; a propulsion portion comprising a plurality of propulsion units configured to cause propulsion to occur by driving rotor blades, the plurality of propulsion units being provided on the flying body unit; a working body unit; a manipulator unit configured to be capable of executing predetermined work and comprising one or more work manipulators provided on the working body unit; and connection units provided on the working body unit and the flying body unit so as to enable the flying body unit to be connected with and disconnected from the working body unit; wherein the flying robot executes the predetermined work by the work manipulators in a state in which the working body unit and the flying body unit are connected at the connection units. The flying robot is caused to execute a wide range of content of work as far as possible. |
| US11760477B2 |
Motor vehicles for use on the ground and in the air
A motor vehicle (100) has four centreless wheels (10) drivable for use on the ground and four propellers (16) rotatable within the open centres of the wheels (10) for use in the air. The wheel-propeller assemblies (10, 16) are carried on mounting units (14) secured to a frame (12). The mounting units (14) are rotatable on the frame (12) and the wheel-propeller assemblies (10, 16) are rotatable on their respective mounting units (14), in each case by means of servomotors, to convert the vehicle (1009) from its ground mode shown in FIG. 1 to its air mode as shown in FIG. 2, and also to turn the wheel-propeller assemblies (10, 16) so as to steer the vehicle (100) when on the ground and to tilt the wheel-propeller assemblies (10, 16) so as to direct the vehicle (100) when in the air. |
| US11760469B2 |
Rotating blade aerodyne propulsion device with vertical take-off and landing, and aerodyne comprising at least one such propulsion device
A propulsion device for a rotating blade aerodyne with vertical take-off and landing, comprising a hollow chassis and contra-rotating coaxial rotors with fixed-pitch blades. The means for driving the rotation of each rotor comprise motor means and, for each rotor, a rotating part capable of turning about a yaw axis, located in the central opening of the respective rotor and connected to the latter via a ball joint with finger, the centre of which is the intersection of the prospective rotor disc and the yaw axis and for which the prohibited rotation is that about the axis of rotation of the rotor. Means for controlling the inclination of the rotors about the roll and pitch axes. Aerodyne equipped with the propulsion device. |
| US11760464B2 |
Yaw alleviation mechanism for aircraft collision
A yaw alleviation device for an aircraft containing rotatable wing roots attached to wings. The device includes a spring configured to operatively connect to a wing; and a buckling member to operatively connect to the wing. The spring is configured to extend from an original unstrained position upon the buckling member undergoing buckling from an original unbuckled position to cause rotation of one or both wings in rotationally opposite directions. The buckling member may be positioned parallel and at an offset distance to the spring. |
| US11760463B2 |
Structure having net-area-tension joint
A structure has a net-area-tension fastener pattern formed in the skin panel for receiving fasteners defining a net-area-tension joint for coupling a component attach fitting of a component to the skin panel. The net-area-tension fastener pattern includes two or more rows of fastener holes, including a first row and a last row. Each row is oriented generally perpendicular to a primary load direction of a load that the component is capable of exerting on the skin panel. The first row is located upstream of the last row relative to the primary load direction. The fastener holes in the first row and the last row are respectively the smallest and the largest in the net-area-tension fastener pattern. The rows are spaced apart at a spacing ratio of hole spacing to hole diameter. The spacing ratio of the first row is greater than the spacing ratio of the last row. |
| US11760461B2 |
Watercraft with electric propulsion system
An electric marine propulsion system including steering and vertical position control is provided. The electric drive assembly includes a main drive motor transmitting torque through a shaft to a propeller. The electric drive assembly integrates a dual rudder system positioned ahead of the main drive propeller. The rudder assemblies integrate electric stern thrusters for low-speed maneuvering. The steering and vertical position adjustments for the drive assembly are electrically operated. The electric drive assembly is installed entirely outside the hull of the watercraft. |
| US11760456B2 |
Sail for the propulsion of means of transport
A sail for the propulsion of elements of transport, which comprises a sheet-like body made of flexible material which is connected, along one of its edges, to a supporting mast, connected to an element of transport. At least one stiffening rib is associated with the sheet-like body and is accommodated in a respective pocket which is formed in the sheet-like body and extends for at least one portion of the sheet-like body comprised between the supporting mast and the edge of the sheet-like body that is opposite to the one connected to the supporting mast; the rib has, or can assume on command, a substantially arc-like shape adapted to generate lift. Elements are further provided for varying the orientation of a concave part of the rib with respect to the supporting mast. |
| US11760449B2 |
Method for predicting heaving motion parameters of semi-submersible offshore platform based on heaving acceleration
A method for predicting heaving motion parameters of a semi-submersible offshore platform based on heaving acceleration includes: in heaving motion of a semi-submersible offshore platform, representing heaving acceleration of the semi-submersible offshore platform based on a linear potential flow theory; considering a noise influence of a heaving motion measurement marine environment, a low-frequency influence caused by a slow change of the environment and an influence caused by a baseline drift error of an acceleration sensor, introducing a noise term, a low-frequency change term and a baseline drift error term, and uniformly representing the noise term, the low-frequency change term and the baseline drift error term by a unified Prony sequence; and removing a drift term from uniformly represented heaving acceleration, establishing a relationship between the heaving acceleration and heaving motion parameters in terms of the remaining Prony sequence with the drift term being removed, and estimating the heaving motion parameters. |
| US11760448B2 |
Watercraft fender with locking suction mechanisms
A protective fender for a watercraft includes a plurality of attachment mechanisms configured to secure the protective fender to an exterior portion of the watercraft. The protective fender further includes a fender body, wherein a first surface of the fender body that contacts the exterior portion of the watercraft comprises a smooth surface. The protective fender also includes a plurality of adjustable-length straps. A first adjustable-length strap secures an upper-left quadrant of the fender body upwards to a first attachment mechanism of the plurality of attachment mechanisms, and a second adjustable-length strap secures an upper-right quadrant of the fender body upwards to a second attachment mechanism of the plurality of attachment mechanisms. |
| US11760447B2 |
System for stabilizing a vessel against a stationary object
Vessel (60), comprising a transverse bow (62) with an elongated bow fender (10) protruding with respect to the bow (62), which bow fender (10) is designed to be pushed against a stationary object (50), said vessel 60) further comprises at least two engagement arms (20) with telescopic parts (22,24), said engagements arms (20) are mounted in a position above the bow fender (10) and facing each other, and each engagement arm (20) is pivotable against each other for engagement with the stationary object (50) from opposite directions. Each engagement arm (20) comprises a tiltable engagement pad (26) with a contacting surface (26a) creating stabilizing contact between the contacting surfaces (26a) of the engagement pads (26) and at least a part of the stationary object (50), said engagement pads (26) being tiltable about an axis running in same longitudinal direction as the engagement arms (20). |
| US11760443B2 |
Buoy apparatus and the control system
Buoy apparatus and buoy control system for identifying an underwater object, and method for identifying an underwater object are disclosed. A buoy apparatus for use underwater, comprises a buoy securely connected to a first end of a rope; a spool structure securely connected to a second end of the rope; a retractable head for engaging the spool structure; and a spool control device for actuating retraction of the retractable head, wherein in response to an instruction from the spool control device, the retractable head disengages the spool structure, and the spool structure releases the rope when the buoy raises toward a surface of water. |
| US11760440B2 |
Stabilized hull of a monohull motor boat, which surfs on a water cushion and has a deeply submerged supporting blade
The invention is related to boatbuilding and may be used in construction and modernisation of high-speed monohull motor seagoing boats, where a single hull is used, which is moving in a surfing on a water cushion mode.Stabilised hull of a monohull motor boat, which is using a surfing glide on a water cushion, with the deeply submerged displacement bearing blade, with a hull of a total width of not more than 50% of its length, which, in its lower part over its entire length, has a descending shape of its bottom surface in the direction bow-to-stern, where the bow is elevated up to the distance from the waterline, corresponding to at least 25% of the hull's width, and under the bow is a high wave-piercing stem. Wherein, in the front 40% of the hull's length, the bottom surface has a descending shape, which smoothly flows into the bottom surface of the stern part of the hull, and has an angle of descent in relation to the waterline at zero speed of at least 5 degrees, in the rear 60% of the hull's length, the bottom surface has a descending shape, and the angle of descent in relation to the waterline at zero speed of not more than 5 degrees, while it has an almost flat shape in its cross section, and is submerged by 70% or more of its length below the waterline, where the submerged part becomes the “surfing surface”, which is gliding, during the boat's movement, on a water cushion, and carrying not more than 70% of the boat's fully loaded weight.The hull is made with a longitudinally positioned located underneath the bottom surface, symmetrical with respect to the boat's centerline, and commensurate with its length, vertically oriented, deeply submerged displacement bearing blade of narrow shape and of low wave/hydrodynamic resistance; wherein the ratio of the length to the width of the bearing blade of at least 20 times, with the displacement of the bearing blade corresponding to 30-50% of the boat's fully loaded weight, and with its height (excluding the stem) of not less than 20% of the maximum width of the hull, wherein ensuring a deep submersion of the bottom edge of the bearing blade in relation to the waterline. The bearing blade is made with wave-piercing lines, with a high wave-piercing stem, reaching by its height the bow end of the bottom surface of the hull, with the sharp rear and front lines, and the smooth middle lines; and has a triangular cross section over its entire length, with the most acute angle at its bottom; and the maximum width of the bearing blade is located within 40-60% of its length, which determines the centre of the displacement of the bearing blade within 40-60% of its length, in its upper third.The controllable hull of the displacement boat stabilised for sea waves conditions and gliding on the water cushion, opens up broad prospects for the construction of the high-speed seagoing boats. First of all, this is a fundamental improvement in stability of the movement, and the absence of rolling/pitching and yawing in the open Sea, as well as increase in a carrying freight capacity and improvement in the fuel economy, as compared to the planing hulls.1 independent item of formula. 1 dependent item of formula. 15 illustrations. |
| US11760438B2 |
Bicycle gearshift
A bicycle gearshift including a first body associated with a bicycle frame, a second body connected to, and moveable relative to, the first body, a rocker arm rotatably connected to the second body at a rotation axis, and a shaft extending coaxially to this axis and fixedly associated with the rocker arm. A unidirectional rotation device is arranged between the shaft and second body to allow rotation of the shaft relative to the second body only in a first rotation direction. An elastic element is associated with the second body and the rocker arm to push the rocker arm in rotation about the axis in the first rotation direction. A damping device is arranged between the shaft and unidirectional rotation device to generate a friction force when the rocker arm is rotated in a second, opposite rotation direction, and has a friction surface in contact with the unidirectional rotation device. |
| US11760436B2 |
Foldable structure, foldable device and foldable vehicle
A foldable structure includes: a first folding seat; a second folding seat rotatably connected with the first folding seat and including a position limiting boss; and a locking assembly including a locking buckle and an unlocking part connected with each other, which are rotatably connected with the first folding seat, respectively. When the foldable structure is in an unlocked state, and the first folding seat rotates around the second folding seat in a first direction, the locking buckle moves along with the first folding seat to be engaged with the second folding seat and the unlocking part moves to abut against the position limiting boss, so that the foldable structure is switched to a pre-locked state where the position limiting boss prevents the unlocking part from rotating around the first folding seat to unlock the locking buckle. |
