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| US11788543B2 |
Impeller, pump having the impeller, and method of producing the impeller
The impeller (1) includes a main plate (3) formed from a metal plate; and vanes (5) each formed from a metal plate. Each of the vanes (5) has a three-dimensional portion (5A) having a surface inclined with respect to a rotation axis (CA) of the impeller (1) and a two-dimensional portion (5B) having a surface parallel to the rotation axis (CA) of the impeller (1), and the two-dimensional portion (5B) is fixed to the main plate (3) by a first weld (10) formed by projection welding. |
| US11788538B2 |
Blower having multiple control switches
A blower includes an air tube, an electric motor, a fan, a housing, and a circuit board. The air tube is provided with an air duct extending along a first straight line. The electric motor is arranged in the air duct. The fan is operative to be driven by the electric motor. The housing is provided with a handle configured to be held by a user and a joining portion configured for connecting to a power source. And the circuit board is electrically connected to the electric motor. The air tube is provided with an air inlet at one end of the air duct and an air outlet at another end of the air duct. The fan is arranged in the air duct, and when the fan rotates, a blowing airflow entering the air duct from the air inlet is generated. |
| US11788536B2 |
Centrifugal compressor
A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing in which the impeller is accommodated and a guide flow path guiding fluid to the impeller is formed; and a guide vane which is disposed in the guide flow path and is extended from a hub side wall surface of the guide flow path, which is continued to a hub side of the impeller, to a shroud side wall surface of the guide flow path to a shroud side of the impeller, wherein the guide vane is twisted forward the impeller in a rotating direction thereof as close to the shroud side wall surface from the hub side wall surface. |
| US11788535B1 |
Systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps to extend lifespans of sump pumps
Example systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps in order to extend lifespans of the sump pumps are disclosed. An example method includes activating a sump pump a first time; deactivating the sump pump when a first current water level in a sump basin in which the sump pump is disposed reaches a first low-water mark; and determining, by one or more processors, a time since a last activation of the sump pump wherein the last activation occurred when the sump pump activated the first time. When the time satisfies a threshold, the method activates the sump pump at second time, determines, by one or more processors, a second current water level in the sump basin, and in response to determining that the second current water level in the sump basin is below a second low-water mark corresponding to a bottom of an impeller of the sump pump, deactivates the sump pump. |
| US11788527B2 |
Fluid end
A flangeless fluid end comprising a fluid end body releasably attached to a connect plate. The connect plate is attached to a power source using stay rods. The flow bores of the fluid end are sealed without threading a retainer nut into the walls of each bore. Instead, the flow bores are sealed by bolting a retainer to the fluid end body. Plungers to drive fluid through the fluid end body are installed within removable stuffing box sleeves. These sleeves are maintained within the plunger bores by the bolted retainers. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve structures, aid in reducing or transferring wear. |
| US11788521B2 |
Centrifugal compressor with piston intensifier
A compressor system for receiving a gas fluid and discharging the gas fluid at a higher pressure. The system comprises at least one compressor and at least one piston intensifier associated with each compressor. Each piston intensifier has a double-acting piston, with one piston head reciprocating in an actuation cavity and the other piston head reciprocating in a high pressure cavity. The compressor delivers its output flow to both cavities of the piston intensifier, alternating between below and above their piston heads, to provide both a working (actuation) fluid and a fluid to be compressed and discharged. A return flow from the actuation cavity back to the compressor also alternates to recycle the working fluid. |
| US11788520B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes a frame; an outer stator including a stator core disposed on the frame, a teeth portion extending inward from the stator core, and a teeth shoe extending in a circumferential direction from an inner end of the teeth portion; a coil disposed on the teeth portion; a cylinder disposed on the frame; a piston disposed in the cylinder; an inner stator coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the piston, and reciprocating in an axial direction by electromagnetic interaction with the coil; a magnet disposed on the teeth shoe and facing the inner stator; and a virtual pole disposed on the teeth shoe, disposed in front or behind in an axial direction of the magnet, and facing the inner stator. The outer stator includes a plurality of core plates stacked in the axial direction. |
| US11788515B2 |
Cable guiding assemblies and methods for wind turbines
The present disclosure relates to cable guiding assemblies for wind turbine power cables. A cable guiding assembly comprises an outer part and a central part. Each part has a top surface, a bottom surface, a laterally inner surface and a laterally outer surface. The laterally inner surface has a plurality of recesses suitable for receiving power cables. An outer portion of the central part is configured to be attached to an inner portion of the outer part. |
| US11788506B2 |
Rotor blade and wind turbine
A rotor blade of a wind turbine, having a rotor blade length, a rotor blade depth extending over the rotor blade length, a rotor blade thickness extending over the rotor blade length, and a thickness of a trailing edge of the rotor blade extending over the rotor blade length, wherein, in a region of the rotor blade length, the rotor blade simultaneously has a splitter plate that has a predetermined length and a Gurney flap that has a predetermined height, wherein a ratio of the predetermined height of the Gurney flap to the predetermined length of the splitter plate at a particular position in the direction of the rotor blade length is selected in such a manner that a threshold value that decreases with a relative profile thickness, which is defined as a ratio of the rotor blade thickness to the rotor blade depth, is not reached. |
| US11788502B2 |
Hydroelectric turbine system and method of use
Systems and methods for generating electricity from a hydroelectric turbine are provided. In one aspect, the system employs a Tesla turbine to rotate a drive shaft, the drive shaft providing torque to operate an electrical generator. The incoming fluid flow that operates the Tesla turbine enters a hollow portion of the drive shaft and exists the system as an exhaust flow. The system may operate from standard water supplies provided to a residence or business, thereby reclaiming excess water pressure energy. |
| US11788493B2 |
Mixed-compression inlet duct for turbine engines facilitating supersonic flight
An inlet duct for use with an engine is presented. The invention includes a duct structure, at least one spike disposed along an interior surface of the duct structure, and an inlet throat formed by one or more apexes disposed along an equal number of spikes. The inlet throat corresponds to the minimum cross-sectional area through which airflow passes as otherwise allowed by the maximal obstruction formed by the apex(es) within the duct structure. Each spike is bounded by a longitudinal ridge and a lateral ridge along an upper end and a base along a lower end. The longitudinal ridge and the lateral ridge intersect at the apex. In preferred embodiments, the longitudinal ridge is at least partially non-linear so as to properly conform to the interior surface of the duct structure. The portion of each spike upstream of the inlet throat functions primarily as a supersonic diffuser. The portion of each spike downstream of the inlet throat functions primarily as a subsonic diffuser. Airflow is isentropically compressed and then expanded within the inlet duct so that greater-than-subsonic flow at an input end is reduced to subsonic flow at an output end. |
| US11788492B2 |
Reheat assembly
A reheat assembly for a gas turbine engine includes; a jetpipe casing defining a reheat core section configured to duct a core flow of air and a reheat bypass section configured to duct a bypass flow of air. The reheat bypass section is disposed radially outward of the reheat core section, and the reheat core section and the reheat bypass section are at least partially separated by a support duct. An integrated flameholder is mounted to the jetpipe casing, and a fuel pipe is configured to convey fuel to the integrated flameholder. The integrated flameholder includes a flameholder body extending radially inward from the jetpipe casing through the reheat bypass section and into the reheat core section to promote a wake-stabilised region downstream of the body; and an integrated atomiser configured to atomise fuel provided to the integrated flameholder and to discharge the atomised fuel into the wake stabilised region. |
| US11788490B1 |
Traveling finger lock for an actuator
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a linear actuator lock apparatus having a housing having an inner surface defining an axial cavity having a first housing portion where the axial cavity has a first lateral size, a second housing portion having a second, larger lateral size, and a face from the first housing portion to the second housing portion, a lock assembly having a lock carrier configured for movement within the cavity between a first position and a position, and a lock finger affixed to and extending away from the lock carrier, where the second finger end is configured to contact the face when extended and fit within the first housing portion when retracted, and a sleeve configured to move between a position in which the lock finger is permitted to extend and a position configured to contact and retract the lock finger. |
| US11788489B2 |
Thrust reverser cascade including acoustic treatment
A cascade for a thrust reversal device intended to be mounted on a turbomachine of an aircraft, the cascade including first partitions extending in a first direction, second fixed partitions extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a frame inside which the first and second partitions extend, the frame including at least two fixed walls extending according to the first direction, and at least one part of each first partition extending between two second partitions. At least one first partition is mobile according to the second direction between a first position wherein the first partition is distant, in the second direction, from the fixed walls to form a plurality of resonating cavities with the first partitions and/or the fixed walls, and a second position wherein the one first partition is in contact with a fixed wall or another first partition. |
| US11788488B2 |
Featured bullnose ramp for a thrust reverser system
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a forward thrust duct and a thrust reverser system. The thrust reverser system includes a thrust reverser duct, a bullnose ramp and a plurality of protrusions. The bullnose ramp is adapted to provide a transition from the forward thrust duct to the thrust reverser duct when the thrust reverser system is in a deployed configuration. The protrusions are bonded or formed integral with the bullnose ramp. Each of the protrusions is adapted to interact with boundary layer fluid flowing along the bullnose ramp from the forward thrust duct into the thrust reverser duct when the thrust reverser system is in a deployed configuration. |
| US11788484B2 |
Method for the model-based open-loop and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine
A method for a model-based open-loop and closed-loop control of an internal combustion engine includes the steps of: calculating, by an optimizer, a pre-optimized quality measure based on an operating situation, wherein, in calculating the pre-optimized quality measure, a plurality of discrete manipulated variables having a plurality of discrete settings are interpreted as a plurality of continuous manipulated variables having a continuous settings range; quantizing the plurality of continuous manipulated variables, and the plurality of continuous manipulated variables are set as a plurality of new discrete manipulated variables (SG(new)) having a plurality of discrete settings; and calculating, by the optimizer, a post-optimized quality measure based on the plurality of new discrete manipulated variables and the operating situation of the internal combustion engine, and the post-optimized quality measure is set as critical for an operating point of the internal combustion engine by the optimizer. |
| US11788478B2 |
Mass-flow throttle for large natural gas engines
A mass-flow throttle for highly accurate control of the gaseous supplies (fuel and/or air) to the combustion chambers for a large engine in response to instantaneous demand signals from the engine's ECM, especially for large (i.e., 30 liters or greater in size) spark-ignited internal combustion engines fueled by natural gas. With a unitary block assembly and a throttle blade driven by a non-articulated rotary actuator shaft, in combination with tight control circuitry including multiple pressure sensors as well as sensors for temperature and throttle position, the same basic throttle concepts are innovatively suited to be used for both MFG and MFA throttles in industrial applications, to achieve highly accurate mass-flow control even despite pressure fluctuations while operating in non-choked flow. |
| US11788477B1 |
Loading parameters
An aircraft has first and second fuel sources containing fuels with different characteristics, and one or more gas turbine engines powered by the fuels and each having a staged combustion system having pilot and main fuel injectors and being operable in pilot-only and pilot-and-main ranges of operation. The gas turbine engines each have a fuel delivery regulator arranged to control fuel delivery to the pilot and main fuel injectors. The method includes: obtaining a proposed mission description; obtaining nvPM impact parameters for the gas turbine engines, the impact parameters being associated with each operating condition of the proposed mission; calculating an optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics for each flight condition of the proposed flight defined in the flight description based on the nvPM impact parameters; and determining a fuel allocation based on the optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics. |
| US11788473B2 |
Adaptive boosting algorithm-based turbofan engine direct data-driven control method
The present invention belongs to the technical field of control of aero-engines, and proposes an adaptive boosting algorithm-based turbofan engine direct data-driven control method. First, a turbofan engine controller is designed based on the Least Squares Support Vector Machine (LSSVM) algorithm, and further, the weight of a training sample is changed by an adaptive boosting algorithm so as to construct a turbofan engine direct data-driven controller combining a plurality of basic learners into strong learners. Compared with the previous solution only adopting LS SVM, the present invention enhances the control precision, improves the generalization ability of the algorithm, and effectively solves the problem of sparsity of samples by the adaptive boosting method. By the adaptive boosting algorithm-based turbofan engine direct data-driven control method designed by the present invention. |
| US11788472B2 |
Engine bleed generators and aircraft generator systems
Aircraft generator systems are described. The aircraft generator systems include a main engine having a fan and a compressor section, a generator assembly having at least one expansion turbine operably connected to a generator, and a working fluid flow path defined between at least one extraction point at at least one of the fan and the compressor section of the main engine and at least one outlet, wherein the working fluid is configured to flow through the at least one expansion turbine to generate power at the generator. There are no heat exchangers arranged between the at least one extraction point and the at least one outlet along the working fluid flow path. |
| US11788465B2 |
Bleed flow assembly for a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine comprises a turbomachine defining a core flow therethrough during operation. A flow tap is provided in fluid communication with the turbomachine, wherein the flow tap is configured to receive a portion of the core flow therethrough as a bleed flow. A bleed assembly includes a machine load, a bleed flow machine, and a bleed regulator. The bleed flow machine is disposed in fluid communication with the turbomachine through the flow tap, and is configured to drive the machine load. The bleed regulator is configured to regulate a bleed output provided to the bleed flow machine by controlling a capture rate of the bleed flow by the bleed flow machine. |
| US11788463B2 |
Compositions for engine carbon removal and methods and apparatus for removing carbon
This invention relates to cleaning the induction systems, the combustion chambers and exhaust systems of internal combustion engines. And, more particularly, to chemicals and mixtures of chemicals for removing the different types of carbon deposits encountered in internal combustion engines used in “road vehicles”. Carbon deposits were taken from the induction systems of these road vehicles for the purpose of bench testing such carbon and product development. More specifically, chemicals (i.e., solvents) and chemical mixes (i.e., solutions) have been accurately tested on such harvested carbon deposits for their ability to remove the various types of carbon deposits that accumulate within road vehicle internal combustion engines. Additionally this invention also relates to apparatus for delivering chemicals and chemical mixes. Which includes those developed by applicant, as well as those prior art products marketed for carbon removal, to the induction system of vehicles to maximize the effectiveness of the chemical delivery. |
| US11788462B2 |
Rotary engine, parts thereof, and methods
A rotary engine, parts thereof, and methods associated therewith is provided. The engine is modular and adjustable to accommodate a variety of requirements and preferences. The system includes a combustion assembly having a housing and a power rotor positioned therein. The power rotor rotates in a first direction from the beginning of each combustion process through the end of each exhaust process. The system also includes a compression assembly linked to the combustion assembly such that the compression rotor rotates in the first direction from the beginning of each intake process through the end of each compression process. A tank assembly in fluid communication with the compression assembly and the combustion assembly provides stability to the system while eliminating or otherwise reducing transitional loses. |
| US11788458B2 |
Fuel supply system for active pre-combustor
A fuel supply system for an active pre-combustor, including a cylinder assembly. The cylinder assembly comprises a cylinder head, a cylinder body, and a piston. The cylinder head, the cylinder body and the piston form a main combustor. The fuel supply system for the active precombustor further includes a precombustion chamber assembly and a plunger air pump assembly. The pre-combustor assembly is communicated with the main combustor. The plunger air pump assembly is communicated with the pre-combustor assembly. The plunger air pump assembly can actively mix air with fuel into a mixed fuel and deliver it into the pre-combustor assembly (20). The fuel supply system for the active pre-combustor supplies the mixed fuel to the pre-combustor on the basis of a reciprocating stroke opposite to the piston by adding the plunger air pump assembly on the pre-combustor assembly, and is safe, reliable, and efficient. |
| US11788456B2 |
Engine assembly provided with an internal combustion engine cooled by a phase change material
An engine assembly is provided with a split-cycle internal combustion engine having a compression section and an expansion section and with a cooling circuit for circulating a heat-exchange fluid; said fluid has a boiling temperature such that at least a fraction of the fluid changes phase from liquid to vapour flowing through the expansion section of the engine, when the latter operates in steady conditions; the circuit comprises a turbine arranged downstream of the engine so as to receive vapour and produce mechanical energy from the expansion of the vapour. |
| US11788450B2 |
TWC catalysts for gasoline engine exhaust gas treatments
A three-way catalyst article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The catalyst article for treating exhaust gas comprising: a substrate comprising an inlet end and an outlet end with an axial length L; a first catalytic region comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component supported on a first PGM support material, wherein the first PGM component comprises rhodium (Rh) and platinum (Pt); and wherein Pt and Rh has a weight ratio of at least 1:10. |
| US11788447B2 |
Method and device for warning of insufficient engine oil for a vehicle
A method for warning of insufficient engine oil for a vehicle includes: determining, by a controller, whether conditions for determining that the vehicle has insufficient engine oil are satisfied, after an engine of the vehicle is started; determining, by the controller, whether an integrated value obtained by integrating a difference between a target operating value and an actual operating value of a hydraulic continuously variable valve timing (CVVT) device included in the engine within an operating time period of the hydraulic CVVT device is equal to or greater than a reference difference value, when the conditions for determining whether the vehicle has insufficient engine oil are satisfied; and determining, by the controller, that the vehicle has insufficient engine oil based on counting information on the number of times the integrated value, obtained by integrating the difference between the target operating value and the actual operating value, is equal to or greater than the reference difference value. |
| US11788446B1 |
Vehicle liquid monitoring system and method
A vehicle liquid testing system includes a liquid testing apparatus with a form factor of a dipstick. The system includes a sensor that detects a property of a fluid in a vehicle and emits a signal indicative of the property. A transmitter receives the signal from the sensor and transmits the signal. A controller receives the signal from the transmitter and compares the signal from the sensor to a threshold level to determine a condition of the fluid. |
| US11788445B2 |
Fluid drain system
A fluid drain system is provided, comprising: a fluid reservoir having at least two sumps including a first sump having a first hole for draining fluid from the fluid reservoir and a second sump having a second hole for draining fluid from the fluid reservoir; a first drain plug having a first end with a first drive feature configured to be operated with a tool for insertion and removal of the first drain plug into and out of the first hole of the fluid reservoir and a second end with a second drive feature; and a second drain plug having a first end with a third drive feature configured to be engaged by the second drive feature of the first drain plug for insertion and removal of the second drain plug into and out of the second hole of the fluid reservoir. |
| US11788442B2 |
Engine valve actuation
An electromagnetic valve actuator and method of control thereof. The electromagnetic valve actuator is for at least one valve of an internal combustion engine, the electromagnetic valve actuator comprising: a rotor; a stator for rotating the rotor; output means for actuating the valve in dependence on rotation of the rotor; mechanical energy storage means arranged to store energy in dependence on rotation of the rotor and release the energy to assist rotation of the rotor and phase varying means for varying a phase between the mechanical energy storage means and the output means. |
| US11788439B2 |
Development of a switching roller finger follower for cylinder deactivation in internal combustion engines
A rocker arm includes an outer arm having a first side and a second side, an inner arm positioned between the first side and the second side of the outer arm, a pivot axle pivotally coupling the inner arm to the outer arm at a first end of the inner arm and a first end of the outer arm, and a latch pin having a first position and a second position. The latch pin in the first position pivotally fixes the inner arm to the outer arm at a second end of each of the inner arm and a second end of the outer arm, and in the second position allows the inner arm and the outer arm to pivot independently. Two lost motion springs are respectively secured to mounts provided on the outer arm. |
| US11788435B2 |
Pin member for turbine
A pin member is proposed for a turbo-machine having a shroud arranged to rotate within a turbine housing. The pin member is configured to limit this rotation. It is a one-piece element comprising a cylindrical body and a limit surface for opposing motion of the shroud. |
| US11788432B2 |
Turbocharger lubrication system for a two-stroke engine
A system for a vehicle has an oil supply, an engine oil pump comprising a plurality of ports and an engine coupled to the plurality of ports. A turbocharger is coupled to the engine. A turbocharger oil pump is coupled to the oil supply comprising a first port coupled to the turbocharger. |
| US11788430B2 |
Counter-rotating turbine of an aircraft turbomachine and method for the non-destructive testing of a counter-rotating turbine rotor
A counter-rotating turbine of an aircraft turbomachine, includes a casing including an endoscopy port configured for an endoscopy plug of a non-destructive testing device to pass into the casing. The endoscopy plug includes a mechanism for acquiring and transmitting images. The non-destructive testing device includes a mechanism for receiving and displaying images connected to the mechanism for acquiring and transmitting images by a wireless connection. First and second rotors are configured to rotate in opposite rotation directions, the second rotor having an endoscopy port in which the endoscopy plug is removably attached. |
| US11788424B2 |
Sealing ring for a wheel of a turbomachine turbine
Sealing ring for a wheel of an aircraft turbomachine turbine, the ring having an annular body extending around an axis of revolution and including an outer surface and an inner surface which is coated with an annular layer of an abradable material, the ring further including an annular wall extending around the annular body and at a radial distance from the body, the annular wall including openings through which cooling air flows by impact on the outer surface, wherein the body and the wall are integrally formed. |
| US11788423B2 |
Turbine rotor wheel for an aircraft turbomachine
A turbine rotor wheel for an aircraft turbomachine includes a rotor disk, an annular shroud extending around the disk, and blades arranged between the disk and the shroud. The root of each of the blades has two tabs configured for attachment to the disk. The tabs are arranged upstream and downstream, respectively, of a wall of the disk, relative to the axis. The tab arranged upstream is engaged in a first recess of the disk and configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the first recess. The tab arranged downstream is engaged in a second recess of the disk and is configured to cooperate by abutment with a peripheral edge of the second recess. |
| US11788419B1 |
Airfoil leading edge venturi cooling passage
A ceramic matrix composite airfoil includes a high-pressure surface and a low-pressure surface connected at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The high-pressure surface and the low-pressure surface extend from a first end to a second end. A leading edge cooling passage includes an inlet portion, a midspan portion and an outlet portion. A cross-sectional flow area of the midspan portion is less than a cross-sectional flow area of either the inlet portion or the outlet portion. |
| US11788417B2 |
Turbine blade and gas turbine
A turbine blade and a gas turbine are provided with: an airfoil portion (41) internally including a cooling air passage (60); a platform (42) provided in a blade base end portion (55) in a blade height direction (Dh) of the airfoil portion (41); and a fillet portion (80) provided around the entire perimeter of a connecting portion of the airfoil portion (41) and the platform (42). The fillet portion (80) includes a first fillet portion (81) which is provided on a rear side blade surface (53) side of the airfoil portion (41), on the trailing edge (52) side of a position at which the distance between the rear side blade surface (53) of the airfoil portion (41) and a rear side edge portion (44) of the platform (42) is shortest, and which has a fillet width (W) that is greater than the fillet width W of other regions of the fillet portion (80). |
| US11788414B2 |
Method for balancing the out-of-balance of a shaft/wheel assembly
Disclosed is a method for balancing the out-of-balance of a shaft/wheel assembly. The balancing method involves a step of measuring the value of the out-of-balance of a wheel/shaft assembly with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mechanical shaft, and then measuring the position of at least two different target zones present on the surface of the wheel. The method involves removing material from the surface of the vaned wheel in order to reduce the value of the out-of-balance of the shaft/wheel assembly depending on the measurements taken in steps a) and b). In this way, the balancing method is much more precise compared with the prior art. |
| US11788413B2 |
Gas turbine engine shaft with lobed support structure
An apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes a shaft base, a flange and a plurality of lobes. The shaft base extends axially along an axis between a shaft first end and a shaft second end. The flange is connected to the shaft base at the shaft first end. The flange projects radially out from the shaft base. The flange includes a plurality of fastener apertures, and the fastener apertures include a first fastener aperture. The lobes are arranged circumferentially about the axis. Each of the lobes is connected to and projects radially away from the shaft base. Each of the lobes is connected to and projects axially out from the flange. The lobes include a first lobe and a second lobe. The first fastener aperture is arranged circumferentially between the first lobe and the second lobe. The second lobe radially overlaps the first fastener aperture. |
| US11788405B2 |
Downhole oil level detection device
A downhole oil level detection device includes a mounting housing (1) and a balance cylinder (2) installed on the mounting housing (1). The balance cylinder (2) includes a cylinder body (25) and a moving piston (21), a piston tension spring (22), a moving rod (23), a moving rod compression spring (24) and a displacement sensor (3) installed in the cylinder body (25). One end of the piston tension spring (22) is fixed to one end of the cylinder body (25), the other end thereof is connected to one side of the moving piston (21); one side of the moving piston (21) is also connected to one end of the moving rod compression spring (24), the other end of the moving rod compression spring (24) is connected to one end of the moving rod (23), the other end of the moving rod (23) is provided with the displacement sensor (3). |
| US11788401B2 |
Systems and methods for characterizing subsurface formation properties through geochemical logging
Systems and methods relating to determination of oil saturation, kerogen content, and/or water saturation within kerogen-containing subsurface formations such as unconventional formations (e.g., tight formations such as shales) are provided herein. These methods advantageously rely on a simplified measurement process, reducing the direct measurements of a subsurface formation relied upon in determining oil saturation, kerogen content, and/or water saturation. In particular, methods according to some embodiments include determining or otherwise obtaining values of TOC; bulk density; porosity; and densities of kerogen, oil, and water corresponding to a subsurface formation of interest or a zone thereof. Methods of various embodiments further include, based at least in part upon the obtained values, determining one or more of kerogen content, oil saturation So, and water saturation Sw of the subsurface formation of interest, and/or a corresponding zone thereof. |
| US11788400B2 |
Method for real-time pad force estimation in rotary steerable system
Pad force is one of the major parameters in some drilling systems, such as a RSS, that affect steering decisions during drilling. The disclosure recognizes that the pad force can change during drilling due to, for example, unintentional leaking through a pad seal that has been damaged due to the wear and tear of drilling. With a decrease in the pad force, the steering capability of the drilling tool can be compromised. As such, the disclosure provides a method and system that determines pad force information in real time for controlling drilling. The pad force information can be determined based on sensor data, component data, and drilling data. An estimated pad force is one example of the pad force information that can be calculated and used to direct a drilling operation. |
| US11788397B2 |
Retarded acid system based on sulfonyl chloride and methods thereof
A method for in situ acid stimulation of a subterranean formation that contains a hydrocarbon reservoir may include contacting the formation with an acidizing fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, a sulfonyl chloride, and a mutual solvent, wherein upon exposure to formation temperatures, the sulfonyl chloride and aqueous fluid hydrolyze the sulfonyl chloride, thereby producing hydrochloric acid. |
| US11788396B2 |
Electric driven hydraulic fracking system
An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD converts the electric power of at least 13.8 kV to a VFD rated voltage level of at least 4160V and drives the single shaft electric motor at the VFD voltage level of up to 4160V to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The single shaft electric motor drives the single hydraulic pump with the rotation at the rated RPM level of at least 750 RPM. The single hydraulic pump continuously pumps the fracking media into the well at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. The single hydraulic pump operates on a continuous duty cycle to continuously pump the fracking media at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. |
| US11788392B2 |
Down-hole selective ion removal water ionizer system for subsurface applications
A method for selectively optimizing water chemistry within a wellbore may include positioning a system tubing in the wellbore. The system tubing may include an electrochemical cell, a first chamber, and a second chamber. The method may also include injecting a fluid into the electrochemical cell and directing an electrical current into the electrochemical cell wherein the fluid separates by charge into a first fluid and a second fluid. The method may also include passing the first fluid into the first chamber and the second fluid into the second chamber. Also, the method may include rotating the system tubing, wherein the first fluid flows from the first chamber to the wellbore through a first radial conduit and the second fluid flows from the second chamber to the wellbore through a second radial conduit. |
| US11788391B2 |
Motorized pump
A motorized pump including a motor and a pump around the motor. The pump rotor is integrated with the motor rotor, wherein the pump rotor has vanes. The motorized pump may be employed as an electrical submersible pump (ESP) in a wellbore. |
| US11788390B2 |
Self-powered downhole injection systems and methods for operating the same
A downhole injection system in selective communication with a wellhead assembly and a wellbore, the downhole injection system including a pumping chamber in selective communication with the wellhead assembly, the pumping chamber defining a wellhead pressure portion defining a wellhead pressure inlet in selective communication with the wellhead assembly and a wellhead pressure outlet in selective communication with the wellhead assembly, where the wellhead pressure portion is maintained at a wellhead pressure, and a chemical portion in selective communication with the wellbore, and a movable plate positioned within the pumping chamber, where the chemical portion is separated from the wellhead pressure portion by the movable plate. |
| US11788385B2 |
Preventing plugging of a downhole shut-in device in a wellbore
A downhole shut-in device includes a valve body with an inlet. An inner sleeve is coupled to an inner surface of the valve body and moves between a closed position and an open position to control a fluid flow from the wellbore through the inlet of the valve body. The downhole shut-in device includes a screen surrounding an outer surface of the valve body to filter the particulate from the fluid flow through the inlet of the valve body to reduce a quantity of the particulate in the inlet of the valve body below a predetermined threshold quantity. A method includes identifying a production fluid flow containing particulates of a size and quantity to be filtered from entering the downhole shut-in device. |
| US11788379B2 |
Gas venting in subterranean wells
A gas vent tool can include a body with a flow passage having upstream and downstream sections, a valve that selectively permits and blocks flow between the upstream section and an exterior of the gas vent tool, and a valve that selectively permits and blocks flow between the upstream and downstream sections. A gas vent system can include a gas vent tool connected longitudinally between an intake tool and a pump, the intake tool being configured to receive formation fluids therein, and the pump being configured to pump the formation fluids to surface. The gas vent tool can include a valve that selectively permits and blocks flow between an interior flow passage and an annulus external to the gas vent tool, and a valve that selectively permits and blocks flow between upper and lower sections of the flow passage. |
| US11788376B2 |
Intelligently controlled fluid systems
Methods and apparatus according to which a first valve is opened, or kept open, the first valve being part of a wellhead including a flow component above the first valve. The method may further include detecting a state of the first valve and, in response to detecting the state of the first valve, metering an amount of grease to the first valve. In addition, or instead, the method may further include opening, or keeping open, a second valve, the second valve being operably coupled to the wellhead and positioned above the flow component, and, after opening, or keeping open, each of the first and second valves, detecting whether the second valve is open or closed, in response to detecting that the second valve is open, preventing the first valve from being closed, and in response to detecting that the second valve is closed, allowing the first valve to be closed. |
| US11788371B2 |
Coring device
A coring device has core drilling tool, a core catcher, a rock core barrel, a drilling machine outer cylinder, a flap valve and an inner rod for pulling the rock core barrel. The core catcher is provided inside the lower end of the rock core barrel. The core drilling tool includes an outer core tube and a hollow drill bit. The upper end of the outer core tube is connected to the lower end of the drilling machine outer cylinder. The lower end of the outer core tube is connected to the drill bit. The lower end of the inner rod protrudes into the rock core barrel and is movable axially by a certain distance relative to the rock core barrel. The flap valve includes a valve seat and a sealing flap. The valve seat is coaxially mounted on the inner wall of the drilling machine outer cylinder. |
| US11788370B2 |
Drilling control mechanism of core drilling rig
A drilling control mechanism of a core drilling rig has a tooth drill and a core drilling rig. The core drilling rig is inside the tooth drill and engages with the drill in a sliding manner. A locking recess is formed at an inner wall of the tooth drill. A locking latch recess is formed at an outer wall of the core drilling rig and has a locking latch therein. The locking latch has a spring. When the locking recess is directly opposite the locking latch recess, the spring extends and the locking latch partially enters the locking recess. The core drilling rig has a central rod, a fluid channel activation module, an outer barrel, and outer barrel unlocking module and a flow diverging module. The central rod passes through the inner cavities of the fluid channel activation module, the outer barrel unlocking module and the flow diverging module. |
| US11788367B2 |
Setting tools and assemblies for setting a downhole isolation device such as a frac plug
A setting tool for setting frac plugs and the like can include a mandrel having a chamber for housing expandable gas and a gas port in fluid communication with the chamber; a firing head secured to the mandrel for igniting a power charge to generate pressurized gas within the chamber; a barrel piston housing the mandrel and connected to a sleeve for setting the frac plug; and an expansion region defined between the mandrel and the barrel piston and receiving the pressurized gas which exerts force to cause a stroke of the barrel piston over the mandrel as the expansion region expands axially. The setting tool can include various features, such as certain gas bleed systems, an enhanced shear screw assembly, a bleed port and plug assembly, a scribe line, a particular gas port configuration, a liquid escape conduit, no-shoulder barrel configuration, and/or a low-force design for frac plugs. |
| US11788363B2 |
Tool joint clamp
A clamp assembly, for mounting around a tool joint coaxially joining cylindrical upper and lower workpieces, comprises an upper collar assembly and a lower collar assembly, each having semi-cylindrical left and right collar segments. The left and right collar segments of each collar assembly are removably connectable to each other by threaded fasteners to form the collar assembly. The upper and lower collar assemblies are coaxially mountable around the upper and lower workpieces, respectively, such that tightening the fasteners will urge the upper and lower collar assemblies to grip the upper and lower workpieces, respectively, and thus to provide increased resistance to relative rotation between the two workpieces about the tool joint axis. The upper and lower left collar segments, and/or the upper and lower right collar segments, may be interlockingly and radially slidable relative to each other to accommodate differences between the outside diameters of the two workpieces. |
| US11788361B2 |
Drill bit cutter elements and drill bits including same
A cutter element for a drill bit includes a base portion having a central axis, a first end, a second end, and a radially outer surface extending axially from the first end to the second end. In addition, the cutter element includes a cutting layer fixably mounted to the first end of the base portion. The cutting layer includes a cutting face distal the base portion and a radially outer surface extending axially from the cutting face to the radially outer surface of the base portion. The cutting face includes a planar central region centered relative to the central axis and disposed in a plane oriented perpendicular to the central axis. Further, the cutting face includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced cutting regions disposed about the planar central region. Still further, the cutting face includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced relief regions disposed about the planar central region. The plurality of cutting regions and the plurality of relief regions are circumferentially arranged in an alternating manner such that one relief region is circumferentially disposed between two circumferentially adjacent cutting regions of the plurality of cutting regions. Each relief region is defined by a first edge at an intersection of the relief region and one circumferentially adjacent cutting region and a second edge at an intersection of the relief region and another circumferentially adjacent cutting region. The first edge and the second edge of each relief region are angularly spaced apart about the central axis by an angle α that ranges from 45° to 75°. |
