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US11796167B2	Glass stem for highly waterproof led filament lamp and lamp bulb A glass stem for a highly waterproof LED filament lamp comprises an LED filament without being driven by external power, a glass flare tube, an exhaust tube, a first lead wire having a resistance element, and a second lead wire. The first lead wire is placed in the exhaust tube. The first lead wire, the second lead wire, the top of the exhaust tube, and the top of the glass flare tube are fusion-bonded together. A lower section of the exhaust tube is fused and cut off to an assembly-desired length and then fusion-sealed with the first lead wire to form a glass stem with the resistance element sealed in the middle of the exhaust tube. The first lead wire having the resistance element is disposed inside the exhaust tube, such that isolative insulation is generated between the first lead wire and a second lead wire.
US11796166B1	Light A light including a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a central axis. The lower portion defines a battery port. The upper portion acts as a lens. The light further includes a heat sink extending upward from the lower portion of the housing and including a body defining a central aperture. A plurality of light support surfaces are arranged around a perimeter of the body and a top support member is coupled to and oriented perpendicularly relative to the plurality of light support surfaces. The light further includes a first plurality of LEDs coupled to the plurality of light support surfaces and a second plurality of LEDs supported on the top support member. The light further includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack, both of which are electrically connected to the first and second pluralities of LEDs when received in the battery port.
US11796158B2	Lamp unit housing and a lamp arrangement The disclosure relates to a lamp unit housing (100) and a lamp arrangement (1) for a vehicle (2), the lamp unit housing being adapted to receive and lock a lamp unit (10) in a housing space of the lamp unit housing, the lamp unit housing comprising: —a first interior surface (101) and a second interior surface (102) at least partly defining the housing space, wherein the first and second interior surfaces are facing each other inside the housing space, —a first clamping means (103) and a second clamping means (104), wherein the first clamping means is provided proximate the first interior surface and the second clamping means is provided proximate the second interior surface, and wherein each one of the first and second clamping means is moveable between an unlocking position for unlocking the lamp unit from the lamp unit housing and a locking position for locking the lamp unit to the lamp unit housing, —a synchronization member (111) connecting the first and the second clamping means, whereby the synchronization member synchronizes the movement of the first and the second clamping means between the unlocking position and the locking position.
US11796157B2	Interchangeable shadow making flashlight system An interchangeable shadow making flashlight system herein may comprise a flashlight with an extended tube on the light-emitting end having a fastening mechanism to receive interchangeable shadow-producing cover sheets with at least first and second portions (e.g., opaque/transparent/semitransparent portions) configured in specific shapes, such that light passing through the tube is affected differently by the respective portions to create a corresponding shadow/image on a receiving projection surface. The flashlight preferably comprises a single light source, such as a light emitting diode, and no reflector, to ensure a single non-refracting beam of light through the tube, such that the resultant shadow/image is crisply made on the projection surface. Also, the length of the tube may be configured specifically to place the shadow-producing cover sheets at an optimal focal length from the light source in order to further create a crisp outline of the produced shadow. Other embodiments are also described herein.
US11796156B2	Fluorescent plate, wavelength conversion member, and light source device A fluorescent plate includes a fluorescent phase which emits fluorescence by excitation light, a light-transmitting phase which allows passage of the excitation light, and a plurality of voids surrounded by the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase, wherein, in a cross section of the fluorescent plate including cross sections of the voids, an average ratio of a portion of the circumference of a void, which portion is in contact with the fluorescent phase to the entire circumference of the void, is higher than an area ratio of the area of the fluorescent phase present in the fluorescent plate to the total area of the fluorescent phase and the light-transmitting phase present in the fluorescent plate.
US11796155B2	Backlight assembly and display device There are provided a backlight assembly (1) and a display device, the backlight assembly (1) includes a light source substrate (10), a microstructure film layer (30) and a backlight film material layer (20); the backlight film material layer (20) is located on a light outgoing side of the light source substrate (10), the microstructure film layer (30) is provided between the light source substrate (10) and the backlight film material layer (20), the microstructure film layer (30) includes a light transmission layer (301) and a microstructure region (302); the microstructure region (302) is provided at an edge position of the microstructure film layer (30).
US11796151B2	Optical film and light emitting module using the same An optical film and a light emitting module using the same are disclosed. The light emitting module includes a light emitting assembly and an optical film. The light emitting assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting units disposed on the substrate. The optical film is disposed above the light emitting units, and includes a base layer and a first optical structure. The first optical structure is disposed on the base layer and includes a first high refractive index layer and a first low refractive index layer. The first high refractive index layer is located between the light emitting assembly and the first low refractive index layer. The first inclined surfaces are formed on an interface between the first high refractive index layer and the first low refractive index layer. Each first inclined surface is inclined relative to a thickness direction of the base layer.
US11796149B2	Vehicle light unit The invention relates to a vehicle light unit with a primary light device including a primary light module arranged in a primary housing, a secondary light device including a secondary light module arranged in a secondary housing, a primary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, a secondary part with a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being transparent, and a logo. One of the primary part or secondary part includes an indexing device to position the primary part or secondary part relative to the other part with one of the primary part or secondary part partially overlapping the other part. The light unit further including a mounting surface for the logo with the mounting surface including an attachment device for attachment to one of the primary part or secondary part.
US11796146B2	Downward illuminating lighting apparatus and lamp post comprising a light pole module thereof Example embodiments relate to downward illuminating lighting apparatuses and lamp posts that include a light pole module thereof. One example lighting apparatus includes a mounting substrate being arranged in the lighting apparatus at an angle with respect to a vertical direction. The lighting apparatus also includes a plurality of light sources mounted on a lower or vertical surface of the mounting substrate. Additionally, the lighting apparatus includes a plurality of lens elements provided to the mounting substrate such that each of the plurality of light sources is provided with a corresponding lens element. Further, the lighting apparatus includes at least two reflector elements provided to at least two light sources of the plurality of light sources, such that each of the at least two reflector elements has a reflective surface facing the mounting substrate. Each of the at least two reflector elements extends between a first and a second edge.
US11796145B2	Lighting fixture pendants A lighting fixture pendant includes, for example, a connector defining an axis between a first end and a second end, a plurality of elements having an aperture therethrough and having portions asymmetrically disposed around the aperture, at least one spacer having a passageway extending from a first end to a second end, a first element having an aperture therethrough, and a second element having an aperture therethrough. The connector extends through the apertures of the plurality of elements, the first element and the second element, and the passageway of the spacer. The first element is adjacent to the first end of the spacer and the second element is adjacent to the second end of the spacer. When the lighting fixture pendant is supported from the first end of the connector, the plurality of elements, the first element, the second element, and the spacer are vertically aligned along the axis.
US11796141B2	Lighting device comprising an LED strip The invention relates to a lighting device (1) comprising an LED strip (100) with an elongated carrier (110) having a first carrier surface (111) and an opposite second carrier surface (112), a plurality of light-emitting diodes (120) arranged on the second carrier surface (112), and a light-transmissive encapsulant (130) encapsulating the plurality of light-emitting diodes (120). The lighting device (1) is arranged to be mounted to a mounting surface (210) of an object (200). For this purpose, it comprises a first attachment component (150) arranged on a first outer surface (141) of the LED strip (100) and a second attachment component (160) arranged on a second outer surface (142) of the LED strip (100). The first and second attachment components (150; 160) are for attaching the lighting device (1) in first and second mounting orientations, respectively. Each light-emitting diode (120) is arranged to provide a light beam (121) with a light output axis (122) that intersects at least one of the first and second outer surfaces (141; 142). This results in a relatively large difference between the light outputs in the first and second mounting orientations, thereby potentially extending the range of different applications wherein the lighting device can be used.
US11796138B2	Indicator light An indicator light (1) includes a light source, a lens (4), and a cylindrical globe (5). The light source includes a center LED (2A) disposed on a disposition surface parallel to a central axis (C1) and having an optical axis perpendicular to the disposition surface and a pair of side LEDs (2B, 2C). The lens includes a central lens portion (4A) and a pair of side lens portions (4B, 4C). The central lens portion emits light to a central radiation angle range (A1) centering on a central light-emission reference line (L1) along a reference normal line (BN) of the disposition surface. The pair of side lens portions (2B, 2C) emit light to a pair of side radiation angle ranges (A2, A3), respectively, that contain a pair of side light-emission reference lines (L2, L3), respectively, that are inclined mutually-opposite directions at an inclined angle of 60° with respect to the central light-emission reference line (L1). The central lens portion includes a central light incidence portion (32) having a central incidence surface (31) on which light from the central LED is made incident and a plurality of central light guiding portions (33) that branch from the central light incidence portion in the shape of branches and that extend toward the globe side. In each of the central light guiding portions, light that has been refracted and has been made incident from a corresponding incidence region of the central incidence surface onto the corresponding central emission surface is refracted and emitted from the corresponding central emission surface toward a corresponding region of the central radiation angle range.
US11796135B2	Low emission receptacles A receptacle includes a main body, a stem, a poppet connected to the stem and defining an inner check void, a spring configured to bias the poppet to a closed poppet position, and a check assembly at least partially disposed in the inner check void. The check assembly includes a check and a check spring. The check is configured to move relative to the main body. The check spring is configured to bias the check toward a closed check position. The check has a first surface area and the poppet has a second surface area that is larger than the first surface area of the poppet such that a fluid force causes the check to move to an open check position before causing the poppet to move to an open poppet position.
US11796134B2	Cylinder valves and methods for inhibiting the formation of contaminants in cylinders and cylinder valves A method for inhibiting the formation of carbonyl compounds in a gas cylinder containing carbon monoxide wherein the gas cylinder is in fluid communication with a valve assembly wherein the valve assembly connects to a threaded opening in the gas cylinder by a threaded assembly by coating interior and exterior components of the valve assembly selected from the group consisting of an inlet port, an outlet port, a diaphragm and a lower spindle with an amorphous hydrogenated silicon compound. A valve assembly containing the coated interior and exterior components is also disclosed.
US11796133B2	Automatic obstruction device of a circuit for filling one or more tanks with a fluid An automatic obstruction device for closing a filling circuit for filling a tank with fluid includes: a movable element movable between a non-obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable element offers resistance to the fluid compatible with the filling of the tank, and an obstruction position of the filling circuit, in which the movable offers a resistance to the fluid that is incompatible with the filling of the tank; a holding element of the movable element holding the movable element in the non-obstruction position, and allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position; and a first device of non-reversible movement or of non-reversible modification of the holding element allowing movement of the movable element toward the obstruction position, and being controllable by a control device.
US11796132B2	Hydrogen fuel storage and delivery system A fuel delivery and storage system is provided. A further aspect employs a remote central controller and/or software instructions which receive sensor data from stationary and bulk fuel storage tanks, portable distribution tanks, and end use tanks. Another aspect of the present system senses and transmits tank or hydrogen fuel characteristics including temperature, pressure, filled volume, contaminants, refilling cycle life and environmental hazards. Still another aspect includes a group of hydrogen fuel tanks which is pre-assembled with sensor, valve, microprocessor and transmitter components, at least some of which are within an insulator.
US11796130B2	Sealed and thermally insulating tank A sealed and thermally insulating tank for storing a low-temperature liquefied gas, having an insulating box-section with a bottom panel coming into abutment on a support wall, by means of sealant beads disposed between the support wall and the bottom panel, the sealant beads being disposed in the form of at least one closed outline delimiting at least one confined space between the support wall and the bottom panel, the bottom panel having at least one through passage leading into the confined space to allow gas to circulate between the confined space and an internal space of the insulating box-section.
US11796117B1	Tube shielding system A tube shielding system prevents pests such as rodents and insects from damaging tubes or pipes, particularly those made of plastics or other soft materials. The tubes are wrapped with a protective barrier that has a pest control layer. The pest control layer a deterrent that could be physical or chemical. Examples of deterrents are steel mesh, sand, peppermint and capsaicin.
US11796116B2	Systems and methods for maintaining pipes A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around a body assembly. The body assembly includes an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each leg assembly to adjust a position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect information associated with the position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motorized apparatus and configured to receive the information from the sensor, and to determine at least one of a pipe diameter and a pitch of the motorized apparatus based on the information from the at least one sensor.
US11796115B1	Apparatus for lateral cable pulling and pipe replacement A compact, open path cable pulling apparatus, having a low center of gravity, composed of two detachable, single person hand-portable components, and useful in either a vertical or horizontal configuration. The apparatus is competent to pull cable horizontally through space underground with a pulling force in the range of at least about 20 to 100 tons using low pressure flow hydraulics and has utility in the cable pulling industries, including in the drilling and horizontal directional drilling industries, and as part of a method for pulling cable through space, including pulling cable through space in the pipe bursting and trenchless pipe replacement industries.
US11796114B2	Isolation plug with energized seal A pipeline isolation tool [10] and method of its use includes a plugging head [20] having a seal [30] to sealably engage a pipe wall; a fluid-activated cylinder [64] located on one side of the seal and moveable in an axial direction; metal support segments [40] located on another side of the seal and moveable in a transverse direction radially outward and inward; the metal segments including a concave portion [45], a portion [35] of the seal residing within the concave portion when unset and set. When in a seal unset position a portion [33] of the seal is covered by adjacent metal support segments of the plurality. When in a seal set position the portion of the seal is exposed between the adjacent metal support segments. The seal is self-energizing, its actuating force being in a same direction as a force from isolation pressure.
US11796111B2	Fluid transport and distribution manifold A structured assembly of perpendicular, interwoven fluidic conduits permits connections between conduits to be readily (and in some cases visibly) established, thereby providing operational convenience and amenability to automated means of validation or verification.
US11796100B2	Connector having a mating head A connector and a process for coupling a tube to another device is disclosed. The connector comprises a receptacle for receiving a first tube. The receptacle includes a socket and a modular head mated to said socket in one of a plurality of relative orientations. The modular head comprises an indexing member. A retention clip embraces the receptacle and has a leg positioned in a slot in the receptacle.
US11796092B2	Double-wall spiral welded pipe and manufacturing method thereof A double-wall spiral welded pipe includes a first steel belt layer and a second steel belt layer which have equal widths, are arranged in parallel and align with each other; at least two supporting steel bars perpendicular to the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer are arranged between the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer; the supporting steel bars are arranged on end parts of two sides of the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer and extend together with the first steel belt layer and the second steel belt layer; and the first steel belt layer, the second steel belt layer and the supporting steel bars on the end parts of the two sides are mutually welded to form a double-layer composite steel belt with a rectangular section in an extending direction.
US11796089B2	Gasket retainer for surface mount fluid component A gasket retainer that is absent sharp corners, has apertures of reasonable dimensional tolerance, and may be conveniently made by a variety of manufacturing processes. The retainer is made from thin flat springy material that readily returns to form after slight bending. Representative gasket capturing apertures are of smoothly non-convex outline with major dimension sufficiently large to allow passage of a ring shaped gasket turned on edge and minor dimension sufficiently small to engage, on approximately opposite circular segments that each engage along less than one third of a gasket circumference, a cavity or groove on the outside diameter periphery of the gasket turned flat parallel to the retainer material sheet. Fasteners may be retained by similar apertures.
US11796087B2	Coupling bracket for fluid delivery systems A coupling bracket for use with fluid and/or gas delivery systems that includes an elongated central body portion having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a channel running lengthwise therethrough; a first connecting region formed on the first end portion, wherein the first connecting region is adapted to receive a first accessory device in a non-threaded manner; and a second connecting region formed on the second end portion, wherein the second connecting region is adapted to receive a second accessory device in a non-threaded manner.
US11796085B2	Non-elastomeric, non-polymeric, non-metallic membrane valves for semiconductor processing equipment An apparatus may be provided that includes a substrate having one or more microfluidic valve structures. The valve structures are non-elastomeric, non-polymeric, non-metallic membrane valves for use in high-vacuum application. Such valves are functional even when the fluid-control side of the valve is exposed to a sub-atmospheric pressure field which may generally act to collapse/seal traditional elastomeric membrane valve.
US11796082B2	Methods and apparatus to detect and/or recover from failures in valve control devices Methods and apparatus to detect and/or recover from failures in valve control devices. An apparatus includes an input signal generator to provide a digital input signal to a first converter. The first converter corresponds to one of a supply converter or an exhaust converter. The supply converter controls actuation of a supply relay to deliver pressurized fluid to an actuator operatively coupled to a valve in a process control system. The exhaust converter to control actuation of an exhaust relay to exhaust the pressurized fluid from the actuator. The digital input signal triggers application of a current to the first converter to open the first converter. The apparatus further including a failure detector to: determine a difference in at least one of a pressure in the actuator or a position of a flow control member in the valve; and detect a failure when the difference satisfies a failure threshold.
US11796081B2	Valve assembly with hollow bolt for security wire A valve assembly having a bolt with a through hole for a security wire includes at least one valve of the valve assembly mechanically coupled to a pipe or to a section of another component of the valve assembly by a coupling or by a pair of mating flanges. At least one hollow bolt is bolted through a closing bolt hole of the coupling or a joining bolt hole of the pair of mating flanges. The at least one hollow bolt accepts a safety wire run completely through the hollow bolt in a longitudinal direction of the hollow bolt and extending completely through the closing bolt hole of the coupling or the joining bolt hole of the pair of mating flanges.
US11796080B2	Valve assembly A ball valve assembly includes an outer sleeve having first and second pillars and defining an outer sleeve hollow, a first notch, a second notch, and a third notch, wherein the first pillar of the outer sleeve at least partially defines and is positioned between the first and second notches, and the second pillar of the outer sleeve at least partially defines and is positioned between the second and third notches.
US11796076B1	Pressure accomodating assembly A system including a pressure accommodating assembly having a body with a first side and a second side. The assembly further includes a gas permeable membrane coupled to the body and configured to allow gases to permeate therethrough to thereby move from the first side to the second side. The assembly also includes a pressure relief valve coupled to the body, wherein the pressure relief valve is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of gases therethrough and is configured to move to an open position when there is a predetermined pressure differential thereacross to allow gases to flow therethrough to move from the first side to the second side. The pressure accommodating assembly is configured to maintain its structural integrity after being exposed to a temperature of about 500° C.
US11796074B2	Multiport valve Multiport valve with outlets transverse to the inlet useful as a coker switch valve. A sealed lower sleeve assembly provides semi-trunnion ball support. An upper part of the outlet seat recesses is formed in the bonnet, and a lower part in the valve body, which together bias a resilient member to load the seats, independently of end connections. Before bonnet assembly, when the ball is rotated to face a body outlet, there is sufficient space in the seat recesses to insert the seat, slide the seat onto the ball, and then insert the resilient member. When all the seats and resilient members are in place, engagement of the bonnet biases the upper part of the resilient members to load the seat. In valve operation, an enlarged ball outlet bore can straddle two outlet ports and maintain process media flow during switching. Also, methods of assembling, operating, and servicing the valve.
US11796072B2	Mixing cartridge with wedge-shaped vertebral bodies A mixing cartridge (1) for a sanitary faucet, comprising at least: a mixing chamber (2) having at least one hot-water inlet (3) for hot water and at least one cold-water inlet (4) for cold water, and a vortex element (5) for at least partially swirling the hot water and the cold water in the mixing chamber (2), wherein the vortex element (5) comprises a plurality of outer wedge-shaped vortex bodies (6) and a plurality of inner wedge-shaped vortex bodies (7).
US11796070B2	Ball valve assembly A ball valve assembly includes a ball having a fluid pathway and a leading edge portion. The ball is configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position, the fluid pathway is configured to align with a fluid passage while the ball is in the open position, and the fluid pathway is configured to be offset from the fluid passage while the ball is in the closed position. Furthermore, the leading edge portion includes a first leading edge configured to cut a line extending through the fluid pathway as the ball rotates from the open position to the closed position, the leading edge portion includes a second leading edge configured to engage a seal of the ball valve assembly as the ball rotates from the open position to the closed position, and the first leading edge is positioned radially inward from the second leading edge.
US11796067B2	Valve device A valve device capable of reducing pressure loss is provided. The valve device is provided with a valve main body having a valve chamber in which a valve body is arranged, inflow outlets, and communication holes communicating the valve chamber and the inflow outlets, and a rectification member arranged in the communication hole. The communication hole has a bent portion where the center line of the communication hole is bent, and the rectification member is arranged in the bent portion and has a corner portion formed by an inner circumferential surface bent or curved at an angle larger than the angle of the bent portion.
US11796066B2	Dual motion shutoff valve Technologies are described for dual motion shutoff valve assemblies. In various examples, valve assemblies include a sequencing drive mechanism and an eccentric shaft mechanism operable to linearly retract the valve disk from a gasket surface to effectively reduce scratching and friction of the gasket surface during valve opening and closing operations. In some examples, the sequencing drive may include two interlocking concentric driver rings, a retaining housing, and roller lock pins. Three guided pins of the sequencing drive may be configured to prevent the valve from rotating, while also causing the valve to retract linearly from the gasket surface via the eccentric shaft. Following retraction, an inner driver of the sequencing drive may allow the roller lock pins to move and lock the outer driver, which in turn may lock the valve disk to the shaft and rotate along with the shaft, which may be a single or dual shaft.
US11796065B2	Piston rod seal A main object of the present invention is to disclose a piston rod sealing unit that solves the problems that have been mentioned from the prior art disclosures. The invention is a piston rod sealing system (0) with a sealing unit (9), for preventing leakage, of gas from a high-pressure chamber (4) to a low-pressure volume (6), and preventing leakage of a lubricant from said low-pressure volume (6) to said high-pressure chamber (4), along a piston rod (1) extending through said chambers (4, 6) said sealing unit (9) comprising, —a deformable gland (10,21,26) arranged for being pressed against said piston rod (1) by one or more compressing elements (15, 22, 27), —a lubricant (F) between the piston rod (1) and the gland (10, 21, 26), said sealing unit (9) arranged between, —a support structure (8) in the low-pressure volume (6) with a plane sliding surface (8a) facing towards said sealing unit (9), —and a wall (7) of said high-pressure chamber (4), —a plane seal (16) constituting a seal between the sealing unit (9) and said wall (7), said plane seal (16) arranged in a groove (13b, 24a, 26e) in said sealing unit (9), said groove open towards said wall (7), or said plane seal (16) arranged in a groove in the wall (7), said groove open towards said sealing unit (9) wherein, —said sealing unit (9) having a surface area towards said wall (7) between said piston rod (1) and said plane seal (16) smaller than the sliding area between said sealing unit (9, 12b, 25a, 28a) and the plane sliding surface (8a), and —said sealing unit (9) being supported by said plane sliding surface (8a) on the low-pressure side, and said sealing unit (9) being in sliding contact with said wall (7) surface (7a), the length (L′) of said sealing unit (9) is less than the length (L) between the base structure (8) and the wall (7) allowing transverse movement of the sealing unit (9) along the sliding surfaces (7a, 8a).
US11796061B2	Sealing ring and use thereof A sealing ring is provided for use, e.g., in boring machines or wind turbines, among other intended uses. The sealing ring includes an axial leg and a sealing leg with a sealing lip. The sealing leg is connected to a first end face of the axial leg by means of a joint. The sealing ring further includes a tensioning element for stabilizing the sealing leg in the radial direction. The tensioning element is annular and formed by a spring connected to the sealing leg.
US11796060B2	Device for sealing two spaces filled with different fluids in a MEMS sensor system A sealing device for sealing a space filled with a fluid in a MEMS sensor system. The sealing device includes a sealing unit, the sealing unit encompassing a channel, which is connected to the one space, and a sealing element for sealing the channel being situated in the channel in such a way that the channel and/or the sealing element are/is designed in such a way that the sealing element is sealingly fixed in the channel via a mechanical clamping.
US11796057B2	Control method and control apparatus for continuously variable transmission The control method for the continuously variable transmission in the present invention detects a magnitude of an acceleration request, and when the acceleration request exceeds a preset threshold value, the control method controls a transmission ratio by switching from a first shift mode, in which a target transmission ratio is changed steplessly, to a second shift mode, which includes a stepwise change in the target transmission ratio. Then, when executing the second shift mode, a target engine rotation speed is set according to the magnitude of the acceleration request, and a step-down shift, in which the target transmission ratio is lowered stepwise according to the target engine rotation speed, is executed at an acceleration start time, and the target engine rotation speed after executing the step-down shift is retained for a predetermined period.
US11796056B2	Working machine A working machine includes: a machine body provided thereon with a traveling pump and a traveling motor; a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state where a rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to a first speed and a second state where the rotation speed is set to a second speed; an actuation valve operable to control a flow of operation fluid to an operation valve that changes a pressure of operation fluid to be applied to the traveling pump according to operation of an operation member; and a controller to perform a shock-mitigation control for reducing an opening degree of the actuation valve when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the first state to the second state. The controller determines a reduction amount of the opening degree of the actuation valve reduced by the shock-mitigation control, based on a straight-traveling degree of the machine body.
US11796055B2	Monitoring method and device for determination of gear-stick position, vehicle controller, and vehicle A monitoring method and device for determination of a gear-stick position, a vehicle control unit, and a vehicle. The monitoring method for determination of a gear-stick position includes: acquiring a first actual gear-stick position and a first acceptable gear-stick position calculated by a functional layer; calculating a second actual gear-stick position according to a gear-stick position signal; determining whether the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are consistent; in case that the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are consistent, determining whether the first acceptable gear-stick position is valid; and in case that the first actual gear-stick position and the second actual gear-stick position are inconsistent or the first acceptable gear-stick position is invalid, controlling the vehicle to enter a safe state. The present application can ensure safe driving of a vehicle.
US11796053B2	Method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle Methods for controlling a transmission of a vehicle are provided. Such methods include establishing a desired speed profile for the vehicle when travelling along a road segment, performing a plurality of simulations, each of a vehicle response, in the road segment, to a respective gear control action, wherein the gear control action differs from one simulation to another, wherein the simulations include an aim to keep the speed on the speed profile, or within one or more established limits of deviations from the speed profile, determining costs for the simulated vehicle responses, selecting, in dependence on the determined costs, one of the gear control actions, controlling the transmission with the selected gear control action.
US11796050B2	Shift device with shift body that can be inhibited from displacement In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of the knob being displaced in a vertical direction, and also being rotated in one direction or in another direction. Here, the knob is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a supporting column. Because of this, the knob can be inhibited by the supporting column from being unnecessarily displaced downwards.
US11796049B2	In-wheel driving apparatus The present disclosure relates to an in-wheel driving apparatus, and an in-wheel driving apparatus includes a case having an interior space, a first gear disposed in the interior space to be rotatable about a first rotary shaft, a second gear engaged with the first gear and disposed in the interior space to be rotatable about a second rotary shaft, and a first partition wall including a first area provided along a circumference of the first gear and a second area extending from one end of the first area in a direction that is away from the first rotary shaft, and disposed in the interior space.
US11796047B2	Method for determining the transmission backlash of a transmission The invention relates to a method for ascertaining the backlash (40) of a gear (24) which is coupled to an electric machine (12) of a vehicle which has at least one electric machine (12). According to the method, at least the following steps are carried out: a) detecting the rotational speed of the at least one electric machine (12) during a driving intervention (80) and detecting rotational speed fluctuations produced therefrom, b) evaluating a high-frequency vibration (60) which is generated as a result of the gear (24) reaching a lower stop (54) in delay phases (56) and reaching an upper stop (50) when reversing the rotational direction in acceleration phases (58), c) filtering out high-frequency components from the high-frequency vibration (60) according to step b), wherein position information (42), relating to a corresponding rotational angle, from the rotational speed signal is saved in the event said components occur, and d) evaluating the distance between the upper stop (52) and the lower stop (54) and ascertaining the backlash (40) from the difference of the position information (42) between the upper stop (52) and the lower stop (54).
US11796046B2	Isolated drive assembly with an isolator assembly and a torque limiter for limiting the transmission of torque through an elastomeric element of the isolator assembly An isolated drive assembly that includes a drive member, which is rotatable about a rotational axis, a drive member hub, which is rotatable about the rotational axis relative to the drive member, an isolator assembly, which has an elastomeric element that transmits rotary power between the drive member and the drive member hub, and a torque limiter. The torque limiter has first and second sets of engagable limiter elements that limit rotation of the drive member relative to the drive member hub in opposite rotational directions to limit a magnitude of a moment that is transmitted through the elastomeric element.
US11796045B2	Strain wave gear with encoder integration A strain wave gear includes gear elements including a circular element having an internally-toothed gear and a flex element having a flexible externally-toothed gear arranged in the circular element. A wave generator is rotatably arranged in the flex element and configured to flex the externally-toothed gear in a radial direction to partly mesh the internally-toothed gear and the externally-toothed gear. Support elements include a bearing input support element and a bearing output support element rotatably coupled to the bearing input support element. Elements of the support elements are fixed respectively to elements of the gear elements. An encoder arrangement includes an encoder track and an encoder reader. A part of the encoder arrangement is between an element of the support elements and an element of the gear elements.
US11796042B2	Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission, provided with a continuously variable transmission provided with an outer housing, an intermediate housing is provided in the middle of the outer housing, a first end cover and a second end cover are respectively provided on both sides of the intermediate housing, the inside of the intermediate housing is a cavity structure, and the cavity inside the intermediate housing and insides of the first end cover and the second end cover form an inner cavity. The described continuously variable transmission may be widely used in the field of transmission.
US11796035B2	V-ribbed belt and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a V-ribbed belt that has a medium elongation of 0.8% or more when the load of 4 cN/dtex is applied, and that contains a twisted cord in which a high-elongation aramid fiber having a tensile modulus of 50-100 GPa and a low-modulus fiber having a lower tensile modulus than the high-elongation aramid fiber are blended and twisted.
US11796029B2	Shock absorber and method of manufacturing the same A shock absorber includes: a first passage through which a working fluid flows from a chamber inside a cylinder; a second passage which communicates with the chamber; a damping force generation mechanism which is provided in the first passage, a communication hole which is provided with at least a part of a passage of the second passage and is formed in a piston rod communicating with at least the chamber; a housing which has a passage of least a part of the second passage; a free piston which is movably provided inside the housing and defines the second passage into an upstream side and a downstream side of a flow of the working fluid when the piston moves in one direction, and an elastic body which is provided between the free piston and the housing. The free piston is formed of a resin material.
US11796018B1	Vehicle wheel torque braces and methods of inhibiting vehicle wheel rotation A vehicle wheel torque brace for inhibiting rotation of a vehicle wheel includes a brace body including a relatively thick stopper portion and a relatively thin wedge portion that is stepped down in thickness relative to the wedge portion. The wedge portion decreases in thickness from one side of the brace body to an opposite side of the brace body. A contact pad is carried by the wedge portion. The contact pad and wedge portion are shaped and sized to be wedged between a tire of the vehicle wheel and a strut assembly to inhibit rotation of the vehicle wheel.
US11796017B2	Method for operating a hydraulic actuator A method for operating a hydraulic actuator for a prime mover or a drive device of a vehicle includes determining that the hydraulic actuator is to be actuated via an actuating system and detecting an operating variable influenced by a filling state of the hydraulic actuator indicative of pressure conditions in the hydraulic actuator, with the operating variable being separate from actuator operating variables of the hydraulic actuator and the actuating system. The method further includes pressurizing the actuator during a fast fill phase to one or more pressures over a fast fill time period in response to determining that the hydraulic actuator is to be actuated. The fast fill time period and the one or more pressures are adjusted as a function of the operating variable under certain operating conditions. Additionally, the method includes pressurizing the actuator during a pressure build-up phase after the fast fill phase.
US11796016B2	Shaft lock A shaft lock includes a radially inner rotor part that is coaxially connected to a shaft having a rotational axis and a fixed stator part that at least partially encloses the rotor part. In a locking state and in a holding state, an interference-fit connection between the rotor part and the stator part is produced by a plurality of locking bodies, and the interference-fit connection is cancelable by a transition into an unlocking state. To produce the interference-fit connection, each of the plurality of locking bodies are partially engageable in an interference-fit manner in a respective receiving geometry of the rotor part by rotation of a substantially hollow-cylindrical locking ring that coaxially encloses the stator part in a partially radially outer-lying manner.
US11796014B2	Clutch ring and differential with a clutch In at least some implementations, a clutch member includes a main body having a central axis, a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface, a rear face and a front face, multiple teeth formed in the front face with adjacent teeth circumferentially spaced apart, and a rim extending axially from the main body and located radially outwardly of the teeth. The rim extends axially farther from the rear face than do the teeth.
US11796011B2	Synchronizing ring A synchronizing ring for a synchronizer of a transmission. The inside of the synchronizing ring being provided with a plurality of cams and corresponding recesses between the cams for receiving a plurality of axial protrusions of a further synchronizing ring. An inner radial surface of each cam is provided with a plurality of grooves for transportation of oil.
US11796010B2	Torque limiter device A torque limiter device for limiting a torque transmitted between a power source-side member and an output-side member is disclosed. The torque limiter device includes a cover, a friction disc and an urging member. The cover includes a coupling portion, a tubular portion and a support portion. The coupling portion is coupled to the power source-side member. The tubular portion axially extends from the coupling portion. The support portion extends from the tubular portion to an inner peripheral side. The friction disc is accommodated in an inner peripheral space of the tubular portion of the cover, and is pressed toward the power source-side member. The urging member is supported by the support portion of the cover, and urges the friction disc toward the power source-side member.
US11796009B1	Cover for a universal joint of a driveshaft A cover for a universal joint of a driveshaft comprises a first section, a second section, at least two cover fasteners, and at least one driveshaft fastener. At least a first cover fastener of the at least two cover fasteners is configured to connect a first section first edge to a second section first edge. At least a second cover fastener of the at least two cover fasteners is configured to connect a first section second edge to a second section second edge. The at least one driveshaft fastener is configured to connect the cover to the driveshaft or a yoke thereof without any portion of the cover contacting the universal joint.
