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US11809036B2	Display device, viewing angle control device, electronic display device, and multiple image display device having a viewing angle control panel with a transparent electrode and alignment film According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first polarizer having a first transmission axis, a first viewing angle control panel including a first liquid crystal layer containing hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules, a second polarizer, a second viewing angle control panel including a second liquid crystal layer containing hybrid-aligned liquid crystal molecules and a third polarizer. In plan view, an initial alignment direction of horizontally aligned liquid crystal molecules of the first liquid crystal layer and an initial alignment direction of horizontally aligned liquid crystal molecules of the second liquid crystal layer are parallel to each other and parallel or orthogonal to the first transmission axis.
US11809035B2	Color film substrate, display panel and display device A color filter substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The color filter substrate includes: a base substrate; a color conversion layer on the base substrate; a covering layer on a side of the color conversion layer away from the base substrate; and a polarizing layer on a side of the covering layer away from the base substrate. The polarizing layer includes a wire grid polarizer. The covering layer includes a first covering sub-layer and a second covering sub-layer, the first covering sub-layer is located on the side of the color conversion layer away from the base substrate, the second covering sub-layer is located on a side of the first covering sub-layer away from the base substrate, and a material of the first covering sub-layer is different from a material of the second covering sub-layer.
US11809034B2	Display substrate, display panel and display device A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a color filter layer including a display sub-pixel and a dummy sub-pixel and a spacer including a plurality of first spacers located in the periphery region and a plurality of second spacers located in the display region, the display sub-pixel is located in a display region and includes a first display sub-pixel, a second display sub-pixel, a third display sub-pixel, and a fourth display sub-pixel; the dummy sub-pixel is located in a periphery region the dummy sub-pixel is located in the dummy region of the periphery region, the dummy sub-pixel includes a first dummy sub-pixel, a second dummy sub-pixel, a third dummy sub-pixel, and a fourth dummy sub-pixel; an orthographic projection of the first spacer on the first base substrate has no overlap with an orthographic projection of the dummy sub-pixel on the first base substrate.
US11809033B2	Display panel and display device A display panel and a display device are disclosed. In preparing the display panel, based on a height difference formed between a plurality of first column spacers and a plurality of second column spacers, as a color filter substrate deforms during a vacuum assembly process, a deformation area of a blind hole area increases because the second column spacers are not in contact with an array substrate in the blind hole area, resulting in a decrease in a radius of curvature of the deformation of the blind hole area, so that an amount of deformation is reduced and poor focusing due to Newton's ring effect on the blind hole can be prevented.
US11809032B2	Display device and projection type display device A liquid crystal display element includes a pixel region which optically modulates received illumination light for each pixel. A heat sink dissipates heat of the liquid crystal display element. A first mask member is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a lower heat transfer rate than the heat sink, includes a first opening of which the size corresponds to the size of the pixel region, and masks unnecessary light. A second mask member is arranged at a position further away from the liquid crystal display element than the first mask member, is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a higher heat transfer rate than the first mask member, includes a second opening of which the size is equal to or larger than the size of the first opening, and masks the unnecessary light.
US11809026B2	Ophthalmic lens in particular for a pair of sunglasses The invention relates to an ophthalmic lens (1) for a pair of sunglasses, said ophthalmic lens including at least one substrate (13), the lens (1) having a transmission spectrum such that: the transmittance at wavelengths shorter than 380 nm is lower than 1%; the spectrum includes a first transmittance maximum (MAX-1) having a transmittance higher than 8% between 390 nm and 420 nm; the spectrum includes a first transmittance minimum (MIN-1) between 426 nm and 440 nm; the transmittance between 450 nm and 500 nm is higher than 10%; the spectrum includes between 570 nm and 595 nm a second transmittance minimum (MIN-2); the spectrum includes between 590 nm and 620 nm a second transmittance maximum (MAX-2); the spectrum includes in the wavelength range comprised between 620 nm and 640 nm a third transmittance minimum (MIN-3); the transmittance at wavelengths longer than 640 nm is higher than 14%.
US11809020B2	Locating electrical contacts on device hinge Examples are disclosed that relate to arranging electrical contacts on a hinge of a wearable device. One example provides a wearable device comprising a frame, a first temple piece, a second temple piece, a first hinge connecting the first temple piece to the frame, a second hinge connecting the second temple piece to the frame, and a first contact and a second contact arranged on one or more of the first hinge and the second hinge, the first contact and the second contact being configured to connect with external circuitry.
US11809018B2	Eyewear with removably attachable top An eyeglass system includes interchangeable anterior aesthetics. The system includes a base frame, including a front face with a left lens orbital carrying a left lens and a right lens orbital carrying a right lens, and left and right earstems attached to the front frame. A decorative top frame includes a left annular mask with an unobstructed left opening and a right annular mask with an unobstructed right opening, configured to cover the left and right orbitals, respectively, while exposing the left and right lenses through the left and right openings. The top frame is releasably connectable to the base frame. The system may include a plurality of visually distinct top frames, each interchangeably removably connectable to a common base frame.
US11809016B2	Camera module A camera module may comprise: a printed circuit board on which an image sensor is mounted; a holder member disposed above the printed circuit board and having a plurality of magnets installed thereon; a bobbin installed on the inside of the holder member to be capable of moving along an optical axis, and having a coil unit installed on the outer peripheral surface thereof to be capable of electrically interacting with the magnets; a plurality of receptacles formed in the peripheral surface of the bobbin to form spaces that are separated from the coil unit; and a cover member having a plurality of integrally formed inner yokes, which are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of receptacles and have the surface on one side thereof separated a certain distance from the coil unit and the surface on the other side thereof separated a certain distance from the bobbin.
US11809014B2	Voice coil motor A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
US11809012B2	Lens driving device A lens driving device is provided, including a frame, a lens holder, a spring sheet, and at least one damping element. The lens holder is movably disposed in the frame. The spring sheet has an outer periphery portion combined with the frame, an inner periphery portion combined with the lens holder, and an arm portion connected between the outer periphery portion and the inner periphery portion. The damping element is connected between the arm portion of the spring sheet and at least one of the frame and the lens holder.
US11809011B2	Alignment method and tools A laser system includes a first laser cavity to output a laser light along a first path, a first mirror to receive the laser light from the first laser cavity, and redirect the laser light along a second path that is different than the first path, a second mirror to receive the laser light from the first mirror, and redirect the laser light along a third path that is different than the first path and the second path, a beam splitter located at a first position on the third path, a beam combiner located at a second position on the third path; and a coupling lens assembly, the coupling lens assembly including a lens located at a third position on the third path, wherein the coupling lens assembly moves the lens in x-, y-, and x-directions.
US11809008B2	Rapid universal rack mount enclosure A cable enclosure assembly includes an enclosure, a cable spool and a length of fiber optic cable. The enclosure defines an interior region, a first opening and a second opening aligned with the first opening. The first and second openings provide access to the interior region. The cable spool is disposed in the interior region of the enclosure and is rotatably engaged with the enclosure. The cable spool includes a drum and a flange engaged to the drum. The flange has an outer peripheral side, a cable management portion and an adapter bulkhead portion. The adapter bulkhead portion extends outwardly from the cable management portion and forms a portion of the outer peripheral side. The length of the fiber optic cable is dispose about the drum of the cable spool.
US11809004B1	Systems and methods for electromagnetic interference absorptive brushes In some implementations, a device may include a first flexible barrier that is configured to prevent dust from passing through a cable slot of a network device. The device may further include a second flexible barrier that is configured to absorb at least a portion of an amount of electromagnetic energy generated by the network device.
US11809001B2	Network interface device with external optical connector A device may include a frame, an optical connector coupled to an external surface of the frame, and an optical fiber comprising a bent section positioned external to an interior of the frame and connected to the optical connector.
US11809000B2	Photonic integrated circuit and package structure A photonic integrated circuit includes a substrate, an interconnection layer, and a plurality of silicon waveguides. The interconnection layer is over the substrate. The interconnection layer includes a seal ring structure and an interconnection structure surrounded by the seal ring structure. The seal ring structure has at least one recess from a top view. The recess concaves towards the interconnection structure. The silicon waveguides are embedded in the substrate.
US11808995B2	Edge couplers with non-linear tapers Structures for an edge coupler and methods of fabricating such structures. The structure includes a back-end-of-line stack located over a substrate. The back-end-of-line stack includes a waveguide core having a longitudinal axis and a tapered section with a width that varies with position along the longitudinal axis based on a non-linear function.
US11808992B2	Lens-based connector assemblies having precision alignment features and methods for fabricating the same Lens-based optical connector assemblies and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a lens-based connector assembly includes a glass-based optical substrate includes at least one optical element within the optical substrate, and at least one alignment feature positioned at an edge of the glass-based optical substrate, wherein the at least one alignment feature is located within 0.4 μm of a predetermined position with respect to the at least one optical element along an x-direction and a y-direction. The lens-based connector assembly further includes a connector element including a recess having an interior surface, The interior surface has at least one connector alignment feature. The glass-based optical substrate is disposed within the recess such that the at least one alignment feature of the glass-based optical substrate engages the at least one connector alignment feature.
US11808990B2	Armored cable and connection for the same A connection arrangement is provided for connecting an armored cable to a connection piece. The arrangement has a ferrule for fitting onto the end of the armored cable, that has an abutment flange, a washer and a threaded region. The threaded region has at least a portion threaded according to a first thread standard. A lock nut is configured to fit over the armored cable, and to connect with a nut thread on the connection piece. The lock nut and the connection piece are configured to compress the ferrule therebetween forming a watertight connection. An armor of the armored cable has a least a portion of the armor threaded to match the first thread standard.
US11808982B2	Optical combiner, laser device, and method for manufacturing optical combiner An optical combiner includes: an optical fiber bundle formed by a plurality of first optical fibers; and a second optical fiber including an end surface joined to an end surface of the optical fiber bundle by fusion-splicing. The plurality of first optical fibers includes a predetermined first optical fiber and other first optical fibers. The predetermined first optical fiber is composed of one or more materials having higher softening temperatures than one or more materials of the other first optical fibers.
US11808978B2	Post-fabrication trimming of silicon ring resonators via integrated annealing Methods for post-fabrication trimming of a silicon ring resonator are disclosed. Methods include fabricating a heating element, positioned within 2 microns of the silicon ring resonator, subjecting the silicon ring resonator to energetic ion implantation, and annealing the silicon ring resonator, using the heating element. The energetic ion implantation shifts a resonance of the silicon ring resonator towards the red side of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The annealing shifts the resonance of the silicon ring resonator towards the blue side of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
US11808971B2	Laterally emitting optical waveguide and method for introducing micromodifications into an optical waveguide Laterally emitting optical waveguides and methods introduce micromodifications into an optical waveguide and provide optical waveguides. The laterally emitting optical waveguides comprise at least an optical wave-guiding core and a region in the optical waveguide and the methods arrange the micro-modifications in the region of the optical waveguide and order the arrangement of the micro-modifications.
US11808970B2	Optical fiber with variable absorption An optical fiber may comprise a core doped with one or more active ions to guide signal light from an input end of the optical fiber to an output end of the optical fiber, a cladding surrounding the core to guide pump light from the input end of the optical fiber to the output end of the optical fiber, and one or more inserts formed in the cladding surrounding the core. The core may have a geometry (e.g., a cross-sectional size, a helical pitch, and/or the like) that varies along a longitudinal length of the optical fiber, which may cause an absorption of the pump light to be modulated along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber.
US11808968B2	Planar light source A planar light source includes a light source, a light guide member, and a sectioning member. The light guide member has a light source placement part in which the light source is disposed and a section defining part having a groove surrounding the light source placement part. The sectioning member has light reflectivity and is disposed in the section defining part. A first portion in the section defining part that is furthest from a center of the light source in a plan view has a transmittance higher than a transmittance of a second portion in the section defining part that is closest from the center of the light source in the plan view.
US11808966B2	Light-emitting module A light-emitting module includes: a plurality of light sources; and a lightguide plate including a plurality of light source placement sections, in each of which at least one light source is arranged, arrayed in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The lightguide plate defines at least one first-A light control groove and at least one first-B light control groove that extend parallel to the second direction between a first light source placement section and a second light source placement section adjacent to the first light source placement section in the first direction, and at least one second-A light control groove and at least one second-B light control groove that extend parallel to the first direction between the first light source placement section and a third light source placement section adjacent to the first light source placement section in the second direction.
US11808963B2	Illumination device and display device According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a plurality of convex portions provided on the second main surface, and a first light source element and a second light source element opposing the first side surface and the second side surface, respectively, and when an incident angle of a main ray of the light propagating in the light guide is expressed by θ, a diffusion angle of the light is δ, an angle of the convex portion of the light guide is α, a critical angle of the light guide is θc, and an angle which satisfies (90°−θc) is β0, a relationship: ((β0+δ)/3)<θ<((β0−δ)/2) is satisfied.
US11808951B2	Actuator for camera, and camera module including the same An actuator for a camera includes a guide member, a base, and a carrier stacked in a housing in an optical axis direction, a first driving unit generating driving force in a first axial direction and a second axial direction, the first driving unit including a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils, and a second driving unit generating driving force in the optical axis direction and including a magnet and a coil. The carrier, the base, and the guide member are movable together in the first axial direction, the carrier and the base are movable together in the second axial direction, the carrier is movable relative to the base in the optical axis direction, the magnets and the coils of the first driving unit and the magnet and the coil of the second driving unit are disposed to face each other in the optical axis direction.