| US11788358B2 |
Directional drilling
In preparation for directional drilling, a wedge supported distally ahead of a tubular drill string is advanced along a parent hole. The wedge is connected to the drill string by a rigid link that extends along a central longitudinal axis through an annular cutting head. The wedge may be connected to the drill string via an inner dropper mechanism that can be engaged by a wireline lifting system. After locking the wedge at a kick-off point in the hole at a desired azimuth, the connection of the link is broken. The dropper mechanism can then be retrieved and replaced by an inner core tube, without moving the drill string. The drill string is then advanced to drill a daughter hole that branches from the parent hole on the azimuth determined by the wedge. Advantageously, there is no need to withdraw the drill string before drilling the daughter hole can commence. |
| US11788355B2 |
Ladder crawler
The ladder crawler for use with a ladder comprises C-shaped ladder leg engagement having a support platform and a ladder rung engagement portion adapted to removably attach to a ladder leg. The C-shaped ladder leg engagement may comprise front rollers adapted to ride on the front side of a ladder leg and back rollers adapted to bear against the back side of a the ladder leg. The support platform is attached to the C-shaped ladder leg engagement in spaced relation to the ladder rungs. The rung engagement portion comprises a plurality of pawls disposed adjacent to an inside of the ladder leg. At least one of the plurality of pawls may be adapted to engage a ladder rung to hold the work platform adjacent to the rung when in a locked orientation. |
| US11788353B2 |
Last step indicator for ladders and ladders incorporating same
Ladders and ladder components are provided including a rung assembly that provides an alert to a user of the ladder that they are standing on a particular rung or step. In one example, the lower most rung or step of a ladder includes a rung assembly having an alert mechanism. The alert mechanism may provide an audible and/or other sensory alert to a user when they step on the rung assembly so that the user recognizes their position relative to the ground or supporting surface. In one embodiment, the rung assembly is configured to include a base member, a displaceable member and an alert mechanism, wherein the displaceable member is positioned between the alert mechanism and the base member. |
| US11788349B2 |
BLDC motor control system and method for incremental motorized window treatment operation
A motorized shade comprising a motor adapted to lower or raise a shade material for selectively covering an architectural opening based on a position of the sun. The motorized shade comprises a controller adapted to drive the motor phase according to a startup sequence by ramping up amplitude form an initial amplitude to a startup amplitude and ramping up frequency from an initial frequency to a drive frequency, drive the motor phase according to a full drive sequence to move the shade material by driving the motor phase according to a sinusoidal waveform at a set maximum amplitude and at a drive frequency, and drive the motor phase according to a wind down sequence by reducing frequency from the drive frequency to an end frequency and reducing the amplitude from the maximum amplitude to an end amplitude. |
| US11788346B2 |
Securable pet door
A securable pet door is disclosed. The securable pet door may comprise at least one door, at least one knob, one or more windows, at least one frame, and/or at least one hinge. The knob comprises a latch for secure closing. When the pet door comprises at least one hinge, the hinge(s) may be inserted into at least one hinge recess so that the door may be securely locked via at least one locking mechanism. The different elements of the securable pet door are configured to be oriented in a predetermined, securable, or customizable manner. The door is configured to open from, slide into, revolve within, or move in some other non-limiting equivalent way from or relative to a frame. |
| US11788343B2 |
Fenestration unit with accessible IG space
Various systems and methods are provided for controlling access to the insulated glass space of a fenestration unit. A hinge lug is provided including a lug body having a mounting portion, a cam portion defining a curved cam surface, and a retention portion projecting from the cam portion, and a first retention arm extending from the lug body such that the retention arm is elastically deflectable away from the retention lip. A restrictor link is provided including a restrictor link body having a first end and a second end, wherein the restrictor link body is elastically deflectable, a securing lock positioned proximate the second end, and a cap extending from the securing lock, the cap defining an engaging surface operable to engage the lip channel of the sash. A latch system is provided including a latch base with a ramp access aperture and a latch body including a ramp. |
| US11788339B2 |
Two-stage open structure of vehicle door
A two-stage open structure of a vehicle door includes a first-stage door configured to be rotated open with respect to a first hinge, a second-stage door configured to be rotated open together with the first-stage door with respect to a second hinge, a cross member, and a motor module positioned on the cross member and configured to apply a driving force to the first hinge and the second hinge individually. |
| US11788338B2 |
Pinch detection switch and pinch detection method
The present invention relates to a pinch detection switch (1) that includes one tubular pressure-sensitive detection member (5) having a plurality of electrode wires spaced apart from one another, and a cover member (4) covering the pressure-sensitive detection member. When the cover member (4) is viewed in cross section, the cover member (4) includes a base portion (4-1), a hollow portion (6), and a deformation portion (4-2) provided on the base portion (4-1) so as to cover the hollow portion (6). The pressure-sensitive detection member (5) is arranged in the deformation portion (4-2), and a receiving portion (9) configured to receive the pressure-sensitive detection member (5) is arranged on the base portion (4-1). The receiving portion (9) has at least two receiving surfaces (9-1, 9-3) formed at positions facing the pressure-sensitive detection member (5), the two receiving surfaces being configured to receive the pressure-sensitive detection member. |
| US11788334B2 |
Movable panels system with carriage device
A movable panel system is provided which has a guide provided with at least one rail, at least one glass panel and a carriage device slidingly supporting the at least one glass panel on the at least one rail. The carriage device has a carriage body engaged to the at least one glass panel, and a wheel group having at least two wheels, configured to slidingly engage the at least one rail, and a support frame, the at least two wheels being hinged, rotationally free, to the support frame. The carriage body and the support frame are mutually engaged by a hinge that allows reciprocal rotation. |
| US11788329B2 |
Latch structure
A latch structure comprising an elastic pull latch is disclosed. The top of the elastic pull latch includes a latch bar configured with a latch groove. The elastic pull latch also includes an elastic boss that moves in and out of the latch cover of the pull latch. On both sides of a box, an elastic pull latch is provided at the top and a catch groove having a catch affixed to the lower edge is provided at the bottom. When two boxes are stacked together, the catch in the catch groove of the upper box is snapped into the latch groove of the elastic pull latch of the lower box to securely connect the two boxes. When the latch is released, the catch of the upper box blocks the elastic boss of the latch of the lower box to prevent the latch from retracting inwards. |
| US11788326B1 |
Spring-operated catch mechanism
Spring operated catch mechanisms to secure components together. |
| US11788323B2 |
Door locking device for an electric household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, and electric household appliance provided therewith
A door lock device for a household appliance, including a support body which can be attached to a structural element of the household appliance, and a movable deadlock designed to cooperate with a receiving seat of a door of the household appliance; the movable deadlock having: a locking tooth connected to the support body for translation and rotation relative to the latter along a predetermined trajectory to cooperate by a first end with the receiving compartment; a rod carried in axially sliding manner by the support body and connected by means of an articulated device to a second end of the locking tooth; first elastic compression means operatively associated with the rod and configured to push the rod toward the locking tooth; and a control device comprising a movable element carried by the support body and operatively associated with the locking tooth, cooperating during use with the door to insert the locking tooth in the receiving seat. |
| US11788319B2 |
Tarpaulin clamp
An apparatus includes a tarpaulin clamp configured to contact the opposite sides of a tarpaulin. The tarpaulin clamp includes a base assembly. The tarpaulin clamp also includes an insert assembly configured to be received in the base assembly. This is done in such a way that the tarpaulin is positioned between the base assembly and the insert assembly. |
| US11788316B2 |
System and method for eatery
A system and method for an eatery having at least one table element and at least one seating element with a moveable and accessible platform on which the at least one table element and at least one seating element are arranged. |
| US11788314B2 |
Ductile connections for pre-formed construction elements
Precast construction elements are described suitable for use in high seismic areas. The precast construction elements can be precast, pre-topped double tees. The precast construction elements incorporate a passive energy dissipation device in a flange. The energy dissipation device provides a ductile connection having a deformation capacity of larger than 0.6″. Adjacent elements are connected to one another at joints that include the passive energy dissipation device. Passive energy dissipation devices can be passive hysteretic dampeners, such as U-shaped flexural plates. Passive energy dissipation devices can be bar dissipaters (e.g., grooved dissipaters). Also described are passive hysteretic dampers that include U-shaped flexural plates held in conjunction with a reinforcement element that defines a circle around which the flexural plate can bend. |
| US11788312B2 |
Pool and spa water quality control system and method
A water quality management system for a water installation containing water. In some embodiments, the system includes a water quality measurement module adapted to monitor the water quality of the water in the water installation and to send water quality information to a controller; a chemical dispensing module adapted to dispense chemicals directly into the water installation in response to signals from the controller; and a communication mechanism configured to provide communication among the controller, the water quality measurement module, the chemical dispensing module and a user. |
| US11788311B2 |
Frame pool
A frame pool having a plurality of vertical support tubes, a plurality of horizontal support tubes, a pool body comprising a pool bottom and a pool wall, and a reinforcing band having a continuous annular shape and provided between the inner side of the vertical support tubes and an outer surface of the pool wall. The reinforcing band entirely or partially covering the perimeter of the pool body and being fitted with the pool wall. A fixing band having a continuous annular shape is provided about an outer surface of the reinforcing band and of the vertical support tubes. At least one fixing device is fixedly coupled to the reinforcing band, wherein the fixing band passes through the fixing device. |
| US11788306B1 |
Building debris containment method
A debris containment system includes channel units that are configured to attach to perimeter structural members of the building (e.g., vertical columns and/or horizontal beams) and extend outward from the perimeter of the building. Channel units can be produced in any length or lengths needed for a given application. These channel units are used to lift and support barrier members (e.g., nets, tarps, canvas/fabric, or other barrier members) to create barriers along the perimeter of the building. Importantly, these channel units are generally attached directly or indirectly (e.g., via temporary vertical members) to structures that will remain on the building (e.g., structural columns and beams of the building) as opposed to being used with separate framing structures erected outside of the building perimeter, although in some exemplary embodiments, channel units can be used on structures erected outside of the perimeter of the building. |
| US11788305B2 |
Template assembly for locating anchor bolts in a concrete pour of a form
A method of using a template assembly for locating and retaining a plurality of anchor bolts within a form during a concrete pour. The template assembly includes a rigid metal frame and plurality of anchor bolt retainers affixed to the frame, wherein each anchor bolt includes an anchor bolt engaging surface for locating an associated anchor bolt within predetermined tolerances. The frame can be further configured to provide access to at least 75% of the surface of the pour thereby allowing for finishing of the concrete. A plurality of legs can be connected to the frame for adjusting an elevation of the frame. |
| US11788304B2 |
Electronically actuated leveling system for screeding concrete
An apparatus for leveling a concrete screed having a frame and a screed head secured thereto includes a plurality of vertically adjustable leveling legs driven by a plurality of electrical actuators responsive to a command supplied by a user interface. |
| US11788303B2 |
Templating device
A templating device for preparing beams includes a rod that has opposed ends, each of which is both slidably engageable and fixedly engageable to a first segment of a respective protractor of a pair of protractors, such that the first segment extends linearly from the rod. The first segment is pivotally engaged to a second segment, which is selectively fixably positionable relative to the first segment. The rod and the first segments are positioned between a pair of surfaces, with each second segment positioned flush to a respective surface. A user fixes the second segment relative to the first segment to provide a respective angle measurement and a length measurement between the surfaces, and then templates these measurements onto a beam. The user then can cut the beam to length, with the ends of the beam angled so that the beam fits between the pair of surfaces. |
| US11788299B2 |
Wheelchair ramps, hand railings, and modular accessibility systems incorporating the same
A modular system including a surface-defining assembly having a plurality of panels. Each panel includes a plate portion, a first connector disposed towards and extending along a first side of the plate portion, and a second connector disposed towards and extending along a second side of the plate portion. The first and second connectors of adjacent panels are configured to engage one another to thereby engage the plurality of panels with one another in side-by-side relation such that the plate portions cooperate to define a continuous surface of the surface-defining assembly. |
| US11788298B2 |
Retractable awning assemblies and methods for packaging the same
The present disclosure describes a retractable awning assembly. The retractable awning assembly may include a plurality of roller tube sections, at least two torsion bar sections, a pair of spring-loaded arms, a fabric cover, a plurality of front bar sections, a pair of end caps, a plurality of mounting brackets, and a plurality of hood sections. Methods of assembling the same are provided. |
| US11788295B2 |
Rain gutter assembly
The invention relates to a rain gutter assembly including a gutter (10) and a moving arrangement (16). The moving arrangement (16) is configured to move at least part of the gutter (10) between an operative or rain gathering position and an inverted or discharge position. |
| US11788290B2 |
Roofing materials with increased wind uplift resistance and methods of making thereof
This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material having (a) a front surface, (b) a back surface, and (c) a sealant attachment zone disposed on at least the front surface of the roofing material, the sealant attachment zone including surfacing media that comprise at least one of mineral particles, polymeric particles, and combinations thereof. The sealant attachment zone has an average surface coverage of the surfacing media of 30% to 70%. The roofing material exhibits an increased wind uplift resistance, as measured according to ASTM D6381, as compared to a roofing material without a sealant attachment zone having an average surface coverage of surfacing media of 30% to 70%. |
| US11788287B2 |
Composite structure joining system and method and related structures
A composite structure joining system and method comprises a structural panel, preferably but not necessarily fabricated from structural composite materials, that further comprises a nesting C-joint feature that facilitates assembly of a plurality of panels of the invention to form a planar structure such as a wall. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a plurality of the panels of the invention, joined together using the C joint of the invention, captured in a frame. The frame structural elements may comprise metals such as aluminum or steel, or may be hand laid or extruded fiberglass as described in more detail below. The invention further comprises methods of manufacturing a plurality of structural panels of the invention. The method of the invention may be used to fabricate intermodal shipping containers that have superior structural and thermal characteristics, are lightweight, resulting in lower transportation costs and lower container costs. |
| US11788284B1 |
Modular rafter assembly
A modular rafter assembly is provided. The modular rafter assembly includes a plurality of different types of rafters having varying lengths and that are adjustable to varying pitches. The modular rafter assemblies disclosed herein utilize a plurality of rafters in varying lengths, widths, and using varying thickness plates to allow for differing load calculations. Each of the rafters also includes a pitch adjusting mechanism that allows adjustment of the pitch of the rafter depending on the desired roof pitch. |
| US11788278B2 |
High temperature-heat insulator
Disclosed is a heat insulator comprising a substrate comprising of a bulk of silica-based inorganic fiber containing a hydroxyl group; a metallic or ceramic infrared mediator held on at least a part of one surface of the substrate; and a silica cured product holding the infrared mediator on/in the substrate. As the infrared mediator, a metal foil or a ceramic particle may be used. This heat insulator exhibits excellent heat insulating performance in a high temperature range of 600° C. or more, and can be molded into a three-dimensional shape which can be directly mounted to a structure. |
| US11788273B2 |
Device and method for anchoring an equipment to a civil engineering structure
An anchoring device (1) for anchoring an equipment to a civil engineering structure includes a support plate (5) for the equipment, with at least two orifices (7); for each orifice (7), a longitudinal dowel (13) intended to be rigidly fastened in the civil engineering structure (3); for each orifice (7), a fastening member (25) mounted around the dowel (13); for each orifice (7), a connection (27) of the fastening member (25) to the plate (5), allowing the fastening member (25) to be placed at any given position in a defined region of the orifice (7) in a plane parallel to the plate (5); and for each orifice (7), a reversible lock (55) for blocking the fastening member (25) with respect to the plate in the given position and for blocking the fastening member in position along the dowel (13). |
| US11788271B2 |
Reinforced stud-framed wall
A reinforced stud-framed wall, including a bottom plate; first and second vertical studs; a member supported on the bottom plate, the member having a compression strength greater than a compression strength of the bottom plate; the first vertical stud having a bottom end supported on the member with a first contact area, whereby a load on the first contact area is spread over a first area on the bottom plate larger than the first contact area; and the second vertical stud having a bottom end supported on the member with a second contact area, whereby a load on the second contact area is spread over a second area on the bottom plate larger than the second contact area. |
| US11788270B1 |
Self-supporting vacuum plumbing assembly
A self-supporting vacuum plumbing assembly for attaching a plumbing fixture to a vacuum-assist waste removal system may include an accumulator associated with the plumbing fixture for receiving and holding wastewater from the plumbing fixture. A wastewater outlet conduit, an air intake conduit, and a sensor conduit are configured with the accumulator as a unit, the unit being substantially rigid sufficiently self-supporting to be transportable in a peripherally frameless configuration. |
| US11788267B2 |
Device and method for concealing a flange of a waste water strainer
A device used to conceal at least a portion of a wastewater strainer associated with a bathtub. More specifically, a plate having an opening therethrough is used to overlap a flange of the wastewater strainer wherein the opening in the plate generally coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer so that the bathtub drain is unobstructed. The plate may include a downwardly extending lip to help facilitate orientation onto the flange of the wastewater strainer. The plate conceals the wastewater strainer, thereby facilitating reconfiguration of a bathtub as the existing wastewater strainer need not be removed and the plumbing system retested. |
| US11788264B2 |
Automatic draining back flow prevention device
A double check valve is provided that includes an in-line inlet check valve and an outlet check valve that cooperate to prevent back flow of fluid through the valve. The check valve also includes at least one vent that allows for fluid trapped within the check valve to drain, thereby preventing freezing of the check valve and hydrant to which it is interconnected. The check valve provided omits many superfluous components and thus is smaller and easier to install than check valves of the prior art. |
| US11788263B2 |
Valve enclosure
A valve enclosure and side handle faucet system comprising the valve enclosure. The valve enclosure comprises an inlet portion, an outlet portion and a valve cavity. The valve enclosure further comprises a ball valve and is mounted to the side of a spout such that fluid enters the valve cavity perpendicularly from a fluid inlet line and exits the cavity perpendicularly from an outlet such that the distance between the input and output flow to the cavity is minimized. |
| US11788262B2 |
Soft-close spray head faucet
A slow close faucet assembly includes a magnetic collar and a linear damper mechanism. The magnetic collar is fixedly attachable to a hose of a faucet. The linear damper mechanism has a body portion, a base portion, and a top portion. The linear damper mechanism further includes at least one damper and a damper bar. The at least one damper has a first end and a second end connected to the base portion. The linear damper bar houses a magnet and is located at the top portion of the linear damper mechanism and is connected to the first end of the at least one damper. The linear damper bar is capable of moving relative to the base portion. The magnetic collar is movable relative to the linear damper mechanism as the hose moves between a retracted position and an extended position. |
| US11788261B2 |
Configurable faucet apparatus and methods of implementing and operating same
A faucet apparatus and method of implementing a faucet apparatus are disclosed herein. In an example embodiment, the apparatus includes a body integrated or coupled to a base, where the body includes surfaces within which are formed first and second orifices that respectively extend inward into the body along first and second axes, respectively. A first cross-section of the first orifice taken perpendicular to the first axis has a first size and a first shape that are, respectively, substantially identical to a second size and a second shape of a second cross-section of the second orifice taken perpendicular to the second axis. The apparatus also includes a spout having a first end supported within the first orifice, and a sensor structure having a cross-sectional surface supported within the second orifice, where each of the first end and cross-sectional surface is configured to fit complementarily within either of the orifices. |
| US11788259B2 |
Retainer sleeve with an anti-rotation feature
In some implementations, a retainer sleeve may include a body including an at least partially annular configuration defining a retainer axis. The body may include an inner surface configured to rotatably receive an outer surface of a lock. The body may include a plurality of plates circumferentially joined together with respect to the retainer axis, where a first plate of the plurality of plates includes a first leg joined to the first plate extending away from the retainer axis and configured to contact a lock cavity of the lock. The body may include an anti-rotation feature, disposed on the first plate, extending inward from the inner surface toward the retainer axis, the anti-rotation feature including a locking surface configured to contact a lock skirt of the lock, the locking surface disposed at a first angle with respect to a bottom end of the first plate. |
| US11788258B2 |
Systems and methods for determining a locational value of a load associated with an implement
A method for determining implement load characteristics of a load carrying mobile machine includes receiving at least pressure data and position data associated with a payload received by the implement. The method also includes determining a locational value associated with the payload within the implement. The method further includes updating the locational value based on movement of the payload in the implement, the updated locational value being based at least on the pressure data, the position data, and predetermined physical parameters of the machine. The method further includes using the updated locational value to determine operational parameters of the machine. |
| US11788255B2 |
Working machine
A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump driven by a power of the prime mover to deliver operation fluid, a traveling motor rotated by the operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump to have a rotation speed stage shiftable between a first speed stage and a second speed stage higher than the first speed stage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the first speed stage and a second state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the second speed stage, an actuation valve configured to change a pilot pressure of a pilot fluid to control a flow of operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump, and a controller configured to control the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid output from the actuation valve so that a value of the pilot pressure differs depending on whether the set rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is the first speed stage or the second speed stage. |
| US11788253B2 |
Shovel, and management apparatus and assist device for shovel
A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body mounted on the lower traveling body, an attachment attached to the upper turning body, and a control device mounted on the upper turning body and configured to assist an excavating motion with the attachment. The control device is configured to derive a target excavation depth based on the hardness of an excavation target. |
| US11788248B2 |
Pile staging stand assembly and method of use
The disclosure relates to an assembly for staging a pile, and a method of use for the assembly, the assembly having at least one stand having a base, having a front end and a rear end, wherein each stand includes: a lower arm assembly slidably connected to the base, wherein the lower arm assembly is configured to move laterally away and towards the pile, and further wherein the roller assembly further comprises a roller located towards the front end; and an upper arm assembly connected to the base, the upper arm assembly having a pivoting arm configured for pivoting towards and away from the base; and a second roller connected to an end of the pivoting arm. |
| US11788243B2 |
Mounting bracket and methods for mounting a push arm to a wing plow
A mounting bracket and method for mounting a push arm to a wing plow. The mounting bracket can include a clevis portion, a backstop, and a mounting flange. The mounting flange can have a first mounting flange hole, a second mounting flange hole, and a third mounting flange hole. The mounting bracket can be configured to be mountable to the wing plow in a first orientation using the first and second mounting flange holes and can be mountable to the plow in a second orientation, using the second and third mounting hole. The second orientation can be rotationally offset from the first orientation about at least one rotational axis. |
| US11788237B2 |
Artificial turf fiber with a non-circular cladding
An artificial turf fiber comprising at least one monofilament, each monofilament comprising a cylindrical core and a cladding. The core comprises a core polymer and threadlike regions formed by a thread polymer and embedded in the core polymer. The cladding is formed by a cladding polymer surrounding the core. It has a non-circular profile and is miscible with the core polymer. |
| US11788234B2 |
Low-shedding aramid paper containing mica
An aramid paper suitable for use as electrical insulation comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer, each of which comprising 70 to 30 weight percent aramid floc and 30 to 70 weight percent aramid fibrids, and each of which being free of mica and having a first face and a second face; an inner layer comprising 50 to 70 weight percent aramid material and 30 to 50 weight percent mica and having a first face and a second face; wherein the first face of the first outer layer is a first outer face of the aramid paper, and the second face of the first outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the first face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the first outer layer and the inner layer; and wherein the first face of the second outer layer is coextensive with and bound face-to-face with the second face of the inner layer solely by fibrids in the second outer layer and the inner layer, and the second face of the second outer layer is a second outer face of the aramid paper; the aramid paper having a total of 25 to 40 weight percent mica. |
| US11788233B2 |
Soft treated tissue product
The present invention provides multi-ply creped tissue products, and in particular embodiments creped wet-pressed tissue products, having substantially higher per-ply basis weights, such as from about 14.0 grams per square meter or greater. Despite having relatively high per-ply basis weights, the products are generally soft and flexible, such as having a softness value (measured as TS7) less than about 10.0 and a Stiffness Index less than about 20.0. While being soft and flexible, the tissue products are durable enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3″. |
| US11788231B2 |
Paper substrates incorporating covert marking pigments, and processes for obtaining and using same
Paper substrates which incorporate covert marking pigments (CMPs) which are one or more infrared (IR) anti-Stokes pigments. Also, processes for incorporating such CMPs into a paper substrate other than by a printing technique, such as, for example, by using a size press or spraying, as well as processes for identifying the presence of such CMPs incorporated into a paper substrate sheet with an infrared (IR) pigment sensor of, for example, a copier or printer for the purpose of adjusting the quantity of printer pigment deposited on a paper substrate sheet or to determine whether the paper substrate sheet is an authentic or counterfeit document. |
| US11788228B2 |
Methods for processing lignocellulosic material
The invention relates to novel methods for processing lignocellulosic material. More specifically, the invention proves an integrated approach for processing cellulose to obtain paper and pulp and valorizing lignin to obtain value-added chemicals and products. |
| US11788225B2 |
Chemistry dispensing assembly for a laundry appliance
A chemistry dispensing assembly for a laundry appliance includes a reservoir that dispenses a laundry chemistry to a treatment chamber. A mixing channel is positioned below the reservoir that receives the laundry chemistry dispensed from the reservoir. A fluid assembly delivers a fluid carrier through a flow path that includes the mixing channel. The mixing channel is defined between an underside of the reservoir and an upper surface of the mixing channel. |
| US11788224B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus, including a tub provided inside a main body and a drum rotatably provided inside the tub; and a detergent supply apparatus provided to be inserted into or withdrawn from a front surface of the main body, and configured to supply laundry detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply apparatus includes a laundry detergent input pipe that allows laundry detergent being moved by the laundry detergent pump to pass through an upper portion of the wash water dispenser so as to flow into the housing through the wash water dispenser. |
| US11788222B2 |
Bubble generator and washing machine having the same
A washing machine having a bubble generator includes a bubble spray part provided at an upper side of a tub and configured to discharge bubbles from a top to a bottom inside the tub; a wash liquid jet nozzle provided inside the bubble spray part and configured to jet wash liquid; a blowing fan provided in the bubble spray part and configured to blow air in a direction in which the wash liquid jet nozzle jets the wash liquid; and a porous plate member provided at a front end of the bubble spray part and including a plurality of holes, wherein when the wash liquid jetted from the wash liquid jet nozzle collides with the porous plate member, bubbles are generated. |
| US11788212B2 |
Semi-dull polyester drawn yarns and preparing method thereof
A type of semi-dull polyester drawn yarns and preparing method thereof are disclosed. The preparing method is to melt spinning a modified polyester with FDY technique, wherein the modified polyester is the product of the esterification and the successive polycondensation reactions of evenly mixed terephthalic acid, ethylene glycol, main chain silicated diol, fluorinated dicarboxylic acid, matting agent and doped Bi2O3, in which the main chain silicated diol could be dimethylsiloxane diol, dimethyldiphenyldisiloxane glycol or tetramethyldisiloxane diol, and in which the fluorinated dicarboxylic acids could be 2,2-difluoro-1,3-malonic acid, 2,2-difluoro-1,4-succinic acid, 2,2-difluoro-1,5-glutaric acid or 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoro-1,4-succinic acid. The obtained fiber has a dye uptake of 87.5-91.8% when dyed at 120° C., and has an intrinsic viscosity drop of 18-26% when stored at 25° C. and R.H. 65% for 60 months. This invention features a method with ease of application and a product with good dyeing and degradation performance. |
| US11788209B2 |
Compact module for the wet spinning of chemical fibres
Compact module for wet spinning of chemical fibres of the type comprising a spinning head (F) of 2-8 tows (S), each one consisting of a plurality of continuous filaments, relative supply pumps (P) of the spinning solution, a coagulation tank (V) containing a coagulation solution, and a plurality of drive rollers (2) and respective idle diverter rollers (3) which determine a zigzag path of the tows (S) downstream of the spinning area, in the rectilinear lengths of which liquid-based treatments are carried out on said tows (S). The rectilinear lengths of said zigzag path are horizontal and said liquid-based treatments on the tows (S) are carried out in horizontal treatment trays (4) of the spillway type. |
| US11788208B2 |
Continuous-filament spunbond
The invention relates to a spunbonded fabric of endless filaments made of thermoplastic plastic, wherein the endless filaments are designed as multi-component filaments having a core/sheath configuration. The filaments contain at least one lubricant, the lubricant being present exclusively or at least to 90 wt. % in the core component. The mass ratio between the core component and the sheath component is 65:35 to 80:20. The proportion of the lubricant is 250 to 5500 ppm with respect to the total filament. |
| US11788204B2 |
Silicon carbide wafer and method of fabricating the same
A silicon carbide wafer is provided, wherein within a range area of 5 mm from an edge of the silicon carbide wafer, there are no low angle grain boundaries formed by clustering of basal plane dislocation defects, and the silicon carbide wafer has a bowing of less than 15 μm. |
| US11788202B2 |
Optimized thick heteroepitaxial growth of semiconductors with in-situ substrate pretreatment
A method of performing HVPE heteroepitaxy comprises exposing a substrate to a carrier gas, a first precursor gas, a Group II/III element, and ternary-forming gasses (V/VI group precursor), to form a heteroepitaxial growth of a binary, ternary, and/or quaternary compound on the substrate; wherein the carrier gas is Hz, wherein the first precursor gas is HCl, the Group II/III element comprises at least one of Zn, Cd, Hg, Al, Ga, and In; and wherein the ternary-forming gasses comprise at least two or more of AsH3 (arsine), PH3 (phosphine), H2Se (hydrogen selenide), HzTe (hydrogen telluride), SbH3 (hydrogen antimonide, or antimony tri-hydride, or stibine), H2S (hydrogen sulfide), NH3 (ammonia), and HF (hydrogen fluoride); flowing the carrier gas over the Group II/III element; exposing the substrate to the ternary-forming gasses in a predetermined ratio of first ternary-forming gas to second ternary-forming gas (1tf:2tf ratio); and changing the 1tf:2tf ratio over time. |
| US11788200B2 |
Fluid recovery in semiconductor processing
Exemplary electroplating apparatuses may include a system head operable to clamp a substrate. The system head may be operable to raise and lower the substrate between a plating bath, a first position above the plating bath, and a second position above the first position. The electroplating apparatuses may include a plating bath vessel adapted to hold the plating bath for electroplating on the substrate. The electroplating apparatuses may include a weir extending about the plating bath vessel. The electroplating apparatuses may include a first nozzle extending through the weir at a first radial position, and positioned to deliver fluid to the substrate at the first position above the plating bath. The electroplating apparatuses may include a second nozzle extending through the weir at a second radial position, and positioned to deliver fluid to the substrate at the second position above the plating bath. |
| US11788195B2 |
Carbon dioxide reduction device, and porous electrode
A carbon dioxide reduction device of the present invention is a carbon dioxide reduction device comprising a first electrode; at least any one of an electrolyte solution and an ion conducting membrane; and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is a porous electrode having a porous carbon, and the porous carbon has at least one type of metal-nonmetal element bond represented by M-R, in which M represents a metal element of Groups 4 to 15, and R represents a nonmetal element of Groups 14 to 16. |
| US11788194B2 |
Quantum kinetic fusor
Provided in this disclosure is an electrolysis system using voltage in a purely physical process, without resorting to passing current through an electrolyte in a chemical process. The present invention includes a tri-coil design resonant cavity transformer that utilizes the dielectric properties of a material acting as part of a “closed loop” electrical (Resistor, Inductor, Capacitor) RLC circuit. The tri-coil transformer (or TCT) is tuned to the dielectric properties of a suitable material, which can be water, liquid metals, or even ambient air. The TCT can be a tri-coil resonating cavity transformer employing either a Maxwell or Helmholtz tri-coil design. The present invention entails a physical approach to electrolysis based on voltage and not amperage to dissociate a selected dielectric medium, an approach that is 180 degrees out of phase from traditional Faraday electrolysis. |
| US11788193B2 |
Electrochemical cells and electrochemical methods
An electrochemical cell and method for reducing carbon dioxide and/or dehydrogenating a hydrocarbon to an olefin are provided. The electrochemical cell includes a cathode having a first conducting component that is active toward adsorption and reduction of an oxidizing agent such as CO2; and an anode having a second conducting component that is active toward adsorption and oxidation of a reducing agent such as a hydrocarbon. Additionally, a hydrophobic modifier is present on at least a portion of a surface of the second conducting component or both the first and second conducting components. The method includes exposing the cathode to a CO2-containing fluid; exposing the anode to a hydrocarbon-containing fluid; and applying a voltage between the cathode exposed to the CO2-containing fluid and the anode exposed to the hydrocarbon-containing fluid, wherein the voltage is sufficient to simultaneously oxidize the hydrocarbon via a dehydrogenation reaction and reduce the CO2. |
| US11788192B2 |
Inhibitors of metal corrosion
The present invention relates to a composition of at least one sulfonic acid in combination with an effective amount of at least one nitrosyl compound, acting as inhibitor of corrosion of metals by said at least one sulfonic acid. |
| US11788186B2 |
Seal plates for chemical vapor infiltration and deposition chambers
A seal plate disposable between a pair of preforms for chemical vapor infiltration is disclosed. The seal plate may include a plurality of first channels that extend completely through the seal plate and that are located between an inner annulus and outer annulus of the seal plate. The seal plate may further include a plurality of second channels that also extend completely through the seal plate and that are located also between an inner annulus and outer annulus. The first channels may differ from the second channels in at least one respect (e.g., the first channels may be of a different width than the second channels). The first channels may provide an inlet for the chemical vapor infiltration of the preform, while the second channels may provide an outlet for the chemical vapor infiltration of the preform. |
| US11788184B2 |
Functional curtain fabric with anhydrous coating layer and method for manufacturing same
Disclosed is a functional curtain fabric with an anhydrous coating layer. The functional curtain fabric is manufactured by method comprising step S1, preprocessing a fabric substrate; step S2, placing the preprocessed fabric substrate in step S1 into vacuum chamber of magnetron sputtering machine for coating: sputtering a metal onto the fabric substrate by using magnetron sputtering technology, so as to form a nano-metal film on the fabric substrate; and step S3, performing anti-oxidation treatment on the fabric substrate covered with the nano-metal film. The functional curtain fabric with an anhydrous coating layer can serve as an effective heat shield against exterior sunlight while having good light transmission. In addition, the functional curtain fabric with an anhydrous coating layer has good antimicrobial properties due to use of a metal coating of silver and titanium, and also has a degree of water resistance due to the nano-metal layer of silver and titanium. |
| US11788182B2 |
Irradiation-resistant and anti-wear hydrogen-free carbon film on polymer surface and preparation method and use thereof