US11796007B2	Connecting device for the rigid connection of two shafts, and shaft arrangement with a connecting device A connecting device for the connection of mechanical shaft parts with a first connector section for connection to a first shaft part, a second connector section for connection to a second shaft part, and a locking mechanism. The first connector section can be connected to a mating section of the first shaft part for the transmission of torque. The locking mechanism, which is functionally independent of the transmission of torque and includes at least one displaceable element, prevents the release of the first connector section from the mating section of the first shaft part. The displaceable element of the locking mechanism can be moved between a release position, in which the first connector section can be released from the mating section, and a blocking position, which prevents release of the mating section from the first connector section. In some aspects, the locking mechanism may include an annular actuating element.
US11796006B2	Method for manufacturing hub unit bearing, swaging device, and method for manufacturing vehicle To realize a method for manufacturing a hub unit bearing capable of increasing the processing efficiency of a staking portion. An axial inner end portion of a hub ring 22 is processed into a staking portion 26 by rotating a die 31 around a reference axis C in a state in which the die 31 having a rotation axis α inclined with respect to the reference axis C is pressed against the axial inner end portion of the hub ring 22 under a condition that the hub ring 22 is disposed so that a center axis of the hub ring 22 is coaxial or parallel to the reference axis C and the hub ring 22 is supported to be radially movable.
US11796005B2	Bearing arrangement for a machine element Bearing arrangement for a machine element having a bearing having an outer bearing race radially fixed by a cylindrical cutout in the mounted state of the bearing arrangement; a locking element having an annular radial portion and at least one axial portion; and the annular radial portion of the locking element cooperates with a region of the outer bearing race on a first axial side of the outer bearing race to secure the outer bearing race at the first axial side; and at least one securing element which, in a mounted state of the bearing arrangement, is in operative engagement with the at least one axial portion of the locking element and with the machine element such that the locking element secures the outer bearing race at the first axial side.
US11796003B2	Flinger for a seal assembly of a wheel bearing assembly A seal assembly is for a wheel bearing assembly including an inner axle and a rotatable outer hub disposed about the axle. The seal assembly includes an annular inner case having an axial portion disposable about the axle and a radial portion extending radially outwardly from the axial portion. A seal is coupled with the hub and has sealing lip(s) sealingly engageable with the annular case. Further, an annular flinger has an inner radial end coupled with or integrally formed with the annular inner case and an outer radial end including an outer axial portion spaced radially inwardly from the inner circumferential surface of the hub so as to define an annular labyrinth gap. The flinger includes a central portion that is at least partially frustoconical and extends between the inner and outer axial ends so as to obstruct an annular space between the inner case and the seal.
US11795999B2	Axially compressible bearing Disclosed is a bearing configured to couple a faucet spout to a faucet body. The bearing includes a plurality of fingers extending parallel to a central axis of the bearing. The plurality of fingers is configured to engage with the faucet spout at an intermediate position between a first end of the bearing and a second end of the bearing. The fingers are configured to exert an outward pressure to the faucet spout. The fingers are also configured to compress in a substantially axial direction.
US11795997B2	Fluid film bearing A fluid film bearing includes a plurality of bearing pads that are arranged in a circumferential direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, and that support the rotating body via a fluid film, wherein the bearing pad includes a base layer made of metal, an elastic layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the base layer, and that is made of an elastically deformable elastic material, a sliding layer that is layered on the rotating body side of the elastic layer, and that opposes the rotating body and is made of a bearing material, and a metal plate that is layered between the elastic layer and the sliding layer, and that is more rigid than the elastic layer and the sliding layer.
US11795995B2	Journal bearing and rotating machine Provided is a journal bearing, including: a carrier ring; a pad; and an oil supply nozzle configured to supply oil to a portion between a rotation shaft and the pad. The pad includes: an inner peripheral surface opposed to the rotation shaft; and an upstream end surface located on an upstream side of the inner peripheral surface in a rotating direction of the rotation shaft. The inner peripheral surface includes a partially cylindrical surface, and a recessed portion, which is arranged on an upstream side of the partially cylindrical surface, and forms an opening space for storing the oil. The opening space includes: an oil inlet port opened at the upstream end surface; and an oil outlet port opened toward the rotation shaft. The pad includes a backflow preventing portion configured to prevent the oil in the opening space from flowing back to the oil inlet port.
US11795988B2	Mounting device for a mounting member A mounting device for a mounting member is disclosed. The mounting device comprises a first flange configured to be fitted under a mounting surface and a second flange configured to be inserted in the first flange. The second flange has a first section that is configured to provide a second flange orifice for inserting the mounting member, a second section having a plurality of threads for receiving the first flange, a third section having a plurality of threads, and a fourth section having a plurality of threads. A compression nut having an inner surface is configured to pass over the mounting member and tightened on the fourth section of the second flange over the plurality of threads. A ring is configured to be fitted over the mounting member and between the fourth section of the second flange and the compression nut.
US11795987B2	Rivetless nut plate A rivetless nut plate for attachment to a panel via a panel bore, having a nut, a washer, and a cage that retains the nut and the washer. The nut plate has a nonactivated state and an activated state. In the activated state a portion of the cage is expanded to grip the panel bore, and the nut has split into two independent sections allowing one section to move throughout a constrained range of motion.
US11795983B2	Pultruded telescoping arm device A support structure comprising a pultruded outer beam (12), a pultruded inner beam (14), a plurality of wear tabs (16) affixed to the inner beam, and a gear track (18) affixed to the inner beam. The outer beam is substantially hollow and adapted to receive the inner beam and the inner beam is shaped so that a portion of the inner beam extends nearly the entire height of the outer beam and a portion of the inner beam extends nearly the entire width of the outer beam, the plurality of wear tabs are located at one or more corners of the inner beam, and the gear track contacts a gear for facilitating movement of the inner beam.
US11795980B2	Fastening member, structure, and printer To provide a fastening member configured to fasten a hollow member including a first wall and a second wall, the first wall and the second wall facing each other, and another member having a screw hole. The fastening member includes a bolt having a screw portion to be inserted through a second hole provided on the second wall and to be screwed into the screw hole, and a case to be inserted into a first hole provided on the first wall, the case being configured to accommodate the bolt. While the case is inserted into the first hole, a tool used for a task of fastening the bolt is inserted into the case from a side of the first wall opposite to the other side of the first wall facing the second wall.
US11795978B2	Accumulator system An accumulator system includes a chamber configured to receive a first fluid, a piston configured to move within the chamber to pressurize and drive the first fluid out of the chamber, a driving shaft coupled to the piston, a screw adapter coupled to the driving shaft, a plurality of anti-rotation shafts, and an electric actuator configured to couple to the screw adapter and to rotate the screw adapter to axially move the driving shaft. The piston includes a body defining a first aperture and a plurality of counterbores. The driving shaft is coupled to the piston via the first aperture. The piston is configured to slide over the plurality of anti-rotation shafts via the plurality of counterbores.
US11795977B2	Pump housing, pump, and seat A pump housing may accommodate a pump unit and a pump motor, especially for a lumbar support function or massage function for mounting in a vehicle seat, wherein the pump motor and the pump unit are attached to one another along a longitudinal axis, and furthermore may support the pump motor with at least two flexible support elements in a radial direction and a second coil spring in an axial direction. Related pump and seat concepts are also disclosed.
US11795975B2	Low noise and high efficiency blade for axial fans and rotors and axial fan or rotor comprising said blade Today the low noise blades and especially the super low noise blades for large diameter axial fans which are employed in the big cooling machines and cooling plants are so costly and are requiring so many extra costs on the other related equipment, that the noise pollution abatement can increase the whole cooling apparatus cost by up to a 35%. This invention, provides a new technology to make low noise fans able to transform any common blade into a low noise or very low noise at very low cost, preserving the same high efficiency and tip speed, as opposite to all the other low noise blades at actual status of art. As the fans for the big cooling apparatus are generally their main noise source, this invention will offer the opportunity to dramatically reduce the noise pollution produced by big cooling machines and cooling plants.
US11795974B2	Blower with silencer and moving object with propeller A fan, and a silencer that silences a sound generated by the fan are provided, in which the silencer has a resonance characteristic, the silencer is disposed at a position connected to a sound field space of the sound generated by the fan, and a sum of an absorbance and a reflectivity of the silencer at a resonance frequency is 10% to 43% and a standardized half-width of the silencer is more than 0.05 and 0.25 or less.
US11795970B2	Portable fan The present invention is directed to a portable fan for the use in firefighting and other ventilation use-cases. The portable fan provides firefighters the ability to provide positive pressure ventilation in use for fighting fires which does not require power cables or combustible fuel powered motors, and provides increased portability, reduced risk, and reduced deployment time associated with managing and fighting a fire.
US11795967B2	Blower A blower includes a body, a motor, and a single fan configured to rotate in response to rotation of a motor shaft to discharge air through a discharge opening. The maximum rotational speed of the motor shaft is within a range of 50,000 rpm to 120,000 rpm. An area of the discharge opening is changeable by a user. The blower is configured to selectively operate in a first mode or in a second mode according to the area of the discharge opening. In the first mode, the maximum blowing force of the air discharged through the opening is within a range of 2.5 N to 5.0 N when the motor is driven at the maximum rotational speed. In the second mode, the maximum dynamic pressure of the air discharged is within a range of 30 kPa to 65 kPa when the motor is driven at the maximum rotational speed.
US11795965B2	Air-sending device An air-sending device includes a propeller fan to rotate about a rotational axis, and a ducted bell mouth surrounding an outboard area of the propeller fan. The propeller fan includes a plurality of blades. Each of the blades includes, in its outboard portion, a reflexed part bent upstream of an airflow that is generated in the direction of the rotational axis by rotation of the propeller fan. In the propeller fan, within an area that is closer to the trailing edge than is the near mid-chord area, the propeller fan is inclined downstream of the airflow from the inboard edge to the reflexed part. In at least a portion of an area where the cylindrical part of the bell mouth and the outboard edge of each blade face each, the reflexed part has a reflex angle of greater than or equal to 90 degrees.
US11795960B2	Molten sulfur pump vibration and temperature sensor for enhanced condition monitoring A system includes a vertical molten sulfur pump assembly that includes a top portion adjacent to a first end of the vertical molten sulfur pump assembly and a bottom portion adjacent to a second end of the vertical molten sulfur pump assembly. A pump motor is disposed in the top portion, an impeller is disposed in the bottom portion within an impeller casing, and a shaft is disposed within a central column and connecting the pump motor with the impeller. A pump inlet is disposed at the second end below the impeller casing. The pump inlet and the impeller casing are configured to be immersed in molten sulfur. The vertical molten sulfur pump assembly is configured to pump the molten sulfur into the inlet and upwards through a discharge passageway by rotation of the impeller. A vibration sensor and a temperature sensor are disposed on an external surface of the bottom portion, on or proximate to the impeller casing and the pump inlet. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the molten sulfur proximate to the pump inlet. The vibration sensor includes a substrate comprising a polymer and a resonant layer disposed on a surface of the substrate. The resonant layer includes an electrically conductive nanomaterial and is configured to produce a resonant response in response to receiving a radio frequency signal.
US11795958B2	Method for determining operating states of a fan A disclosed method of determining operating states of a fan uses a digital image of the fan and at least one operating parameter-specific algorithm. In a first stage, the method includes generating the digital image of the fan as a representation of the fan's properties, the representation based on one or more mathematical calculation models and optionally known data. The method further includes generating the at least one operating parameter-specific algorithm based on at least one of known relationships and characteristic curves, and calculating component states of the fan via the digital image, wherein the calculation of component states is based on virtual sensors. The method further includes generating a system behavior algorithm that calculates operating parameters of the fan based on the component states and optionally generates predictions relating to the operation of the fan.
US11795952B2	Electric pump and failure state notification method for electric pump An electric pump includes a pump, a motor configured to drive the pump, a motor drive unit having a switching element and configured to drive the motor with electric power output from the switching element, and a control unit configured to output a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal for driving the switching element to the motor drive unit. The PWM signal output from the control unit, is used for monitoring a state of the motor. When the motor stops abnormally, the control unit sets a frequency of the PWM signal for use in monitoring the state of the motor to a frequency outside of a frequency band which is used when the motor is normal.
US11795950B2	Mold pump engagement apparatus A molten metal pump assembly and method to fill a mold with molten metal, such as aluminum. The assembly includes a support frame for suspending the molten metal pump above a furnace. The support frame includes a mechanism for lifting and lowering the molten metal pump into engagement and disengagement with the mold.
US11795947B2	Compressor structure A compressor structure includes a vane rotor and a cylinder eccentrically disposed around the vane rotor. The vane rotor has a vane impeller. The vane impeller is in tangential contact with the cylinder to define an eccentric crescent vane chamber. A vane is radially slidably received in the vane impeller. An outward extending top end of the vane tightly abuts against the inner circumferential wall of the vane chamber, whereby the vane chamber is partitioned into an intake section and a compression exhaustion section. When the vane rotor rotates, the vane is driven to drive the cylinder to complete gas compression operation. When rotating, the vane is simply swung at a fixed position of the cylinder, the friction of the compressor can be lowered. The communication of the gas outlet is regulated so that the compression ratio of the compressed gas exhausted from the compressor can be changed.
US11795946B2	Mud motor rotor with core and shell A rotor for a mud motor includes a core having a first outer shape, and a shell positioned around the core, the shell having a second outer shape that is different from the first outer shape, the second outer shape defining one or more lobes and one or more cavities that are configured to engage a bore of a stator during rotation of the rotor relative to the stator. A thickness of the shell varies as proceeding around the core, from a non-zero minimum thickness to a maximum thickness.
US11795937B2	Torque monitoring of electrical submersible pump assembly An electrical submersible well pump assembly has a SAW (surface acoustic wave) sensor on a motor shaft. A SAW electronic circuit mounts to the motor housing. The SAW electronic circuit has an antenna closely spaced to the SAW sensor for monitoring torque on the motor shaft. A controller at an upper end of the well supplies power to the motor. A motor gauge unit mounted to a lower end of the motor transmits signals to the controller. A signal line extends from the SAW electronic circuit to the motor gauge unit for transmitting signals from the SAW electronic circuit to the motor gauge unit, and from the motor gauge unit to the controller.
US11795930B2	Encapsulated refrigerant compressor For a refrigerant compressor, a flexible connection element is provided which connects an end segment of a suction connection piece, which end segment protrudes into the interior of a housing, to a suction sound damper, in particular to a suction opening of the suction sound damper. The end segment itself thereby serves for fastening the flexible connection element onto the end segment and/or the inner wall of the housing.
US11795920B2	Lightning protection for a wind turbine blade Disclosed is a wind turbine blade comprising a first blade section and a second blade section connected to the first blade section. The wind turbine blade comprises a first down conductor for conducting lightning current to ground. The blade further comprises one or more lightning receptors at or in proximity of an external surface of the wind turbine blade. A smallest distance from a first lightning receptor of the one or more lightning receptors to an interface between the first blade section and the second blade section may be less than or equal to a chord length of a chord of the wind turbine blade at the interface between the first blade section and the second blade section.
US11795916B2	Hydraulic continuous variable speed system having hydraulic and pneumatic speed controls and a method of use A hydraulic continuous variable transmission is provided to connect a wind turbine and a generator. The hydraulic continuous variable transmission has a primary paddle wheel and a number of secondary paddle wheels for macro speed control. Also provided are pneumatic paddle wheels for micro speed control. A controller is included that measures AC electrical characterized output to load or line for speed control.
US11795911B2	Control of side-side and fore-aft vibrational movement of a wind turbine Aspects of the present invention relate to controlling a wind turbine having a tower damping system actuable to control components of vibrational movement of the tower, a side-side component of a vibrational movement of the tower in a horizontal plane; and a fore-aft component of the vibrational movement of the tower in the horizontal plane are determined; and a control signal based on the side-side and fore-aft components is determined such that the tower damping system produces a force that increases or decreases the vibrational movement of the tower such that the side-side and fore-aft components are substantially equal.
US11795910B2	Adaptable spoiler for a wind turbine blade Provided is an adaptable spoiler for a wind turbine blade, including: a flexible body including: an outer surface to be exposed to air flow; an internal surface limiting a cavity to be inflated with fluid to different level, wherein a shape and/or position and/or orientation of the surface to be exposed to air flow changes upon inflating the cavity to different level.
US11795907B2	Jointed wind turbine rotor blade having spar cap constructed of varying forms of materials along its span A rotor blade for a wind turbine includes first and second blade segments extending in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. Each of the first and second blade segments has at least one shell member defining an airfoil surface and an internal support structure. The first blade segment includes a beam structure extending lengthwise that structurally connects with the second blade segment at a receiving section. At least one of the internal support structures of the first and second blade segments includes at least one spar cap. The rotor blade also includes one or more pin joints positioned on the spar cap(s) for connecting the blade segments. The spar cap is constructed of varying forms of materials along a span of the rotor blade, including at least two of: one or more infused composite laminates, one or more pre-preg composite laminates, one or more pre-fabricated or pre-cured composite elements, one or more additively-manufactured structures, or one or more non-composite structural solids.
US11795906B2	Powered augmented fluid turbines A powered augmented fluid turbine for generating electricity from a fluid in motion comprising: a central annular ducted channel extending between an inlet distribution header and an outlet distribution header, the channel comprising a converging section configured to accelerate the fluid received at the inlet distribution header, a turbine assembly for generating electricity, and a diffuser section configured to decelerate the fluid before it exits at the outlet distribution header; a recycle line for transporting the exiting fluid to the inlet distribution header in a closed-loop configuration, the recycle line comprising a recycle line propulsor controllable by a recycle line controller and a recycle line heat exchanger; and a compressed fluid distribution line configured to pressurize the fluid in motion by transporting a compressed fluid from a compressed fluid source to the inlet and outlet distribution headers, the compressed fluid distribution line controllable by at least one pressure controller.
US11795904B2	Inflatable pressure absorption wave actuated pump Disclosed herein is a wave energy converter that uses a flexible and inflatable chamber to absorb wave energy and convert it to electrical energy through the varying hydrostatic and hydrodynamic pressure at or below the water surface.
US11795897B2	Method and device for start-stop controlling of vehicle, vehicle and electronic apparatus The present application disclosed a a method and a device for controlling start-stop of a vehicle, a vehicle and an electronic apparatus. The method includes steps of: acquiring a first start-stop instruction, and determining a first start-stop type of the vehicle according to the first start-stop instruction; acquiring a second start-stop instruction, and determining a second start-stop type of the vehicle according to the second start-stop instruction; and performing start-stop controlling on an engine according to priorities of the first start-stop type and the second start-stop type. Therefore, the method can actively control the start-stop of the engine according to the priority of the start-stop type, which can well respond to the driving intention of the driver, the driving experience is improved, the start-stop time of the engine is saved, and the fuel consumption of the vehicle is greatly reduced, and the driving safety of the vehicle and the personal safety of the driver and passengers are guaranteed.
US11795896B2	High-pressure fuel pump In a reciprocating high-pressure fuel pump that operates a plunger while facing a cam ridge of a plunger driving cam provided on a camshaft to which power of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is transmitted, the cam ridge includes a cam curved surface including two apexes at a cam angle interval of 180° and two valley bottoms at a cam angle interval of 180° and alternately connecting the apexes and the valley bottoms, and a crossing angle between a first virtual line connecting the two apexes and a second virtual line connecting the two valley bottoms is not a right angle as viewed in a direction of a camshaft axis.
US11795894B1	Engine intake system An intake system of an engine including an intake manifold, which includes an intake air introducing pipe and a plurality of independent intake pipes, is provided. Each of the independent intake pipes has an arc shape surrounding the intake air introducing pipe from outside with a space. A first independent intake pipe is curved more in the cylinder lined-up direction than a second. From the side in the cylinder lined-up direction, the arc shape of the second independent intake pipe is more distant from the intake air introducing pipe. To a first member constituting part of the intake air introducing pipe, a second member is joined to form the arc shape of the first independent intake pipe. A third member disposed radially outward from the first member is joined to the second member to form the arc shape of the second independent intake pipe.
US11795889B2	Internal combustion engine control device To keep catalyst purification efficiency high and prevent deterioration of emission performance. Therefore, an internal combustion engine control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an oxygen storage ratio calculation unit that calculates an oxygen storage ratio of a catalyst based on a catalytic reaction model having at least a detection value of a first exhaust gas sensor disposed on an upstream side of the catalyst as an input; a statistical model calculation unit that predicts a catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration using a statistical model having an oxygen storage ratio as an input and a catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration as an output; and an air-fuel ratio correction amount calculation unit that calculates an air-fuel ratio correction amount of an air-fuel mixture of an internal combustion engine based on a future catalyst downstream exhaust gas concentration calculated by the statistical model calculation unit.
US11795887B1	Fuel injector variability reduction A fuel injection system includes a fuel injector, the fuel injector having an injection control valve, a solenoid that, when energized, is configured to modify a position of the injection control valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate a command for energizing the solenoid, identify variability in one or more injection events, and based on the identified variability, increase an amount of energy supplied to the solenoid.
US11795878B2	High-temperature fuel thermal transport bus architecture A gas turbine engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine with a combustion section, a fuel delivery system, and a thermal energy management system. The fuel delivery assembly provides a fuel to the combustion section of the gas turbine engine. The thermal energy management system includes a thermal transport bus, a heat source heat exchanger, and a heat sink heat exchanger. The thermal transport bus has a portion of the fuel configured to flow therethrough. The fuel is disposed as a heat exchange fluid of the thermal energy management system. The heat source heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the flow of fuel through the transport bus. The heat sink heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the flow of fuel through the transport bus.
US11795876B2	Outlet seal, outlet seal set, and gas turbine An outlet seal connects a combustor that combusts a fuel to generate combustion gas and a shroud for a stator. The outlet seal has a gas path surface, a first connection section, and a second connection section. The shape of the gas path surface in a cross section perpendicular to an axis is an arc centered on the axis. The first connection section is formed at a first side in an axial direction and is connected to the combustor. The second connection section is formed at a second side in the axial direction and is connected to the shroud. The gas path surface has an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the axis in a cross section including the axis, such that the flow-path area of a combustion-gas flow path is reduced toward the second side.
US11795874B2	Energy storage plant and process An energy storage plant includes a casing for the storage of a working fluid other than atmospheric air, in a gaseous phase and in equilibrium of pressure with the atmosphere; a tank for the storage of said working fluid in a liquid or supercritical phase with a temperature close to the critical temperature; wherein said critical temperature is close to the ambient temperature. The plant is configured to carry out a closed thermodynamic cyclic transformation, first in one direction in a charge configuration and then in the opposite direction in a discharge configuration, between said casing and said tank; wherein in the charge configuration the plant stores heat and pressure and in the discharge configuration generates energy.
US11795872B2	Engine and secondary power unit integrated operation An engine system includes a gas turbine engine with a first compressor, a first combustor, and a first turbine. The engine system also includes a secondary power unit with a second compressor, a second combustor, a second turbine, a third compressor coupled to the second compressor, and an electric motor-generator, where the secondary power unit is coupled to the gas turbine engine. A controller is operable to determine an operating mode of the engine system, select an input energy source and an output type of the secondary power unit based on the operating mode, control the secondary power unit based on the input energy source and the output type as selected, detect a change in the operating mode of the engine system, and modify the input energy source and/or the output type of the secondary power unit based on the change in the operating mode.
US11795870B2	Outboard motor, internal combustion engine, and marine vessel An outboard motor to be attached to a hull of a marine vessel that reduces an amount of oil in blow-by gas reaching a breather chamber includes an internal combustion engine including a cylinder block including at least one cylinder. The cylinder block includes two blow-by gas flow paths to guide blow-by gas from a crank chamber to a breather chamber, and the internal combustion engine is oriented such that a crankshaft extends along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a bottom of the hull when the marine vessel is sailing.
US11795865B2	Warm-up method based on temperature control module, vehicle, and storage medium A warm-up method based on a temperature control module, a vehicle, and a storage medium. The warm-up method based on the temperature control module comprises: entering a cold start mode; obtaining current temperature control parameters, the temperature control parameters comprising a current water temperature value, a current engine speed, and a current engine load; obtaining working parameters of a temperature control module according to the temperature control parameters; controlling the temperature control module according to the working parameters to adjust the water temperature to warm an engine, and updating the current water temperature value; and after the updated current water temperature value does not exceed a warm-up threshold, returning to the step of obtaining the current temperature control parameters to enter the next cycle.
US11795864B2	Coolant valve for a motor vehicle A coolant valve for a motor vehicle. The coolant valve includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a valve seat which surrounds a flow cross-section formed between the inlet and the outlet, and a control body which is placeable on and liftable off the valve seat via an actuator. The control body has through-going bores via which the inlet is continuously connected to a chamber on a side of the control body which faces away from the inlet, a first annular protrusion which axially extends towards the valve seat and via which the control body is placed on the valve seat, a wall which extends radially between the first annular protrusion and the through-going bores, and an axial groove which extends in a circumferential direction and which is delimited radially to an outside by the first annular protrusion and radially to an inside by the wall.
US11795863B2	Power systems and enclosures having configurable air flow Power systems and enclosures having a configurable cooling air flow are disclosed. The power system includes an enclosure; an air inlet location, a first air outlet location, a second air outlet location, a fan assembly, and one or more relocatable covers to obstruct the first and second air outlet locations. The air inlet location may be at a first location on an exterior of the enclosure to permit intake of air from the exterior of the enclosure to an interior of the enclosure. The first air outlet location may be at a second location on the exterior of the enclosure to expel air taken in through the air inlet location, while the second air outlet location at a third location on the exterior of the enclosure to expel air taken in through the air inlet location.
US11795859B2	Motorcycle engine with an always spring biased open exhaust valve A method of operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine with a two stage exhaust valve system includes: providing a control rod mechanically coupled to a governor, so that the governor causes a rotation of the control rod. A first stage exhaust valve, a second stage left exhaust valve, and a second stage right exhaust valve are also controllably linked to the control rod; and operating the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve by opening at least one of the second stage left exhaust valve and the second stage right exhaust valve before the first stage exhaust valve is completely open in an overlap operation. Related methods and structures for overlap, and/or stagger, and/or limiter operation of exhaust valves of an adjustable exhaust port 2-stroke motorcycle engine are also described.
US11795855B2	Exhaust gas purification catalyst Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of reducing a noble metal amount while maintaining a catalyst performance, which comprises a substrate and at least three catalyst coating layers formed on the substrate, the first and third catalyst coating layers contain Pd as a catalyst metal and are formed in a range of a predetermined length from an upstream end surface in an exhaust gas flow direction, and the second catalyst coating layer contains Rh as a catalyst metal and is formed in a range of a predetermined length from a downstream end surface in the exhaust gas flow direction.
US11795853B2	Exhaust gas turbine and method of operating the same An exhaust gas turbine (30) for expanding exhaust gas, comprising a turbine housing (33) having an inflow housing portion (35) for exhaust gas to be expanded and an outflow housing portion (36) for expanded exhaust gas, a turbine rotor (34) received by the turbine housing (33), the turbine rotor (34) being rotatable about an axis of rotation, a metering means (42) for a reducing agent or a precursor substance of a reducing agent, wherein the reducing agent or the precursor substance can be introduced into the expanded exhaust gas via the metering device (42), and with a swirl atomizer (43), rotating together with the turbine rotor (34), for the reducing agent or the precursor substance, the reducing agent or the precursor substance being atomizable in the expanded exhaust gas via the swirl atomizer (43), the swirl atomizer (43) engaging the turbine rotor (34) at a downstream, hub-side portion of the turbine rotor (34). Downstream of the turbine rotor (34) in extension of the axis of rotation of the turbine rotor (34), an impingement body (44) is arranged for the reducing agent or the precursor substance introduced into the exhaust gas and atomized, wherein a distance of the impingement body (44) from the swirl atomizer (43) corresponds to at most 7 times a diameter of the turbine rotor (34).
US11795849B1	Apparatus for purifying exhaust gas An apparatus for purifying exhaust gas includes an engine for producing power by burning a mixture of air and fuel, and discharging exhaust gas generated in a combustion process to the outside through an exhaust pipe; a first three-way catalyst (TWC) and a second three-way catalyst which are sequentially mounted on the exhaust pipe at a rear end of the engine, and convert noxious gas including carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas into harmless components through an oxidation-reduction reaction; and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) mounted between the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst and heated by application of electric power to transfer heat to the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst to cause the first three-way catalyst and the second three-way catalyst to reach a catalyst activation temperature.
US11795845B2	Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, having a cylinder crankcase delimiting a crank chamber and a lubricant pan accommodating a lubricant sump, which has a lubricant pan upper part arranged between the crank chamber and the lubricant sump and a lubricant pan lower part fastened on the lubricant pan upper part. Multiple ridges originate from a base component of the lubricant pan upper part in the direction of the lubricant sump, which ridges partially intersect and thus form chambers which are peripherally closed in section between them, and lubricant passage openings formed in the lubricant pan upper part open into at least part of the chambers, via which openings the crank chamber and the lubricant sump are fluidically connected.
US11795844B1	Oil cooler assembly and method of improving cooling systems of all-terrain vehicle An oil cooling assembly for an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) and a method of improving the efficiency of the ATV's cooling system is provided. The assembly or kit may include a relocating bracket that can be used to affix the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) oil cooler to a front portion of the ATV after the OEM oil cooler is removed from underneath the ATV frame. The kit may include a new reservoir tank that is larger than the OEM oil tank, as the relocation of the OEM oil cooler affords more spaced to accommodate the larger reservoir tank. The kit includes fluid conduits and barbed fittings to fluidly connect the relocated oil cooler to the reservoir tank, the reservoir tank to the motor, and the motor to the relocated oil cooler.
US11795838B2	Aircraft turbine shroud cooling device A device for cooling a turbine shroud comprising at least one annular flange configured to be attached to an annular radial collar of a shroud support structure being arranged upstream, with respect to a circulation direction of an air flow, of the turbine shroud, and comprising at least one cooling air circulation channel, a diffuser configured to be attached to said annular radial collar downstream of the annular flange and comprising at least one intake channel in fluid communication with the circulation channel of the annular flange, and comprising an injection cavity comprising a plurality of injection holes and being configured to inject on a radially external face of the shroud, via the injection holes, the cooling air originating in the intake channel, and a particle filter arranged on an inlet section of the circulation channel of the annular flange, the particle filter comprising a plurality of openings.
US11795837B2	Embedded electric machine A gas turbine engine defines a working air flowpath and includes an electrical system having an electric machine coupled to the rotary component at least partially inward of the working air flowpath along the radial direction and an electric bus electrically coupled to the electric machine. The electric bus includes an electric line extending through the working air flowpath within or downstream of a turbine section. The engine further includes a cooling system including a cooling fluid supply line and a cooling fluid return line, wherein a portion of the electric line extending though the working air flowpath is substantially embedded within the cooling fluid supply line, and wherein a portion of the cooling fluid supply line extending though the working air flowpath is substantially embedded within the cooling fluid return line.
US11795835B2	Safety apparatus for containing an energy release from a rotor assembly A safety apparatus for containing an energy release from a rotor sub-assembly, the safety apparatus includes a plurality of containment members. The containment member has an elongate region defining a longitudinal axis; and at least two arms projecting away from the longitudinal axis of the elongate region; and at least one connecting member connected to at least two of the plurality of containment members. In use the at least one connecting member is configured to connect the safety apparatus to the sub-assembly and the plurality of containment members are configured to withstand an energy release from the sub-assembly.
US11795834B2	Aircraft propulsion system An aircraft propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine; a generator; a storage battery; a motor which drives a rotor, using at least one of the electric power which is output from the generator and the electric power which is output from the storage battery; a detection unit which detects the number of revolutions of the engine shaft; an engine control unit which controls at least a fuel flow rate of the gas turbine engine; and a generator control unit which controls the operation of the generator. When the number of revolutions satisfies a predetermined condition, at least the generator control unit executes a control for reducing a sudden change in the number of revolutions.
US11795833B1	Nozzle set An integrated nozzle set for injecting a substance into a turbine is provided. The nozzle set includes an outer nozzle container arranged around a part of a circle and an inner nozzle container having a first part arranged around a remaining part of the circle and a second part concentric with the outer nozzle container. The nozzle set further includes a diaphragm connected to the inner nozzle container and configured to seal a cavity of the turbine, a flange having spokes connected to the inner nozzle container, a set of nozzles, and collectors inserted into the outer nozzle container and configured to collect a substance. The nozzles include a first group of nozzles disposed in the outer nozzle container, a second group of nozzles disposed in the first part of the inner nozzle container, and a third group of nozzles disposed in the second part of the inner nozzle container.
US11795832B2	System and method for repairing high-temperature gas turbine components A method of repairing a component includes removing a damaged portion from the component to leave a first interface surface that is defined by a continuous curve, mixing a powdered base material and a binder to define a mixture, and printing the mixture into a desired shape without melting the base material. The method also includes removing the binder from the desired shape, solid-state sintering the desired shape to form a replacement piece having a second interface surface that is defined by the continuous curve, and attaching the second interface surface to the first interface surface to replace the damaged portion of the component.
US11795830B2	Water droplet erosion resistant coatings for turbine blades and other components A material for water droplet erosion- and corrosion-resistant coatings, comprising metallic tungsten alloyed with carbon in a substantially uniform nano-structure that is substantially free of oxygen, other than at surface portions exposed to air or moisture. The coatings disclosed may be particularly resistant to water droplet erosion when coated onto gas or steam turbine blades.