| US11760425B2 |
Handy haul box
A large haul box for use in a pickup or trailer is disclosed. The large haul box includes a pair of long side wall having a top side, a bottom side, an open end and a back end, a back wall coupled between the back ends of the pair of long side walls, a bottom surface coupled to the back wall along a short end and coupled to the pair of long side walls on their bottom sides, a bottom sheathing coupled to the bottom surface, a long side sheathing coupled to each of the pair of long side walls, a back sheathing coupled to the back wall, and a removable box end having a top side, a bottom side, and a pair of short sides between the top and bottom sides for coupling to the open ends of the pair of long side walls along the pair of short sides and oriented to have the bottom side of the removable box end couple to the open end of the bottom surface. |
| US11760422B2 |
Shock absorber assembly structures
Shock absorber assembly structures are disclosed. An example shock absorber disclosed herein includes a shock absorber mount coupled to an end of the shock absorber, the shock absorber mount including a recess to receive a locating rib of a vehicle body, and an aperture to receive a fastener to couple the shock absorber mount to an attachment boss of the vehicle body. |
| US11760420B1 |
Universal mounts for canopies to rollover protection bars of varied attitudes
A universal mount for installing a canopy onto work vehicle ROPS (roll bars) that have left and right downward extensions and a bridging element between the left and right downward extensions. A clamp secures the universal mount onto a ROPS, and a crossbar attached to the clamp extends parallel to the bridging element. The crossbar has plates on each opposed end. Each crossbar plate has at least one slot adapted to receive a fastener. Offset plates can be mounted to a peripheral frame of a canopy. The universal mount can be clamped to a ROPS. The canopy fastens to the crossbar by aligning holes on the offset plates affixed to the canopy with the slots in the crossbar plates, passing fasteners through the aligned hole and slot, adjusting the canopy attitude to a desired orientation by positioning fasteners at a selected position in the slots. |
| US11760419B2 |
Plastic composite material panel and manufacturing method thereof
An embodiment plastic composite material panel includes an outer plate portion bent in a predetermined shape and configured to be bonded to a vehicle body frame through an adhesive, and a material filling portion integrally formed with the outer plate portion, the material filling portion being thicker than the outer plate portion. |
| US11760418B2 |
Energy absorber between vehicle roof and headliner
An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a headliner supported by the vehicle roof. The assembly includes an energy absorber between the headliner and the vehicle roof. The energy absorber includes a wall extending transversely to the headliner and the vehicle roof. The wall includes a lattice structure including a repeating pattern of strips and open cells. |
| US11760416B2 |
Lane detection and alert system
A lane detection system for a vehicle includes at least one sensor for sensing lane markers and objects in the vicinity of a host vehicle, a driver interface in the host vehicle, and a controller having control logic. The control logic receives signals from the at least one sensor, determines a present lane of travel based on the sensor signals received, determines that a time that the host vehicle has been in the present lane of travel meets or exceeds a predetermined time, and transmits an alert signal to the driver interface in response to the time meeting or exceeding the predetermined time. |
| US11760415B2 |
Moving body control apparatus, moving body, and moving body control method
A moving body control apparatus includes a cancel control section performing control to cancel a lane change when a first cancel condition and a second cancel condition for cancelling the lane change are satisfied. When the first cancel condition is satisfied with the grip of an occupant on a manipulator being a prescribed level or greater, if a distance in a vehicle width direction between a moving body and a lane marker is a first distance threshold value or greater, the cancel control section judges that the second cancel condition is satisfied and cancels the lane change, and when the first cancel condition is satisfied with the grip being less than the prescribed level, if the distance is not less than a second distance threshold value greater than the first distance threshold value, the cancel control section judges that the second cancel condition is satisfied and cancels the lane change. |
| US11760413B2 |
Axle support with device for positioning a steering gear
The invention relates to an axle support, also referred to as a subframe, for a motor vehicle, having at least two longitudinal members, at least one cross member joining together the longitudinal members, at least two attachment points for attaching a steering gear housing to the axle support and a device for positioning the steering gear housing on the axle support prior to mounting of the steering gear housing on the axle support. In order for such an axle support to offer a cost-effective and rapid positioning of a steering gear housing, the device for positioning the steering gear housing according to the invention has at least two mounts, one mount of which being attached to one of the longitudinal members and/or the cross member and another mount of the mounts being attached to another of the longitudinal members and/or the cross member, wherein the respective mount has at least two indentations for receiving positioning protrusions provided on the steering gear housing. |
| US11760412B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling a vehicle localization routine
A method includes obtaining steering data of the vehicle from one or more steering sensors, determining whether the vehicle is operating in one of a turning state and a non-turning state based on the steering data, performing a localization routine based on a first echo set of the 3D data points from among the plurality of 3D data points when the vehicle is operating in the turning state, and performing the localization routine based on a second echo set of the 3D data points from among the plurality of 3D data points when the vehicle is operating in the non-turning state, where a number of the plurality of 3D data points of the first echo set is greater than a number of the plurality of 3D data points of the second echo set. |
| US11760410B2 |
Gradual detection of the appearance of torque steer
A method for the gradual activation and deactivation of a steering return function in a vehicle, the vehicle including at least two wheels, a steering wheel, an assist motor applying an assist torque to a steering rack, and a drive motor applying a wheel torque to the wheels, the method including a step of calculating an application gain including a first phase of determining a first gain dependent on the wheel torque of at least one of the two wheels, a step of estimating the assist torque associated with the return function, and a step of multiplying the assist torque associated with the return function and the application gain, wherein during the application gain calculation step the method also includes a second phase of determining a second gain dependent on the angle of the steering wheel and the difference in the rotation speeds of the at least two wheels. |
| US11760403B2 |
Stroller
The present disclosure relates to a stroller comprising: a sheet portion including a sheet; a support frame including an upper support frame supporting the sheet, a lower support frame rotatably connected to the upper support frame by a hinge portion, and a frame support that maintains a fixed state between the upper support frame and the lower support frame; and a moving structure to which the support frame is detachably connected, the moving structure including a guide frame that allows the lower support layer to fold and support and is extended in the length direction, a drive frame including a rear wheel coupling portion having a front wheel coupling portion connected in a ‘¬’ shape to the front part of the guide frame and a rear wheel coupling portion having coupling shaft portions formed on both sides of the rear end of the guide frame, a front wheel supported by a support fork to be installed on the front wheel coupling portion, and a rear wheel installed on the rear wheel coupling portion through a rear wheel connecting shaft. |
| US11760402B2 |
Push chair
A foldable push chair comprises a central body portion extending across the push chair and defining a central axis, the central axis extending substantially perpendicularly to the normal direction of travel of the push chair, a handle assembly connected to the central body and extending therefrom, at least three wheel supporting legs are rotatable around the central axis and extending from the central body, in the unfolded state one or more wheel supporting legs extend in a forward direction from the central axis and one or more wheel supporting legs extend in a rearward direction from the central axis; the forward and rearward extending legs are coupled together such that they rotate in opposite directions around the central axis during a folding or unfolding operation. |
| US11760394B2 |
Air-conditioning control system for railroad vehicle
An air-conditioning control system includes a first inverter that drives a first driving target in accordance with commands received via a first communication network, a second inverter that drives a second driving target in accordance with commands received via the first communication network, a first controller that is capable of controlling the first inverter and the second inverter by transmitting commands via the first communication network, and a second controller that is capable of controlling the first inverter and the second inverter by transmitting commands via the first communication network. Each of the first controller and the second controller is capable of transmitting, to the first inverter and the second inverter via the first communication network, an invalidation command for invalidating the commands therefrom. |
| US11760383B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, storage medium, and information processing method
The present disclosure enables a reduction in the effort necessary for patients to receive pharmaceutical products. An information processing apparatus includes a controller. When prescription-related information is received, the controller sends, to an on-board apparatus for a vendor vehicle covering a moving area that includes at least part of a travel route along which a patient is expected to travel or a first terminal apparatus associated with a supplier that manages the vendor vehicle, at least one location on the travel route. |
| US11760382B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and system
An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount. |
| US11760381B1 |
Contextually-aware dynamic safety envelope for autonomous vehicles
A vehicle with autonomous navigation abilities ensures that the vehicle will remain within a safe driving region, such as the current lane, even in the case of a system failure. The vehicle's autonomous control subsystem computes driving parameters used to follow a path of the vehicle toward the current destination. These driving parameters are used to compute a safety envelope describing a region that the vehicle could reach from the present position in case of system failure before coming to a stop. The safety envelope is compared to a current safe driving region, and if the safety envelope violates the boundaries of the safe driving region, the driving parameters and corresponding safety envelopes are recomputed until the currently-computed safety envelope no longer violates the boundaries of the safe driving region. |
| US11760380B2 |
Vehicle control system
In a vehicle control system, a control unit executes a stop process by which the vehicle is parked in a prescribed stop position when it is detected that the control unit or the driver has become incapable of properly maintaining a traveling state of the vehicle, and, in the stop process, if a sidewalk or a road sign is recognized ahead of the vehicle according to a signal from an external environment recognition device, the control unit determines the stop position according to the recognized sidewalk or road sign. |
| US11760372B2 |
Method and control unit for displaying a traffic situation by hiding traffic participant symbols
A control unit for displaying a traffic situation on a screen of an ego vehicle is designed to display a first traffic participant symbol for a first traffic participant in a first sub-region of the screen and a second traffic participant symbol for a second traffic participant in a second sub-region of the screen. The control unit is additionally designed to determine that the first traffic participant symbol and the second traffic participant symbol are approaching each other in a specified manner on the basis of a change in the position of the second traffic participant relative to the first traffic participant. In response thereto, the control unit is further designed to at least partly hide the first and/or the second traffic participant symbol. |
| US11760370B2 |
Augmented reality notification system