A hydrogen-free carbon film polymer lubricating material and a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. In the method, a graphite target is used as the target material, and a magnetron sputtering deposition is performed on a surface of the polymer substrate, thereby physically depositing and forming a hydrogen-free carbon film on the surface of the polymer substrate, thereby obtaining a hydrogen-free carbon film polymer lubricating material. |
| US11788173B2 |
Free-cutting copper alloy, and manufacturing method of free-cutting copper alloy
This free-cutting copper alloy includes Cu: more than 58.0% and less than 65.0%, Si: more than 0.30% and less than 1.30%, Pb: more than 0.001% and 0.20% or less, Bi: more than 0.020% and 0.10% or less, and P: more than 0.001% and less than 0.20%, with the remainder being Zn and unavoidable impurities, a total amount of Fe, Mn, Co and Cr is less than 0.45%, a total amount of Sn and Al is less than 0.45%, relationships of 56.5≤[Cu]−4.7×[Si]+0.5×[Pb]+0.5×[Bi]−0.5×[P]≤59.5, and 0.025≤[Pb]+[Bi]<0.25 are satisfied, in constituent phases of a metallographic structure, relationships of 20≤(α)<85, 15<(β)≤80, 0≤(γ)<5, 8.0≤([Bi]+[Pb]−0.002)1/2×10+([P]−0.001)1/2×5+((β)−7)1/2×([Si]−0.1)1/2×1.2+(γ)1/2×0.5≤17.0, and 0.9≤([Bi]+[Pb]−0.002)1/2×((β)−7)1/2×([Si]−0.1)1/2≤4.0 are satisfied, and a particle containing Bi is present in α phase. |
| US11788172B1 |
Preparation method of magnesium matrix composite reinforced with silicon carbide particles
Disclosed is a preparation method of a magnesium matrix composite reinforced with SiC particles, belonging to the technical field of metallurgical materials, including the following steps: (1) carrying out oxidation pretreatment on SiC particles; (2) laying a piece of magnesium alloy on a bottom, laying a layer of oxidized SiC particles, then repeating a laying operation of a layer of magnesium alloy and a layer of SiC particles until the magnesium alloy and the SiC particles are completely laid, introducing inert gases, heating and melting, then performing cinder scrapping; (3) cooling to a semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys for semisolid mechanical stirring, heating, and mechanically stirring again; (4) cooling again to the semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys, then casting into a blank; and (5) heating the blank to the semisolid temperature of the magnesium alloys and extruding to obtain the magnesium matrix composite reinforced with SiC particles. |
| US11788170B2 |
Precious metals recovery
Discloses a hydrometallurgical process and system for the recovery of precious metals; specifically palladium, rhodium, and platinum metals, at high purity and with limited waste and environmental fouling. |
| US11788169B2 |
Device and process for inhibiting particulate emission by cooling of displaceable hot products using a conveyor
This invention relates to a device for inhibiting particulate emission by cooling of displaceable hot products using a conveyor comprising a first plurality of tubular elements configured to release a first dosage of water over the products, a second plurality of tubular elements configured to release a second dosage of water over the products and wherein the first dosage released by the first plurality of tubular elements is greater than the second dosage released by the second plurality of tubular elements. This invention also relates to a process for inhibiting particulate emission by cooling displaceable hot products using a conveyor. |
| US11788167B2 |
Device and method for manufacturing metal clad strips continuously
The device and method for manufacturing metal clad strip continuously provided by the present invention, combines casting, rolling and heat treatment used for the single material manufacture with the continuous and large-scale manufacture method for the clad strip, greatly improves the productivity of clad strip. The present invention can be used for manufacturing single-sided or double-sided clad strips with different thickness specifications, wherein the base layer material or the clad layer material can be selected in a wide range, including carbon steel, stainless steel, special alloy steel, titanium, copper and the like. In the present application, continuous casting and rolling clad strip is implemented, which decrease the energy consumption and costs. |
| US11788161B2 |
Electric induction heating and melting furnace refractory life cycle wear imaging and processing
Apparatus and method are provided for life cycle wear monitoring of a consumable refractory in an electric induction furnace used for heating and melting materials by accumulating laser imaging data of the refractory's inner surface periodically over the refractory's life cycle while the furnace is utilized in a foundry environment and processing the accumulated imaging data for comparative analysis with previous laser imaging data of the refractory's inner surface. |
| US11788160B2 |
Converter CO2—O2 mixed injection smelting method and method of dynamically controlling fire point area temperature
The present disclosure provides a converter CO2—O2 mixed injection smelting method and a fire point area temperature dynamic control method. The method realizes online monitoring through an infrared temperature sensor installed inside an oxygen lance, dynamically adjusts the mixing ratio of CO2 and O2 and the height of the oxygen lance position according to the fire point area temperature changes and process requirements in different smelting stages, so that the secondary smelting system interlockingly and dynamically controls the fire point area temperature and the molten pool heating rate. |
| US11788155B1 |
Lung microbiome isolation and cultivation
Disclosed herein is a method to isolate and cultivate the lung microbiome obtained from bronchoalveolar lavage. The disclosed method involves lung microbiome culturomics based on three different media for both aerobic and fastidious anaerobic bacteria. The disclosed method allows for amplification of the lung microbiome, which can be used, for example, for subsequent testing of antibiotic sensitivity, drug resistance, or for lung microbiome transplantation. |
| US11788148B2 |
Prognostic and treatment response predictive method
The present invention provides a method for predicting the treatment response of a human gastroesophageal cancer patient, the method comprising: a) measuring the gene expression of at least 3 of the following genes: CDH1, CDK6, COX2, ELOVL5, GATA4, EGFR, TBCEL, FGF7, CDH17, FNBP1, PIP5K1B, TWIST, CD44, MET, CEACAM1, TOX3, GLIPR2, GSTP1, RON, TMEM136, MYB, BRCA2, FGF1, POU5F1, EPR, DPYD, ABL2 and SH3RF1 in a sample obtained from the gastroesophageal tumour of the patient to obtain a sample gene expression profile of at least said genes; and b) making a prediction of the treatment response and/or prognosis of the patient based on the sample gene expression profile. Also provided are related computer-implemented methods and methods of treatment of gastroesophageal cancer. |
| US11788146B2 |
Methods for therapeutics prescreening in bodily fluids
A method for using bodily fluids in determining the cell-specific potency of drugs is provided. A composition comprising a plurality of types of carriers, wherein each carrier comprises a single-cell lethal amount of a therapeutic agent and a unique barcode identifying that agent and wherein the composition comprises equal numbers of each carrier type, equal concentrations of the agent and equal concentrations of each barcode is also provided. Further, methods useful for studying the therapeutic profile of one or more drugs within a cell microenvironment, including but not limited to a tumor, are provided. |
| US11788142B2 |
Compositions and methods for discovery of causative mutations in genetic disorders
The compositions and methods provided herein allow for identification of causative genetic biomarkers for a disease condition or drug response. |
| US11788141B2 |
MVD as epigenetic marker for the identification of immune cells, in particular CD56+ NK cells
The present invention relates to a method, in particular an in vitro method, for identifying CD56+ NK cells, comprising analyzing the methylation status of at least one CpG position in the mammalian gene region for mevalonate (diphospho) decarboxylase (MVD), wherein a demethylation or lack of methylation of said gene region is indicative for a CD56+ NK cell, when compared to a non-CD56+ NK cell. The analyses according to the invention can identify CD56+ NK cells on an epigenetic level and distinguish them from all other cells in complex samples, such as, for example, other blood or immune cells. The present invention furthermore provides an improved method for quantifying CD56+ NK cells, in particular in complex samples. The method can be performed without a step of purifying and/or enriching cells, preferably in whole blood and/or non-trypsinized tissue. |
| US11788140B2 |
Single molecule analysis with high accuracy
The invention relates to a process for analysing single molecules, in particular for sequencing of single nucleic acid molecules. |
| US11788137B2 |
Diagnostic and/or sequencing method and kit
The present invention is related to a Template Switch Oligo construct and its use into a ligase free diagnostic and/or sequencing method and to the kit for performing the method of the invention. |
| US11788133B2 |
Methods and compositions for sequencing complementary polynucleotides
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are substrates, kits, and efficient methods of preparing and sequencing two or more regions of a double-stranded polynucleotide. |
| US11788128B2 |
Apparatus for applying thermal energy to a receptacle and detecting an emission signal from the receptacle
An apparatus for performing nucleic acid amplification reactions includes a thermally-conductive receptacle holder with front and back surfaces. The front surface includes a row of receptacle wells, and an outer surface of each well has a frustoconical shape, an inner surface of each well receives a receptacle, and each well has a through-hole extending between the inner and outer surfaces thereof. One or more thermal elements in contact with the back surface of the holder alter a temperature(s) of the holder. The apparatus includes multiple optical fibers, and each optical fiber provides optical communication between one of the wells and an excitation signal source and/or an emission signal detector. A first end of each optical fiber is disposed outside, within, or extends through the through-hole of a corresponding well, and a second end of each optical fiber is in optical communication with the excitation signal source and/or the emission signal detector. |
| US11788126B2 |
Compositions, methods and kits for real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
The present disclosure is directed to compositions, methods and kits for amplifying target nucleic acids while reducing non-specific amplification and undesired amplification products using a dual hot start reaction mixture that comprise at least two different hot start mechanisms. |
| US11788122B2 |
Methods of detecting analytes
Localized detection of RNA in a tissue sample that includes cells is accomplished on an array. The array include a number of features on a substrate. Each feature includes a different capture probe immobilized such that the capture probe has a free 3′ end. Each feature occupies a distinct position on the array and has an area of less than about 1 mm2. Each capture probe is a nucleic acid molecule, which includes a positional domain including a nucleotide sequence unique to a particular feature, and a capture domain including a nucleotide sequence complementary to the RNA to be detected. The capture domain can be at a position 3′ of the positional domain. |
| US11788121B2 |
Methods, systems, and compositions for counting nucleic acid molecules
Compositions and methods, systems, and kits for detecting and quantifying variations in numbers of molecules, particularly variations in gene dosage, e.g., due to gene duplication, or to variations from the normal euploid complement of chromosomes, e.g., trisomy of one or more chromosomes that are normally found in diploid pairs, without digital sequencing. |
| US11788118B2 |
Method for detecting target nucleic acid sequences
The present application relates to multiplex detection of nucleic acid molecules. In particular, the present application provides a method for detecting target nucleic acid sequences, said method can simultaneously detect the presence of multiple target nucleic acid sequences in a sample. In addition, the present application further provides a probe set, and a kit comprising one or more said probe sets, said probe set and said kit can be used to carry out the method of the invention. |
| US11788115B2 |
Interlocking cap and vial
A receptacle cap includes a probe recess configured to receive a probe inserted therein to thereby frictionally secure the receptacle cap to the probe, and a closed lower end of the receptacle is insertable into an open end of a reaction receptacle to close the reaction receptacle. The receptacle cap and the reaction receptacle include interlocking features for securing the receptacle cap to the reaction receptacle. |
| US11788114B2 |
Methods and devices for electrical sample preparation
Devices and methods are provided for electrically lysing cells and releasing macromolecules from the cells. A microfluidic device is provided that includes a planar channel having a thickness on a submillimeter scale, and including electrodes on its upper and lower inner surfaces. After filling the channel with a liquid, such that the channel contains cells within the liquid, a series of voltage pulses of alternating polarity are applied between the channel electrodes, where the amplitude of the voltage pulses and a pulse width of the voltage pulses are effective for causing irreversible electroporation of the cells. The channel is configured to possess thermal properties such that the application of the voltage produces a rapid temperature rise as a result of Joule heating for releasing the macromolecules from the electroplated cells. The channel may also include an internal filter for capturing and concentrating the cells prior to electrical processing. |
| US11788113B2 |
Fluorescence-based reporters for mutagenesis detection in E. coli
Direct detection of mutagenesis in prokaryotes by reversion of an inactivating mutation (reversion mutation assay), producing a quantitative signal for in vivo mutagenesis, may greatly reduce the amount of test chemicals and labor involved in these assays. Further, transcriptional coupling of β-lactamase reversion and GFP, translational fusion between β-lactamase and GFP with stop codon in GFP, and a novel dual reporter to monitor continuous mutagenesis may be used in methods described herein. |
| US11788111B2 |
Compositions and methods for making selenocysteine containing polypeptides
Non-naturally occurring tRNASec and methods of using them for recombinant expression of proteins engineered to include one or more selenocysteine residues are disclosed. The non-naturally occurring tRNASec can be used for recombinant manufacture of selenocysteine containing polypeptides encoded by mRNA without the requirement of an SECIS element. In some embodiments, selenocysteine containing polypeptides are manufactured by co-expressing a non-naturally occurring tRNASec a recombinant expression system, such as E. coli, with SerRS, EF-Tu, SelA, or PSTK and SepSecS, and an mRNA with at least one codon that recognizes the anticodon of the non-naturally occurring tRNASec. |
| US11788109B2 |
Microorganism and method for producing gamma-glutamyl-valyl-glycine
A microorganism useful as an expression host for γ-Glu-Val synthetase and a method for producing γ-Glu-Val-Gly using γ-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in the microorganism are provided. By using γ-Glu-Val synthetase expressed in a bacterium, such as Escherichia bacteria, modified so that the activity of a protein encoded by a ybdK gene (YBDIQ is reduced as an expression host, γ-Glu-Val-Gly is produced (Yom Glu, Val, and Gly as raw materials. |
| US11788106B2 |
Reducing insoluble deposit formation in ethanol production
The present inventors have surprisingly discovered that phytic acid tenaciously precipitates with soluble metals in food or fuel ethanol-processing fluid, producing insoluble organometallic salt deposit or scale on the processing equipment that must be removed in order to facilitate further ethanol processing. The present invention relates to converting phytic acid salts or phytates to inorganic phosphates to improve metal solubility and reduce deposition within processing equipment. |
| US11788105B2 |
Polypeptides with lipase activity and uses thereof
Described are methods of using a lipase for hydrolysis and esterification. In a first method of producing a medium chain fatty acid by hydrolysis, the method comprises providing a polypeptide with at least 90% degree of identity to SEQ ID No. 3, and contacting the polypeptide with a medium chain fatty acid ester and water to produce the medium chain fatty acid. In a second method of forming an ester, the method comprises providing a polypeptide with at least 90% degree of identity to SEQ ID No. 3; and contacting the polypeptide with a long chain fatty acid, an alcohol, and water to form the ester of the long chain fatty acid and the alcohol. |
| US11788103B2 |
Secondary acetate fermentation
The disclosure relates to the combination of a primary fermentation that converts gas to acetate with a secondary fermentation that converts acetate to a target product. Preferably, the gas contains carbon dioxide, such that the disclosure enables the fixation of carbon dioxide into useful products. The fermentations may be any combination of aerobic and anaerobic, batch and continuous. The fermenting microorganisms may typically be bacterial or fungal. |
| US11788102B2 |
CHO integration sites and uses thereof
Expression-enhancing nucleotide sequences for eukaryotic expressions systems are provided that allow for enhanced and stable expression of recombinant proteins in eukaryotic cells. Genomic integration sites providing enhanced expression and methods of use thereof are provided for expression of a gene of interest in a eukaryotic cell. Chromosomal loci, sequences, and vectors are provided for enhanced and stable expression of genes in eukaryotic cells. |
| US11788101B2 |
Genomic insulator elements and uses thereof
Provided herein are methods for identifying high potency genomic insulator elements that can be used in a vector composition e.g., that are useful for preventing unwanted expression of neighboring genes, such as proto-oncogenes, when administered to a subject in need thereof. Also provided herein are methods for treating disease and methods for administering a nucleic acid to a subject using such vectors. |
| US11788094B2 |
Method of increasing catalase expression or activity
The present invention generally relates to the field of fermentation technology and microorganisms useful for such fermentations. The invention also relates to materials including nucleic acids and proteins useful for altering fermentation characteristics of microorganisms, and to microorganisms comprising such nucleic acids and/or proteins. |
| US11788091B2 |
Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer based on long noncoding RNA overlapping the LCK gene that regulates prostate cancer cell growth
Provided herein is a previously unannotated lncRNA lying within exon six and 3′UTR of the LCK gene, labeled “HULLK” for Hormone-Upregulated lncRNA within LCK. HULLK is a novel lncRNA situated within the LCK gene that can serve as an oncogene in PCa. Accordingly, provided are methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating prostate cancer based on HULLK that regulates prostate cancer cell growth. |
| US11788086B2 |
Antitumor compounds and tumor diagnosis
The present invention relates to a eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) modulating compound for use in the treatment of a tumor and in the diagnosis of a cancer. The present invention also relates to a method of diagnosing lung cancer in an individual and to a method of providing a prognosis to an individual suffering from lung cancer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of diagnosing colorectal cancer in an individual, a method of differentiating between colon cancer (CC) and rectum cancer (RC) in an individual, a method of determining whether an individual responds to a therapeutic treatment of colorectal cancer, and to a method of determining the course of colorectal cancer in an individual. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of diagnosing a glioma in an individual, a method of grading a glioma in an individual, a method of differentiating between a low-grade glioma and a high-grade glioma in an individual, a method of determining whether an individual responds to a therapeutic treatment of a glioma, and a method of determining the course of a glioma in an individual. In addition, the present invention relates to a kit for conducting the above mentioned methods. |
| US11788084B2 |
UnGE promoter sequence and its uses
The present invention relates to the field of biotechnologies and in particular to the use of a nucleotide sequence having transcription promoter activity in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell systems. |
| US11788083B2 |
Type VI CRISPR orthologs and systems
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered RNA-targeting systems comprising a novel RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA. |
| US11788080B2 |
Modified cleavases, uses thereof and related kits
Provided herein are modified cleavases for removing amino acids from peptides, polypeptides, and proteins. Also provided are methods of using the modified cleavases for treating polypeptides, and kits comprising the modified cleavase. In some embodiments, the methods and the kits also include other components for macromolecule sequencing and/or analysis. |
| US11788079B2 |
Compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity
The present invention relates to compositions comprising polypeptides having xylanase activity and polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity for use in, e.g., animal feed. The present invention further relates to polypeptides having arabinofuranosidase activity, polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. |
| US11788078B2 |
Processes for producing ethanol
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity, catalytic domains, carbohydrate binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or carbohydrate binding domains. |
| US11788075B2 |
Engineered polymerases with reduced sequence-specific errors
Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3′ modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions. |
| US11788071B2 |
Engineered transaminase polypeptides
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides useful for the synthesis of chiral amine compounds under industrially relevant conditions. The disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases for the production of chiral amine compounds. |
| US11788070B2 |
Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase enzyme
In various aspects, the present invention provides uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes capable of catalyzing the transfer of a monosaccharide moiety from a NDP-sugar to the 3′ carbon of a sugar moiety of a substrate, such as a terpenoid glycan, thereby functioning as a “1-3 UGT.” In other aspects, the invention provides polynucleotides encoding the 1-3 UGT, and host cells comprising the same. In still other aspects, the invention provides methods for preparing glycosylated substrates, including steviol glycosides, using the enzyme and host cells of this disclosure. |
| US11788069B2 |
In vitro and cell based assays for measuring the activity of botulinum neurotoxins
Disclosed herein are means for the detection and characterization of neurotoxins such as botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) or tetanus neurotoxin. The present disclosure provides methods for determining potency and activity of neurotoxins in vitro and in vivo. Also disclosed are polypeptides comprising N- and C-terminal fragments of a reporter protein that are split by a linker comprising a neurotoxin cleavage site. Cleavage of the linker by a neurotoxin decreases reporter protein activity, thereby indicating activity of the neurotoxin. Compositions and kits comprising the disclosed polypeptides, nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding such polypeptides, and cells expressing such polypeptides are also disclosed. |
| US11788064B2 |
Method of increasing proliferation of pancreatic beta cells, treatment method, and composition
Disclosed herein are methods of increasing cell proliferation in a population of pancreatic beta cells. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject for a condition associated with insufficient insulin secretion. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a DYRK1 A inhibitor and a GLP1R agonist. The disclosure further describes a method of regenerating pancreatic beta cells in a transplant patient. |
| US11788062B2 |
Functional feline pancreatic cells from adipose tissue
Compositions and methods are described herein for transdifferentiation of multipotent stromal cells into cells that can express insulin. |
| US11788061B2 |
Method for producing mesenchymal stem cells that inhibit proliferation of cancer cells
Disclosed are a medium composition for culturing mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of cancer which can inhibit proliferation of cancer cells, while maintaining differentiation capability and activity thereof, and a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of cancer using the composition. More particularly, disclosed are a medium composition containing vitamin C and aspirin for producing mesenchymal stem cells having improved inhibitory activity against proliferation of cancer cells, and a method for producing mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of cancer using the composition. |
| US11788041B2 |
Venturi bubble lighting
A water filtering system includes providing light deep into a liquid used in applications such as the cultivation of both attached and suspended photosynthetic organisms. The system is configured to inject a stream of bubbles into the liquid and a light source is configured to shines light through the bubbles. The bubbles allow some light to travel deep into the liquid along the length of the bubble stream and scatter/deflect some light out of the bubble stream and into the surrounding liquid including screens for growing algae. |
| US11788040B2 |
Diagnostic device and related method
The present invention relates to a device (10; 30; 50) for analysing liquid samples comprising amplified nucleic acids, said device comprising: a sample pad (16); a first (18) and a second (19) sample analysis strip configured to analyse different aspects of the nucleic acid sample wherein said segments comprise nucleic acid sequences which are complementary to the predetermined sequences of target nucleic acids whose presence or absence is analysed; and a housing (11) enclosing said sample pad and at least two elongated sample analysis strips wherein the analysis result is detectable from the outside of the housing from the combination of aligned segments of said first and second analysis strips. The invention furthermore relates to a method for determining the presence or absence of a target nucleic acid, providing confirmatory results, in combination with a predetermined sequence in a sample from a subject using the device according to the invention. |
| US11788039B1 |
Wine filtering system
A wine filtering system includes a container assembly, a collector, and a screen assembly. The collector is configured to be supported by the container assembly. The screen assembly is configured to be supported by the collector and within the container assembly. The screen assembly includes a screen mount having one or more mesh screens secured thereto. The one or more mesh screens are configured to separate at least portions of an alcohol component of wine from a juice component of wine sprayed thereagainst to define a filtered wine and a filtered alcohol. The one or more mesh screens enable the filtered wine to pass through the one or more mesh screens for collection by the collector such that the collector directs the collected filtered wine into the container assembly. |
| US11788037B2 |
Process for treating wort
The present invention provides a process for treating a wort composition in a kettle, said method providing a significant energy saving compared to existing wort treatment processes. In particular, the process includes a hot-hold step for the wort, followed by gas sparging at elevated temperatures. |
| US11788035B2 |
Soap bar with high water content
The present invention relates to a soap bar composition. It more particularly relates to a soap bar composition which comprises low amount of soap where high amount of water can be incorporated. This is achieved by including a selective polymer therein. The soap bars of the invention are easy to extrude and stamp. |
| US11788025B2 |
Real time additive processing system for crude oil, fuels, or refined products and method
A real time additive processing system for crude oil or refined fuel products is coupled to a fuel transport line that transfers fuel from one storage tank to another storage tank. The fuel additive processing system includes a fuel additive storage tank coupled to a liquid conduit having a liquid pump with a speed/stroke controller that regulates the liquid pump. The liquid conduit is coupled to the fuel transport line at a fuel additive injection nozzle. The fuel additive processing system also includes a flow rate transmitter and a chemical or physical property analyzer coupled to the fuel transport line downstream of the additive injection nozzle. The fuel additive processing system includes a flow controller that communicates with the liquid pump speed/stroke controller, flow rate transmitter and chemical or physical property analyzer. A remote system allows selective control of the flow controller. |
| US11788022B1 |
Augmenting syngas evolution processes using electrolysis
Methods and systems related to augmenting syngas production using electrolysis are disclosed. A disclosed method includes harvesting a volume of carbon monoxide from a syngas production system operating on a volume of natural gas, supplying the volume of carbon monoxide to a cathode area of an electrolyzer, and generating, using the volume of carbon monoxide and the electrolyzer, a volume of generated chemicals. The volume of generated chemicals is at least one of: a volume of hydrocarbons, a volume of olefins, a volume of organic acids, a volume of alcohols, and a volume of N-rich organic compounds. |
| US11788018B2 |
Processes for converting petroleum based waste oils into light and medium distillate
The present technology relates to processes for converting PBWO into light and medium distillate such as usable diesel fuel, the processes generally comprising the steps of: boiling the PBWO to dehydrate the PBWO, heating the PBWO to produce PBWO hydrocarbon vapor, contacting the PBWO hydrocarbon vapor with a catalyst, and cooling the resultant vapor to liquid form through heat exchangers to produce light and medium distillate. |
| US11788013B2 |
Process for production of needle coke
High-quality graphite/needle grade coke is produced with reduced impurity levels and improved coefficient of thermal expansion using an integrated hydrotreatment, catalytic cracking and coking reaction sections, employing a combination of highly paraffinic hydrotreated VGO stream and aromatic CLO stream, which is thereafter processed in a delayed coking section. |
| US11788012B2 |
Integrated coke plant automation and optimization using advanced control and optimization techniques
The present technology is generally directed to integrated control of coke ovens in a coke plant in order to optimize coking rate, product recovery, byproducts and/or unit lime consumption Optimization objectives are achieved through controlling certain variables (called control variables) by manipulating available handles (called manipulated variables) subject to constraints and system disturbances that affect the controlled variables. |
| US11788010B2 |
Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device comprising the same
A liquid crystal composition includes at least one compound of general formula F and at least one compound of general formula N. A liquid crystal display device includes the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition has a larger K value, a smaller rotational viscosity, a higher VHR value, a longer low temperature storage time and a shorter response time while maintaining an appropriate clearing point, an appropriate optical anisotropy, and an appropriate absolute value of dielectric anisotropy, such that the liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal composition has a better contrast, a wider temperature range for application, a faster response speed, a better contrast and a higher reliability. |
| US11788009B2 |
Liquid-crystalline medium for use in a switching element
Liquid-crystalline media containing one or more mesogenic compounds, one or more chiral compounds, and one or more polymerizable mesogenic compounds, wherein the media exhibit a pitch of 0.55 μm or more and a clearing point of 80° C. or more and wherein the one or more polymerizable mesogenic compounds are contained in an amount, based on the overall contents of the media, of 5% by weight or less, are suitable as modulation materials. Such modulation materials can be used in switching layers and window elements. |
| US11788005B2 |
Quantum dots, a composition or composite including the same, and an electronic device including the same
Quantum dots and a composite and a display device including the quantum dots. The quantum dots comprise a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, and optionally zinc, a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell comprising zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the quantum dots are configured to exhibit a maximum photoluminescence peak in a green light wavelength region, and in an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dots, a ratio A450/Afirst, of an absorption value at 450 nm to an absorption value at a first excitation peak is greater than or equal to about 0.7, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.4: (Absfirst−Absvalley)/Absfirst=VD wherein, Absfirst is an absorption value at the first absorption peak wavelength and Absvalley is an absorption value at a lowest point of the valley adjacent to the first absorption peak, and wherein the maximum photoluminescence peak of the quantum dots has a full width at half maximum of less than or equal to 40 nanometers. |
| US11787998B2 |
Use of a borate-acid buffer in oil and gas operations
Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc. |
| US11787997B2 |
Treatment fluid composition for high temperature multi-stage fracturing applications
Provided is a method that may include introducing into a wellbore as a single stage treatment a composition that may include a fluid formulation that is a water-in-oil emulsion having an organic phase and an aqueous phase, the aqueous phase dispersed in the organic phase; maintaining the wellbore by shutting-in the well; and hydraulic fracturing the wellbore. The composition may contain a chelating agent and may interact with an oil-based sludge or filter cake, which may contain barite, at a target zone, allowing the composition to remove a portion of the oil-based mud sludge or filter cake. |
| US11787996B1 |
Wellbore cleaner for use in displacement trains
A method may include providing a single-phase cleanout fluid comprising a first nonionic surfactant with a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) greater than 10, a second nonionic surfactant with an HLB greater than 10, a third nonionic surfactant with an HLB of less than 10, and a solvent; preparing a cleanout pill by mixing the single-phase cleanout fluid with a brine; and displacing a fluid in a wellbore using the cleanout pill. |
| US11787995B2 |
Method for extracting hydrocarbons
Portable/transportable apparatuses, methods, and systems for generating and delivering sulfur trioxide on-site or near an item to be treated is provided. A method for extracting hydrocarbons from deposits containing a clathrate hydrate such as methane hydrates includes a step of delivering sulfur trioxide to an ice deposit containing a clathrate hydrate and subsequently extracting linear or branched hydrocarbons. |
| US11787991B1 |
Disintegrable rubber seal, method of manufacture, and application thereof
A disintegrable rubber seal includes a rubber composite, which contains a rubber matrix including a crosslinked rubber; and an energetic filler configured to generate heat upon activation to disintegrate the rubber matrix. The energetic filler contains a metal and a metal oxide. A weight ratio of the energetic filler to the rubber matrix is about 6:1 to about 1:1. |
| US11787989B2 |
Heat transfer methods, systems and compositions
Disclosed are methods for providing heating and/or cooling of the type comprising evaporating refrigerant liquid and condensing refrigerant vapor in a plurality of repeating cycles, where the method comprises (a) providing the refrigerant comprising at least about 5% by weight of a lower alkyl iodofluorocarbon; and (b) exposing at least a portion of said refrigerant in at least a portion of said plurality of said cycles to a sequestration material comprising: i) copper or a copper alloy; ii) a molecular sieve (preferably a zeolite), comprising copper, silver, lead or a combination thereof; iii) an anion exchange resin, and iv) a combination of two or more of these, wherein said exposing temperature is preferably above about 20 C. |
| US11787985B2 |
Adhesive film for polarizing plates, polarizing plate including the same and optical display including the same
An adhesive film for polarizing plates, a polarizing plate including the same, and an optical display including the same are provided. The adhesive film for polarizing plates is formed of an adhesive composition comprising: a (meth)acrylic copolymer; an adhesion promoter; a mixture of an isocyanate curing agent and a carbodiimide curing agent; and a UV absorbent, and the adhesive film has a glass transition temperature of about −47° C. to −40° C., and the adhesive film has a light transmittance of about 3% or less at a wavelength of about 380 nm. |
| US11787973B2 |
Sliding member and method for manufacturing same
A sliding member which has low sliding resistance, can prevent the leakage of a liquid, has low dust emission properties and low leachability, and can be manufactured in a simple manner; and a method for manufacturing the sliding member. The sliding member includes an elastic molded body which is coated with a coating layer composition containing an amino-modified silicone compound having a silanol group and/or an alkoxysilyl group and also having an amino-containing group in a side chain. The method for manufacturing the sliding member includes the steps of: preparing the coating layer composition containing the amino-modified silicone compound having the silanol group and/or the alkoxysilyl group and also having the amino-containing group in a side chain; applying the coating layer composition to the elastic molded body; and coating the elastic molded body with the coating layer composition. |
| US11787971B2 |
Polarizing plate, image display device comprising same and photocurable composition for polarizing plate protection layer
A polarizing plate, an image display device comprising the same, and a photocurable composition for a polarizing plate protective layer are provided. The polarizing plate includes a polarizer; and a protective layer in contact with at least one surface of the polarizer. The protective layer is a cured material of a photocurable composition for a polarizing plate protective layer including a photopolymerizable compound, and a photocation polymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compound includes a first epoxy-based compound, a second epoxy-based compound and an oxetane compound. |
| US11787964B2 |
Light emitting element ink and method of manufacturing display device
A light emitting element ink and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. The light emitting element ink includes a light emitting element solvent, a light emitting element dispersed in the light emitting element solvent, the light emitting element including a plurality of semiconductor layers and an insulating film surrounding outer surfaces of the semiconductor layers, a thickener dispersed in the light emitting element solvent, wherein a compound of the thickener includes a functional group capable of forming a hydrogen bond together with a compound of the light emitting element solvent or another compound of the thickener and the compound of the thickener is represented by Chemical Formula 1. |
| US11787963B2 |
Aqueous ink jet ink composition and ink jet recording method
An aqueous ink jet ink composition according to the present embodiment is an aqueous ink jet ink composition for use in an ink jet recording method that includes ejecting ink from an ink jet head. The ink jet head includes nozzles that have a side wall surface, and the side wall surface has a scalloped shape in which a scallop width S1 and a notch depth S2 satisfy S1/S2≥4. The aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a self-dispersed pigment and a solvent that includes a compound represented by formula (1) below. R1—O—R2—OH (1) In formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group, and R2 represents a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 5 or fewer carbon atoms or represents a group represented by formula (2) below. R3—O—R4 (2) In formula (2), R3 and R4 each independently represent a divalent saturated hydrocarbon group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. |
| US11787961B2 |
Ink jet process and recording
An ink jet process includes an ejection step, in which a radiation-curable ink jet composition is ejected from an ink jet head to a recording medium, and a curing step, in which the ejected ink jet composition is irradiated with radiation to give a cured coating of the ink jet composition. The ink jet composition contains at least one polymerizable compound, at least one photopolymerization initiator, and C.I. Pigment Red 57:1. The C.I. Pigment Red 57:1 constitutes 4.0% by mass or more of the total amount of the ink jet composition, and the cured coating has a maximum thickness of 5 μm or less. |
| US11787960B2 |
Curable coating material for non-impact printing
A coating material processable by non-impact printing to form at least a part of a coating layer representing an image, the coating material having an amorphous resin portion, is curable and is configured for being applied with a thickness of at least 15 μm, the coating material having one or more of the following: a polyester resin having at least one incorporated acid monomer and wherein at least 10 weight percent of the at least one incorporated acid monomer is isophthalic acid; a polyester resin containing 1 to 100 w-% of cycloaliphatic glycol compounds with respect to the total weight of the glycol compounds of the polyester resin component; an acrylic resin; a fluorine containing polymer; a polyurethane resin. |
| US11787959B2 |
Radiation curable gravure ink
A radiation curable gravure ink, comprising: cationic polymerizable compound comprising a hydroxyl-containing oxetane-based compound and an alicyclic epoxy-based compound; a cationic photoinitiator; a pigment; and filler. |
| US11787957B2 |
Coating solution, method for producing coating film, and coating film
The present invention relates to a coating liquid comprising an aerogel particle, a binder resin, a fibrous substance having a fiber length of 1.5 mm or more, and a liquid medium. |
| US11787956B2 |
Magnetic multilayer pigment flake and coating composition
The present invention provides a magnetic multilayer pigment flake and a magnetic coating composition that are relatively safe for human health and the environment. The pigment flake includes one or more magnetic layers of a magnetic alloy and one or more dielectric layers of a dielectric material. The magnetic alloy is an iron-chromium alloy or an iron-chromium-aluminum alloy, having a substantially nickel-free composition. The coating composition includes a plurality of the pigment flakes disposed in a binder medium. |
| US11787954B2 |
Organically soluble conductive polymers
Polymerize ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) in a polymerization process using dinonylnaphthalenesulfonic acid (DNNSA) as the dopant and Fe(III) p-toluenesulfonate (Fe (III) p-TSA) as the oxidizing agent to produce an organically soluble polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT). |