US11795829B2	Reactive thermal barrier coating A calcium-magnesium-alumino-silicate (CMAS)-reactive thermal barrier coating includes a ceramic coating and a CMAS-reactive overlay coating, wherein the CMAS-reactive overlay coating conforms to a surface of the ceramic coating and comprises a compound that forms a stable high melting point crystalline precipitate when reacted with molten CMAS at a rate that is competitive with CMAS infiltration kinetics into the thermal barrier coating. The ceramic coating phase is stable with the CMAS-reactive overlay coating.
US11795824B2	Airfoil profile for a blade in a turbine engine An apparatus and method for an engine component having a working airflow separated into a cooling airflow and a combustion airflow, the engine component comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced airfoils rotatable about a centerline defining an axial direction, each airfoil comprising an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip along a span-wise direction to define a span length; wherein each of the airfoils have an unguided turning angle to stagger angle ratio defined with respect to a percentage of the span length.
US11795822B2	Rotor arrangement for a gas turbine with inclined axial contact surfaces formed on rotor segments, gas turbine and aircraft gas turbine A rotor assembly may be used in a gas turbine. The rotor assembly includes rotor segments arranged in succession in an axial direction and interconnected in the axial direction by a tie-rod, and a rotor segment disposed forwardly in the axial direction having a first contact surface and a rotor segment disposed rearwardly in the axial direction having a second contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces are at least partially in contact with each other, are substantially annular in shape, and extend in a radial direction and in a circumferential direction. The first contact surface and/or the second contact surface extend at least partially obliquely relative to the radial direction. An angle is formed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface when viewed in a sectional plane defined by the axial direction and the radial direction.
US11795821B1	Rotor having crack mitigator A rotor for an aircraft engine, has: a hub extending circumferentially about a central axis, the hub having a bore, a gaspath-facing surface located radially outwardly of the bore relative to the central axis, a first face extending from the bore to the gaspath-facing surface, and a second face opposite the first face and extending from the bore to the gaspath-facing surface; blades circumferentially distributed about the central axis, the blades protruding away from the gaspath-facing surface of the hub; and a crack mitigator located on the first face, the crack mitigator extending circumferentially relative to the central axis, the crack mitigator extending axially from a baseline surface of the first face.
US11795813B2	Modified sonic tool for advanced formation evaluation A formation evaluating system including a sonic sensor device attached to a drill string adjacent to a bit includes a sonic source and a first sonic receiver aligned adjacent to the sonic source, and a second sonic receiver aligned with a horizontal offset X. Three kind of two-way trip times are measured: from the sonic source to a) the first receiver after a reflection at the borehole wall, b) the first receiver after propagation in a layer below the borehole wall, an invaded zone, and a reflection at an interface below the borehole wall, and c) the second receiver after oblique propagations in the invaded zone and a reflection at the interface. After determining a sonic speed in the drilling mud and a sonic speed in a matrix of the invaded zone, a porosity and a thickness of the invaded zone are estimated based on a time average equation.
US11795812B2	Continuous assessment of well elements using fiber optics A well system includes a fiber-optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system further includes an opto-electrical interface to communicatively couple to the fiber-optic cable to monitor a gas released from a well element within the wellbore. Further, the well system includes a processing device and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device. The instructions cause the processing device to detect hydrogen absorption by the fiber-optic cable within the wellbore and determining a location of deterioration of the well element using the detected hydrogen absorption by the fiber-optic cable.
US11795811B2	Method and system to improve open loop systems A method and system for transmitting an electromagnetic (EM) signal in a wellbore to improve an open loop system. The method comprises measuring a parameter indicative of a property of a transmitter using a sensor in the wellbore and generating an input signal for the transmitter based at least in part on the measured parameter to correct distortions exhibited by the output signal of the transmitter. The method comprises also comprises applying the input signal to the transmitter to transmit the EM signal corrected for distortions. The system comprises an antenna, a transmitter, a sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured and operable to generate an input signal for the transmitter based at least in part on the measured parameter to correct distortions exhibited by an output signal of the transmitter; and apply the input signal to the transmitter to transmit the EM signal corrected for the distortions.
US11795810B2	Flare systems analyzer Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for real-time flare network monitoring. Real-time flaring volume data is received from relief devices connected to a flare network. The real-time flaring volume data is analyzed in conjunction with heat and material balance information of the relief devices. A comprehensive molar balance is performed based on the analyzing, the balancing including losses/feed percentages for each component of the flare network including the relief devices throughout the flare network. Flaring data for the components is aggregated for each flare header. Real-time flare network monitoring information, including instantaneous component-wise flaring for each flare header in the flare network is provided for display to a user in a user interface.
US11795809B2	Electronics enclosure for downhole tools An electronics enclosure system includes a pressure housing with a thermally conductive material and a plurality of shells disposed within the pressure housing, wherein the plurality of shells are coupled together to form an enclosure, and wherein each shell of the plurality of shells comprises thermally conductive material. The electronics enclosure system further includes at least one circuit board secured to an inner surface of a respective shell of the plurality of shells and a plurality of electronic components secured to the at least one circuit board, the plurality of shells, or some combination thereof.
US11795807B2	Flow measuring and monitoring apparatus for a subsea tree A subsea tree assembly with a flow monitoring and measuring apparatus includes a production wing valve block coupled to a production wing branch, the production wing valve block including a wing block connector, and a fluid processing module including a frame, a module connector including an inlet and an outlet, and a fluid flow loop coupled between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the module connector is fluidicly coupled to the wing block connector. A production fluid flow goes from the production wing valve block and returns to the same block via the wing block connector, the module connector, and the fluid flow loop. A flow monitoring and measuring apparatus for a subsea tree assembly includes a module frame, a module connector connectable to a production wing valve block, the module connector including an inlet and an outlet, and a fluid flow conduit forming a loop from the outlet of the module connector back to the inlet of the module connector.
US11795806B2	Apparatus and methods for uninterrupted drilling In at least one embodiment, a control system may include a processor coupled to the database. The control system may include a memory accessible to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor for: during slide drilling, detecting an increase to a first differential pressure (ΔP) that is greater than a first threshold pressure. In at least one embodiment, the control system may responsive to detecting the first ΔP, determining a time duration for which the first ΔP exceeds the first threshold pressure. In at least one embodiment, the control system may responsive to the first ΔP exceeding the first threshold pressure for less than a first threshold time, continuing the slide drilling without modifying a drilling parameter.
US11795803B2	Method of removing hydrocarbons from produced water The present invention relates to a method for removing hydrocarbons from produced water, comprising: (i) separating produced water from a hydrocarbon and water mixture extracted from a subterranean formation: (ii) contacting said produced water with multivalent metal cations to produce a mixture of produced water and multivalent metal cations; and (iii) removing hydrocarbons from said mixture in a hydrocyclone and/or a compact flotation unit to give treated produced water, wherein the concentration of hydrocarbons in said produced water is less than 10% wt.
US11795802B2	Method and materials for manipulating hydraulic fracture geometry A method for manipulating hydraulic fracture geometry. In one embodiment, the method comprises injecting a fracturing fluid into a well to generate one or more hydraulic fractures in a subsurface rock formation and then substantially draining any fluids from the one or more hydraulic fractures. The method may further comprise injecting a hydrophilic polymer and one or more crosslinking agents into the well to subsequently form low-density hydrogels which may then screen out only each tip of the one or more hydraulic fractures. A working fluid may then be injected into the well to increase fracture width of the one or more hydraulic fractures without substantially increasing fracture length. In an alternative embodiment, the hydrophilic polymer may be fully crosslinked by the one or more crosslinking agents and injected as pre-formed particle gels (PPGs) which may also screen out only each tip of the one or more hydraulic fractures.
US11795801B2	Apparatus and method of disbursing materials into a wellbore A system includes a dispensing device having a material chamber to store an oilfield material and to fluidly couple to a wellhead, a plurality of flow control devices to control a flow of the oilfield material via the material chamber, a plurality of sensors to measure one or more properties related to the dispensing device, and a control system communicatively coupled to the dispensing device. The control system opens a first flow control device to fill the material chamber with the oilfield material, monitors a condition associated with the material chamber based on the properties measured via the plurality of sensors, opens a second flow control device to provide a high pressure fluid into the material chamber when the condition is present, and open a third flow control device, where the third flow control device fluidly couples the material chamber to the wellhead.
US11795798B2	Pumping system for a wellsite A pumping system is provided. The pumping system may include a drive assembly and a pump assembly that is operatively coupled to the drive assembly. The pump assembly may include a pump configured to pressurize a fluid and a multispeed gearbox that is attached to the pump. The multispeed gearbox may be configured to transfer rotational energy from the drive assembly to the pump.
US11795797B2	Inverted shroud for steam assisted gravity drainage system Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for increasing production performance in a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage system. In one implementation, an upper mating unit of an inverted shroud assembly is received with a lower mating unit of the inverted should assembly in a slidable relationship. The upper mating unit is coupled to a pump-intake assembly. The lower mating unit is coupled to a motor-seal assembly. The slidable relationship secures the pump-intake assembly to the motor-seal assembly. A motor of the motor-seal assembly is directly cooled by opening the motor to a production well based on an exterior attachment of the motor-seal assembly relative to an inverted shroud.
US11795792B2	Micro-controller-based switch assembly for wellbore systems and method A switch assembly, which is part of a chain of switch assemblies. The switch assembly includes a micro-controller PB that has no address, a thru-line switch, and a detonator switch. The micro-controller PB is configured to directly communicate with an upstream or downstream switch assembly through a pulsing scheme, and the micro-controller PB receives no command from a surface controller.
US11795790B2	Slide-in frame for shaped charges A frame for a shaped charge has a body with a cylindrical configuration, the body having a central passage along an axis thereof and a track extending in a direction parallel to the axis for installing and removing a shaped charge, the track having a snap structure. The frame provides a slide-in snap-in charge receptacle for a shaped charge.
US11795788B2	Thermoset swellable devices and methods of using in wellbores A fluid control device includes a filtration component, which has a porous filtration medium. The filtration medium contains a shape memory thermoset material foamed with a polymeric microsphere and a gas-producing chemical foaming agent. The porous filtration medium is configured to be compacted from an initial shape to a compacted shape, deployed in the borehole, and subsequently expanded to conform to a surface of the borehole.
US11795786B2	Downhole energy harvesting Downhole electrical energy harvesting and communication in systems for well installations having metallic structure carrying electric current, for example CP current. In some instances there is a harvesting module (4) electrically connected to the metallic structure (2) at a first location and to a second location spaced from the first location, the first and second locations being chosen such that, in use, there is a potential difference therebetween due to the electric current flowing in the structure (2); and the harvesting module (4) being arranged to harvest electrical energy from the electric current. In addition or alternatively, there may be communication apparatus (4, 5, 6) for communication by modulation of the current, for example CP current, in the metallic structure (2).
US11795785B2	Device for measuring stratum deformation during natural gas hydrate exploitation A device for measuring stratum deformation caused by natural gas hydrate dissociation is provided. The device is configured to be disposed inside a natural gas hydrate reactor, wherein the natural gas hydrate reactor is configured to simulate natural gas hydrate formation layers in the natural gas hydrate reactor, and the natural gas hydrate formation layers include a superstratum layer, a sediment layer and a substratum layer from top to bottom. The device includes a displacement sensor fixing plate, displacement sensors and a flexible elastic plate. A plurality of displacement sensors are provided and evenly distributed, wherein a first end of each displacement sensor is fixed to the displacement sensor fixing plate and a second end of each displacement sensor is stretchably and sealingly fixed to the flexible elastic plate. The flexible elastic plate is tightly attached to the superstratum layer.
US11795784B1	System and method for carbon dioxide sequestration in offshore saline aquifers as carbon dioxide hydrate A CO2 sequestration system sequesters carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate in offshore saline aquifers. The system includes an offshore aquifer in a tropical region. A plurality of wellbores are positioned inside or around a perimeter of the aquifer. The CO2 may be injected into the aquifer via separate injectors located in the wellbores connected to the aquifer while aquifer water or brine is produced from one or more of the other wellbores and provided to the aquifer. Injection of the CO2 into and production of water from the offshore aquifer at separately timed intervals may maintain the reservoir pressure below the reservoir fracture pressure and the hydrate formation pressure so that the CO2 may be stored as carbon dioxide hydrate within the aquifer. Depending on the specific output desired, the aquifer may be positioned either straddling or within a hydrate stability zone. A method for sequestering CO2 uses the aforementioned system to carry out CO2 sequestration.
US11795780B2	Electronic flow control node to aid gravel pack and eliminate wash pipe A completion assembly to aid in gravel packing a wellbore which assembly includes a plurality of interconnected sand screen assemblies, each sand screen assembly having a wireless adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the sand screen base pipe to control flow of a gravel packing slurry from the base pipe into the wellbore annulus. Each electronic flow control node includes a valve that can be adjusted by an electric actuator powered by a power harvesting mechanism disposed in a flow path of the completion assembly. A wireless transmitter receives a control signal to control the electric actuator. The control signal may be transmitted sequentially from a distal most sand screen assembly to a proximal sand screen assembly in order to sequentially build the gravel pack.
US11795777B2	Segmented retainer for high pressure barriers Apparatus and methods are disclosed for securing a component, such as a sealing element, to a tubular member, such as a mandrel, of a downhole tool. In at least one example, a retaining ring is used to secure the component to a mandrel. The retaining ring is secured to the mandrel with a plurality of discrete retention segments disposed within a channel at least partially defined by an internal groove on the retaining ring and an external groove on the mandrel. The retention segments are individually insertable into the channel through an access opening on the retaining ring. A compression spring may be provided in the channel to provide compressive engagement of the retention segments. Various closure configurations are also disclosed for closing the access opening once the retention segments have been inserted.
US11795770B2	Tool trap system A tool trap system includes a housing defining a bore, a shaft coupled to the housing, and a flapper and an actuation system coupled to the shaft. The flapper selectively obstructs the bore through the housing. The actuation system includes a lever coupled to and configured to rotate the shaft, a cylinder configured to contact the lever, a hydraulic cylinder, and a piston rod extending through the cylinder and the hydraulic cylinder. The cylinder is configured to move axially along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder to rotate the lever. In response to manual actuation of the tool trap system, the hydraulic cylinder remains in place as the cylinder moves axially. In response to powered actuation of the tool trap system, a fluid pumped into the hydraulic cylinder axially moves the hydraulic cylinder, and the piston rod remains in place as the cylinder moves axially.
US11795768B2	Torque transfer and control apparatus for a drilling tool There is disclosed a torque transfer apparatus for a mineral drilling tool used in a downhole assembly of a drill string. The drilling tool has a downhole drill bit and one or more uphole drill bits spaced apart from the downhole drill bit, with the torque transfer apparatus being located between them. The apparatus has an axial bore therethrough for fluid flow and comprises first and second members being rotatably joined to each other. The apparatus rotationally couples and transfers torque between the first and second members when a torque difference between torque on the downhole drill bit and torque on the uphole drill bit is below a threshold torque value. The apparatus disengages the rotational coupling while the torque difference exceeds the threshold torque value. The flow rate of drilling fluid flowing through the axial bore is altered when the apparatus engages and disengages the coupling.
US11795767B1	Fiber optic wetmate Systems and methods are provided to facilitate connection of multiple stage completions. A first completion stage is deployed at a wellbore location. Subsequently, the next completion stage is moved downhole into engagement with the first completion stage. The completion stages each have communication lines that are coupled together downhole via a wetmate connection. Debris prevention and removal devices and methods are also provided.
US11795762B2	Reamer block with cutter pocket holders A reamer includes a plurality of cutter pocket holders. The cutter pocket holders are separately manufactured and connected to a body of the reamer. The cutter pocket holders include a plurality of cutter pockets, into which cutting elements may be inserted. A radially rearward cutter pocket holder may include front-loading cutter pockets.
US11795758B2	Door frame and threshold assembly A door frame and threshold assembly, comprising a reservoir tube, including a first top surface comprising at least one inlet weep hole, a first rear surface, a first bottom surface, and a first front surface comprising at least one outlet weep hole, an interior sill portion, including a second top surface, a third top angled elevationally downward in a first direction, an exterior sill portion, including a fourth top surface angled elevationally downward in the first direction, a second rear surface engaged with the reservoir tube and spaced apart from the interior sill portion, and a third bottom surface, and a sill pan operatively arranged under and spaced apart from at least one of the first bottom surface and the third bottom surface, wherein the sill pan forms a conduit in fluid communication with the outlet weep hole.
US11795755B2	Banknote handling system for automated casino accounting A banknote handling system includes an unlocking system. The unlocking system includes a camera, a first mechanical arm to which one or a plurality of keys are affixed, and a controller that determines a position of a keyhole based on an image from the camera, and controls the first arm to insert one of the one or the plurality of keys into the keyhole and turn the inserted key for unlocking. In many examples, the unlocking system is configured to unlock a banknote cashbox.
US11795750B2	Dual function snubber A snubber includes an engagement portion with a free end configured to be removably engaged within a groove in a frame. The engagement portion includes a first engagement member and a second engagement member at least partially separated from the first engagement member. The second engagement member deflecting less than the first engagement member when a negative pressure is applied to the sash.
US11795748B2	Control cam assembly for controlling a movement of a furniture part A control curve arrangement includes a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.
US11795746B2	Pivot assembly and electronic device including the pivot assembly A pivot assembly includes a fixing base, a pivot portion, a center shaft, a compression spring and two hollow abrasion proof pieces. The fixing base is equipped with an isolating board defining a fixing hole. The pivot portion defines a pivoting hole in alignment with the fixing hole. The center shaft is inserted into the fixing hole and the pivoting hole. The compression spring is mounted around the center shaft. The two hollow abrasion proof pieces are sleeved around the center shaft. The two abrasion proof pieces are located between the isolating board and the pivot portion. The compression spring is located between the two abrasion proof pieces. An electronic device includes the pivot assembly.
US11795741B1	Door holder The door holder includes a flexlatch, a rigid plate, and a striker plate coupler. The door holder may be adapted to retain a door open at a fixed opening width such that a smaller pet may pass through the open doorway and a larger pet or a small child is prevented from passing through the open doorway. The door holder may couple between a door knob of the door and a striker plate in a door frame by securing the flexlatch around the door knob and by hooking the striker plate coupler onto the striker plate. Spring action of the flexlatch may assure that the striker plate coupler remains coupled to the striker plate. The flexlatch, the rigid plate, and the striker plate coupler may be formed into a single element that may hang from the door knob when not in use.
US11795739B2	Vehicle door having an extendable door handle A motor vehicle door has a shell and a door handle that can be moved laterally in relation to a vehicle longitudinal axis between a retracted and an extended position. In the retracted position the door handle is in a recess adjusted to the contour of the door handle, the recess being arranged in the shell of the vehicle door with a door handle surface substantially flush with the shell. In the extended position, the door handle is moved laterally outwards so that it is actuatable from outside for opening the vehicle door. In the extended position, the door handle is firstly in active connection with a switch, which is coupled to the electrical unlocking device of a door lock, and secondly is mechanically coupled to the door lock, such that an actuation of the door handle with a minimal actuation path effectuates the switch and an electrical unlocking device of the door lock and an actuation of the door handle with a greater actuation path effectuates a mechanical unlocking of the door lock.
US11795736B2	Vehicle door structure A vehicle door structure includes: a door having a door body defining a closed section with a door inner panel and a door outer panel; an engaging member configured to hold the door in a closed and stopped state by engaging with an engaged member; and a load transmitting member configured to, when a load in a direction perpendicular to a design surface on a vehicle cabin outer side of the door outer panel is input, transmit the load toward a base end side of the engaging member and apply a load to the base end side of the engaging member in an engagement direction of the engaging member with the engaged member.
US11795735B2	Tamper proof cable lock Provided is a cable lock including a locking clasp including first and second clasp components having first and second security cable connection arms. The locking clasp includes at least one groove. The at least one groove is configured to receive at least one device cable. The cable lock includes a security cable having a wire rope and a vinyl coating. The wire rope includes a plurality of wire strings arranged in a plurality of clusters. The first and second security cable connection arms of the locking clasp are coupled to a first end of the security cable. First and second stop sleeves are disposed on opposite sides of the first and second security cable connection arms. A device connection means is disposed at a second end of the security cable opposite the first end of the security cable.
US11795732B2	Self-locking gate assembly A self-locking gate assembly having a gate with a first hollow member and a second hollow member connected by a vertical support. A locking assembly, associated with the first hollow member is operatively connected to an upper mounting assembly adapted to open and automatically close the gate based upon activation and deactivation of the locking assembly.
US11795731B2	Electromechanical drive system An access control device generally includes an electromechanical actuator operable to transition the access control device between a locked state and an unlocked state, an energy storage device operable to store electrical power from a power supply, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to direct a first electrical power from the energy storage device to the electromechanical actuator in response to one or more first criteria. In a fail secure mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the locked state. In a fail safe mode, the first electrical power is configured to cause the electromechanical actuator to transition the access control device to the unlocked state. Certain embodiments further include a user-adjustable switch operable to transition the control circuitry between the fail secure mode and the fail safe mode.
US11795729B2	Handle for a compartment of a low, medium or high voltage switchgear A handle for a compartment of a low, medium or high voltage switchgear includes: a body part; a hand grasping part; and a lock. The handle is movable from a closed position to an open position. When the handle is in the closed position, the handle is not useable to open a door of a compartment of the switchgear. When the handle is in the open position, the handle is useable to open the door of the compartment of the switchgear. In the open position, the hand grasping part is positioned so as to be graspable by a human user. In the closed position, a transition of an active element in the compartment of the switchgear from a quiescent state to an active or potentially active state activates the lock. Activation of the lock stops the handle from moving from the closed position to the open position.
US11795726B2	Fence post sleeve assembly A fence post sleeve assembly for facilitating a fence post to easily be removed or replaced includes a post guide which includes a first half that is coupled to a second half. The post guide defines a sleeve to insertably receive a fence post. Furthermore, the post guide is comprised of a rigid material thereby facilitating the post guide to be buried in a post hole without collapsing. In this way the fence post can be inserted or removed from the post hole. A base is attached to the post guide to inhibit the fence post from passing through the sleeve defined by the first half and the second half.
US11795722B1	Tornado shelter A tornado shelter apparatus includes a substantially unitary shell positionable at least partially below a ground surface. A cover is slidably movable over an opening of the shell. The cover has an arced shape with a substantial center point of the cover being positioned higher than a side edge of the cover. At least one lock is provided for removably locking the cover to the shell.
US11795719B1	Control method of an underwater robot based on ultrasonic radar, underwater robot and non-volatile storage medium An operating method of an underwater robot based on ultrasonic radar, an underwater robot and a non-volatile storage medium is described. The method comprises: controlling the underwater robot to travel in a first direction from any first position at a bottom of a pool to a second position close to a wall of the pool based on an electrical signal from the ultrasonic radar; controlling the underwater robot to travel from the second position along the wall to a third position to generate an along-wall path; comparing the along-wall path with a pool bottom model, and determining the position information of the third position in the pool bottom model; and controlling the underwater robot to travel along a spiral path starting from the third position to traverse the whole bottom based on the position information.
US11795717B2	Fluid chemistry manifolds and systems Disclosed herein are fluid chemistry systems comprising fluid chemistry manifolds. The fluid chemistry manifolds can comprise an inlet, two flow paths in fluid communication with the inlet, one or more probe apertures, and an outlet in fluid communication with the two flow paths. The one or more probe apertures can be configured to receive at least a portion of a corresponding fluid chemistry probe. The probe can be configured to detachably attach to the one or more probe apertures and fluidly communicate with the flow path. The probe can include one or more of a pH sensor, an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) sensor, and a total dissolved solids (TDS) sensor. The systems can also comprise an adjustable valve configured to selectively permit a predetermined amount of fluid flow through the at least one of the two flow paths.
US11795712B2	Fall arrest assembly A fall arrest assembly for anchoring a fall arresting line to a pair of roof trusses includes a truss mount that has a pair of channels each being integrated into the truss mount. The pair of channels is oriented parallel with respect to each other to insertably receive a beam of a respective one of a pair of roof trusses thereby mounting the truss mount to the pair of roof trusses. An anchor box is integrated into the truss mount and the anchor box has an anchor point which is integrated into the anchor box. In this way the anchor point can have a fall arresting line attached to the anchor point thereby facilitating the fall arresting line to be mounted to the pair of roof trusses.
US11795710B2	Binding machine A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit which feeds a wire, a curl guide which curls the fed wire around an object to be bound, a binding unit including a twisting shaft provided to be rotatable around an axis, a gripping part provided at one end of the twisting shaft and a drive unit provided to the other end of the twisting shaft, a control unit which controls the drive unit, and a binding machine main body which accommodates therein the binding unit and the control unit. When an inside of the binding machine main body is divided by a virtual plane perpendicular to the axis to be partitioned into a first space in which the gripping part is accommodated and a second space in which the drive unit is accommodated, the control unit is arranged in the second space in which the drive unit is accommodated.
US11795709B2	Prefabricated concrete pier top form A single-use or multi-use prefabricated pier top form for topping a concrete pier comprises a hollow mold with an upper portion in the desired shape of the finished pier top, a stepped-down tapered mid portion, and a lower mating portion for mating with the pier form so that concrete can be continuously poured to fill both the pier form and the pier top form at one time. Use of the prefabricated pier top form results in substantial time and material savings because the top of the pier residing above ground can be formed at the same time as the footer and pier are formed replacing the need to form a separate pier top after the pier and footer have been filled with concrete.
US11795708B2	Heavy duty spanning forms and related systems and methods A metal concrete form panel having a face sheet secured to a perimeter flange that includes side rails and end rails. One or more tie ribs extend between the end rails. A bolt block is secured in each corner to the perimeter flange where the side rails meet the end rails. A bar is located spaced inside each side rail and extended between and secured to each of the pair of opposing bolt blocks of the associated end rail and also secured to each intervening tie rib and to the face sheet.
US11795706B2	Structure inspection and access device A structure inspection and access device. The device includes a faceplate attachable to a structure, the faceplate having a front face and a rear face, an access aperture defined in the faceplate, the access aperture being selectively closeable by a cover, a tube having a proximal end in communication with the access aperture and extending in a distal direction from the rear face of the faceplate, and a valve disposed at a distal end of the tube.
US11795701B2	Floor covering with interlocking design Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet comprising at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer comprising at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet comprise a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
US11795700B2	Floor tile with waterproof connection A floor tile comprising a base substrate and a laminate layer, wherein the base substrate comprises a top layer with a laminate layer receiver on a top surface thereof and a bottom layer with connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a base substrate of a further tile to form an interconnected flooring system. The top layer of the base substrate extends over connecting means on at least one side of the base substrate, characterized in that the base substrate further comprises waterproofing means for engaging with waterproofing means of a base substrate of at least one further tile to provide a waterproof seal between the tile and at least one further tile.
US11795696B1	Roof rock spreader A roof rock spreader has a rock hopper and a motive drive system. An optical system detects areas already treated and areas still in need of treatment. Location aware sensors detect present location and speed of travel. A control system determines proper application paths and locations, and controls application of roof rock to provide an even and consistent layer. When the rock hopper empties, the roof rock spreader will move to a refill location. A laser alignment system detects and confirms proper hopper positioning prior to automated refill. During the refilling procedure, wheel load sensors monitor hopper fill. Rock hopper refill may be limited, to accommodate gross vehicle weight limitations of a particular roof. A communication system provides remote viewing through the optical system or other camera to confirm proper function, provides remote emergency shut-off, and enables a plurality of like spreaders to work in unison.
US11795694B2	Stabilizing support structural collar system Technologies and implementations for a support collar facilitating various mechanical strengths is provided.
US11795686B2	Workspace wall panels and systems including same A wall panel for a workspace system includes a monolithic wall portion and a cover carried by the monolithic wall portion. The monolithic wall portion includes a first surface, an aperture including a wall opening formed on the first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The cover includes a channel adjacent to the first surface, and the channel and the aperture together define an internal chamber. The cover further includes a cover opening coupled to the channel. The wall panel further includes an electrical assembly carried in the internal chamber. The electrical assembly includes a receptacle that is accessible via the cover opening.
US11795683B2	Drop-in ceiling wall system A system and method for building a solid wall with a drop-in ceiling includes a floor track to be secured on a base floor. A support structure of studs is to be secured to the floor track. Cornice rails are to be placed on top of the studs. Splice plates are to connect ends of the cornice rails together. A top cladding is to be installed to at least a portion of the studs at a fixed distance below the top of the studs. The top cladding is to be installed prior to the cornice rails being secured to the top of the studs. Ceiling mounts are to be installed on top of the cladding in a manner that provides equal spacing reveals between the ceiling mounts and the cladding. Splice plates are to connect ends of the ceiling mounts together. A secondary cladding is to be installed to the studs. To complete the wall system, a drop-in ceiling is secured on top of the ceiling mounts.
US11795680B2	Method and arrangement for constructing and interconnecting prefabricated building modules A modular building system allows for quickly and easily erecting prefabricated wall panels on a building foundation at a construction site. The system allows for manufacturing and installing, at a high level, complete budding components, using steps that are highly repeatable and scalable, resulting in construction that is quick and efficient, and easily performed at many types and locations of construction sites. A system in accordance with the invention comprises a wad panel, a floor panel and a roof panel. The wad panel comprises a horizontal member supported along a bottom horizontal edge, and a plurality of vertical studs integral to the horizontal member and extending vertically downward from the horizontal member. A floor panel comprises a rail disposed rigidly fixed to the foundation and defining an enclosure to receive the plurality of vertical studs of the wall panel to thereby vertically position the wall panel upon the foundation.
US11795676B2	Bidet and dispenser for use in tub or shower A bidet chair, having legs and a seat, for use in cleaning the body is disclosed. The seat has a spray port extending from the top side to the underside dimensioned to receive the face of a showerhead. Preferably a screen, extending completely or partially across the spray port prevents the showerhead from extending past the seat. A showerhead retaining member places the showerhead under the seat, positioning the face to expel water out the spray port. Preferably the seat also contains drain holes for water drainage during use. The showerhead retaining member can be a showerhead tray having a showerhead receiving area and support system to enable vertical movement of the showerhead tray. In another embodiment the showerhead retaining area can be a pair of rails to hold a retaining element containing the showerhead.
US11795672B2	Smart sink Disclosed is a sink assembly including a basin, an apron, and an apron module. The basin includes a floor and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the floor. The floor and the plurality of sidewalls together define a reservoir configured to receive fluid therein. The apron module is disposed within the volume and includes an audio system. The apron module may be sized to be fully received within the volume.
US11795669B2	Method for mounting faucet assembly The present invention provides a method for mounting a faucet assembly comprising: extending and passing a water duct of a faucet through a base, and connecting the water duct to a fixing plate, wherein a size of the fixing plate is larger than a size of the base; extending and passing the water duct through a mounting hole of a mounting table, and mounting and fixing the base to the mounting hole; removing the water duct from the fixing plate, and mounting the water duct to the faucet; and mounting the faucet to the base. The object of the present invention is to provide a method for mounting a faucet assembly, so that a water duct of a faucet is less likely to fall during the mounting process, thereby improving the mounting efficiency of the faucet assembly.
US11795666B2	Wireless communication system within a mechanical room A wireless communication system includes a plurality of sensors and a device. Each sensor is configured to measure data and communicate over a network using low power signal communication. The device is connected to an in-wall power source and configured to wirelessly communicate over the network using low power signal communication. Further, the device is configured to transmit data from the sensors to a remote gateway using high power signal communication.
US11795665B2	Position-biased locking pin assembly for a ground engaging wear member A locking pin assembly for securing a wear member to a support structure may include a body portion and may include a shaft member partially disposed within and extending from the body portion and rotatable between a first position that mechanically inhibits removal of a ground engaging member from a support structure and a second position that permits removal of the ground engaging member from the support structure. A wear member for receiving a locking pin assembly may include a bore extending laterally through the bore member with a proximal opening and a distal opening, an installation ramp and a removal ramp may be disposed at the proximal opening for engaging a tang of a shaft member of the locking pin assembly.
US11795660B2	Hydraulic system of construction machine A hydraulic system of a construction machine includes: control valves interposed between a main pump and hydraulic actuators; and first solenoid proportional valves connected to pilot ports of the control valves. The hydraulic system further includes: a brake for a slewing motor; and a second solenoid proportional valve connected to a brake release port of the brake by a secondary pressure line and connected to an auxiliary pump by a primary pressure line. A switching valve including a pilot port connected to the secondary pressure line by a pilot line is interposed between the auxiliary pump and the first solenoid proportional valves.
US11795657B2	Counterweight mounting device and working machine having the same A counterweight mounting device, which is installed on a frame supporting a counterweight, includes a first link of which a lower end is coupled to the frame so that the first link is rotatable about a first hinge shaft, a second link including a slot guide into which a second hinge shaft coupled to an upper end of the first link is inserted and in which the second hinge shaft slides, a hydraulic cylinder of which a lower end is coupled to the frame so that the hydraulic cylinder is rotatable about a cylinder rotation shaft and an upper end is coupled to the second hinge shaft and rotates the first link, and a connection member installed on an upper end of the second link and connected to the counterweight.
US11795655B1	Bucket apparatuses, systems, and methods for zero turn work machines A work machine is operatively coupled with a bucket attachment. A lift mechanism coupled with the work machine is adjustable to a plurality of Z-axis positions. The bucket attachment includes a bucket rotatably coupled with a frame. The frame is rotatably coupled with a rear end of the work machine and is coupled with the lift mechanism by at least one flexible rigging. The lift mechanism is adjustable to a first position in which the frame is rotated so that the bucket contacts the underlying ground surface and the flexible rigging does not support any of a weight of the frame and to a second position in which the frame is rotated so that the bucket is raised above the underlying ground surface and the flexible rigging supports at least a portion of the weight of the frame.