US11808948B2	Optical member driving mechanism An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a movable module, a first driving module, and a position detecting module. The movable module includes an optical member holder and a housing. The first driving module includes a first electromagnetic driving assembly disposed on the optical member holder and a second electromagnetic driving assembly disposed on the housing. The first driving module can drive the optical member holder to move relative to the housing. The position detecting module includes a magnetic member and a position detector. The magnetic member is disposed on the optical member holder. The position detector can detect the position of the optical member holder relative to the housing according to a variation in magnetic field direction.
US11808947B2	Optical wavelength dispersion device and manufacturing method therefor An optical wavelength dispersion device and manufacturing method therefor are disclosed, wherein the optical wavelength dispersion device includes a waveguide unit and a reflector, wherein the waveguide unit has a first substrate, an input unit, a grating and a second substrate. The input unit is formed on the first substrate and having a slit for receiving an optical signal, a grating is formed on the first substrate for producing an output beam once the optical signal is dispersed, the second substrate is located on the input unit and the grating, and forms a waveguide space with the first substrate, the reflector is located outside of the waveguide unit, and is used for change emitting angle of the output beam.
US11808945B2	Eye data and operation of head mounted device A method of operating a head mounted device includes capturing eye data with one or more sensors of the head mounted device. The one or more sensors are configured to sense an eyebox region. Operations of the head mounted device are adjusted in response to the eye data.
US11808944B2	Automatic placement of a virtual object in a three-dimensional space Augmented reality systems and methods for automatically repositioning a virtual object with respect to a destination object in a three-dimensional (3D) environment of a user are disclosed. The systems and methods can automatically attach the target virtual object to the destination object and re-orient the target virtual object based on the affordances of the virtual object or the destination object. The systems and methods can also track the movement of a user and detach the virtual object from the destination object when the user's movement passes a threshold condition.
US11808942B2	Electronic device capable of providing multiple focal points for light outputted from display An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a display including a plurality of pixels; a first polarizing plate arranged on a first area of the display and capable of rotating, in a first rotational direction, a first light outputted through one or more first pixels included in the first area; a second polarizing plate arranged on a second area of the display and capable of rotating, in a second rotational direction, a second light outputted through one or more second pixels included in the second area; a first mirror arranged to have a first designated incline on the first area and capable of reflecting the first light rotating in the first rotational direction; a second mirror arranged to have a second designated incline on the second area and capable of reflecting at least a part of the second light rotating in the second rotational direction; and a flat lens capable of transmitting a first reflective light obtained by allowing the first light rotating in the first rotational direction to be reflected through the first mirror, and a second reflective light obtained by allowing the second light rotating in the second rotational direction to be reflected through the second mirror, wherein the flat lens forms a first focal point at a location of the first reflective light before the first reflective light passes through the flat lens, and forms a second focal point at a location of the second reflective light after the second reflective light passes through the flat lens.
US11808935B2	Endoscope and endoscope apparatus An endoscope includes an objective optical system provided in a distal end portion of an insertion portion, and a light splitting element configured to split a light beam from an objective optical system into a plurality of light beams including a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam is reflected by a reflection mirror, and is formed into an image on a first image pickup device. The second light beam is formed into an image on a second image pickup device. The first image pickup device and the second image pickup device are disposed adjacent to the light splitting element at positions different from each other with respect to an optical axis of the light beam from the objective optical system.
US11808932B2	Microscope stand and module and housing therefor A module for a microscope stand comprises a control device with at least one computer hardware component being configured to control the microscope stand. The module further comprises a locating device configured to interact with another locating device formed in a housing of the microscope stand for mounting the module at a predetermined installation site within the housing.
US11808929B2	Quantitative phase image generating method, quantitative phase image generating device, and program A quantitative phase image generating method for a microscope, includes: irradiating an object with illumination light; disposing a focal point of an objective lens at each of a plurality of positions that are mutually separated by gaps Δz along an optical axis of the objective lens, and detecting light from the object; generating sets of light intensity distribution data corresponding to each of the plurality of positions based upon the detected light; and generating a quantitative phase image based upon the light intensity distribution data; wherein the gap Δz is set based upon setting information of the microscope.
US11808927B2	Lens assembly A lens assembly including 4˜7 lenses with a refractive power is provided. D1 is the diameter of a lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly. DL is the diameter of a lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. LT is the length on an optical axis of the lens from the lens surface farthest away from the image plane of the lens assembly to the lens surface closest to the image plane of the lens assembly. The lens assembly satisfies the following conditions: (1) 6 mm0.6 or (2) 6 mm0.4.
US11808922B2	Camera optical lens A camera optical lens includes first to sixth lenses. The camera optical lens satisfies: −3.00≤f1/f≤−1.50; 0.10≤(R5+R6)/(R5−R6)≤1.00; and 1.00≤d8/d10≤2.50, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; R5 denotes a curvature radius of an object side surface of the third lens; R6 denotes a curvature radius of an image side surface of the third lens; d8 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fourth lens to an object side surface of the fifth lens; and d10 denotes an on-axis distance from an image side surface of the fifth lens to an object side surface of the sixth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11808915B2	Wind power prediction method and system based on deep deterministic policy gradient algorithm A wind power prediction method and system based on a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) algorithm is provided and relates to the technical field of wind power prediction. The method uses multiple different prediction methods to build a combined prediction sub-model, and then uses a DDPG algorithm to maximize discount benefit by using an agent in the algorithm to interact with an external prediction environment for constant trial-and-error attempts. Finally, the agent has a capability of perceiving the external prediction environment, and a capability of reasonably and dynamically assigning weights to various prediction sub-models in a combined model, so as to achieve an accurate prediction.
US11808914B2	Method and equipment for transformation of point cloud coordinates of structure plane of deep-buried tunnel based on target device The embodiment of the present application discloses a method and equipment for transformation of point cloud coordinates of structure plane of deep-buried tunnel based on a target device. Before performing laser scanning on a measured surface, the embodiment of the present application makes the third plate surface close to the measured surface by adjusting the target device, and makes the bubbles of the first circular level and the second circular level in a centered state; respectively extracting point cloud coordinates of the three cross targets from the point cloud data, and acquiring the first tendency of the third plate surface from the digital display of three-dimensional electronic compass; determining the second tendency of the third plate surface according to the point cloud coordinates; converting the coordinates in the point cloud data to geodetic coordinates according to the first tendency and the second tendency.
US11808905B2	Subsurface geophysical data system A method can include receiving a request from a requester for subsurface geophysical data of a geologic environment; responsive to the request, authenticating the requester using a zero-knowledge authentication scheme; and, responsive to authentication of the requester, providing access to at least a portion of the subsurface geophysical data of the geologic environment.
US11808904B2	Experimental system for out-of-plane seismic performance of masonry block wall, and experimental method using same An experimental system for out-of-plane seismic performance of a masonry block wall, comprising: a static test bed (1), a lateral limiting system disposed on one side on the static test bed (1), and a transverse load system disposed on the other side on the static test bed (1), a masonry block wall to be tested (401) being disposed between the lateral limiting system and the transverse load system. The experimental system also comprises a vertical load system disposed above a wall. Also provided is an experimental method using the experimental system for out-of-plane seismic performance of a masonry block wall, on the basis of a quasi-static test method, a horizontal reciprocating actuator is used to simulate an out-of-plane seismic load action; quarter-point loading is implemented by means of a multi-stage shear stress distribution apparatus, then a force is transmitted to a second screw rod (602), and the second screw rod (602) fits an out-of-plane uniformly distributed load into four horizontally-equidistant transversely-concentrated forces and transmits same to a test piece. The present invention has the characteristics of a clear force transmission path, uniform stress distribution, high experimental precision and an accurate result, such that the study of the out-of-plane seismic performance of a component is more accurate and reliable.
US11808903B2	Seismic data interpretation system A method can include receiving a digital operational plan that specifies computational tasks for seismic workflows, that specifies computational resources and that specifies execution information; dispatching instructions that provision the computational resources for one of the computational tasks for one of the seismic workflows; issuing a request for the execution information; receiving the requested execution information during execution of the one of the computational tasks using the provisioned computational resources; and, based on the received execution information indicating that the execution of the one of the computational tasks deviates from the digital operational plan, dispatching at least one additional instruction that provisions at least one additional computational resource for the one of the computational tasks for the one of the seismic workflows.
US11808901B2	Nuclear reaction detection device, method and program with high detection position resolution A nuclear reaction detection device 100 includes a semiconductor memory 100 arranged in an environment in which radiation is incident, a position information storage unit 210 that stores spatial position information of a semiconductor element in the semiconductor memory 100, a bit position specifying unit 220 that detects that an SEU (Single Event Upset) has occurred in the semiconductor element included in the semiconductor memory 100, and specifies the semiconductor element in which the SEU has occurred, and a position calculating unit 230 that calculates a spatial position in which the SEU has occurred, based on the specified semiconductor element and the spatial position information.
US11808900B2	Apparatus and method for providing in-situ radiation measurements within a density equivalent package An apparatus for providing in-situ radiation measurements within a density equivalent package is disclosed. The apparatus may include a radiation detector embedded within the density equivalent package that is configured to measure an amount of exposure of a phantom material of the density equivalent package to radiation emitted by an irradiation device. The phantom material may have density equivalence with an object or substance for which radiation exposure information is sought and the phantom material may serve as a substitute for the object or substance. A signal including the measurement of the amount of exposure of the phantom material to the radiation may be provided to a processor of the apparatus for processing. The processor may process the signal to interpret and provide additional information relating to the measurement and may provide the information to a device communicatively linked to the apparatus.
US11808899B2	Ultrasound receiver circuitry and related apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus are described for implementing a coding scheme on ultrasound signals received by a plurality of ultrasonic transducers. The coding, and subsequent decoding, may allow for multiple ultrasonic transducers to be operated in a receive mode simultaneously while still differentiating the contribution of the individual ultrasonic transducers. Improved signal characteristics may result, including improved signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
US11808896B2	Method and device for calibrating a vehicle sensor A method for calibrating a vehicle sensor of a motor vehicle. The method includes: ascertaining sensor data for a plurality of measuring points in time during a total measuring time period, the total measuring time period being subdivided into partial measuring time periods, and the motor vehicle moving relative to objects in surroundings of the motor vehicle; for each partial measuring time period, computing positions of the objects based on the ascertained sensor data; for each partial measuring time period, computing a partial measuring time period sinogram based on the computed positions; computing a total measuring time period sinogram by adding the partial measuring time period sinograms and correcting using a factor that is a function of the partial measuring time period sinograms; ascertaining an orientation of the vehicle sensor based on the total measuring time period sinogram; and calibrating the vehicle sensor based on the ascertained orientation.
US11808891B2	Integrated LIDAR illumination power control Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with an integrated LIDAR measurement device are described herein. In one aspect, a Gallium Nitride (GaN) based illumination driver integrated circuit (IC), an illumination source, and a return signal receiver IC are mounted to a common substrate. The illumination driver IC provides a pulse of electrical power to the illumination source in response to a pulse trigger signal received from the return signal receiver IC. In another aspect, the GaN based illumination driver IC controls the amplitude, ramp rate, and duration of the pulse of electrical power based on command signals communicated from the return signal receiver IC to the illumination driver IC. In a further aspect, illumination driver IC reduces the amount of electrical power consumed by the illumination driver IC during periods of time when the illumination driver IC is not providing electrical power to the illumination source.
US11808889B2	LiDAR device The present invention relates to a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) device for obtaining information on a distance from an object using laser light. A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device according to the present invention may include: a laser emitting unit configured to emit a laser, a first scanner configured to obtain the laser emitted by the laser emitting unit and continuously change a travel path of the laser so as to extend a irradiation area to a line shape, a second scanner configured to obtain and continuously changes the travel path of the laser projected from the first scanner which has a line-shaped irradiation area, so as to extend the irradiation area to a plane shape, and a sensor configured to detect a laser reflected from an object located in a scanning area by the laser projected from the second scanner, wherein the first scanner comprises nodding mirror which extend the irradiation area to a line shape by changing a travel path of the laser while nodding within a preset angle range, and wherein the second scanner comprises a rotating polygon mirror which changes the travel path of the laser which has the line-shaped irradiation area by rotating on one axis so as to extend the irradiation area to a plane shape.
US11808887B2	Methods and systems for mapping retroreflectors One example method involves a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device focusing light from a target region in a scene for receipt by a detector. The method also involves emitting a primary light pulse. The method also involves directing, via one or more optical elements, the primary light pulse toward the target region. The primary light pulse illuminates the target region according to a primary light intensity of the primary light pulse. The method also involves emitting a secondary light pulse. At least a portion of the secondary light pulse illuminates the target region according to a secondary light intensity of the secondary light pulse. The secondary light intensity is less than the primary light intensity.
US11808886B2	Monitoring living facilities by multichannel radar According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided monitoring living facilities by a multichannel radar. A field of view within a frequency range from 1 to 1000 GHz, for example between 1 to 30 GHz, 10 to 30 GHz, 30 to 300 GHz or 300 to 1000 GHz, is scanned using a plurality of radar channels of the radar. Image units comprising at least amplitude and phase information are generated for a radar image on the basis of results of the scanning. Information indicating at least one error source of a physical movement of the radar and interrelated movements of targets within the field of view are determined on the basis of the image units. Results of the scanning are compensated on the basis of the determined error source. A radar image is generated on the basis of the compensated results.