The present disclosure provides a method comprising detecting an event in connection with an autonomous vehicle, wherein the detected event comprises at least one of a current state of the autonomous vehicle, an impending state of the autonomous vehicle, and an intent of the autonomous vehicle; generating an image in connection with the detected event, wherein the image comprises at least one of text information and graphics information; and displaying the generated image on at least one window of the autonomous vehicle for conveying information about the detected event to at least one user located outside the autonomous vehicle. |
| US11760369B2 |
Remotely controlling use of features based on automatic validation requests
A system and method for disabling a function of a feature of a vehicle based on a validation request to a centralized validation authority, prior to a use of the feature includes determining that a condition is met as part of a startup sequence of the vehicle, transmitting the validation request to the centralized validation authority, in response to determining the condition is met, wherein the validation request is part of the startup sequence of the vehicle, receiving a validation decision from the centralized validation authority, and disabling the feature of the vehicle as a function of the receiving the validation decision. |
| US11760365B2 |
Active chassis control for a motor vehicle
An active chassis control for a motor vehicle with an adaptive control circuit for reducing body vibrations (Aactual) of the motor vehicle, in which a control unit is integrated, which, depending on a current body vibration (Aactual) or a parameter correlating therewith (a), controls a chassis actuator. The control unit is followed by an adaptive unit which adapts an actuating signal (S) generated by the control unit with a driving speed-dependent scaling factor (f(v)), in particular by generating an adapted actuating signal (S′) with which the chassis actuator can be controlled. Depending on the situation, a factor allowance (Δf) can be added to the driving speed-dependent scaling factor (f(v)) in the event of a significantly greater body vibration (Ao) in order to effectively dampen the significantly greater body vibration (Ao). |
| US11760362B2 |
Positive and negative reinforcement systems and methods of vehicles for driving
A system includes: a first camera configured to capture first images of a driver on a driver's seat within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a second camera configured to capture second images in front of the vehicle; a driver module configured to determine a driver and a present rank of the driver; a module configured to detect a condition based on at least one of (a) a first image, (b) a second image, and (c) a parameter measured by a sensor; a reinforcement module configured to: display the present rank within the passenger cabin; generate an output within the passenger cabin in response to the detection of the condition; when no conditions are detected, increment a rank period of the driver; selectively increase the present rank of the driver; and generate an alert within the passenger cabin in response to the increasing of the present rank. |
| US11760355B2 |
Assistance by towed vehicle
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive data indicating a lane change by a first vehicle that is towing a second vehicle, the data including data indicating a direction that first wheels of the first vehicle are turning while the first vehicle is performing the lane change; and during the lane change, instruct a steering system of the second vehicle to turn second wheels of the second vehicle in a same direction as the first wheels. |
| US11760354B2 |
Multi-way stop intersection precedence for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of controlling a vehicle having an autonomous driving mode at a multi-way stop intersection. For instance, that the vehicle has come to a stop at a multi-stop intersection may be determined. At least one road user at the intersection may be identified. Based on the determination that the vehicle has come to the stop, a period of time to wait for the at least one road user to proceed through the intersection may be determined. After waiting the determined period of time, that the at least one road user has not begun to proceed through the intersection may be determined. Based on the determination that the at least one user has not begun to proceed through the intersection, the vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous driving mode in order to proceed through the intersection. |
| US11760352B2 |
Network computer system to control freight vehicle operation configurations
In some examples, a network computer system can monitor a plurality of mobile computing devices to determine a current location of a corresponding freight operator of a plurality of freight operators. The network computer system can record the current location of each of the plurality of freight operators in a data store of the set of memory resources. Additionally, the network computer system can repeatedly query the data store to determine when at least two freight operators of the plurality of freight operators that satisfy a set of drafting conditions. The set of drafting conditions including a proximity condition as between the at least two freight operators and a candidate commencement location. In response to the determination, the network computer system can implement a drafting arrangement between the at least two freight operators. |
| US11760350B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device executes a cruise control to let a vehicle travel in such a manner that an acceleration is equal to a predetermined acceleration, when an execution condition becomes satisfied, and starts a vehicle speed upper limit control to let the vehicle travel in such a manner that the vehicle speed does not exceed an upper limit value determined based on a shape of a curve section, when a start condition becomes satisfied. The vehicle control device starts displaying a display element in a first display mode, when the vehicle speed upper limit control is started. At a time point at which the vehicle speed upper limit control is ended, the vehicle control device starts displaying the display element in a second display mode different from the first display mode if the execution condition is not satisfied. |
| US11760349B2 |
Parallel computing method for man-machine coordinated steering control of smart vehicle based on risk assessment
A parallel computing method for man-machine coordinated steering control of a smart vehicle based on risk assessment is provided, comprising the following steps: building a lateral kinetic equation model of a vehicle; building a target function by targeting at minimizing an offset distance of a vehicle driving track from a lane center line and making a change in a front wheel steering angle and a longitudinal acceleration as small as possible in a driving process; building a parallel computing architecture of a prediction model and the target function, and employing a triggering parallel computing method; solving and computing a gradient with a manner of back propagation and using a gradient descent method to obtain an optimal control amount of the front wheel steering angle and an optimal control amount of the longitudinal acceleration; and computing a driving weight, obtaining a desired front wheel steering angle and completing real time control. |
| US11760348B2 |
Vehicle boundary control
A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a first lateral boundary for movement of a vehicle. The first lateral boundary is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and is based on at least a size of the vehicle. Based on at least the size of the vehicle and a detected yaw rate of the vehicle, the instructions include to determine a wind condition at a location. The instructions include to update a distance of the first lateral boundary from the longitudinal axis to obtain an updated first lateral boundary, based on the wind condition. |
| US11760347B2 |
Saddle ride type vehicle and control apparatus
The present invention provides a saddle ride type vehicle including a sensing unit configured to sense a four-wheel vehicle that is present in front of a self-vehicle and is traveling in a travel lane of the self-vehicle, and a control unit configured to, in a case where the four-wheel vehicle is sensed by the sensing unit, perform follow-travel control for causing traveling of the self-vehicle to follow traveling of the four-wheel vehicle, wherein the sensing unit senses a vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle, and the control unit, in the follow-travel control, controls a travel position in a vehicle width direction of the self-vehicle so that at least a portion of the self-vehicle falls within a region within the vehicle width of the four-wheel vehicle. |
| US11760344B2 |
Collision avoidance assist apparatus
Collision avoidance assist apparatus comprises an object information acquiring apparatus for acquiring, as object information, information on a three-dimensional object as well as dividing lines defining a travelling lane in front of a vehicle, and a control unit configured to, when a collision possibility with a three-dimensional object is high, identify this object as a target object. When one of the dividing lines has been detected without any discontinuation in a predetermined region as well as a part of an other dividing line has not been detected therein, if the control unit determines, based on the object information, that a second condition which is satisfied when the target object is positioned on the other dividing line and is moving in a same direction as an extending direction is satisfied and an avoidance route exists, the control unit performs automatic steering control so that the vehicle travels along the avoidance route. |
| US11760341B2 |
Autonomous parking method and vehicle system performing the same
A vehicle system includes, a sensing device configured to detect vehicle status information including gear-stage information and steering information of a steering wheel, and a control device configured to determine a target parking spot among parking spots included in a parking lot based on the gear-stage information and the steering information when the vehicle maintains a stopped state for more than a predetermined period in the parking lot, and to execute an autonomous parking function for parking at the target parking spot. |
| US11760337B2 |
Power drive system for hybrid power vehicle
Provided is a power drive system for a hybrid power vehicle, including an engine, a hybrid power module, and a dual input shaft speed change mechanism, wherein the hybrid power module consists of a motor, a composite planetary gear mechanism, a clutch, and a brake; the composite planetary gear mechanism is provided with at least four rotating shafts which are respectively connected to a rotor of the motor, a power output shaft of the engine, and a first input shaft and a second input shaft of the dual input shaft speed change mechanism; the brake is disposed on the power output shaft of the engine; and the clutch is disposed between any two of the four rotating shafts of the composite planetary gear mechanism. |
| US11760329B2 |
Brake system with a new type of MUX control (MUX 2.0), having an outlet valve per brake system or an outlet valve per brake circuit, and method for controlling pressure
A brake system for motor vehicles may include an actuation device (e.g., brake pedal), a travel simulator to generate a feedback force on the actuation device, a first piston-cylinder unit having at least one piston that separates two working chambers that are connected via at least one hydraulic line to at least one wheel brake of a brake circuit, a control device and a pressure supply unit driven by an electric motor. At least one wheel brake may be assigned to each brake circuit, and each wheel brake may be connected to its associated hydraulic connecting line via a controllable switching valve. An outlet valve may be assigned to a single wheel brake or to a single wheel brake of each brake circuit in a hydraulic connection between the wheel brake and a pressure medium storage container, without any further valve disposed as such. |
| US11760328B2 |
Solenoid valve for vehicle brake
The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a solenoid valve for a vehicle brake, including a sleeve internally formed with a hollow interior space and fixed to a pump housing, a coil surrounding the sleeve, a first magnetic body at least partially accommodated in the hollow interior space of the sleeve, a second magnetic body at least partially accommodated in the hollow interior space of the sleeve, an elastic member disposed between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, an orifice configured to open and close as the second magnetic body moves, and a damping member disposed between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body to form a gap between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body. |
| US11760321B2 |
Emergency braking control method for vehicle
An emergency braking control method for a vehicle may include: controlling, by a controller, an ambient information detector to take an image of surroundings of the road on which a vehicle is traveling; controlling, by the controller, a camera recognition fail state detector to analyze the image taken by the ambient information detector, and to determine a severity level of a temporary camera recognition fail state; and controlling, by the controller, an operation of an emergency braking apparatus or setting a control strategy according to the severity level of the temporary camera recognition fail state. |
| US11760319B2 |
Brake preload system for autonomous vehicles
Vehicles according to at least some embodiments of the disclosure include a sensor, and a computing device comprising at least one hardware processing unit. The computing device is programmed to perform operations comprising capturing an image with the sensor, identifying an object in the image, and in response to an accuracy of the identification meeting a first criterion, pre-loading a braking system of the autonomous vehicle. In some aspects, the computing device may predict that an object not currently within a path of the vehicle has a probability of entering the path of the vehicle that meets a second criterion. When the probability of entering the path meets the second criterion, some of the disclosed embodiments may pre-load the braking system. |