US11795652B2	Method of compaction of bases composed of weak mineral soils Methods for strengthening soils under bases and foundations of buildings and structures with compaction of the base composed of weak mineral soils by determining the optimal design process parameters of the ground piles over the entire area of the base. The essence of the invention is that the method of compaction of bases composed of weak mineral soils that includes formation of a well, filling each well with the compacting material, and creation of a compacting effect on the compacting material by the hollow tubular working tool to form a ground pile. Preliminary engineering and geological surveys of the base area is performed to determine the values of the modulus of deformation, the Poisson's ratio, the internal friction angle, the specific cohesion, the specific gravity, and the initial void ratio of the weak mineral soil.
US11795649B2	Apparatus and method for subsea wall insertion A lead for installing a pile into a seabed floor comprising:an elongated body extending longitudinally along a first axis in a first direction from a top end to a bottom end and configured to receive a pile oriented in the first direction; anda lead indexing foot attached to the bottom end of the elongated body and laterally offset with regard to the first axis.
US11795645B2	Portable water inflatable barrier integral with support base A portable, water-filled barrier system includes a water-fillable module that is internally divided into cells that emulate a section of a sandbag dike or wall, the module being fixed to an underlying base having front and rear boundaries that extend up from base and horizontally restrain the module. The base can be flexible and water filled, or rigid, and can be installed at or below grade. A lid can extend between the front and rear boundaries of a rigid base to cover the unfilled module, enabling the assemblies to be stacked when stored and transported. The lid can be hinged and, when open, can be supported by at least one brace extending from behind the lid to underlying terrain, where it can be wedged or staked in place. Adjacent bases can be joined at the front and rear to maintain contact between adjacent modules.
US11795644B2	Flood barrier A flood barrier module that is light, easy to install, easy to remove or stow, and resistant to softening of underlying ground includes an inclined front wall penetrated by holes near a top thereof, as well as side walls, a rear wall, and a base wall, which together surround a substantially watertight interior. The module is initially anchored by its own weight and/or by stakes or similar means. When impacted by flood waters that rise higher than the holes, the module is filled with flood water that is retained within the interior, such that the weight of the retained water anchors it to the ground, even if the ground becomes softened. Embodiments can be folded or disassembled and stacked into a flat, stowed configuration. The module can be installed in a sump or pit, and can be at or below grade when stowed.
US11795643B2	Method for constructing inner dump type strip mine pit bottom reservoirs section by section The present invention discloses a method for constructing inner dump type strip mine pit bottom reservoirs section by section, specifically including the following steps: S1: processing end slopes: discarding clay at a lowest step of an inner waste dump of a strip mine; S2: discharging concrete to slope faces of lowest steps of the end slopes on two sides of a pit bottom; S3: sealing the bottom; S4: discarding gravel into a pit of the strip mine; S5: laying geotextile; S6: re-adopting clay on the lowest steps of the end slopes of the inner waste dump, so as to form a reservoir sealing isolation layer; S7: constructing a plurality of reservoirs step by step in an advancing direction of the strip mine; S8: storing water resources: completing installation of water storage wells; S9: completing installation of water fetching wells; S10: storing water resources.
US11795642B1	Plow assembly A snow plow having a wing that is rotatably coupled to a side of a primary plow, and configured to rotate about an axis relative to a side of the primary plow. The wing may include a window that allows passage of light output from the vehicle headlamps.
US11795640B2	Vehicle barrier A vehicle barrier includes a longitudinally extending beam positioned vertically above a ground level and separating a protected side from an attack side, the beam comprising beam sections, each of the beam sections comprising a web oriented generally parallel to the ground level, a line post positioned on the attack side and comprising a bottom end positioned in a concrete foundation and a frame, a line brace having a first brace end located with the frame and a second end secured in the concrete foundation such that the line brace and the concrete foundation form adjacent sides of a vertex on the protected side, and adjacent beam sections pivotally connected to each other at the frame and the first brace end.
US11795636B2	Systems and methods for making thermoplastic products and compositions Systems and methods to produce thermoplastic products in a process are described herein. In some cases, the systems and methods may eliminate contact between the product and a heat transfer fluid. The thermoplastic compositions can be useful for roadway markings. In some examples, a formed thermoplastic product is discharged by a product formation apparatus onto a temperature controlled transporter, cooled, and cut to a desired product dimension.
US11795634B2	Intelligent and two-dimensional traffic marking spraying device An automatic and intelligent spraying device for traffic marking intelligent. The spraying device for traffic marking includes a fixed bottom plate, a coating storage tank, a control box provided with a controller, an armrest, a row of nozzles, a speed sensor, and a driving motor. The coating storage tank is connected with coating pipes equipped with an electromagnetic valve. The fixed bottom plate is provided with a driving motor and rotating wheels. The driving motor drives the rotating wheels to move. The speed sensor is electrically connected with the controller and the driving motor. The controller controls a speed of the driving motor according to speed information detected by the speed sensor. The controller controls the driving motor, and controls the row of nozzles to spray according to a preset spray marking and spray pattern through the electromagnetic valve.
US11795633B2	Method for milling off traffic areas with a milling drum, as well as milling machine for carrying out the method for milling off traffic areas A method for milling off traffic areas with a milling drum of a milling machine includes: obtaining and storing target profile data of a desired target profile of a surface of the traffic area in target condition, wherein target values for a locally desired milling depth are assigned to position data in a stationary coordinate system independent of the milling machine; determining the current position of the milling drum in the coordinate system and detecting a current milling depth; during the milling operation, controlling the milling depth as a function of the target value assigned to the current position of the milling drum and the currently detected milling depth; updating the target profile data in the current position of the milling drum on the worked traffic area by the currently actually milled milling depth; and storing the updated target profile data.
US11795624B2	Through-air dried tissue products comprising regenerated cellulose fiber The present invention provides a wet-laid tissue product comprising regenerated cellulose fibers that can provide 25 percent or less of the total weight of the wet-laid tissue product. The regenerated cellulose fibers can have a linear density of less than about 1.5 dtex and a fiber length of less than 6.0 mm. The wet-laid tissue product can provide improvements in softness at a given strength. The products may also have improved wet physical properties when regenerated cellulose fibers are presented, such as improved wet tensile strength and wet burst. The improvement in wet physical properties does not come at the expense of dispersibility, as the products are readily dispersible and, in some instances, have improved dispersibility compared to similar products prepared entirely from conventional wood pulp fibers.
US11795620B2	Powdery paper-strengthening agent, paper-strengthening agent solution, and paper A method for manufacturing a powdery paper-strengthening agent including a branched (meth)acrylamide-based polymer (A) which includes a step of obtaining (A) component by polymerizing (meth)acrylamide (a1), anionic vinyl monomer (a2), cationic vinyl monomer (a3) and crosslinkable vinyl monomer (a4) in a solvent in a presence of a polymerization initiator, a step of dropping or putting the above (A) component into an organic solvent to form a precipitate, and a step of drying and pulverizing (A) component obtained as the precipitate.
US11795618B2	Method for producing a paper machine clothing A method for producing a paper machine clothing includes the following steps: a) providing a film-like substrate having an upper face and a lower face opposite the upper face; b) forming a pattern of holes in the substrate by boring a multiplicity of holes, which connect the upper face to the lower face, into the substrate by way of at least one laser light source. A bore hole strategy is applied which ensures that, in temporal sequence between the forming of a first hole and an immediately adjacent second hole in the pattern of holes, at least one further hole of the pattern of holes is formed in the substrate which is not immediately adjacent either the first hole or the second hole in the pattern of holes.
US11795616B2	Blade for a refiner The present invention relates to a blade for a disc refiner intended for refining lignocellulosic material, the blade (10) comprising a surface (1) delimited by an inner circumference (11) and an outer circumference (12), a refiner zone (2) on the surface (1) for refining lignocellulosic material, a blank zone (3) on the surface (1), wherein the refiner zone (2) is arranged closer to the inner circumference (11) than the blank zone (3), the blade (10) further comprising a separation groove (4) that is arranged between the refiner zone (2) and the blank zone (3), and at least one connecting groove (5) that connects the separation groove (4) to the outer circumference (12) of the blade (10) across the blank zone (3). The invention also relates to a blade pair and to a refiner comprising at least one blade.
US11795612B2	Aqueous ink compositions The invention provides an aqueous printing ink composition comprising a polyurethane dispersion, wherein the polyurethane of the polyurethane dispersion comprises the properties of (a) ketone or aldehyde groups present at one or more polymer chain ends; (b) a number average molecular weight ≤50,000, more preferably ≤25,000 and; (c) the content of ketone and/or aldehyde groups is in the range 0.02 to 4.0 mmol g−1, based on the dry polymer weight.
US11795608B2	Clothes treatment apparatus A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a door, and a steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a heat pump unit that is located in the cycle chamber and that is configured to circulate and condition air in the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply tank that is installed in the tank installation space, that is connected to the steam unit, and that is configured to supply water to the steam unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage tank that is separably installed in the tank installation space, that is configured to store condensed water generated in at least one of the treatment chamber or the heat pump unit. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a water supply level sensor. The clothes treatment apparatus further includes a drainage level sensor.
US11795605B2	Washing machine appliance and filtration assembly A washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a lid, and a filter assembly. The cabinet may define an opening. The tub may be disposed within the cabinet for the receipt of articles therein. The lid may be movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively cover the opening and restrict access to the tub. The filter assembly may be mounted to the lid to move therewith. The filter assembly may include an assembly box defining a box compartment and an assembly outlet upstream from the tub to direct liquid thereto. The assembly box may be movable relative to the lid. The filter assembly may further include a filter cartridge selectively received within the box compartment to filter liquid upstream from the assembly outlet.
US11795599B2	Washer appliance with removable agitator post having releasable ball mechanism A washer appliance with removable agitator post including a shaft positioned within the agitator post. A plunger may be attached to the shaft near the bottom end of the agitator post and is movable between an up position and a down position along the vertical axis. A plurality of bearings may be positioned between the plunger and the agitator post and configured for selective contact with the receptacle by movement through the openings at the bottom end of the agitator post so as to secure the agitator post in the receptacle when the plunger is in the up position and release the agitator post from the receptacle when the plunger is in the down position.
US11795587B2	Partial float weave fabric An innerduct for a cable containing one or more strip-shaped lengths of woven textile fabric configured to create a flexible, longitudinal compartment for enveloping a cable. The woven fabric comprises a plurality warp yarns and a plurality of picks of weft yarns, the weft yarns contain a repeating first weft pattern of at least one monofilament yarn and optionally at least one single-inserted multifilament yarn. The woven fabric contains an alternating pattern containing first weave zones and partial float weave zones. The warp yarns in the first weave zone pass successively over and under each adjacent weft yarn and at least a portion of the warp yarns in the partial float zone float over some adjacent weft yarns.
US11795583B2	Plasticized melt spinning process using ionic liquids for production of polyacrylonitrile fibers A method for producing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber, the method comprising: (i) mixing PAN with an ionic liquid in which the PAN is soluble to produce a PAN composite melt in which the PAN is dissolved in the ionic liquid; (ii) melt spinning the PAN composite melt to produce the PAN fiber; and (iii) washing the PAN fiber with a solvent in which the ionic liquid is soluble to substantially remove the ionic liquid from the PAN fiber. Also described herein is a method for producing carbon fiber from the PAN fiber as produced above, the method comprising oxidatively stabilizing the PAN fiber produced in step (iii), followed by carbonizing the stabilized PAN fiber to produce the carbon fiber. The initially produced PAN fiber, stabilized PAN fiber, resulting carbon fiber, and articles made thereof are also described.
US11795580B2	Molecules for verifying oligonucleotide directed combinatorial synthesis and methods of making and using the same The present disclosure relates to multifunctional verification molecules, including molecules according to formula (I): G-L-(B)K-Q-U, wherein G, L, B, K, Q, and U are defined herein. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparing and using such multifunctional verification molecules to remove defective multifunctional molecules and to quantify synthetic yield.
US11795572B2	Method of manufacturing a silicon carbide ingot comprising moving a heater surrounding a reactor to induce silicon carbide raw materials to sublimate and growing the silicon carbide ingot on a seed crystal A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide ingot, includes a preparing operation of adjusting internal space of a reactor in which silicon carbide raw materials and a seed crystal are disposed to have a high vacuum atmosphere, a proceeding operation of injecting an inert gas into the internal space, heating the internal space by moving a heater surrounding the reactor to induce the silicon carbide raw materials to sublimate, and growing the silicon carbide ingot on the seed crystal, and a cooling operation of cooling the temperature of the internal space to room temperature. The moving of the heater has a relative position which becomes more distant at a rate of 0.1 mm/hr to 0.48 mm/hr based on the seed crystal.
US11795571B2	Production and use of dynamic state charts when growing a single crystal silicon ingot Methods for growing a single crystal silicon ingot are disclosed. A dynamic state chart that monitors a plurality of ingot growth parameters may be produced and used during production of single crystal silicon ingots. In some embodiments, the dynamic state chart is a dynamic circle map chart having a plurality of sectors with each sector monitoring an ingot growth parameter.
US11795568B2	Production apparatus for gallium oxide crystal capable of preventing harmful substances formed in furnace from being diffused to surroundings of furnace A production apparatus for a metal oxide single crystal according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a furnace having an interior heated to a temperature of 1,500° C. or more in an oxidative atmosphere, a heater heating the interior of the furnace, an inlet pipe being disposed in a lower part of the furnace and connecting an interior and an exterior of the furnace, an exhaust pipe being disposed in an upper part of the furnace and connecting an interior and an exterior of the furnace, a duct being disposed above the furnace, and an exhaust fan and a harmful substance elimination device being disposed in the middle of the duct.
US11795564B2	Dye solution alternatives for reduced dye uptake in anodized layers This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes an aluminum alloy substrate and an anodized layer overlaying and formed from the aluminum alloy substrate. The anodized layer includes pores, where the pores include (i) dye particles that impart the anodized layer with a color, and (ii) divalent metal cations.
US11795562B2	Making multi-component structures using dynamic menisci A solution for making multi-component structures (145) is proposed. A corresponding method comprises delivering a plurality of galvanic solutions (115) at least in part different from each other through corresponding delivering ports (110) and removing the galvanic solutions (115) being delivered through a plurality of removing ports (120) thereby creating corresponding dynamic drops (125). Corresponding deposition currents (Ia-Id) are set individually for the galvanic solutions (115) as a function of an amount of the components of the galvanic solutions (115) in the multi-component structure (145). The substrate (130) and the dynamic drops (125) are brought into contact with each other in succession, thereby transforming the dynamic drops (125) into corresponding dynamic menisci (135a-135d) that galvanically deposit layers (140a-140d) of the corresponding components of the multi-component structure (145) onto the substrate (130). A corresponding deposition system (600; 700) is also proposed.
US11795556B2	Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material, preparation method therefor and use thereof The invention discloses a method for preparing a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material, which comprises the following steps: dissolving a ferric salt and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate in DMF and reacting at 180-200° C. for 6-24 hrs to obtain a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material. The present invention also provides a Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material supported by nickel foam, which includes a nickel foam substrate and the Fe-doped MoS2 nano-material loaded on the nickel foam substrate. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a preparation method and use of the above materials. In the invention, the desired product can be obtained by a one-pot solvothermal reaction, and thus the operation is simple. There is no need to introduce a surfactant for morphological control during the preparation process, and the resulting product has a clean surface and is easy to wash.
US11795555B2	Method of making NiO nanoparticles for electrocatalytic water splitting A method of making NiO nanoparticles is described, as well as a method of using NiO nanoparticles as an electrocatalyst component to a porous carbon electrode. The carbon electrode may be made of carbonized filter paper. Together, this carbon-supported NiO electrode may be used for water electrolysis. Using a pamoic acid salt in the NiO nanoparticle synthesis leads to smaller and monodisperse nanoparticles, which support higher current densities.
US11795553B2	Electrochemical mono-hydroxylation of organic compounds This invention relates to electrocatalytic processes for the formation of formate esters using at least one catalyst or pre-catalyst; wherein the formate ester can be further hydrolyzed.
US11795549B2	Metal plate for deposition mask, and deposition mask and manufacturing method therefor A metal plate to be used in the manufacture of a deposition mask comprises: a base metal plate; and a surface layer disposed on the base metal plate, wherein the surface layer includes elements different from those of the base metal plate, or has a composition ratio different from that of the base metal plate, and an etching rate of the base metal plate is greater than the etching rate of the surface layer. An embodiment includes a manufacturing method for a deposition mask having an etching factor greater than or equal to 2.5. The deposition mask of the embodiment includes a deposition pattern region and a non-deposition region, the deposition pattern region includes a plurality of through-holes, the deposition pattern region is divided into an effective region, a peripheral region, and a non-effective region, and through-holes can be formed in the effective region and the peripheral region.
US11795545B2	Multiple temperature range susceptor, assembly, reactor and system including the susceptor, and methods of using the same Susceptor assemblies, reactors and systems including the assemblies, and methods of using the assemblies, reactors, and systems are disclosed. Exemplary susceptor assemblies include two or more sections that can be moved relative to each other to allow rapid changes in a substrate temperature. The movement of the two or more sections can additionally or alternatively be used to manipulate conductance of gas flow through a reactor.
US11795544B2	Carrier ring used in a deposition chamber A chamber for processing deposition on a wafer includes a wafer holder having a central surface region for placing a wafer and a carrier ring support surface encircling the central surface region; and a carrier ring disposed on the carrier ring support surface. The carrier ring comprises an annular disk body comprising an annular wafer support region, an annular peripheral region, and an annular transition region between the annular wafer support region and the annular peripheral region. The annular peripheral region comprises a top carrier ring surface. The annular wafer support region has a lower carrier ring surface that is in physical contact with a wafer during processing. The annular transition region comprises a curved slope between the top carrier ring surface and the lower carrier ring surface.
US11795531B2	High-strength galvanized steel sheet, high strength member, and method for manufacturing the same A high-strength galvanized steel sheet of the present invention includes a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure containing, in terms of area ratio, 4% or more and 20% or less of retained austenite, 30% or less (including 0%) of ferrite, 40% or more of martensite, and 10% or more and 50% or less of bainite; and a galvanized layer provided on the steel sheet, in which an amount of diffusible hydrogen in the steel is less than 0.20 mass ppm, a tensile strength is 1100 MPa or more, a relationship between a tensile strength TS (MPa), an elongation El (%), and a sheet thickness t (mm) satisfies a (1) formula below, and a yield ratio YR is 67% or more. TS×(El+3−2.5t)≥13000 (1)
US11795529B1	Low-melting-point alloy composite material and composite material structure A low-melting-point alloy composite material and a composite material structure are provided. The low-melting-point alloy composite material includes 48 to 54 wt. % In, 30 to 36 wt. % Bi, 14 to 21 wt. % Sn, and at least one selected from 0.1 to 0.3 wt. % carbon material and 0.05 to 0.1 wt. % boron nitride (BN). The composite material structure includes a metal layer, a low-melting-point alloy composite material layer, and an interface material layer, wherein the material of the low-melting-point alloy composite material layer is the above low-melting-point alloy composite material, and the interface material layer is formed between the metal layer and the low-melting-point alloy composite material layers.
US11795528B2	Aluminum alloy material and method for manufacturing the same Provided is an aluminum alloy material for die-casting that allows being manufactured at low-price and has a high strength property and a sufficient elongation property as an aluminum alloy, and a method for manufacturing the same. An aluminum alloy material for die-casting contains Si: 9.6 mass % to 12 mass %, Cu: 1.5 mass % to 3.5 mass %, Mg: more than 0.3 mass % to 1.6 mass %, Zn: 0.01 mass % to 3.5 mass %, Mn: 0.01 mass % to 0.7 mass %, Fe: 0.01 mass % to 1.3 mass %, and Al and inevitable impurities: balance when the aluminum alloy material for die-casting as a whole is 100 mass %, and a mass ratio of Fe to Mn (Fe/Mn) is 4.4 or less.
US11795527B2	Pt—Co based alloy for medical use The present invention relates to an alloy for medical use, including Pt, Co, Cr, Ni, and Mo. The alloy includes 10 atom % or more and 30 atom % or less of Pt, 20 atom % or more and 31 atom % or less of Cr, 5 atom % or more and 24 atom % or less of Ni, 4 atom % or more and 8 atom % or less of Mo, the balance Co, and unavoidable impurities, and a ratio of the Ni content (CNi) to the Pt content (CPt), CNi/CPt is 1.5 or less. The present invention can be applied to various kinds of devices for medical use, such as catheter, embolic coils, and guide wires, in addition to stents such as flow-diverter stents.
US11795523B2	Method and system for improving waste metal batch composition Described herein is a method for recycling aluminum alloy wheels. The method includes the steps of providing a feed of aluminum alloy wheels of a particular alloy; fragmenting a quantity of the aluminum alloy wheels into a plurality of fragments; subjecting the plurality of fragments to shot blasting to remove surface impurities from the plurality of fragments to produce a plurality of shot blasted pieces; separating the plurality of shot blasted pieces into a plurality of larger shot blasted pieces and a plurality of smaller shot blasted pieces; and, providing the plurality of larger shot blasted pieces for use in producing a recycled aluminum alloy, without providing the plurality of smaller shot blasted pieces for use in producing that recycled aluminum alloy.
US11795517B2	Device and method for performing continuous carbonation and impurity removal for xylose mother liquor Related to are a device and a method for performing continuous carbonation and impurity removal for xylose mother liquor. The device includes an alkali addition unit, a continuous carbonating unit, a discharge controlling unit, a CO2 supply station, a vapor station and an after-carbonation tank, wherein the alkali addition unit is configured to add Ca(OH)2 alkaline liquid into xylose mother liquor, the continuous carbonating unit is configured to introduce CO2 supplied from the CO2 supply station into the alkali-added xylose mother liquor to perform carbonation and mixing so as to remove impurities such as colloid and pigment in xylose mother liquor, the discharge controlling unit is configured to introduce CO2 supplied from the CO2 supply station and vapor transported from the vapor station into the carbonated xylose mother liquor so as to control and stabilize a pH value of the carbonated xylose mother liquor, and the after-carbonation tank is configured to collect and temporarily store the carbonated and impurity-removed xylose mother liquor so as to prepare for a next procedure. Further, a method using the device is disclosed. According to the device and the method, the pH of xylose mother liquor is continuously regulated and stabilized and continuous feeding and discharge are performed with highly automated device so as to achieve continuous and uninterrupted production, and thus facilitate improving the production efficiency.
US11795515B2	Methods and reagents for the specific and sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 Methods, primers, sets of primers, probes, compositions, and kits for detecting presence or absence of SARS-CoV-2 in a sample are provided.
US11795512B2	Multi-color fish test for bladder cancer detection The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the detection of bladder in a subject using four locus-specific probes to 6p22, 8q22, 11q13, and 20p11.2.
US11795511B2	Methods and compositions for the prognosis and treatment of relapsed leukemia The present invention is directed to methods of prognosing relapsed leukemia in a subject. These methods are based on the detection of one or more relapse-specific gene mutations in a patient sample. The present invention further relates to methods of preventing and treating relapse leukemia in a subject based on the determined prognosis of the subject.
US11795510B2	Identification of epigenomic reprogramming in cancer and uses thereof The present invention relates to a method of identifying epigenetic reprogramming. Identifying epigenetic reprogramming comprises detecting large organized heterochromatin lysine (K)-9 modified domains (LOCKs) and large DNA hypomethylated blocks in a sample containing DNA from a subject having cancer, for example, PDAC.
US11795509B2	Screening kit for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia A screening kit for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia contains a reagent for detecting a human CACNA1B gene c. 1700A>G mutation site at base No. 1700 in a coding region of CACNA1B gene from A to G.
US11795506B2	Honeycomb tube A honeycomb tube with a planar frame defining a fluidic path between a first planar surface and a second planar surface. A fluidic interface is located at one end of the planar frame. The fluidic interface has a fluidic inlet and fluidic outlet. The fluidic path further includes a well chamber having an well-substrate with a plurality of wells. The well chamber is arranged in the planar frame between the first or second surface and the well-substrate. The well chamber is in fluidic communication between the pre-amplification chamber and the fluidic outlet.
US11795503B2	Methods of bead manipulation and forming bead arrays According to various embodiments, a method is provided that comprises washing an array of DNA-coated beads on a substrate, with a wash solution to remove stacked beads from the substrate. The wash solution can include inert solid beads in a carrier. The DNA-coated beads can have an average diameter and the solid beads in the wash solution can have an average diameter that is at least twice the diameter of the DNA-coated beads. The washing can form dislodged DNA-coated beads and a monolayer of DNA-coated beads. In some embodiments, first beads for forming an array are contacted with a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) solution comprising a PEG having a molecular weight of about 350 Da or less. In some embodiments, slides for forming bead arrays are provided as are systems for imaging the same.
US11795500B2	Methods for detecting RNA binding protein complexes The present disclosure relates to methods of identifying RNA targets of RNA binding proteins. In aspects, the disclosure relates to a method of identifying RNA molecules bound by RNA binding proteins. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method that can definitively identify direct RNA-target interactions with targeted proteins without the requirement for immunoprecipitation or gel extraction. In some embodiments, the method may include combining multiple antibodies in the same sample.
US11795499B2	Compositions and methods for performing hybridizations with separate denaturation of the sample and probe The invention provides methods and compositions for separately denaturing a probe and target in hybridization applications. The invention may, for example, eliminate the use of, or reduce the dependence on formamide in hybridization applications. Compositions for use in the invention include an aqueous composition comprising at least one polar aprotic solvent in an amount effective to denature double-stranded nucleotide sequences.
US11795497B2	Enrichment of nucleic acid targets Methods and apparatus providing for the isolation of an unknown mutation from a sample comprising wild type nucleic acids and mutated nucleic acids through the application of time-varying driving fields and periodically varying mobility-altering fields to the sample within in an affinity matrix.
US11795493B2	Microfluidic apparatus, method, and applications A microfluidic apparatus, method, and associated applications utilize and apply to a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sample and performing a liquid-liquid extraction to remove the paraffin from the tissue sample prior to a nucleic acid purification step. A microfluidic device includes a dedicated liquid-liquid extraction process vessel, a nucleic acid purification process component, and a nucleic acid amplification reactor. A liquid-liquid extraction and nucleic acid purification kit includes a microfluidic device capable of performing both a liquid-liquid extraction process and a nucleic acid purification process, including a dedicated liquid-liquid extraction process vessel, an immiscible liquid or a precursor phase thereof disposed in the vessel, a nucleic acid purification process component, a nucleic acid amplification reactor fluidically, and a supply of reagents suitable to enable the liquid-liquid extraction process and the nucleic acid purification process.
US11795489B2	Low cross-linking gelatine The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a gelatine blend comprising the steps of a) providing a gelatine extract or a series of gelatine extracts, differing in bloom and viscosity; b) subjecting a portion of one or more of the gelatine extracts of a) to an enzymatic treatment to obtain one or more enzymatically treated extracts having a viscosity that is lower than that of the respective extract before said enzymatic treatment, while maintaining the bloom substantially unaffected, the enzymatically treated extracts comprising less than 1.5 w/w % of gelatine-derived peptides having a molecular weight of less than 2000 Da; c) selecting one or more gelatine extracts of step a); d) combine the selected one or more gelatine extracts of step c) and blend with one or more enzymatically treated extracts of step b) to provide a gelatine composition having a lower viscosity as compared to that of the said combined selected extracts of step c) without being blended with said selected one or more enzymatically treated gelatine extracts of step b), while maintaining the bloom substantially unaffected. The present invention also relates to a gelatine composition, and a gelatine product comprising said gelatine composition.
US11795488B2	Methods for enzymatic peptide ligation The present invention relates to a method of ligating a first peptide via its C-terminus to the N-terminus of a second peptide, wherein the reaction is catalyzed by an asparagine/aspartate (Asx) peptide ligase OaAEPI Cys247Ala having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. Further encompassed are a method of preparing a dimer, oligomer, or multimer of one or more peptides of interest and a method of modifying or tagging the surface of a target cell by one or more peptides of interest. Also encompassed in the invention are the ligated peptides and/or tagged target cells obtainable according to any of the methods, the peptide ligase OaAEPI Cys247Ala having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, as well as kits comprising said peptide ligase.
US11795485B2	Selective enrichment of a population of DNA in a mixed DNA sample through targeted suppression of DNA amplification The present disclosure provides method and products for the selective enrichment of one population of DNA in a mixed sample comprising multiple populations of DNA. In some embodiments, the mixed sample comprises one or more populations of microbial DNA and the mammalian host DNA, particularly including pathogenic microbial DNA mixed with mammalian host DNA in a clinical sample from an infected individual.
US11795481B2	Processes for producing a fermentation product The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
US11795478B2	Adenovirus polynucleotides and polypeptides The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences derived from novel chimpanzee adenovirus ChAd157, as well as to recombinant polynucleotides, vectors, adenoviruses, cells and compositions comprising said polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences.
US11795472B2	RNA-guided nucleic acid modifying enzymes and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides CasX proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasX proteins, and modified host cells comprising the CasX proteins and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasX proteins are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides CasX guide RNAs that bind to and provide sequence specificity to the CasX proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CasX guide RNAs, and modified host cells comprising the CasX guide RNAs and/or nucleic acids encoding same. CasX guide RNAs are useful in a variety of applications, which are provided. The present disclosure provides archaeal Cas9 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same, as well as their associated archaeal Cas9 guide RNAs and nucleic acids encoding same.
US11795470B2	Drought resistance multigene construct The present invention relates to a polygenic DNA construct consisting of three abiotic stress tolerance genes, separated by nucleic acids encoding FMDV 2A peptides under the control of a stress inducible promoter. The stable insertion of the construct into plants confers drought tolerance to the plants. The invention also provides for vectors, host cells, transgenic plants and transgenic seeds containing the construct.
US11795468B2	Nucleic acid constructs, plants with increased tuber yield, and methods for increasing tuber yield in a plant The present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct. The nucleic acid construct includes a nucleic acid molecule configured to silence or reduce the expression of StBEL11 and/or StBEL29 and variants thereof, a 5′ DNA promoter sequence, and a 3′ terminator sequence, where the first nucleic acid molecule, the promoter sequence, and the terminator sequence are operatively coupled to permit transcription of the first nucleic acid molecule. The present invention is also directed to vectors, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic plant seeds, as well as non-transgenic mutant plants, and methods for altering tuber yield in a plant.
US11795463B2	Transglutaminase-mediated conjugation The present disclosure provides for antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates, methods of preparation thereof, and methods of use thereof. Also provided are related compounds, compositions and kits.
US11795461B2	Compositions and methods for treating beta-hemoglobinopathies The present disclosure provides expression vectors comprising at least two nucleic acid sequences, namely a nucleic acid sequence encoding an anti-HPRT RNAi, and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a gamma globin gene. In some embodiments, the viral vector is a self-inactivating lentiviral vector. In some embodiments, the gamma-globin gene is used to genetically correct sickle cell disease or β-thalassemia or to reduce symptoms thereof.
US11795460B2	Compositions and methods for TTR gene editing and treating ATTR amyloidosis Compositions and methods for editing, e.g., introducing double-stranded breaks, within the TTR gene are provided. Compositions and methods for treating subjects having amyloidosis associated with transthyretin (ATTR), are provided.
US11795455B2	RNA cleavage-induced transcript stabilizer and uses thereof Provided herein are genetic circuits and encoded RNA transcripts that produce an output molecule in response to an RNA cleavage event that removes a degradation signal. In some embodiments, the genetic circuits described herein may be used for detecting RNA cleaver activities (e.g., in a cell). Methods of using the genetic circuits described herein in diagnostic or therapeutic applications are also provided.
US11795451B2	Primer for next generation sequencer and a method for producing the same, a DNA library obtained through the use of a primer for next generation sequencer and a method for producing the same, and a DNA analyzing method using a DNA library This invention provides a primer used for a next-generation sequencer that can provide a large number of reads. On the basis of the sequence: 5′-CAAGCAGAAGACGGCATACGAGAT-N5 to 15-GTCTCGTGGGCTCGGAGATGTGTATAAGA-GACAG-3′, wherein N5 to 15 indicates an index sequence of 5 to 15 nucleotides), an index sequence is designed as a nucleotide sequence exhibiting the putative number of reads, which is calculated using the estimation formula designating the number of reads as a purpose variable and the type of nucleotides in the index sequence as an explanatory variable, exceeding a given level.
US11795443B2	Uses of adenosine base editors The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating blood diseases/disorders, such as sickle cell disease, hemochromatosis, hemophilia, and beta-thalassemia. For example the disclosure provides therapeutic guide RNAs that target the promotor of HBG1/2 to generate point mutations that increase expression of fetal hemoglobin. As another example, the disclosure provides therapeutic guide RNAs that target mutations in HBB, Factor VIII, and HFE to treat sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, hemophilia and hemochromatosis. The disclosure also provides fusion proteins comprising a Cas9 (e.g., a Cas9 nickase) domain and adenosine deaminases that deaminate adenosine in DNA. In some embodiments, the fusion proteins are in complex with nucleic acids, such as guide RNAs (gRNAs), which target the fusion proteins to a DNA sequence (e.g., an HBG1 or HBG2 protmoter sequence, or an HFE, GBB, or F8 gene sequence). Such complexes may be useful for increasing expression of fetal hemoglobin or correcting a poing mutation (e.g., C282Y) in HFE.