US11808884B2	Adaptive high point neighborhood range The present invention relates to a device (20) for determining a radar target list, comprising: an input interface (22) for receiving preprocessed sensor data from a radar sensor (18) with information on detected strengths at high points (H1, H2) in a distance and/or velocity dimension and in predefined neighborhood ranges of the high points in the distance and/or velocity dimension; an analysis unit (24) for determining mutually adjacent high points with overlapping neighborhood ranges based on the preprocessed sensor data; an adjustment unit (26) for adjusting the neighborhood ranges of the mutually adjacent high points; and an evaluation unit (28) for determining a radar target list with information on targets (17) in a field of view of the radar sensor based on the high points and the neighborhood ranges thereof. The present invention also relates to a method for determining a radar target list and a sensor system (10) for detecting targets (17) in an environment (12) of a vehicle (14).
US11808882B2	Radar electronic countermeasures without a threat database A closed loop, real-time, cognitive Electronic Warfare (EW) system without a threat database includes an EW receiver for receiving radar threat signals; a Signal Analysis and Characterization module; a Pulse to Emitter Association sub-module; a Function De-interleaving Classifier sub-module; a Threat Behavior Model sub-module; a Countermeasures Synthesis module; a Capability, Severity, and Intent sub-module; a Countermeasure Selection sub-module; a Countermeasure Optimization sub-module; a Countermeasures Effectiveness Assessment module; a Resource Management module; and an EW transmitter.
US11808881B2	Apparatus and method of two-stage signal processing in a radar system A novel and useful two-stage radar return data processing mechanism for use in FMCW radar systems that divides the conventional frame into two portions. Two different frames are transmitted rather than one. The frames are transmitted consecutively one after the other. A low resolution ‘coarse’ frame is first transmitted that is fully processed in real time. Based on the results of the processing of the coarse frame, a plurality of targets of interest (TOIs) in the scene representing a subset of the received data is determined. Then a longer high-resolution ‘fine’ frame is transmitted and processed using the information obtained in the previous coarse fame. Using the TOI information obtained in the previous coarse frame, only a subset of the received data is processed. The non-processed portion is assumed to contain non-interesting information and is discarded or ignored thereby significantly reducing processing time.
US11808880B2	High resolution MIMO radar system An automotive radar system includes multiple radar antennas and a radar front end chip. The front end chip includes a plurality of phase rotators coupled to a local oscillator, wherein each phase rotator of the plurality of phase rotators is coupled to multiple digital phase modulators; a plurality of switches that couple selectable ones of the multiple digital phase modulators to respective amplifiers, each amplifier coupled to a respective antenna output; and a controller which provides digital control signals to the plurality of phase rotators, the multiple digital phase modulators, and the plurality of switches to synthesize transmit signals for each of the multiple radar antennas.
US11808876B2	Vehicular radar system with vehicle to infrastructure communication A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle so as to sense exterior of the vehicle, and a control. The radar sensor includes a plurality of transmitters that transmit radio signals, and a plurality of receivers that receive radio signals. The transmitters transmit first radio signals at a first frequency and second radio signals at a second frequency, with the second frequency different from the first frequency. First radio signals received are transmitted first radio signals from the plurality of transmitters that are reflected from an object exterior the vehicle. The control, via processing of the received first radio signals, determines presence of an object exterior of the vehicle. The transmitters transmit second radio signals at the second frequency for receiving at a remote communication device. Second radio signals received at the transmitter are second radio signals transmitted by the remote communication device.
US11808875B2	Mobile device based control device locator Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for a mobile device based control device locator. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to locate a control device, transmitting acoustic token transmission information to the control device to activate an electroacoustic transducer on the control device, receiving an acoustic signal including an acoustic token signal from the control device via a plurality of acoustic sensors, and determining distance information of the control device based on the received acoustic token signal generated by the electroacoustic transducer of the control device.
US11808874B2	Location determination based on phase differences Disclosed are embodiments for determining a location of a device based on phase differences of a signal received from the device. In some embodiments, expected phase differences for signals transmitted from a plurality of regions are determined. The expected phase differences are those differences of the signal when received at each of a plurality of receive elements of a receiving device. By comparing phase differences of a signal received from the device to the expected phase differences, a location of the device is determined.
US11808871B2	Positioning reference signal muting patterns with semi-persistent or aperiodic timing behavior Disclosed are techniques for muting positioning reference signals. In aspects, a location server sends, to a user equipment (UE), a plurality of positioning reference signal configurations and one or more positioning reference signal muting configurations associated with a transmission-reception point (TRP) identifier (ID) and/or a positioning reference signal ID. A first TRP sends, to the UE, a command triggering at least one positioning reference signal muting configuration, wherein the triggered positioning reference signal muting configuration indicates that: the one or more positioning reference signals of the one or more positioning reference signal occasions of at least one positioning reference signal configuration are not being transmitted, or the one or more positioning reference signals of the one or more positioning reference signal occasions of all of the plurality of positioning reference signal configurations are not being transmitted, and mutes positioning reference signals according to the triggered positioning reference signal muting configurations.
US11808870B2	Position determination using time difference of arrival of single frequency network signals The disclosure relates to an OTDOA positioning technique wherein different base stations transmit different variations of the same basic PRS or other positioning signal synchronously as an SFN signal to effect an observed time shift at the UE between the different variations of the basic PRS signal or positioning signal. This added time shift resulting from the transmission of different variations by different base stations effectively spreads the corresponding channel impulses in the CIR of the SFN signal in the time domain so that the UE is better able to detect and discriminate between different instances of the positioning signal transmitted from different base stations.
US11808867B2	Simultaneous tracking and navigation using LEO satellite signals Systems, device configurations, and processes are provided for tracking and navigation using low-earth orbit satellite (LEO) signals. Embodiments are provided to track LEO satellites in the absence or during interrupted service by global position sources (e.g., GNSS). Operations and a framework are provided to use low-earth orbit (LEO) downlink transmissions as a source of positioning data. Operations can include performing a Doppler frequency measurement on received satellite downlink transmissions to determine a pseudorange rate measurement for a vehicle relative to at least one LEO satellite. Pseudorange rate measurements may be used to correct vehicle position data of a vehicles inertial navigation system (INS) and for control/navigation of the vehicle. Embodiments allow for simultaneous tracking of LEO satellites and navigation of a vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle. Embodiments are also directed to employing a propagation model for LEO position and velocity within a simultaneous tracking and navigation (STAN) framework.
US11808865B2	Method and system for calibrating a system parameter A method for performing in a positioning, navigation, tracking, frequency-measuring, or timing system is provided. The method comprises: providing first and second estimates of at least one system parameter during a first time period, wherein the at least one system parameter has a true value and/or true evolution over time during the first time period; providing a local signal; receiving, at a receiver, a signal from a remote source; providing a correlation signal by correlating the local signal with the received signal; providing amplitude and/or phase compensation of at least one of the local signal, the received signal and the correlation signal based on each of the first and second estimates so as to provide first and second amplitude-compensated and/or phase-compensated correlation signals corresponding to the first and second estimates of the at least one system parameter during the first time period, and; determining which of the first and second estimates is nearer the true value and/or true evolution over time of the at least one system parameter during the first time period, based on a comparison between the first and second amplitude-compensated and/or phase-compensated correlation signals. A computer readable medium and system are also disclosed.
US11808864B2	Multi-sensor vehicle positioning system employing shared data protocol In general, one aspect disclosed features a computer-implemented method comprising: determining whether Global Positioning System (GPS) location data are available; responsive to determining the GPS location data are available, causing transmission of a first message in National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) format, the first message comprising the GPS location data; and responsive to determining the GPS location data are not available: determining a location based on non-GPS location data, generating a second message in NMEA format, the second message representing the determined location, and transmitting the second message.
US11808863B2	Methods and systems for location determination Methods and systems for location determination are described herein. An example implementation may involve receiving signals from a set of satellites to determine a general location of a receiver. After receiving a signal from a satellite, the receiver may determine an angle of reception that indicates an orientation of the satellite relative to the receiver. The receiver may further obtain topography information for the general location that indicates the positions and elevations of features (e.g., buildings) at the general location. For instance, the receiver may use elevation maps or sensors to determine the topography information. Using the topography information and determined angles of receptions, the receiver may identify any signals that reflected off a feature prior to reaching the receiver. As a result, the receiver may determine and use the reflected path traveled by a reflected signal to refine the general location of the receiver.
US11808861B2	Adaptive estimation of GNSS satellite biases A first pair of a wide-lane (WL), zero-difference (ZD) bias filter and corresponding supplemental WL bias predictive filter determines the time-variant wide-lane bias for a corresponding satellite based on adaptive estimation responsive to tuned dynamic noise provided by the supplemental wide-lane bias predictive filter for each satellite. A second pair of narrow-lane (NL), zero-difference (ZD) bias filter and corresponding NL bias filter/code-phase bias filter determines the time-variant narrow-lane bias (e.g., refraction corrected (NL) code-phase bias) for a corresponding satellite based on adaptive estimation on adaptive estimation responsive to tuned dynamic noise within a narrow-lane bias/code-phase bias filter for each satellite. The electronic data processor of a data processing center is configured to provide a correction signal comprising the wide-lane ambiguities, the time-variant wide-lane bias and the narrow-lane ambiguities and the time-variant narrow lane bias.
US11808860B2	Adaptive search for LiDAR-based clustering A method of clustering spatial data includes receiving a point cloud comprised of a plurality of points defined within three-dimensional (3D) space. The method further includes selecting one or more adaptable clustering parameters and traversing each of the plurality of points in the point cloud and selectively adding each of the points to one or more clusters based on the selected clustering parameters associated with each point.
US11808858B2	Systems and methods for constructing and utilizing field-of-view (FOV) information Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for constructing and utilizing vehicle field-of-view (FOV) information. The FOV information can be utilized in connection with vehicle localization such as localization of an autonomous vehicle (AV), sensor data fusion, or the like. A customized computing machine can be provided that is configured to construct and utilize the FOV information. The customized computing machine can utilize the FOV information, and more specifically, FOV semantics data included therein to manage various data and execution patterns relating to processing performed in connection with operation of an AV such as, for example, data prefetch operations, reordering of sensor data input streams, and allocation of data processing among multiple processing cores.
US11808854B2	Multiple pixel scanning LIDAR Methods and systems for performing three-dimensional (3-D) LIDAR measurements with multiple illumination beams scanned over a 3-D environment are described herein. In one aspect, illumination light from each LIDAR measurement channel is emitted to the surrounding environment in a different direction by a beam scanning device. The beam scanning device also directs each amount of return measurement light onto a corresponding photodetector. In some embodiments, a beam scanning device includes a scanning mirror rotated in an oscillatory manner about an axis of rotation by an actuator in accordance with command signals generated by a master controller. In some embodiments, the light source and photodetector associated with each LIDAR measurement channel are moved in two dimensions relative to beam shaping optics employed to collimate light emitted from the light source. The relative motion causes the illumination beams to sweep over a range of the 3-D environment under measurement.
US11808852B2	Method and system for optical distance measurement An optical distance measurement method includes: acquiring a plurality of sensed values based on detecting light; performing a filtering operation to select a plurality of selected sensed values from the plurality of sensed values; determining a location of a centroid according to the plurality of selected sensed values; and calculating a plurality of depth values with respect to a plurality of detecting points according to the location of the centroid and a plurality of depth information transformation functions respectively corresponding to the detecting points.
US11808848B1	Method, system and terminal for wide-area acoustic indoor positioning based on RF enhancement The present disclosure belongs to technical field of indoor positioning, and discloses a method and system for wide-area acoustic indoor positioning based on RF enhancement, comprising: design of an acoustic signal, using Blackman window function to control the amplitude of acoustic signal entering and leaving channel; a mixed multiple access transmission of the acoustic signal, combining three multiple access schemes of time, space and frequency, assisting a small amount of BLE signals, and constructing a wide-area coverage capability of the acoustic positioning signal; acoustic measurement based on RF enhancement, including TOA estimation of an acoustic signal and area identification based on low-power Bluetooth RSS; robust fusion positioning of an inertial sensor and multi-source measurement, including pedestrian walking speed estimation, multi-source heterogeneous measurement, acoustic measurement compensation and correction, measurement quality evaluation and control.
US11808846B2	Angle-finding process for sparse uniform arrays This document describes techniques and systems of a radar system with an angle-finding process for sparse uniform arrays. The described radar system includes a processor and an antenna that can receive electromagnetic energy reflected by objects in the surrounding environment. The antenna includes a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) sparse array. The processor can determine, using the received electromagnetic energy, a signal subspace associated with the objects that includes an invariance equation. Using an estimated solution to the invariance equation, the processor determines a solution to the invariance equation. The solution to the invariance equation is used to determine angular phases associated with the objects. The processor can then determine, using the angular phases, angles associated with the objects. In this way, the described angle-finding process enables the radar system with a sparse array to efficiently determine angles associated with objects without blind spots.
US11808845B2	Radar device for vehicle A radar device for a vehicle, the radar device including: an antenna provided on an inner surface of a lamp for a vehicle and configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves; and a signal processing module provided in the lamp and configured to process a signal received by the antenna, such that it is possible to obtain an advantageous effect of simplifying a structure and improving a degree of design freedom and spatial utilization.
US11808843B2	Radar repeaters for non-line-of-sight target detection Disclosed are techniques for non-line-of-sight (NLOS) target detection. In an aspect, a source vehicle receives, from a roadside unit (RSU), a notification that the RSU is capable of repeating radar signals transmitted by the source vehicle in NLOS directions from the source vehicle, receives, from an active radar repeater associated with the RSU, radar signals for a radar beam sweep in at least one NLOS direction from the source vehicle, receives an angle of each beam of the radar beam sweep, and performs target object detection based on the radar signals for the at least one NLOS direction and the angle of each beam of the radar beam sweep. Example architectures for the active radar repeater are also disclosed.