| US11760317B2 |
System and method for controlling an electronic parking brake
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle having a park-by-brake module that can control an electronic parking brake coupled to the rear wheels of a vehicle. The park-by-brake module is coupled to an antilock brake module by a controller area network architecture. In one example, a first controller area network and a second controller area network are used to couple the park-by-brake module to the antilock brake module. The controller area network architecture allows the park-by-brake module to receive commands from various control modules. Based on the received commands, the park-by-brake module activates or deactivates the electronic parking brake. |
| US11760314B2 |
Apparatus for cleaning a surface
The apparatus for cleaning a surface comprises a housing for accommodating an object whose surface is to be cleaned, a wiper driving actuator adjacent the surface to be cleaned, the wiper driving actuator comprising an at least partially closed loop adapted to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the housing, and at least one wiper assembly operable by the wiper driving actuator to move along the at least partially closed loop and having a first end that is attached to the wiper driving actuator, the wiper assembly being movably mounted in the housing such that, in use, a constant distance is kept between the wiper assembly and the surface to be cleaned. |
| US11760309B2 |
Vehicle and control method thereof
An embodiment vehicle includes a display device, an input device configured to obtain an input of a user, a smart key identifying device configured to search for a smart key of a plurality of smart keys, and a controller electrically connected to the display device, the input device, and the smart key identifying device, wherein the controller is configured to control the smart key identifying device to search for the smart key located inside the vehicle based on receiving a first command for executing a face registration process through the input device and to determine whether to proceed with the face registration process based on how many of the plurality of smart keys are identified as being inside the vehicle. |
| US11760308B2 |
Method for activating a function of a vehicle by ultra high frequency with an item of portable user equipment and device for activating an associated function
A UHF communication method for activating a motor vehicle function with a portable item of user equipment, based on the presence of the portable item of equipment in predetermined areas around the vehicle. The portable item transmitting a first signaling event at a predetermined period on at least one signaling channel. The first event including at least one signaling frame having a data block. The method including: a predetermined number of additional signaling events transmitted to the vehicle during the period; a request signal received from the vehicle, for each signaling frame of each event received by the vehicle; sending a response frame upon receipt of the request signal by the portable item; determining the presence of the portable item in one of the predetermined areas based on the strength values of the received signal; activating a vehicle function based on the determined presence of the portable item of equipment. |
| US11760305B2 |
Relay attack prevention
Passive entry systems, such as passive entry-passive start vehicle systems, using short-range wireless communication signals to determine a distance between nomadic devices and unlockable devices based on a round trip time of flight (TOF) measurement. |
| US11760291B2 |
Centralized occupancy detection system
A centralized occupancy detection system enables monitoring of multiple seats, or more generally, multiple stations, with a single sensor. One illustrative vehicle includes: one or more stations each configured to accommodate an occupant of the vehicle, a radar-reflective surface, and a radar transceiver configured to use the radar-reflective surface to detect an occupant of at least one of the stations. Another illustrative vehicle includes: multiple stations to each accommodate an occupant of the vehicle, and a radar transceiver configured to examine each of the multiple stations to determine whether that station has an occupant. |
| US11760290B2 |
Removable brush guard apparatus and methods
A brush guard system for mounting on the front of a vehicle. The brush guard system includes a removable brush guard construct having a brush guard shield roughly the size of the front of a vehicle. The brush guard shield is mounted to a floor assembly. The floor assembly comprises a left pivot assembly spaced from a right pivot assembly that releasably engages a hooking bar that is secured to the frame of the vehicle. The hooking bar utilizes a pair of spaced hook plates to receive and support the brush guard construct. Pivot pins are utilized to pivotably mount the brush guard construct to the hooking bar and retractable locking pins are utilized to lock the brush guard construct to the hooking bar. |
| US11760286B2 |
Bumper crossmember, and vehicle rear arrangement with bumper crossmember
A bumper crossmember for a vehicle, with a hollow profile body which has a vehicle frame-side proximal vertical wall and a distal vertical wall which are connected to one another by way of transverse walls and extend along a vertical direction. The transverse walls laterally delimit hollow chambers which are arranged in the hollow profile body. The center longitudinal direction of the hollow chambers are oriented in each case along the vertical direction, and the hollow chambers are open on the end side. |
| US11760280B2 |
Systems and methods for streaming processing for autonomous vehicles
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for streaming processing within one or more systems of an autonomy computing system. When an update for a particular object or region of interest is received by a given system, the system can control transmission of data associated with the update as well as a determination of other aspects by the given system. For example, the system can determine based on a received update for a particular aspect and a priority classification and/or interaction classification determined for that aspect whether data associated with the update should be transmitted to a subsequent system before waiting for other updates to arrive. |
| US11760277B2 |
Vehicle body part and method for producing a vehicle body part
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle body part of a motor vehicle having at least one frame component and at least one trim part which is arranged thereon, wherein the trim part has at least one cutout which is closed off in an essentially airtight and watertight fashion and has at least one solar cell which is arranged therein and has the purpose of generating electrical energy, and wherein the outer side of the trim part has, at least in a region adjacent to the at least one solar cell, an outer shape which is curved three-dimensionally and which is provided for forming a part of the external contour of the motor vehicle in the installed position on said motor vehicle. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a method for producing a vehicle body part. |
| US11760276B2 |
Vehicle interior component
A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component provides a user interface with a display/image when illuminated. The component comprises a composite structure with a cover material providing a light-transmissive effect and a surface providing a surface effect (grain/wood texture) visible when the display is off. The image is presented at the cover surface when the display is on. The cover may comprise a wood veneer with backing (paper, fiber material, etc.). The composite structure may comprise a mask layer and a lens, filter, colorant, etc. The user interface may include a sensor. The light source may comprise a display panel, LED/array, module, etc. The image is visible at the user interface when display functionality is in operation; when display functionality is not in operation the surface effect of the cover (e.g. wood texture) is visible with substantially no indication of display functionality. |
| US11760268B1 |
Vehicle surveillance assembly
A vehicle surveillance assembly includes an inside video camera mounted within a cabin of a vehicle to record video footage of an interior of the cabin. A plurality of outside video cameras is each mounted to an exterior of the vehicle to record video footage of the environment surrounding the vehicle. A tracking unit is wearable on the driver of the vehicle and the tracking unit broadcasts a tracking signal. A control unit is positioned within the vehicle and the control unit is in remote communication with the tracking unit, the inside video camera and each of the plurality of outside video cameras. The control unit actuates the inside video camera when the control unit determines the tracking unit is inside of the vehicle. Conversely, the control unit actuates each of the plurality of outside video cameras when the control unit determines the tracking unit is outside of the vehicle. |
| US11760266B2 |
Rearview mirror with display function and manufacturing method thereof
A rearview mirror with display function includes a display structure layer, a rearview mirror structure layer, a plastic frame and an electrochromic material. The display structure layer includes a first transparent substrate, a display body layer and a transflective layer on opposite sides of the first transparent substrate. The rearview mirror structure layer is disposed on one side of the display structure layer, and includes a second transparent substrate, a ring-shaped shielding layer, a touch sensing layer, an insulating substrate, and a transparent electrode layer. The ring-shaped shielding layer is disposed around a third surface of the second transparent substrate, and the touch sensing layer covers the third surface and the ring-shaped shielding layer. The ring-shaped shielding layer is electrically insulated from the touch sensing layer. The plastic frame, the transflective layer and the transparent electrode layer define an accommodating space. The electrochromic material is filled in the accommodating space. |
| US11760260B2 |
Method of controlling motion of mobile warning triangle and mobile warning triangle applicant in the method thereof
A method for controlling the motion of a mobile warning triangle for suitable placement on a roadway acquires information as to color of the lane markings detected by a sensor. When the mobile warning triangle is first placed on the roadway, the sensor is preset in position to detect the lane marking. White or yellow color information of the lane marking or of the black-colored roadway are detected or are not detected by the sensor, and deviations from a required path are recognized when different colors are received in certain combinations by the sensor. If no deviation is recognized in the colors, the mobile warning triangle continues moving forward. If a deviation in colors is recognized, the mobile warning triangle is controlled to hunt to the left and right through one or more predetermined angles to try to detect or redetect the lane marking. |
| US11760257B2 |
Mount for inverted light
A mount for inverted light has a back, two spaced apart feet beneath the back, two tabs outwardly from the back, each tab having two pieces, an arcuate shroud opposite the back and an adjustment mechanism for the tabs. Opposite the back, the feet and tabs have a low friction surface limiting engagement of the mount with door glass. The adjustment mechanism includes knobs turning rack pinion gearing and knobs ratcheting one piece of a tab outwardly from the other. Beneath the shroud, the mount has two rests that receive a light attached to them aimed downward from the shroud. The mount has an elongated form for a generally centered position along the width of a door's window. |
| US11760255B2 |
Vehicular multi-sensor system using a camera and LIDAR sensor to detect objects
A vehicular multi-sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that include at least a camera and a 3D point-cloud LIDAR. The forward-viewing camera views (i) a traffic lane of a multi-lane road being traveled along by the equipped vehicle and (ii) another traffic lane of the multi-lane road, and the field of sensing of said 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor at least encompasses the other traffic lane of the multi-lane road. Image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is provided to and is processed at an electronic control unit (ECU). 3D point-cloud LIDAR data captured by the 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor is provided to and processed at the ECU. Responsive at least in part to processing at the ECU of 3D point-cloud LIDAR data captured by said 3D point-cloud LIDAR sensor, the ECU detects a traffic participant or pedestrian or other vehicle present exterior of the equipped vehicle. |
| US11760252B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle configured for guiding an optimal digital key tag position to a digital key user and a method of controlling the vehicle may include a short-range communication module configured to receive a signal from a digital key within a preset distance ranging from the short-range communication module to the digital key; a lamp; and a controller connected to and configured to control the lamp and the short-range communication module based on a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the received signal. The controller may be configured to determine a reference range based on the RSSI of the received signal in a first mode, to control the lamp to provide information related to a position of the digital key according to the RSSI of the received signal and the reference range in a second mode, and to control the short-range communication module to transmit a signal regarding the position of the digital key to the digital key in the second mode. |