US11795441B2	Dual-enzyme composition for preventing, treating and/or alleviating veisalgia and symptoms associated therewith A composition includes two exogenous enzymes from animals for consumption by human beings to prevent, treat and/or alleviate veisalgia and/or symptoms associated therewith arising from or caused by consumption or spontaneous production of alcohol through a dual-enzyme based breakdown of the alcohol, wherein a first enzyme of the two exogenous enzymes is capable of converting alcohol into a first metabolite while a second enzyme thereof is capable of converting the first metabolite into a second metabolite which is excretable to systemic circulation after an oxidation reaction of the alcohol in the presence of the two exogenous enzymes and NAD+/NADH, and wherein the first enzyme to the second enzyme is in a molar ratio of 1:3-51 in the composition in order to avoid an elevation in the level of the first metabolite in the human being.
US11795440B2	Attenuated virus mutated at sites of evolutionarily conserved RNA structure Attenuated viruses and methods of designing them are disclosed. In one embodiment, there is disclosed an attenuated form of a virulent virus comprising an RNA encoding a viral protein or a nucleic acid sequence transcribable to said RNA, wherein the folding energy or structure of the RNA is changed at positions of evolutionarily conserved RNA structures with respect to that of said RNA encoding said viral protein in the virulent virus so as to bring about attenuation of the virus.
US11795438B2	Composition for promoting proliferation of pluripotent stem cells, and method for promoting proliferation of pluripotent stem cells Provided are a method for promoting the proliferation of pluripotent stem cells and a proliferation promoting composition used in the method. In one aspect, a composition for promoting the proliferation of pluripotent stem cells includes hemagglutinin or modified hemagglutinin. In another aspect, a method for promoting the proliferation of pluripotent stem cells includes culturing pluripotent stem cells in a culture medium to which the proliferation promoting composition of the present disclosure has been added.
US11795436B2	Derivation of hepatic stem cells and mature liver cell types and uses thereof This application describes liver stem cells (LSC), and differentiated hepatocytes, cholangiocytes, and 3D cellular structures derived therefrom. Methods for producing LSC and mature, differentiated hepatocytes and cholangiocytes in culture are provided. Also provided are cell culture systems and cell culture media for producing a homogenous population of liver stem cells that remain in an undifferentiated state over multiple passages in culture. The LSC and methods are useful for producing homogenous populations of hepatocytes and cholangiocytes for downstream applications. The LSC can be transplanted into subjects to treat liver diseases.
US11795435B2	Potency assay The present invention relates to a method for determining the biological activity or therapeutic efficacy of cultured mesenchymal lineage precursor cells or stem cells based on their released TGF-9 levels in culture. The present invention also relates to isolated populations of mesenchymal lineage precursor cells or stem cells selected based on the level of TGF-9 levels released by such cells in culture. The present invention further relates to treatment of a subject suffering from a degenerative disc disease by administering such selected cell populations.
US11795431B2	Ultrathin interfacial layer on a hydrogel to direct its surface properties and cell adhesion A method is disclosed for coating and patterning hydrogels in order to modify surface properties. The method exploits the water content of the hydrogel and the hydrophobicity of the reaction solvent to create a thin oxide adhesion layer on the hydrogel surface. This oxide adhesion layer enables rapid transformation of the hydrophilic, cell non-adhesive hydrogel into either a highly hydrophobic or a cell-adhesive hydrogel by reaction with an alkylphosphonic acid or an α,ω-diphosphonoalkane, respectively. Also disclosed are coated, patterned hydrogels and constructs comprising the coated, patterned hydrogels.
US11795430B2	Thin film deposited inorganic metal oxide as a selective substrate for mammalian cell culture and as an implant coating Disclosed herein is a material that may be useful as a coating for optical slides and medical implants. The material may aid or restrict grown of cells on a coating of the composite material. As such, there is provided a composite material having a substrate on the surface of which a coating layer of an amorphous metal oxide is formed. The metal oxide may be one or more of Ag2O, ZnO, ZrO2, TiO2, CuO, and Y2O3 and the coating layer may be from 5 to 100 nm thick and have a root mean square roughness of the coating surface is from 0.1 to 0.7 nm.
US11795424B2	Cell culture vessel, sample observation cell, and cell culture method The present invention provides a cell culture vessel/sample observation cell that is capable of culturing cells or cell tissue in three dimensions and allowing a three-dimensional structure of the cells or the cell tissue to be perceived easily. The cell culture vessel/sample observation cell according to the present invention for containing a culture gel in which the cells or the cell tissue is embedded, comprises a frame, at least one window bordered by the frame, and at least one projection projecting from the frame inwardly into the cell culture vessel/sample observation cell, wherein the at least one window is light-permeable and nutrient component-permeable and is placed in such a way as to allow for multifaceted observation of the cells or the cell tissue, and the projection has a feature point to be placed at a position where the cells or the cell tissue as well as the feature point can be observed from the window.
US11795422B2	Biomanufacturing system, method, and 3D bioprinting hardware in a reduced gravity environment A method, apparatus, and system are provided for the printing and maturation of living tissue in an Earth-referenced reduced gravity environment such as that found on a spacecraft or on other celestial bodies. The printing may be three-dimensional structures. The printed structures may be manufactured from low viscosity biomaterials.
US11795420B2	Articles of manufacture comprising nanocellulose elements The present invention provides formulations comprising a suspension of nanocellulose (NC) elements and a drying/dispersal additive selected from the group consisting of temperature-responsive polymers, small molecule additives in volatile systems, and blocking agents and methods of preparing such formulations, and further provides NC-containing materials, composite materials and useful articles of manufacture made therefrom.
US11795416B2	Synergistic effects of iminodisuccinic acid on an ethanol and PEG400 blend for rheology control A method for controlling rheology of a unit dose liquid detergent composition includes providing a detergent composition containing less than 20% water, a detergent surfactant, and a rheology modification system comprising iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), ethanol, and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 1,000 Daltons; and encapsulating the detergent composition in a pouch made of a water soluble film. The viscosity of a mixture of 2 parts of a low water detergent composition to 1 part water can be maintained below 1,000 cp at 1.08 reciprocal seconds where the detergent composition includes about 1% to about 10% by weight of a mixture of IDS, ethanol, and polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 1,000 Daltons.
US11795414B2	Metalworking fluid containing a branched alcohol propoxylate The present invention relates to a method of processing a workpiece comprising contacting a tool and a workpiece to effect a change in the shape of the workpiece, and applying a metalworking fluid to a surface area where the tool and the workpiece are in contact, where the metalworking fluid contains a propoxylate of the formula R—O—(C3H6O)n—H, where R is a branched C6 to C20 alkyl and n is from 3 to 30. The invention further relates to the metalworking fluid, and to a use of the propoxylate as additive in metalworking fluids.
US11795410B2	TCD-esters for low temperature liquid applications The present invention relates to the use of esters of octahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indene-5-methanol (TCD-M) or -dimethanol (TCD-DM) and aliphatic C2-C18 monocarboxylic acids as lubricants in low temperature applications. In addition, the present invention relates to low-temperature lubricant compositions comprising said esters.
US11795409B1	Separating sweet gas from a sour gas stream An oxidation-reduction desulfurization system includes a reactor vessel with sour gas inlet at the bottom and a gas outlet at the top. A primary stage phase separator includes a vertically-oriented pipe with an inlet located inside the reactor vessel. The ratio of the reactor vessel diameter to the pipe inlet diameter is in a range of 2:1 to 5:1. Surface foam and non-gaseous multi-phase mixture including emulsion flow into a partially gas-filled upper section of the vertically-oriented pipe and freefall to a lower level, thereby facilitating mechanical breaking of the foam and the emulsion. A secondary stage phase separator connected to the gas outlet separates non-gaseous surge from sweet gas. Valves and a controller automatically maintain target levels of the non-gaseous multi-phase mixture and non-gaseous surge.
US11795407B2	Gasifier for organic solid waste by injection into molten iron and slag bath A gasifier for organic solid waste by injection into molten iron and slag bath includes a gasification furnace, a liquid level adjusting furnace and a slag discharge and heat exchange shaft furnace. The liquid level adjusting furnace, in communication with the bottom of the gasification furnace, contains 1200-1700° C. molten iron-based alloy liquid, which is covered with molten liquid slag layer. When gas pressure above or liquid volume in the liquid level adjusting furnace increases, liquid level of the molten liquid in the gasification furnace rises simultaneously. A particle material injection lance is immersed, through which organic particles to be gasified are blown into molten bath, and oxygen gas or oxygen-enriched air as gasifying agent is blown into the melt at the same time. Organic substance is gasified into CO-rich and H2-rich syngas, and most of inorganic substance enters molten slag and is discharged termly.
US11795405B2	Process for the hydrodesulfurization of sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cuts using a regenerated catalyst The invention relates to a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut in which said gasoline cut, hydrogen and a regenerated catalyst are brought into contact, said process being carried out at a temperature of between 200° C. and 400° C., a total pressure of between 1 and 3 MPa, an hourly space velocity, defined as being the flow rate by volume of feedstock relative to the volume of catalyst, of between 1 and 10 h−1; and a hydrogen/gasoline feedstock ratio by volume of between 100 and 1200 SI/I, said regenerated catalyst resulting from an at least partially spent catalyst resulting from a process for the hydrodesulfurization of a sulfur-containing olefinic gasoline cut and comprises at least one metal from group VIII, at least one metal from group VIb and an oxide support.
US11795404B2	Composition for removing sulfur-containing compounds Provided is a composition for removing a sulfur-containing compound contained in at least one of a liquid and gas, the sulfur-containing compound being at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrogen sulfide and an —SH group-containing compound, the composition containing an aldehyde and an amine whose conjugate acid has a pKa value of 11.3 or higher in water at 25° C.
US11795402B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for producing sustainable aviation fuel Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations an apparatus to produce SAF from dry natural gas includes a natural gas reforming area that receives the dry natural gas and that produces synthetic gas from the dry natural gas, a Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that is operably coupled to the natural gas reforming area and that receives the synthetic gas and produces a hydrocarbon chain from the synthetic gas and a product upgrading area that is operably coupled to the Fischer-Tropsch conversion area that receives the hydrocarbon chain and that produces the SAF from the hydrocarbon chain.
US11795399B2	UV curable adhesion promoters based on functionalised polyvinyl alcohols Suggested are new adhesion promoters, which are particular suitable for use in displays. Its inclusion in the polymerisable LC mixture results in an excellent adhesion on substrate without colouration over time i.e. compared to amino siloxanes. The new additives have no effect on alignment of LC on the substrate while improving the adhesion.
US11795397B2	Dry etching gas composition comprising sulfur-containing fluorocarbon compound and dry etching method using the same Provided is a novel etching gas composition that comprises a sulfur-containing compound and that can selectively etch SiO2 over low dielectric constant materials (low-k materials; SiON, SiCN, SiOCN, SiOC). A dry etching gas composition comprises a saturated and cyclic sulfur-containing fluorocarbon compound that is represented by general formula (1) of CxFySz where x, y, and z are 2≤x≤5, y≤2x, and 1≤z≤2.
US11795396B2	Dry etching gas composition comprising sulfur-containing fluorocarbon compound having unsaturated bond and dry etching method using the same Provided is a novel etching gas composition that comprises a sulfur-containing unsaturated compound and that is useful for etching a stacked structure of silicon-based films. A dry etching gas composition comprises a sulfur-containing fluorocarbon compound that has an unsaturated bond and that is represented by general formula (1) of CxFySz where x, y, and z are 2≤x≤5, y≤2x, and 1≤z≤2.
US11795393B2	Quantum dot structure, manufacturing method thereof, and quantum dot light-emitting device The disclosure provides a quantum dot structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and a quantum dot light-emitting device. The quantum dot structure includes a core structure and a shell layer. The core structure includes a first metal element, at least one second metal element, and a non-metal element that bind through a chemical bond. The first metal element is a group III element, the non-metal element is a group V element, and the second metal element is a metal element different from the first metal element. In an inside-to-outside direction of the core structure, the content of the first metal element is in a descending order, the sum of content of the second metal element is in an ascending order, and the size of an optical band gap of the core structure is in the ascending order.
US11795387B2	Metal-assisted delayed fluorescent materials as co-host materials for fluorescent OLEDs A light emitting device includes a first electrode, a hole transporting layer in contact with the first electrode, a second electrode, an electron transporting layer in contact with the second electrode; and an emissive layer between the hole transporting layer and the electron transporting layer. The emissive layer includes a metal-assisted delayed fluorescent (MADF) emitter, a fluorescent emitter, and a host, and the MADF emitter harvests electrogenerated excitons and transfers energy to the fluorescent emitter.
US11795383B2	Storable liquid suspension of hollow particles Provided are compositions and methods of using a liquid suspension of hollow particles comprising a plurality of hollow particles, water, a suspending aid, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a non-ionic surfactant, a latex, an oleaginous fluid, porous silica, and combinations thereof. The liquid suspension is homogenous. An example method includes statically storing the liquid suspension in a container for at least one week; wherein the liquid suspension maintains a difference in density from the top of the container to the bottom of the container of less than one pound per gallon while stored. The method further includes adding the liquid suspension to a treatment fluid; wherein the liquid suspension reduces the density of the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
US11795379B2	Use of sulfonic acids in downhole methods A novel method for the placement of spearhead acid and stimulation of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation, said method comprising the steps of: providing a wellbore in need of multiple stages of stimulation; inserting an isolation plug in the wellbore at a predetermined location; inserting a perforating tool and a spearhead or breakdown acid into the wellbore simultaneously exposing the wireline and tool to the acid; positioning the tool at said predetermined location; perforating the wellbore with the tool thereby creating a perforated area; allowing the spearhead acid to come into contact with the perforated area for a predetermined period of time sufficient to prepare the formation for stimulation; removing the tool form the wellbore; and initiating the stimulation of the perforated area using a stimulation fluid.
US11795371B2	Hydrocarbon based carrier fluid Y-grade NGL or L-grade is used as a carrier fluid to transport one or more chemical additives into a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir to treat the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. The Y-grade NGL or L-grade and the chemical additives may be chilled and/or foamed.
US11795369B2	Crosslinked synthetic polymer-based reservoir drilling fluid A wellbore fluid includes a base fluid; and a crosslinked and branched polymeric fluid loss control agent formed from at least an acrylamide monomer and a sulfonated anionic monomer; wherein the fluid loss control agent has an extent of crosslinking that is selected so that the fluid loss control agent has a viscosity that is within a peak viscosity response of the viscosity response curve.
US11795368B2	Method of improving wellbore integrity and loss control A method for enhancing wellbore integrity and/or for sealing a wellbore by sealing formation or micro-annulus fractures in a wellbore. Such sealing can be at least partially accomplished by the use of timed expansion of an expandable sealant material that is placed a wellbore. The expansion of the expandable sealant material causes the cement surface or formation surface to be compressed, thereby creating a tight seal and/or eliminating annulus cracking, fracture, and/or gas channels in the wellbore. A degradable polymer can be used when restoration of the wellbore formation is desired.
US11795365B1	Methods of forming hydrophobic surfaces for enhancing performance of geothermal operations A method including forming a hydrophobic film on one or more surfaces as part of a geothermal operation in which a circulating fluid comprising water is injected into an injection well, absorbs heat, and is recovered from a production well prior to extraction of at least a portion of the heat therefrom and recycle of the circulating fluid back to the or another injection well.
US11795363B2	Silica-based additive for cementing composition, cementing composition, and cementing method An additive capable of suppressing generation of free water from a cement slurry even under a high temperature environment of 150° C. or more and a silica-based additive that suppresses, in a cement slurry for cementing in oil fields and gas oil fields, free water under high temperature and high pressure environments of 100° C. or more, the silica-based additive containing an aqueous silica sol containing nanosilica particles with a true density of 2.15 g/cm3 or more and less than 2.30 g/cm3, and a cement slurry for cementing that contains the silica-based additive.
US11795361B2	Fluorescent assemblies for drilling depth correlation A composition of matter including a fluorescent assembly and a drilling fluid is provided. The fluorescent assembly includes a matrix material and a plurality of fluorophores held within the matrix material and has an average particle size of at least one millimeter. A method includes introducing the fluorescent assembly into a drilling fluid and circulating the drilling fluid through a well during a drilling operation that creates formation cuttings such that the fluorescent assembly interacts with the formation cuttings, creating tagged cuttings. The method further includes collecting returned cuttings from the circulating drilling fluid at a surface of the well, detecting the presence of the fluorescent assembly on the returned cuttings to identify the tagged cuttings, and correlating the tagged cuttings with a drill depth in the well at a time during the drilling operation.
US11795360B2	Phase-change material and method for producing same A method for producing a form-stable phase-change material to nucleate sugar alcohols includes directionally freezing a slurry of solid chitosan and solvent and additives, providing a frozen slurry including unidirectional pillars of frozen solvent that force suspended solid particles into interstices, exposing the frozen slurry to conditions causing sublimation of the solvent of the frozen slurry to remove frozen solvent and provide a body having pillars of vacancies therein, sintering the body to provide a scaffold including the pillars of vacancies therein, graphitizing the scaffold by heating in argon, treating the scaffold with aqueous base, and adding a molten sugar alcohol phase-change material to the scaffold such that the molten phase-change material is drawn into the pillars of vacancies by capillary action to provide the form-stable phase-change material having reduced hysteresis of the melting point of the sugar alcohol phase-change material.
US11795356B2	Adhesive composition and semiconductor device production method An adhesive composition contains a resin component, a thermal crosslinking agent, and a curing agent, in which the resin component contains a resin having a maleimide group. In a method for producing a semiconductor device having a plurality of connection units for connecting a semiconductor chip and a wiring circuit substrate to each other, or for connecting a plurality of semiconductor chips to each other, a first connection unit is electrically connected to a second connection unit, and at least a portion of the first and second connection units is sealed using the adhesive composition.
US11795345B2	Processes for producing lignin-coated hydrophobic cellulose, and compositions and products produced therefrom Processes disclosed are capable of converting biomass into high-crystallinity, hydrophobic cellulose. In some variations, the process includes fractionating biomass with an acid (such as sulfur dioxide), a solvent (such as ethanol), and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin; and depositing lignin onto cellulose fibers to produce lignin-coated cellulose materials (such as dissolving pulp). The crystallinity of the cellulose material may be 80% or higher, translating into good reinforcing properties for composites. Optionally, sugars derived from amorphous cellulose and hemicellulose may be separately fermented, such as to monomers for various polymers. These polymers may be combined with the hydrophobic cellulose to form completely renewable composites.
US11795341B2	Protective coating for wood products and method of making same The present invention is a coating containing approximately 10% glass beads used to protect wood products. Applicant has discovered that the best performance occurs when the concentration of glass beads in the coating ranges from 5 wt % to 10 wt %. A shelf-stable paste is first prepared by combining a solution of modified styrene maleic acid copolymer and a synthetic layered silicate. That paste is then mixed with a binder to form the coating. Preferably, the concentration of glass beads in the paste ranges from 60 wt % to 80 wt %, the concentration of solution of modified styrene maleic acid copolymer ranges from 20 wt % to 25 wt % and the concentration of synthetic layered silicate ranges from 1 wt % to 3 wt %.
US11795340B2	Compositon sensitive to UV-C radiation and UV-C sterilization or disinfection dosimeter A reactive ink composition comprising a UV-C radiation sensitive polymer, an acid scavenger, a photoinitiator, and a pH-sensitive dye. A method to print a composition onto a UV-C radiation dosimeter using a “layer-by-layer” deposition technique, as well as a dosimeter comprising the reactive ink composition, useful in monitoring the efficiency of a UV-C radiation sterilization or disinfection process.
US11795333B2	Crosslinked organic additive for waterborne coating compositions Coating compositions are provided. In embodiments, a coating composition comprises a solvent system comprising water; a crosslinked organic additive in the form of particles and comprising a polymerization product of reactants comprising a multifunctional vinyl monomer comprising two or more vinyl groups; a binder; and optionally, one or more of a colorant and a wax. Methods of making and using the coating compositions are also provided.
US11795330B1	Polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container and its preparation method and composite coating and its application A polypyrrole-coated graphene corrosion inhibitor container and its preparation method and a composite coating and its application are provided. The polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container includes graphene oxide and a polyvinylo layer encapsulated on the surface of the graphene oxide. The invention is based on a polymerization reaction by mixing a polypyrrole acid solution, a graphene oxide dispersion, and an initiator to obtain a polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container. The polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container regulates the release rate of the corrosion inhibitor by wrapping the polypyrrole around the graphene oxide so that it is released rapidly in alkaline solutions and at a slower rate in neutral media. The results of the practical example show that the polypyrrole encapsulated graphene corrosion inhibitor container can regulate the release rate of the corrosion inhibitor and has excellent corrosion protection properties and corrosion protection durability.
US11795325B2	Curable resin composition and electrical component using the same A curable resin composition comprises a (meth)acrylic polyol, a hydrogenated polyolefin-based polyol, and a polyisocyanate. The (meth)acrylic polyol includes a polymer having a hydroxyl value of 5 mg KOH/g or more and 150 mg KOH/g or less, a glass transition temperature of −70° C. or more and −40° C. or less, and a number average molecular weight of 500 or more and 20000 or less, and which is liquid at 25° C. The hydrogenated polyolefin-based polyol has an iodine value of 15 or less. An electrical component (1) comprises a sealing member (2) including a cured product of the curable resin composition.
US11795323B2	Polycarbonate composition comprising talc The invention relates to a composition obtainable by mixing polycarbonate, unsized talc and a specific anhydride-modified alpha-olefin polymer, wherein the amounts of the talc and the specific anhydride-modified alpha-olefin polymer are matched to one another such that, for every 10 parts by weight of the talc, 0.10 to 1.4 parts by weight of the anhydride-modified alpha-olefin polymer are used. It has been shown that in situ sizing of talc with the wax can minimize the degradation of the polycarbonate only in the course of mixing with the polycarbonate and, at the same time, properties such as multiaxial impact resistance and flowability can be improved.
US11795321B2	Method for producing block copolymer composition A method for producing a block copolymer composition including a diblock copolymer and a triblock copolymer each containing a polyolefin-based block and a polystyrene-based block is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the method includes reacting an organic zinc compound with one or more kinds of olefin-based monomers in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to form an intermediate having an olefin-based polymer block, reacting the intermediate styrene-based monomer in the presence of an alkyllithium compound to form a product having a styrene-based polymer block, and reacting the product with water, oxygen, or an organic acid to form a block copolymer wherein the number of moles of the alkyllithium compound used to form the product is larger than the number of moles of the organic zinc compound used to form the intermediate.
US11795314B2	Encapsulating composition Provided is a composition for encapsulating an organic electronic element, comprising an olefin-based resin having at least one reactive functional group, a multifunctional acrylic oligomer, and a monofunctional acrylic oligomer, wherein the monofunctional acrylic oligomer is present in an amount of 7 to 30 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the olefin-based resin. Also provided are an organic electronic device comprising the composition, and methods for preparing the organic electronic device.
US11795307B2	Rubber composition for tire, and tire A rubber composition for tires according to an embodiment is produced by kneading a diene rubber, silica, and a granular carbon nanotube prepared as a binder-coated, granulated carbon nanotube. A tire according to an embodiment comprises the rubber composition.
US11795305B2	Packaging films Films and packaging materials including biodegradable and edible components and pods created using these materials are described herein.
US11795302B2	Resin particles and method for manufacturing resin particles Resin particles include resin base particles and silica particles on surfaces of the resin base particles. The silica particles contain a quaternary ammonium salt and have hydrophobized surfaces. A difference (detection temperature A−detection temperature B) between a detection temperature A and a detection temperature B is more than 50° C., where the detection temperature A is a detection temperature from a pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles before cleaning, and the detection temperature B is a detection temperature from the pyrolysis product of the quaternary ammonium salt determined by pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the resin particles after cleaning.
US11795300B2	Additive composition, polyolefin resin composition containing same, method for producing polyolefin resin composition, and molded articles thereof Provided are: an additive composition which has an excellent extruder feed stability as a result of having an excellent powder flowability, and can impart excellent transparency and mechanical properties to molded articles; a polyolefin resin composition containing the additive composition; a method of producing a polyolefin resin composition; and a molded article of the polyolefin resin composition. The additive composition contains (A) 1-[8-propyl-2,6-bis(4-propylphenyl)tetrahydro[1,3]dioxino[5,4-d]-1,3-dioxin-4-yl]ethane-1,2-diol and (B) an aromatic phosphate metal salt represented by Formula (1) where R1 to R4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; n represents a number of 1 or 2; when n is 1, M1 represents an alkali metal; and when n is 2, M1 represents hydroxyaluminum. In this additive composition, the mass ratio of (A) and (B), (A)/(B), is in a range of 10/90 to 90/10.
US11795299B2	Plasticizer composition and resin composition including the same Provided is a plasticizer composition including a cyclohexane-1,2-diester-based material of Formula 1 and a trimellitate-based material of Formula 2: wherein in Formula 1 and Formula 2, R1 to R5 are each independently an alkyl group of 8 to 10 carbon atoms.
US11795295B2	Wear resistant coating, method of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; an abrasive coating disposed on the substrate; where the abrasive coating comprises a matrix having abrasive grit particles dispersed therein; and a layer of material disposed on the abrasive coating; where the layer of material is a titanium nitride (TiN), boron nitride (BN), titanium-aluminum-nitrides [(TiAl)N], titanium-aluminum-silicon-nitrides [(TiAlSi)N], chromium nitrides (CrN), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), titanium oxide (TiO2), silicon carbo-nitride (SiCN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), or a combination thereof.
US11795294B2	Resin composition, resin molded body, and article A resin composition containing a resin, a magnetic powder, a first non-magnetic powder with a water-soluble content in the range of 0.1% to 0.5%, and a second non-magnetic powder with a water-soluble content of 0.05% or less.
US11795292B2	Media recycling and sanitization Polyester-free magnetic and/or metallic components are obtained from a multicomponent polyester device by reacting the multicomponent polyester device with an amine organocatalyst and/or carboxylic acid salt of same and an alcohol solvent. The reaction recovers (i) the polyester-free magnetic and/or metallic components as solid inert by-products of the reaction, (ii) the amine organocatalyst and/or carboxylic acid salt of same for reuse, (iii) unreacted alcohol for reuse, and (iv) a polyester monomer product. Where the multicomponent device includes a non-polyester material, such as polystyrene, the polystyrene is fully recovered from the reaction. Where the multicomponent polyester device includes recording media, the reaction process sanitizes the inert byproducts of the recording media, thus scrubbing any personal data from the reacted recording media.
US11795280B2	Method for producing a film having good barrier properties and a film having good barrier properties The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a film comprising microfibrillated cellulose wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a suspension comprising a microfibrillated cellulose, adding an enzyme to the suspension, mixing the enzyme with the suspension to form a mixture, applying said mixture to a wire to form a fibrous web and drying said web to form said film. The present invention further relates to a film comprising microfibrillated cellulose having good barrier properties.
US11795278B2	Mineral fiber based composites The present disclosure provides for binder compositions comprising cellulose ethers, as well as insulation articles and products comprising the same.
US11795276B2	Composite particles, composite particles for forming liquid-encapsulating particles, liquid-encapsulating particles, method for producing liquid-encapsulating particles, biocatalyst-containing material, biocatalyst-containing material producing apparatus, and biocatalyst-containing material producing method Provided are composite particles including hydrophobic solid particle A and hydrophobic solid particle B over surface of hydrophobic solid particle A, wherein contact angle CAa of hydrophobic solid particle A with water is 110 degrees≤CAa≤180 degrees, contact angle CAb of hydrophobic solid particle B with water is 110 degrees≤CAb≤180 degrees, ratio (d50a/d50b) of number average particle diameter d50a of hydrophobic solid particle A to number average particle diameter d50b of hydrophobic solid particle B is 10≤(d50a/d50b)≤100, and coating ratio CR of composite particles expressed by Formula 1 is 50%≤CR≤500%, Coating ⁢ ratio ⁢ CR ⁢ ( % ) = π ⁡ ( d ⁢ 50 ⁢ b / 2 ) 2 4 ⁢ π ⁡ ( d ⁢ 50 ⁢ a / 2 + d ⁢ 50 ⁢ b / 2 ) 2 × { X b ( g ) / Y b ( g / μm 3 ) / Z b ( μm 3 ) } { X a ( g ) / Y a ( g / μm 3 ) / Z a ( μm 3 ) } × 100 Formula ⁢ 1 where in Formula 1, Xa, Ya, and Za represent mass (g), density (g/cubic micrometer), and volume (cubic micrometer) of hydrophobic solid particle A, and Xb, Yb, and Zb represent mass (g), density (g/cubic micrometer), and volume (cubic micrometer) of hydrophobic solid particle B.
US11795274B2	Crosslinkable compositions based on organopolysiloxanes having organyloxy groups Crosslinkable compositions based on organopolysiloxanes containing organyloxy groups may have low viscosities and self-leveling properties, and contain (A) organopolysiloxanes containing organyloxy groups of the formula (I) RaR1b(OR2)cSiO(4-a-b-c)/2 (I), (B) organosilicon compounds of the formula (II) (R4O)dSiR3(4-d) (II), and/or their partial hydrolysates, (C) organosilicon compounds containing basic nitrogen of the formula (III) (R6O)eSiR5(4-e) (III), and/or their partial hydrolysates, and (D) organosilicon compounds of the formula (IV) (R8O)hSiR7(4-h) and/or their partial hydrolysates.
US11795270B2	Triazine ring-containing polymer and film forming composition containing same For example, a triazine ring-containing polymer containing a repeating unit structure represented by formula (25) below, wherein Ra represents R102 or R103, R102 represents a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R103 represents a crosslinking group.
US11795269B2	Copolyester and use thereof The present invention relates to a copolyester that includes following structural units: a first chain segment shown in Formula (I): and a second chain segment shown in Formula (II): where the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the copolyester is 60° C. to 83° C. The present invention also provides a polyester fiber or packaging material containing the copolyester.
US11795265B2	Macromonomeric stabilizer, preparation method thereof, and method for preparing polymeric polyol A macromonomeric stabilizer, a preparation method thereof, a method for preparing a polymeric polyol using same, and the polymeric polyol prepared. Also disclosed are a soft polyurethane foam obtained by foaming a composition of the polymeric polyol prepared and a polyisocyanate, and a molded product comprising the soft polyurethane foam. The preparation method of the macromonomeric stabilizer comprises the following steps: reacting a polyol with a tricarboxylate not comprising a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated double bond, or a derivative thereof, to form an adduct; and reacting the resulting adduct with an epoxide comprising a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated double bond. The macromonomeric stabilizer of the present invention has a low viscosity, comprises a plurality of active sites, and can be directly used in subsequent reactions. The preparation method of the macromonomeric stabilizer can be carried out under normal pressure, without the need for end-blocking with ethylene oxide.
US11795264B2	Latent curing agent and method for manufacturing same, composition for forming coating film, and cation-curable composition Provided is a latent curing agent, including: porous particles supporting an aluminum chelate compound; and a coating film over surfaces of the porous particles, the coating film containing an aluminum chelate compound and a polymer that contains at least one of a urea bond and an urethane bond, wherein a content of an active aluminum chelate compound is 20% by mass or greater.
US11795254B1	Perfluoro copolymers Provided herein are perfluoro copolymers of a perfluoro dioxole monomer, a perfluoro dioxane monomer, and an optional perhalo monomer. Methods of making the perfluoro copolymers and methods of using the perfluoro copolymers are also disclosed.
US11795253B2	Composition having excellent coating properties The present invention relates to a composition containing a compound (A) represented by the following general formula (I) and a compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups (B) in a molecule (except for compound (A)), wherein a mass ratio ((A)/(B)) of the compound (A) to the compound having two or more polymerizable functional groups (B) in a multi-molecule is 30/70 to 50/50: wherein, R1 and R2 each independently represent any one selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R3 represents any one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group; R4 represents any one selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group, a styryl group, and an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; and n represents any integer of 1 to 5.
US11795251B2	Acrylic rubber and crosslinkable composition thereof An acrylic rubber that is a copolymer in which 1 to 4 wt. % of a reactive halogen group-containing vinyl monomer is copolymerized as a crosslinkable comonomer, wherein 45 to 65 wt. % of n-butyl acrylate, 10 to 35 wt. % of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate and 8 to 30 wt. % of ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate are copolymerized in 100 wt. % of comonomers other than the crosslinkable comonomer. This ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate-copolymerized acrylic rubber can suppress the reduction of oil resistance while improving cold resistance represented by a TR-10 value, and by compounding it with a vulcanizing agent corresponding to the crosslinkable group thereof, a crosslinkable composition is formed.
US11795250B2	Styrene-free copolymers and coating compositions containing such copolymers An aqueous coating composition is provided that is preferably substantially free of styrene and structural units derived from styrene. The coating composition includes a resin system that preferably includes a water-dispersible polymer and an emulsion polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomer component. The resin system is preferably formed using a process that includes emulsion polymerizing the ethylenically unsaturated monomer component in the presence of an aqueous dispersion including the water-dispersible polymer. In certain preferred embodiments, the water-dispersible polymer is a salt of an acid- or anhydride-functional aromatic polyether polymer.
US11795246B2	Polymer hydrogel composition Cross-linked polyvinyl polymers comprising charged groups and methods of making are disclosed. The polymers are effective and durable adsorbent of dyes from aqueous solutions. Also, a method of removal of dyes from contaminated water is disclosed.
US11795244B2	Surfactant composition A surfactant composition including at least one alkyl alkoxylate sulfate anionic surfactant; a process for preparing the surfactant composition; and an emulsion polymerization process using the surfactant composition.