| US11787953B2 |
Polysiloxane-based fouling control coating systems
The present application discloses novel multilayer polysiloxane-based fouling control coating systems having included therein active constituents like biocides and/or enzymes. Further, the polysiloxane-based layers may individually have included as a part thereof hydrophilic oligomer/polymer moieties, and/or said may further comprising one or more hydrophilic-modified polysiloxane oils. |
| US11787950B2 |
Molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip paint as well as preparation method of molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip and molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip
The present disclosure discloses a molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip paint, the casting tip paint is formed by mixing magnesia-alumina spinel, alumina, magnesia, water, sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, wherein the proportions of various raw materials for the casting tip paint are as follows: magnesia-alumina spinel of 40-50 wt %, alumina of 10-20 wt %, magnesia of 5-10 wt %, water of 20-40 wt %, sodium tripolyphosphate of 0-10 wt %, and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose of 0-10 wt %. The present disclosure also discloses a preparation method of a molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip. The molten aluminum erosion resistant casting tip paint provided by the present disclosure can be evenly coated onto the inner wall of the casting tip, so as to form a compact molten aluminum erosion resistant coating, thereby preventing infiltration and erosion of the molten aluminum. |
| US11787937B2 |
Particles comprising polyamides with pendent optical absorbers and related methods
A method for producing highly spherical polymer particles comprising a polyamide having an optical absorber pendent from a backbone of the polyamide (OAMB-polyamide) may comprise: mixing a mixture comprising the OAMB-polyamide, a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the OAMB-polyamide, and optionally an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the OAMB-polyamide and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the OAMB-polyamide in the carrier fluid; and cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature of the OAMB-polyamide to form particles comprising the OAMB-polyamide and the emulsion stabilizer, when present, associated with an outer surface of the particles. |
| US11787931B2 |
Photocurable resin composition, sealing material for fuel cell, cured product thereof, fuel cell, and sealing method
An object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable resin composition that can cope with application by screen printing and can be photocured in a short time. The present invention relates to a photocurable resin composition containing the following components (A) to (D): component (A): a polymer having one or more (meth)acryloyl groups and a polyisobutylene skeleton containing —[CH2C(CH3)2]— unit, component (B): a monofunctional monomer containing the following component (b1) and component (b2), component (b1): a monofunctional monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group and a hydroxy group, component (b2): a monofunctional monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group and no hydroxy group, component (C): a radical polymerization initiator, and component (D): organic resin particles. |
| US11787928B2 |
Polyvinyl alcohol compositions having improved particle size distribution
Disclosed are particulate polyvinyl alcohol-based compositions for use in manufacturing chemical materials and in other industrial operations, and for treatments applied to a subterranean formation traversed by the borehole of an oil or gas well, which compositions are prepared by granulating polyvinyl alcohol polymers, and admixing the granules so produced with powder and/or crushing the granules to a specified particle size distribution. |
| US11787922B2 |
Hydrophobically modified chitosan compositions
Disclosed herein is a polymer composition comprising an effective amount of a hydrophobically-modified polymer having functional groups along the backbone occupied by a fatty anhydride moiety. The polymer composition has a potent hemostatic action by gelling blood upon contact, and is suitable for treating internal and external bleeds. As disclosed herein, the modified polymer can be generated without the use of toxic reagents that would require removal from the product. Further, compositions are shelf stable even in a flowable form. That is, the hydrophobic grafts are not lost under product storage conditions (e.g., room temperature storage). |
| US11787918B2 |
Biobased compositions
A composition comprised of a component selected from the group consisting of a biobased bis-alkyl succinate and a biobased bis-alkyl sebacate, each derived, for example, from the esterification of biobased diacid such as succinic acid or sebacic acid, and a biobased alcohol and a biobased polyester. |
| US11787915B2 |
Method of producing porous molded body
A molding device produces a porous film from a molding material which is an emulsion. In a case where a volume of a dispersed phase is X1 and a volume of a continuous phase is X2, the molding material has a value of X1/(X1+X2) within a range of 0.5 or more and 0.9 or less. In the molding material, a specific gravity of the dispersed phase is greater than a specific gravity of the continuous phase. The molding material includes a water phase containing a curable compound as the continuous phase, and forms a liquid film on a support. Thereafter, the curable compound in the liquid film is cured. After curing, the dispersed phase is removed. |
| US11787914B2 |
Expandable media with flexible skin as tooling for composite parts
A system for curing a composite part, includes a mandrel configured to receive and support the uncured composite part; a plurality of expandable pellets disposed on the uncured composite part; and a mold configured to hold the mandrel, the uncured composite part, and the plurality of expandable pellets, wherein the plurality of expandable pellets are configured to expand and apply a positive pressure to the uncured composite part according to a change in condition or triggering event, and wherein each of the plurality of expandable pellets includes a blowing agent, a polymer matrix configured to hold the blowing agent, and a flexible skin configured to encapsulate the polymer matrix and the blowing agent, wherein the flexible skin is at least partially permeable with respect to the blowing agent or a gas released by the blowing agent. |
| US11787912B2 |
Highly filled carbon nanofiber reinforced polysiloxanes
Provided herein are polysiloxane-based composite materials comprising a high weight percentage of elemental components (e.g., elemental boron, elemental copper, elemental bismuth, elemental lead) and low levels of carbon nanofibers. The elemental components may be present in the composite materials at levels greater than 25% by weight. Also provided herein are methods of forming the composite materials that have desirable flexibility and shielding properties. The invention provides a versatile composite material that is compliant and moldable, while still comprising high levels of the elemental shielding components. The materials are particularly useful for applications in which radiation shielding or neutron capture are desired. |
| US11787911B2 |
Activating surfaces for subsequent bonding
A method of activating a surface of a plastics substrate formed from: (a) polyaryletherketone such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polyether ketone ketone (PEKK), polyether ketone (PEK); polyether ether ketone ketone (PEEKK); or polyether ketone ether ketone ketone (PEKEKK); (b) a polymer containing a phenyl group directly attached to a carbonyl group, for example polybutadiene terephthalate (PBT) optionally wherein the carbonyl group is part of an amide group, such as polyarylamide (PARA); (c) polyphenylene sulfide (PPS); or (d) polyetherimide (PEI); for subsequent bonding, the method comprising the step of exposing the surface to actinic radiation wherein the actinic radiation: includes radiation with wavelength in the range from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm; the energy of the actinic radiation to which the surface is exposed is in the range from about 0.5 J/cm2 to about 300 J/cm2. Hard to bond substrates are then more easily subsequently bonded for example using acrylic, epoxy or anaerobic adhesive. |
| US11787909B2 |
Hydrogels derived from acrylamide for controlling circulation losses and methods of fabrication thereof
Acrylamide-derived hydrogels and methods of fabrication thereof from an acrylic monomer, a crosslinking agent comprising an organosilicon compound, a polymerization initiator, a solvent and a polymerization accelerator, as well as their use in controlling circulation losses. The obtained hydrogels interact with the walls of the reservoir and exhibits an increase in viscosity, either at delayed times or in response to a given stimulus, such as changes in temperature, pressure, pH, salinity, using a simple and easily scalable methodology. |
| US11787906B2 |
Biodegradable drug-polymer conjugate
A drug-polymer conjugate, which is a copolymer of at least one monomer of formula (I): (I) where: X may be the same or different at each occurrence and represents a terminal functional group comprising an alkyne or an azide; Q is independently selected at each occurrence and may be present or absent and when present, represents a linking group; R is selected from the group consisting of linear or branched hydrocarbon, optionally substituted aryl and optionally substituted heteroaryl; D is a releasable drug selected from prostaglandins, β-blockers and mixtures thereof; L is a linker group group; and at least one co-monomer of Formula III III J represents a linking functional group, n is 2 to 8, preferably 3 to 8; Y comprises a polyether of formula (ORa)m wherein Ra is independently ethylene, propylene and butylene and m is from 1 to 300 (preferably 2 to 300) and the polyether is in chain with one or more groups which are preferably selected from one or more of optionally substituted straight or branched C1 to do alkylene, amino, ether, ester, amide, carbonate and carbamate; A may be the same or different at each occurrence and represents a group comprising a terminal functional group comprising an alkyne or an azide functionality, wherein said terminal functional group is complementary to the terminal functional group X of formula (I) providing triazole moieties from reaction of X and A. |
| US11787896B2 |
Preparation method of ultraviolet (UV)-resistant and transparent lignin-based polyurethane (PU) elastomer
The present disclosure discloses a preparation method of an ultraviolet (UV)-resistant and transparent lignin-based polyurethane (PU) elastomer. During the synthesis process, natural lignin-based polyols are directly used as an end-capping agent, isophorone diisocyanate and 2,2-dimethylolbutyric acid are used as a hard segment and polyether chain polyols are used as a soft segment, to synthesize a PU elastomer with a transparent brown appearance, excellent high elasticity and elastic recovery performance, as well as excellent mechanical properties, excellent UV resistance and repeatable processability. The lignin-based PU elastomer has a simple preparation process, and has great potential values for use in the fields such as PU elastomer film, fabric coating, and elastic fiber and biomass polymer materials. |
| US11787892B2 |
Process for making an oxymethylene polymer
A process for making an oxymethylene polymer comprising polymerizing at least one compound capable of forming —CH2O— repeat units (monomer) in the presence of at least one ester of the general formula I (ester): R1—CO—O—R2 (I) wherein R1 can be hydrogen, wherein R1 and R2 are independently of each other linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl C5 to C7 cycloalkyl —[R3-0-]nR4 wherein R3 is a linear or branched C2 to C5 alkylen and R4 is a linear of branched C1 to C5 alkyl and n is an integer of from 1 to 5. and in the presence of at least one Lewis acid. |
| US11787889B2 |
Process for the preparation of polyacrylamides using an eco-friendly lubricant composition
Process for preparing water-soluble polymers in powder form by polymerization of water-soluble monoethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising the successive steps: a) Spraying on the inner wall of a polymerization vessel, the lubricant composition LC1: alkyl oleate/polyoxyethylene oleyl ether phosphate/sorbitan monolaurate, b) Polymerizing in aqueous solution in the presence of polymerization initiators at least one water-soluble monounsaturated ethylenic monomer, c) Discharging the polymer gel, d) Granulating the polymer gel thus obtained in a granulator, in presence of a lubricant composition LC2: alkyl oleate/polyxoyethylene oleyl ether phosphate/sorbitan monolaurate, e) Drying the polymer gel to obtain a polymer in powder form, f) Grinding and sifting the powder. |
| US11787888B2 |
Acrylamide copolymer and preparation method therefor and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of oilfield chemicals, and discloses an acrylamide copolymer, wherein the acrylamide copolymer comprises a structural unit A, a structural unit B and a structural unit C, wherein the structural unit A has a structure shown in Formula (1), the structural unit B has a structure shown in Formula (2), and the structural unit C has a structure shown in Formula (3) and/or Formula (4); wherein R1 is methyl or H, R2 is —OH, —NH2, —COOH or C2-C12 alkyl, n is an integer between 0 and 6, and a, b and c are each independently selected from integers between 0 and 2. |
| US11787887B2 |
Method of producing vinyl chloride-based polymer
Provided is a method of producing a vinyl chloride-based polymer including adding a vinyl chloride monomer and a monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 to a reactor and performing polymerization, wherein an input amount of the monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 is 1 to 4 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the vinyl chloride monomer, and the monomer represented by Chemical Formula 1 is continuously added to the reactor. |
| US11787886B2 |
Single step foamed polymeric material characterised by the presence of two or more cellular layers and aggregates that exhibit variation in cell size and cell density distribution
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of foamed polymeric material characterised by the presence of two or more cellular layers and aggregates that exhibit variations in cell size and cell density distribution. The heterogeneous polymeric material is foamed using a single expansion step, thus eliminating the assembly steps and improving the mechanical proprieties of the foam. The invention allows producing custom foam with predefined profiles of cell size, cell density distribution, and with correlated variations of its physical properties. The key to this invention is that the polymer material before expansion is made in multiple polymerisation steps from the original monomers. In each polymerisation step, a different recipe of monomers and physical blowing agents' concentration is used. These recipes within the final polymer material will expand under the same temperature to produce various aggregates of cell sizes and cell distribution in the final foam. |
| US11787881B2 |
Polyethylene compositions and films prepared therefrom
A polyethylene composition having from about 0.5 to about 20 wt % of alpha-olefin derived units other than ethylene-derived units, with the balance including ethylene-derived units, total internal unsaturations (Vy1+Vy2+T1) of from about 0.15 to about 0.40 per 1000 carbon atoms, an MI of from about 0.1 to about 6 g/10 min, an HLM1 of from about 5.0 to about 40 g/10 min, a density of from about 0.890 to about 0.940 g/ml, a Tw1-Tw2 value of from about −50 to about −23° C., an Mw1/Mw2 value of from about 2.0 to about 3.5, an Mw/Mn of from about 4.5 to about 12, an Mz/Mw of from about 2.5 to about 3.0, an Mz/Mn of from about 15 to about 25, and a g′(vis) greater than 0.90. |
| US11787877B2 |
Antibody with non-natural amino acid introduced therein
The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof as a human IgG antibody including at least one lysine derivative in a constant region of the human IgG antibody; a modified antibody or antibody fragment thereof, wherein the lysine derivative is modified; a nucleic acid including a nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody or antibody fragment thereof; a vector including the nucleic acid; a transformed cell obtained by introducing the vector into a host cell; a method for producing the antibody or antibody fragment thereof; and a composition containing the antibody or antibody fragment thereof. |
| US11787874B2 |
Factor X binders enhancing FX activation
The application relates to unique FX binding molecules, such as antibodies and fragments thereof which are useful in the treatment of haemophilia. |
| US11787870B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising LRIT2 inhibitor as active ingredient
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer, comprising an LRIT2 inhibitor as an active ingredient. The LRIT2 inhibitor according to the present invention can increase the activity of immune cells, and thus can be used as an immune enhancer. Also, the LRIT2 inhibitor according to the present invention can effectively prevent or treat cancer by enhancing the immunity of an individual. |
| US11787866B2 |
Anti-CD25 antibody agents
The present disclosure provides antibody sequences found in antibodies that bind to human CD25. In particular, the present disclosure provides sequences of anti-human CD25 antibodies, which do not block the binding of CD25 to IL-2 or IL-2 signalling. Antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof including such sequences can be used in pharmaceutical composition and methods of treatment, in particular for treating cancer. |
| US11787861B2 |
Anti-CD200R1 antibodies and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides binding proteins, such as antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, which specifically bind to human CD200R1 receptor protein (hu-CD200R1) and are capable of decreasing, inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory effects mediated by hu-CD200R1. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the antibodies (and compositions thereof) to treat diseases and conditions responsive to decreasing, inhibiting and/or blocking immune regulatory function or activity mediated by CD200 binding to CD200R1. |
| US11787859B2 |
TIM-3 antagonists for the treatment and diagnosis of cancers
Provided herein are methods for treating a subject afflicted with a cancer, comprising administering to the subject a TIM3 agonist (e.g., an anti-TIM3 antibody), alone or in conjunction with another immune checkpoint inhibitor (e.g., a PD-1 antagonist), wherein the subject is identified as having a high frequency of TIM3 positive cells (e.g., on the tumor infiltrating inflammatory cells) or soluble TIM3 in peripheral blood. Also provided are methods for assessing the efficacy of a treatment comprising a TIM3 antagonist in a subject afflicted with a cancer, comprising measuring the frequency of TIM3 (and optionally PD-1) positive cells in certain populations of cells and/or the soluble TIM3 in peripheral blood of the subject, wherein a high frequency of TIM3 (and optionally PD-1) positive cells and/or the subject's peripheral blood titer of soluble TIM3 is indicative of the response to the treatment. |
| US11787855B2 |
Egg, fertilized egg, or embryo quality improving agent
Object of the present invention is to provide means for improving the quality of preimplantation embryos deteriorated with age or the like. The present invention relates to an agent for improving the quality of an egg, a fertilized egg, and/or an embryo, including a substance that inhibits signal transmission from CXCL5. |
| US11787854B2 |
Immunological targeting of pathological tau proteins
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating, preventing, and diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies in a subject by administering an immunogenic tau peptide or an antibody recognizing the immunogenic tau epitope under conditions effective to treat, prevent, or diagnose Alzheimer's Disease or other tauopathies. Also disclosed are methods of promoting clearance of aggregates from the brain of the subject and of slowing progression of tau-pathology related behavioral phenotype in a subject. |
| US11787853B2 |
Neutralizing anti-influenza b antibodies and uses thereof
The invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that are capable of binding to influenza B virus hemagglutinin (HA) and neutralizing influenza B virus in two phylogenetically distinct lineages. In one embodiment, the antibody or antigen binding fragment is capable of binding to influenza B virus hemagglutinin and neutralizing influenza B virus in Yamagata and Victoria lineages. |
| US11787851B2 |
Optimized factor VIII gene
The present invention provides codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, vectors and host cells comprising codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, polypeptides encoded by codon optimized Factor VIII sequences, and methods of producing such polypeptides.The present invention also provides methods of treating bleeding disorders such as hemophilia comprising administering to the subject a codon optimized Factor VIII nucleic acid sequence or the polypeptide encoded thereby. |
| US11787845B1 |
Synthetic plasmodium antigens, compositions, and uses thereof
Provided herein are synthetic P. vivax antigens, antibodies and pharmaceutical formulations and vaccines thereof. Also provided herein are methods of treating and/or preventing Plasmodium infection and/or disease by administering the synthetic P. vivax antigens, antibodies and pharmaceutical formulations and vaccines thereof. |
| US11787842B2 |
Tuberculosis compositions and methods of using the same
The present disclosure provides fusion proteins comprising Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, vectors comprising nucleic acid molecules, compositions comprising the same, and methods of eliciting an immune response against tuberculosis. |
| US11787839B2 |
Targeting α2δ-1-bound glutamate receptors for treating diseases and disorders
The present disclosure provides α2δ-1 C-terminal domain mimetics for the treatment of pain, epilepsy or other disorders in a subject. Further provided is an α2δ-1 C-terminal domain peptide which blocks binding of α2δ-1 to the glutamate receptors NMDAR and AMPAR. |
| US11787836B2 |
Method for synthesizing peptide containing N-substituted amino acid
Methods of producing a peptide containing an N-substituted amino acid or N-substituted amino acid analog of the present invention include the steps of: preparing an Fmoc-protected amino acid, an Fmoc-protected amino acid analog, or an Fmoc-protected peptide; deprotecting a protecting group which have an Fmoc skeleton of the Fmoc-protected amino acid and such by using a base; and forming an amide bond by adding a new Fmoc-protected amino acid and such; and when the peptide is produced by a solid-phase method, the obtained peptide is cleaved off from the solid phase under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. Furthermore, at least one side chain of the obtained peptide has a protecting group that is not deprotected under basic conditions and is deprotected under conditions of weaker acidity than TFA. |
| US11787835B2 |
C19 scaffolds and steroids and methods of use and manufacture thereof
The present disclosure relates to stereodefined polycyclic (e.g., tetracyclic) compounds that contain quaternary centers at one or multiple ring fusions, synthetic methods for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat a disease, such as a brain tumor and, particularly, a glioma. |
| US11787830B2 |
Crystalline solids of nicotinic acid mononucleotide and esters thereof and methods of making and use
The present disclosure relates to crystalline solids comprising a compound of Formula (I), wherein R is n-propyl, and methods of making compounds of Formula (I) wherein R is C1-C4 alkyl or C2-C4 alkenyl. The present disclosure also relates to crystalline solids comprising a compound of Formula (II), The present disclosure further relates to methods of preparing the crystalline solids, and pharmaceutical preparations of the crystalline solids, and use of such pharmaceutical preparations in treatment of diseases and conditions. |
| US11787828B2 |
Crystalline forms and methods of producing crystalline forms of a compound
Disclosed herein are methods of crystallizing the compound of Formula I, as well as crystalline forms thereof. Crystalline forms of Formula I disclosed include the TBME solvate crystalline form, toluene solvate crystalline form, ethanol solvate crystalline form, THF solvate crystalline form, EtOAc solvate crystalline form, acetone solvate crystalline form and crystalline Form C. |
| US11787821B2 |
Catalyst and process for ring opening polymerization
The present invention discloses new catalyst systems based on trivalent metal complexes of Formula I, which can facilitate the stereospecific ring-opening polymerization of (rac)-β-Butyrolactone (rac-BBL). Also provided is a process for the stereospecific synthesis of aliphatic polyesters using the catalysts of Formula I, including alcohols and polyols as chain-transfer agents to facilitate immortal ring-opening polymerization. |
| US11787820B2 |
Method of treating certain sex hormone-dependent diseases administering a soft gelatin capsule comprising NK1 and NK3 receptors antagonists
The present invention generally relates to novel pharmaceutical formulations containing 2-[3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-N-{4-(4-fluoro-2-methylphenyl)-6-[(7S,9aS)-7-(hydroxymethyl)hexahydropyrazino[2,1-c][1,4]oxazin-8(1H)-yl]-3-pyridinyl}-N,2-dimethylpropanamide, methods of preparation thereof and their use in medical therapy. |
| US11787819B2 |
Crystalline salt of a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, method of preparation, and use thereof
The present invention relates to malate salt of a multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor. In particular, the present invention relates to crystalline forms of the malate salt of multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitor N-(3-fluoro-4-((2-(5-(((2-methoxyethyl)amino)methyl)pyridin-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]pyridin-7-yl)oxy)phenyl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide (S)-2-hydroxysuccinate (1:1), pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline form, processes for preparing the crystalline form and methods of use therefore. |
| US11787815B1 |
Processes for the preparation of (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]-pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide and solid state forms thereof
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process. |
| US11787814B2 |
Method for preparing 2-indolinospirone compound and intermediate thereof
Disclosed is a method for preparing 2-indolinospirone compound and intermediate thereof, specifically disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of formula 5. The method is relatively simple and has high stereoselectivity and yield. |
| US11787812B2 |
Substituted pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines and imidazo[5,1 -f][1,2,4]triazines as androgen receptor and phosphodiesterase dual inhibitors
The present disclosure provides androgen receptor (AR) and phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5) inhibitor compounds of the formula (I): and compositions including said compounds. The compounds can provide dual functionality for inhibiting AR and inhibiting PDE-5. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting AR and PDE-5 in a biological system or biological sample. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds. |
| US11787810B2 |
Diacylglyceride O-acyltransferase 2 inhibitors
Invented are compounds of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, and prodrugs thereof, which are DGAT2 inhibitors. Also provided are methods of making compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, and methods of using these compounds to treat hepatic steatosis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis, type-2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, cognitive decline, dementia, cardiorenal diseases such as chronic kidney diseases and heart failure and related diseases and conditions, comprising administering a compound of Formula I to a patient in need thereof. |
| US11787809B2 |
Oxime group-containing condensed heterocyclic compound or salt thereof, agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound, and method for using the insecticide
Provided are an oxime group-containing condensed heterocyclic compound or a salt thereof, preferably a condensed heterocyclic compound represented by general formula (1): (wherein the symbols are defined in the specification); an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide. |
| US11787807B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of the JAK family of kinases
2-((1r,4r)-4-(imidazo[4,5-d]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-1(6H)-yl)cyclohexyl)acetonitrile compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by JAK. |
| US11787805B2 |
N-oxide inhibitors of NLRP3 inflammasome
The present disclosure relates to compounds that act as inhibitors of NLRP3 inflammasomes; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders associated with inflammation and inflammaging, including hearing loss and other diseases associated with aging. |
| US11787800B2 |
BRD9 degraders and uses thereof
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of BAF-related disorders such as cancers and viral infections. |
| US11787797B2 |
4,5-annulated 1,2,4-triazolones
The present invention provides triazolone compounds of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular of hyperproliferative disorders, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients. |
| US11787796B2 |
Plasma Kallikrein inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds and compositions thereof which are useful as inhibitors of plasma kallikrein and which exhibit desirable characteristics for the same. |
| US11787795B2 |
Inhibitors of RNA guided nucleases and uses thereof
Compositions and methods are provided for the inhibition of the function of RNA guided endonucleases, including the identification and use of such inhibitors. |
| US11787793B2 |
Heterocyclic compounds as immunomodulators
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections. |
| US11787791B2 |
Inhibitors of VAP-1
Provided herein are compounds and methods of use thereof for the modulation of VAP-1 activity. |
| US11787787B2 |
Delta-opioid receptor agonists
The present disclosure relates to novel δ-opioid receptor agonists, and the method of making and using the novel δ-opioid receptor agonists. The novel δ-opioid receptor agonists are selective δ-opioid receptor agonists that have substantially no beta-arrestin 2 recruitment or low beta-arrestin 2 recruitment. The novel δ-opioid receptor agonists may be used for the treatment for alcohol use disorders and other co-occurring psychiatric disorders. |
| US11787786B2 |
Fused 1,4-dihydrodioxin derivatives as inhibitors of heat shock transcription factor 1
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein A1, A2 R4 and Q are as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are inhibitors of heat shock factor 1 (HSF1). In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US11787775B2 |
Therapeutic compounds and methods of use
The invention relates to compounds and methods of using said compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, for treating diseases and conditions mediated by TEAD, such as cancer. |
| US11787761B2 |
Process for the synthesis of Melphalan
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of Melphalan (4-[bis(2-5 chloroethyl)amino]-L-phenylalanine of formula (I) said process comprising the reaction of a 4-amino-L-phenylalanine protected at the carboxy and amino aminoacidic groups with an agent able to convert the aromatic amino group into a group of formula: —N(CH2CH2OS(O)nO—)2, wherein n is 1 or 2 followed by conversion of the →N(CH2CH2OS(O)nO—)2 group into a —N(CH2CH2Cl)2 group. The invention also provides novel intermediates useful for the preparation of Melphalan. |
| US11787760B2 |
Process for making ethers via enol ethers
The present invention relates to a process for preparing ethers, particularly unsymmetrical ethers, and preferably ethers suitable for use as base stocks for lubricant compositions. In particular, the process involves the reaction of a branched-chain aldehyde and a branched-chain alcohol to form an enol ether and conversion of the enol ether to a saturated ether by reduction. |
| US11787756B2 |
Chlorinolysis process for producing carbon tetrachloride
A process for producing carbon tetrachloride comprising reacting i) chlorine, ii) a C1 chlorinated compound comprising 1 to 3 chlorine atoms, and iii) a carbon/second chlorine source, wherein the second chlorine source comprises a range of multichlorinated C3 hydrocarbons, said range being obtained as waste products from the industrial production of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and/or 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene. |
| US11787755B1 |
Isomerization process
A hydrocarbon isomerization system for an iC4 feed stream that provides for removal of C3s from an isomerization reactor feed stream by the addition of a depropanizer column to remove C3s from the reactor effluent stream after it has passed through a stabilizer column. This configuration prevents a buildup of C3s in the system and provides significant savings by reducing the size of the chloride treaters that are used to remove chlorides from off gas, increasing chlorides recovered to the hydrocarbon feed stream for use in combination with the isomerization catalyst. Significant utility savings are provided as well as a reduction in the amount of perchloroethane (PERC) and adsorbent that are required. |
| US11787752B2 |
High density hybrid rocket motor
A high density, generally recognized as safe, hybrid rocket motor is described, having a density-specific impulse similar to a solid rocket motor, with good performance approaching or equal to a liquid rocket motor. These high density hybrid motors resolve the packaging efficiency/effectiveness problems limiting the application of safe, low cost hybrid motor technology. |
| US11787749B2 |
Fertilizer and plant growth promoter to increase plant yield and method of increasing plant yield
A fertilizer or plant growth promoter formed from a seed grind which can further include a source of sugar, a source of bicarbonate and a source of fertilizer nutrients, and a method of growing plants using the fertilizer or the plant growth promoter. |
| US11787746B1 |
Compressible coating reinforcements for ceramic matrix composites, and methods of making the same
Some variations provide a pre-ceramic matrix composite comprising: a precursor pre-ceramic matrix; reinforcing elements disposed within the precursor pre-ceramic matrix; and a compressible material disposed on the surface of the reinforcing elements and interposed between the reinforcing elements and the precursor pre-ceramic matrix. Other variations provide a ceramic matrix composite comprising: a ceramic matrix; reinforcing elements disposed within the ceramic matrix; and a compressed material disposed on the surface of the reinforcing elements and interposed between the reinforcing elements and the matrix. The coating of compressible material prevents cracking during processing because the coating absorbs stresses associated with volumetric shrinkage of the ceramic matrix during densification, thereby reducing the stresses at the interface between the reinforcing elements and the ceramic matrix. Methods of fabricating ceramic matrix composites using the principles of the invention are disclosed. Methods include pyrolysis of pre-ceramic polymers, sintering of pre-ceramic materials, and sol-gel processing. |
| US11787745B2 |
Elaboration of an advanced ceramic made of recycled industrial steel waste
A ceramic and a method of forming a ceramic including milling steel slag exhibiting a diameter of 5 mm of less to form powder, sieving the powder to retain the powder having a particle size in the range of 20 to 400 removing free iron from the powder with a magnet, heat treating the powder at a temperature in the range of 700° C. to 1200° C. for a time period in the range of 1 hour to 10 hours and oxidizing retained iron in the powder, compacting the powder at a compression pressure in the range of 20 MPa to 300 MPA, and sintering the powder at a temperature in the range of 700° C. to 1400° C. for a time period in the range of 0.5 hours to 4 hours to provide a ceramic. |
| US11787743B2 |
Multi-component inorganic capsule anchoring system based on aluminous cement
A multi-component inorganic capsule anchoring system, for chemical fastening of anchors and post-installed reinforcing bars in mineral substrates, includes a curable powdery aluminous cement component A and an initiator component B in aqueous phase for initiating a curing process. The powdery aluminous cement component A is an aluminous cement component based on powdery calcium aluminate cement, and component B includes an accelerator constituent and water. A method can be utilized for chemical fastening of an anchor, such as metal anchors and post-installed reinforcing bars, in mineral substrates, such as structures made of brickwork, concrete, pervious concrete, or natural stone. |
| US11787739B2 |
Flour binder for gypsum board, and related methods, product, and slurries
Disclosed is an acid-modified flour and a method of making the acid-modified flour. The acid-modified flour is desirably prepared using a dry milling process. A starting flour is combined with a strong acid to form a mixture. The mixture is heated. A neutralizer is added to increase the pH of the mixture. If desired, the mixture can be dried and any agglomerates can be removed. The acid-modified flour can be used as a binder in a slurry for preparing one or more gypsum layers in a gypsum board. |
| US11787736B2 |
Spool-free fiber optic cable configuration for cable installation onto a powerline conductor
A method may include (1) coating a segment of fiber optic cable with an adhesive substance, (2) forming a coil of the segment of fiber optic cable, (3) deforming the coil into a noncircular shape defining a slot external to the coil while obeying a minimum bend radius requirement for the segment of fiber optic cable, and (4) activating the adhesive substance to stabilize the noncircular shape of the coil. Various other methods and apparatuses, such as those for performing the deforming operation, are also disclosed. |
| US11787731B2 |
Phase separable glass compositions having improved mechanical durability
A glass composition includes: greater than or equal to 53 mol % and less than or equal to 70 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 9 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 10 mol % and less than or equal to 17.5 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % Na2O; and greater than 0.1 mol % of a nucleating agent. The sum of Li2O and Na2O in the glass composition may be greater than or equal to 8 mol % and less than or equal to 30 mol %. The amount of Al2O3 minus the sum of R2O and RO in the glass composition may be greater than or equal to −3 mol %. The glass composition may be phase separable and may have an improved KIc fracture toughness. |
| US11787730B2 |
Glass powder and silver paste comprising same
A glass powder is a glass powder comprising vanadium-tellurium-silver, which has a softening temperature of 230-330° C. and a median particle size of 1-2 μm; when the glass powder is applied to the silver paste, the requirement that the silver paste is sintered at the temperature of 230-400° C. can be met, and a firm three-dimensional network structure can be formed in the glass system after the silver paste is sintered, and the welding tension of a front silver electrode can be improved; the addition of other metal elements to the glass powder can enable the network structure of the glass powder to be more compact and complete and ensure the stability of the glass powder; the prepared silver paste can be sintered at a temperature of 230-400° C. |
| US11787728B2 |
Scratch resistant glass and method of making
Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved scratch resistance. The glass-based articles comprise: a thickness t; a lithium aluminosilicate composition; and a molar ratio of sodium oxide (Na2O) to lithium oxide (Li2O) that is less than or equal to 0.63 at the center of the glass-based article. The articles have a molar ratio of sodium dioxide (Na2O) to lithium dioxide (Li2O) in a post-spike near region that is greater than or equal to 0.9 and/or less than 1.5. |
| US11787721B2 |
Tailings settling-dewatering-solidifying device and experimental method thereof
The invention relates to a tailings settling-dewatering-solidifying device and an experimental method thereof, which falls into the technical field of mine engineering and mine geotechnical engineering, comprising a tailings settling device including a water tank, charging barrels I and II, and a reaction tank made of a transparent material, a dewatering device including an intelligent type controller, a circular base, a gas cylinder, a permeable stone, a piston, a metal rod and a water return barrel, a solidifying device including a charging barrel III and a tailings barrel, a stirring system including a stirrer, a rotary shaft and an electric motor, a dynamic real-time monitoring system including a high-definition electronic camera and a computer, and a three-layer framework. Through integration of tailings settling-dewatering-solidifying, the device can effectively improve tailings treatment efficiency, facilitate data collection and analysis, adjust medicament concentration in real time, meet enterprises' requirements, and reduce enterprise cost. |
| US11787717B2 |
Electrocatalytic fenton oxidation-electrochemical oxidation coupling process and apparatus for efficient treatment of chemical wastewater
The present invention discloses an electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation-electrochemical oxidation coupling process and apparatus for efficient treatment of chemical wastewater, and belongs to the field of sewage treatment. The process includes an electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation step, an electrochemical oxidation step, and a pH adjustment step. A spacing between a cathode and an anode in the electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation step is controlled, so that oxygen produced at the anode reacts at the cathode to produce H2O2. The treatment requirements can be met without external aeration or external addition of H2O2, and meanwhile, the efficiency of COD removal by electro-Fenton oxidation is effectively improved. Further, by connecting a pH adjusting tank with the electrocatalytic Fenton oxidation-electrochemical oxidation coupling apparatus in series, a coupling treatment process with near-zero production of iron sludge is realized. |
| US11787714B2 |
Method for gelation of a waste water stream
A method for gelation of a waste water stream comprising the steps of: Introducing water soluble, crosslinkable polysaccharide into a waste water stream to form a treated stream having an initial liquid content; and drying the treated stream to remove at least 50% by weight of the initial liquid content in the treated stream. The treated waste stream may be solidified to pass the paint test. |
| US11787712B2 |
Water treatment plant having integrated ballasted flocculation and decantation, and a corresponding method
The invention relates to a water treatment plant comprising: means for supplying water for treatment, wherein said water has been coagulated previously, a flocculation-decantation device having means for dispensing at least one flocculant reagent, means for dispensing at least one ballast, means for extracting decantation sludge, means for discharging the treated water, means for separating said ballast contained in the ballasted sludge, and means for recycling the ballast that has been cleaned in this manner back into the flocculation-decantation device, characterised in that: said flocculation-decantation device has a single tank in the lower portion of which a stirring mechanism is arranged; wherein said single tank comprises slats in its upper portion; and said slats are separated from the stirring mechanism by a distance “d” which is between approximately 0.5 metres and approximately 3 metres. The invention also relates to a method using said plant. |
| US11787711B2 |