| US11760250B2 |
Vehicle floor structure
A vehicle floor structure includes a floor member having an opening and a floor panel covering the opening. The floor panel is configured by sequentially arranging and integrating a plurality of kinds of unit panels in a lateral direction of the unit panels, the unit panels having rectangular shapes as viewed from above a vehicle. Two end sides of the floor panel extending along a direction in which the unit panels are arranged (x direction) and one side of at least one of two unit panels arranged at opposite ends of the floor panel are supported by support portions of a floor member. A unit panel of which the one side is supported by the support portion of the floor member has a lighter weight per unit area than other unit panels having lateral lengths equal to or greater than a lateral length of the unit panel. |
| US11760249B2 |
Vehicle assist handle assembly having a display
An assist handle assembly for use in an interior of a vehicle. The assist handle assembly includes an assist handle configured to be gripped by a user, a display connected to the assist handle, a communication link operatively coupled to the display, a connector configured to secure the assist handle assembly to a structural component in the interior of the vehicle. |
| US11760245B2 |
Foldable attendant step
An armrest assembly for a passenger seat may include an armrest and an attendant step assembly. The armrest may include a top side and a bottom side, and the attendant step assembly may be connected to the bottom of the armrest. The attendant step assembly is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the bottom side of the armrest. |
| US11760231B2 |
Device and method for detecting passenger in vehicle
A device and a method for detecting a passenger within a vehicle are provided. The device includes a sensor mounted inside the vehicle and a vehicle network connection device that receives a position and a backrest angle of each seat in the vehicle and transmits a control signal for adjusting the position and the backrest angle of each seat in the vehicle. A controller performs primary detection using the sensor in a precise detection mode determined based on the received position and backrest angle of each seat in the vehicle, and performs final detection using the sensor in a general detection mode while adjusting the position and backrest angle of each seat in the vehicle. |
| US11760224B1 |
Vehicle charging system
A charging network includes one or more charging systems configured to be electrically coupled with a power source. The charging system includes a grid interconnect, a battery energy storage system electrically coupled with the grid interconnect, a charging station electrically coupled with the grid interconnect and the battery energy storage system in parallel, and a computing system. The computing system is configured to determine a requested power load by the charging station at a defined time; determine a defined power value of the grid interconnect; determine one or more charging parameters based at least in part on the requested power load by the charging station at the defined time and the defined power value of the grid interconnect; and generate one or more commands for the battery energy storage system or the charging station to provide a power load based on the one or more charging parameters. |
| US11760223B2 |
Need-based energy sharing
An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a charging station, a first amount of energy required by a transport for a full charge, determining, by the charging station, a second amount of energy that the transport will provide back to the charging station at a later time, and charging, by the charging station, the transport to a charge level equal to a difference between the first amount of energy and the second amount of energy. |
| US11760218B2 |
Charging circuit for a vehicle-side electrical energy store
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a charging circuit for a vehicle-side electrical energy store comprising: an alternating current terminal; at least two smoothing capacitors; a configuration device; and a rectifier connecting the alternating current terminal to the configuration device. The configuration device connects the rectifier to the smoothing capacitors, and the configuration device is programmed to connect the smoothing capacitors to one another in a first parallel connection and a second series connection. The alternating current terminal comprises a neutral conductor terminal connected to the configuration device via a diode circuit. The configuration device comprises a first switch connecting the smoothing capacitors to one another in parallel when closed. The configuration device comprises a diode connecting the smoothing capacitors to one another in series when closed. |
| US11760216B2 |
Portable plug-in electric vehicle alternating current power adapter and method of use
A portable alternating current (AC) power adapter system for a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) having a high voltage (HV) battery system and configured for bi-directional charging includes a charging connector including a first 240 volts AC (VAC) signal circuit, a second 240 VAC signal circuit, a 120 VAC ground circuit, and a proximity circuit comprising a resistor, the proximity circuit being configured to wake-up the PEV when the charging cable is connected to the plug-in charging port, and a charging power panel electrically coupled to the charging connector and including a charge plug port connected to the first and second 240 VAC signal circuits and the 120 VAC ground circuit and configured to be connected to a 120 VAC or 240 VAC external load, and a switching relay connected to the proximity circuit and configured to transition on/off to disable/enable exporting power from the HV battery system. |
| US11760215B2 |
Integrated management of electric vehicle charging and non-electric vehicle fueling
A fueling system can include an electric vehicle (EV) charging station and a non-charging fueling station for fueling vehicles other than EVs. The EV charging station includes a first control unit, a switching unit, and output connections that can be connected to EVs. The non-charging fueling station includes a second control unit and, for example, a liquid fuel pump. An integrated fuel management system is in communication with the EV charging station and the non-charging fueling station. The switching unit can direct a charging current from an input power supply to an output connection in response to commands from the first control unit that are issued according to a charging procedure. The first control unit can send state information for the EV charging station to the integrated fuel management system. The second control unit can send state information for the non-charging fueling station to the integrated fuel management system. |
| US11760213B2 |
Railway vehicle equipped with an electrical storage body
This invention concerns a railway vehicle (10), including: a power supply device (20), an electrical traction engine (15), first electrical auxiliary equipment (16, 17), and a connector (22) for connecting to an electrical power source external to the vehicle. The power supply device comprises: an electrical converter (26) suited to supply the electrical traction engine with high-voltage current, wherein the electrical converter is connected to the connector; a first medium-voltage electricity network (34) to which the first auxiliary electrical equipment is connected, and a first electrical storage element (30) connected to the first medium-voltage electricity network so as to supply electricity to or draw electricity from the first network. The electrical converter is connected to the first medium-voltage electricity network so as to supply the first network with electricity. |
| US11760212B1 |
Electrical power generation and distribution
Systems and methods of generating, storing and/or distributing electric power are disclosed. The system may include two or more direct current supercapacitor subsystems, a direct current motor/alternating current generator combination, an electric power distribution network, and supercapacitor recharging elements. One supercapacitor subsystem may power an alternating current generator while the other supercapacitor subsystem charges using a portion of the generated power. Excess power may service other electric loads. The roles of the supercapacitor subsystems may be switched periodically between charging and powering, repeatedly. |
| US11760205B2 |
Magnetic levitation transport with dipole line track system
Magnetic levitation transport using a parallel dipole line track system is provided. In one aspect, a magnetic levitation transport system includes: a dipole line track system having: i) multiple segments joined together, each of the multiple segments having at least two diametric magnets, and ii) at least one diamagnetic object levitating above the at least two diametric magnets. A method for operating a magnetic levitation transport system is also provided. |
| US11760204B2 |
Vehicle braking device
The disclosed vehicle braking device controls a hydraulic brake system (2) and a regeneration brake system (3) mounted on a vehicle (1) in accordance with an acceleration value and a brake value, and includes a first divider (11), a second divider (12), and a controller (13). The first divider (11) divides a driver demand torque set according to the accelerator value into a target coast torque and a remaining torque. The second divider (12) divides a sum of a deceleration torque set according to the brake value and the target coast torque divided by the first divider (11) into a hydraulic-brake demand torque and a regeneration-brake demand torque. The controller (13) controls the hydraulic brake system (2), using the hydraulic-brake demand torque, and controls the regeneration brake system (3), using a total regeneration brake torque calculated from the remaining torque and the regeneration-brake demand torque. This configuration can improve the feeling of operating the brake, resolving the feeling of the shortage of deceleration. |
| US11760201B2 |
Vehicle display device, vehicle display method and recording medium recording vehicle display program
A vehicle display device, that includes: a first display device provided inside a vehicle cabin; a second display device provided inside the vehicle cabin and separately from the first display device; a memory; and a processor connecting to the memory and being configured to: set a running plan of a vehicle, to display a scheduled action of the vehicle on the first display device based on the running plan, and to display the scheduled action on the second display device in a case in which at least one of a distance to, or a time interval until, the scheduled action has reached a prescribed value or less. |
| US11760197B1 |
Driving force estimation apparatus
A driving force estimation apparatus includes a free rolling rotation speed output unit, an actual rotation speed detector, a slip rate calculation unit, a driving force estimation unit, a slip angle output unit, and a stiffness correction unit. The free rolling rotation speed output unit outputs free rolling rotation speeds of front and rear wheels in a free rolling state devoid of a braking or driving force. The slip rate calculation unit calculates slip rates of the front and rear wheels, from the free rolling rotation speeds and actual rotation speeds. The driving force estimation unit estimates driving forces of the front and rear wheels, using driving or braking stiffnesses of the front and rear wheels and the slip rates. The slip angle output unit outputs slip angles of the front and rear wheels. The stiffness correction unit corrects the driving or braking stiffnesses based on the slip angles. |
| US11760196B2 |
Tandem wheel assembly with wheel end adjustment
A tandem wheel assembly for a work vehicle includes a tandem wheel housing having a center opening disposed about a pivot axis and first and second wheel end openings disposed about associated first and second wheel axes that are substantially parallel with the pivot axis. A center sprocket within the tandem wheel housing is rotatable about the pivot axis. First and second wheel end assemblies include first and second wheel end shafts, sprockets and housings. The first and second wheel end sprockets are mounted to the associated shafts and are aligned to engage the center sprocket with at least one chain which transfers rotation of the center sprocket about the pivot axis to rotate the first and second wheel end sprockets about the associated first and second wheel axes. The first and second wheel end housings support the first and second wheel end shafts for relative rotation about the associated first and second wheel axes. The first wheel end housing is adjustably mounted to the tandem wheel housing to vary a first distance between the pivot axis and the first wheel axis. |
| US11760192B2 |
System for controlling shut-off of a fuel pump nozzle in filling a fuel tank
A system for controlling shut-off of a fuel pump nozzle in a fuel tank includes: a fuel evaporation gas blocking unit configured to separate an outer space of a fuel injection part of the fuel pump nozzle inserted inside the filler pipe into a first space into which external air is introduced and a second space into which fuel evaporation gas that is discharged from the fuel tank is introduced and to block the evaporation gas from being introduced into the first space; an external air suction jet pump mounted in the fuel tank and configured to suck external air thereinto and discharge the external air into the fuel tank, by receiving a portion of fuel transmitted from the fuel pump in the fuel tank as a working fluid; and a jet pump connection hose configured to connect the first space and the external air suction jet pump. |