US11795241B2	Fractionated alkylated cyclodextrin compositions and processes for preparing and using the same The present invention relates to compositions comprising fractionated alkylated cyclodextrin compositions having a single degree of substitution, and processes for preparing and using the same.
US11795232B2	Engineered transferrin receptor binding polypeptides Provided herein are polypeptides that bind to a transferrin receptor, methods of generating such polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides to target a composition to a transferrin receptor-expressing cell.
US11795230B2	Anti-CD27 antibodies and use thereof The present disclosure provides an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment or variant thereof, which binds to CD27 and exhibits at least one of the following properties: specifically binds to CD27 with a KD of 10−8 M or less; activates and/or increases CD27 mediated NF-κB activity; stimulates CD4+ and/or CD8+ T cell proliferation; binds to human CD27 expressed on a cell surface; stimulates secretion of IFN-γ by CD4+ and/or CD8+ T cells. The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing and using said antibody.
US11795228B2	Anti-CD94 antibodies and methods of use thereof The present disclosure relates to antibodies that bind to human CD94, as well as methods, uses, polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and pharmaceutical compositions related thereto. In some embodiments, the antibodies are human or humanized antibodies that bind to human CD94 and do not block binding between CD94 and HLA-E. In some embodiments, the antibodies cross-react with cynomolgus CD94. In some embodiments, the antibodies do not promote internalization of surface-expressed CD94 to the extent of existing antibodies. In some embodiments, the antibodies promote ADCC targeting cells that express human CD94, e.g., on the cell surface.
US11795225B2	Therapeutic binding molecules The present invention relates to binding molecules (e.g. antibodies) for the treatment of cancer, and related antibody-drug conjugates.
US11795222B2	Treatment of head and neck cancer This invention relates to the use of NKG2A-targeting agents for the treatment of cancers, notably head and neck cancers, in a patient having received prior treatment with cetuximab. This invention also provides advantageous combination regimens for use with NKG2A-targeting agents for the treatment of cancers.
US11795221B2	Monoclonal antibody against human LAG-3, method for preparing the same, and use thereof Provided are novel fully human monoclonal antibodies that bind to human LAG-3. It also provides the methods of hybridoma generation using humanized rats, the nucleic acid molecules encoding the anti-LAG-3 antibodies, expression vectors and host cells used for the expression of anti-LAG-3 antibodies. The invention further provides the methods for validating the function of antibodies in vitro. The antibodies of invention provide a potent agent for the treatment of multiple cancers via modulating human immune function.
US11795220B2	Anti-PVRIG antibodies and methods of use The present invention is directed to anti-PVRIG antibodies and methods of using same.
US11795219B2	Antibody molecules for cancer treatment The present invention relates to novel anti-PD1 and anti-LAG3 antibody molecules. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such antibody molecules; to methods for preparing such antibody molecules; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such antibody molecules; to compositions comprising such antibody molecules; and to uses of such antibody molecules or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases.
US11795217B2	Interleukin-1 inhibition for combination treatment of pancreatic cancer cachexia A composition for IL-1 inhibition in combination with cancer therapies (e.g., chemotherapeutics including chemotherapy protective drugs) is provided for use in treating pancreatic cancer cachexia in patients, so as to reduce weight loss and improve the quality of life and survival of the patients. In one embodiment, the IL-1 inhibitor is an antibody, such as bermekimab, anakinra, canakinumab, gevokizumab, or rilonacept, administered simultaneously or sequentially with iritenocan, 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid to a pancreatic cancer patient.
US11795216B2	Antibodies neutralizing GM-CSF for use in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis or as analgesics The invention relates to neutralizing antibodies of GM-CSF and compositions comprising the same for use in the treatment of inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis according to specific dosing regimen. The invention relates also to neutralizing antibodies of GM-CSF and compositions comprising the same for use in the treatment of pain, e.g. pain experienced in inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, according to specific dosage regimen.
US11795215B2	Anti-mesothelin chimeric antigen receptor specifically binding to mesothelin Provided is an anti-mesothelin chimeric antigen receptor specifically binding to mesothelin. The anti-mesothelin chimeric antigen receptor according to an aspect exhibits an ability to specifically bind to mesothelin, and thus may be usefully applied to preventing or treating mesothelin-overexpressing cancers.
US11795208B2	Modulators of Cas9 polypeptide activity and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides polypeptides that inhibit activity of a CRISPR/Cas effector polypeptide, nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides, and systems comprising the polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides. The present disclosure provides methods of inhibiting activity of a CRISRP/Cas effector polypeptide.
US11795202B2	Fusion polypeptide comprising a foreign antigen and self antigen The invention is in the field of medicine. More specifically, it is in the field of diagnosing tumor angiogenesis status and in the field of medical treatment of a subject who is suffering, suspected to suffer, or might suffer from a tumor in the future. In particular, the invention relates to a fusion polypeptide comprising a foreign antigen and a self antigen, wherein said foreign antigen consists of a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence of at least 12-15 amino acid residues, 12-24% of which residues are hydrophilic, bulky amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of histidine, glutamate, arginine, glutamine, aspartic acid and/or lysine.
US11795201B2	Brown fat-selective adipokines Methods of treating or reducing the risk of obesity and/or obesity-related disorders, e.g., metabolic syndrome, hepatic and non-hepatic steatosis, and diabetes, using C20orf27 proteins or nucleic acids.
US11795200B2	Nano small peptide and its use in preparation of drugs for treating and preventing fundus vascular diseases A nano small peptide FG and its use in preparation of drugs for treating and preventing fundus vascular diseases are provided. The artificially synthesized nano small peptide has a molecular formula of X-FFVLKKNKAAKG (SEQ ID NO:1), wherein the X is dodecanoyl, tetradecanoyl, hexadecanoyl, or octadecanoyl group. The nano small peptide of the present invention can specifically select receptors to encapsulate sSema4D protein, and the concentration of sSema4D is effectively reduced, so that the sSema4D is unable to bind to any receptors, thus changing the shortcoming of few inhibitory targets of antibody drugs. The nano small peptide molecule with a simple structure can be mixed with antibody drugs without causing mutual immune reactions, so as to achieve the effect of reducing multiple pro-angiogenesis molecules.
US11795198B2	Fusion protein composition(s) comprising masked type I interferons (IFNA and IFNB) for use in the treatment of cancer and methods thereof Fusion Protein compositions comprising masked IFNs and methods of making masked IFNs are disclosed herein. Consequently, the masked IFNs can be fused to a Mab or binding fragment thereof and be administered to patients as a therapeutic modality and provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders and other disease.
US11795197B2	Peptide compositions for immuno-oncology molecular imaging and targeted drug delivery Described herein is a peptide, a multimodal peptide ligand imaging agent and methods for use in tumor targeting, tumor visualization, drug delivery and as an imaging ligand. The invention further provides for a theranostic peptide agent and methods for use in the treatment of cancer and/or inflammation in a subject.
US11795194B2	Method of purifying phycocyanin A method for purifying phycocyanin from a phycocyanin-containing solution is provided. The method comprises a first step of partially purifying the solution by aqueous two-phase separation (ATPS) and a second step of purifying the phycocyanin by ammonium sulfate precipitation. The purified phycocyanin product can in some cases be of a sufficiently pure grade to be used as a food or cosmetic pigment.
US11795184B2	Halogermanides and methods for the preparation thereof A trichlorogermanide of formula (I): [R4N]/[R4P]Cl[GeCl3] (I), where R is Me, Et, iPr, nBu, or Ph, tris(trichlorosilyl)germanide of formula (II): [R4N]/[R4P][Ge(SiCl3)3] (II), where R is Me, Et, iPr, nBu, or Ph, a tris(trichlorosilyl)germanide adduct of GaCl3 of formula (III): [Ph4P][Ge(SiCl3)3GaCl3], and a tris(trichlorosilyl)germanide adduct of BBr3 of formula (IV): [Ph4P][Ge(SiCl3)3BBr3]. Also, methods for preparing the trichlorogermanides of formula (I), the tris(trichlorosilyl)germanide of formula (II), the tris(trichlorosilyl)germanide adduct of BBr3 of formula (IV).
US11795182B2	Heterocyclic compound, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device Provided are a heterocyclic compound which emits blue light and is represented by General Formula (G1) below, and a light-emitting element, a light-emitting device, an electronic device and a lighting device which are formed using the heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1) below. The use of the heterocyclic compound represented by General Formula (G1) makes it possible to provide a light-emitting element which has high emission efficiency, and also a light-emitting device, an electronic device and a lighting device which have reduced power consumption.
US11795177B2	Substituted quinoline analogs as aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) inhibitors The disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, which may be useful as aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables, J, R4, G, Q, and ring A are defined herein. Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitors of Formula I are useful for treating a variety of conditions including cancer and inflammation. The disclosure includes methods for using compounds and salts of Formula I to treat colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, thyroid cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia, brain tumors breast cancer, atherosclerosis, ischaemic heart disease, acne vulgaris, asthma, autoimmune diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, chronic prostatitis, glomerulonephritis, inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, reperfusion injury, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, transplant rejection, vasculitis, and interstitial cystitis. The disclosure also includes pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound or salt of Formula I.
US11795175B2	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 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.
US11795174B2	Anti-pain compound and preparation method thereof Disclosed are a compound represented by the general Formula (I), or a stereisomer, tautomer, derivative, prodrug or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a method for preparing the compound and use of the compound in manufacture of a medicament for treating a neuropathic pain and/or neuropathic pain syndrome or a medicament for combating an inflammation: wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, cyano and haloalkyl, R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl and nitro, and R1, R2 and R3 are not hydrogen at the same time; furthermore, when either R2 or R3 is nitro or halogen, the other two of R1, R2 and R3 are not hydrogen at the same time. The compound has good effects in treating a neuropathic pain and/or neuropathic pain syndrome and good effects in combating an inflammation, and has not side effects such as addiction.
US11795172B2	Substituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines and [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazines as CaMKII inhibitors The present invention provides a fused heteroaryl compound having a CaMKII inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cardiac diseases (particularly catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, postoperative atrial fibrillation, heart failure, fatal arrhythmia) and the like.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11795171B2	Pyrrolotriazinones and imidazotriazinones as ubiquitin-specific protease 7 inhibitors The invention relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R5′, R6, X1, X2, m, and n are described herein.
US11795168B2	Inhibiting cyclic amp-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) binding protein (CBP) The present disclosure is directed to solid and salt forms of inhibitors of the CBP/p300 family of bromodomains made up of salts and crystalline forms of Formula (I). The compounds can be useful in the treatment of disease or disorders associated with the inhibition of the CBP/p300 family of bromodomains. For instance, the disclosure is concerned with compounds and compositions for inhibition of the CBP/p300 family of bromodomains, methods of treating diseases or disorders associated with the inhibition of CBP/p300 family of bromodomains (e.g., certain forms of cancer), and methods of synthesis of these compounds.
US11795163B2	Compound for inhibiting nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase and composition containing same The present invention relates to a novel compounds for inhibiting nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NamPT), a composition comprising the same, and various uses thereof.
US11795156B2	Bicyclic carboxamides and methods of use thereof Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of EP2 and EP4 receptors, and for the treatment, prevention and amelioration of one or more symptoms of diseases or disorders related to the activity of EP2 and EP4 receptors. In certain embodiments, the compounds are antagonists of both the EP2 and EP4 receptors.
US11795139B2	Phenylcarbamate crystalline form and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a crystalline form of a phenyl carbamate derivative compound and a use thereof, and more particularly, to a more thermodynamically stable crystal, i.e., a Pattern 1 crystalline form, and a preparation method thereof. Amorphous and crystalline forms were prepared using various solvents, and among these, a thermodynamically stable Pattern 1 crystalline form and a pharmaceutical use of this crystalline form are provided.
US11795138B2	Process of fluorinating inorganic compounds by direct fluorination The invention relates to a use of a fluorination gas, and the elemental fluorine (F2) is present in a high concentration, for example, in a concentration of elemental fluorine (F2), especially of equal to much higher than 15 or even 20% by volume, and to a process for the manufacture of a fluorinated compound by direct fluorination employing a fluorination gas, wherein the elemental fluorine (F2) is present in a high concentration. The process of the invention is directed to the manufacture of a fluorinated compound, for the exception of fluorinated benzene, by direct fluorination. Especially the invention is of interest in the preparation of fluorinated organic compounds, final products and as well intermediates, for usage in agro-, pharma-, electronics-, catalyst, solvent and other functional chemical applications. The fluorination process of the invention may be performed batch-wise or in a continuous manner.
US11795133B2	Process for preparing 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate, and intermediates therefor The present invention provides a process for preparing 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate (5): wherein Ac represents an acetyl group, the process comprising steps of: subjecting a 2-methyl-2,6-heptadiene compound (1) having a leaving group X at position 1: wherein X represents an acyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms including the carbon atom of the carbonyl group, an alkanesulfonyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an arenesulfonyloxy group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or a halogen atom, to a nucleophilic substitution reaction with a 3-methylpentyl nucleophilic reagent (2) having a protected hydroxyl group at position 5: wherein M represents Li, MgZ1, ZnZ1, Cu, CuZ1, or CuLiZ1, wherein Z1 represents a halogen atom or a CH2CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH2OR group, and R represents a protecting group for a hydroxyl group, to form a 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decene compound (3) having a protected hydroxyl group at position 1: wherein R is as defined above; subjecting the 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decene compound (3) having the protected hydroxyl group at position 1 to a deprotection reaction to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol (4); and acetylating 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenol (4) to form 6-isopropenyl-3-methyl-9-decenyl acetate (5).
US11795132B2	Application of metal hydride/palladium compound system in preparation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound in cascade reaction of electron-deficient alkene compound Provided is an application of a metal hydride/palladium compound system in the preparation of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound in a cascade reaction of an electron-deficient alkene compound, said reaction comprising the following steps: under the protection of nitrogen, a palladium compound and a metal hydride are suspended and stirred in a solvent, then an electron-deficient alkene compound is added; the mixture reacts at 0° C. to 100° C. for 0.3 to 10 hours; a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution is added to stop the reaction, and then extraction, drying by evaporation and purification by column chromatography are performed to obtain the product of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The hydride and palladium compound catalysts used in the method are reagents easily obtained in a laboratory; compared with the commonly used methods of hydrogenation with hydrogen gas, the method can be easily operated, and has high safety, mild conditions and high reaction yield.
US11795129B2	Dinuclear copper catalyst for the oxidation/oxygenation of hydrocarbons The subject invention provides synthetic compounds, and compound complexes having catalytic activities towards oxidation or oxygenation, and/or dehydrogenation of various substrates comprising C−H bonds. The catalysts of the subject invention comprise a dinuclear Cu(I)/Cu(II) center that can convert between a resting state and a reactive species. The subject invention also provides methods of using such catalysts for the oxidation of substrates comprising C−H bonds, e.g., hydrocarbons, to synthesize chemicals for use as pharmaceuticals and industrial feedstock.
US11795127B2	Processes for the preparation of ortho-allylated hydroxy aryl compounds The present application describes process for preparing an ortho-allylated hydroxy aryl compounds such as compounds of Formula (I) by reacting an allylic alcohol with a hydroxy aryl compound in the presence of aluminum compound selected from alumina and aluminum alkoxides and in a non-protic solvent wherein at least one carbon atom ortho to the hydroxy group in the hydroxy aryl compound is unsubstituted. The present application also includes compounds of Formula (I).
US11795126B2	Upcycling perfluoropolymers into fluorinated olefins Mechanical stirred bed reactors that incorporate a screen are described. Methods of using such reactors to process perfluoropolymers to form perfluorinated olefin monomers are also described. The reactors and methods may be used to upcycle filled perfluorinated materials.
US11795123B2	Catalysts for petrochemical catalysis Metal oxide catalysts comprising various dopants are provided. The catalysts are useful as heterogenous catalysts in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to C2 hydrocarbons such as ethane and ethylene. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed.
US11795114B1	Process far revolutionary, very thick and very high thermal conductivity carbon-carbon composites This innovation provides for a revolutionary advancement in the area of very thick and very high thermal conductivity carbon-carbon (C—C) composites for both commercial and military. Novel, surface treated to achieve desired chemistry, exhibiting no agglomeration, carbon-based fillers are used enabling stable slurries up to 45 wt % solids to be used in the composite pre-pregging for 1-D and 2-D, 2-5 D and 3-D preforms infiltration. The need for carbonization is eliminated. No closed porosity C—C composites are produced. Up to 12″ thick C—C composites with no density gradient and thermal conductivity in excess of 650 W/mK were fabricated via chemically induced graphitization.
US11795111B2	Electro-conductive B4C-TiB2 composite ceramic and preparation method thereof An electro-conductive B4C—TiB2 has a microstructure in which large B4C grains are coated by small TiB2 grains. The composite ceramic includes 10˜30% by volume of TiB2. A method for preparing the electro-conductive B4C—TiB2 composite ceramic includes: (1) weighing B4C, TiC, and amorphous B powder; (2) mixing evenly and drying thoroughly the powders; and (3) loading the mixed powder into a graphite mold; and placing the graphite mold in a spark plasma sintering furnace for sintering under vacuum, where the sintering is performed at 2000° C. and 50 MPa for 5˜20 min.
US11795104B2	Aggregate materials and methods of preparation thereof Aggregates useful in building materials such as concrete are described. The aggregates may include fly ash and an inorganic polymer binder, which may be present as an outer layer on a core of fly ash. Methods of preparing the aggregates and concrete mixtures comprising the aggregates are also described. For example, the aggregates may be prepared by contacting fly ash agglomerates with an alkaline solution. The concrete mixtures may comprise the aggregates and a hydraulic cement.
US11795101B2	Lithium containing glass or glass ceramic article with modified K2O profile near the glass surface A lithium containing glass article is provided. In aspects, the lithium containing glass article includes an intensity coupling profile including a plurality of coupling resonances. A first of the coupling resonances has a half-width half-maximum value that is at least 1.8 times greater than the half-width half-maximum value of a second of the coupling resonances. In aspects, the lithium containing glass article includes a smoothed intensity coupling profile including a plurality of coupling resonances. A second derivative of the smoothed intensity coupling profile at a first of the coupling resonances is at least 1.8 times greater than a second derivative of the smoothed coupling profile at a second of the coupling resonances.
US11795100B2	Composition for glass, and aluminosilicate glass, preparation method therefor, and use thereof A composition for glass, and aluminosilicate glass, preparation method therefor, and use thereof. In molar percentage, in the composition, the total content of SiO2, B2O3, P2O5, GeO2 and TeO2 is 60˜85 mol %; the total content of Al2O3 and Ga2O3 is 3˜20 mol %; the total content of ZnO and Y2O3 is 0.1˜5 mol %; and the total content of alkaline earth metal oxide is 4˜30 mol %. The glass has a high strain point, a low melting temperature, and a high thermal expansion coefficient, has good toughness, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
US11795097B2	Method of producing optical fiber preform and optical fiber A method of producing an optical fiber preform includes a silica glass body forming step of forming a silica glass body to be at least a portion of a core portion. The method includes an alkali-metal-doped silica glass body forming step of forming an alkali-metal-doped silica glass body doped with an alkali metal around the silica glass body such that the alkali-metal-doped silica glass body contacts the silica glass body. The method further includes a diffusing step of diffusing the alkali metal from the alkali-metal-doped silica glass body to the silica glass body by a heat treatment.
US11795096B2	Apparatus and method for processing a glass sheet Method and apparatus for removing a peripheral portion of a glass sheet. The glass sheet is placed in a predetermined position. A score line is formed on a major surface of the glass sheet. The score line demarcates a central region and a peripheral portion. A push bar is moved in a direction of a back-up bar assembly such to contact the major surface along the peripheral portion. The push bar is further moved in the direction to cause the peripheral portion to separate from the central region, and then become captured between the push bar and the back-up bar assembly. With some embodiments, the glass sheet is vertically oriented and the peripheral portion is not constrained during formation of the score line.
US11795094B2	Method and device for manufacturing glass article Provided is a manufacturing method for a glass article, including: a pre-heating step (S1) of heating a transfer pipe (7); and a transfer step (S4) of causing molten glass to flow through the transfer pipe (7) after the pre-heating step (S1). The transfer pipe (7) includes a main body portion (8) having a tubular shape and a flange portion (9a, 9b) formed on an end portion of the main body portion (8). The main body portion (8) is retained by a refractory (10). In the pre-heating step (S1), the main body portion (8) is heated while the flange portion (9a, 9b) is movably supported so that the flange portion (9a, 9b) is moved in accordance with extension of the main body portion (8).
US11795093B2	Multivariable vertical glass distribution control using soft sensor and methods Methods and systems for controlling vertical glass distribution are provided. A traversing pyrometer periodically measures a parison actual temperature after the parisons exit a blank mold. The thermal camera takes a thermal image of each glass container after the glass container exits the blow mold. A vertical glass signature extraction module extracts a vertical glass distribution signature. A parison temperature estimator determines a parison estimated temperature for each vertical glass distribution signature obtained based on the vertical glass distribution signature, a most recently measured parison actual temperature and a parison stretch time. A parison temperature summer compares the parison estimated temperature to a parison set point temperature to determine a parison temperature error. A parison temperature control controls a blank mold contact time based on the parison temperature error.
US11795092B2	Plunger assembly for forming ribbons of molten glass In a plunger assembly for forming ribbons of molten glass, at least one extruder plunger is guided in a vertical direction from and towards a tank adapted to contain a mass of molten glass from a guide head carried by a support arm kept fixed during the forming of the bead. The extruder plunger is displaced by alternated cyclic motion with respect to the support arm according a predefined law of motion from one drive unit displaced above the support arm and at least partly above the tank.
US11795087B2	System for purifying fresh, combined and saline wastewater from radioactive heavy metals The invention relates to environment management, particularly to methods for purifying a wastewater in order to eliminate a toxic impact of heavy and radioactive metals. A method for purifying fresh, combined and saline wastewater from radioactive and heavy metals using an electrolysis and a special active substance (sorbent), wherein the wastewater is fed to an electrolyzer with a chamber that is separated by a special membrane that is permeable for ions of metals separately of water, then changes of the pH occur in order to form complex compounds, which comprise ions of radioactive and heavy metals. Afterwards, the adsorption of the obtained 0 compounds by the special active substance (sorbent) and filtering-off on a precoat filter that retains ions of heavy and radioactive metals are performed. The obtained filtrate is cemented without drying and evaporation in order to perform final deposition of the radioactive 0 compounds.
US11795085B2	Water hygiene improving system and methods A water hygiene improving system and method are provided which may include and utilize one or more water hygiene improving devices which may be coupled to a building water supply network at any number of locations so that water passing through each water hygiene improving device is returned to the building water supply network. The water hygiene improving device may include one or more membrane filtration systems and optionally one or more bioreactors. The system and method include a new and innovative approach for surviving or improving water hygiene within the whole water supply network of new or existing buildings, for prevention of their contamination with Legionella or other pathogens, general limitation of biofilm growth and their negative effects on water hygiene, also at point of use (POU), and water distribution within new or existing buildings by limitation of incoming nutrients, bacteria and other microorganisms at point of entry (POE) of buildings or at other locations of the water supply network within the building.
US11795083B1	Quantum energized water through the selective treatment and conditioning of a base aqueous solution A method for the creation of structured water in a laboratory or commercial setting may be bottled and distributed for human consumption. The method creates structured water that maintains its specific matrix structure for longer than structured water that is formed naturally (signal-locked water). The method creates signal-locked water by rendering the water prepared with a magnetic field, adding additives, exposing it to electromagnetic radiation, and adding a concentrate. The signal-locked water may be bottled and distributed for purchase and consumption.
US11795082B2	Split continuous operation micro-grid dynamic membrane bioreactor Disclosed is a split continuous operation micro-grid dynamic membrane bioreactor. The split continuous operation micro-grid dynamic membrane bioreactor comprises a biological treatment unit and a drum dynamic membrane filtration unit, wherein the biological treatment unit comprises a microbiological treatment tank, and a water inlet pipe is arranged on the microbiological treatment tank; the drum dynamic membrane filtration unit comprises a filter tank, and a drum micro-grid dynamic membrane mechanism is arranged in the filter tank; the drum micro-grid dynamic membrane mechanism comprises a filter drum, a backwashing device is arranged above the filter drum, and a sludge collecting tank is arranged in the filter drum; a water outlet is formed in the bottom of the filter tank; a mixed liquid pipe is arranged between the microbiological treatment tank and the filter drum; and a sludge discharge header pipe is arranged on the sludge collecting tank.
US11795081B2	Systems of gas infusion for wastewater treatment This application relates to a system of treating wastewater wherein an oxygen infusion system is used to supersaturate wastewater before aerobic biological processes, wherein oxygen is transferred to the wastewater free of oxygen bubbles and achieves a reduction in power demand for the aeration process of wastewater.
US11795080B2	Microbial carrier and device for treating wastewater A microbial carrier and a device for treating wastewater are provided. The microbial carrier includes a bacteriophilic material and a plurality of foam cells, wherein the foam cells are disposed in the bacteriophilic material. The bactericidal material is a reaction product of a composite, wherein the composition includes a hydrophobic polyvinyl alcohol and a cross-linking agent, wherein the surface energy of the hydrophobic polyvinyl alcohol is 30 mJ/m2 to 58 mJ/m2.
US11795077B2	Soil and water remediation method and apparatus for treatment of recalcitrant halogenated substances Disclosed are methods, apparatuses and systems for the remediation of contaminated soils, groundwater, water, and/or waste using a combination of reagents. The disclosed methods may be used to treat various recalcitrant halogenated substances, such as perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyls. Particular combinations of reagents that may be used in the disclosed methods include but are not limited to: (1) persulfate, oxygen and ozone; (2) persulfate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (3) persulfate, phosphate, and/or oxygen; (4) persulfate, phosphate, oxygen and ozone; (5) persulfate, phosphate, salt and oxygen (6) persulfate, phosphate, salt, oxygen and ozone; (7) oxygen and salt; and (8) air and salt. The disclosed methods may enhance destruction of organic contaminants in the liquid phase and may also control the rate of aerosol or foam formation relative to the rate of chemical oxidation and/or reduction/transfer.
US11795076B2	Synthesis method of indole derivative capable of efficiently degrading perfluorinated compound (PFC) A synthesis method of an indole derivative capable of efficiently degrading a perfluorinated compound (PFC) and a use of the indole derivative are provided. The synthesis method includes dissolving an appropriate amount of indole, alkylamine, and formaldehyde in an ethanol solution, conducting a reaction at reflux under suitable conditions for a specified period of time with ZnCl2 or glacial acetic acid as a catalyst to form a reaction product, vacuum-drying the reaction product, and purifying the reaction product through column chromatography to obtain a novel indole derivative with a hydrophobic alkyl branch. The present indole derivative has some hydrophobicity and a positively charged amino group that can effectively capture PFCs in contaminated water to produce a sub-nanoscale self-assembled aggregate. Hydrated electrons generated by light irradiation can directly attack PFCs in the aggregate without long-distance mass transfer, improving the utilization rate of hydrated electrons and reduces the ratio of fed materials.
US11795075B1	Vacuum-flocculation-solidification integrated apparatus for waste mud and using method thereof A vacuum-flocculation-solidification integrated apparatus for waste mud and a using method thereof are provided, and the apparatus includes an outer support truss, a vacuum barrel wall, a flocculation stirring device, and a rotary spraying solidification device. The using method of the apparatus includes: flattening a site and installing a support truss and a vacuum barrel wall; assembling a flocculation stirring device and then hoisting and installing to a top of the vacuum barrel wall; checking an air tightness; adding an APAM flocculant, starting the flocculation stirring device and a vacuum pump; starting an air compressor; and squeezing solidified soil from soil outlets. Beneficial effects of apparatus are that: multiple procedures of flocculation, vacuum drainage, solidification and discharging soil for the waste mud are continuously performed; a solidification agent is fully mixed with solidified soil through rotary spraying; and the apparatus is convenient to be disassembled, reassembled, and reused.
US11795073B2	Electrocoagulation device An electrocoagulation device is provided. An electrocoagulation device comprises: a housing having an inner space; a containing member arranged in the inner space; at least two electrode plates arranged outside the containing member so as to face each other such that power supplied from the outside is applied thereto; and a plurality of conductive lumps having a predetermined volume, which are contained in the containing member so as to contact each other and to form pores through which raw water can pass, wherein contaminants included in the raw water are coagulated through electrocoagulation as the same pass through the pores.
US11795072B2	Electrolyzed water generator and electrolyzed water generation system An electrolyzed water generator includes anode, cathode, and cation exchange membrane provided between anode and cathode so as to be in contact with at least one of anode and cathode. Gaps in which a flow of water occurs are present between cation exchange membrane and at least one of anode and cathode.
US11795061B2	Process for producing lithiated transition metal oxides Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming precursor materials into agglomerates prior to calcination. The use of the agglomerates improves gas flow into and out of the materials thereby improving calcination results, electrochemical properties of the resulting materials, and allows for use of high temperature kilns not previously suitable for such materials thereby lowering production costs.
US11795056B2	Method for producing astatine Provided is a method capable of separating and purifying astatine-211 in a high yield and dissolving same in a solution. A method for producing astatine-211, including a step of irradiating α ray to bismuth to produce astatine-211 in the bismuth, and a step of distilling the bismuth that received α ray irradiation with a carrier gas containing an inert gas, O2 and H2O to separate and purify astatine-211, and dissolving the astatine-211 in a solution.
US11795055B1	Systems and methods for processing ammonia A method for ammonia decomposition is disclosed. The method may comprise providing a catalyst comprising an zirconia support and a layer adjacent to the support. The layer comprises a tetragonal phase comprising zirconium, cerium, and oxygen, an oxide of at least one of an alkali metal and a rare earth metal, and an active metal. The method may comprise bringing the catalyst in contact with ammonia at a temperature of from about 400° C. to 700° C. to generate a reformate stream comprising hydrogen and nitrogen at an ammonia conversion efficiency of at least about 70%. The method may comprise directing the hydrogen to generate electricity. The method may comprise generating heat for a reformer comprising the catalyst by combustion of gases or by electricity generated from hydrogen.
US11795051B2	Through silicon via and redistribution layer A semiconductor device, which comprises: a silicon substrate having a front surface and a back surface; a metal layer located on said front surface; a through silicon via (TSV) extending through said silicon substrate from said back surface to said front surface, wherein said TSV is connected at one end to said metal layer; and a redistribution layer (RDL), wherein said RDL is embedded in said silicon substrate.
US11795047B2	Probe assembly for use in a closed transfer system A probe assembly configured to selectively restrict fluid flow through an outlet of a closed transfer system. The probe assembly has an elongate probe body with a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an outer wall, and an internal structure defining a fluid chamber extending from the bottom end portion to the top end portion. The fluid chamber has a fluid chamber inlet at the bottom end portion extending through the outer wall into the fluid chamber and a fluid chamber outlet at the top end portion extending from the fluid chamber through the outer wall. A probe tip with a cylindrical bore is configured to engage the top end portion of the elongate probe body and a probe tip outlet is configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid chamber outlet. A rotating head located circumjacent to the probe tip and adjacent to the probe tip outlet is configured to rotate about the probe tip. The rotating head having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a vane extending from the inner surface through the outer surface.
US11795043B2	Mid-mount fire apparatus A mid-mount fire apparatus includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, a front cabin coupled to the chassis forward of the body assembly, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a tandem rear axle coupled to the chassis, and a ladder assembly having a proximal end that is coupled to the chassis rearward of the front cabin and between the front axle and the tandem rear axle. The ladder assembly includes a plurality of ladder sections. The ladder assembly is extensible to a horizontal reach of at least 88 feet. A distal end of the ladder assembly does not extend beyond the rear end of the body assembly when fully retracted.
US11795038B2	Cranes and methods for erecting a tower The disclosure relates to a crane (200) for erecting a tower including a plurality of tower segments (171, 72, 173, 174, 175), the crane (200) comprising: a telescopic mast (210), and a jib (230) rotatably mounted with respect to the telescopic mast (210) and comprising lifting equipment (240). The telescopic mast (210) comprises a lower mast segment (211) having one or more lower clamp assemblies (202, 204) for selectively gripping portions of the tower and a roller assembly (300) for rolling along the tower, and comprising one or more further mast segments (212, 213, 214, 215, 216) having an upper clamp assembly (206) for selectively gripping portions of the tower, the further mast segments (212, 213, 214, 215, 216) being slidable with respect to the lower mast segment (211). The disclosure also relates to methods for climbing a tower with a crane (200) and methods for mounting a wind turbine tower.
US11795037B2	Overhead travelling crane assembly Provided is an overhead travelling crane assembly including an overhead rail and a hoist unit realized to travel along the rail, characterized by a parking lock mounted to the hoist unit, which parking lock includes a brake assembly which, in its default position, prevents movement of the hoist unit along the overhead rail; and a release means realized to release the brake assembly to allow movement of the hoist unit along the overhead rail. Also provided is a method of operating such an overhead travelling crane assembly; and a wind turbine including such an overhead travelling crane assembly in the nacelle.
US11795036B2	Method for generating a trajectory for a hoisting appliance A method for generating a trajectory for a load transported by a hoisting appliance spanning a hoisting area. The method includes providing a 3-dimensional model of the hoisting area with located obstacles within the hoisting area, providing load parameters including load length, height, width and weight. Generating a trajectory for navigating through the hoisting area using the model of the hoisting area and taking in account located obstacles, load parameters; and load movement parameters including a maximum attainable speed of the hoist appliance with the load, wherein the generated trajectory includes a starting point, a target point and a number of consecutive line segments connecting the starting point and the target point. And optimizing the trajectory for speed by maximizing the length of at least one line segment in a main direction of travel in order to travel at a maximum attainable speed of the hoisting appliance with the load in the main direction of travel.