US11808840B2	Real-time location sensing system There is provided a mmWave RTLS (Real-Time Location Sensing) system for detecting the presence of one or more objects. The system includes multiple anchors. Each anchor includes a mmWave radar subsystem that uses radar algorithms to detect one or more objects and determine the one or more location-based objects characteristics. The location-based object characteristics include one or more of the following: range, direction-of-arrival, velocity, absolute position, or logical position, each determined relative to one or more anchors.
US11808839B2	Initializing sleep tracking on a contactless health tracking device Various arrangements for performing an initial setup process of a sleep tracking device are presented. User input may be received that requests a sleep tracking setup process be performed. In response to the user input, a detection process may be performed based on data received from the radar sensor to determine whether a user is present and static. In response to the detection process determining that the user is present and static, a consistency analysis may be performed over a time period to assess a duration of time that the user is present and static. Based on the consistency analysis, sleep tracking may be activated such that when the user is detected in bed via the radar sensor, the user's sleep is tracked.
US11808836B2	Radar system for a vehicle A radar system for a vehicle, having at least two transmission antennas, each for emitting a transmission signal into the surroundings of the vehicle, at least four reception antennas, each for acquiring a detection signal for detecting targets in the surrounding of the vehicle, and a processing device for determining the viewing angle, in order to assign phase information in the detection signals to at least one viewing angle for respective detected targets, such that a minimum ambiguous range of the reception antennas in a first direction is specific for the assignment to be ambiguous to more than one viewing angle, wherein all of the reception antennas are spaced apart from each other in the first direction by different distances such that only one of the distances corresponds to the minimum ambiguous range.
US11808835B2	Hybrid method for time-of-arrival-based ranging A method includes: receiving a ranging signal from the transmitter comprising a set of multiplexed sub-signals, each multiplexed sub-signal characterized by a frequency in a set of frequencies; calculating a time-based time-of-arrival estimate based on the series of time-domain samples of the ranging signal; calculating a time-based uncertainty of the time-based time-of-arrival; for each sub-signal pair in a subset of multiplexed sub-signals of the set of multiplexed sub-signals, extracting a phase difference of the sub-signal pair; calculating a phase-based time-of-arrival estimate based on the phase difference of each sub-signal pair in the subset of multiplexed sub-signals; calculating a phase-based uncertainty of the phase-based time-of-arrival estimate; and calculating a hybrid time-of-arrival estimate as a weighted combination of the time-based time-of-arrival estimate, the phase-based time-of-arrival estimate, based on the time-based uncertainty and the phase-based uncertainty.
US11808833B2	Coatings for increasing near-infrared detection distances A method for increasing a detection distance of a surface of an object illuminated by near-IR electromagnetic radiation, including: (a) directing near-IR electromagnetic radiation from a near-IR electromagnetic radiation source towards an object at least partially coated with a near-IR reflective coating that increases a near-IR electromagnetic radiation detection distance by at least 15% as measured at a wavelength in a near-IR range as compared to the same object coated with a color matched coating which absorbs more of the same near-IR radiation, where the color matched coating has a ΔE color matched value of 1.5 or less when compared to the near-IR reflective coating; and (b) detecting reflected near-IR electromagnetic radiation reflected from the near-IR reflective coating. A system for detecting proximity of vehicles is also disclosed.
US11808831B2	Measurement apparatus and measurement method The magnetic resonance member 1 is a member that is arranged in a measurement target AC physical field, and in which a quantum operation can be performed in a specific quantum system. The coil 2 and the high frequency power supply 3 apply a magnetic field of a microwave to the magnetic resonance member 1. The irradiating device 4 irradiates the magnetic resonance member 1 with light, and the detecting device 5 detects from the magnetic resonance member 1 a physical phenomenon corresponding to the measurement target AC physical field. Further, the measurement control unit 21 performs the DC physical field measurement sequence a predetermined plural times, and in each of the plural times of the DC physical field measurement sequence, determines a detection value of the physical phenomenon detected by the detecting device 5. The calculation unit 22 calculates a measurement result for a specific time span of the measurement target AC physical field on the basis of the detection values corresponding to the plural times of the DC physical field measurement sequence.
US11808829B2	Slotted waveguide array RF coil for magnetic resonance systems The exemplary system and method facilitate excitation of RF magnetic fields in ultra-high field (UHF) magnetic resonance (MRI) systems (e.g., MRI/NMR system) using a slotted waveguide array (SWGA) as an exciter coil. The exemplary exciter coil, in some embodiments, is configurable to provide RF magnetic field B1+ with high field-uniformity, with high efficiency, with excellent circular polarization, with negligible axial z-component, with arbitrary large field of view, and with exceptional possibilities for field-optimizations via RF shimming.
US11808826B2	Magnetometer calibration or setting An aspect of the invention relates to a method for correcting magnetometric measurements (10) made by a magnetometer mounted on a mobile support. The mobile support carries one or more movement and/or position sensors fixedly mounted with respect to the magnetometer. The method comprises: obtaining magnetometric measurements (12) and movement and/or position measurements (14, 16) made simultaneously by the magnetometers, respectively the movement and/or position sensors during a time interval; inferring, by a processing unit, corrected magnetometric measurements (28) on the basis of the magnetometric measurements (12) and the movement and/or position measurements (14, 16) made simultaneously during the time interval and in which method the processing unit (36) comprises one or more microprocessors and is capable of inferring the corrected magnetometric measurements (28) via an artificial intelligence algorithm (24), said algorithm being trained by means of training data, to find a correction for the magnetometric measurements according to the log of magnetometric measurements as well as movement and/or position measurements recorded during the time interval.
US11808823B2	Detection of device dislocation using power and non-powered dislocation sensors An indication from a body-worn device may be received at a user device, in which the indication notifies the user device that the body-worn device has detached from a mounting position. The user device may be a body-worn hub or another body-worn device. A command is then generated at the user device to trigger the body-worn device or another body-worn device to perform an action based at least on the indication. In some instances, the user device may send an event notification for the indication to an event handler on a hub or a server for the event handler to determine whether to perform an action based at least on the event notification.
US11808815B2	Battery state estimation device, battery state estimation method, and battery system A voltage of a battery cell is measured, and a current flowing through the battery cell is measured. An open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery cell is estimated based on the measured voltage, the measured current, and an equivalent circuit model based on electrochemistry of the battery cell, and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery cell is estimated based on the estimated OCV, SOC-OCV characteristics on a charge side of the battery cell, and SOC-OCV characteristics on a discharge side of the battery cell. At least one of a positive electrode and negative electrode of the battery cell is a mixed electrode containing a plurality of materials. Estimated is a current flowing through a material in which capacity-OCV characteristics are different between the charge side and the discharge side, the material being included in the plurality of materials contained in the mixed electrode, and a ratio between the SOC-OCV characteristics on the charge side and the SOC-OCV characteristics on the discharge side is determined based on the current.
US11808813B2	Apparatus and method for controlling unit specific junction temperature with high temporal resolution for concurrent central processing unit (CPU) core testing An apparatus includes a processor configured to control an automatic test equipment (ATE) to measure one or more parameters of a current test instance for testing a device under test (DUT), during execution of the current test instance on the DUT, and determine, based on the measured one or more parameters, one or more controls for controlling a temperature of a thermal head connected to the DUT so that a junction temperature of the DUT corresponds to a predetermined test temperature. The processor is further configured to control the temperature of the thermal head, based on the determined one or more controls.
US11808812B2	Passive carrier-based device delivery for slot-based high-volume semiconductor test system A testing apparatus comprises a tester comprising a plurality of racks, wherein each rack comprises a plurality of slots, wherein each slot comprises: (a) an interface board affixed in a slot of a rack, wherein the interface board comprises test circuitry and a plurality of sockets, each socket operable to receive a device under test (DUT); and (b) a carrier comprising an array of DUTs, wherein the carrier is operable to displace into the slot of the rack, and wherein each DUT in the array of DUTs aligns with a respective socket of the plurality of sockets on the interface board. The testing apparatus further comprises a pick-and-place mechanism for loading the array of DUTs into the carrier and an elevator for transporting the carrier to the slot of the rack.
US11808810B2	AT-speed test access port operations In some examples, an integrated circuit comprises: a TDI input, a TDO output, a TCK input and a TMS input; a TAP state machine (TSM) having an input coupled to the TCK input, an input coupled to the TMS input, an instruction register control output, a TSM data register control (DRC) output, and a TSM state output; an instruction register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a control input coupled to the instruction register control output of the TAP state machine; router circuitry including a TSM DRC input coupled to the TSM DRC output, a control DRC input coupled to the TSM state output, and a router DRC output; and a data register having an input coupled to the TDI input, an output coupled to the TDO output, and a data register DRC input coupled to the router DRC output.
US11808802B2	System and method for monitoring the polarization and conduction of a thyristor A system for monitoring polarization and conduction of a thyristor includes a transformer configured to generate a secondary current from a triggering current waveform applied to a gate of the thyristor; a converter configured to convert the secondary current into a monitored voltage; a first hysteresis comparator configured to generate a first voltage pulse based on the monitored voltage when the triggering current waveform includes a first current pulse; a second hysteresis comparator configured to generate one or more second voltage pulses based on the monitored voltage when the triggering current waveform includes one or more second current pulses; a monitoring unit configured to receive the first and the one or more second voltage pulses, and determine whether the triggering current waveform satisfies pre-defined characteristics, and to determine whether a current flowing between the anode and cathode of the thyristor satisfies additional pre-defined characteristics.
US11808799B2	Fault detection method and apparatus for three-phase power distribution system A fault detection method for a three-phase power distribution system, which includes three phase lines and a neutral line. The three phase lines intersect with the neutral line at a neutral point, the three phase lines include a first phase line, a second phase line, and a third phase line, and at least one of the three phase lines is connected to the neutral line. The method includes: obtaining a voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between each phase line and the neutral point based on the voltage between every two phase lines; obtaining a voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point based on a voltage between each phase line and the neutral line and the voltage between each phase line and the neutral point; and detecting the voltage between the neutral line and the neutral point, whether a fault occurs in the neutral line.
US11808797B1	Hemispherical dome electrode configuration and method of use An electrical resistivity tomography system having a novel electrode geometry and method of use is provided. The novel electrode geometry radiates a uniform electric field which produces greatly improved resistivity data.
US11808796B2	Pre-screening and tuning heterojunctions for topological quantum computer A method to evaluate a semiconductor-superconductor heterojunction for use in a qubit register of a topological quantum computer includes (a) measuring one or both of a radio-frequency (RF) junction admittance of the semiconductor-superconductor heterojunction and a sub-RF conductance including a non-local conductance of the semiconductor-superconductor heterojunction, to obtain mapping data and refinement data; (b) finding by analysis of the mapping data one or more regions of a parameter space consistent with an unbroken topological phase of the semiconductor-superconductor heterojunction; and (c) finding by analysis of the refinement data a boundary of the unbroken topological phase in the parameter space and a topological gap of the semiconductor-superconductor heterojunction for at least one of the one or more regions of the parameter space.
US11808791B2	Current sensor for improved functional safety A current sensor arrangement includes a first conductor configured to conduct a first portion of a primary current in a current flow direction; a second conductor configured to conduct a second portion of the primary current in the current flow direction; and a magnetic sensor. The first and second conductor are coupled in parallel. The first current produces a first magnetic field as it flows through the first conductor and the second current produces a second magnetic field as it flows through the second conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor are separated from each other in a first direction that is orthogonal to the current flow direction, thereby defining a gap. The magnetic sensor is arranged in the gap such that the first conductor is arranged over a first portion of the magnetic sensor and the second conductor is arranged under a second portion of the magnetic sensor.
US11808788B2	Testing head having improved frequency properties A testing head apt to verify the operation of a device under test integrated on a semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of contact elements, each including a body that extends between a first end portion and a second end portion, and a guide provided with a plurality of guide holes apt to house the contact elements. The guide includes a conductive portion that includes and electrically connects the holes of a group of guide holes to each other and is apt to contact a corresponding group of contact elements apt to carry a same type of signal.
US11808783B2	Atomic force microscopy apparatus, methods, and applications Atomic force microscopy apparatus and method that enable observing charge generation transients with nanometer spatial resolution and nanosecond to picosecond time resolution, the timescale relevant for studying photo-generated charges in the world's highest efficiency photovoltaic films. The AFM apparatus includes an AFM, a light source for illumination of a sample operatively coupled to the AFM, a voltage source operatively coupled to the AFM, and a control circuitry operatively coupled to the light source and the voltage source. The AFM apparatus improves the time resolution and enables rapid acquisition of photocapacitance transients in a wide array of solar-energy-harvesting materials.
US11808779B2	Method for identifying an object having a replaceable accessary and an object therefor A method is provided for identifying or authenticating an object. The method includes vibrating the object at a plurality of frequencies. The vibrations from the object are sensed at each of the plurality of frequencies using an accelerometer. A vibration profile of the object is generated using the sensed vibrations. The generated vibration profile is then compared to a stored vibration profile. It is determined if the generated vibration profile matches the stored vibration profile. A match indicates that the object has been identified or authenticated. In another embodiment, an object capable of implementing the method is provided. In another embodiment, the object may include a replaceable accessary. In this case, the initial and generated vibration profiles may be created with the replacement accessary attached to the object. A match of the generated and initial vibration profiles indicates that the replaceable accessary is authentic.
US11808775B2	Cathinone test A method of detecting the presence of a cathinone moiety in a sample, such as a suspected illicit drug sample, which comprises contacting the sample with a solution comprising neocuproine, a source of copper(II) and a catalyst and observing a colour change, where present, that correlates with the presence of cathinone. The method is operable at environmental temperature. Mechanical elements may be employed to accelerate the colour change if desired.