| US11760190B2 |
Electric vehicle cooling system
An electric vehicle cooling system includes a vehicle control unit (VCU), a coolant pump controller, a motor controller, a motor, a vehicle charger, an electronic coolant pump, and a cooling plate. The electronic coolant pump, the vehicle charger, the motor controller, the motor, and the cooling plate are connected in sequence to form a closed coolant loop for a coolant. Either the VCU or the coolant pump controller of the electronic coolant pump can control the electronic coolant pump to switch between an idle mode and a normal mode according to a coolant temperature detected from the closed coolant loop. Under the normal mode, the VCU controls the electronic coolant pump to have an ideal pumping speed according to the coolant temperature detected from the closed coolant loop and a rotational speed of the motor, ensuring good cooling efficiency. |
| US11760186B2 |
Vibration damping device for vehicle
Proposed is a rubber bush type vibration damping device for a vehicle, which solves the problem of vibration increase which may occur in the natural frequency of the vibration damping device by changing the shapes of an inner coupling part or an outer coupling part and by using difference in the lengths of rubber insulators due to the changing of the shapes thereof. The vibration damping device includes an inner coupling part, an outer coupling part, and a plurality of rubber insulators having have different natural frequency. |
| US11760185B2 |
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle includes a seat which is supported on a floor panel via a support member, a battery pack which is disposed behind the seat, and an air intake duct which has an air inlet and through which air taken in from the air inlet is supplied to the battery pack. The air inlet is disposed at a position overlapping the support member as viewed from above, and is located between the floor panel and the support member in an up-down direction. |
| US11760184B2 |
Hybrid vehicle cooling system for powertrain components
A pipe connection portion of a damper case has an opening opened toward the rear side. In an end surface around the opening in the pipe connection portion, a recess is formed in an inner diameter portion. The recess is recessed to the front side as compared to another portion of the end surface. In an end surface of a pipe member, a groove portion is formed in an outer diameter portion. The groove portion is recessed to the rear side as compared to another portion of the end surface. A first seal member and a second seal member are interposed between the end surface of the damper case and the end surface of the pipe member, and the damper case and the pipe member are sealed by the seal members in a liquid-tight manner. |
| US11760182B2 |
Battery structure and protector
The present disclosure relates to a battery structure for an electric vehicle. The battery structure comprises a battery case for at least one battery module and a protector including a top belt, a bottom belt and a core arranged between and interconnecting the top belt and the bottom belt. The top belt has a wavelike cross section. |
| US11760167B2 |
Air distribution apparatus
The present embodiments relate to an air distribution apparatus for distributing conditioned airflow from a roof mounted air conditioner to the inside of a vehicle, which includes an inlet port adapted to receive the conditioned airflow from the roof mounted air conditioner. An outlet port, which is disposed adjacent to each longitudinal end of the apparatus, delivers conditioned airflow to the vehicle. An internal supply duct is adapted to evenly split the conditioned airflow to the outlet ports. |
| US11760166B2 |
Headliner system for a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a headliner system for a motor vehicle, said headliner system comprising at least one air supply connection for connecting the headliner system to an air conditioning and ventilation system of the motor vehicle, and at least one outflow device which is fluidically connected to the at least one air supply connection, wherein at least one outflow device has at least two outflow segments, wherein one outflow segment is designed to deliver a designated air volume flow to the passenger compartment, wherein a first outflow segment surrounds a second outflow segment at least in part, and wherein at least one outflow device is designed such that it can be displaced in at least one axis of the outflow device. |
| US11760165B2 |
Heating device for use thereof in a vehicle
A heating device for heating fluids, such as water or a liquid coolant, for application in electric or hybrid vehicles, where the absence of an internal combustion engine or its shorter time of use requires using heating devices for heating either the passenger compartment or other parts of the vehicle that require it. The heating device is provided with a configuration which limits the temperature to the temperature at which heat exchange occurs between the heat generation source and the liquid to be heated, such that the liquid does not generate precipitates, prolonging the service life of the device. |
| US11760163B2 |
Air conditioning system for electric vehicles
An air conditioning system for electric vehicles reduces a thermal load endured by the air conditioning system using desiccant-coated heat exchangers and improves energy efficiency using waste heat resulting from cooling of an electronic device when the desiccant-coated heat exchanger is regenerated. |
| US11760162B2 |
Thermal management system
The present application relates to a thermal management system including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first valve control device, a first indoor heat exchanger, a second indoor heat exchanger and a second valve control device connected by pipelines. The thermal management system includes a heating and dehumidifying mode. In the heating and dehumidifying mode, the compressor, the first indoor heat exchanger, the second valve control device, the second indoor heat exchanger, the first valve control device and the outdoor heat exchanger are in communication to form a loop. The first valve control device and the second valve control device both include a communication mode and a throttle mode. In the heating and dehumidifying mode, the second valve control device is in the throttle mode, and the first valve control device is in the throttle mode or the communication mode. In the cooling mode, the first valve control device is in the throttle mode, and the second valve control device is in the communication mode or the throttle mode. |
| US11760154B2 |
In-vehicle temperature adjustment system
An in-vehicle temperature adjustment system includes: a refrigeration circuit including an inter-medium heat exchanger and a vaporizer that vaporizes the cooling medium to achieve a refrigeration cycle by circulating a cooling medium; a thermal circuit including a heater core, the inter-medium heat exchanger, an engine thermal circuit, and a radiator to circulate the heating medium; and a controller that controls a distribution state of the heating medium. The thermal circuit includes: a first branch portion at which a coolant flowing out of the engine thermal circuit and the inter-medium heat exchanger is divided into coolants flowing into the heater core and into the radiator; a second branch portion at which a coolant flowing out of the heater core is divided into coolants flowing into the inter-medium heat exchanger and into the engine thermal circuit; a first adjustment valve and a second adjustment valve. |
| US11760151B2 |
Suspension device for electric vehicle
A suspension device for electric vehicle includes a pair of hollow members each connected to an elastic body configured to suspend a vehicle body of the vehicle, the pair of hollow members each configured to house, in an internal space of the hollow member, part of an associated one of a pair of drive shafts, a beam member joined to the pair of hollow members, and at least one of a hollow member joint portion or a beam member joint portion having a projecting portion, the hollow member joint portion constituting a side surface of each of the hollow members, the beam member joint portion constituting a side surface of an end portion of the beam member, the other one of the hollow member joint portion or the beam member joint portion having a recessed portion. |
| US11760148B2 |
Determining vehicle pose using ride height sensors
An autonomous robotic vehicle includes a chassis, wheels movably mounted to the chassis by a suspension system, and a vehicle pose system. The vehicle pose system includes a ride height sensor system, a processor, and memory. The sensor system is configured to measure wheel displacement of the wheels relative to the chassis. The sensor system includes ride height sensors that determine wheel positions of the wheels with respect to the chassis as the vehicle travels along a surface. The memory has instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor cause the vehicle pose system to determine a plane of the surface corresponding to the wheel positions so that the pose system can determine a pose of the vehicle based on an angle of the surface with respect to the vehicle. |
| US11760147B2 |
Shock absorber
A shock absorber includes an outer tube, an inner tube fitted to the outer tube so as to be able to move forward and backward, a cylinder provided inside the outer tube and extending inside the inner tube, a rod extending from an end portion of the inner tube exposed from the outer tube to an inside of the cylinder, and a piston which is provided on the rod and divides the inside of the cylinder to form a gas chamber. On an outer peripheral surface of the piston, a first lubricating member, a first seal member, and a second seal member are provided in this order from a side closest to the gas chamber to a side away from the gas chamber. The members are in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder. |
| US11760146B2 |
Pressure body for a compressed-air system
Pressure body for an air-spring system, which is produced from a plastics material, wherein the pressure body comprises an outer enveloping structure and an internal reinforcing structure, wherein the enveloping structure comprises a multiplicity of convexly shaped segments, which are arranged adjacent to one another and form part of a wall of the pressure body. |
| US11760140B2 |
Mechanically oscillated method for testing the tire pressure of a vehicle
A method for checking the tire pressure of a vehicle (1), which vehicle comprises at least one vehicle wheel (3) and a vehicle body (2) which is supported elastically on the vehicle wheel (3). The wheel includes a tire (7), filled with gas, on which wheel the vehicle stands on a subsurface (8). The vehicle body (2) is loaded with an additional mass and thereby the vehicle body is stimulated into a mechanical oscillation (16) relative to the subsurface (8). A response signal (A), that characterizes the mechanical oscillation (16), is measured and analyzed, whereby at least one response value that characterizes the current gas pressure in the tire is determined. |
| US11760139B1 |
Tire sensor mounting assembly, vehicle wheel balancer, combination tire sensor mounting assembly and wheel balancer, method for mounting a tire sensor to a vehicle part, and method for balancing a vehicle wheel
An in-tire vehicle tire sensor assembly is adapted for residing inside a pneumatic tire mounted on a wheel rim of a motor vehicle. A flexible mounting cable is secured to the sensor assembly, and adapted for extending circumferentially within an annular space formed between the tire and wheel rim. A counterweight is secured to the mounting cable a spaced distance from the sensor assembly. |
| US11760138B2 |
Tire inflation valve equipped with adjusting system for a TPMS sensor
A tire inflation valve associable with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensor includes a stem ending in a head equipped with a head body and an adjustable insert associable with the TPMS sensor by a connection element and hinged to the head body to rotate about a transverse axis and allow position adjustment of the TPMS sensor. The adjustable insert allows modifying inclination of the TPMS sensor according to different use conditions. |
| US11760135B2 |
Pneumatic tire
Provided is a tire structure technology with which sufficient reading performance can be maintained even when a tire having an electronic component provided therein is caused to drive under high speed and severe handling. A pneumatic tire in which an electronic component is provided farther outward in a tire axial direction than a carcass, and in which the tan δ(1)50° C. and tan δ(1)150° C. of a first rubber member, and the tan δ(2)50° C. and tan δ(2)150° C. of a second rubber member, satisfy the following formula, where the first rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned outward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction, and the second rubber member is a tire rubber member that has the greatest E* at 50° C. among tire rubber members positioned inward from the electronic component in the tire axial direction. (tan δ(1)50° C.+tan δ(2)50° C.)−(tan δ(1)150° C.+tan δ(2)150° C.)≤0.08 |
| US11760134B2 |
Tread for a heavy-duty vehicle tire
Tread (1) for a heavy-duty vehicle tire having, when new, a tread surface (10), with at least one evolving cut (2) comprising a part (22) hidden inside the tread which is delimited by opposing walls (221, 222) distant from one another by a maximum width Lc. The part (22) being extended towards the tread surface (10) by a sipe (21), opening into the hidden part (22) to be offset from one of the walls (221, 222) delimiting the hidden part to form a bridge situated radially over said hidden part (22). The tread having a plurality of grooves (4) open when new onto the tread surface (10), these grooves (4) opening into an evolving cut (2) to form a connecting region (41), the tread (1) further comprising, in at least 50% of the connecting regions (41, 42), a protuberance (5) extending over the entire height Hc of the hidden part (22) and over a maximum thickness Ep so as to act as a support for the bridge (211) situated radially over the hidden part (22) in the connecting region (41). |