Deionization electrode, apparatus and method for deionization electrode, electrode module and deionization module
Disclosed are a deionization electrode having ion adsorption layers and ion selective membranes formed at opposite ends thereof, an electrode module configured such that deionization electrodes are stacked, and a deionization unit having electrode modules received therein to separate ions from water. The deionization electrode includes a current collector configured to have a circular flat structure, the current collector having a first hole formed therein, a first porous adsorption layer located on one surface of the current collector, the first adsorption layer being configured to have a flat structure, a second porous adsorption layer located on the other surface of the current collector, the second adsorption layer being configured to have a flat structure, a first ion selective membrane located on the surface of the first adsorption layer, and a second ion selective membrane located on the surface of the second adsorption layer. |
| US11787707B2 |
Sterilization module, water purification device, and system comprising water purification device
In one aspect, a sterilization apparatus is provided to include a flow channel body comprising an inflow unit configured to provide an inflow channel through which water flows in one direction, a discharge unit configured to provide a discharge channel through which water is discharged, and a bypass channel unit configured to provide a bypass channel through which water bypasses in a different direction from the direction of the water flowing in the inflow unit; a mounting unit formed on the flow channel body and configured to provide an installation space connected to the bypass channel, a UV light emitting unit disposed in the installation space and configured to emit UV light towards the bypass channel; and a holder coupled to the mounting unit and securing the UV light emitting unit inside the mounting unit. |
| US11787706B2 |
Filter assembly for disinfecting pathogens using multiple wavelength ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) and method therefor
A point-of-use (POU) water filtration device has a container. A plurality of channels is formed within the container, water entering the container flowing through the plurality of channels. A plurality of Ultraviolet (UV) Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) is provided. Each of the plurality of UV LEDs illuminating UV light down an associated channel of the plurality of channels. |
| US11787705B2 |
Apparatus and methods for enhancing molecular oscillation for removing chlorine in water
An apparatus and a method for treating saltwater and removing chlorine in water to make a variety of sodium-based byproducts and chlorine gas is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a feed tank for receiving water. The feed tank is coupled to a plurality of Radio frequency (RF) chambers. Each of the RF chambers comprises an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is coupled to a treated water effluent manifold. Further, each RF chamber is coupled to a vacuum manifold. Each RF chamber comprises a recirculation pipe to pump water back into the feed tank. The RF chamber comprises a RF system used for bombarding RF energy at predefined frequencies on the water in order to liberate chlorine isotope. Additionally, the RF system bombards RF energy to stretch hydrogen bond in the saltwater to a point of breaking a molecule by applying low pressure. The hydrogen bond captures chlorine. Subsequently, the water is sent through the outlet to the treated water effluent manifold. |
| US11787700B2 |
Method for forming insoluble solute adducts using an acidic medium
A method for forming an insoluble adduct using an acidic medium is provided. A chemical process utilizes acidic media to change the solubility behavior of metal solutes. The method can utilize Group 1 soluble alkali metals but can also be extended to any other soluble salts discussed under the solubility rules. The insoluble salts can be Group 2 alkaline earth metals or other insoluble salts. The insoluble adduct can have the designation XYZ where X is a soluble metal from a metal hydroxide or a metal oxide, Y is an insoluble metal from an insoluble metal hydroxide or an insoluble metal oxide, and Z is the acid ion from an aqueous acidic media. |
| US11787697B2 |
Compositions having reduced thermal conductivities and methods of making the same
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor α2σ between 1 μW/mK2 and about 3500 μW/mK2 and by ZT=α2σT/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K. |
| US11787696B2 |
Fullerene structure, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus for manufacturing the same
Provided is a fullerene structure including: a column-shaped part; and a fin part projecting from the column-shaped part, in which both of the column-shaped part and the fin part are fullerenes. Provided is a method of manufacturing a fullerene structure including: heating a fullerene raw material to a sublimable temperature or higher under a non-oxidizing gas; and cooling an atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated. In one example, the method includes supplying the non-oxidizing gas in one direction; heating the fullerene raw material to the sublimable temperature or higher at an upstream side of a supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas; and cooling the atmosphere in which the fullerene raw material is heated at a downstream side of the supply direction of the non-oxidizing gas. |
| US11787694B2 |
Producing high purity hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a hydrocarbon material
Disclosed are apparatuses, systems, methods, and devices for generating hydrogen pyrolysis of hydrocarbons (methane, diesel, JP8, etc.) in a reactor. The reactor includes multiple channels in parallel. A hydrocarbon flows in a channel and decomposes into hydrogen and carbon. Hydrogen gas flows out and some of the carbon will deposit on the channel wall. Once carbon deposition reaches a predetermined level, the hydrocarbon flow stops, and air or oxygen is caused to flow into the channels to oxidize carbon into carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide and supply heat to neighboring channels. Simultaneously, the hydrocarbon will flow into neighboring channels causing decomposition into hydrogen and carbon in the neighboring channels. When the carbon coating in the neighboring channels reaches a predetermined level, the gas flow is switched again to air or oxygen. In this way, each channel alternates between decomposing the hydrocarbon and oxidizing the deposited carbon. |
| US11787679B2 |
Scissor lift descent control systems and methods
A lift vehicle comprises a base having a plurality of wheels, a battery arranged within the base, a drive motor powered by the battery and configured to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels and propel the base, a retractable lift including a first end coupled to the base and being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, a work platform supported by a second end of the retractable lift, and a linear actuator having a lift motor with a rotor. The lift motor is powered by the battery, and the linear actuator is coupled to the retractable lift so that rotation of the rotor moves the retractable lift between the extended position and the retracted position. The lift vehicle further includes an electromagnetic brake coupled to a first side of the lift motor. |
| US11787678B2 |
Hydraulic system for a vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis, an implement coupled to the chassis, a hydraulic actuator configured to move the implement relative to the chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a hydraulic motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a drive pump fluidly coupled to the hydraulic motor, a charge pump coupled to the chassis and configured to provide a flow of pressurized fluid, and a valve assembly fluidly coupled to the charge pump. The valve assembly is configured to (a) direct a first portion of the flow of pressurized fluid to the drive pump and (b) selectively direct a second portion of the flow of pressurized fluid to the hydraulic actuator. |
| US11787676B2 |
Heavy load lifting system
A heavy load lifting system is a system that enables a repairman to safely lift and mount different vehicle components for maintenance or repair. The system may include an elongated frame, a wheeled base, a height-adjustment carriage, a telescopic boom, a pivot support assembly, a tilt-adjustment mechanism, and a winch mechanism. The elongated frame enables the height-adjustment carriage to be raised so that the vehicle component can be removed from the vehicle. The wheeled base enables the system to be moved around. The height-adjustment carriage enables the operator to elevate or lower the telescopic boom. The telescopic boom enables the vehicle component to be removed safely. The pivot support assembly provides additional support to the vehicle component being removed. The tilt-adjustment mechanism enables the telescopic boom to position the removed vehicle component at the desired orientation. The winch mechanism enables the height-adjustment carriage to be moved along the elongated frame. |
| US11787672B2 |
Lattice structure, lattice structure coupling body, work machine, and connector
A lattice structure is mounted on a work machine, and is detachably coupled to a counterpart lattice structure adjacent to the lattice structure. The lattice structure includes a connector to which an end portion of any main pipe among a plurality of main pipes is connected and to which an end portion of at least one inclined pipe among a plurality of inclined pipes is connected, the connector being detachably coupled to a counterpart connector included in a counterpart lattice structure. |
| US11787668B2 |
Crane
This crane is provided with: a operable function unit; an operation unit; an actuator; a generation unit which generates a first control signal for the actuator on the basis of an operation input; a plurality of wire ropes; a plurality of hooks suspended from a leading end section of a boom by the plurality of wire ropes, respectively; a hook detection unit which detects, from among the plurality of hooks, an unused hook suspending no load; a calculation unit which calculates a resonance frequency for a wire rope, among the plurality of wire ropes, that suspends the detected unused hook; a filter unit which generates a filter on the basis of the resonance frequency and generates a second control signal by filtering the first control signal using the filter; and a control unit which controls the actuator on the basis of the second control signal. |
| US11787665B2 |
Systems and methods for variable speed modular moving walkways
A pitless and modular belt-type accelerating moving walkway transit system including at least three substantially identical walkway modules that are leveled and positioned atop a surface such as the ground, floor, road or deck. Each module has an endless belt moving at a different or the same speed wherein the at least three walkway modules are positioned linearly adjacent. Each module having one or more electric motors operably connected to an electrical source and handrails on opposing sides that move in synchrony with the endless belt of the same module. |
| US11787661B2 |
Method for moving an elevator car of an elevator for evacuating passengers and brake opening device for moving an elevator car of an elevator for evacuating passengers
A method for moving an elevator car of an elevator for evacuating passengers from the elevator car in the event of a power failure, wherein a brake blocks a vertical movement of the elevator car, includes the steps of: applying an electrical pulse or a plurality of electrical pulses to the brake of the elevator car to release the brake and unblock the vertical movement of the elevator car, the brake being released for as long as the particular electrical pulse is applied to the brake; determining a covered height which the elevator car has covered during the application of the particular electrical pulse; comparing the determined covered height with a predetermined distance; and terminating the application of the particular electrical pulse to the brake when the determined covered height is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance. |
| US11787659B2 |
Fish tape assembly
A fish tape tool includes a housing, a chamber defined in the housing, and a motor supported by the housing. The motor is configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An output reel is disposed in the chamber and is rotatable in response to receiving torque from the motor. A drum contains a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion having an inner wall that is engaged by the output reel when the drum is inserted into the chamber of the housing. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the first direction, fish tape is dispensed from the drum. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the second direction, fish tape is retracted into the drum. |
| US11787654B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and printing apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting unit that rotatably supports a roll sheet formed by winding a continuous sheet into a roll shape, a conveying path forming member that is placed in a position spaced apart from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit, and forms a conveying path of the sheet, and a displacing unit that includes a guide portion capable of being displaced between a guide position and a retracting position set farther from a start position than the guide position. The guide portion is displaced from the retracting position to the guide position when a leading edge of the sheet separated from the roll sheet supported by the supporting unit is positioned between the guide portion in the retracting position and the start position. |
| US11787649B2 |
System and method for determining real-time orientation on carts in an independent cart system
A system and method of determining orientation of a physical location on a cart or end effector located on the cart in an independent cart system receives a feedback signal from a sensor on the cart. A multi-axis device may generate three or more signals corresponding to X, Y, and Z axes orientations. Processing may be performed on the signals to generate a value of yaw, pitch, or roll of the cart. The feedback or processed signals are transmitted from the mover to a remote device external from the track. The real-time orientation information may be used to implement closed-loop control of an actuator mounted on or external to each cart as the cart travels along the track. Power for the devices on the mover may be provided by a battery mounted on the cart or by a wireless power transfer system. |
| US11787643B2 |
Diverting equipment
Diverting equipment for conveying an article on a conveyance path to a branching path formed so as to branch from the conveyance path. In the conveyance path, a branching section to the branching path has a plurality of conveyance rollers disposed in a conveyance direction H of the article in the conveyance path and a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction H of the article in the conveyance path, the conveyance rollers forming the conveyance surface of the conveyance path and being rotatable around the axes of vertical shafts. Between the adjacent conveyance rollers disposed in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction H of the article, a gap is formed along the conveyance direction H of the article. In the gap, a rail capable of supporting the article is extended along the conveyance direction H of the article. |
| US11787642B2 |
Vertical sequencer for product order fulfillment
A product order fulfillment system including a multi-level transport system and a lifting transport system. Each level of the multi-level transport system having a corresponding independent asynchronous level transport system separate and distinct from the asynchronous level transport system corresponding to each other level of the multi-level transport system. Each independent lift axis of the lifting transport system being configured to independently hold at least one case and being communicably coupled to each asynchronous level transport system so as to provide for exchange of the at least one case between each asynchronous level transport system and each independent lift axis. Each independent lift axis is communicably coupled to each other independent lift axis of the more than one lift axis and forms a common output of mixed cases so as to create an ordered sequence of mixed cases in accordance to a predetermined case out ordered sequence. |
| US11787640B2 |
Floor-bound continuous conveyor
A floor-bound continuous conveyor for intralogistics includes at least one frame and at least one load-carrying means which has a conveying plane for piece goods and which is configured to transport the piece goods in a conveying direction. A stop means is configured to stop an item of piece goods transported on the conveying plane in the conveying direction at a predetermined position on the load-carrying means. A movement apparatus is designed to move the item of piece goods resting against the stop means on the conveying plane from the starting position and orientation thereof standing on the conveying plane of the load handling device into an end position and orientation deviating from the starting position and orientation on the load-carrying means out of the conveying plane of the load-carrying means into the end position and orientation. |
| US11787635B2 |
Movable picking stations
An inventory handling system and a method for managing thereof, comprising multiple shelving units with shelves on which containers are placed. The system comprises a movable picking station configured to travel among the shelving units, and transfer items between containers. The movable picking station is configured to collect from the multiple shelving units into an order container at least a portion of a plurality of items listed in an order to be fulfilled. The movable picking station is configured to place the pickable items in the order container in an optimal arrangement while minimizing the distance the containers are moved and potential damage to the items. |
| US11787633B2 |
Vending-tote and a method thereof
A vending-tote adapted to be moved by a lift-robot across a shelving-unit to rendezvous with a second tote carried by a second robot, the vending-tote comprising: a container designed to contain a plurality of items; and a dispensing mechanism integrated within the container, wherein the dispensing mechanism is configured to be activated by the lift-robot, the second robot, or both for dispensing at least one item of the plurality of items into the second tote. |
| US11787631B2 |
Control device and method for a robot system
A control device is provided to reliably locate objects and calculate appropriate grasp points for each object to thereby effectively control a robot system. grasp point calculation is based on, at least, properties of a surface of the object to be grasped by the robot system to more effectively calculate a grasp point for the surface of the object. An organised point cloud generator and a robot system having a suction cup end are arranged to generate an organised point cloud of a storage. The robot system can grasp the object from the storage means. Normals of the organised point cloud and principal curvatures of the organised point cloud can be calculated. A grasp point can be calculated for the suction cup end effector of the robot system to grasp an object based on the organised point cloud, the calculated normal, the calculated principal curvatures, and a normal of a lower surface of the storage. |
| US11787626B2 |
Flexible big bag embodiment preventing wave
The present invention relates to a flexible big bag (10) provided for carrying liquid or liquid based material, stored therein, in a vehicle chassis or in a container, and having a first layer (101) which defines a closed volume. |
| US11787624B2 |
Stackable cast stone composite fermentation and storage tank
A liquid storage vessel having a base with a bottom and an interior floor; a continuous side extending vertically from the base and having an interior surface, the bottom and continuous side each including an internal layer and an external layer separated by a material barrier and configured such that the interior layers form an inner containment liner, and the external layers form a continuous exterior structural shell enclosing the inner containment liner. A top is affixed to the continuous side and has an interior ceiling. Access to the tank interior is provided by one or more manways. Mounting and connecting structures enable the tanks to be stacked directly atop one another and then structurally connected. The exterior structural shell is fabricated from high performance fiber reinforced concrete, and the inner containment liner is fabricated from a geopolymer concrete blend. |
| US11787619B2 |
Valve for pressurized container
The valve (1) includes a valve body (10) having a cavity and bearing against a seal (40) provided with a central opening, and a seat (20) movable in the cavity, the seat bearing against the seal in the closed position and being spaced apart from the seal in the open position. The seat has a cavity bearing against the seal in the closed position, and spaced apart from the seal in the open position. A rod (60) is fixed in a non-detachable manner in the cavity, forming a seat/rod assembly, which rod is traversed, in its portion located inside the cavity, by windows (612) that open into the outlet channel, the free end of the rod protruding out of the cavity by passing through the central opening of the seal. |
| US11787617B2 |
Insulating device
An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly. |
| US11787616B2 |
Flexible laminate with improved integrated pressure-release valve
Flexible multilayer laminates may have an improved integrated, one-way pressure-release valve for use in a sealed container for packing gas-producing products. The pressure-release valve is partly disconnected from the rest of the laminate, forming an inflatable outlet tube with at least one large outlet opening and lifting off from the laminate under increased pressure in the pack. The one-way pressure-release valve allows for pressure-release at low minimum opening pressure in a reliable and reproducible way. |
| US11787612B2 |
Sealant packaging and method
An improved sealant packaging and method for use with sealing joints and cracks in pavement and parking lots is provided. Liquid sealant material is poured by volume into a container draped with a sheet. Container is cooled so that the sealant becomes a solid block, with the sheet adhered to the sides of the sealant block such that the sheet forms a container for the sealant. The sheet also acts a release liner for easily removing the sealant block from the container. Two or more contained blocks are stacked together, forming a package of two or more blocks self-sealed by sheets. When the package is placed in a melting kettle, heat migrates through the spaces between the individual sealant blocks and allows the smaller sealant blocks to melt quickly and evenly. Sheet and film melt with sealant material and are incorporated therein to form the final sealant product. |
| US11787609B2 |
Hinged flip-top cap with tamper-evident inner ring
A hinged flip-top cap with a tamper-evident inner ring includes a base portion, which extends into a pourer portion, and a flip-top lid. A hinge arrangement connects the flip-top lid to the base portion and is foldable with respect to said base portion, so that flip-top lid can be tilted with respect to the base portion and moved between a closed position above the base portion and an open position detached and rotated from the base portion. The inner ring is position inwardly of the flip-top lid and the base portion and operates as a tamper-evident element that reveals whether a first opening between the flip-top lid and the base portion has been made. |
| US11787606B2 |
Flip straw cup assembly
A flip straw cup assembly haying a container body, a lid that may be detachable and a straw assembly. The lid includes a flip straw that is biased towards an extended position and retractable into a recess and securable by a flip lock. The straw assembly includes a straw body, a cap and a resealable seam extending the longitudinal length of the straw body that is adapted to open the straw body for cleaning. |
| US11787604B2 |
Cap for a container with a hinged lid
A cap for a container with a hinged lid includes a first part and a second part that are snap-associated. The first part has a lower cylindrical portion and an upper cylindrical portion, and the second part includes a covering lid having an annular portion and a lid portion and a hinge arrangement therebetween, which includes a strip arranged in a window opening formed in the side surface of the lid portion and open towards the annular portion. The strip has weakened foldable end areas connected to the annular and lid portions, and a folding invitation line that divides the strip into two portions with a central recess therebetween. Folding invitation lines are also provided between the two portions of the strip and an end edge of the opening in the lid portion. |
| US11787602B2 |
Cover structure
A cover structure is disclosed. When an annular sealing portion of a cover body is engaged with a container, a sealing section of the annular sealing portion abuts against an annular inner surface of the container, and then, a folding section of the annular sealing portion is folded to a sealing state, so that part of the folding section abuts against the annular outer surface of the container to form a dual leak-proof sealing structure. The folding section of the annular sealing portion is an annular elastic and full-peripheral tightening structure. Therefore, the sealing between the container and the cover may be strengthened for a good sealing effect, and preventing liquid in the container from being splashed on surrounding articles. When the folding section is in the unsealing state, the cover can be separated from the container, which is convenient to carry and use. |
| US11787601B2 |
Fluid port assembly and plug
A fluid port assembly includes a tube configured for positioning with a fluid container to provide access to a fluid contained in the fluid container. The tube includes at least one annular tube recess. The at least one annular tube recess forms a plurality of inner tube surfaces extending circumferentially within the tube. The assembly includes a plug configured for positioning inside the tube to releasably seal the fluid container and contain the fluid within the fluid container. The plug includes at least one annular plug protrusion, and the at least one annular plug protrusion forms a plurality of outer plug surfaces extending circumferentially around the plug. The plurality of inner tube surfaces of the tube interfaces with the plurality of outer plug surfaces of the plug to seal the fluid container. |
| US11787600B2 |
Container having a leak resistant seal
Embodiments include a container with a leak resistant seal. The leak resistant seal provides access to the inside of the container when the leak resistant seal is open. The leak resistant seal includes first and second seal portions that are configured to be coupled together to close the container. A gap is arranged between ends of the first seal portion and the second seal portion, which provides an abutment that each of the ends of the first and second seal portions contact when the first seal portion is coupled to the second seal portion. |
| US11787596B2 |
Ergonomic microbial air sampler
A gas sampler device has a top plate with a concaved outer wall. The concaved outer wall allows users easily to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate without disturbing the bottom plate because the curved surface permits more positive contact between the outer wall and users' fingers. Moreover, the weight of the top plate is reduced by approximately twenty percent compared to conventional top plates, a feature that also makes it easier for users to lift the top plate off of the bottom plate. |
| US11787595B2 |
Carton with attachment features
A carton for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel, and at least one side panel, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels and forming at least one closed end of the carton, the plurality of end flaps including at least one top end flap, at least one bottom end flap, and at least one side end flap. The carton includes attachment features for attaching the carton to at least one other carton, the attachment features including at least one attachment flap removably connected to an end flap of the plurality of end flaps for attaching the carton to a portion of the at least one other carton. |
| US11787591B2 |
Composition container with front surface preserving recess
A composition container is described. The composition container includes an interior portion to contain a composition. A recess along a back surface of the composition container promotes the collapse of the composition container along the back surface. A number of reinforcing ribs on the front surface of the composition container promote the preservation of the front surface of the composition container during collapse of the composition container. |
| US11787589B2 |
Delamination container
A synthetic resin-made laminated peelable container, formed by blow molding a preform assembly in which an inner preform is assembled into an outer preform, includes: an outer layer body including a tubular-shaped outer mouth and a closed-bottom tubular-shaped trunk contiguous from the outer mouth; an inner layer body including a tubular-shaped inner mouth arranged on inner side of the outer mouth and a containing chamber laminated on inner surface of the trunk in peelable manner for volume reduction and deformation; and an ambient air inlet configured to introduce ambient air between the outer and inner layer bodies. The containing chamber is integrally provided with at least two thick ribs extending along axis line of the trunk to increase thickness of the containing chamber compared with remaining portions. |
| US11787585B2 |
Pallet wrapper and imaging system
A pallet wrapper and imaging system a pallet loaded with containers to calculate a sustainability based upon a type of the pallet and the containers on the pallet. The system also determines the stability of the pallet and containers, a speed at which the pallet and containers can be wrapped, and an amount of stretch film needed to secure the load for transport. After validation by the imaging system (with or without a wrapper), a QC bot assists a QC worker in remedying or checking any detected errors or potential errors. |
| US11787578B2 |
Cleaner assembly for an automated dispensing device
The cleaner assembly is configured for cleaning an automated dispensing device is described herein. The cleaner assembly includes a pallet; a plurality of side walls enclosing an inner chamber; a blower configured to propel contaminants into said inner chamber; and at least one roller operably supported by and projecting above at least one of said side walls, said at least one roller being configured to scrape contaminants off of a base plate of the automated dispensing device and towards said blower. |
| US11787576B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for fluid delivery
A device for filling a reservoir. The device includes a cover portion comprising a septum window, and a bottom portion, the bottom portion configured to attach to a disposable housing assembly comprising the reservoir, wherein the cover portion and the bottom portion are rotatably attached in a locked configuration and wherein in a locked configuration, a septum is obscured through the septum window, wherein when the cover portion and the bottom portion are placed in an unlocked configuration, the cover portion rotates with respect to the bottom portion and the septum is visible through the septum window. |
| US11787572B1 |
Spacecraft stack assembly configured for stacking, securing, and releasing spacecraft
A system for securing spacecraft to a rocket and deploying the spacecraft into orbit includes a stack having a plurality of spacecraft arranged in layers, with each spacecraft being releasably mated with at least one spacecraft in an adjacent layer, and at least one hold down and deploy assembly configured to, in a first configuration, secure the layers of the stack together and secure the entire stack to the rocket, and, in a second configuration, release the entire stack from the rocket into orbit such that the layers passively separate. |
| US11787570B2 |
Multi-part Marman band clamp with retainer
A Marman band clamp has multiple parts, such as two halves, that together make up a ring. The halves are joined by diametrically opposed mechanical connections, one of which is a mechanical release separably mechanically coupled ends of the parts (halves). The mechanical release may include an explosive bolt that is used to release the ends of the halves. The mechanical release may capture portions of the release at the ends of the ring halves after severing of the explosive bolt. A nut may be retained by an end of one of the halves by use of a retainer fastener, such as a pin, to prevent the nut from separating from the ring half end when the bolt is severed. This helps retain the pressurized gases between the severed part of the bolt longer, better using the energy from the pressurized gases to reliably separate the ends of the halves. |
| US11787567B2 |
Low-orbit satellite deorbit control method and system based on particle swarm algorithm
The disclosure describes a low-orbit satellite deorbit control method and system based on a particle swarm algorithm. The method includes: constructing an objective function according to a position parameter and a perturbation acceleration of each of particles in a particle swarm as well as a preset Lagrangian multiplier and a penalty factor; determining an objective fitness of each particle and a population fitness of the particle swarm based on the objective function, updating the position parameter and the velocity of each particle, and obtaining a population optimal fitness at a maximum number of iterations; updating the Lagrangian multiplier and the penalty factor according to the population optimal fitness, comparing the objective deviation value with a preset convergence condition, and determining an objective population fitness and an objective position parameter according to a comparison result to obtain an objective deorbit mode. |
| US11787562B2 |
System and method for net-capture of unmanned aerial vehicle
A system and method for capturing an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a net configured to receive the unmanned aerial vehicle, an infrared emitter arrangement including a plurality of infrared emitters arranged around the net, an infrared sensor mounted to the unmanned aerial vehicle and configured to detect the infrared emitter arrangement, and a processor that is in communication with the infrared sensor and configured to adjust an azimuth and elevation of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the detected infrared emitter arrangement in a field-of-view of the infrared sensor. |
| US11787561B2 |
Adapter assemblies for aircraft and launchers for deploying aircraft
Adapter assemblies for aircraft and launchers for deploying aircraft are described herein. An example adapter assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a first adapter to be removeably coupled to a first side of a fuselage of the UAV. The first adapter includes first and second posts to interface with a carriage of a launcher. The adapter assembly also includes second adapter to be removeably coupled to a second side of the fuselage of the UAV. The second adapter includes third and fourth posts to interface with the carriage of the launcher. |
| US11787558B2 |
Flight interval management graphical speed performance monitor
A system, a device, and a method. The system may include a display configured to present images to a pilot and a processor communicatively coupled to the display. The processor may be configured to generate a speed performance monitor graphical user interface (GUI), the speed performance monitor GUI depicting flight deck interval management (FIM) information. The processor may be further configured to output graphical data associated with the speed performance monitor GUI to the display for presentation to the pilot. |
| US11787557B2 |
Methods and systems for representing a time scale on a cockpit display
Methods and systems are provided for displaying multiple time rings on an avionic display. The method includes displaying at least a first time ring in an avionic display; displaying at least a second time ring in the avionic display wherein the first and second time rings include a pair of visually spaced apart time rings wherein a visual spacing apart between the first and second time rings is indicative of a range and a separation flight time between each of the time rings; and displaying, about at least the first time ring in the avionic display, a distance marker of a value for a range and a time marker of a value for separation flight time about an ownship's position and airspeed, and to at least one time ring. |
| US11787556B2 |
Aircraft refueling safety system
A system ensures the correct type of fuel is dispensed in an aircraft while removing the introduction of human error in the refueling process. The system includes an RFID tag disposed at one or more aircraft that electronically stores data such as engine type, engine hours, fuel type, tail number, and pilot/subscriber data for the aircraft on which the RFID tag is disposed. An RFID reader is disposed at or near a fuel dispensing mechanism, such as a fuel truck or tank. A signal indicative of fuel type is emitted from the RFID tag to the RFID reader. RFID tags on aircraft that are enrolled in the system's subscription service enable aircraft to be recognized by a module operating the fuel dispensing mechanism. Based on a comparison performed by the module, authorization to begin fueling is either permitted or declined. |
| US11787548B2 |
Aircraft power plant with supercritical CO2 heat engine
Aircraft power plants including combustion engines, and associated methods for recuperating waste heat from such aircraft power plants are described. A method includes transferring the heat rejected by the internal combustion engine to supercritical CO2 (sCO2) used as a working fluid in a heat engine. The heat engine converts at least some the heat transferred to the sCO2 to mechanical energy to perform useful work onboard the aircraft. |
| US11787547B2 |
Icing detection using temperature data from an external data source
In some examples, a system includes a receiver configured to receive temperature data for a region of airspace from a data source external to the vehicle. The system also includes processing circuitry configured to determine one or more moisture values for the region of airspace based on radar returns received by a weather radar onboard the vehicle. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a potential for icing at a location within the region of airspace based on the one or more moisture values and further based on the temperature data received from the data source. The processing circuitry is also configured to generate an output based on the determined potential for icing at the location. |
| US11787545B2 |
Platform first class
Described are examples of a seating arrangement for an aircraft with a first seat in a first accommodation space and a second seat in a second accommodation space, wherein the first and second accommodation spaces are configured to share a common floor space at a floor level of the aircraft. One seating arrangement includes a divider screen located between the first and second accommodation spaces, moveable, by sliding in a direction along the common floor space, between a stowed position permitting passenger egress between the first and second accommodation spaces across the common floor space, and a deployed position preventing passenger egress between the first and second accommodation spaces across the common floor space. |
| US11787544B2 |
Contour class divider
An implementation of a contoured class divider for dividing an aircraft cabin includes a panel positioned between an aft seat and a forward seat, the panel having an aft-facing convex contour closely matching an aft-facing contour of a seatback of the forward seat and configured to enhance space utilization. The contoured class divider may include an articulation system to articulate at least a portion of the panel from a first position (normal operation) to a second position (emergency landing). The contoured class divider may provide up to an additional 12 inches of space which can be used to reduce seat pitch (and thereby enhance passenger comfort) or increase the number of rows of seats on a given aircraft. |
| US11787541B2 |
Safeguarded delivery of goods by unmanned aerial vehicles
A control system in a delivery system performs a method to deliver a payload by an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, without requiring presence of the recipient even if the payload comprises sensitive or vulnerable goods. The method comprises obtaining a designated location for delivery of the payload, obtaining at least one payload vulnerability index for the payload, and obtaining a pick-up time indicative of a time point when the payload is expected to be retrieved by the recipient. The method further comprises selecting a final delivery area at or near the designated location as a function of the at least one payload vulnerability index and the pick-up time, and operating the UAV to deliver the payload to the final delivery area. |
| US11787539B2 |
Convertible aircraft system
A convertible aircraft system is provided that can convert to a helicopter configuration, an airplane configuration, or a gyroplane configuration before, during, or after flight. The convertible aircraft system includes a fuselage, a proximal flight assembly, a distal flight assembly, a support spar, and a tail assembly. The fuselage is the main structural body of the present invention. The proximal flight assembly and the distal flight assembly are the flight system of the present invention. The support spar provides an axis of rotation and a pole support for the proximal flight assembly and the distal flight assembly. The tail assembly provides stability during flight of the present invention. In more detail, the tail assembly may comprise at least one vertical stabilizer, at least one horizontal stabilizer, and at least one rudder in order to provide stability during flight of the present invention. |
| US11787538B2 |
Amphibious drone with detachable buoys
An amphibious drone having a fuselage, a linear support, a wing and a take-off and landing device. The take-off and landing device is on the lower surface of the linear support or the wing. The take-off and landing device has a buoyancy unit and a power device, and the power device is capable of generating thrust to push the buoyancy unit to move. The take-off and landing device can be on the lower surface of the drone, and realizes the water support of the drone by symmetrically providing the take-off and landing device. At the same time, the take-off and landing device is further provided with a power device for pushing the drone to be started. The amphibious drone can take off and land by relying on the take-off and landing device, which can be disassembled to adapt to different usage conditions. |
| US11787537B2 |
Hybrid power systems for different modes of flight
A hybrid power system includes a first power source that includes an internal combustion engine, a second power source that includes a battery, and a power controller. The hybrid power system is included in a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that flies in a transitional mode between a hovering mode and a forward flight mode. The power controller selects one or more of the first power source and the second power source to power a rotor included in the VTOL vehicle, including by: during a landing, the power controller determines when to have the second power source provide power to the rotor, in order to supplement power provided to the rotor by the first power source, based at least in part on one or more flight state variables associated with a flight computer. |
| US11787532B2 |
Method for assisting the piloting of a rotorcraft at high altitudes by supplying mechanical power from an electrical power plant