US11808774B2	Metabolic biomarkers for memory loss The present invention relates to methods of determining if a subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment. The methods comprise analyzing at least one plasma sample from the subject to determine a value of the subject's metabolite profile and comparing the value of the subject's metabolite profile with the value of a normal metabolite profile. A change in the value of the subject's metabolite profile, over normal values is indicative that the subject has an increased risk of suffering from memory impairment compared to a normal individual.
US11808771B2	Methods and systems for selective quantitation and detection of allergens including Gly m 7 The invention relates to methods and systems taking advantage of bioinformatic investigations to identify candidate signature peptides for quantitative multiplex analysis of complex protein samples from plants, plant parts, and/or food products using mass spectroscopy. Provided are use and methods for selecting candidate signature peptides for quantitation using a bioinformatic approach. Also provided are systems comprising a chromatography and mass spectrometry for using selected signature peptides.
US11808768B2	1,1 ′-[[(substituted alkyl)imino]bis (alkylene)]bis- ferrocenes and their use in I electrochemical assays by labelling substrates of interest Compounds of general formula I wherein Fc and Fc′ may be the same or different and are substituted ferrocenyl moieties having at least one ring substituent selected from sulfur-containing groups, phosphorus-containing groups, iodo, chloro, silyl, fluoroalkyl groups containing two or more fluorine atoms, heteroaryl, substituted phenyl, and cyano, wherein if present as sole substituent the cyano group is located on the proximal cyclopentadienyl ring; X is a spacer, Y is a spacer, Z is a spacer; and R is a linker group. Compound I may be used to make labelled substrates, functionalised compounds for making labelled substrates and may be used as labels in an electrochemical assay.
US11808767B2	Methods, compositions and systems for microfluidic assays Provided herein, among other aspects, are methods and apparatuses for analyzing particles in a sample. In some aspects, the particles can be analytes, cells, nucleic acids, or proteins and contacted with a tag, partitioned into aliquots, detected by a ranking device, and isolated. The methods and apparatuses provided herein may include a microfluidic chip. In some aspects, the methods and apparatuses may be used to quantify rare particles in a sample, such as cancer cells and other rare cells for disease diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment.
US11808764B2	Membrane carrier for liquid sample test kit, liquid sample test kit, method of manufacturing liquid sample test kit, test method of liquid sample, and membrane carrier Provided is a membrane carrier for a liquid sample test kit (3) that detects a substance to be detected in a liquid sample, the liquid sample test kit including at least one flow path (2) capable of transporting the liquid sample, in which a microstructure that causes a capillary action for transporting the liquid sample is provided on a bottom surface of the flow path (2), and a level difference at which a height level of the bottom surface changes, is provided in the flow path (2). The membrane carrier preferably has a detection zone for detecting a substance to be detected in the liquid sample.
US11808759B2	Treatment methods having reduced drug-related toxicity and methods of identifying the likelihood of patient harm from prescribed medications Methods of determining whether specific drugs or patients carry an increased risk of causing or developing, respectively, long QT syndrome or Torsades de Pointes and methods of treating such patients.
US11808750B2	Solid-phase sampling device and methods for point-source sampling of polar organic analytes Sampling devices for sampling an aqueous source (e.g., field testing of ground water) for multiple different analytes are described. Devices include a solid phase extraction component for retention of a wide variety of targeted analytes. Devices include analyte derivatization capability for improved extraction of targeted analytes. Thus, a single device can be utilized to examine a sample source for a wide variety of analytes. Devices also include an isotope dilution capability that can prevent error introduction to the sample analysis and can correct for sample loss and degradation from the point of sampling until analysis as well as correction for incomplete or poor derivatization reactions. The devices can be field-deployable and rechargeable.
US11808748B2	Radon detection devices and methods A method of detecting radon may include starting a first timer at a radon detection device in response to a first triggering action. A seal of the radon detection device may transition to a seal position from an open position in response to the first timer being equal to a measurement interval. The open position may facilitate the introduction of ambient air to a vent of the radon detection device. The seal position may discourage introduction of the ambient air to the vent. The vent may be in fluid communication with a test material. The test material may collect radon from the ambient air introduced to the radon detection device. A second timer may be started in response to the seal transitioning from the open position to the seal position. The seal remains in the sealed position following the transition from the open position to the sealed position.
US11808747B1	Hydrogen gas sensor, and method of making and using thereof A hydrogen gas sensor is provided. The hydrogen gas sensor includes a polycarbonate substrate having hydrophobic nanostructures. The hydrogen gas sensor further includes a palladium layer in the form of nanoscale petals on the hydrophobic nanostructure. A method of making the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor includes fabricating the polycarbonate substrate. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor further includes coating the polycarbonate substrate with the palladium layer. A method of using the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of using the hydrogen gas sensor includes contacting a palladium coated hydrophobic nanostructure of the hydrogen gas sensor with a gas sample comprising hydrogen gas.
US11808743B2	Ion chromatography (IC) suppressor An ion chromatography (IC) suppressor includes a first clamping plate, an intermediate plate, a second clamping plate, a first ion exchange membrane, a second ion exchange membrane, a first electrode and a second electrode. The first clamping plate, the intermediate plate and the second clamping plate are tightly buckled in sequence to compact the first ion exchange membrane between the first clamping plate and the intermediate plate and compact the second ion exchange membrane between the intermediate plate and the second clamping plate. Resin particles are filled between the two ion exchange membranes. An eluent inlet and an eluent outlet are provided respectively at two ends of the intermediate plate, and an accommodating groove is formed at each of a tail end of the eluent inlet and a head end of the eluent outlet. The first clamping plate and the second clamping plate are provided with a sealing lip, respectively.
US11808739B1	Monitoring damage of electrofusion joints Methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring damage of electrofusion joints of a non-metallic pipe are provided. In one aspect, a system includes: a data collector for collecting monitored resistance data of an electrofusion joint; one or more processors; and one or more memories having instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including: storing a first damage critical value, a second damage critical value, and the monitored resistance data; processing the monitored resistance data to obtain a first monitored value and a second monitored value; comparing the first monitored value with the first damage critical value and the second monitored value with the second damage critical value; and determining the electrofusion joint is damaged in response to determining at least one of: the first monitored value being greater than the first damage critical value or the second monitored value being greater than the second damage critical value.
US11808729B2	Interface circuit for an electrochemical sensor A sensor interface circuit (5) for an amperometric electrochemical sensor (3). The circuit includes: a current-to-voltage converter (9, Rf) connected to a first terminal (WRK) of the sensor (3) for converting an electric current through the sensor (3) to a voltage at an output terminal (10) of the current-to-voltage converter (9, Rf); a first amplifier (7) connected between a second terminal (REF) and a third terminal (CNTR) of the sensor (3) for maintaining a substantially fixed voltage difference between the first and second terminals (WRK, REF) of the sensor (3); a power supply (11) for powering the voltage converter (9, Rf) and for powering a first portion (31) of the first amplifier (7); and a negative voltage converter (17) configured to power a second portion of the first amplifier (7) through its low-side supply terminal (41), while a high-side supply terminal (39) of the second portion of the first amplifier (7) is configured to be connected to the power supply (11).
US11808727B2	Systems and methods for an electrochemical total cholesterol test An electrochemical test for total cholesterol includes a test strip for an electrochemical testing testing of a blood analyte which includes a first receiving port, the first receiving port for receiving a blood sample, the first receiving port at a first end of the test strip. The test strip further includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the first and second electrodes proximate to the first receiving port. The test strip further includes a first contact and a second contact, the first and second contacts at a second end of the test strip, the first and second contacts interconnected with the first and second electrodes, respectively. The test strip further includes cholesterol oxidase, located proximate to the first and the second electrode. The test strip further includes a mediator, located proximate to the first and the second electrode, wherein the cholesterol oxidase and the mediator interact with the blood sample and the first and second electrode to generate a measurable electrical event.
US11808722B2	Sensor system and electrodes Sensors having an advantageous design and methods for fabricating such sensors are generally provided. Some sensors described herein comprise pairs of electrodes having radial symmetry, pairs of nested electrodes, and/or nanowires. Some embodiments relate to fabricating electrodes by methods in which nanowires are deposited from a fluid contacted with a substrate in a manner such that it evaporates and is replenished.
US11808717B2	X-ray tube billing system An X-ray tube billing system for a fluoroscopic apparatus for non-destructive inspection configured to perform X-ray fluoroscopy on a subject using an X-ray tube includes a fluoroscopy time detector configured to detect a length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy has been performed using the X-ray tube, and a billing amount calculator configured to calculate a billing amount related to use of the X-ray tube based on the length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy has been performed, which is detected by the fluoroscopy time detector.
US11808709B1	Method for testing and correcting phase separation in ethanol based fuels A process, or method, for testing ethanol-based fuel for phase separation and free-standing water, and then correcting the phase separation within the ethanol-based fuel. A method of introducing a desired amount of a chemical into suspension based on an amount of free-standing water that is within the ethanol-based fuel in order to treat and remove any and all amount of free-standing water that is remaining within the suspension.
US11808707B2	Raman module for a microscope An embodiment of a module system configured to interface with a microscope is described that comprises an input optical fiber configured to provide an excitation light beam from an external light source; dynamic alignment mirrors configured to adjust the position of the beams paths of the excitation light beam on a first plane; a coupling comprising a first end configured to engage with a complementary end, wherein the excitation light reflects off a turning mirror and travels along a beam path on a second plane through an orifice in the coupling; and an output optical fiber for delivering light from a sample to an external detector, wherein the light from the sample travels along the beam path on the second plane through the orifice in the coupling, reflects off the turning mirror and travels along one of the beam paths on the first plane to the output optical fiber.
US11808702B2	Hybrid multi-photon microscopy A multi-photon imaging system includes a laser module having a first channel for outputting a two-photon excitation laser pulse and a second channel for outputting a three-photon excitation laser pulse. The system further includes a first optical path for guiding the two-photon laser pulse from the first channel of the laser module and a second optical path for guiding the three-photon laser pulse from the second channel of the laser module. A microscope is also provided for simultaneously receiving the two-photon laser pulse from the first optical path and the three-photon laser pulse from the second optical path, and simultaneously, or with well controllable delays, delivering the two-photon laser pulse and the three-photon pulse to a target volume. The system further includes a photodetector configured to collect photons generated within the target volume in response to simultaneous excitation of the target volume by both the two-photon laser pulse and the three-photon laser pulse.
US11808699B2	Imaging system An imaging system comprising: a first lighting device that emits terahertz waves at a first quantity of light emission in a first operation mode, and emits terahertz waves at a second quantity of light emission, which is larger than the first quantity of light emission, in a second operation mode; a first detection device that detects reflected terahertz waves by a target and a control device that switches from the first operation mode to the second operation mode in a case where the first detection device detects the target in the first operation mode.
US11808698B2	Analyte detector with nano-antennas A device for the detection of analytes comprises a substrate (10) with nano-antennas (11,12). The nano-antennas (11,12) comprise an antenna material (11m, 12m) for forming resonant antenna structures which receive and resonantly interact with source light (L0) to form respective resonance peaks (R1,R2) over a resonant wavelength range (A1,A2) overlapping respective signature wavelength (λ1,λ2) of a target analyte (A). The resonant interaction causes a locally concentrated field (Ec) of the source light (L0) in the resonant wavelength range (Λ1,Λ2). The concentrated intensity (Ic) is localized around a respective target location (T1,T2) which is provided with a sorption material (11s, 12s) that sorbs the target analyte (A). This provides a locally increased analyte concentration (Ac) of the target analyte (A) coinciding with the locally concentrated field (Ec) of the source light (L0). Accordingly, the interaction of the source light (L0) with the target analyte (A) is enhanced.
US11808693B2	Apparatus for measuring peel strength of battery part using electromagnet and peel strength measurement method using the same Disclosed is a peel strength measurement apparatus using an electromagnet, the peel strength measurement apparatus including a test piece fixing unit configured to fix a test piece including at least two layers, a magnetic material attached to at least one surface of the test piece, an electromagnet configured to apply magnetic force to the magnetic material, a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the electromagnet such that the electromagnet can generate a magnetic field, and a current controller configured to control the supply of electric power from the power supply unit to the electromagnet.
US11808690B2	Phase-correction of radiofrequency-multiplexed signals Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for characterizing particles of a sample in a flow stream. Methods according to certain embodiments include generating frequency-encoded fluorescence data from a particle of a sample in a flow stream; and calculating phase-corrected spatial data of the particle by performing a transform of the frequency-encoded fluorescence data with a phase correction component. In certain embodiments, methods include generating an image of the particle in the flow stream based on the phase-corrected spatial data. Systems having a processor with memory operably coupled to the processor having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to calculate phase-corrected spatial data from frequency-encoded fluorescence data of a particle a flow stream are also described. Integrated circuit devices (e.g., field programmable gate arrays) having programming for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US11808686B2	System and method for improved identification of particles or cells This invention relates to the field of microfluidic flow cytometry and more generally microfluidic techniques for analysis of particulate-containing fluids. It deals with the improvements to such technologies in order to identify subsets of particles or sub-populations of cells that differ in their properties, and, if necessary, separate the said identified sub-populations of cells, e.g. sex of semen cells, alive cells from the dead ones, cancerous cells from the healthy ones, subsets of viruses, bacteria or subsets of particles. This invention disclosure deals with the apparatus and the method for detection of cells or particles based on measurements of complex AC impedance between electrodes across the flow of fluid containing such cells or particles.