| US11760133B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes shoulder lands and a center land, defined by main grooves on both sides of an equator in a zigzag pattern along a circumferential direction, are defined in a tread. Shoulder lug grooves extending in a width direction are formed in each of the shoulder lands. First and second center lug grooves, which extend from the shoulder lug grooves across each of the main grooves and are inclined at an angle of 45°-70° with respect to the width direction, are disposed in the center land. The first center lug groove terminates at the equator, and the second center lug groove terminates without reaching the equator. The first and second center lug grooves are alternately disposed in the circumferential direction. Connecting grooves inclined in an opposite direction to an inclination direction of the center lug grooves to connect the center lug grooves are formed in the center land. |
| US11760126B2 |
Hubcap lighting system
An illumination system for a vehicle wheel. A lighting component is attached to a hubcap, a wheel center hubcap, or both. The lighting component may be externally attached or embedded, or attached to a back side of the hubcap, the wheel center hubcap, or both. The lighting component may be a plurality of LED lights configured to illuminate an area external to the hubcap or wheel center hubcap. The lighting component may emit a single color or multiple colors of light either continuously or in a pattern. The lighting component is solar powered and may employ a battery backup. The illumination system may be controlled via a switch or wirelessly with an external controller or via a mobile application. |
| US11760123B2 |
Extension for pencils with worn leads
An extension for pencils with wearing leads, formed from a thin-walled hollow profile. The inner cross section is adapted to the shape of a pencil. One or more slots of appropriate length in the longitudinal direction at an end of the extension where the tapered end of the pencil is located and a slight linear reduction in the cross section approximately over the length of one or more slots. Longitudinal raised sections in the form of triangular, square, and/or semi-circular prisms, directed inwardly. The height of the raised sections may increase in the direction of insertion of the pencil and dig into the pencil slightly when the pencil is inserted. The height of the raised sections is reduced linearly to zero at the end of the extension where the pencil is inserted. Inwardly bent or protruding retaining springs arranged on the inner surface of the extension. |
| US11760118B2 |
Methods of making paper and labels
Paper is disclosed for use in making repositionable or removable adhesive labels. The adhesive can be applied in patches or discrete areas to the paper or to a layer of material that cleans rollers in the manufacturing line and/or in printers. The adhesive can be applied in single or multiple layers. The paper is light weight paper and preferably thermal paper for use in POS printers. |
| US11760117B2 |
Revealable substrates and methods of producing and using said substrates
Revealable substrates and methods include an opacifying layer having a plurality of irregular and/or odd-shaped opaque polymer particles defining voids therebetween. At least part of the opacifying layer may be induced to become transparent, for example, by collapsing at least some of the voids to reduce or eliminate internal reflection of light in the opacifying layer. Upon rendering transparent the portion(s) of the opacifying layer, a color material (e.g., ink) disposed underneath the opacifying layer is revealed and/or viewable therethrough. |
| US11760116B1 |
Methods of making surface materials with embedded images
The disclosure relates to methods of manufacturing surface materials for construction or manufacturing use and the surface materials produced by such methods. Substrate materials, such as synthetic or engineered stone or fiber-reinforced resinous panels, can be formed in conventional ways such as casting, molding, or pressing. Layers are printed onto substrate materials to form textures, which may include inks to selectively color the printed texture, thereby enabling a wide variety of high-resolution appearances. A clear, protective topcoat is then applied to the surface materials and cured to provide a finished material. |
| US11760114B2 |
Printer and blade unit
A printer configured to cut recording paper with a fixed blade and a movable blade has a blade unit including the movable blade and a slider to which the movable blade is attachable, and the slider includes: a contact part configured to contact the movable blade; a flexible part formed thinner than the contact part; and a first protrusion provided on the flexible part and configured to engage with a first opening provided in the movable blade. |
| US11760111B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
A printing apparatus 1 includes a pretreatment unit 4 that applies a processing liquid containing a polar material to a fabric M, a printing unit 5 that applies ink containing a color material to the fabric M applied with the processing liquid, and an AC electric field generator 62 that generates an AC electric field. The AC electric field generator 62 includes a first electrodes 71 and a second electrode 72 that face the fabric M and that are disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generator 77 that generates a high-frequency voltage to be applied to the first electrodes 71 and the second electrode 72, and a conductors 73 that electrically connects the first electrodes 71 and the second electrode 72 to the high-frequency voltage generator 77. |
| US11760104B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus, and liquid discharge method
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head including a supply path and a discharge path circulating a liquid in a liquid circulation direction, the head configured to discharge the liquid, a circulation path coupled to the head, the liquid circulates through the head in the circulation path, a bypass coupled to a downstream end of the supply path of the head and an upstream end of the discharge path of the head in the liquid circulation direction, a pressure generator configured to generate and apply a circulation pressure to the liquid circulating through the circulation path, and a deaerator configured to remove gas in the liquid circulating the circulation path. |
| US11760101B2 |
Liquid storage container
A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged and a coupling portion in which a male thread portion is arranged on the outside; and a cover portion including a female thread portion on the inside and configured to be attachable to the discharge port member, the female thread portion configured to be screwed to the male thread portion, in which the male thread portion is discontinuous in the coupling portion. |
| US11760100B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing control method, and storage medium
A printing apparatus includes the following. A carriage is capable of holding at least one tank containing ink and performs printing in a printing area in the apparatus. A driver moves the carriage between at least the printing area and a stirring area provided outside the printing area. A stirrer is provided in the stirring area and is capable of stirring the ink in the tank. The stirrer is in a fastened state with the carriage in response to the driver moving the carriage to the stirring area, and stirs the ink in the tank in the fastened state. |
| US11760097B2 |
Inkjet circulation apparatus
An inkjet circulation apparatus may include at least one inkjet printer including a supplier into which an ink is injected, a discharger connected to the supplier, and discharging the ink injected from the supplier, and a drain connected to the discharger and the supplier, and injecting the ink in the discharger into the supplier, at least one collector capable of containing an inert gas and the ink discharged from the discharger, and a contact member sealing between the discharger and the collector. |
| US11760095B2 |
Image recording apparatus
A recording apparatus has a receiving member provided at a carriage having thereon a recording head and reciprocally moving, and receiving a liquid cleared away from a wiper for wiping and cleaning the recording head by a cleaner member. The cleaner member can assume, with respect to the carriage, a first position capable of cleaning the wiper, and a second position allowing the receiving member to receive the liquid cleared away from the wiper by the cleaner member. |
| US11760093B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head includes head chips configured to eject a liquid toward a medium in a first-direction, in which, when a width direction of the medium is a second-direction, a direction orthogonal to the first-direction and the second-direction is a third-direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first-direction and intersecting the second-direction and the third-direction is a fourth-direction, the head chips include a first-chip group in which first head-chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the first-head chip having a first-nozzle row formed by arranging first-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and a second-chip group in which second-head chips are arranged side by side in the second-direction, the second-head chip having a second-nozzle row formed by arranging second-nozzles side by side in the fourth-direction, and the first-chip group is arranged side by side in the third-direction with respect to the second-chip group. |
| US11760089B2 |
Liquid discharge head and recording apparatus
A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate including a discharge port. A channel member is configured to supply the recording element substrate with a liquid. An electric wiring board is configured to supply the recording element substrate with power. A plate-like protective member is directly or indirectly fixed to the channel member. In a case where a direction in which the recording element substrate is viewed from the channel member is defined as downward, the protective member includes a first bent portion configured to be bent in a transverse direction of the liquid discharge head. The first bent portion is located at a position that is above an upper end of the channel member and below a midpoint of a line segment connecting the upper end of the channel member and an upper end of the protective member. |
| US11760088B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a drive signal generation section configured to generate a plurality of drive pulses that is supplied to a pressure generation unit to change a pressure in liquid in a pressure chamber communicated with a nozzle. The plurality of drive pulses include: first and second discharge pulses to discharge liquid from the nozzle; and first and second micro-vibration pulses to not discharge liquid. The first discharge pulse and the first micro-vibration pulse are included in a first period included in a repetition cycle. The second discharge pulse and the second micro-vibration pulse are included in a second period included in the repetition cycle and later than the first period. The length from a start of the first period to the first micro-vibration pulse differs from the length from a start of the second period to the second micro-vibration pulse. |
| US11760086B2 |
System and method for printing color images on substrates in an inkjet printer
A method of operating a printer separates the image content data for a sheet in a print job into multiple color separations and operates a digital air curtain between the printhead modules that print the multiple color separations. Image data of the printed color separations are used to adjust operating parameters for the digital air curtain. |
| US11760085B2 |
Accessing registers of fluid ejection devices
An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a configuration register, a plurality of interfaces, and control logic. The plurality of interfaces include a mode interface and a data interface. The control logic enables writing to the configuration register in response to a signal on the mode interface transitioning to logic high with a logic high signal on the data interface. |
| US11760081B2 |
Lithographic printing plate precursor and method of use
A lithographic printing plate precursor has an infrared radiation-sensitive image-recording layer containing an IR absorber, and an ozone-blocking material of 1500 or less molecular weight and has structure (I), (II), or (III): wherein R is a hydrocarbon having 14-30 carbon atoms; m is 1 or 2; n is 1-6; the sum of m and n is >2 and <8; and A is a multivalent organic moiety free of R and OH groups and has a valence m+n; wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl groups of 14-22 carbon atoms, and o is 1-3; R3C(═O)NR4R5 (III) wherein R3 is an alkenyl with a C═C bond within a carbon-carbon chain of 16-30 carbons, and R4 and R5 are hydrogen or unsubstituted alkyls of 1-4 carbon atoms. Such ozone-blocking materials can be used to protect infrared radiation-sensitive dyes that may be degraded by ozone and thus improve imaging sensitivity. |
| US11760080B2 |
Peeling device and peeling method using the same
A peeling device includes a peeling tank for containing a first solution therein, a support portion on which a stack structure including a base layer extending in a first direction and a film coupled with the base layer is disposed, the support portion being disposed in the peeling tank and an adsorption device for adsorbing the base layer thereon to peel off the base layer from the film, the adsorption device including an adsorption portion for adsorbing the base layer, and a moving portion coupled with the adsorption portion for moving the adsorption portion to allow the base layer to be bent to a second direction crossing the first direction and to be peeled off from the film. |