A method for assisting piloting beyond an altitude that can be reached with only the capabilities of a thermal power plant of a rotorcraft, by supplying power from an electrical power plant. After defining a take-off point of the rotorcraft and a target point, and their respective altitudes, a determination of a first maximum altitude that can be reached by the rotorcraft using only the thermal power plant is carried out according to a first altitude law. Then, an estimate of a second maximum altitude that can be reached by the rotorcraft using the thermal power plant and the electrical power plant jointly driving each rotor of the rotorcraft is made according to a second altitude law. If the second maximum altitude is higher than the altitude of the target point, the rotorcraft can fly to the target point. |
| US11787531B2 |
Modular load carrying apparatus with a carrier star
A modular load carrying apparatus for a rotary wing aircraft and to a rotary wing aircraft with such a modular load carrying apparatus. The modular load carrying apparatus may include a tube, first and second caps at first and second axial ends of the tube, a carrier star with docking devices that are adapted for rotatably receiving a seat or a carrier beam that may be folded against the tube in a stowed position or unfolded from the tube in a deployed position. A tension rod may be spanned between the first and second caps and transfer tension loads from the carrier star via the second cap towards the first cap. |
| US11787523B2 |
Aircraft keel beam assembly
Embodiments for aircraft keel beam assembly. One embodiment is a keel beam assembly of an aircraft. The keel beam assembly includes a keel attach chord to connect to a wing center section of the aircraft, the keel attach chord extending in a longitudinal direction between a rear spar and front spar of the aircraft. The keel beam assembly also includes a lower chord disposed underneath the keel attach chord and extending in the longitudinal direction between an aft wheel well bulkhead and a forward bulkhead of the aircraft. The keel beam assembly further includes a forward web to couple the keel attach chord and the lower chord, the forward web including a front edge extending in a diagonal direction from the keel attach chord that is downward and aft toward the lower chord to create an open area forward from the front edge. |
| US11787522B2 |
Power supply system for a water-bound device
A power supply system for a water-bound device and to an operating method, the water-bound device having an electric shaft and in particular a first zone and a second zone, the system includes: a first DC voltage bus for a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage bus for a second DC voltage; a first energy source and a second energy source, the first energy source being provided in the first zone for supplying at least one DC voltage bus of the at least two DC voltage buses, and the second energy source being provided in the second zone for supplying at least one DC voltage bus of the at least two DC voltage buses, the energy supply system being structured at least partially in a zone-dependent manner. |
| US11787513B2 |
Retractable handlebars for use on motorized surf boots
In water or on land, an innovative Dual Retractable Handlebar System with adjustable damping, allows the rider of Motorized Surf Boots to transition from a kneeling, to squatting, to standing, or vice versa, in one smooth articulated motion while keeping a continued grip on the handles and throttles.Each handlebar of the pair is firmly connected to each boot (or board) safely behind the rider, with each handlebar extending around the outside of the rider to a comfortable and ergonomic position to grasp with each hand, providing the rider with the ability to impart body English on the left and right sides independently, in order to effectively steer his or her Motorized Surf Boots on water or on land.Additionally, the pair of Handlebars of the present invention can be quickly locked in the retracted (or down) position, or quickly released for deployment in a range of up positions. |
| US11787509B2 |
Snowmobile with a tunnel having a bendable portion
A snowmobile has a frame, a tunnel, at least one ski operatively connected to the frame, a motor supported by the frame, and an endless drive track operatively connected to the motor. The tunnel extends above the endless drive track and has a first part and a second part. The second part extends rearward from the first part. The first part is made of a first material. The second part is made of a second material that is resilient. The second material is different from the first material. When a downward force is applied to a rear end of the second part, the second part bends downward from an original configuration such that the rear end of the second part moves toward the endless drive track. The second part returns at least approximately to its original configuration after removal of the downward force. |
| US11787508B2 |
Powered boots
Electric Powered Boots are a new compact and rugged motorized multi-terrain micro-vehicle for individual powersports, mobility for ground troops, or anyone who has difficulty in walking or running. For use on snow, sand, asphalt, hard dirt, or mud, electric powered boots elevate the prior teachings of motorized surf boots of U.S. Pat. No. 5,643,029 to the next level of fit, form, and function, by adding novel features and components in an innovative packaging arrangement that provides increased safety, functionality, and ergonomics during use on land. |
| US11787506B2 |
Derailleur for human-powered vehicle
A derailleur comprises a base member, a chain guide, and a linkage structure. The linkage structure includes a first link pivotally coupled to the base member about a first link pivot axis. The chain guide includes a first chain guide pivotally coupled to the first link about a first guide pivot axis spaced apart from the first link pivot axis. The first chain guide includes a first guide body and a first guide protrusion. The first guide protrusion protrudes from the first guide body and is pivotally coupled to the first link about the first guide pivot axis. The first guide protrusion is spaced apart from the first link in an axial direction with respect to the first guide pivot axis to define an intermediate space between the first guide protrusion and the first link in the axial direction. The intermediate space is free of a spring. |
| US11787499B2 |
Bicycle communication apparatus
A bicycle communication apparatus is provided that contributes to usability. The bicycle communication apparatus includes a base portion and a wireless communicator provided at the base portion. The wireless communicator is configured to transmit first information related to a motor that assists propulsion of a bicycle and second information related to a shifting device of the bicycle through wireless communication. |
| US11787495B2 |
Foldable bicycle and electric bicycle frame
The invention discloses a foldable bicycle and electric bicycle frame, comprising a girder and a rear fork, wherein the girder and the rear fork are connected to a rotating shaft through a bearing; both sides of the girder are provided with fixing holes A, and the girder is connected to the upper part of a hinge through the fixing holes A; the lower part of the hinge is provided with fixing holes B, and the hinge is connected to the upper part of a shock absorber through the fixing holes B; the lower part of the shock absorber is connected to the rear fork through a fixing hole C; both ends of the rear fork are provided with end covers. The invention has a simple structure. The invention can be used for folding bicycles and electric bicycles. |
| US11787490B2 |
Bicycle saddle
A bicycle saddle includes: a base structure having a top portion; and a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion including a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by a longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side includes: a first region having a first stiffness; a second region having a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness; and a third region having a third stiffness that is less than the second stiffness, wherein a perimeter of the second region is at least 75% enclosed within the first region, and wherein a perimeter of the third region is at least 75% enclosed within the second region. |
| US11787489B2 |
Electric bicycle
A bicycle includes a frame, a storage compartment, a battery pack, a pedal assist unit, and a lighting system. The frame includes a head tube, a stem, a down tube, a central hub, and a pair of chain stays. The central hub defines an internal cavity. The down tube and the central hub cooperatively define a battery opening connected to the internal cavity. The storage compartment includes a door positioned to selectively enclose an opening in the down tube. The battery pack is releasably received by the battery opening. The pedal assist unit is disposed within the internal cavity. The lighting system includes one or more taillights integrated into the chain stays, a conspicuity lamp integrated into the head tube, and/or a headlight integrated into to at least one of the stem or the head tube. |
| US11787484B2 |
Structural assembly for vehicle components having continuously formed composite reinforcement
A hybrid structural assembly includes a vehicle structural member extending from a first end to a second end, and a composite reinforcement member attached to the vehicle structural member between the first and second ends of the vehicle structural member. The composite reinforcement member being formed by a continuous method and cut to a predetermined length extending from the first end to the second end. |
| US11787480B2 |
Vehicle
The technique disclosed in the present specification is embodied as a vehicle. The vehicle includes a floor panel and a pedal. The floor panel constitutes a floor of a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and has an inclined portion in a front portion of the floor panel. The inclined portion is inclined upward toward a front side of the vehicle. The pedal is disposed rearward of the inclined portion of the floor panel in a vehicle front-rear direction and operated by a driver of the vehicle toward the inclined portion. A raised portion that is raised toward the vehicle cabin is provided integrally with the inclined portion of the floor panel. When the driver places a foot on the pedal, the raised portion is located forward of a heel portion of the foot in the vehicle front-rear direction. |
| US11787478B2 |
Automobile inner panel and automobile panel
In an automobile inner panel and an automobile panel that includes the automobile inner panel, panel rigidity of the panel is secured while achieving a weight reduction. An automobile inner panel 2 has a plurality of sub-units 10 that each include a flange 11, an inclined wall 12 continuous with the flange 11, and a bottom portion 13 continuous with inclined wall 12 and separated from the flange 11. The bottom portions 13 and 13 of the sub-units 10 and 10 which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other. A maximum value of a distance D1 between two of the flanges 11 and 11 of two of the sub-units 10 and 10 in which the bottom portions 13 are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less. |
| US11787476B2 |
Motor vehicle provided with a release system to detach a crossbar in the engine compartment in the event of a frontal collision
A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment and two side members provided with respective rear portions, arranged longitudinally at the passenger compartment, and respective struts, which project forward of the passenger compartment; the motor vehicle has a crossbar with front attachment portions and rear attachment portions fixed to the side members by means of connecting devices, so as to keep the crossbar suspended in relation to the struts; the connecting devices have at least one weakened zone, designed so as to cause at least part of the crossbar to detach from the side members when a given load threshold is exceeded; the connecting devices have a first pierced wall, which is part of the front or rear attachment portions, a second pierced wall, which is part of the side members, and a bolt that tightens the first and second wall together; the weakened zone is defined by at least one slot cut in the first wall, beginning from a hole edge of the first wall itself. |
| US11787475B2 |
Superstructure arrangement for a motor vehicle shell construction
A superstructure arrangement of a motor vehicle shell construction of a motor vehicle includes a superstructure with first and second longitudinal girders running in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. An auxiliary frame is fixed on the motor vehicle shell construction and is disposed below the first and second longitudinal girders and includes first and second longitudinal elements which diverge from each other from a back to a front in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. A first front end region of the first longitudinal element juts out beyond the first longitudinal girder on a first outside in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle and a second front end region of the second longitudinal element juts out beyond the second longitudinal girder on a second outside in the transverse direction of the motor vehicle. |
| US11787472B2 |
Powered ride-on vehicle
A powered ride-on vehicle having a frame supported by a first drive wheel, a second drive wheel and at least one non-driven support wheel. The vehicle has a first motor connected to the first drive wheel, a second motor connected to the second drive wheel, a steering wheel, a plurality of movement selectors, a dance selector, and one or more controllers operably electrically connected to the motors, the plurality of movement selectors, and the dance selector. The controllers operate to manipulate the motors to cause movements of the vehicle for a set period of time upon depression of one of the plurality of movement selectors independent of an angular location of the steering wheel. The controllers further operate to manipulate the motors to cycle through at least four different dances based on subsequent depression of the dance selector. |
| US11787471B1 |
Control assembly for zero turn vehicle
A vehicle control assembly having a control lever for controlling output of a traction drive. An operator control mechanism of the control assembly has an arm pivotable about a first pivot axis between a neutral position and a range of both forward and reverse positions. When in the neutral position, the arm can pivot about a second pivot axis between an operative and stopped position, and a switch is engaged when the arm is in the stopped position. A linkage connects the operator control mechanism to a return to neutral (RTN) module that provides a return force to the arm when it is pivoted away from the neutral position. The RTN module includes a shaft pivotable about a third pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis and placing a magnet proximate to a magnetic field sensor chip mounted on a circuit board comprising CAN Bus and switch terminals. |
| US11787468B2 |
Systems and methods for vehicle ingress or egress assist
A method includes, in response to an entry signal indicating an opening of an operator door, detecting a first torque value corresponding to a first torque applied to a handwheel and determining a second torque value corresponding to the first torque value. The method also includes applying, to the handwheel, a second torque corresponding to the second torque value and, based on at least one of a measurement associated with a seat sensor and a period associated with the first torque being applied to the handwheel: determining whether to selectively adjust the second torque value; and, in response to a determination to selectively adjust the second torque value, applying, to the handwheel, an adjusted torque corresponding to the adjusted second torque value. |
| US11787467B2 |
Vehicle control device
A method for controlling an apparatus for a first vehicle includes: receiving first positional information including a current position of the first vehicle, a traveling direction of the first vehicle, and a traveling speed of the first vehicle; receiving second positional information including a current position of a second vehicle, a traveling direction of the second vehicle, and a traveling speed of the second vehicle; estimating a future position of the first vehicle on the basis of the first positional information; estimating a future position of the second vehicle on the basis of the second positional information; determining whether a distance between the future position of the first vehicle and the future position of the second vehicle is shorter than a threshold value, and notifying a driver of the first vehicle of a result of the determination when the distance is shorter than the threshold value. |
| US11787465B2 |
Steering control apparatus
A steering control apparatus is configured to control a steering system having a structure in which a power transmission path between a steering mechanism and a steering operation mechanism including a motor configured to generate a motor torque is separated. The steering control apparatus includes a controller configured to control driving of the motor. The controller detects an abnormality of the steering operation mechanism when a value indicating a variation in the motor torque is a value indicating a state in which a steering operation shaft is presumed to be immovable though the motor torque is applied. |
| US11787464B2 |
Vehicle steering system and coupling-mechanism switching method
A vehicle steering system provided for a vehicle whose driving state is switchable between a manual driving state and an automatic driving state, the vehicle steering system including a coupling mechanism configured to couple a steering operation member operated by a driver and at least one steerable wheel of the vehicle, wherein, when the driving state of the vehicle is switched from the manual driving state to the automatic driving state, the coupling mechanism is switched from a mechanically coupling state in which the coupling mechanism mechanically couples the steering operation member and the at least one steerable wheel to each other to a mechanically decoupling state in which the coupling mechanism mechanically decouples the steering operation member and the at least one steerable wheel from each other. |
| US11787463B2 |
Steering apparatus and all-terrain vehicle
A steering apparatus and an all-terrain vehicle are provided. The steering apparatus comprises a housing provided with a circumferential movement limiting part; an input shaft disposed in the housing; an output shaft disposed in the housing and being in transmission coupling with the input shaft, wherein the output shaft is movable axially in an axial direction of the output shaft in the housing; and a circumferential movement limiting member disposed on the output shaft and being in fit with the circumferential movement limiting part for limiting circumferential movement. |
| US11787458B2 |
Handcart
A handcart may include a frame; a drive wheel rotatably supported by the frame about a rotation axis extending in a right-left direction; a prime mover configured to rotate the drive wheel; a bracket pivotably supported by the frame about a pivot axis extending in an up-down direction; and a non-drive wheel supported by the bracket about a rotation axis extending in a direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. The non-drive wheel may include a first non-drive wheel and a second non-drive wheel, and the first non-drive wheel and the second non-drive wheel may be configured to be rotatable independent of each other. |
| US11787453B2 |
Maintenance of distributed train control systems using machine learning
A machine learning system for maintaining distributed computer control systems for a train may include a data acquisition hub communicatively connected to a plurality of sensors configured to acquire real-time configuration data from one or more of the computer control systems. The machine learning system may also include an analytics server communicatively connected to the data acquisition hub. The analytics server may include a virtual system modeling engine configured to model an actual train control system comprising the distributed computer control systems, a virtual system model database configured to store one or more virtual system models of the distributed computer control systems, wherein each of the one or more virtual system models includes preset configuration settings for the distributed computer control systems, and a machine learning engine configured to monitor the real-time configuration data and the preset configuration settings. The machine learning engine may warn when there is a difference between the real-time configuration data and the preset configuration settings, the difference being indicative of at least two of the distributed computer control systems being out of synchronization by more than a threshold deviation. |
| US11787450B2 |
Level control system for adjusting the level of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle
A level control system adjusts the level of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, and includes at least one level control cylinder and a level control piston. The level control piston is at least partly received in the level control cylinder in a movable manner. The level control cylinder has a collar-shaped shoulder, and the level control system has a first fixing disc which is connected to the level control piston in order to transmit a lifting movement. At least one spacer element is arranged between the collar-shaped shoulder of the level control cylinder and the first fixing disc. |
| US11787449B2 |
Floor structure of a rail vehicle and method of manufacturing such floor structure
A floor structure of a rail vehicle car body includes a supporting structure having a left and a right longitudinal beams and a plurality of transverse structural members using a low-heat welding process. A floor panel is directly and releasably attached atop the supporting structure using and a plurality of non-permanent, pressure interlocking fasteners. |
| US11787448B2 |
Hypertube transport system
Provided is a hypertube transport system. Specifically, provided are a magnetically-levitated train and an infrastructure-system in which same travels, comprising: refrigerant for cooling compressed air of a hypertube train, and a compressed air cooling system utilizing the refrigerant; an apparatus and method for controlling trains operating in a vacuum tube; superconducting switches for superconducting magnets for magnetic levitation; a driving stability apparatus for the hypertube transport system; a control apparatus for trains of the hypertube transport system; and an energy harvester. |
| US11787447B2 |
Gap blocking systems and methods for amusement park attractions
A gap blocking system includes a loading platform having a gap separating a first portion of the loading platform from a second portion of the loading platform. A ride vehicle is coupled to a transport extending through the gap. A guardrail assembly having a plurality of guardrail units is coupled to the first portion, where the guardrail units are configured to transition between a first position and a second position. The guardrail units are configured to block access to the gap when in the first position. The ride vehicle includes an engagement feature configured to interface with an individual guardrail unit of the guardrail units to selectively transition the individual guardrail unit from the first position to the second position. The individual guardrail unit is configured to permit the ride vehicle to occupy a guest-accessible position adjacent to or on the loading platform in the second position. |
| US11787445B2 |
Techniques for maintaining offsets in vehicle formations
A method of maintaining vehicle formation includes receiving a desired cross track offset distance and a desired along track offset distance between a lead vehicle and a follower vehicle; receiving a current position, a current yaw rate, and a current speed of the lead vehicle; determining a current turn radius of the lead vehicle based on the current yaw rate and the current speed of the lead vehicle; determining a projected turn radius of the follower vehicle based on the current turn radius of the lead vehicle, the desired cross track offset distance, and the desired along track offset distance; determining a commanded curvature and a next speed of the follower vehicle based on a current position of the follower vehicle and the projected turn radius of the follower vehicle; and outputting the next speed and the commanded curvature to a control system of the follower vehicle. |
| US11787440B2 |
Lane boundary and vehicle speed based nudge decision
Lane configuration of a lane on which an ADV is driving and a current speed of the ADV are determined. A nudge space is determined based on the lane configuration, the current speed, and a vehicle width of the ADV. Path planning is performed to generate a path to nudge an obstacle, in response to the determining that the nudge space is greater than a predetermined threshold nudge space. The ADV is controlled to drive autonomously according to the planned path to nudge the obstacle. |
| US11787437B2 |
Driving domain management unit, driving domain management system, and driving domain management method
A driving domain management unit which includes a change pattern setting portion that selects one of multiple typical patterns previously patterning drivable domains based on input information changing in time series; a driving condition monitor portion that determines an event based on collected event related information from the outside; an exclusion domain management portion that determines an exclusion domain prohibiting driving of the vehicles in preference to the driving permission domain based on position information about the event, the position information being contained in the event related information used for the determination of the event; a distribution portion that distributes, to the vehicles, the selected typical pattern and the information about the determined exclusion domain or the information based on these pieces of information; and a data storage portion that stores the multiple typical patterns and the exclusion domain information. |
| US11787432B2 |
Parking assistance apparatus
When a vehicle is parked while the position of a power-receiving unit with respect to a power-transmitting unit is adjusted, an ECU in a parking assistance apparatus implements first assistance control if it is determined that the power-receiving unit is within a first range and implements second assistance control for controlling the vehicle such that a displacement of the vehicle per unit time is less than that during the first assistance control if it is determined that the power-receiving unit is within a second range. |
| US11787429B2 |
Vehicle sneeze control system and method
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to controlling a vehicle system when the vehicle system is under control of a user. In one embodiment, a method includes predicting a start of a user sneezing episode. The method includes identifying a plurality of phases in the user sneezing episode, and controlling the vehicle system based on which one of the plurality of phases is active. |
| US11787427B2 |
Method and device for controlling at least one actuator of an actuator system
A method for controlling at least one actuator of an actuator system, including: outputting a first control signal from a first control device via a line to an actuator, wherein the actuator system has at least the first control device and a second control device, wherein the first control device is configured to control at least the actuator via the line and wherein the second control device is configured to control the actuator via the line; detecting the first control signal on the line by the second control device and suppressing the output of a second control signal to the actuator by the second control device during a time in which the first control device is outputting the first control signal to the line; determining a time by the second control device at which no first control signal is present on the line; and applying to the actuator a second control signal via the line by the second control device if no first control signal is present on the line. Also described are a related apparatus and a computer readable medium. |
| US11787426B2 |
Control system for a motor vehicle having a first control device and a second control device to control first and second functions of the motor vehicle and method for controlling a motor vehicle
A control system for a motor vehicle, having a first control device for controlling a first function of the motor vehicle and a second control device for controlling a second function of the motor vehicle. The first and second control devices are each in a signal transmission connection with at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator. To ensure the proper execution of functions of a motor vehicle controlled by control devices even with a faulty control device with the least possible effort, it is provided that in dependence on the receipt of an error signal from the first control device or the second control device, the respective error-free control device is configured such that the function of the motor vehicle that corresponds to the faulty control device is controlled by the error-free control device. |
| US11787420B2 |
Method and system to predict variation in mileage of a vehicle as per fuel in fuel tank, fuel density, tire air pressure and to optimize it
A mileage prediction and optimization system (FIG. 1) is disclosed for optimizing the mileage of a vehicle. The mileage prediction and optimization system comprises a prediction and optimization module (300) adapted to determine variation in mileage of the vehicle at least based on the current fuel volume, current speed, current fuel density, the current tire air pressure, the current tire air temperature, current fetched values from an ECU module (700) and the pre-defined mileage data of the vehicle. Further, the prediction and optimization module (300) is adapted to optimize the mileage of the vehicle by reducing variation of fuel density, reducing variation of tire air pressure and informing optimal gear-speed combinations to a user regardless of whether the vehicle is stationary or in motion. |
| US11787419B1 |
Robust numerically stable Kalman filter for autonomous vehicles
The techniques discussed herein include modifying a Kalman filter to additionally include a loss component that dampens the effect measurements with large errors (or measurements indicating states that are rather different than the predicted state) have on the Kalman filter and, in particular, the updated uncertainty and/or updated prediction. In some examples, the techniques include scaling a Kalman gain based at least in part on a loss function that is based on the innovation determined by the Kalman filter. The techniques additionally or alternatively include a reformulation of a Kalman filter that ensures that the uncertainties determined by the Kalman filter remain symmetric and positive definite. |
| US11787414B2 |
GPS enhanced friction estimation
A vehicle and a system and method of controlling the vehicle. The system includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor obtains a first estimate of a force on a tire of the vehicle based on dynamics of the vehicle. The processor is configured to obtain a second estimate of the force on the tire using a tire model, determine an estimate of a coefficient of friction between the tire and the road from the first estimate of the force and the second estimate of the force, and control the vehicle using the estimate of the coefficient of friction. |
| US11787411B2 |
Shift mode control system
A shift mode control system includes a control apparatus that controls a shift mode of a vehicle, a first operation device that receives a first operation to switch an automatic mode to a manual mode, and a second operation device that receives a second operation to switch the manual mode to the automatic mode. The control apparatus includes a processor that calculates a speed ratio change amount that is a difference between a first speed ratio set when the automatic mode is switched to the manual mode in accordance with the first operation and a second speed ratio set when the manual mode is switched to the automatic mode in accordance with the second operation. The processor updates the speed ratio change amount set as a switching condition for automatically switching the manual mode to the automatic mode to the speed ratio change amount calculated by the processor. |
| US11787408B2 |
System and method for controlling vehicle based on condition of driver
A system and method for controlling a vehicle based on a driver status are disclosed. The vehicle control system includes various sensing devices (including a camera, a vehicle dynamics sensor, a vehicle around view monitoring (AVM) camera, a periphery surveillance sensor, and a navigation device) and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU may analyze a driver status through the driver's face and pupils recognized by output signals of the sensing devices. If the driver has no intention to drive the vehicle, the ECU may control the vehicle to stop on a road shoulder, resulting in guarantee of safer driving. |
| US11787405B1 |
Active coasting in traffic
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to perform operations comprise determining, by a computing system, speeds and stations of a plurality of leading vehicles traveling ahead of an ego vehicle; calculating, by the computing system, a coasting viability factor based on the speeds and stations of the plurality of leading vehicles and a speed and station of the ego vehicle; comparing, by the computing system, the coasting viability factor to a coasting viability threshold; and determining, by the computing system, whether the ego vehicle should coast based on the comparing. |
| US11787402B2 |
Vehicle collision avoidance system with enhanced pedestrian avoidance
A vehicular collision avoidance system includes a sensor disposed at a vehicle for sensing exterior and forwardly of the vehicle. A processor processes sensor data captured by the sensor to determine the presence of a pedestrian ahead of the vehicle and outside a path of travel of the vehicle. The processor determines a projected path of travel of the pedestrian based on movement of the pedestrian. The processor determines where the forward path of travel of the vehicle intersects the projected path of travel of the pedestrian. The system, responsive at least in part to prediction that the pedestrian will be in the forward path of travel of the vehicle when the vehicle time to intersection elapses, adjusts the speed of the vehicle based at least in part on attentiveness of a driver of the vehicle and a driving condition of the vehicle. |
| US11787401B2 |
Collision avoidance support device
A collision avoidance support device comprises target detection unit, target type determination unit, relative position determination unit, target track prediction unit, and vehicle track prediction unit, obstacle determination unit. The vehicle track prediction unit is configured to enlarge the width of a vehicle predicted track compared with a case where an enlargement condition is not satisfied when the enlargement condition is satisfied. The enlargement condition is satisfied when the relative position determination unit detects that a target determined to be a pedestrian by the target type determination unit is positioned on a travel lane at least once. |
| US11787397B2 |
Vehicle cargo management systems
This disclosure details cargo management systems for monitoring the regulatory compliance of cargo positioned on a vehicle. Exemplary cargo management systems may be configured to estimate a distance an item of cargo extends beyond a perimeter of the vehicle and then compare the estimated distance with a cargo-related regulation to confirm compliance of the item of cargo with the cargo-related regulation. The cargo management system may further be configured to detect positional changes of the item of cargo to ensure continued compliance of the item of cargo with the cargo-related regulation during vehicle operation. The cargo management system may issue an alert when the item of cargo is determined to be non-compliant with the cargo-related regulation or when the item of cargo shifts during vehicle operation. |
| US11787396B2 |
Automatic parking assistance system, in-vehicle device and method
An automatic parking assistance system, an in-vehicle device and an automatic parking assistance method. The in-vehicle device comprises a communication interface for receiving a parking navigation path and traffic information; and a parking controller coupled with the communication interface, the parking controller being configured to: acquire the traffic information and the parking navigation path; control vehicle parking maneuvers based on the parking navigation path; judge whether there is a potential collision object with respect to the vehicle based on the traffic information; in the case that the judgment indicates there is no potential collision object, control the vehicle to travel along the parking navigation path; in the case that the judgment indicates there is a potential collision object, determine a danger level of the potential collision object based on the traffic information and determine safety measures corresponding to the danger level. |
| US11787394B2 |
Supervisory control for e-AWD and e-LSD
A system for supervisory control for eAWD and eLSD in a motor vehicle includes a control module, and sensors and actuators disposed on the motor vehicle. The sensors measure real-time motor vehicle data, and the actuators alter behavior of the motor vehicle. The control module receives the real-time data; receives one or more driver inputs to the motor vehicle; determines a status of a body of the motor vehicle; determines a status of axles of the motor vehicle; determines a status of each wheel of the motor vehicle; and generates a control signal to the actuators from the driver inputs and the body, axle, and wheel statuses. The control module also exercises supervisory control by actively adjusting constraints on the control signal to each of the actuators where actively adjusting constraints on the control signal alters boundaries of control actions in response to the one or more driver inputs. |
| US11787392B2 |
Control system for hybrid vehicle
A control system for a hybrid vehicle configured to shift an operating mode from a single-motor mode to a hybrid-low mode without causing a temporal drop in a drive force. A controller is configured to predict an execution of a mode change from the single-motor mode to the first hybrid mode, and to execute the mode change from the single-motor mode to the hybrid-low mode via a hybrid-high mode, if the execution of the mode change from the single-motor mode to the hybrid-low mode is predicted. |
| US11787382B2 |
Systems and methods for monitoring brake systems on railway assets
Systems for monitoring brake systems on railway assets include a load measuring device. The load measuring device includes an instrumented coupling configured to be connected to the rigging of a brake system of the railway asset; and to an underframe of the railway asset. The load measuring device also includes a data collection unit configured to process an output of a sensor of the instrumented coupling and, based on the sensor output, determine the force being transmitted between the brake rigging and the underframe. |
| US11787379B2 |
Electronic parking brake system
Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system, which is configured to push first and second brake shoes respectively disposed on inner opposite sides of a drum to an inner surface of the drum for braking, including an actuator including a motor configured to rotate forward and reverse to generate a driving force for braking, and a reduction gear unit configured to amplify the driving force transmitted from the motor, and a power converter configured to convert a rotational motion from the actuator into a linear motion to press or release the first and second brake shoes. |
| US11787373B2 |
Passive pedal force emulator pedal assembly
Embodiments herein are directed to an emulator assembly. The assembly includes a housing with a cavity, a pedal arm, an elongated member, a carrier, an end plate and a compressible member. The pedal arm is at least partially received in the cavity and has a pedal pad on one end. The elongated member extends and couples to the pedal arm on one end and couples to a carrier on an opposite other end. The end plate is spaced apart from the carrier. The compressible member is positioned in the space between the carrier and the end plate. When the pedal pad is depressed, the elongated member moves the carrier in a direction towards the end plate which drives the carrier into the compressible member such that the compressible material compresses to generate a force feedback onto a foot positioned on the pedal pad. |
| US11787370B2 |
Cleaning device, compressed-air system, vehicle and cleaning method
A cleaning device for selectively bombarding a surface with a first medium, including an accumulator valve module having a high-pressure accumulator configured to store the first medium at a high-pressure accumulator pressure, an impulse nozzle configured to bombard the surface with the first medium, a changeover valve having a nozzle connector configured to connect to the impulse nozzle and a high-pressure accumulator connector configured to connect to the high-pressure accumulator, wherein the changeover valve is configured to: connect, in a release position, the high-pressure accumulator and the impulse nozzle via the high-pressure accumulator connector and the nozzle connector, interrupt, in a charge position, a flow path from the high-pressure accumulator to the impulse nozzle, and switch between the release position and the charge position. The cleaning device includes a high-pressure accumulator holding valve connecting the high-pressure accumulator to the first medium source. |
| US11787367B1 |
Systems for shared vehicle access
To utilize a shared vehicle, a user can request access to the vehicle, which results in the generation of a virtual key. The virtual key is provided to a plurality of different devices, such as a vehicle device at the vehicle, and a user device in the possession of the user. Access to the vehicle can be granted and maintained by verification of the virtual key against data from an identification device at the vehicle, or from the user device. In this way, multiple options for vehicle access are available to the user, which increases flexibility and user-friendliness. |
| US11787365B2 |
Automobile security apparatus
The object of the present invention is to provide a convenient means for accessing a car or other automobile, and operation of the engine and other controlled functions, while making it more difficult for criminals to gain access to the car. A car security system comprises a key fob, a car transceiver system, and a security card RFID. The key fob comprises a fob PCB having a fob antenna, and a converter tab which has tab circuitry and an antenna. |
| US11787363B2 |
Webbing take-up device
In a vehicle emergency, a spool of a webbing take-up device is rotated in a pull-out direction such that a main lock is displaced toward a rotation-radial direction outside of the spool and engages with a clutch gear configuring a first rotation body. Rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction is thus restricted. Also in a vehicle emergency, the first rotation body is rotated in a take-up direction of the spool such that the main lock engages with the first rotation body, and rotation force of the first rotation body is transmitted to the spool through the main lock and the spool is rotated in the take-up direction. |
| US11787361B1 |
Selectively inflatable airbag side chambers
An assembly includes a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the vehicle seat and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a main chamber, a first side chamber, and second side chamber spaced downwardly from the first side chamber. The assembly includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a size of an occupant seated in the vehicle seat and, based on the size of the occupant, selectively inflate one of the first side chamber from an uninflated position to an inflated position or the second side chamber from an uninflated position to an inflated position. |
| US11787360B2 |
Vehicle seat and method for folding side airbag
A vehicle seat includes a seat back, an inflator, and a side airbag. The side airbag includes a head chamber housed along an upper frame of the seat back and configured to inflate and deploy between a shoulder belt and a head in response to supply of gas from the inflator in an event of side collision. The head chamber is housed while being folded in a seat up-and-down direction to reduce a vertical width and then rolled from a front end in a seat fore-and-aft direction. |