US11795035B2	Lifting device and methods for pulling up overturned vehicles and other structures A lifting devices can include a tube with a first slot and a second slot. The devices also include an insert with a first insert projection connected to a second insert projection by a central portion. The first insert projection extends through the first slot and the second insert projection extends through the second slot. A first plate and a second plate are each connected to the central portion of the insert. The lifting devices can be used in a method of lifting a tanker truck or other structures.
US11795034B2	Escalator monitoring system, method, sound data collection device and fixture therefor An escalator monitoring system includes a data collection device disposed near parts of an escalator that need to be monitored for collecting data of the parts; a data transmittal device used to transmit data relevant to safe operation of the escalator; a local data processing device or cloud processors used to receive the data relevant to the safe operation of the escalator, to compare it against a threshold value stored therein and derived from the parts in normal operating conditions, and to respond to comparison result. The data collection device is a people traffic sensor for detecting the people traffic entering the escalator in a unit time, and an power sensor for detecting the power consumption in a unit time, a data transferring unit transfers the people traffic detected in a unit time and the power consumption detected in a unit time to the local data processing device or the cloud processors, the local data processing device or the cloud processors determines the running condition of the escalator according to the relation between the people traffic in a unit time and the power consumption in a unit time to determine whether or not an alarm signal needs to be sent.
US11795032B2	Monitoring system An elevator system includes a car door and a sensor module. The car door is movable relative to an elevator car by a drive mechanism. The sensor module includes a first acoustic sensor arranged to provide a first acoustic signal, a second acoustic sensor arranged to provide a second acoustic signal, and a processor arranged to receive the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal. The processor is programmed to, responsive to an input provided to the first acoustic sensor and the second acoustic sensor, identify a direction of an elevator system noise source based on a first time delay based on the first acoustic signal and the second acoustic signal.
US11795030B2	Low tension application coiler The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for a low tension application spooler and or coiler system that positively drives the material into the coil and or reel so that the tension is minimum during the winding process.
US11795028B1	Sheet processing apparatus According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit, a fold reinforcing unit, and a control unit. The folding unit folds a sheet and forms a fold line thereon. The fold reinforcing unit includes a fold reinforcing roller. The fold reinforcing roller sandwiches the fold line on the sheet formed by the folding unit and moves in a fold-line direction in which the fold line extends. The control unit moves the fold reinforcing roller from a first position close to a first end of the fold line on a first side in the fold-line direction to a second position close to a second end of the fold line on a second side opposite to the first side. The control unit can execute, at this time, a division movement mode including a reversal return operation. The reversal return operation is an operation of reversing a movement direction of the fold reinforcing roller to the first side at a middle portion of the fold line and then returning the movement direction of the fold reinforcing roller to the second side.
US11795027B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming system An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an input unit configured to receive input of folding unit information specifying either one of a first sheet folding unit and a second sheet folding unit, and a control unit configured to selectively perform a first mode and a second mode based on the folding unit information, the first mode being a mode in which the image forming unit forms the image on the sheet such that an orientation of the image becomes a first direction, the second mode being a mode in which the image forming unit forms the image on the sheet such that the orientation of the image becomes a second direction inverted from the first direction.
US11795024B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus comprises a sheet eject tray; a movable guide arranged on an upstream side of the sheet eject tray with respect to a direction of conveyance of a sheet and being configured to be able to move to a protruding position and a retracted position; and a driving mechanism configured to cause the movable guide to move to the protruding position when a leading edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide and cause the movable guide to move to the retracted position when a trailing edge of a sheet is conveyed along the movable guide, wherein the protruding position includes a first position at which the movable guide presses a sheet to the sheet eject tray and a second position between the first position and the retracted position.
US11795018B2	Printing device with document managing function and document managing method thereof A document managing method for a printing device is provided. The document managing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a printing mechanism prints a document with plural papers, and transfers the plural papers to a paper collection platform. Then, a management module manages the plural papers from two lateral sides of the plural papers. Then, a paper ejection module ejects a first portion of the plural papers at a first speed, and then ejects a second portion of the plural papers at a second speed. Consequently, the plural papers are exited from the paper collection platform. Then, the management module is separated from the two lateral sides of the plural papers, so that the plural papers fall down to a supporting tray. The first speed is faster than the second speed.
US11795014B2	Depalletizing robots for an autonomous warehouse An automated robotic depalletizing system includes at least one robot for transferring inventory that arrives on a pallet to different storage locations within a warehouse. The robot may perform the automated depalletizing by moving to the pallet having a stacked arrangement of a plurality of objects, identifying, via a sensor, a topmost object of the plurality of objects, aligning a retriever with the topmost object, engaging the topmost object with the retriever, and transferring the topmost object from the pallet to the robot by actuating the retriever. The automated depalletizing may also be performed via coordinated operations of two or more robots. For instance, a first robot may retrieve objects from the pallet, and a second set of one or more robots may be used to transfer the retrieved objects into storage.
US11795011B2	Vacuum lifting arrangement and method for providing a such The disclosure relates to a vacuum lifting arrangement comprising a vacuum pump, a valve arrangement, a support structure, and a flexible lifting tube comprising a suction foot. The vacuum pump is connected to the valve arrangement and to the flexible lifting tube. The valve arrangement is arranged to extend and retract the flexible lifting tube. The valve arrangement is arranged separate from the suction foot, between the vacuum pump and the suction foot. The disclosure also relates to a method of providing a vacuum lifting arrangement.
US11795009B2	Method for merging, within a logistical warehouse, k incoming flows of payloads into one outgoing flow Method for merging, within a logistical warehouse, k incoming flows of payloads, transported respectively by k FIFO conveyor lanes αi with i∈{1, . . . , k} into one outgoing flow of payloads transported by a collector conveyor. The k lanes are distributed along the collector and numbered a1 to ak. Δi is a time-related distance between the lanes ai and ak. A control system obtains a set L having n payloads distributed on the k lanes and having to be injected into the collector to form an exit sequence; computes a date t0 at which the first payload σ1 of the exit sequence σ passes in front of the lane ak; and computes n dates of injection of the n payloads into the collector, as a function of t0; and commands the collector and the k alleys, for an injection of the n payloads into the collector in compliance with the injection dates.
US11795008B2	Systems, devices, and methods for extendable conveyors Systems, devices, methods and computer program products for extendable conveyors are provided. A system includes an extendable conveyor and a separation module. The extendable conveyor is operable to convey items from an upstream side of the extendable conveyor to a downstream side of the extendable conveyor. Further, it is configured to increase the distance from the upstream side to the downstream side. The separation module is operable for conveying items towards the extendable conveyor and configured to decelerate the conveying of the items on the separation module.
US11795007B1	Vertically actuated case turning device and method A turning assembly includes four arms extending from a central position located just outside of the expanse of conveyor rollers, with each of the arms being arranged at 90 degree angles relative to adjacent ones of the four arms. A vertical actuator is configured to move the turning assembly between an active position above a level of the conveyor rollers and an inactive position at or below the level of the conveyor rollers, where at least one of the arms is received within at least one of the gaps between adjacent rollers on the conveyor. Finally, a rotational actuator is configured to rotate the turning assembly arms through an arc around the central position, whereby articles traveling along an article path on the conveyor are configured to either pass over at least one of the turning assembly arms or impact upon the at least one of the turning assembly arms depending upon whether the turning assembly is in an inactive or active position, respectively.
US11795004B2	Conveyor table transfer apparatus, transport system and conveyor table transfer method A conveyor table transfer apparatus includes a link mechanism connects the drive member driven by a motor (drive source) and a movable member supporting the movable linear conveyor. The link mechanism has one or more degrees of freedom. The degree of freedom of the link mechanism causes the link mechanism to bend in response to a degree of parallelization between the linear-motion guide rail and the linear-motion guide rail, making it possible to suppress load to be applied to the drive member or the movable member. As a result, it becomes possible to move the movable linear conveyor smoothly without requiring precise adjustment in mounting of the drive member and the movable member on the linear-motion guide rail and the linear-motion guide rail respectively.
US11795001B2	Analog-controlled transport device with data read-out A conveyor apparatus includes a drive unit, a connection interface which transmits analog signals, and a drive control module which is coupled to the drive unit and to the connection interface via signal technology. The drive control module receives analog control signals via the connection interface in an operating state and controls the drive unit as a function of the analog control signals, outputs digital diagnostic signals via the connection interface in a digital communication state, and switches from the operating state to the digital communication state upon receipt of a switchover command. The switchover command is made up of a predetermined analog control signal or a predetermined sequence of analog control signals.
US11794997B2	Method for operating a bin storage system and robot vehicle A method of operating a bin storage system including a plurality of storage columns for the storage of a plurality of vertically-stacked storage bins, and a plurality of robot vehicles for transporting storage bins, the method includes: positioning a cavity of one of the plurality of robot vehicles such that it is aligned with one of the storage columns, receiving a storage bin from the storage column into the cavity, and moving the robot vehicle along the bin storage system, using a plurality of rolling members attached to the vehicle body about the cavity that are arranged for travelling in a first direction and a perpendicular second direction along the bin storage system.
US11794994B2	System and method for picking items A system and method for picking items is disclosed. The system includes a grid-based storage area and an order assembly area. The system includes an array of presentation positions, the presentation positions being configured and adapted so as to present storage containers delivered to the presentation positions so as to enable picking of items contained therein.
US11794990B2	Vomit bag with anti-nausea aroma dispenser A vomit receptacle that includes a nausea relief substance that may be released on demand to relieve the nausea of a user who also must be prepared to contain a vomiting event. The receptacle may be a flexible bag, and the relief substance may be contained in a sealed packet in the bag, or in a kit with the bag. The substance may be an aromatic essential oil such as peppermint oil.
US11794988B2	Cargo container To avoid or reduce the necessity of loading a cargo container on a container carrying vehicle, for example, a cargo container 100 includes: engaging portions 101b disposed at four corners of each of upper and lower surfaces of a shell 101 and each engageable with a spreader of a container crane; and a wheel 113 capable of supporting the cargo container 100 such that the cargo container 100 is allowed to run. The wheel 113 is switchable between a runnable state where at least a lowermost portion is located below a bottom surface 101c of the cargo container 100 and supports the cargo container 100 such that the cargo container 100 is allowed to run, and a loaded state where the wheel 113 moves inward from the bottom surface 101c and the bottom surface 101c is allowed to make contact with a mount surface of the cargo container 100.
US11794979B2	Paw-shaped odor control item and associated packaging and methods Disclosed are various embodiments for forming an odor control item and providing packaging for an odor control item. A method for forming at least one odor control item includes providing a resealable package comprising a first blister and a second blister, wherein the first blister comprises at least one cavity, performing a hot mold process whereby a liquid substance is poured into the at least one cavity, and curing the liquid substance while the liquid substance is in the at least one cavity to form the at least one odor control item.
US11794978B2	Sealed packaging for a confectionery product Sealed packaging for a confectionery product Food product packaging comprising a food product (P) in a sealed wrapper of sheet material, comprising a first sheet (2) shaped in a receiving configuration adapted to contain the product, having an end edge in the shape of a flange (4) and a second sheet (6) adhered to said flange (4) to form a sealed wrapper surrounding the product (P), comprising a body of sheet material (8) in the shape of a cup with a base (10) and a side wall (12), where the base (10) is made to adhere to said second sheet (6) and the adhesive force between said base (10) and said second sheet (6) is greater than the adhesive force between the second sheet (6) and said flange (4), so that a force tending to separate said body from the packaging causes the detachment of said second sheet (6) from the flange (4) with the opening of the packaging.
US11794977B2	Packaging for powdered explosive-detection training aids and uses thereof The present application is directed to a packaging for a powdered explosive-detection training aid which may include first and second opposing flexible sheets heat sealed together along less than a periphery thereof and defining a storage compartment therebetween, wherein an unsealed portion of the periphery defines an opening to the storage compartment, wherein at least a portion of the first opposing flexible sheet is a semipermeable material permeable to a vapor emitted from the powdered explosive-detection training aid, with the second opposing flexible sheet being impermeable to the powdered explosive-detection training aid vapor; and a sealing member, wherein the sealing member is secured to the first opposing flexible sheet and, in a closing position, covers the semipermeable portion of the first opposing flexible sheet.
US11794970B2	Package, gas barrier laminate, and packaging body A packaging body constituted by a sheet that includes a gas barrier laminate and a sealant; and contents that are accommodated in the packaging body and that contain a sulfur-containing amino acid. The gas barrier laminate comprises: a resin substrate; a first layer containing an inorganic oxide; a second layer containing a carboxylic acid polymer; and a third layer containing a polyvalent metal compound and a resin. The resin substrate, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are layered in this order from the outside to the inside of the packaging body. The thickness of the third layer is 0.1 μm or more. The sulfur content of the second layer is 1.0 atm % or less.
US11794967B2	Tether A tether for connecting two different objects together has first and second elongate and flexible end portions having proximal and distal ends, and an elongate and flexible intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is releasably connectable with the first and second end portions, by the intermediate portion having connectors at either end and the first and second end portions having connectors at respective proximal ends to form first and second safety breakaways. The connections of the first and second safety breakaways, are made in-line with the general lengthwise axis of the tether. The first and second end portions are arranged for connection to a respective object. The safety breakaways between the intermediate portion and the first and second end portions are releasable at a predetermined release load.
US11794963B2	Nutritional supplements dispenser and methods An indexable dispenser is provided for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each sealed by a membrane to store a volume of supplement. The dispenser has a housing, a lance, an electrical power source, and a wireless transmitting and receiving device.
US11794960B2	Container with magnetic cap A container having a canister can be configured to retain a volume of liquid. The canister can be sealed by a lid structure, and the lid structure can have a spout opening. The spout opening may be sealed by a removably-coupled cap. Further, the cap may have a magnetic top surface configured to magnetically couple to a recess on the top surface of the lid for temporary storage of the cap when manually removed from the spout opening.
US11794959B2	Container and lid with multiple seals therebetween and methods for making and using the same A moisture tight container includes a container body and a lid preferably linked to the body by a hinge. The body and lid include at least a first seal and a second seal in series to provide a moisture tight seal between the body and the lid. The first seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-thermoplastic sealing surfaces of the body and lid respectively. The second seal includes mating of thermoplastic-to-elastomeric sealing surfaces of the body and lid, respectively, or of the lid and body, respectively.
US11794958B1	Overcap with method and system for making the same A one-piece paper lid and container system using the one-piece paper lid is provided herein. The one-piece paper lid comprises base having a central portion and peripheral portion, and a circumferential bead disposed adjacent the peripheral portion of the base. The circumferential bead is radially extendable between an inward position defining a first inner diameter and an outward position defining a second inner diameter. The one-piece paper lid further comprises a skirt extending downward from the circumferential bead. The skirt comprises an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall and an upwardly extending curl connecting the outer sidewall and the inner sidewall, wherein the inner sidewall comprises an inner protrusion extending radially inward.
US11794954B2	Packaging unit The invention relates to a packaging unit (1) for a plurality of individual products (20) combined into a group (2), comprising a plastic bag which accommodates the group (2) of individual products (20) and at least one stiffening element (3, 4, 5) arranged in the plastic bag or around the plastic bag, wherein the at least one stiffening element (3, 4, 5) covers and/or accommodates at least one of the plurality of individual products at least in some sections and wherein the at least one stiffening element (3, 4, 5) is produced from a material having a higher stiffness than the plastic bag.
US11794952B2	Utility assembly and coupling mechanism The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles.
US11794943B2	Tray container A tray container includes a paper-based material having a number of sides extending from a container bottom. Each side has a proximal end that is contiguous with the container bottom and a distal end that is configured to fold into a bonding surface and a reinforced portion. The bonding surface and the reinforced portion each include two layers of the container material. The tray container has a perimeter bonding surface that includes each bonding surface of the container sides. A support ring is attached to the perimeter bonding surface, defining a cover bonding surface to which a film or mesh cover may be bonded.
US11794939B2	Thermoplastic material container A container (1) made of thermoplastic material, defining an axis (X) and having a petaloid type bottom (2), the bottom (2) comprising: -a central area (3); -a plurality of first convex surfaces (4) towards the outside of the container, which extend from the central area (3); -a plurality of feet (5), arranged alternately with the first convex surfaces (4), and projecting outwards with respect to the first convex surfaces (4); -an annular rib (6), which is coaxial to the axis (X); wherein the first convex surfaces (4) belong to the same spherical surface having the center (C) arranged on the axis (X).
US11794931B2	Modular unmanned aerial vehicle system for adaptable parcel delivery A modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprises a body module, a rotor module, and a wing module. The body module includes a flight controller and a power distribution device. The body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module or the wing module, and the body module is releasably attachable to the rotor module. The rotor module includes one or more motors and electronic speed controllers (ESCs), while the wing module includes a wing having a flap, elevator, aileron, or rudder. Various UAV configurations can be formed from the body module, the rotor module, and the wing module. Each configuration includes different advantages for flight time, distance, battery life, and payload capacity. A UAV can be configured to a particular configuration to optimize parcel delivery.
US11794930B1	Unmanned aerial vehicle jettison apparatus An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) jettison apparatus. The UAV jettison apparatus may comprise a payload bay, fairing, ejector plate, and releasable latch. The payload bay may be mounted beneath an aircraft and may have an inner space and a top plate attached therewith. The fairing may substantially cover the inner space of the payload bay and may have an opening positioned directly below the top plate. The ejector plate, which may be spring-loaded, may substantially cover the opening and may be used to mount the UAV. The releasable latch, which may be disposed between the top plate and the ejector plate, may releasably lock and hold the UAV in a stowed position and, upon release, may allow the ejector plate to move into a launch position, such that the UAV is released and jettisoned from a larger aircraft.
US11794927B2	Additively manufactured spacecraft panel A method of additively manufacturing a spacecraft panel includes printing a first skin and a second skin, spaced apart from the first skin. The method further includes printing a first truss structure connecting the first skin to the second skin.
US11794926B2	System and method for maintaining and configuring rotorcraft In an embodiment, a method includes: collecting usage and maintenance data for a rotorcraft at a computer of the rotorcraft; sending the usage and maintenance data to a fleet management server; generating individualized equipment data for the rotorcraft according to the usage and maintenance data at the fleet management server, the individualized equipment data including a lightweight digital representation of the rotorcraft and technical publications for the rotorcraft, the lightweight digital representation including mesh-based 3D visualizations of each component of the rotorcraft, the technical publications having views referencing the mesh-based 3D visualizations; sending the individualized equipment data to the computer of the rotorcraft; and persisting the individualized equipment data at the computer of the rotorcraft.
US11794924B2	Start/service aircraft battery system A start/service aircraft battery system including a housing on wheels/dolly for convenient movement to a space adjacent an aircraft to be started/serviced. An electrical output cable is carried by the housing and attachable to the aircraft to be started/serviced. A control panel on the housing includes a start/service switch having a start position and a service position. A starting battery and a larger service battery are carried by the housing, the starting battery being coupled to the electrical output cable through the start/service switch in the start position and the larger service battery being coupled to the electrical output cable through the start/service switch in the service position. The starting battery is removably attached to the start/service aircraft battery system for individual starting operations.
US11794918B2	Method of operating an actuator system, actuator system, and aircraft comprising said method and system A method of operating an actuator system (1) having a number k, k∈, of actuators (2), in particular individual propulsion units of an MAV-VTOL aircraft (10), in particular electrically powered actuators, wherein a desired control command up∈m, m∈, for controlling the actuator system (1) is allocated to real actuator commands u∈k, k∈, by using a weighted allocation matrix D (W), from an equation u=D−1(W)up, wherein D−1(W) is an inverse of the weighted allocation matrix, and the real actuator commands u are applied for controlling the actuators (2). The method includes determining a characterizing value u* from the real actuator commands u; determining, at least for some of the actuators (2), preferably for all of the actuators (2), a deviation ei, i=1, 2, . . . , k of a respective actuator command ui, i=1, 2, . . . , k from said characterizing value u*; determining, at least for some of the actuators (2), preferably for all of the actuators (2), a weight wi, i=1, 2, . . . , k for a given actuator (2) as a function wi(ei), i=1, 2, . . . , k of said deviation ei; and using the weights wi for determining said weighted allocation matrix D(W). An actuator system which is operated according to this method and an aircraft with a plurality of propulsion units as a specific use case are also provided.
US11794916B2	Control systems for hybrid electric power plants A control system for a hybrid electric powerplant of an aircraft can include a throttle controller configured to receive one or more power settings and to output a heat engine setting and an electric motor setting, a heat engine controller operatively connected to the throttle controller. The heat engine controller can be configured to receive the heat engine setting and to control a heat engine system as a function of the heat engine setting to control torque output by a heat engine. The system can include a heat engine protection module that is part of or connected to the heat engine controller and configured to provide one or more protection commands to directly control one or more heat engine protection systems. The system can include an electric motor controller operatively connected to the throttle controller. The electric motor controller can be configured to receive the electric motor engine setting and to control an electric motor system as a function of the electric motor setting to control torque output by an electric motor. The system can include an electric motor protection module that is part of or connected to the electric motor controller and configured to provide one or more protection commands to directly control one or more electric motor protection systems.
US11794912B2	Systems and methods for reducing emissions with a fuel cell A gas turbine engine includes a fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell stack and defining a fuel cell assembly operating parameter, a fuel source, and a turbomachine. The turbomachine includes a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The combustor is configured to receive a flow of fuel from the fuel source and further configured to receive output products from the fuel cell stack. A controller is configured to perform operations including receiving data indicative of system operation conditions, determining a set of fuel cell operating conditions to move the system emission output into or maintain the system emission output within an emissions range, and controlling the fuel cell assembly operating parameter according to the determined set of fuel cell operating conditions.
US11794908B2	Flow body for an aircraft having an integrated de-icing system A flow body for an aircraft with an integrated de-icing system. The flow body includes a front skin, an internal structural component, a lever having first and second ends, with an attachment point in-between, and an actuator. The actuator is spaced inside the front skin. The lever extends from the actuator to a front skin inner surface, the first end coupling with the front skin, and the second end coupling with the actuator. The attachment point is swivably supported on the internal structural component. The attachment joint is closer to the first end than the second end. The lever and the actuator apply an impulsive force in a transverse direction to the lever, such that the lever rotates around the attachment point, and such the first end urges the front skin to locally elastically deform for removing ice accretion from an outer side of the front skin.
US11794905B2	Vehicle cabin thermal management system and method The system can include an on-board thermal management subsystem. The system 100 can optionally include an off-board (extravehicular) infrastructure subsystem. The on-board thermal management subsystem can include: a battery pack, one or more fluid loops, and an air manifold. The system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable components.
US11794896B2	Emergency response drone An emergency response drone having a multidirectional propulsion system and data capturing equipment and operatively associated computer system for providing information and situational awareness for emergency areas and related targets.
US11794895B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle with biometric verification Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for locating, identifying, and tracking a known criminal, fugitive, missing person, and/or any other person of interest. An embodiment operates by deploying an unmanned aerial vehicle, determining the mode of operation of the UAV, operating the UAV in accordance with the mode of operation of the UAV, determining whether a subject has been detected, capturing a first voice sample associated with the subject, authenticating the identity of the subject, and transmitting the GPS location of the unmanned aerial vehicle to a computing device.
US11794892B2	Tail sitter A tail sitter aircraft is described that comprises: a fuselage arranged vertically in a take-off/landing position and transversely to a vertical direction in a cruising position of the aircraft; a single wing; at least two first engines configured to exert respective first thrusts directed along respective first axes on the tail sitter; and at least two second engines rotating about respective second axes arranged above said first axes of the first engines, with reference to the cruising position; the at least two second engines being configured to exert respective second thrusts directed along respective second axes on the tail sitter; the first and second engines being carried by the single wing; the single wing comprises a first portion and a second portion mutually staggered from one another; the second portion being arranged above said first portion, with reference to said cruising position; said first portion comprises two half-wings, extending from opposite lateral sides of the fuselage; the wing further comprises a third portion arranged below said first portion with reference to said cruising position of said aircraft.
US11794890B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for an unmanned aerial system inspection system. One of the methods is performed by a UAV and includes obtaining, from a user device, flight operation information describing an inspection of a vertical structure to be performed, the flight operation information including locations of one or more safe locations for vertical inspection. A location of the UAV is determined to correspond to a first safe location for vertical inspection. A first inspection of the structure is performed is performed at the first safe location, the first inspection including activating cameras. A second safe location is traveled to, and a second inspection of the structure is performed. Information associated with the inspection is provided to the user device.
US11794887B1	Removable trailing edge assembly and system for rotor blade trailing edge actuation A rotor blade assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a main rotor blade body comprising an upper blade skin, a lower blade skin, an inboard end, an outboard end, and a trailing edge. The rotor blade assembly further includes a trailing edge actuator assembly. The trailing edge actuator assembly includes an upper actuator skin and a lower actuator skin defining a cavity and a trailing edge flap, a control panel disposed in the cavity and coupled to one of the upper actuator skin or the lower actuator skin and one or more actuators disposed in the cavity and configured to apply force to the control panel to cause the trailing edge flap to deflect. The trailing edge actuator assembly is coupled to the trailing edge of the main rotor blade body.
US11794883B2	Vibration control assembly A vibration control assembly includes a housing having an interior region and an inner mass including a cage disposed within the interior region of the housing and being rotatable within the housing about a first axis and a gyroscope wheel disposed within the cage and rotatable about a second axis other than the first axis. At least one driving source includes a stator and is operable to interact with a magnetic field of the inner mass to drive rotation of the inner mass about at least one of the first axis and the second axis, wherein the at least one driving source is mounted within the interior region of the housing.
US11794879B2	Apparatus and method for balancing aircraft with robotic arms A hover-capable flying machine such as a drone includes a robotic arm extending from the body, and an instrumentality for balancing the machine in response to disturbances such as those caused by picking up and dropping of the payload by the extended robotic arm. In embodiments, the end of the arm is equipped with a balancing rotor assembly that may provide lift sufficient to counteract the weight of the payload and/or of the arm. In embodiments, the machine's power pack is shifted in response to the disturbances. The power pack may be moved, for example, on a rail within and/or extending beyond the machine in a direction generally opposite to the extended arm. The power pack may also be built into a bandolier-like device that can be rolled-in and rolled out, thus changing the center of gravity of the machine.
US11794876B1	Ram air turbine including damping element to vary natural frequency A ram air turbine (RAT) assembly includes a turbine having at least one turbine blade that rotates about a turbine driveshaft, a lower gear box coupled to the driveshaft, a generator/pump housing and a strut connected between the lower gear box and the generator/pump housing. The assembly also includes a damping element connected to one of the strut and the lower gear box. The damping element includes an actuator including an extendable member and a mass element connected to the extendable member and that can be moved by the extendable member from a retracted position to an extended position, wherein the mass element is closer to the actuator when in the retracted position than when in the extended position.
US11794875B2	Wheel well fairing for an aircraft A wheel well fairing for reducing drag on an aircraft fuselage configured with an open wheel well for stowing landing gear of the aircraft. The wheel well fairing includes a Coanda fairing having a convex-shaped lower portion and an upper portion. The upper portion is configured for positioning adjacent an interior vertically-orientated sidewall of the wheel well, and the convex-shaped lower portion has a bottom surface configured to extend substantially parallel to and positioned adjacent with an outer hull surface of the fuselage. The convex-shaped lower portion is curved inwardly within the wheel well between the upper portion and bottom surface. The Coanda fairing is positioned at an aft portion of the wheel well to redirect airflow out of the wheel well in a rearward direction along the bottom hull surface of the fuselage.
US11794874B2	Low impact hat stringer fluid dam Examples for low impact hat stringer fluid dams are presented herein. An aircraft structure may include a wing with a vent stringer coupled to the wing. The vent stringer may include a center portion positioned between a first section and a second section. The center portion of the vent stringer includes a slot. A vent dam may be coupled within the vent stringer proximate the slot in the center portion. The vent dam can include a sealant coupled between an integrated pair of baffles such that a combination of the sealant and the integrated pair of baffles prevents fluid communication between the first section and the second section of the vent stringer.
US11794871B1	Systems and methods for preserving electrical power in a marine vessel having a marine propulsion device A method for preserving electrical power in a marine vessel. The method includes operating a variable operating device according to an original setting, measuring an actual system voltage for the marine vessel, and comparing the actual system voltage measured to a target system voltage. The method further includes adjusting the operation of the variable operating device from the original setting based on the comparison of the actual system voltage to the target system voltage, where adjusting the operation changes the electrical power usage in the marine vessel.
US11794870B2	Helm device In an embodiment, a helm device comprises a steering shaft extending in a first direction, a housing, a tilt base, a pair of tilt mechanisms which supports the housing to make the housing rotatable with respect to the tilt base about a tilt axis, and a lock mechanism which fixes an angle of the steering shaft. Each of the pair of tilt mechanisms comprises a shaft member projecting from a side portion of the housing, a bracket provided on the tilt base and comprising a hole portion into which the shaft member is inserted rotatably, and a bushing disposed between the shaft member and the hole portion.
US11794869B1	Oil sump housing for outboard motor An oil sump housing for an outboard motor of a marine vessel is provided. The oil sump housing includes an upper mounting flange including multiple upper mounting holes, a lower mounting flange including multiple lower mounting holes, and an inner housing wall and an outer housing wall extending between the upper mounting flange and the lower mounting flange. The inner housing wall defines a transmission mounting cavity, and the inner housing wall and the outer housing wall define an oil containment cavity that at least partially surrounds the transmission mounting cavity.
US11794866B2	Boat lifting gantry crane A boat lifting crane includes an upper frame, which in turn has two upper beams, and at least two pairs of carriages. Each carriage of each pair is mounted so that it can move on a respective upper beam and can translate for a respective stroke portion. The boat lifting crane further includes at least one lifting belt, which is extended between two carriages of a same pair of carriages. At least part of the stroke portion of a carriage of a pair of carriages is superimposed on at least part of the stroke portion of a carriage of another pair of carriages.
US11794865B1	Proximity sensing system and method for a marine vessel A method of proximity sensing on a marine vessel includes storing at least one zone map, wherein the zone map divides an area surrounding the marine vessel into two or more zones. Proximity measurements measured by one or more proximity sensors on the marine vessel are received, and the proximity measurements are then divided into zone sets based on a location of each proximity measurement with respect to the zone map. A closest proximity measurement in each zone set is then identified and a zone-filtered dataset is generated. The zone-filtered dataset contains only the closest proximity measurement from each zone set.
US11794860B1	Watercraft drinking vessel holder and method for retaining a drinking vessel on a watercraft A watercraft drinking vessel holder and method for retaining a drinking vessel on a watercraft is configured to contain a can, cup, or water bottle for easy access during paddle boarding. The vessel holder attaches to a flat watercraft through multiple crisscrossing stretch cords that pass through elongated slots forming through the longitudinal of the vessel holder. The crisscrossing stretches cords retain the vessel holder substantially upright on the watercraft. The vessel holder has a flat base designed to sit flush against the surface of watercraft. A sidewall projects upwardly from the base. The sidewall receives drinking vessel, and substantially encapsulates drinking vessel. The sidewall defines multiple slots extending along the longitudinal in a spaced-apart, parallel relationship. The slots enable passage of elastic cords that crisscross therethrough. The cords are pulled down towards the base end of the sidewalls to firmly secure the vessel holder to the watercraft.
US11794859B2	Boat anchoring system The presently disclosed boat anchoring system may include a first section and a second section. The first section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The second section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may at least partially surround the second section. A geologic anchoring system may include a body section, a boring section and a lock. The body section may include a first proximal end region and a first distal end region. The boring section may include a second proximal end region and a second distal end region. The first section may least partially surround the second section. A lock may be included on the second section. The lock may engage the first section at an infinite number of contact points on the first section.
US11794857B1	Catamaran boat hulls and methods of making and using the same Catamaran boat hulls are described having sponsons, an underside tunnel surface between sponsons, two longitudinal steps disposed across each sponson's keel, and two transverse steps disposed lengthwise on opposing sides of each sponson's keel. The longitudinal steps for a sponson have a profile with a curved longitudinal step portion on the opposing outer edges with an outer edge portion of that curved longitudinal step portion being further away from the sponson's aft section, and an inward step edge offset where each of the two longitudinal steps meets a hull side of the sponson. The transverse steps help define variable deadrise inner lifting pad running portion with a lower deadrise aft transitioning to a higher deadrise forward. Spray rails protruding off the aft end of an underside wave spitter and away from the boat hull's centerline help manage undesired spray and use of radiused chines enhances lift and landing performance.
US11794852B2	Electric assisted bicycle, drive system thereof, and control method In a drive system of an electric assisted bicycle, a controller includes a vehicle speed calculator to calculate a change gear ratio of a change gear mechanism based on an output signal of a vehicle speed sensor and an output signal of a rotation sensor in response to acquisition of the output signal of the vehicle speed sensor, and calculate a vehicle speed based on the calculated change gear ratio and the output signal of the rotation sensor at a higher frequency than a frequency of the acquisition of the output signal of the vehicle speed sensor. The controller includes an initial target calculator to calculate target power without using the output signal of the vehicle speed sensor in a prescribed period from start of walking, when a walk command is received, and a target calculator to calculate a target power based on the vehicle speed calculated by the vehicle speed calculator after a lapse of the prescribed period.