| US11760079B2 |
Peeling apparatus and method of manufacturing display device using the same
A peeling apparatus includes a water tank, a stage disposed in the water tank, a peeling member disposed above the stage, and a discharge preventing block disposed in the water tank and disposed outside the stage, wherein a height of the discharge preventing block is greater than a height of the stage. |
| US11760077B2 |
Laminate for image display devices
Provided is a laminate that includes a thin glass film and is hence excellent in flexibility, and that is excellent in puncture resistance. A laminate for an image display apparatus of the present invention includes: a glass film; and a resin layer arranged on one side of the glass film, wherein the glass film has a thickness of more than 50 μm and 150 μm or less, wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a puncture strength measured in conformity with JIS Z 1707:1997 of more than 2 kg and 50 kg or less, and wherein the laminate for an image display apparatus has a bending radius of from 15 mm to 200 mm. |
| US11760076B2 |
Method for manufacturing layered film, and method for manufacturing layered member
Provided is a method for manufacturing a laminated film that can be molded into a complicated shape. A method for manufacturing a laminated film comprising: a step of forming an uncured hard coat layer by applying an active energy-ray curable composition for forming a hard coat layer to one side of a first support substrate having a thickness of 50 μm or more and 600 μm or less, and then drying the composition; a step of forming an uncured optical interference layer by applying an active energy-ray curable composition for forming a optical interference layer on one surface of a second support substrate so that the thickness of the uncured optical interference layer is between 15 nm or more and 200 nm or less, and then drying the composition; and a lamination step of laminating a surface of the uncured hard coat layer opposite the first support substrate and a surface of the uncured optical interference layer opposite the second support substrate to obtain a laminated film, wherein a stretch ratio of the laminated film at 160° C. is 50% or more. |
| US11760075B2 |
Window tinting tool
A tool for applying tint film to an inside window surface of an automobile has a unitary body with a handle portion and a downwardly depending neck extending from the handle portion to an elongate blade supporting portion. The blade supporting portion includes a bottom zone extending to a chamfered distal end. A flexible blade is attached to the bottom zone and the distal end of the blade supporting portion. The flexible blade includes a forwardmost portion that extends beyond the distal end of the blade supporting portion. |
| US11760069B1 |
Systems and methods for self-obscuring tamper-evident labels
Systems and methods for using, configuring, and manufacturing self-obscuring tamper-evident labels can include producing labels that have adhesive and non-adhesive sides. The non-adhesive side can be configured to receive printing such as machine-readable codes. The labels typically have multiple layers which can be configured for various tasks. For example, one layer can be configured as an irreversible void material that generates indicia upon receiving a certain tension associated with removal from a surface. Another layer may be configured to ease the removal of the label from a surface while another generates deformations under tension. The indicia, deformations, and machine-readable code printed on the non-adhesive side can be configured such that when activated, the indicia render the machine-readable code unreadable via machine. These labels can be utilized as security labels designed to indicate prior removal as well as other applications that can benefit from quick removal and prior removal indication. |
| US11760061B2 |
Laminated foil structure and method of forming the same
When forming layer stacks in the presence of solder material, uncontrolled flow of the solder material at the interface of two different layers of the layer stack may significantly be mitigated by providing an area of increased pressure in the material of the overlaying foil layer. For example, the area of increased pressure may be generated during the lamination process by providing a pressure inducing structure, for instance on the underlying foil layer, which laterally surrounds the solder material and therefore, in combination with the material of the overlying foil layer, reliably confines the solder material. |
| US11760060B2 |
Planar body component for motor vehicles composed of fiber composite material
A planar body component for motor vehicles is designed as a fiber composite laminate having a cured main laminate of fiber-reinforced plastic and an additional fiber layer, which is glued to the main laminate and can be decoupled from the main laminate in some sections when force is applied to the planar body component. The additional fiber layer is formed of a non-ductile, dry fiber textile. |
| US11760058B2 |
Reinforcement material comprising a porous layer made of partially cross-linked thermoplastic polymer and associated methods
The present invention relates to a reinforcement material including at least one fiber reinforcement associated on at least one of its faces with a porous layer, the porous layer(s) representing no more than 10% of the total weight of the reinforcement material, preferably from 0.5 to 10% of the total weight of the reinforcement material, and most preferably from 2 to 6% of the total weight of the reinforcement material, characterized in that the porous layer contains a partially cross-linked thermoplastic polymer. Another object of the invention is a precursor material of such a reinforcement material, as well as their preparation method and the methods for manufacturing a preform or a composite part from such materials. |
| US11760055B2 |
Stitchbonded, washable nonwoven towels and method for making
A stitchbonded washable towel made from a stitchbonded fabric having a cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers, and an integrated nonwoven sheet of an outer sublayer of wood pulp fibers, and an inner layer of textile fibers substantially entangled with the wood pulp fibers, and confronting the cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers. The stitchbonded fabric as uses a pattern of stitching yarns that fixes the cellulosic nonwoven sheet to the integrated nonwoven sheet. A post-treatment of the stitchbonded fabric in a heated aqueous solution containing soil release polymer gathers the fabric into the towel, and provides stain and soil re-deposition resistance. |
| US11760053B2 |
Prepreg, prepreg laminate, and fiber-reinforced composite material
A prepreg which is suitable for producing a fiber-reinforced composite material in a short period of time without using an autoclave, can produce a fiber-reinforced composite material in which the occurrence of voids is suppressed and excellent impact resistance is achieved, and has excellent handling properties; and a fiber-reinforced composite material using the prepreg. This prepreg is a prepreg in which a reinforcing fiber [A] arranged in layers is partially impregnated with an epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin [B] and a curing agent [C], wherein the impregnation rate φ is 30-95%, and a thermoplastic resin [D] insoluble in the epoxy resin [B] is unevenly distributed on both surfaces of the prepreg. In addition, in the layers of the reinforcing fiber [A], epoxy resin composition-unimpregnated portions are localized on one surface of the prepreg, and the localization parameter a, which defines the degree of localization, is in the range of 0.10<σ<0.45. |
| US11760051B2 |
Embossing group with interchangeable rollers
An embossing group with interchangeable rollers for the surface processing of tissue paper comprises a frame (13) bearing three pairs of steel embossing rollers (17), each pair being movable between a first operative position for embossing two paper plies (11, 12) and rest positions, as well as it comprises two rubber-coated rollers (19, 20) which can be coupled with the pair of embossing rollers (17) placed in the operative position, and it further comprises two pairs of rotating supports (14, 15), wherein each one is provided with three arms (16), each one bearing at the end a locking element (18) for one end of an embossing roller (17), the rotating supports (14, 15) being constrained to the frame (13) rotating around their own central axis. |
| US11760043B2 |
High strength mechanical fastening inclusions for fiber reinforced polymer structures
A fastening inclusion is provided and includes a hard point made of coalesced metal sheets, metal or fiber flanges extending from edges of the hard point, and a fastener arranged on the hard point. The fastening inclusion can be incorporated into a fiber reinforced polymer structure by interleaving the flanges with fiber reinforced resin plies, and then curing the fiber reinforced plies to form a composite structure. The fastener on the hard point may be used for mechanically connecting the composite structure to a separate component, such as a metal component on a vehicle. |
| US11760040B2 |
Tool and method for forming contoured composite stringers having reduced wrinkling
A tool for making contoured composite hat stringers allows control of stringer wrinkling. The tool includes a set of first openings that allow the tool to flex during contouring of the stringer, and a set of second openings into which portions of the composite charge may strain during the contouring. |
| US11760036B2 |
Systems and methods for induction welding
An induction welding system includes a first gantry, a second gantry, and a support structure. The first gantry includes a first frame and a first plurality of trunks. The first plurality of trunks defines a first curved inner support surface of the first gantry. The first curved inner support surface has a first curvature geometry. The second gantry includes a second frame and a second plurality of trunks. The second plurality of trunks defines a second curved inner support surface of the second gantry. The second curved inner support surface has a second curvature geometry which is different than the first curvature geometry. The support structure includes at least one tooling member defining a curved outer support surface of the support structure. The support structure is longitudinally moveable relative to the first gantry and the second gantry. |
| US11760032B2 |
Three dimensional printing system with improved reliability, safety, and quality
A three dimensional printing system includes a vertical support, a support plate, a resin vessel, a fluid spill containment vessel, and a light engine. The support plate is affixed to the vertical support at a proximal end. The support plate has an inner surface defining a first central opening. The resin vessel is supported above the support plate and has an inner edges surrounding a second central opening. The resin vessel includes a transparent sheet that closes the second central opening. The fluid spill containment vessel is supported below the support plate and includes a transparent window. The light engine is supported below the fluid spill containment vessel. The first central opening, the second central opening, and the window laterally overlap to provide an optical path whereby the light engine can project light upwardly to a build plane in the resin vessel. |
| US11760027B2 |
Temperature control in additive manufacturing systems
In some examples, an additive manufacturing system includes a dispensing device, an applicator, a thermal energy source, a thermal imaging device, and a controller. The controller is to cause the dispensing device to deposit a layer of build material and cause the applicator to apply the fusing agent to form an object portion and to apply the detailing agent to form a reference portion in the layer of build material. The controller is to cause the thermal energy source to heat the reference portion and to heat and fuse the object portion and cause the thermal imaging device to measure a temperature of the reference portion. The controller is to regulate a power level of the thermal energy source based on a comparison between the temperature of the reference portion and a set-point for the reference portion, which is based on a target temperature for the object portion. |
| US11760023B2 |
Print head parking or maintenance unit for powder bed-based 3D printing, 3D printing systems and methods thereof
The invention relates to a method and a device for parking or maintaining a print head, such as a print head used for layer-by-layer manufacture of shaped parts. The print head applies a binder during the manufacture and requires parking or maintenance. |
| US11760020B2 |
Low pull force filament delivery system
A low pull force system for feeding a filament along a feed path from a source to a liquefier in a 3D printer includes a low compressive force loading drive for advancing filament from the source, a feed drive for advancing filament into the liquefier, and an in-line accumulator comprising a telescoping joint positioned in the feed path between the loading drive and the feed drive. When the telescoping joint is in a contracted position, the loading drive activates to feed filament into the feed path at a rate faster than a rate at which the feed drive advances filament into the liquefier, causing the telescoping joint to expand and accrue a slack of filament in the feed path. When the telescoping joint reaches an extended position, the loading drive deactivates while the feed drive continues to advance filament into the liquefier, and the slack of filament is consumed. |