| US11787358B2 |
Occupant protection device
There is provided an occupant protection device for protecting an occupant seated on a seat, including: an airbag folded and accommodated in a bag shape made of a flexible sheet material; and a holding belt portion that is wrapped around a hip of the occupant and holds the folded airbag. The airbag is configured to, when the airbag is activated, allow an inflation gas to flow thereinto, and inflate to protrude forward and upward from the holding belt portion, and includes an upper body restraining surface capable of restraining an upper body of the occupant, on a rear surface side, when inflation is completed, and a vehicle body side member abutting surface that abuts against a vehicle body side member provided in front of the seat to be capable of ensuring a reaction force of the airbag when the occupant is restrained, on a front surface side. |
| US11787353B2 |
Wire harness fixing structure and wire harness
A wire harness fixing structure includes a plate-like member including a first layer and a second layer softer than the first layer, an electrical wire disposed along the plate-like member, and a fixing member attached to the electrical wire to fix the electrical wire to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes: a through locking piece formed to be able to pass through the first layer and locked to the first layer while passing through the first layer, a regulation piece provided with a space between the regulation piece and the through locking piece to stop the through locking piece from passing through a surface of the plate-like member, and a column connecting the through locking piece and the regulation piece. |
| US11787351B2 |
Hidden audio assembly
Methods and systems for a vehicle headliner is provided. In one example, the headliner is a layered assembly, including a base substrate layer and a skin and is configured with a bracket inserted into the base substrate layer. The bracket has a top plate co-planar with a first surface of the base substrate layer and a continuous wall coupled to the top plate. The bracket is positioned in the base substrate layer such that the base substrate layer does not protrude into the skin. |
| US11787347B1 |
Universal, no drill ladder rack
A ladder rack system (also referred to as a utility rack system) that is universal in that the ladder rack system can be used with different brands and models of pick-up trucks. The described ladder rack system is also “no drill” whereby the described ladder rack can be fixedly, yet removably, secured in the box of the pick-up truck without requiring any drilling of holes or requiring other significant permanent damage to the pick-up truck to mount the ladder rack system. |
| US11787346B2 |
Systems and methods for a housing equipment for a security vehicle
A system for providing security functions to a vehicle may comprise a chassis and a drone. The chassis may be configured to be mounted on top of the vehicle. The chassis may include a drone port for housing a drone. The drone may include a camera. The camera of the drone may be configured to capture images of objects outside of the chassis while the drone is positioned in the drone port. A device including the chassis may be a light bar and further include lights positioned at a periphery of the device. |
| US11787344B2 |
Open interior delivery container
A delivery container is designed to fit into the rear passenger compartment of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle (AV) that makes deliveries without a human driver. The delivery container includes a base, two sides, and a top. The sides are angled and the top is smaller than the base, which creates a large opening that is easy for a user to access and can adequately store large or bulky goods. The delivery container may be accessed from either side of the vehicle, and may include a drawer for moving items from one side of the vehicle to the other, so that items may be easily accessed from either side. |
| US11787343B2 |
Cargo space device for a front part of a motor vehicle
A cargo space device for a front part having a front space of a motor vehicle, where the front space is coverable by a moveable front bonnet. The cargo space device includes a cargo space and a shifting device where the cargo space is shiftable by the shifting device between a stowed position accommodated in the front part and an extended position that is raised in relation to the stowed position in a first shifting direction. The cargo space is pivotable around a pivoting axis running in a region of a lower front marginal edge of the cargo space, in relation to the shifting device, in a second shifting direction which is different from the first shifting direction. |
| US11787342B2 |
Vehicular cabin monitoring camera system with dual function
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to an electronic control unit (ECU) and is processed at the ECU for determining attentiveness of the driver. The vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to selection by the driver of a video-conference function, initiates a video conference telecommunication whereby video image data derived from the provided captured image data is wirelessly communicated to an external receiver that is located remote from the vehicle for viewing by another person communicating with the driver of the vehicle via the external receiver. Communication data generated at the external receiver is wirelessly communicated to the vehicular driver monitoring system. |
| US11787337B2 |
System comprising construction machine, transport vehicle with loading space and image-recording device, and method for displaying an image stream during the loading or unloading of a transport vehicle
In a system comprising construction machine, transport vehicle with loading space and image-recording device, wherein the image-recording device is arranged at the construction machine and aligned, as a minimum, also towards the loading space of the transport vehicle, it is specified for the following features to be achieved: that a reception and display device is arranged at or in the transport vehicle, wherein the data recorded by the image-recording device are transmitted to the reception and display device via a transmission device arranged at the construction machine. |
| US11787334B2 |
Driver assistance system and method for vehicle flank safety
The present invention relates to a driver assistance (DA) system and method for vehicle flank safety. This system and method also have utility in autonomous driving (AD) applications. The system and method optionally pair one or more cameras with one or more proximity sensors to provide free space awareness and contact avoidance related to the flank of a vehicle, providing a virtual distance grid overlay on one or more camera views available to an operator, predefined safety boundary intrusion detection under low-speed maneuvering conditions, door-open obstruction and danger detection, and a flank illumination system. |
| US11787332B2 |
Light-emitting device and vehicle lamp module
A light-emitting device includes a substrate including circuit pads and a resin portion. A frame disposed on the substrate to form a first space, first to third light sources, and first and second encapsulants. The frame includes an outer wall and a first partition in the first space to form the first space as independent second and third spaces. A first and second light sources are disposed at the second space and provide first and second light beams respectively. A third light source is disposed at the third space and provides a third light beam. A first encapsulant is filled at the second space to seal the first and second light sources. A second encapsulant is filled at the third space to seal the third light source. The second encapsulant includes a first wavelength conversion material converting the third light beam into a fourth light beam. |
| US11787327B2 |
Machine configuration system capable of different works by means of various components and equipments
The present invention relates to a machine configuration system (100) which can realize the different works, realized by work machines, industrial machines, agricultural machines, military vehicles, remotely-controlled, autonomous, etc. machines, by means of components and equipments having capability of fixation to various locations of the main chassis (1) and main chassis (1) with track (2a) or single type, four-wheel drive and platform with rotation through four wheels (2). |
| US11787324B2 |
Trolley for rolls of material
The invention relates to a transport trolley for transporting material rolls. The transport trolley includes a frame, at least three running units for running on a ground, wherein the running units are connected to the frame, at least one movement drive for driving at least one of the running units, wherein the at least one movement drive is connected to the frame, a material roll receiving device for receiving a material roll to be transported, wherein the material roll receiving device is supported by the frame, and a communications device with a receiver unit for receiving external information items being connected to the frame. The communications device is in signal connection with the at least one movement drive for actuating the latter. |
| US11787323B2 |
Conveyor system for delivery using autonomous vehicles
An autonomous vehicle (AV) includes a conveyor system arranged within its main cabin. The conveyor system includes attachment points for attaching transport bags to the conveyor system, and a motor to move the transport bags to different positions along the conveyor system. The AV includes a door that can open and close to provide access to the transport bags. The AV further includes a conveyor system controller that identifies a transport bag associated with a user and issues an instruction to the motor to move the transport bags along the conveyor system. |
| US11787321B2 |
Vehicle seat
The vehicle seat includes a seat back 2 having a support surface 11, a recessed portion 28 that is provided on a back surface 12 of the seat back 2 opposite to the support surface 11 and formed to be recessed from the back surface 12 toward the inside of the seat back 2, and a socket 7 provided inside the recessed portion 28, to which an external device is connected, and which is provided on a surface inclined to face upward with respect to the back surface 12 of the seat back 2. The back surface 12 of the seat back 2 is provided with a socket housing 6 that is attached to a skin 13 of the seat back 2 and is formed to be recessed toward the inside of the seat back 2. A space inside the socket housing 6 is the recessed portion 28. |
| US11787315B2 |
Child restraint base and child restraint system
A child restraint base adapted to a child restraint carrier is disclosed herein. The child restraint base includes a base body including a first pocket and a second pocket. The first pocket and the second pocket are disposed on front lateral sides of the base body. An anchor belt is included that comprises a first anchor attached to a first end of the anchor belt, and a second anchor attached to a second end of the anchor belt. The first pocket is configured to receive at least a portion of the first anchor, and the second pocket is configured to receive at least a portion of the second anchor. A panel is pivotable between an opened position and a closed position, and the panel pivots to the closed position to tension the anchor belt to remove slack from the anchor belt. |
| US11787314B2 |
Commercial vehicle and rail system passenger seat for passenger comfort, safety, and convenience
A passenger seat for commercial vehicles and rail systems, having at least: a massage pad for increasing the ergonomics in the waist section of the passenger and applying massage; a compressor for inflating the massage pad; cooling pads for cooling the passenger; a heating pad for heating the upper portion of the seat and the backrest contacting the passenger; a presence sensor for determining whether there is a passenger on the passenger seat; a belt sensor for determining whether the passenger fastens the safety belt; a wireless charging unit for the passenger to charge a mobile device without using a connection cable; a manual control panel for the heating pad, cooling pad and the massage pad; a wireless connection module for the heating pad, cooling pad and the massage pad; and a control unit where the data collected from the presence sensor and belt sensor are transmitted. |
| US11787313B2 |
Pull-strap assembly for vehicle seat
A pull-strap assembly for actuating a recline mechanism of a vehicle seat includes a clevis having first and second pieces configured to snap into one another, wherein the pieces cooperate to define a cylindrical body and a cable connector. The assembly further includes a fixed anchor and a tension member having a fixed end connected to the anchor, an intermediate portion looped around the cylindrical body, and a free end. The clevis is configured to move towards the anchor responsive to the free end being pulled by a user to release the recline mechanism. |
| US11787312B2 |
Intelligent seat systems
An ISS is a seating system that actively adjusts to improve an occupant's comfort, performance, and safety in a specific driving environment. The ISS determines the occupant's posture, position on the seat surface, and/or physiological state, for example, by applying a machine vision process. The ISS can further determine a driving environment. The ISS adjusts its settings and settings of the vehicle according to one or more factors such as an occupant's posture, the occupant's physiological state, the occupant's preferences, and/or the driving environment. The ISS can include a state machine that determines a current state and determines if a change has occurred such that the system should shift to another state that best suits this change. The ISS makes adjustment according to system settings associated with the best suitable state. |
| US11787311B2 |
Apparatus and method of producing a sensing substrate
An occupant or object sensing system in a vehicle includes electrical circuits for capacitive sensing and corresponding circuits shielding the sensing system from interference. A sensing circuit and a shielding circuit may be printed by screen printing with conductive ink on opposite sides of a non-conductive substrate. The substrate is a plastic film or other fabric that has an elastic memory structure that is resilient to stretching. The conductive inks used to print circuits onto the substrate have a similar resilience to stretching such that the substrate and the circuits thereon can be subject to deforming forces without breaking the printed circuits. The substrate may be covered with a carbon polymer layer to provide alternative conductive paths that enable fast recovery for conduction in the presence of any break in the printed conductive traces on the substrate. |
| US11787309B1 |
Hydrogen-to-power assisted-drive integrating system and driving method
A hydrogen-to-power assisted-drive integrating system includes a database creating module configured to create a driver operation rule database corresponding to a vehicle type of a hydrogen-to-power energy vehicle with respect to the vehicle type; a real-time acquiring module configured to acquire a gear changing condition of the vehicle in starting and travelling processes in real time; a retrieving module configured to retrieve vehicle gear selecting schemes in the driver operation rule database when acquiring that a gear of the hydrogen-to-power energy vehicle has been changed, and perform low-voltage and high-voltage power-on prediction according to the vehicle gear selecting schemes to obtain low-voltage and high-voltage power-on prediction results; a strategy determining module configured to determine a power-on executing strategy of the hydrogen-to-power assisted-drive integrating system according to the low-voltage and high-voltage power-on prediction results; and an incremental updating module configured to incrementally update the driver operation rule database. |
| US11787307B2 |
Switch control device, switch control method, and in-vehicle power supply system
A MPU controls a changeover switch, which is an FET switch that connects a main battery and a sub-battery having a low rated voltage. The changeover switch is set to an ON state in a case where a potential difference, which is a difference between a voltage of the main battery and a voltage of the sub-battery, is equal to or greater than a positive first predetermined value. A PWM signal is output to a driver to cause the changeover switch to be in a half-ON state in a case where the potential difference is less than the first predetermined value and is greater than a second predetermined value equal to or less than 0. The changeover switch is set to an OFF state in a case where the potential difference is equal to or less than the second predetermined value. |
| US11787306B2 |
Electrified vehicle control to reduce battery sensor heat generation
An electrified vehicle, system, and control method include a traction battery having a first plurality of cells and a second plurality of cell monitoring circuits each having an associated at least one of the first plurality of cells, and a controller configured to control the cell monitoring circuits to measure voltage of the associated cells at an initial frequency until a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery is established, and to measure voltage of the associated cells at a second frequency based on the SOC after the SOC is established to reduce heat generation of the cell monitoring circuits. The cell monitoring circuits may be controlled to asynchronously measure associated cell voltage and/or to reduce voltage/current conversion time when delta cell voltage and battery pack current are below respective thresholds. |
| US11787303B2 |
Parking system
A parking system includes a parking facility, a moving device, charging and discharging equipment, a battery-state detector, and a control processor. The control processor is configured to cause the moving device to move, to a first parking lot with a high temperature, vehicles in the parking facility scheduled to travel, and to move, to a second parking lot with a low temperature, vehicles not scheduled to travel. The control processor is configured to cause or instruct the charging and discharging equipment to perform charging of a drive battery of an unsatisfied vehicle on the basis of a state-of-charge value of drive batteries of the vehicles present in the first parking lot detected by the battery-state detector. The unsatisfied vehicle is a vehicle that is the vehicle in the first parking lot and whose drive battery has a charge state that does not reach a predetermined charge state. |
| US11787299B2 |
Ejector for electric vehicle charging connectors
An ejector for electric vehicle charging connectors is provided. An ejector can be configured to be secured on the inside of the charging port of an EV and to automatically eject or push the charging connector from the charging port. The ejector may include a pusher assembly that selectively extends through an opening in a housing forming the socket of the charging port. The ejector may also include a driver assembly that forces the pusher assembly through the opening to eject the charging connector while allowing the pusher assembly to be freely withdrawn when the charging connector is inserted. |
| US11787298B2 |
Multiple charge interface monitoring and protection system for electrified vehicles
This disclosure relates to electrified vehicle charging systems that are equipped with multiple charging interfaces. An exemplary charging system may include a first charging interface, a second charging interface, an on-board charger module operably coupled to the first and second charging interfaces, and a control module configured to command the second charging interface to be isolated from the on-board charger module in response to a status change of a door of the first charging interface. The status of the door may be monitored by a sensor system of the charging system for determining whether or not to disable the second charging interface. |
| US11787295B2 |
Foreign object detecting system and non-contact charging system
A displacement of a foreign object is detected on the basis of a position of the foreign object at each of a starting time and a finishing time of a predetermined period. By delaying the timing for determining the displacement mode of the foreign object by the predetermined period (predetermined time), the timing for providing notification recommending the removal of the foreign object can be delayed. When after it is determined that displacement of the foreign object present around a power transmitting unit is present, the presence of the foreign object is not detected, that is, in a state where it is not necessary to provide the notification recommending that a user remove the foreign object, that notification is omitted. |
| US11787293B2 |
Electric motor control device and method of electric motor control
An electric motor control device includes a target torque setting unit setting target torque for each of a right-side control circuit and a left-side control circuit, and a failure occurrence determination unit determining whether there is a failure occurrence in at least one of the two control circuits. The target torque setting unit sets, in response to there being a failure occurrence in a failure control circuit that is one of the two control circuits and there being a no failure occurrence in a normal control circuit that is the other of the two control circuits, fail-safe torque which is lower than a normal value of the target torque as the target torque for the failure control circuit, and sets failure-time target torque which is lower than the normal value of the target torque and being higher than the fail-safe torque as the target torque for the normal control circuit. |
| US11787288B2 |
Systems and methods for user interfaces in a vehicular environment
Examples are disclosed for systems and methods for user interfaces of a vehicular environment, especially for autonomous vehicles wherein an orientation or attention of the vehicle occupants is not constrained to a direction of motion. In one embodiment, a system for providing visualizations within a vehicular environment comprises at least one touch-sensitive display device positioned adjacent to at least one seat within the vehicular environment and configured to display the visualizations to an occupant of the at least one seat, the at least one touch-sensitive display device moveable from a first position in front of the seat to a second position at an interior wall of the vehicular environment. |
| US11787282B2 |
Hybridised drivetrain and method for controlling said drivetrain
A hybridised drivetrain for a motor vehicle. A transmission assembly of the vehicle has at least one first planetary gear set. A first element of the first planetary gear set is a ring gear. A second element of the first planetary gear set can be connected to an electric machine of the vehicle with a clutch and can be secured against a housing. The second element is a sun gear. A third element of the first planetary gear set is connected to an output. The third element is a planet carrier. The ring gear can also be connected to the electric machine by means of a clutch. The clutch has an output disc carrier connected to the sun gear. The clutch has an output disc carrier connected to the ring gear. The input disc carrier and the output disc carrier can rotate relative to one another. |
| US11787278B2 |
Battery tray floor assembly for electric vehicles
A vehicle battery tray includes a floor assembly that has elongated tray sections that attach together at lateral edge portions of adjacent tray sections to form a floor structure that supports vehicle batteries contained in the vehicle battery tray. The elongated tray sections each have a substantially consistent cross-sectional shape that extends longitudinally along a length of the respective tray section. A first tray section includes a first attachment feature at the lateral edge portion thereof and a second tray section includes a second attachment feature at the lateral edge portion thereof that corresponds with the first attachment feature. The first and second attachment features engage together at a longitudinal seam between the lateral edge portions of the first and second tray sections, such as to align upper surfaces of the first and second tray sections. |
| US11787276B2 |
Electric vehicle with axle modules
The disclosure relates to an electric vehicle for the transportation of persons and/or loads, having a frame structure and axle modules which are coupled to the frame structure, a front axle module and a rear axle module, to which in each case the wheels are coupled kinematically, at least one of the axle modules having a drive and an energy source. One of the axle modules has four suspension points for the attachment by means of elastic bearings to the frame structure, in each case, two suspension points forming a pair, and the pairs lying at different heights in the motor vehicle vertical direction. |
| US11787271B2 |
Sliding door device for vehicle
A sliding door device for a vehicle includes a door configured to open or close a door opening formed in a vehicle body, a door arm including one end portion rotatably connected to the door and the other end portion provided to be movable along a side sill of the vehicle body, a mover connected to the other end portion of the door arm and configured for straight line movement along the side sill of the vehicle body, a door arm plate configured to rotatably connect the mover with the other end portion of the door arm and provided to perform cycloid rotation and straight line movement when the mover moves along the side sill, a pin provided to protrude on the door arm plate, and a cycloid rail provided in the side sill and configured to provide a path on which the roller moves when the other end portion of the door arm moves along the side sill. |
| US11787267B2 |
Trailer refrigeration unit and methods for limiting the supply air temperature thereof
Disclosed is a method of operating a trailer refrigeration unit of a refrigerated trailer system comprising setting a cargo hold set point temperature through a user interface; urging an airflow along a flowpath from a return air inlet port, through an evaporator of the trailer refrigeration unit, and to a supply air outlet port of the trailer refrigeration unit; monitoring a return air temperature of the airflow flowing through the return air inlet port; monitoring a supply air temperature of the airflow flowing through the supply air outlet port; heating the airflow flowing through the supply air outlet port when the return air temperature is less than the cargo hold set point temperature; and stopping heating of the airflow flowing to the supply air outlet port when the return air temperature is less than the cargo hold set point temperature and the supply air temperature reaches a threshold. |
| US11787266B2 |
Vehicle air-conditioning system for ventilating a vehicle interior compartment
A system for ventilating a vehicle interior compartment operates, at least intermittently, to set an air quality mode in which fresh air and/or circulated air is supplied to the vehicle interior compartment, and to control an interior compartment pressure in the vehicle interior compartment through variation of the flow resistance of an interior compartment ventilation device in an open-loop and/or a closed-loop manner such that the interior compartment pressure is higher than an ambient pressure outside the vehicle interior compartment. |
| US11787265B2 |
Electrical heating device for motor vehicles
A radiant heating device for producing radiant heat in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a heating surface for emitting heat radiation, a heating element for providing heating power, a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in a specific spot and for providing a corresponding first temperature indication, and a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature on the surface and for providing a corresponding second temperature indication. In order to detect a local over-heating of the heating surface, a difference between the two temperature indications is determined. In the event of a defect, a protective operating mode is then selected. |
| US11787264B2 |
Air conditioner for vehicle
Disclosed is an air conditioner for a vehicle, the air conditioner having an improved guide structure capable of increasing an air volume by preventing a collision between air flowing through an upper passage and air flowing through a lower passage. The air conditioner for a vehicle comprises: an air conditioning case having an air passage formed therein and an air outlet which includes a defrost vent and a face vent; and a heat exchanger for cooling and a heat exchanger for heating, which are provided in the air passage of the air conditioning case. The air conditioner for the vehicle further comprises: a temperature door arranged between the heat exchanger for cooling and the heat exchanger for heating in order to adjust the degree to which cold air, which has passed through the heat exchanger for cooling, is heated by the heat exchanger for heating; a cold air passage through which cold air that has passed through the heat exchanger for cooling bypasses the heat exchanger for heating; a warm air passage through which cold air that has passed through the heat exchanger for cooling passes through the heat exchanger for heating; a cold air guide unit for guiding the cold air downstream of the heat exchanger for cooling; and a warm air guide unit for guiding the warm air downstream of the heat exchanger for heating. |
| US11787262B2 |
Air conditioning apparatus and method for controlling the same
An air conditioning apparatus may include an evaporator; a temperature sensor configured for detecting a temperature of the evaporator; a compressor compressing a refrigerant transmitted to the evaporator; a clutch selectively allowing power transmission from a vehicle power source to a compressor; and a controller connected to the clutch and configured for controlling the clutch to selectively allow the power transmission according to a result of comparison between a target temperature of the evaporator and a temperature detected by the temperature sensor, in which the controller sets the target temperature based on a vehicle driving state. |
| US11787260B2 |
Climate control
Some embodiments provide a vehicle climate control system for controlling climate conditions in various cabin regions of a vehicle cabin, where the climate control system is configured to control one or more vehicle components to change the set of climate conditions associated with one or more cabin regions to approximate a set of optimal comfort conditions. The climate control system controls various vehicle components to control climate conditions, including window assemblies, sunroof assemblies, etc. The climate control system determines optimal comfort conditions which optimize perceived temperature of various occupant body parts and maintain various climate characteristics within one or more sets of thresholds. Output configurations of various vehicle components can be determined based at least in part upon determined optimal comfort conditions of various cabin regions. Output configurations can be generated based at least in part upon various control mode priorities. |
| US11787259B2 |
Heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device
The invention relates to a heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device (10) for a motor vehicle, which device comprises a housing (26), a cold air region (84), a hot air region (86), an evaporator (36) which is configured to provide a cold air stream (50) in the cold air region (84), and a heating element (34) which is configured to provide a hot air stream (48) in the hot air region (86). Furthermore, the device (10) has a one-piece cross-flow deflection device (38), which is covered by the housing (26) and comprises a mixing device (40) and a cover (42), wherein the mixing device (40) has a plurality of mixing chambers (52), each of which is provided for mixing a part of the cold air stream (50) and a part of the hot air stream (48). The cover (42) here separates the cold air region (84) and the hot air region (86) from each other at least in portions. Furthermore, the cover (42) has a fixing device (74) which is provided for fixing the heating element (34). |
| US11787256B2 |
Stabilizing bar for a vehicle
A stabilizing bar for a vehicle, comprising: a central portion, which is elongate; a first attachment portion configured to be attached to a first part of the vehicle secured to a first wheel of the vehicle; and a first bearing configured to be attached to the chassis of the vehicle, the stabilizing bar comprising, between the central portion and the first attachment portion, a first curved portion, the first curved portion being curved along a curve having a radius of curvature which is strictly increasing with increasing distance from the first bearing. |
| US11787255B2 |
Suspension system with individual ride height and dampening control
A machine includes a first cylinder coupled to a first wheel and a second cylinder coupled to a second wheel. A first proportional dampening valve fluidly connects to the first cylinder and a second proportional dampening valve fluidly connects to the second cylinder. First accumulators are fluidly connected to the first cylinder and the first proportional dampening valve, and second accumulator(s) are fluidly connected to the second cylinder and the second proportional dampening valve. Additionally, a first proportional flow control valve fluidly connects to the first cylinder and a second proportional flow control valve fluidly connected to the second cylinder. An electronic control module (ECM) communicatively couples to the first proportional flow control valve and the second proportional flow control valve to adjust a ride height of the first wheel via the first cylinder and a ride height of the second wheel via the second cylinder. |
| US11787254B2 |
Integrated shock and suspension height sensor
A shock absorber for a vehicle suspension system may include a damper tube defining an axis, a rod operably coupled to the damper tube to be movable along the axis relative to the damper tube in response to jounce and rebound events, a dust boot operably coupled to the rod and extending along peripheral sides of the rod and at least a proximal end of the damper tube relative to the rod, the dust boot being movable with the rod, a target disposed on a damper bump cap operably coupled to the proximal end of the damper tube, and a measurement assembly affixed to the dust boot. The measurement assembly may include a PCB elongated parallel to the axis to track relative movement between the target and the measurement assembly responsive to the jounce and rebound events to generate ride height information based on the relative movement. |
| US11787252B2 |
Weldless vehicular suspension control arm
A vehicular suspension control arm comprises a first arm component and a second arm component formed from sheet metal, each arm component comprising an outer wall and two side walls, bushing connecting means adjacent a first end, at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent a second end, at least one component connecting rivet aperture located between the first end and the second end, a ride bushing and a handling bushing, a ball joint bracket comprising bracket rivet apertures corresponding to the at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture adjacent the second end of each of the first and second arm components and a plurality of rivets. When constructed, the ball joint bracket is riveted to both the first and second arm components adjacent the second end thereof via the at least one bracket receiving rivet aperture and the corresponding at least one bracket rivet aperture, the first arm component is riveted to the second arm component at the at least one component connecting rivet aperture, the ride bushing is connected at the first end of the first arm component and the handling bushing is connected at the first end of the second arm component. |
| US11787244B1 |
Split trailer shackle
A split trailer shackle is disclosed, including a bolt and a reinforcing assembly. The bolt includes a rod body, a middle of the rod body is rotatablely connected with a main hook, and an upper surface of a front end of the main hook is symmetrically provided with positioning blocks; a left end of the rod body is rotatablely connected with a secondary hook, the positioning blocks are detachably inserted with a slot at a front of the secondary hook respectively, and a right end of the bolt is threaded with a nut. The reinforcing assembly includes a rotating shaft and a positioning seat, the rotating shaft is disposed in a middle of the main hook. The reinforcing assembly further includes posts. The split trailer shackle is easy to open and thus can quickly sling, meanwhile it also can be closed for lock, and the use of high security. |
| US11787239B2 |
Inflation/deflation system
An inflation/deflation system for a tire in tire systems such as those having an inner bladder and an outer ground engaging tire is provided in which the inflation/deflation system is adapted to inflate/deflate a tire, inflate a bladder, and inflate a tire utilizing pressurized air from the bladder. The system utilizes a specialized valve and passageway system which utilizes pressurized fluid to operate a timer wheel valve to inflate the tire and/or bladder without requiring electric power at the wheel and utilizes a low power function to inflate the tire from the bladder. The utilization of the bladder to provide a quick tire inflation is particularly useful in agricultural applications utilizing tire with large volumes. |
| US11787236B2 |
Pneumatic tire for motorcycle
A motorcycle pneumatic tire, in which the tread includes a central rubber and a side rubber, having a lower modulus than the central rubber, that are sequentially laminated in both tire widthwise side portions, the side rubber extending to a tire width-direction inner side further than a point at ¼ of a tread width on a tire width-direction outer side from a tire equator. A tire ground-contact surface has a tread pattern that includes plural inclined grooves and, when the tread width is equally divided in eight, a region constituting a range of ¼ to ⅜ of the tread width on the tire width-direction outer side from the tire equator has the largest number of inclined grooves included per a single pitch of the tread pattern, and the depth of the inclined grooves is greater than the thickness of the side rubber in at least a part of the region. |
| US11787234B2 |
Automated removal and replacement of vehicle wheels and tires
Systems, methods and apparatus for automated vehicle wheel removal and replacement are provided. One system includes a computer system with applications for scheduling the replacement of tires for the vehicle. An electronically controlled lift device and robotic apparatus is configured for interaction with the computer system. The lift device mechanically adjusts arms for placement on lift points of vehicles. The robotic apparatus detects positioning of lug nut configuration for a wheel, removes lug nuts, and then removes the wheel from the wheel hub with gripping arms. The wheel and tire are then handed off to a separate tire changing machine. When a new tire is replaced the robotic apparatus then mounts the wheel to the original wheel hub, and then secures the lug nuts to the lug nut bolts. |
| US11787233B2 |
Rack and apparatus for supporting wheels
In the context of service and maintenance of heavy road vehicles, apparatus is provided that is configured to engage and support a rack and manoeuvre it into position relative to the vehicle to facilitate removal and installation of the wheels. The rack has a frame with a base and a pair of arms, each arm being pivotally attached to opposite sides of the base to pivot between an open configuration and a folded configuration. The apparatus may be expanded and contracted between an expanded configuration, where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the open configuration, and a contracted configuration where the rack engagement assembly is configured to engage the rack in the folded configuration. |
| US11787229B1 |
Paint storage assembly
A paint storage assembly for temporarily storing a wet paint brush includes a cup for containing liquid paint. A clip is attached to the cup and the clip releasably engages a paint brush for storing the paint brush. A cover is hingedly disposed on the cup and the cover is positionable in a closed position to enclose the paint brush thereby inhibiting the paint brush from drying out. The cover is positionable in an open position to facilitate the paint brush to be removed from the clip. |
| US11787226B2 |
Eraser tool containing polyetheramine
There is an erasing tool having a polyetheramine for erasing a thermochromic ink composition capable of undergoing a color change that cannot be reversed by application of a temperature change. There also is a writing instrument having a thermochromic ink composition and an erasing tool. Finally, there is a method for irreversibly erasing a written line made with a thermochromic ink composition and erased with an erasing tool. |
| US11787225B2 |
Erasing tool
Provided is an erasing tool which produces no eraser crumbs and allows a progress for adsorption of even a light color of color pencil leads and the like to be recognized at a glance and which makes it possible to surely erase the color of color pencil lead and has a high light transmittance. The erasing tool is characterized by containing a secondary aggregate having a diameter of 1 to 100 μm with a petaloid particle as a primary particle. |
| US11787222B1 |
Two-color pen
A two-color pen includes a pen body, a roller and water supply components; the roller is rotatably provided at the head of the pen body; there is at least one pair of water supply components, a reset device for pushing the water supply components to be in contact with the roller is provided in the pen body; and the roller is provided with a transmission part which alternatively pushes two water supply components in pairs in the direction away from the roller in sequence. The reset device in the two-color pen can push the water supply components outputting different colors in the direction of the roller. When the roller is rolling, the transmission part provided on the roller can alternately push the two water supply components in pairs in the direction away from the roller in sequence, so that the water outlet ends of the two water supply components in pairs can alternately abut against the roller in sequence under the action of the reset device. In this way, the roller can draw lines or patterns with two colors, thus better meeting the use requirements of users. |
| US11787221B2 |
Writing instruments
A writing instrument according to the present disclosure comprises a main body, a writing tip and a cap, wherein the cap is designed to be secured tightly on the main body such that the writing tip is covered by the cap. The cap comprises of an inner core and an outer layer, wherein a material of the outer layer is softer compared to a material of the inner core. With that, it is possible to design an air-tight (or almost air-tight) fitting cap for a writing instrument. With the softer outer layer of the cap, it is achieved that a user chewing on the cap has a reduced risk of damaging his/her teeth. In addition, although a membrane within the cap may still be present, such membrane is no longer necessary. The membrane may be an additional barrier contributing further to the air-tight effect of the cap that is present within the cap. |
| US11787219B2 |
Modular notebook system
A modular notebook system includes a cover having a plurality of surfaces. The system also includes a binding coupled to the plurality of surfaces via a flexible and/or foldable material. The binding forms a magnetic spine by having at least one magnetic pad configured to receive a magnetically attractive binding element. |
| US11787217B2 |
Over-laminate film and graphic laminate
An over-laminate film applied to a decorative surface is described. In particular the over-laminate film includes: a transparent resin base film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a low gloss layer disposed on the first surface of the transparent resin base film; and a transparent adhesive layer disposed on the second surface of the transparent resin base film, the low gloss layer including a binder containing a resin, resin beads having an average particle size of 4 μm or greater and 20 μm or less, and nanosilica particles, the low gloss layer having surface glossiness of 5 GU or less at 60 degrees. |