US11808681B1	Airborne particle monitor having illumination sleeve with shaped borehole for increased efficiency A device includes a camera sensor and an illumination source structure. The illumination source structure is positioned to emit light towards a field of view of the camera sensor. The illumination source structure includes a bore, internal threads extending along at least a portion of a length of the bore, and a light emitting diode (LED) positioned within the bore such that the internal threads encircle a lens of the LED.
US11808679B2	Method and apparatus for cryogenic and environmental controlled specimen handling A method for manipulating a cryogenic specimen for subsequent examination includes mounting a cryogenic specimen on a work surface of a specimen holder and placing the specimen holder within a pumped cryostat chamber having a layer of cryogenic liquid therein. The cryostat chamber is vented and kept at low humidity in order to generate a cryogenic vapor layer above the cryogenic liquid so that the work surface of the specimen holder is within the cryogenic vapor layer and low humidity and inert environment. The cryogenic specimen in then manipulated to a specimen carrier contained on a different portion of the work surface while keeping the cryogenic specimen within the cryogenic vapor layer.
US11808674B2	System and method for air sampling in controlled environments A system and method for sampling air in a controlled environment that includes two or more air sampling devices at different locations within the controlled environment. A controller is provided at a location outside of the controlled environment and in separate air flow communication with each of the two or more air sampling devices via separate first vacuum tubes, the controller having a manifold configured to separately control a rate of air flow from the two or more air sampling devices to the controller via each of the separate first vacuum tubes and to selectively direct the air flow from each of the separate first vacuum tubes to one or more second vacuum tubes. A vacuum source is provided at a location outside the controlled environment and in air flow communication with the controller via the one or more second vacuum tubes, the vacuum source providing suction and being controlled by the controller to generate the air flow through each of the first vacuum tubes. And, a flow switch for each of the two or more air sampling devices is provided at a location between a corresponding air sampling device and the vacuum source, each of the flow switches being configured to separately measure and control the rate of air flow through a corresponding first vacuum tube. An alarm is automatically activated at a location inside the controlled environment by one or more of the flow switches when the rate of air flow measured at one or more of the flow switches deviates from a desired value by a predetermined amount.
US11808672B2	Detection device The invention provides a detection device, comprising a fluid sample collecting chamber, the collecting chamber including an opening, a testing element is arranged in the collecting chamber, and the testing element is used to test the presence of the analyzed substance in the fluid sample; the detection device further comprises a cover body used to close the opening of the collecting chamber; wherein the cover body includes an elastic card used to engage the opening of the collecting chamber, when the cover body closes the opening of the collecting chamber, the elastic card engages the outer wall of the opening of the collecting chamber, thereby fixing the cover body on the collecting chamber. The cover body of the invention is buckled with the collecting chamber, an elastic card and a buckle structure are arranged to facilitate fastening between the cover body and the bottle body, but make it difficult to separate them apart; this can avoid leakage of a sample inside the collecting chamber; a guide structure is arranged in the cover body, so that a closing area is formed when the opening of the collecting chamber is not deliberately aligned with the elastic card in the cover body during using, the closing between the cover body and the collecting chamber can be easily achieved, thereby improving the testing efficiency.
US11808662B2	Device for sealingly repositioning and cooling an air flow measuring element within an operating turbomachine A device for measuring the characteristics of an air flow in an annular passage of a turbo-machine. The device includes a rod which extends along a first axis and carries means for measuring air flow characteristics. The rod also sealingly engages and slides in a first tubular part extended by a second tubular part. The second tubular part sealingly passes along the first axis through a slider mounted in a slide for sliding along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The rod engages the second tubular part with an annular clearance.
US11808661B1	Apparatuses and methods for analyzing multiple optical signals in parallel An apparatus includes optical fiber ports into which optical fiber channels are input, the optical fiber channels carrying and outputting light, a mask configured to, while spinning at a frequency, allow a first portion of the light incident on the mask to pass through the mask, and block a remaining portion of the light incident on the mask, based on a pattern on the mask, and a photodetector configured to detect the allowed first portion of the light as input signals. The apparatus further includes a testing device configured to transform the input signals to a frequency domain, to obtain measured signals in frequencies respectively corresponding to the optical fiber channels, and determine whether each of the measured signals is a failure by comparing the obtained measured signals with a threshold signal.
US11808659B2	Parallel optics based optical time domain reflectometer acquisition In some examples, parallel optics based optical time domain reflectometer acquisition may include a laser array operatively collimated to an optical fiber array to transmit, in parallel, a plurality of laser beams to optical fibers of the optical fiber array. A photodiode array may receive, in parallel, backscattered and reflected light from the optical fiber array. The photodiode array may determine, based on the backscattered and reflected light, properties of the optical fibers of the optical fiber array.
US11808657B2	Stress distribution image processing device A stress distribution image processing device including: a processing unit configured to: designate a normalization region which includes a portion of stress equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value in a screen of a stress distribution image of a target object; and normalize pixels in the normalization region based on stress values in the normalization region to obtain a normalized image.
US11808656B2	Device and method for measuring interfaces of an optical element A measurement device, for measuring the shape of an interface to be measured of an optical element having a plurality of interfaces, the device including a measurement apparatus with at least one interferometric sensor illuminated by a low-coherence source, for directing a measurement beam towards the optical element to pass through the plurality of interfaces, and to detect an interference signal resulting from interferences between the measured measurement beam reflected by the interface and a reference beam, a positioning apparatus configured for relative positioning of a coherence area of the interferometric sensor at the level of the interface to be measured, and a digital processor for producing, based on the interference signal, an item of shape information of the interface to be measured according to a field of view.
US11808653B2	Mechanical barometer with mechanical clockwork for detecting atmospheric pressure A mechanical barometer set up for detecting air pressure and direction of change and/or value of change thereof by means of a mechanical barometric measuring device, the barometer including a mechanical means which interacts with the measuring device and by means of which an acoustic code correlating with the value of the air pressure and/or the direction of change and/or the value of change thereof can be output, including a mechanical clockwork, characterized in that measuring signals provided by the measuring device can be amplified by means of the mechanical energy of a clockwork, wherein the mechanical means can be activated at regular time intervals by means of the clockwork.
US11808651B2	Instrumentation system for monitoring of a net barrier An instrumentation system for a net barrier comprising at least one tension sensor node attached to one or more threads of said net barrier is described. Also described is a sensor node, and use of this sensor node.
US11808650B2	Pressure sensing device with cavity and related methods A pressure sensing device may include a body configured to distribute a load applied between first and second parts positioned one against the other, and a pressure sensor carried by the body. The pressure sensor may include a support body, and an IC die mounted with the support body and defining a cavity. The IC die may include pressure sensing circuitry responsive to bending associated with the cavity, and an IC interface coupled to the pressure sensing circuitry.
US11808648B2	Magnetic sensor and torque sensing device having the same A sensor housing has a receiving recess at one end portion of the sensor housing located at one end of the sensor housing. The one end portion of the sensor housing faces first and second magnetic circuit portions. A circuit board is received in the receiving recess and has an opening, a front-side region and a rear-side region. The front-side region is located on a side of the opening where the one end of the sensor housing is placed. The rear-side region is located on an opposite side of the opening. A main body of a magnetic sensing device overlaps the opening such that terminals projecting from one of a pair of side walls of the main body are located at the front-side region, and terminals projecting from another one of the pair of side walls is located at the rear-side region.
US11808647B2	Field device assembly including improved dielectric insulation system An industrial process field device includes a pressure sensor, and a housing containing the pressure sensor. The housing includes a base having a base interface and a first base process opening. A flange is attached to the base and includes a flange interface having a first flange process opening. A first gasket process opening of a gasket is aligned with the first base process opening and the first flange process opening. A first surface of the gasket engages the base interface, and a second surface of the gasket engages the flange interface. A dielectric insulation system includes at least one dielectric layer that insulates the housing from electrical currents conducted through the flange. Each dielectric layer includes a layer of ceramic material, an anodized layer, or a plastic overmold, which improve a maximum working pressure of the field device.
US11808646B2	Carbon nanotube sensors, articles, and methods Sensors that include carbon nanotubes, and articles that include the sensors. The sensors may include a buckypaper. The sensors may be flexible. Methods of making sensors, which may include printing an electrode on a substrate. The printing of an electrode may be achieved with an inkjet printer.
US11808645B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel that includes a first strain sensor element including a first resistance member and a second strain sensor element including a second resistance member that are provided in a pixel area, and a first wiring electrically coupling the first strain sensor element and the second strain sensor element, a first variable resistance member, a second variable resistance member, and a second wiring electrically coupling the first variable resistance member and the second variable resistance member.
US11808644B2	Integrated piezoresistive and piezoelectric fusion force sensor Described herein is a ruggedized microelectromechanical (“MEMS”) force sensor including both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements and integrated with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (“CMOS”) circuitry on the same chip. The sensor employs piezoresistive strain gauges for static force and piezoelectric strain gauges for dynamic changes in force. Both piezoresistive and piezoelectric sensing elements are electrically connected to integrated circuits provided on the same substrate as the sensing elements. The integrated circuits can be configured to amplify, digitize, calibrate, store, and/or communicate force values electrical terminals to external circuitry.
US11808641B2	Fractional mirror ratio technique for digital remote temperature sensors, and related systems, methods, and devices Systems, methods and devices relate to remote temperature sensing responsive to fractional currents used to bias a remote temperature diode. Fractional currents may be selected to simplify at least some temperature calculations performed using digital logic. Values of at least two voltage changes may be determined at least partially based on values of voltages generated across a pair of nodes at least partially responsive to excitation currents. Such pair of nodes associated with sensing paths coupled with a remote diode. A value of temperature may be determined at least partially based on the values of at least two voltage changes and a stored value of a fractional mirror ratio. The fractional mirror ratio represents a relationship between current magnitudes of excitation currents.
US11808640B2	Temperature sensor for a fluid circuit of motor vehicle The invention relates to a temperature sensor (10) for a fluid pipe, in particular for a motor vehicle, this sensor (10) comprising a first part (20) comprising a flat surface (22) configured to be in contact with a fluid and on which is located a track (41) forming a thermosensitive element (40), this track (41) having a generally elongated shape and comprising opposite ends (41A, 41B) connected respectively to terminals (43) of the sensor (10) by electrical conductors (42) embedded in said body (15).The invention also relates to a fluid pipe comprising such a sensor (10), a motor vehicle comprising such a sensor (10) or such a pipe and a method for manufacturing such a sensor (10).
US11808639B2	High-precision temperature demodulation method oriented toward distributed fiber Raman sensor A temperature demodulation method oriented toward a distributed fiber Raman temperature sensing system, the method comprising the following steps: step 1 of constructing a high-precision temperature detection device oriented towards a distributed fiber Raman sensing system; step 2 of performing signal processing with respect to Stokes light and anti-Stokes light at a calibration stage; step 3 of performing signal processing with respect to Stokes light and the anti-Stokes light at a measurement stage; and step 4 of obtaining a high-precision temperature demodulation technique oriented toward the distributed fiber Raman sensor. The method is used to effectively resolve the issue of low temperature measuring accuracy caused by Rayleigh crosstalk in existing distributed fiber Raman temperature measurement systems, and temperature measurement accuracy thereof is expected to fall within ±0.1° C. The method is applicable to distributed fiber Raman temperature measurement systems.
US11808629B2	Sensor degradation evaluation method A sensor degradation evaluation method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an evaluation step of evaluating degradation of at least one of a sensor for coarse measurement that receives interference fringes produced by a spectrometer for coarse measurement and a sensor for fine measurement that receives interference fringes produced by a spectrometer for fine measurement, and the evaluation step includes causing a plurality of kinds of laser light having wavelengths different from one another to be sequentially incident on the spectrometer for coarse measurement and the spectrometer for fine measurement and acquiring a coarse-measurement wavelength and a fine-measurement wavelength on a wavelength basis from a plurality of the received interference fringes, acquiring a degradation parameter on a wavelength basis from the coarse-measurement wavelength and the fine-measurement wavelength on a wavelength basis, and comparing the degradation parameter on a wavelength basis with a threshold.
US11808621B2	Load cells for plug holder weight measurement Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatus for measuring various characteristics of an indoor agriculture system. In one embodiment, a plug holder weight measurement system includes a plant plug holder disposed in a grow tower and one or more load cells positioned and configured to detect a weight of a plug holder. The load cells may be compression-type, tension-type, torsion-type, or beam-type load cells and each may be integrated into the grow tower.
US11808620B2	Load cell unit with temperature compensation and weighing equipment including the load cell unit A load cell unit includes: a load cell that is provided with a distortional member including a free-end block, a fixed-end block, an upper beam portion connecting an upper end of the free-end block and an upper end of the fixed-end block, and a lower beam portion connecting a lower end of the free-end block and a lower end of the fixed-end block; a first temperature sensor that is disposed at the upper beam portion or the lower beam portion; and a second temperature sensor that is disposed at one of the free-end block and the fixed-end block.
US11808617B2	Measurement circuit for a body weight measuring apparatus for measuring body weight distribution A measurement circuit of a body weight measuring apparatus is provided. The measurement circuit comprises a load sensing unit including at least one wheatstone bridge circuit for generating a load information comprising at least one of: a left-side weight, a right-side weight, an anterior-side weight, and a posterior-side weight in the form of an output voltage, upon application of a load. The load sensing unit is powered by an input excitation voltage across the at least one wheatstone bridge circuit. The measurement circuit includes an amplifier circuit to amplify the output voltage to generate an amplified output, an analog to digital converter circuit for converting the amplified output to a digital representation of the weight of the load, and a microcontroller to receive and transmit the digital representation of the weight of the load to a server for computing an exact weight of the load.