US11794851B2	Spacers for adjusting treads of bicycle pedals A spacer is provided for adjusting the tread of a bicycle pedal. The sole can fit to its tread force receiving surface without causing damage to a user's foot or shoe. The non-slipping effect is high. A spacer is detachable from the main body of a bicycle pedal and includes an elastic material for adjusting a height from a deck surface and, when tread force is applied to the elastic material, is pushed down in the direction of thickness according to the tread force, and the tip of a stud pin attached to the main body of the pedal is exposed more from the spacer. The detachable spacer can cover and protect a large portion of the exposed part of the stud pin when no foot is placed on the pedal, and when a foot is placed on the pedal, a stud pin protrudes to provide the non-slipping effect.
US11794850B2	Pedal Various embodiments of a pedal for use on a device such as a bicycle or stationary bicycle are provided. A pedal may include a pedal body member having an internal cavity. The pedal may include an axle having a shaft adapted to extend into the internal cavity. A sliding bearing block may be secured to a distal end of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be adapted for transverse or side-to-side rotatable movement relative to a longitudinal axis of the axle shaft. The pedal body member may be self-centering and include one or more springs to apply force to move the pedal body member toward a home or resting position relative to the axle shaft. The pedal may be adapted so that the user's foot can be placed on either a top surface or a bottom surface of the pedal body member.
US11794847B2	Handlebar stem with integrated cable guidance A handlebar stem core (1) for a handlebar stem of a bicycle comprises a rear-side steer tube receptacle (1a), a front-side handlebar receptacle (1c), and a handlebar stem tube (1b) lying in between. The handlebar stem core is formed for the integrated guidance of a number n of cables (5), with n equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or greater, and the handlebar stem core is configured for attachment to a cable central section of the number n of cables. The solution allows for guiding mechanical, hydraulic or else electrical brake and gear cables or lines proceeding from the respective operating elements at the handlebar or the handlebar ends to the bicycle frame or the head tube and/or the bicycle fork in a manner concealed from the outside with a low assembly outlay.
US11794842B2	Fuel pump unit cover and method of attaching same A fuel pump unit cover that covers a part of a fuel pump unit exposed to the outside of a fuel tank includes opening holes, and is provided as an elastically deformable member. The opening area of the opening holes is smaller than the sum of the cross-sectional areas of components (fuel pipe and wiring harness) passing through the opening holes.
US11794839B2	Carrier arrangement for lateral luggage containers of a motorcycle A connecting arrangement is provided for fastening lateral luggage containers on a motor vehicle, in particular to a motorcycle or a motorcycle-like vehicle, and a vehicle including the connecting arrangement. The connecting arrangement includes a rear vehicle frame section and a carrier element movably connected thereon. The carrier element extends transversely to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle frame section, and has a lateral left-hand end designed for connecting to a left-hand luggage container and at a lateral right-hand end designed for connecting to a right-hand luggage container. The invention further relates to a vehicle having a corresponding connecting arrangement.
US11794838B2	Straddle type vehicle The present invention provides a straddle type vehicle, comprising: a storage unit arranged at a rear portion of a vehicle to be capable of storing an article; and a detection unit configured to detect a surrounding situation in a rear side of the vehicle, wherein the storage unit includes an outer case and an inner case which defines a storage space capable of storing the article, and wherein the detection unit is arranged between the outer case and the inner case, at a rear portion of the storage unit.
US11794833B2	Vehicle headliner assembly system and vehicle headliner assembly method A vehicle headliner assembly system is provided. The system includes an articulated mounting robot having multiple degrees of freedom, an assembly jig fastened to the mounting robot, a vehicle headliner coupled to the assembly jig, a gripper provided in the assembly jig and configured to engage the headliner, a pressurization unit provided and configured to pressurize the headliner to couple the headliner to a vehicle body; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the mounting robot to move the assembly jig, to control the gripper to attach or detach the assembly jig to or from the headliner, and to control the pressurization unit to couple the headliner to the vehicle body.
US11794828B2	Pivot assembly for a ground-contacting wheel assembly A pivot assembly for connecting a ground-contacting wheel assembly to a frame member of a track system assembly has a base defining a first interlocking member, a resilient body structured for being received at least partially within the base and having a second interlocking member connectable to the first interlocking member, and an axle assembly configured for rotatably connecting the ground-contacting wheel assembly to the frame member, the axle assembly including a third interlocking member connectable to the second interlocking member. The resilient body is at least partially wrappable around the peripheral surface of the axle assembly. Upon deformation of the resilient body, the axle assembly is pivotally movable relative to the frame member of the track system assembly about at least one of a longitudinal axis and a vertical axis.
US11794815B2	Reinforced interlocking frame system and components therefor A structural assembly for a recreational vehicle includes a first structural frame member having a wall and a hollow space at least partially defined by the wall and a second structural frame member having a section thereof extended into the hollow space of the first structural frame member forming an internal interface with the wall of the first structural frame member. The assembly further includes a foam material located in the hollow space that fills a portion of the hollow space to thereby form a bearing member adjacent the section to restrict motion of the section relative to the wall and thereby to form an internal connection between the second structural frame member and the first structural frame member at the internal interface to secure the second structural frame member to the first structural frame member to form a recreational vehicle component.
US11794813B2	Vehicle body and vehicle An embodiment vehicle body includes a plurality of shock absorber housings configured to cover and support upper ends of respective shock absorbers connected to the wheels of a vehicle, a plurality of upper truss members, each of which is connected at one end thereof to a front shock absorber housing and extends upwards while being bent and is connected at a remaining end thereof to a rear shock absorber housing so as to constitute a corresponding one of two lateral pillars of the vehicle; and a roof member, which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and is connected at two ends thereof to upper portions of the plurality of upper truss members.
US11794812B2	Vehicle frame for electric vehicle An electric-vehicle frame includes a mid-section and an end section. The mid-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween. The end-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance. A first connector is fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section. A second connector is fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section.
US11794807B2	Steering control apparatus The steering control apparatus determines whether or not a deviation degree of a current traveling route of a vehicle with respect to a target traveling route is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, when steering control is switched from manual steering control to automatic steering control. In the automatic steering control, a command steering angle is calculated so that a difference between a real traveling route of the vehicle and the target traveling route is eliminated. However, when the deviation degree is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, the steering control apparatus recalculates the command steering angle used in the command steering angle tracking control based on a steering angle at the time of starting the automatic steering control and the command steering angle so that a real steering angle after switching to the automatic steering control changes gradually to the command steering angle.
US11794803B2	Steering controller A steering controller includes a torque command value calculator configured to calculate a torque command value used as a target value of the motor torque. The torque command value calculator has a hysteresis component calculator configured to calculate a hysteresis component added such that the command value component has hysteresis characteristics and changes accordingly with respect to change of a state quantity that changes in accordance with operation of the steering device. The hysteresis component calculator is configured to calculate the hysteresis component by adding the hysteresis differential component to the hysteresis basic component.
US11794800B2	Steering-wheel grip sensor and grip detection method A steering-wheel grip sensor includes: a driven electrode having a planar shape and extending along a rim of a steering wheel; a sensor electrode having a planar shape and opposed to the driven electrode; a sine-wave generator that supplies a sinusoidal voltage to the driven electrode; a charge amplifier that includes a feedback capacitive element, detects a change in an amount of charge generated according to capacitance of the sensor electrode, and outputs the change in the amount of charge as a change in a voltage; a multiplication processor that multiplies the sinusoidal voltage by an output voltage from the charge amplifier; an integrator that smooths, by integration, a result of multiplication by the multiplication processor; and a grip determiner that determines whether the steering wheel is gripped, according to a level of the result smoothed.
US11794795B2	Method of reconditioning a railcar coupler A method for reconditioning a railcar coupler is disclosed, including determining, using a gauge, an amount of wear to a coupler pulling lug; cleaning a surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear; and applying a weldment to the surface of the coupler pulling lug experiencing the wear to increase the thickness of the coupler pulling lug. The amount of weldment applied to the coupler pulling lug is preferably equal to the amount of wear experiencing by the coupler pulling lug to bring the thickness of the coupler pulling lug back to its original thickness or very close thereto.
US11794791B2	Air conditioning system for a room with a seat, and method for air conditioning a room with a seat Air conditioning system is at least partially located in a room comprising at least one seat. The system comprises at least one main supply air inlet opening into the room and arranged at a height of ≤0.3 m above a floor of the room, or on the floor, at least one air outlet opening into the room and arranged at a height of <0.3 m below a ceiling of the room, or in the ceiling, and at least one assisting supply air inlet opening into the room and arranged at a height between first and second points of the seat. The first point is the point of the seat having the largest distance to the floor of the room in a direction perpendicular to the floor. The second point is the point of the armrest of the seat having the largest distance to the floor in the direction.
US11794790B2	Wind turbine blade reaction fixture for railway transport A fixture system for rail transport of wind turbine blades upon a consist of flatcars using a root-support fixture, a blade-support fixture, and first and second guide post that intermittently engage the tip-end portion of the wind turbine blade to limit lateral movement thereof, such that movement of the consist around a curved railway section urges the wind turbine blade against the first or second guide posts, which urges the wind turbine blade to urge the blade-support fixture to move laterally, thereby laterally reorienting the blade upon the consist.
US11794789B2	Road information exchange system A road information exchange system includes a plurality of Guided Autonomous Information Network (GAIN) units (102) installed on a road. Each GAIN unit (102) communicates with another GAIN unit (102) of the plurality of GAIN units (102) to divide the road into virtual lanes by formation of microgrids and further communicates with a vehicle passing through the road information exchange system (100).
US11794780B2	Reward function for vehicles Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, by a processing device, a current state of a vehicle. The method further includes predicting, by the processing device using an output of an artificial intelligence model, a future state of the vehicle based at least in part on the current state of the vehicle. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device using a tunable reward function, a reward associated with the future state of the vehicle, the tunable reward function comprising multiple tunable coefficients. The method further includes training, by the processing device, the artificial intelligence model based at least in part on the reward.
US11794776B2	Trajectory validation for autonomous driving A method of determining whether a planned trajectory of a first vehicle over a road along which the first vehicle and a second vehicle are traveling, is invalid, comprising: obtaining the planned trajectory, comprising a first state of the first vehicle for each of a plurality of time instants; obtaining a second state of the second vehicle for each time instant; determining, for each time instant, a respective lateral range extending from the second vehicle; and determining that the planned trajectory is invalid where, for the first and second states at one or more of the time instants: the first vehicle is within the lateral range and within a lane boundary region of the road; and a direction of a lateral velocity of the first vehicle is towards the second vehicle and a lateral acceleration of the first vehicle away from the second vehicle is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
US11794773B2	Vehicle control interface and vehicle system A vehicle control interface connects a vehicle platform including a first computer that performs travel control of a vehicle and an autonomous driving platform including a second computer that performs autonomous driving control of the vehicle. The vehicle control interface includes a control unit configured to execute: acquiring, from the second computer, a first control command including at least one of first data on designating acceleration or deceleration and second data on designating a travel track; converting the first control command into a second control command for the first computer; and transmitting the second control command to the first computer. The first control command is data for controlling the vehicle platform.
US11794772B2	Systems and methods to increase driver awareness of exterior occurrences Systems and methods are provided for increasing driver awareness of external audible and visual alerts. The external alerts may be detected by external sensors of a vehicle. Systems may use internal sensors to determine whether a driver of the vehicle appears aware of the external alert or whether the external alert is detectable inside the vehicle. If the driver does not appear aware of the external alert, or the external alert is not detectable inside the vehicle, the vehicle may broadcast an internal alert to the driver. The internal alert may be one or more of a visual alert, an audible alert, or a tactile alert.
US11794771B2	Express decision: decision-making augmentation system A system includes a processor to: receive a description of a current decision that includes selecting an option; repeatedly display the description; for each option, receive an indication of selection of scale text specifying a degree of intensity or intensity for achieving or avoiding a possible outcome of the option, and derive an overall motivation based on the at least one selection; identify a best option based on the overall motivations; display the best option; compare the overall motivation of the best option to a threshold; in response to being less than the threshold, display a warning and a prompt for the operator to further consider the current decision; compare the overall motivation of the best option to the others; and in response to not exceeding all other overall motivations, by at least a threshold of difference, present a proximity warning and the prompt.
US11794767B2	Vehicle display device A vehicle display device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a travel environment; a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of another vehicle traveling ahead of a vehicle of a driver, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the other vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the other vehicle to the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle display device may include: a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a vehicle, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle.
US11794766B2	Systems and methods for prediction-based driver assistance The present disclosure describes systems and methods for providing driver assistance. A current vehicle state of a vehicle at a current timestep and an environment map representing an environment of the vehicle at least at the current timestep are obtained. Augmented reality feedback is generated including a virtual vehicle representing a predicted future vehicle state, where the predicted future vehicle state is predicted for a given future timestep based on at least one of the current vehicle state or the current environment. The generated augmented reality feedback including the virtual vehicle is outputted to be displayed by a display device.
US11794763B2	Systems and methods for providing driver alerts inside a neighborhood The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for providing driver alerts inside a neighborhood. In an example embodiment, a neighborhood area network of computers is used to convey to a driver in the neighborhood, a driver alert about a driving impediment present on a road outside a residence. The driving impediment, which may be, for example, a vehicle, a trash receptacle, or an individual, is detected by a detection device (a camera, for example). The detection device informs a computer located in the residence of the driving impediment. The computer then communicates via the neighborhood area network with a computer in the vehicle to alert the driver. In some implementations, information pertaining to driving impediments in the neighborhood may be entered into a distributed ledger by using a blockchain mode of operation. The computer in the vehicle can access the distributed ledger to obtain this information.
US11794757B2	Systems and methods for prediction windows for optimal powertrain control Embodiments described herein improve fuel economy by controlling a vehicle powertrain based on a predicted vehicle velocity. The vehicle velocity is predicted based on vehicle-to-vehicle data when a prediction horizon is a longer prediction horizon and the vehicle velocity is predicted based on historical drive cycle data when the prediction horizon is a shorter prediction horizon. A time duration of the shorter prediction horizon is shorter than the time duration of the longer prediction horizon. A plurality of drive cycles are established for both the longer and the shorter prediction horizons using a neural network. A shorter prediction horizon drive cycle uses nonlinear autoregressive exogenous model neural networks and the longer prediction horizon drive cycle uses two layer feedforward neural networks. The predicted vehicle velocity is determined from a similar drive cycle of the plurality of drive cycles of either the shorter and/or the longer prediction horizon drive cycles.
US11794755B2	Vehicle teleoperator ranking and selection A system provides on-demand remote support services including teleoperation of vehicles. In response to a remote support request, the system assesses environmental conditions, historical data, and/or parameters of a request for remote support to rank available operators capable of fulfilling the request, and selects an optimal operator for the remote support request based on desired criteria.
US11794750B1	Snow friction determination by autonomous vehicle A autonomous vehicle comprising a sensor for sensing a physical property indicative of snow slipperiness; and a processor communicatively connected to the sensor to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the snow slipperiness, to process the signal and to generate an estimated instantaneous coefficient of friction between a tire of the vehicle and a snow-covered roadway.
US11794748B2	Vehicle system for recognizing objects A vehicle system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first program, a second program, and a third program. The first program is configured to recognize an object present around a vehicle, the second program is configured to store information related to the recognized object as time-series map data, and the third program is configured to predict a future position of the object based on the stored time-series map data. The first program and the third program are configured to be (i) first, individually optimized based on first training data corresponding to output of the first program and second training data corresponding to output of the third program, and (ii) then, collectively optimized based on the second training data corresponding to the output of the third program.
US11794747B2	Method for controlling an actuator of a vehicle The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling at least one actuator of a vehicle, the actuator being configured to apply a torque on at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein the applied torque is determined by a control function associated with a control bandwidth, the method comprising configuring the control function to control the applied torque to reduce a difference between a first parameter value related to a current rotational speed of the wheel and a second parameter value related to target rotational speed of the wheel; obtaining data indicative of a current operating condition of the vehicle; setting the control bandwidth of the control function in dependence of the current operating condition of the vehicle; and controlling the actuator using the control function.
US11794741B2	Systems and methods emulating automobile movement A system, including: a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations including: detecting a first automobile; determining that the first automobile is a self-driving automobile; and in response to determining that the first automobile is a self-driving automobile, causing a second automobile to emulate a motion of the first automobile.
US11794740B2	Smart cruise control system and method of controlling the same A smart cruise control system includes a controller communicatively connected to a first sensor obtaining front image data and a second sensor obtaining front radar data, wherein the controller is configured to recognize a front vehicle based on the front image data and the front radar data, and in response to the front vehicle being not recognized in the front radar data and the front vehicle being recognized in the front image data, control the vehicle so that the vehicle is not accelerated even if the distance between the vehicle and the front vehicle recognized in the front image data is greater than the preset distance.
US11794732B2	Allocation of safety system resources based on probability of intersection Techniques for predicting and avoiding collisions with objects detected in an environment based on sensor data are discussed herein. Sensors of a vehicle may detect one or more objects in the environment. A model may determine intersection values indicative of probabilities that the object will follow different paths that intersect with a planned path of the vehicle. A vehicle may receive one or more intersection values from a model usable by a computing device to control the vehicle.
US11794731B2	Waypoint prediction for vehicle motion planning Systems and methods of determining trajectories of an actor in an environment in which a vehicle is operating are provided. The method includes, by an object detection system of a vehicle in an environment, detecting an actor that may move within a scene in the environment. The method further includes using context of the scene to determine a reference polyline for the actor and determining a kinematic history of the actor. The method additionally includes using the kinematic history to predict a waypoint, which is a predicted position of the actor at a conclusion of a waypoint time period, and identifying a segment of the reference polyline, the segment extending from a current location to a point along the reference polyline that is closest to the waypoint and determining a trajectory for the actor conditioned by the segment of the reference polyline.
US11794728B2	Electronic control device A vehicle electronic controller includes a peripheral obstacle identification section identifying obstacles near the vehicle, a blind spot region identification section identifying a blind spot region which is not in a detection range of the obstacle identification section, a region determination section which classifies the blind spot region into either a dangerous blind or a safe blind spot region and an obstacle region presumption section which presumes an obstacle presence region which is a region that a latent obstacle which is the latent obstacle which could be present at a previous time in the dangerous blind spot region which was classified at the previous time can be present at a present time, in which the region determination section determines that a region which overlaps with at least the obstacle presence region in the blind spot region that the blind spot region identification section identified is the dangerous blind spot region.
US11794723B2	Apparatus and method for controlling driving of vehicle An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a camera configured to acquire an image in front of a vehicle, a sensor configured to acquire a driving speed of the vehicle, a first neural network configured to calculate a compensation steering angle based on comparing a driving steering angle with a calculated steering angle, and a second neural network configured to set a speed of the vehicle based on comparing the compensation steering angle with a threshold, wherein the driving steering angle comprises steering angle information collected while the vehicle is being driven and the calculated steering angle comprises steering angle information learned by receiving the image and the driving speed.
US11794721B2	Method and apparatus for controlling electric machines The present disclosure relates to a controller for controlling operation of at least first and second traction machines in a vehicle. The controller includes a processor configured to predict an operating temperature of each of said at least first and second traction machines for at least a portion of a current route. The processor determines at least first and second torque requests for said at least first and second traction machines. The at least first and second torque requests are determined in dependence on the predicted operating temperatures of the at least first and second traction machines. The processor generates at least first and second traction motor control signals in dependence on the determined at least first and second torque requests. The present disclosure also relates to method of controlling at least first and second traction machines in a vehicle.
US11794718B2	Electric vehicle The controller of the electric vehicle is configured to control the torque of the electric motor using the MT vehicle model based on the operation amount of the accelerator pedal, the operation amount of the pseudo-clutch pedal, and the shift position of the pseudo-shifter. The electric vehicle also includes a shift reaction force generator that generates a shift reaction force in response to the operation of the pseudo-shifter using by the operating of the reaction force actuator. The controller is configured to store the shift reaction force characteristic simulating the characteristic of the shift reaction force according to the operation of the shifter. Then, the controller is configured to control the shift reaction force output by the shift reaction force generator according to the operation of the pseudo-shifter using the stored shift reaction force characteristic.
US11794710B2	Electric parking brake device In an electric parking brake device configured in such a way that a parking brake state resulting from pulling of a brake cable is released by loosening the brake cable, the brake cable is formed by twisting together a plurality of wires in such a way as to generate a twisting force in a fixed direction when pulled, and the direction in which the twisting force generated by the brake cable in a pulled state acts on a screw shaft is set to be the same direction as the direction in which a nut is rotated to loosen the brake cable. This makes it possible to reduce an operating sound and to reduce wear of members constituting a rotation restricting device.
US11794708B2	Automatic brake device for industrial vehicle and industrial, vehicle having the same An automatic brake device for an industrial vehicle includes a brake pedal, a brake master cylinder, and an actuator that is operated during automatically braking, and configured to generate brake pressure in the brake master cylinder. The automatic brake device includes a first pivotable link member and a second pivotable link member. The brake pedal includes a pedal-side contact portion. The second pivotable link member includes a second link-side contact portion. The first pivotable link member includes a first contacted portion and a second contacted portion. The first pivotable link member is pivoted by the pedal-side contact portion pressing the first contacted portion while the brake pedal is stepped on, and pivoted by the second contacted portion pressing the second contacted portion while the actuator is operated.
US11794707B2	Antilock braking systems, devices, and methods using sensorized brake pads Various antilock braking systems, devices, and methods using sensorized brake pads are disclosed. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for improving the performance of an antilock braking (ABS) and anti-slip regulation (ASR) system of a vehicle. The method can include detecting the actual value of the coefficient of friction (e.g., between a tire and the ground), updating the coefficient of friction during braking using the braking torque data derived from at least one braking pad of each wheel, and adjusting brake force. For example, the brake force can be adjusted as a function of and/or to be approximately equal to the value of the actual tire-road friction during braking.
US11794706B2	Safety and control system for use when pulling trailers A towing device operably provided on a trailer for powering and controlling the trailer. The towing device has an actuator operably connected with the trailer during a towing operation. The towing device also has at least one switch provided in the actuator and operable to variably control at least one motor/generator provided on the trailer. The at least one switch is also operable to send a first signal to the at least one motor/generator via a first force exerted on the actuator by a vehicle, and wherein a first torque is applied to at least one wheel on the trailer via the at least one motor/generator being operably engaged with the at least one wheel. In addition, the towing device may include a controller operably connected to the at least one switch and to the at least one motor/generator, to control the torque applied by the at least one motor/generator.
US11794702B2	Cleaner, sensor with cleaner, and vehicle including cleaner or sensor with cleaner A cleaner for cleaning an object to be cleaned includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air, a nozzle configured to inject the high-pressure air toward a cleaning surface of the object to be cleaned, and a control unit configured to control an injection of the high-pressure air. Even when foreign objects do not adhere to the cleaning surface, the control unit executes an operation mode in which the high-pressure air is generated and injected when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11794701B2	Vehicle sensor cleaning A solenoid valve in a manifold is commanded to move to a closed position. Upon activating a pump to supply fluid to the manifold via a supply line, a first pressure is determined in the supply line after commanding the solenoid valve to move to the closed position. Upon deactivating the pump to stop supplying fluid to the manifold, a second pressure is determined in the supply line. Based on a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure, the solenoid valve is determined to be one of (a) at least partially open or (b) in the closed position.
US11794693B2	Wireless charging device and warning signal generating method thereof A wireless charging device and a warning signal generating method are provided in this disclosure. The warning signal generating method includes: determining whether the smart key of the vehicle is in an operating mode according to a wireless unlock signal when a vehicle is turned off; determining whether a door of the vehicle is opened when the smart key is not in the operating mode; determining whether a portable electronic device is on a wireless charging base of the wireless charging device when the door is opened; and generating a warning signal when the portable electronic device is on the wireless charging base.
US11794692B1	Locking boot for vehicle wheel A vehicle locking boot includes a horizontal support arm and a first vertical support arm extending from the horizontal support arm. The first vertical support arm includes a front engagement protrusion. A receiving sleeve extends from the horizontal support arm at a base of the first vertical support arm. A horizontal extension portion is coupled to the horizontal support arm. A second vertical support arm extends from the horizontal extension portion. The second vertical support arm includes a rear engagement protrusion extending therefrom. The front engagement protrusion faces the rear engagement protrusion. A keypad is disposed on the first engagement portion to lock and unlock the horizontal extension portion. A lug nut blocking plate is coupled to the first vertical support arm. A global positioning system (GPS) housing is positioned at an upper portion of the first vertical support arm.
US11794691B2	Vehicles and vehicle systems for operating powered door locks in an alarm deterrent mode A vehicle including powered door locks, a motor for positioning the powered door locks between a locked position and an unlocked position, one or more sensors for detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle, and a controller configured to operate the motor to repeatedly move the powered door locks in a predetermined pattern based on speed in response to the one or more sensors detecting an unauthorized event around the vehicle.
US11794689B2	Method for a dynamic fixation A method for the dynamic fixation of an occupant wearing a seatbelt on a vehicle seat involves determining a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and a road course ahead of the vehicle. The seatbelt is tightened with a predetermined belt force for a predetermined period of time before entering a bend having a certain curvature.
US11794687B2	Seat belt anchor device A seat belt anchor device according to one aspect includes: an anchor plate including a loop attached portion for a seat belt webbing, and having an opening including an enlarged region into which a head of a stud is allowed to be inserted and a lock region in which the head of the stud is not allowed to enter from the enlarged region but a shank of the stud is allowed to enter; a protector attached to the anchor plate and including a bridge portion disposed over the enlarged region on a side opposite to a vehicle body with respect to the enlarged region so that the loop is held between the protector and the loop attached portion; and a stopper attached to the anchor plate and configured to engage with the head of the stud when the shank of the stud enters the lock region from the enlarged region.
US11794685B2	Systems and methods for improved airbag aspiration Airbag cushion assemblies for aspirating ambient air and related assemblies, methods, and components. Some embodiments may comprise an aspirating airbag cushion assembly comprising an airbag cushion, which may be configured to deploy from a housing or the like. The assembly may further comprise one or more inflation conduits configured to deliver inflation gas into the airbag cushion through a plurality of aspiration ports. Each inflation conduit may comprise features to improve aspiration efficiency, such as two or more rows of ports per conduit and/or angled features to redirect inflation gases in a manner to improve the efficiency of the inflation gas to aspirate ambient air into the cushion.
US11794681B2	Driver seat airbag device A driver seat airbag device, provided with a steering wheel and an airbag module. The steering wheel includes a variant rim with a central upper part thereof omitted, and a cover member that covers the module installation surface at the center of the rim and the airbag module. The cover member includes a frontal region on an occupant side of the airbag module, an upper region on the upper side of the airbag module, and a tear line that enables the frontal region and the upper region to open up as cover doors. The tear line extends continuously from at least the center of the frontal region to at least the center of the upper region. The cover doors open to the left and right respectively from near the center of the frontal region and upper region.
US11794679B2	Occupant protection device An occupant protection device which can protect an occupant without delay is provided. An image taken by an imaging device is analyzed to judge whether there is an object approaching the subject car. In the case where a collision between the object and the subject car is judged to be inevitable, an airbag device is activated before the collision, whereby the occupant can be protected without delay. By using selenium for a light-receiving element of the imaging device, an accurate image can be obtained even under low illuminance. Imaging in a global shutter system leads to an accurate image with little distortion. This enables more accurate image analysis.
US11794676B1	Computing systems and methods for generating user-specific automated vehicle actions using artificial intelligence Methods, computing systems, and technology for automated vehicle action generation are presented. For example, a computing system may be configured to receive context data associated with a plurality of user interactions with a vehicle function of a vehicle. The context data may include data indicative of a plurality of user-selected settings for the vehicle function and data indicative of observed conditions associated with the respective user-selected settings. The computing system may be configured to generate, using a machine-learned clustering model, a user-activity cluster for the vehicle function based on the context data. The computing system may be configured to determine an automated vehicle action based on the user-activity cluster. The computing system may output command instructions for the vehicle to implement the automated vehicle action for automatically controlling the vehicle function in accordance with an automated setting based on whether the vehicle detects one or more triggering conditions.
US11794674B2	Solar awning for an electric power generation system An electric power generation system is disclosed to produce electrical energy. The electric power generation system includes a solar awning that is ideally carried by a vehicle that is operable under its own power or towed behind a lead vehicle. The solar awning has a solar base attached to the roof of the vehicle and a pair of solar arms that are hingedly connected to respective opposite sides of the solar base. Each of the solar base and the pair of solar arms has an array of solar panels that convert solar energy to electrical energy. The solar awning is folded from an open configuration for maximum exposure to the sun at which the solar arms lie side-by-side the solar base to a closed configuration for minimum exposure to the sun at which the solar arms rotate downwardly from the solar base to lie alongside the vehicle.
US11794672B2	Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle An apparatus of controlling a vehicle may include a sensor that obtains state information of the vehicle, a plurality of controllers that operate in at least one communication domain, and a processor that detects a first controller that wakes up first among the plurality of controllers, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to cut off power of the first controller according to whether the first controller is in a normal wake-up state based on the state information of the vehicle and whether the first controller is in a normal sleep state based on a sleep entry time of a communication domain.
US11794664B2	Underbody camera An underbody camera located beneath and within a wheel base of a vehicle includes a mounting bracket coupled to the vehicle, a camera housing, and a camera. The camera housing is coupled to the mounting bracket and defines an interior camera compartment. The camera is coupled to the camera housing and is arranged to lie within the interior camera compartment.
US11794663B2	Systems and methods for a piezoelectric diaphragm transducer for automotive microphone applications Systems and methods for a transducer assembly for a vehicle having a resonating surface. The transducer assembly comprising a housing, a spacer connected to the housing, and a piezoelectric assembly disposed between the spacer and the housing. The spacer is configured to connect to the resonating surface to form an air gap between the resonating surface and the piezoelectric assembly.
US11794661B1	Tilt buffering apparatus for a bicycle carrier frame and bicycle carrier frame having the same A bicycle carrier with a tilt cushion, including a frame body, a pair of position plates mounted on the bottom of the frame body and provided with a pivot hole, positioning hole and fixing hole. A buffer portion includes a buffer block and temporary fixing part, with the buffer block having a through hole aligned with the fixing hole of the position plates, and an inclined surface. A connecting rod includes a rod pivot hole and rod positioning hole, with a pivot pin passing through the rod pivot hole and fixing hole of the two position plates. A fastening bolt, removably passing through the fixing hole of the position plates and rod pivot hole. When the connecting rod is swung to a tilted position, the buffer portion is held against the connecting rod by the inclined surface.
US11794659B1	Modular spare tire accessory mounting system An accessory mounting system for a spare tire and at least one ratchet strap includes a platform having a plurality of mounting apertures formed therethrough. A pair of wedge brackets, each fixed with the platform, is further adapted at an inside arched surface thereof for fixing against the circumferential tread of the spare tire. An outside surface of each mounting bracket includes a mounting hole pattern for attaching various accessories thereto. In use, with the at least one flexible strap traversing the wedge brackets at two or more strap slots formed therein, the ratchet strap is actuated to tighten the accessory mounting system to the spare tire. Preferably, the accessory mounting system further includes a tire face mounting plate with a mounting hole pattern for fixing various accessories thereto.
US11794657B2	Foldable vehicle cage system A foldable vehicle cage system arranged for sectioning an interior vehicle luggage compartment, wherein the cage system includes a cage post, an elongated guide member, and a net structure, wherein the net structure is connected to the cage post, a first end of the cage post is slidingly and hingedly connected to the elongated guide member, and the elongated guide member is configured to be connected to a first vehicle interior structure, wherein the cage post and the net structure are movably arranged in relation to the elongated guide member between a storage position and an in-use position, wherein a second end of the cage post in the in-use position is configured to be attached to a second vehicle interior structure.
US11794655B2	On-vehicle information display device A vehicle information display device 100 includes: an environment determination unit (115) that predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of a vehicle based on an output from an environment information acquisition unit, an image processing unit (121) that receives an image captured by a camera and generates an image to be displayed on a display screen, and a display switching unit that switches a display of a monitor screen provided in a vehicle in accordance with a traveling status of the vehicle. When the environment determination unit (115) predicts an occurrence of a backward movement, the image processing unit (121) starts image processing for the backward movement in advance, and When the user performs the backward movement operation, the output image from the image processing unit is displayed on the display screen.
US11794648B2	Exterior rearview mirror assembly An exterior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at a vehicle includes a mounting arm, an electrically operated actuator at one end of the mounting arm, an attachment portion at the other end of the mounting arm, and an exterior mirror head movable relative to the mounting arm via the actuator. The exterior mirror head includes an exterior mirror reflective element attached at an attachment plate of the exterior mirror head. The exterior mirror reflective element attached at the attachment plate moves in tandem with movement of the exterior mirror head relative to the mounting arm when the driver of the equipped vehicle operates the actuator. The attachment plate of the exterior mirror head includes wall structure that extends from the front side of the attachment plate. No part of the exterior mirror head encroaches onto or overlaps the outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element.
US11794640B2	Maintaining road safety when there is a disabled autonomous vehicle The technology relates to autonomous vehicles suffering a breakdown along a roadway. Onboard systems may utilize various proactive operations to alert specific vehicles or other objects on or near the roadway about the breakdown. This can be done alternatively or in addition to turning on the hazard lights or calling for remote assistance. The disabled vehicle is able to detect nearby and approaching objects. The detection may be performed in combination with a determination of the type of object or predicted behavior for that object, enables the vehicle to generate a targeted alert that can be transmitted or otherwise presented to that particular object. This approach provides the other object, such as a vehicle, bicyclist or pedestrian, sufficient time and information about the breakdown to take appropriate corrective action. Different communication options are available and may be selected based on the particular object, environmental conditions and other factors.

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