| US11787216B2 |
Method for producing a relief-like printed image on containers
A method for producing a relief-like printed image on containers is described in which print layers are layered onto one another by way of jet application of a printing paint, an ink, a varnish, or an adhesive from at least one print head onto a container, thereby producing elevated regions of the printed image. Due to the fact that the print layers are each applied in full tone printing, optical and haptic effects can be created on container surfaces with low equipment complexity and a minimal number of printing steps. |
| US11787214B2 |
Face films and pressure sensitive laminates for printing
Microporous structures in face films are described for improving printability of the films. Also described are laminates and pressure sensitive adhesive laminates including the microporous structured face films. Various related methods are additionally described. |
| US11787206B2 |
Medium having heat-sensitive medium and adhesive medium whose width is greater than width of heat-sensitive medium, cartridge including the medium, and method for creating the medium
A medium includes: a heat-sensitive medium and an adhesive medium laminated over the heat-sensitive medium in a thickness direction thereof. The heat-sensitive medium includes a base material and a first heat-sensitive layer configured to produce a first color when heated above a first temperature. The first heat-sensitive layer is positioned between the base material and the adhesive medium in the thickness direction. The adhesive medium includes an adhesive-medium base material and an adhesive layer provided at the adhesive-medium base material. The adhesive medium defines a width greater than a width of the heat-sensitive medium in a width direction thereof crossing the thickness direction. |
| US11787204B2 |
Printer and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program
There is provided a printer including: a printing part which is provided with: a conveyor configured to convey a medium in a conveying direction, a printing head having a plurality of nozzles from which an ink of a specified color is discharged and of which positions in the conveying direction are mutually different, the printing head being configured to discharge the ink from the plurality of nozzles to the medium so as to form dots in the medium, and a facing member configured to be capable of facing a print surface of the medium on an upstream side in the conveying direction with respect to the plurality of nozzles of the printing head; and a controller. |
| US11787197B2 |
Image forming apparatus and measurement apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a conveyance guide having an opening portion, a measurement unit including a light entrance portion, and a moving member including a reference portion. The measuring unit is configured to measure an image on a sheet through the opening portion in a first state where the measurement unit is positioned in a first position and the moving member is positioned in a third position. The measurement unit is configured to measure the reference portion in a second state where the measurement unit is positioned in a second position and the moving member is positioned in a fourth position. |
| US11787196B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes a carriage configured to move in a width direction intersecting a medium transport direction, a recording head mounted on the carriage, a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid to be supplied to the recording head, the liquid storage section including an injection port configured to receive the liquid from a refill container and a liquid-level visual-check section through which a liquid level of the liquid is visually checked, and a display section configured to accept various setting operations, in which the liquid-level visual-check section and the display section are disposed on an apparatus front surface side, and the display section is disposed above the liquid-level visual-check section. |
| US11787194B2 |
Sealed interconnects
Examples of a print liquid supply unit are described herein. In some examples, the print liquid supply unit includes an electrical interconnect. In some examples, the electrical interconnect is sealed in a supply joint from an outside of the supply unit to an inside of the supply unit. In some examples, the supply joint is welded to join housing components of the supply unit. |
| US11787192B2 |
Liquid supplying device having tank and cartridge attachable thereto
A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. |
| US11787191B2 |
Liquid container and method of manufacturing the same
A liquid container to be mounted in a liquid ejection apparatus contains liquid to be ejected from the liquid ejection apparatus. The liquid container comprises a liquid container bag containing liquid, at least one tube arranged in the inner space of the liquid container bag and having the first end open to the inner space, a connection member fitted to the aperture of the liquid container bag and connected to the second end of the tube and a holding member supported by the connection member and arranged in the inner space to hold the tube, the holding member having at least a groove for receiving the tube to be fitted thereinto at a position thereof other than the second end thereof. The holding member can integrally be molded. |
| US11787188B2 |
Maintenance apparatus, recording apparatus, and control method
A maintenance apparatus that prevents a reduction in image quality of an image recorded by a liquid discharge head is provided. A maintenance apparatus includes an application unit configured to come into contact with a discharge surface included in a recording head and apply a cleaning liquid to the discharge surface, wherein discharge ports configured to discharge a liquid are formed on the discharge surface, a suction unit configured to suction the discharge surface, a movement unit configured to move the suction unit relative to the recording head, and a control unit configured to execute a first cleaning mode where, after the application unit applies the cleaning liquid, the suction unit suctions the discharge surface. |
| US11787185B2 |
Printing press and method for cleaning at least one nozzle bar of at least one printing unit
In some examples, a printing press includes a printing unit having at least four nozzle bars, each including a print head. The printing unit includes at least two cleaning devices. At least two of the nozzle bars are configured to make contact with at least one of the cleaning devices. At least one of the cleaning devices has at least one storage position and at least one usage position. In the storage position, the at least one cleaning device is arranged along a transport direction of a printing substrate. The at least two cleaning devices may include at least one guide system configured as a shared guide system, and the at least two cleaning devices may further include at least one guide element configured as a shared guide element. For example, the shared guide element may be configured as at least one of a linear guide or a rail. |
| US11787183B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A head includes an upper surface opposite from an ejection surface; and an electrical coupling portion disposed at a first-end portion of the upper surface in a Y-direction, an outer shape of the upper surface has first and second edges separated from each other in an X-direction, a third-edge disposed at the first-end portion, and a fourth-edge disposed at a second-end portion opposite from the first-end portion in the Y-direction, along a V-direction, and when viewed in a normal direction, the upper surface is not overlapped with an acute-angled portion of a virtual parallelogram having a first-virtual side contacting the first-edge, a second-virtual side contacting the second-edge, a third-virtual side contacting the third-edge, and a fourth-virtual side contacting the fourth-edge, and projects beyond an obtuse-angled portion of the virtual parallelogram in the X-direction. |
| US11787182B2 |
Mismatched nozzle rows for single-pass monochrome printing at high speeds
A method of printing an image from a printhead module having a plurality of horizontal nozzle rows, the method including the steps of: allocating first dot data for an image line of the image to nozzles of a main row portion of a first nozzle row; allocating second dot data for the image line to nozzles of a dropped row portion of a second nozzle row; and sending the first and second dot data to the printhead module and firing respective droplets. Each nozzle row of the printhead module has a same number of nozzles N; and the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row are non-corresponding nozzle rows, such that a number of nozzles contained in the main portion of the first nozzle row and a number of nozzles contained in the dropped row portion of the second nozzle row is greater or fewer than N nozzles. |
| US11787180B2 |
Corrosion tolerant micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device
A microfluidic device including a fluid ejection channel defined by a fluid barrier and an orifice, or nozzle, for containing and/or passing fluids, and further including micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and/or electronic circuitry may be fabricated on a silicon substrate and included in a fluid ejection system. Various microfabrication techniques used for fabricating semiconductor devices may be used to manufacture such microfluidic devices. |
| US11787175B2 |
Liquid ejecting device
Provided is a liquid ejecting device. An alternating current electric field generation unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed adjacent to each other, a high-frequency voltage generation unit configured to generate a high-frequency voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a conductor configured to electrically couple the first electrode and the second electrode to the high-frequency voltage generation unit. Based on a result detected by a detection unit configured to detect a change in an alternating current electric field generated from the alternating current electric field generation unit, a control unit is configured to stop generation of the high-frequency voltage from the high-frequency voltage generation unit to the first electrode and the second electrode. |
| US11787170B2 |
Digital printing system
A digital printing system (10) includes an intermediate transfer member (ITM) (44) which is configured to receive a printing fluid so as to form an image, a continuous target substrate (50), and a processor (20). The continuous target substrate (50) is configured to engage with the ITM (44) at an engagement point (150) for receiving the image from the ITM (44), at the engagement point (150), the ITM (44) is configured to move at a first velocity and the continuous target substrate (50) is configured to move at a second velocity. The processor (20) is configured to match the first velocity and the second velocity at the engagement point (150). |
| US11787166B2 |
Fog development using a formative surface
A formative surface having a conductive base covered with a dielectric and oleophobic/hydrophobic surface layer is created with defined pits to grow micro-puddles of a defined volume. The formative surface is brought into close proximity with a charge retentive surface carrying a charge image. Fountain solution vapor nucleates and grows preferentially on the base of the pits as micro-puddle droplets. The puddles are charged and extracted from the surface to provide a fog of charged droplets of narrow volume and charge distribution. The charged droplets are attracted and repelled respectively from the charged and discharged image regions of the charge retentive surface, thus developing the charged image into a fountain solution latent image. The developed latent image is then brought into contact with a transfer member blanket and split, thus creating on the blanket a fountain solution latent image ready for inking. |
| US11787155B2 |
Reinforced rigid insulation
A reinforced insulation assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes insulation, a reinforcement layer, and an adhesive for attaching the reinforcement layer to a surface of the insulation. The reinforced layer is fully immersed within the adhesive and penetrates the surface of the insulation. |
| US11787154B2 |
Display protector
Provided is a display protector including: a first transparent base layer having a first surface and a second surface which face each other; a second transparent base layer having a third surface and a fourth surface which face each other, and arranged so that the third surface faces the second surface; an intermediate stress relief adhesive layer arranged between the second surface and the third surface; a first outer stress relief adhesive layer over the first surface; a second outer stress relief adhesive layer over the fourth surface; and an ultra-thin glass (UTG) layer on the first outer stress relief adhesive layer. |
| US11787151B2 |
Super insulating nano-spheres for appliance insulation and method for creating a super insulating nano-sphere material
An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas. |
| US11787149B2 |
Combined sheets and method and system for producing same
Combined sheets and a method of producing combined sheets. A combined sheet includes a main sheet including a first main indentation feature providing a first overhang over a first portion of the main sheet and a second main indentation feature providing a second overhang over a second portion of the main sheet. The combined sheet also includes a foundation sheet abutting the main sheet. The foundation sheet includes a first foundation indentation feature crimped to the first main indentation feature and a second foundation indentation feature crimped to the second main indentation feature. The first overhang and the second overhang provides overhangs in different directions to prohibit separation of the foundation sheet from the main sheet. The method of producing the combined sheet includes co-locating the main sheet to abut the foundation sheet and pressing one or more indentation punches for forming indentation features providing overhangs in different directions. |
| US11787147B2 |
Thermal insulating element
An insulating element for thermally insulating spaces, including closed cells, in which a first and a second group of closed cells are formed by first or second recesses in a first or second flat element and the first and the second flat elements form first or second connection regions between recesses adjacent to the edges of the openings, to which respectively a flat covering element closing the openings of a plurality of first recesses is bonded on a front side of the flat element. The second recesses are arranged between the first recesses on a rear side of the first flat element and the first recesses are arranged between the second recesses on a rear side of the second flat element such that the space remaining of the first and second recesses between the first and the second flat elements amounts to less than 50% of the space enclosed by the first and second recesses. |
| US11787145B2 |
Dunnage conversion system and method for expanding pre-slit sheet stock material
A dunnage conversion system for expanding an unexpanded slit sheet stock material to form an expanded dunnage product. The dunnage conversion system includes a converging chute to inwardly gather laterally-extending edges of sheet stock material towards one another, causing random crumpling of the sheet stock material to form a modified ply. The conversion system also includes feed wheels that advance the modified ply through the converging chute and pinch rollers that cooperate with the feed wheels to expand the modified ply traveling between the feed wheels and the pinch rollers to form a dunnage product. The expanded dunnage product is expanded both in a longitudinal feed direction and in thickness as compared to the unexpanded slit sheet stock material, and thus is a three-dimensional product having increased volume and lower density per unit of length as compared to the unexpanded slit sheet stock material. |
| US11787141B2 |
Method and system for manufacturing a shoe
Described are methods, systems, and devices for at least partly manufacturing a piece of apparel (e.g., a shoe), which incorporate manipulating at least one component of the piece of apparel with a particle jamming device. |
| US11787138B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for casting polymer products
An example system for molding a photocurable material into a planar object includes a first mold structure having a first mold surface, a second mold structure having a second mold surface, and one or more protrusions disposed along at least one of the first mold surface or the second mold surface. During operation, the system is configured to position the first and second mold structures such that the first and second mold surfaces face each other with the one or more protrusions contacting the opposite mold surface, and a volume having a total thickness variation (TTV) of 500 nm or less is defined between the first and second mold surfaces. The system is further configured to receive the photocurable material in the volume, and direct radiation at the one or more wavelengths into the volume. |
| US11787135B2 |
Method of repairing a composite blade
The invention relates to a method of repairing a blade (1) made of composite material, extending in a so-called axial direction (X), the said blade (1) comprising a root (2) and a blade (3), the axial end of which opposite the root (2) comprises an area to be repaired, the said blade (3) comprising an intrados (4) surface and an extrados (5) surface. |
| US11787130B2 |
Mechanical systems to assemble or deploy pre-stressed structures
A mechanical system that assembles or deploys pre-stressed structures. The assembly or deployment process outputs and elastically deforms material to form flexural members having a sinusoidal shape and stored potential energy. The sinusoidal shaped members are oriented and deployed with support members as they take shape. Sinusoidal shaped members are formed from a series of contiguous flexures; each flexure's properties may be engineered using a simulation technique. Each flexure is formed from a region of a sinusoidal member's length that begins and ends at antinodes. During assembly or deployment support members are positioned at antinodes maintaining the flexures' shapes and the assembly's pre-stressed state. By controlling the forces applied to and position of each flexure formed during assembly, the distribution of potential energy within the assembly and its secondary shape can be engineered. Elastic potential energy may be harvested from the material forming the flexural members. |
| US11787129B2 |
Surface-coated film, surface-coated fiber-reinforced resin molded product, and manufacturing method thereof
The present invention provides: a surface-coated film which is for being integrally formed with a fiber impregnation resin; a surface-coated fiber-reinforced resin molded product; and a manufacturing method thereof. The surface-coated film has a base film B and an easily adhesive layer A provided on the base film B, wherein the base film B has a flat layer b2 and an easily molded layer b1 adjacent to the easily adhesive layer A, the thickness of the easily adhesive layer A is 30-250 nm, the thickness of the base film B is 50-500 μm, the easily molded layer b1 and the flat layer b2 satisfy both expression 1 of 3≤ratio (EHb2/EHb1) of storage elastic modulus EHb2 of flat layer b2 at 150° C. to storage elastic modulus EHb1 of easily molded layer b1 at 150° C., and expression 2 of 1,000 MPa≤storage elastic modulus ELb1 of easily molded layer b1 at 23° C. |
| US11787127B2 |
Method of manufacturing a grille for a thrust reverser
The invention proposes a method for manufacturing a grille for a cascade type thrust reverser, of a jet engine, said method including the following steps: a) manufacturing a first component comprising continuous or long fibres, pre-impregnated by a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin; b) manufacturing, subsequently or together with step a), a series of second components each including discontinuous fibres, pre-impregnated by a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin, step b) being carried out such that the second components are, on the one hand, arranged transversally with respect to a longitudinal direction of the first component on at least one side of the first component and, on the other hand, spaced from one another according to this longitudinal direction, so as to form a comb-shaped structure, wherein the second components are consolidated to the first component. |
| US11787122B2 |
Droplet discharge apparatus, droplet discharge method, and non-transitory storage medium
A droplet discharge apparatus includes a discharge head including a nozzle, a nozzle surface observation device, and processing circuitry. The discharge head including the nozzle is configured to discharge a droplet onto a discharge receiving medium formed of powder. The nozzle surface observation device is configured to observe a nozzle surface of the nozzle of the discharge head. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate an adhesion amount of attached matter to the nozzle surface based on an observation result of the nozzle surface observation device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine, based on a calculation result of the adhesion amount of the attached matter, an operation on a control target that controls at least one of a mass and a discharge speed of the droplet. |
| US11787118B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of additive manufacturing using ultra-fine jetted material
An apparatus, system and method for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include a solution dispenser comprising a carrier having embedded therein particles having a size of about 1-5 microns; a jet suitable to disperse the solution from the dispenser; and a tunable heat filter suitable to burn off the carrier, and make molten the particles, as the solution passes therethrough; wherein an additive manufacturing print build receives the molten particles. |
| US11787114B2 |
Gas inlet structure for a build material reservoir
Examples of a gas inlet structure (1130) and a deformable structure (1120) to store build material (1126) are described. The gas inlet structure may be coupled to the deformable structure. The deformable structure may also have an outlet (1121) that is connectable to an element (1122) of an aspiration system of a three-dimensional printing system, to allow build material to be supplied from the deformable structure on application of a vacuum by the aspiration system. While the vacuum is applied to the outlet, a valve of the gas inlet structure may be selectively actuated to allow gas flow into the deformable structure. |
| US11787103B2 |
Core with improved chuck interaction
An improved core for mounting on one or more core engaging elements such as a pair of chucks and a method of making an improved core are provided. The core is adapted to wind and unwind material thereon. The core may comprise a high coefficient of friction coating disposed on the inner surface of the core to improve the core-chuck interaction. The inner surface may be mechanically or chemically treated to improve core-chuck interaction. |
| US11787102B2 |
Coupler for air suspension and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a coupler for an air suspension includes: preparing a topping cord sheet and a rubber band; connecting the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other by attaching the rubber band to an outer circumferential surface of the topping cord sheet; and vulcanizing an intermediately formed body made by the connecting of the topping cord sheet and the rubber band to each other. |
| US11787100B2 |
Process for making a package for foodstuff products
A process for making a hermetically sealed package, which includes forming a sheet of wrapping made of plastic material, in particular having a thickness of less than or equal to 140 μm. The process envisages: forming on the sheet a first, hollow, portion and a second, perimetral, portion, which delimits at least partially the first portion; inserting the product into the hollow portion obtained in the sheet of wrapping; applying a second sheet of wrapping in contact with the perimetral portion so as to close the hollow portion with the product inside; and welding the second sheet on the first sheet along the perimetral portion. Forming the first sheet includes providing on the second, perimetral, portion a series of pleats of the sheet, which are then sealed. |
| US11787099B2 |
High performance cooling system
The present invention relates to an external cooling system for a molten film tube produced by a blown film tubular extrusion process, comprised of one or more enclosures with one or more respective cavities that directly receive a portion of cooling gas emanating from one or more associated cooling elements. Each enclosure includes a port containing a variable exhaust device and optional flow buffer, acting to maintain a pressure differential between the cavity and an adjacent inside volume of the molten film tube, adjustable to optimize molten film tube stability cooling element efficiency and spaced apart dimension between cooling elements. Additionally, at least one cooling element is provided, comprised of a divergent cooling element with a divergent cooling interface containing a cooling gas deflector spaced adjacent to the molten film tube and providing an expelled cooling gas. |
| US11787095B2 |
Mold and method for molding a body or cap for a connector
A mold for molding a body or cap for a connector. The mold comprises a mold body (1) and an axial core (2) which together define a mold cavity in the shape of the body or cap. The core has a sleeve (3) and an inner pin (4) each having complementary castellations (8, 10) which interdigitate in a first configuration. In the first configuration, the castellations (8, 10) are arranged such that respective recesses (11) are formed each bound by the proximal end of a first castellation (8) and the side walls of adjacent second castellations (10). Each recess has a shape to form a respective first portion of the body or cap. The sleeve (3) and inner pin (4) are axially movable to a second configuration in which the castellations (8, 10) are disengaged from one another. The inner pin (4) is rotatable to a third configuration in which the first castellations (8) can be axially withdrawn following a path occupied by the second castellations (10) in the first configuration. |
| US11787092B2 |
Molding method, molding apparatus, molding system, and article manufacturing method
The present invention provides a molding method of molding, using a mold, an uncured composition arranged on a substrate as a film continuously covering a surface of the substrate, including obtaining unevenness information concerning an unevenness of a surface of an uncured first composition arranged as the film on the substrate, arranging a droplet of an uncured second composition on a concave portion of the surface of the first composition based on the unevenness information obtained in the obtaining, and after the arranging the droplet is performed, molding a composition including the film of the first composition and the droplet of the second composition by the mold. |
| US11787090B2 |
Apparatus for heating plastic preforms with stationary applicator
An apparatus for heating plastic preforms with a transport device which includes holding devices for holding the plastic preforms and wherein the transport path has at least one heating portion inside which the plastic preforms are heated, and with a heating device arranged stationarily at least in portions along the transport path and which heats the plastic preforms transported by the transport device during their transport through the heating portion, wherein the heating device has at least one in particular stationary applicator device which is configured for bombarding the plastic preforms with microwaves to heat them. In the heating portion, the transport device is arranged relative to the applicator device such that at least parts of the holding devices are arranged outside the applicator device, wherein the applicator device is configured to receive several plastic preforms simultaneously for at least some of the time. |
| US11787089B2 |
Method of producing an optical member including an alignment of canes into a jig
An information processing apparatus includes a presentation processing unit. The presentation processing unit executes, when a specific sound is generated at another point other than one of a plurality of points, presentation processing for presentation indicating that the specific sound generated at the other point is not a sound generated at the one point. Each of the plurality of points has a telepresence apparatus constituting a telepresence system that performs bidirectional communication of images and sounds for communication between users located at the plurality of points. |
| US11787087B2 |
Three dimensional preform created by preconsolidation of thermal plastic stitched sheet
A two dimensional unitary preform sheet including a substrate and a fiber bundle arranged on the substrate and attached to the substrate by a plurality of stitches of a thread, which may be a thermoplastic thread. The two dimensional unitary preform sheet is configurable into a three dimensional preform. According to embodiments, the fiber bundle includes carbon fibers, glass fibers, aramid fibers, or a combination thereof. According to embodiments, the two dimensional unitary preform sheet is cut in a pattern that is foldable into the three dimensional preform. A method for making a three dimensional preform is also provided, which includes forming a two dimensional unitary preform sheet and placing the two dimensional unitary preform in a press to bend the two dimensional unitary preform into the shape of the three dimensional preform. |
| US11787084B2 |
Methods of manufacturing a dandelion latex shoe component
A method of manufacturing a dandelion latex shoe component. Dandelion rubber, CIS polybutadiene rubber (BR), and butadiene styrene rubber (SBR) are mixed together to form a first mixture. The dandelion rubber, CIS polybutadiene rubber (BR), and butadiene styrene rubber (SBR) are mixed at a temperature not less than 60° Celsius and not greater than 80° to form the first mixture. Silicon dioxide is then mixed with the first mixture to form a second mixture. The silicon dioxide is mixed with the first mixture at a temperature not less than 80° Celsius and not greater than 100° Celsius to form the second mixture. The dandelion latex shoe component is then formed from at least the second mixture via a molding process. |
| US11787083B2 |
Production facility for separating wafers from donor substrates
The invention relates to a production facility (40) for detaching wafers (2) from donor substrates (4). According to the invention, the production facility comprises at least one analysis device (6) for determining at least one individual property, particularly the doping, of the respective donor substrate (4), a data device (10) for producing donor substrate process data for individual donor substrates (4), wherein the donor substrate process data comprise analysis data of the analysis device (6), and the analysis data describe at least the individual property of the donor substrate (4), a laser device (12) for producing modifications (14) inside the donor substrate (4) in order to form a region of detachment (16) inside the respective donor substrate (4), wherein the laser device (12) can be operated according to the donor substrate process data of a concrete donor substrate (4) for the machining of the concrete donor substrate (4), and a detachment device (18) for producing mechanical voltages inside the respective donor substrate (4) for triggering and/or guiding a crack for separating respectively at least one wafer (2) from a donor substrate (4). |
| US11787081B1 |
Wooden truss manufacturing system and method
Apparatus for producing wooden members for wooden trusses includes a control computer receiving a batch list, a series of infeed chutes for automatically transferring wooden members of different types to a conveyor, a scanner to detect defects, a defect saw for trimming such defects, a finger-jointer for joining wooden members end-to-end, a flying saw for cutting wood discharged from the finger-jointer, a cutting saw for cutting wooden members processed by the first flying saw into web member blanks, and a component saw for cutting angles on the ends of the web member blanks. The control computer analyzes the batch list for causing a first infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a first type sufficient to produce all web members formed from wood of the first type, and then causes a second infeed chute to feed in wooden members of a second type. A related method is also disclosed. |
| US11787076B2 |
Punching/perforation machine
A punching/perforation machine for creating a punching/perforation pattern in a material unit/web comprises a punching/perforation tool that includes an upper tool part which can be moved in a direction of stroke and which includes a plurality of punching dies/perforation needles arranged in a predefined grid in a transverse direction. It can be moved by a pressure beam that is operatively connected to a drive unit via a control device in order to produce a punching/perforation stroke. The material unit/web being supplied between the upper tool part and a stationary lower tool part/female die. Means are provided for generating a simultaneous movement of the material unit/web relative to the punching/perforation tool by a predefinable distance both in the direction of travel and in the transverse direction such that the material unit/web can be placed in a different predefinable position relative to the punching/perforation tool prior to each punching/perforation stroke. |
| US11787074B2 |
Mechanical assembly of a skin care device, skin care device and process for manufacturing thereof
A kit of incompatible skincare devices may include a connector assembly for connecting a head and a handle of a skincare device to one another. The connector assembly may include a first positioning element connected to a mechanical assembly of the connector assembly and a second positioning element connected to an adaptor of the connector assembly. The mechanical assembly may be insertable in the adaptor along an insertion direction and engageable to the adaptor when the first and second positioning elements correspond to one another. The adaptor may extend along the insertion direction from the second positioning element. The mechanical assembly may extend along the insertion direction from the first positioning element. The first and second positioning elements may be configured to interfere with engagement of the mechanical assembly to the adaptor when the first and second positioning elements do not correspond to one another. |
| US11787073B1 |
Switch lock apparatus
A switch lock apparatus includes a top plate; an insert; a spring; a lock plate; and a bottom plate. The top plate and the bottom plate are rotationally fixably attached. The spring separates a top surface of the lock plate and a bottom surface of the top insert. The insert, the spring, and the lock plate are rotationally fixably attached. The bottom plate includes a space for lodging a portion of the lock plate. The lock plate is substantially rotationally fixably attached when the portion is lodged in the space. The lock plate is rotationally movable with respect to the bottom plate when the portion is not lodged in the space. The insert is attached to a blade portion of a knife. At least one of the top plate and the bottom plate is attached to a handle portion of the knife. |
| US11787071B2 |
Detachable end effectors for cosmetics robotics
A device for ensuring safe operation of a robot used for cosmetics applications, including the retrofitting of robots not originally design for such applications. The robot is used for the automatic placement of eyelash extensions onto the natural eyelashes of a subject. In some embodiments, a safety barrier is provided by a physical barrier or light curtain. In the invention, the robot uses an end effector which is configured to extend through the safety barrier and includes a release mechanism configured to readily release from the robot upon contacting the human subject, thereby preventing injury. |
| US11787067B1 |
Suction cup design for varying packages
An apparatus includes a bellows and a lip. The bellows defines an interior cavity. The lip is coupled to the bellows such that the lip is concentric with the bellows. The lip extends away from the bellows in a radial direction and in a vertical direction such that the lip forms a cup shape. The bellows and the lip define a passage from the lip through the interior cavity. The lip includes a rib on an outer surface of the lip such that the rib extends along the outer surface of the lip and away from the bellows in the radial direction and in the vertical direction. |
| US11787064B2 |
Mass-controlled viscous material deposition system, apparatus and method
A system and/or method comprising providing a robotic control structure having a support structure, said support structure being adapted and configured to be selectively positionable along a prescribed path by said robotic control structure; providing a viscous material deposition system adapted and configured to control deposition of a viscous material from said viscous material deposition system; providing a load sensor associated with said robotic control structure adapted and configured to determine a load of said viscous material supported by said support structure; and positioning said support structure along said prescribed path, wherein said positioning is controlled at least in part based upon said load. |
| US11787063B2 |
Linear lock and adjustable arm support system
An adjustable arm support for a surgical robotic system, the arm support comprising: a fixed armrest portion that is fixedly coupled to a console seat of the surgical robotic system; and an adjustable armrest portion that is adjustably coupled to the fixed armrest portion, the adjustable armrest portion. |
| US11787060B2 |
Remote presence system mounted to operating room hardware
A robot system that includes a remote station and a robot face. The robot face includes a camera that is coupled to a monitor of the remote station and a monitor that is coupled to a camera of the remote station. The robot face and remote station also have speakers and microphones that are coupled together. The robot face may be coupled to a boom. The boom can extend from the ceiling of a medical facility. Alternatively, the robot face may be attached to a medical table with an attachment mechanism. The robot face and remote station allows medical personnel to provide medical consultation through the system. |
| US11787058B2 |
Method and apparatus for health assessment of a transport apparatus
A method for health assessment of a system including a transport apparatus including registering predetermined operating data embodying at least one dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus, determining a base value (CpkBase) characterized by a probability density function of each of the dynamic performance variable output, resolving from the transport apparatus in situ process motion commands of the apparatus controller and defining another predetermined motion set of the transport apparatus, registering predetermined operating data embodying the at least one dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus and determining with the processor another value (CpkOther) characterized by the probability density function of each of the dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus, and comparing the other value and the base value (CpkBase) for each of the dynamic performance variable output by the transport apparatus respectively corresponding to the predetermined motion base set and the other predetermined motion set. |
| US11787057B2 |
Diagnostic system, diagnosing method, and program
A diagnostic system includes an acquirer configured to acquire current waveform data representing a waveform relating to a current supplied to a driving device of an apparatus and a determiner configured to determine a degree of abnormality in the apparatus from a varying portion of the waveform, the varying portion corresponding to a varying time period during which a rotation speed of the driving device increases or decreases. |
| US11787051B2 |
Method for automatically processing structure-reinforcing member of aircraft
A method for automatically processing a structure-reinforcing member of an aircraft, including: (S1) acquiring, by a handheld laser scanner, data of an area to be reinforced of the aircraft; (S2) controlling a robotic arm to automatically grab the reinforcing member for automatic scanning; (S3) setting a cutting path in a computer aided design (CAD) digital model followed by registration with real data to obtain an actual cutting path, and cutting the reinforcing member; (S4) controlling the robotic arm to guide a cut reinforcing member to a scanning area for automatic scanning; and (S5) subjecting point cloud data of the cut reinforcing member and the area to be reinforced to virtual assembly and calculating a machining allowance to determine whether an accuracy requirement is met; if yes, ending a task; otherwise, grinding the reinforcing member automatically, and repeating steps (S4)-(S5). |
| US11787047B2 |
Robotic system with a robot arm suction control mechanism and method of operation thereof
A system and method of operation of a robotic system including: receiving a sensor reading associated with a target object; generating a base plan for performing a task on the target object, wherein generating the base plan includes determining a grip point and one or more grip patterns associated with the grip point for gripping the target object based on a location of the grip point relative to a designated area, a task location, and another target object; implementing the base plan for performing the task by operating an actuation unit and one or more suction grippers according to a grip pattern rank, to generate an established grip on the target object, wherein the established grip is at a grip pattern location associated with the grip patterns; measuring the established grip; comparing the established grip to a force threshold; and re-gripping the target object based on the established grip falling below the force threshold. |
| US11787046B2 |
Control device, robot system, and display method
There is provided a control device that controls a robot based on a work sequence in which a plurality of commands including a first command and a second command are arrayed, the control device including a display control section configured to display the work sequence on a display section, and a storing section configured to store display position relation information including first display position relation information indicating a relative first display position relation between a display position of the first command in the work sequence displayed on the display section and a display position of the second command in the work sequence displayed on the display section. The display control section causes the display section to display attention calling information when a relative display position relation between the first command and the second command and the first display position relation indicated by the first display position relation information stored in the storing section coincide in the work sequence. The first command is a command for operating a hand. |
| US11787041B2 |
Mobile robot and method of controlling a plurality of mobile robots
A robot including a driver configured to move a main body, a memory configured to store an obstacle map with respect to a cleaning area, a sensor configured to collect information about the cleaning area, a communication interface configured to communicate with a second robot, and a controller is disclosed. The controller is configured to, when receiving an obstacle map including position information for a liquid region in the cleaning area from the second robot, control the main body to move to the liquid region and clean the liquid region. |
| US11787038B2 |
Method and system for installing bird flight diverters
A system and method for installing bird flight diverters on wires, such as power lines and guy wires, is described. The system and method include the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to place a robotic line crawler onto wires where the line crawler is configured to place bird flight diverters on the wire as the line crawler travels along the wire. |