US11808615B2	Multiphase flowmeters and related methods Multiphase flowmeters and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a flowmeter and a fluid conduit to provide a flow path for a fluid relative to the flowmeter. The example apparatus includes a sensor coupled to the fluid conduit to generate data indicative of at least one of a presence, an absence, or a mass flow rate of solids in the fluid during flow of the fluid through the fluid conduit. The example apparatus includes a processor. The sensor is to be communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is to selectively determine flow rates for one or more phases of the fluid based on data generated by the flowmeter and a first algorithmic mode or a second algorithmic mode selected based on the sensor data.
US11808612B2	Optical rotary encoder, servo motor, and actuator In this optical rotary encoder, detection tracks of a rotating disc are irradiated with detection light emitted from a light-emitting element. An optical signal obtained via slits in the detection tracks passes through a slit pattern in a fixed slit plate and is received by light-receiving surfaces of a light-receiving element. The slit pattern in the fixed slit plate is formed so as to fit into a range of an effective spot of the detection light. An LED or other light-emitting element that has a small effective spot diameter can be used, which is advantageous in terms of reducing costs and making the device more compact.
US11808611B2	Scale A scale includes a base material, scale patterns arranged at a predetermined periodicity on a main surface of the base material, and a fluorine film that covers the scale patterns and is at least partly a monomolecular fluorine compound.
US11808607B2	Ranging apparatus and moving object capable of high-accuracy ranging A ranging apparatus capable of suppressing reduction of ranging accuracy at a long distance end of a distance measurement range, thereby making it possible to perform high-accuracy ranging over a wide distance range. An image pickup device receives light fluxes from a fixed focus optical system. A distance information acquisition unit acquires distance information of an object based on image signals from the image pickup device. This section acquires the distance information based on parallax between a first image based on a light flux having passed a first region of an exit pupil, and a second image based on a light flux having passed a second region of the exit pupil. The optical system is configured such that parallax of an object existing at a predetermined distance is smaller than parallax of an object existing at a shorter distance than the predetermined distance.
US11808605B2	Robust step detection using low cost MEMS accelerometer in mobile applications, and processing methods, apparatus and systems A system (10) for pedestrian use includes an accelerometer (110) having multiple electronic sensors; an electronic circuit (100) operable to generate a signal stream representing magnitude of overall acceleration sensed by the accelerometer (110), and to electronically correlate a sliding window (520) of the signal stream with itself to produce peaks at least some of which represent walking steps, and further operable to electronically execute a periodicity check (540) to compare different step periods for similarity, and if sufficiently similar then to update (560) a portion of the circuit substantially representing a walking-step count; and an electronic display (190) responsive to the electronic circuit (100) to display information at least in part based on the step count. Other systems, electronic circuits and processes are disclosed.
US11808604B2	Driving analysis based on movement data One or more devices in a data analysis computing system may be configured to receive and analyze movement data, and determine driving trips associated driving data based on the received movement data. Movement data may be collected by one or more mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and the like. One or more driving trips may be identified based on the movement data collected by the mobile devices, including acceleration data, speed data, and rotation rate data. After identifying a driving trip, the previously collected movement data and/or additional driving data may be analyzed to determine additional driving trip data, such as the driver, vehicle, and/or additional driving factors.
US11808596B2	Navigation device, navigation system, and method of operating the same Navigation devices and methods of operation are provided. The navigation device includes a communication unit; a display; an input unit for receiving an input of data; a communication unit; and a controller for controlling operation of the display and the input unit. The controller connects to a data server through the communication unit, requests path setting information to the data server, receives the path setting information from the data server, acquires present position information of the navigation device, acquires a user moving path by reflecting the acquired position information and the received path setting information, and sets the user moving path as a guidance path. In this case, the path setting information is generated in another electronic device or the data server based on user input information input from the another electronic device.
US11808593B2	Charging device searching system, communication terminal, and server device A charging device searching system for an electrically driven vehicle, includes a point of destination inputting unit to input an information indicative of a point of destination and a searching unit to set an area around the point of destination for which the information has been input by the point of destination inputting unit as a search area and to search for the standard charging device in the set search area. The searching unit is, when a point of destination for which the information has been input by the point of destination inputting unit is within a predetermined area, to set a surrounding area of a transfer point at which a mode of transportation is switched from the electrically driven vehicle to another transportation to reach the point of destination, as the search area and to search for the standard charging device in the set search area.
US11808586B1	Rerouting in a navigation system based on updated information A navigation system can identify locations of interest at a route destination. Those locations of interest at the destination can fall within a predetermined distance of the destination or those that are responsive to a query that includes the destination as a parameter. The navigation system can receive a selection of an identified location of interest near the destination, and update a route to terminate at the identified location of interest rather than the original destination. Information identifying the origin and destination for the route can be collected at a first user device and the route can be displayed at a second user device. Additional information is then received from the first user device (such as a selection of an identified location of interest near the destination). This additional information received at the first user device is used to update the route that is displayed on the second user device.
US11808584B1	Rerouting in a navigation system based on updated information A navigation system can identify locations of interest at a route destination. Those locations of interest at the destination can fall within a predetermined distance of the destination or those that are responsive to a query that includes the destination as a parameter. The navigation system can receive a selection of an identified location of interest near the destination, and update a route to terminate at the identified location of interest rather than the original destination. Information identifying the origin and destination for the route can be collected at a first user device and the route can be displayed at a second user device. Additional information is then received from the first user device (such as a selection of an identified location of interest near the destination). This additional information received at the first user device is used to update the route that is displayed on the second user device.
US11808581B2	Lane-level map matching The present disclosure relates to lane-level map matching for a vehicle. The method includes receiving vehicle data including a geographical position of the vehicle, a heading of the vehicle, and a speed of the vehicle and receiving sensor data from a perception system of the vehicle. The sensor data includes information about a position of at least one road reference in a surrounding environment of the vehicle. Operations include receiving map data including a lane geometry of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, the lane geometry including a set of candidate lanes. Operations include forming a state space model including a set of states. Each state of the set of states represents a candidate lane of the set of candidate lanes, and defining a cost for going from each state to every other state of the set of states based on the received vehicle data and the received sensor data.
US11808580B1	Methods for finding the perimeter of a place using observed coordinates Provided is a medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors effectuate operations including: obtaining a stream of spatial data indicative of a robot's position in a workspace; obtaining a stream of movement data indicative of the robot's displacement in the workspace; navigating along a path of the robot in the workspace based on the stream of spatial data; while navigating, mapping at least part of the workspace based on the stream of spatial data to form or update a spatial map in memory; wherein the spatial map expands as new areas of the workspace are covered by the robot and spatial data of the new areas of the workspace are obtained and used by the one or more processors to update the spatial map; and wherein the spatial map of the workspace is segmented into two or more zones.
US11808577B2	Atomic gyroscope and atomic interferometer An atomic interferometer includes: an optical system including an optical modulating device that includes: an optical fiber for a first laser beam to propagate therein; and a frequency shifter connected to the optical fiber and configured to shift the frequency of the first laser beam, the optical system being configured to generate a moving standing light wave from counter-propagation of the first laser beam from the optical modulating device and a second laser beam; and an interference system for making an atomic beam interact with three or more moving standing light waves including the moving standing light wave.
US11808569B2	Waveguide enhanced analyte detection apparatus This disclosure provides photonic integrated chip that has an optical waveguide located on a photonic circuit substrate that includes a photonic circuit that is optically coupled to the waveguide. A microfluidic channel is in a silicon substrate and is attached to the photonic circuit substrate. The microfluidic channel is positioned over the optical waveguide such that its side surfaces and an outermost surface extend into the microfluidic channel. The microfluidic channel extends along a length of the optical waveguide, and nanoparticles are located on or adjacent the optical waveguide located within the microfluidic channel.
US11808567B1	System and method for detecting span alignment within a mechanized irrigation system A string potentiometer attached between spans of an irrigation system. The string potentiometer is mounted on a first span with the measuring cable of the string potentiometer wrapped around a hitch socket or another structural element of an adjacent span. When the two spans move out of alignment, the measuring cable extends out from the potentiometer to wrap around the hitch socket or other structural element of the adjacent span. When the two spans move closer into alignment, the measuring cable retracts within the potentiometer and unwraps from around the hitch socket or other element of the adjacent span.
US11808566B2	Automated dynamic dimensional measurement systems and methods A method system of reducing operator-induced error in measurements comprises a measurement tool, such as a diameter gage, that is configured to communicate electrical signals representative of measurements to a computing device, which is configured to receive the signals and to determine a value for the measurement without the operator having to interact with the tool to zero the gage, acquire the data or transmit the data.
US11808565B2	Characterizing a sample by material basis decomposition A method is provided for characterizing a sample, by estimating a plurality of characteristic thicknesses, each being associated with a calibration material. The method includes acquiring an energy spectrum transmitted through the sample, located in an X and/or gamma spectral band; for each spectrum of a plurality of calibration spectra, calculating a likelihood from said calibration spectrum, and from the spectrum transmitted through the sample, each calibration spectrum corresponding to the energy spectrum transmitted through a stack of gauge blocks, each formed of a known thickness of a calibration material; and estimating the characteristic thicknesses associated with the sample according to the criterion of maximum likelihood.
US11808562B2	Devices and methods for measuring using augmented reality An electronic device displays a representation of a field of view of a camera that includes a view of a three-dimensional space. The representation of the field of view is updated over time based on changes to current visual data detected by at least one of the one or more cameras. Movement of the electronic device moves the field of view of the camera in a first direction. While detecting the movement, the electronic device: updates the representation of the field of view in accordance with the movement; identifies one or more elements in the representation of the field of view that extend along the first direction; and, based at least in part on the determination of the one or more elements, displays, in the representation of the field of view, a guide that extends in the first direction and that corresponds to one of the identified elements.
US11808557B2	Cover structure with double cover structure and shooting case of munition having same Proposed is a cover structure with a double cover structure and a shooting case of munition having the same. The cover structure with a double cover structure includes: a shooting case main body having an inner space with an open upper side; a cover member seated on the open upper side of the shooting case main body to seal the open upper side; and a cover fixing member coupled to the shooting case main body to fix a position of the cover member, so that the position of the cover member is strongly fixed while simplifying a structure by the double cover structure to increase an internal pressure of the shooting case, thereby increasing a range of munition and maintaining performance of munition.
US11808549B2	Chemical irritant spray assembly that attaches to a handgun A device that attaches to a handgun that selectively dispenses material from a pressurized canister. The device defines an internal receptacle of a first length that is sized to receive the pressurized canister. A nozzle is disposed at a first end. The pressurized canister is selectively biased against the spray nozzle by being displaced within the canister receptacle by a manual actuator. An actuator is suspended between the tabs with a pivot joint. This enables the actuator to swing from a first position outside the receptacle to a second position within the receptacle. The part of the actuator that enters the receptacle contacts the pressurized canister and displaces the pressurized canister forward against the spray nozzle. This releases the contents of the pressurized canister through the spray nozzle. The actuator includes two parallel levers that pass to both sides of the handgun's trigger guard.
US11808547B2	Firearm system that tracks points of aim of a firearm A firearm system includes a firearm and a computer. Electronics in the firearm determine data that includes a pathway between different points of aim of the firearm as the firearm moves. The computer receives this data and builds an image of the pathway between the different points of aim of the firearm.
US11808539B2	Method for manufacturing gun barrels A method for forming a set of gun barrels, comprises: machining an elongate key along a length of a metal billet; mounting the metal billet on a machining jig, clamped along the key; performing CNC milling operations on the mounted metal billet in a 5-axis CNC milling machine to form a set of gun barrels having a pair of bores and a rib, the rib extending lengthwise proximate the elongate key; and, separating the set of gun barrels from the key along the length of the rib section. The present invention provides for significantly faster machine production with no manual handling of the workpiece throughout the milling operations. This makes the milling operations more accurate as the workpiece remains in position throughout, without reloading. Holding the workpiece along a key which runs the length of what will become the rib of the barrels avoids any loading of the workpiece in areas that need to be machined. The use of a 5-axis CNC milling machine allows for variable geometries to adjust the finished shape and configuration of the gun barrels.
US11808538B2	Firearm barrel and internals saver and method of use A firearm barrel and internals saver keeps debris, foreign objects, and free air out of a firearm. The trigger cover may be clipped on to the trigger guard of a firearm. An elastic connective member has a barrel cover at the opposite end, which fits over and covers the opening of the barrel of the firearm. Both the firearm barrel cover and internals saver are quickly removable for use in the field.
US11808537B2	Weapon system with operator identification A weapon system for a firearm includes a processor, the processor having an associated memory, and an optical reader, the optical reader configured to receive operator-identification information and transmit the operator-identification information to the processor.
US11808534B2	Continuous helical baffle heat exchanger A heater assembly includes a flow guide and a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements. The flow guide defines a continuous geometric helicoid disposed about a longitudinal axis of the heater assembly. The flow guide defines a predetermined pattern of perforations that extend in a longitudinal direction through a first longitudinal length of the geometric helicoid. The longitudinal direction is parallel to the longitudinal axis. The geometric helicoid has a first pitch at a first zone along the longitudinal axis and a second pitch at a second zone along the longitudinal axis. The second pitch is shorter than the first pitch. The electrical resistance heating elements extend through the perforations.
US11808532B2	Highly corrosion-resistant copper tube Use of a heat transfer tube in a damp environment in air-conditioning equipment and exposed to corrosive action caused by a corrosive medium comprising at least one lower carboxylic acid, the heat transfer tube a copper tube comprising 0.10-1.0% by weight of P and the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities. The corrosive action progresses in the form of an ants' nest from an outer surface of the heat transfer tube in a direction of its wall thickness, wherein. Also, use of a copper tube comprising 0.10-1.0% by weight of P and the balance consisting of Cu and inevitable impurities for improving corrosion-resistance against ant nest corrosion caused by a corrosive medium consisting of a lower carboxylic acid in a damp environment, method of inhibiting ants' nest corrosion in a heat transfer tube, and a method of positioning a tube in an air conditioning apparatus or a refrigeration apparatus.
US11808531B2	Droplet ejecting coatings Coating compositions are provided that eject droplets of condensed fluid from a surface. The coatings include a nanostructured coating layer and in some embodiments, also include a hydrophobic layer deposited thereon. The coating materials eject droplets from the surface in the presence of non-condensing gases such as air and may be deployed under conditions of supersaturation of the condensed fluid to be ejected. A heat exchanger design utilizing the coating is described herein.
US11808525B2	Multi-purpose heat transfer and storage device Devices, systems, and methods relating to providing a portable, rechargeable vessel for collecting, storing, and recovering thermal energy are provided. In one aspect, vessel includes a structure defining a well and an open-top portion at the top of the well; a phase-change material, wherein the phase-change material is disposed in the well, the phase-change material being configured to change phase at temperature in the range of 110-700° C.; one or more thermally-conductive fins interleaved in the phase-change material; and a thermally-conductive heat transfer plate disposed at and substantially covering the open-top portion of the structure, in direct thermal contact with the one or more fins, thereby allowing the transfer plate to directly exchange thermal energy with the phase change material.
US11808524B2	Power plant cooling systems Power Plant Cooling Systems are designed to replace Once-Through Cooling systems and/or cooling towers currently used to cool power plants that generate electricity. The intake and discharge piping of the cooling water would be connected by piping/tubing that would serve as a geothermal loop that would be underground and/or in a body of water next to the power plant that would serve as a heat exchange medium. An alternative embodiment would use a latticework of piping/tubing over the turbine hall (equipment building) and/or the containment building(s) to serve as a heat exchange medium when the atmospheric conditions are proper.
US11808523B2	Particle-based thermal energy storage systems Methods and devices for long-duration electricity storage using low-cost thermal energy storage and high-efficiency power cycle, are disclosed. In some embodiments it has the potential for superior long-duration, low-cost energy storage.
US11808522B2	Reserve tank and refrigerant circuit A reserve tank includes a plurality of chambers, including a first chamber, a second chamber, and at least one intermediate chamber, a first inflow port connected to the first chamber, a first outflow port connected to the first chamber, a second inflow port connected to the second chamber, a second outflow port connected to the second chamber, and a plurality of partition walls separating the chambers. Each of the partition walls is provided with a corresponding one of a plurality of refrigerant flow ports. A specific refrigerant flow port includes a first through hole and a second through hole that pass through a specific partition wall and are separated from each other. The specific refrigerant flow port being a refrigerant flow port provided in the specific partition wall among the partition walls.
US11808520B2	Arrangement of a furnace and of bulk material of glass particles as well as method for operating a furnace The invention relates to an arrangement of a furnace and of bulk material of glass particles, said furnace (10) comprising a pressing punch (36), a pressure, distance and/or speed sensor and a control device for controlling a pressing process based on the output signal of the sensor. The sensor detects at least a pressure, position and/or motion parameter of the pressing punch (36). The pressing punch (36) acts on the bulk material of glass particles (32)—possibly via an interposed ram (28)—, said glass particles being guided and crystallizable in a press channel (30). The trigger criterion for the process control is a change of at least a motion parameter of the pressing punch (36) upon softening of the bulk material of glass particles (32) which change is detected by the sensor.
US11808516B2	Home appliance including display module A refrigerator including a display module that is movable upward and downward and rotatable. The refrigerator includes a main body forming a storage compartment, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a display module coupled to the door, and a sliding plate disposed between the door and display module and coupled to be slidable in upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door and configured to allow the display module to be rotatably coupled thereto. The display module is provided to, when the sliding plate slides in the upper side and lower side directions, slide in the upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door together with the sliding plate, and rotate with respect to the door as the display module rotates with respect to the sliding plate.
US11808513B2	Refrigerator Provided is a refrigerator which allows a pivoting bar to pivot to seal a gap between a pair of doors regardless of whether the door at which the pivoting bar is not installed between the pair of doors is open or closed. The refrigerator includes a guide device which induces the pivoting bar to pivot. Here, the guide device includes a rack that is moved forward and backward linearly depending on opening and closing of the second door and includes a second magnet built therein, a pinion gear engaged with the rack and pivoting when the rack is moved linearly, and a guide unit which includes a guide groove guiding a guide protrusion and is engaged with the pinion gear to move linearly in a direction opposite to that of the rack to allow the pivoting bar to pivot when the pinion gear pivots.
US11808512B2	Entrance refrigerator In order to prevent condensation from forming on a surface of an outer gasket surrounding a rear surface of an outdoor side door of an entrance refrigerator, the entrance refrigerator has a flow passage structure in which a portion of indoor air, whose temperature is increased by heat exchange with a heat sink, flows along the surface of the outer gasket.
US11808511B2	Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing bagged ice An article storage and dispensing apparatus and method in which articles made by series production are distributed from an article supplier into a storage compartment of predetermined dimensions for storage of articles in front and rear rows of article storage positions. An article distributor in the storage compartment has a carriage, a carriage drive which is configured to drive the carriage in a reversible horizontal carriage drive direction across at least part of the width of the storage compartment, and an article support mounted on the carriage and configured to receive articles from the article supplier above the support when the carriage is in a start position. An article dispenser is associated with the article support to dispense articles selectively in opposite horizontal dispensing directions transverse to the carriage drive direction off the front and rear ends of the support to drop into front and rear article rows.
US11808510B2	Ice maker and refrigerator having the same A refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.
US11808505B2	Machine readable ice cube mold and maker Ice making appliances and methods for making ice using a machine-readable ice cube mold are provided herein. The ice making appliances and methods of making ice may include obtaining ice mold identifier data from the ice mold. Ice mold identifier may be used to acquire operating parameters of the ice making appliance specific to that ice mold from an external communication network. The operating parameters may be used to adjust operation of the appliance, such as the volume of water to dispense for that particular mold.
US11808504B2	Cryogenic device and cryostat A cryogenic device includes: a hermetic container; a cryocooler including a mounting portion mounted on the container, a connecting part extending from the mounting portion into the container in an axial direction of the cryocooler, and a cooling stage attached to the connecting part and disposed in the container; and a member to be cooled that is disposed in the container with a gap, which is configured to allow heat to be exchanged, between the cooling stage and the member. The cooling stage includes a cold fin extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction. A fin receiving groove recessed in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction is formed in the member to be cooled and extends in the axial direction, and the member to be cooled receives the cold fin in the fin receiving groove with the gap.
US11808503B2	Heat engines and heat pumps with separators and displacers An apparatus, which may be operated as a heat engine and/or a heat pump, includes moveable separators at a cold side and/or moveable separators at a hot side. Each separator divides a volume into two smaller volumes. Working fluid may be sequentially filled and emptied from volumes between the separators. The separators may move to maintain uniform pressure in the volumes. Hot-side separators may allow for near adiabatic compression/expansion of working fluid. Cold-side separators may allow for near adiabatic expansion/compression of working fluid. Two displacers are positioned between the cold-side separators and the hot-side separators. The displacers are independently actuatable to force working fluid into and out of the volumes between separators and into and out of a variable intermediate volume between the displacers. Heat exchangers, including a warming heat exchanger, are provided to heat, cool, and warm working fluid as it flows between separated volumes and the intermediate volume.
US11808500B2	Cooling system An apparatus includes a high side heat exchanger, a heat exchanger, a flash tank, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, a load, a first compressor, and a second compressor. During a first mode of operation, the second expansion valve directs refrigerant from the flash tank to the load. The refrigerant from the load bypasses the first compressor. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the refrigerant from the high side heat exchanger to the refrigerant from the load. The second compressor compresses the refrigerant from the heat exchanger. During a second mode of operation, the first expansion valve directs refrigerant from the flash tank to the load. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant from the load and the second compressor compresses the refrigerant from the first compressor before the refrigerant from the first compressor reaches the high side heat exchanger.
US11808495B2	Device for an absorption system and method for applying an absorbent A device is presented for an absorption refrigerator or an absorption heat pump having a heat exchanger through which a working medium flows. The device includes a distribution apparatus for a sorbent which is designed to apply the sorbent to a heat exchange surface of the heat exchanger in a refrigerant environment such that the sorbent, which forms a working pair with the refrigerant, at least partially absorbs the refrigerant from the refrigerant environment and emits heat released in the process to the heat exchanger, or at least partially desorbs the refrigerant from the sorbent in the form of one or more jets onto the heat exchange surface, forming turbulent flows of the sorbent on the heat exchange surface.
US11808492B2	Systems and methods for cooling using a composite elastocaloric device A cooling system employs at least one composite elastocaloric device. Each composite device has a first member with a first material and a second member with an elastocaloric material. The first material increases in size in response to an applied electric or magnetic field and returns to its prior size upon removal of the applied electric or magnetic field. The first and second members are mechanically coupled together such that the increase in size of the first material applies a stress to the elastocaloric material and the return of the first material to its prior size releases said stress, thereby causing the elastocaloric material to absorb heat.
US11808491B1	Adiabatic cooling system with mist chamber An adiabatic cooling system includes a condenser coil and at least one mist chamber positioned around the condenser coil such that at least a portion of intake air for the adiabatic cooling system passes through the mist chamber prior to contacting the condenser coil. The at least one mist chamber includes a first cooling pad with a first intake-side face and a first output-side face and a second cooling pad with a first intake-side face and a first output-side face. The second-intake side face of the second cooling pad faces the first output-side face of the first cooling pad and is separated from the first-output side face of the first cooling pad by a gap. At least one nozzle is configured, when the adiabatic system is operating in a wet mode, to provide a mist of water into the gap.
US11808484B2	Droplet infection suppression system and droplet infection suppression method A droplet infection suppression system includes an airflow generator capable of generating an airflow for separating a space into first regions, a first detector that detects human presence in each of the first regions, a second detector that detects coughing or sneezing in the space, and a controller which, when the second detector detects coughing or sneezing, controls the airflow generator to generate an airflow such that a second region including one or more first regions including a first region where human presence has been detected by the first detector is separated by the airflow from other regions.
US11808480B2	Decorative panel and indoor unit Operation of fastening a decorative-panel mounting screw into a screw-fastening hole of an indoor-unit body is facilitated.A decorative panel includes a decorative-panel body, a decorative-panel mounting component, and a decorative-panel mounting screw. The decorative-panel mounting screw is used to, when the decorative-panel mounting screw is inserted through a second screw-insertion hole in the decorative-panel mounting component and a first screw-insertion hole in the decorative-panel body and fastened into a screw-fastening hole, cause a first mounting plate part and a second mounting plate part included in the decorative-panel mounting component to deform such that a mounting surface part included in the decorative-panel mounting component is displaced toward an indoor-unit body, and cause a first protruding engagement part and a second protruding engagement part included in the decorative-panel mounting component to move to be closer toward each other than before the decorative-panel mounting screw is fastened into the screw-fastening hole.
US11808478B2	Air conditioning control device and method for controlling an air conditioning appliance and a wind-blowing appliance A sensor mounting device (100) of the present disclosure includes: a power supply unit (110) configured to generate power that is to be supplied to the device; a sensor (120) configured to acquire information of the environment around of the device; a first control unit (130) configured to give an instruction based on the information acquired by the sensor (120); and a second control unit (150) configured to control the device in accordance with the instruction of the first control unit (130). Power to the sensor (120) and the first control unit (130) is directly supplied from the power supply unit (110). Power to the second control unit (150) is supplied from the power supply unit (110) via a switching unit (140) whose ON/OFF state is controlled by the first control unit (130).
US11808477B2	Outdoor unit of air-conditioning apparatus An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus is provided with an outdoor heat exchanger configured to cause refrigerant that flows in the outdoor heat exchanger and air to exchange heat with each other, a plurality of outdoor fans each configured to rotate by driving of a motor and send air to the outdoor heat exchanger, and a controller configured to control the driving of the motor. When operation of one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped, the controller is configured to control the motor such that a rotation frequency of each of the plurality of outdoor fans that is in operation after operation of the one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped is higher than a rotation frequency of each of the plurality of outdoor fans that is in operation before operation of the one of the plurality of outdoor fans is stopped.
US11808476B2	Relay unit heat exchanger A relay includes a first relay unit and a second relay unit provided between an outdoor unit and an indoor unit to allow refrigerant to circulate between the first relay unit and the outdoor unit and between the second relay unit and the outdoor unit, and a heat medium circuit connecting the first relay unit and the second relay unit to the indoor unit to allow a heat medium to circulate through the heat medium circuit. The second relay unit is installed above or on a top of the first relay unit.
US11808475B2	Air conditioner and electrical heating control method therefor and control device thereof The invention discloses an air conditioner and an electric heating control method and a control device thereof. An electric heating module and an indoor fan are arranged in an indoor unit of the air conditioner, the electric heating module comprises an electric heating unit and an electric heating control circuit, and an auxiliary fan is further arranged in the indoor unit; the electric heating control method comprises the following steps that when an electric heating starting condition is met, and the electric heating unit and the auxiliary fan are operated; after the auxiliary fan operates, heat generated by the electric heating unit is blown out from an air outlet of the indoor unit. According to the electric heating control method, the normal start of electric heating can be ensured to the maximum degree, and the requirement for auxiliary heating by electric heating is met.
US11808474B2	Thermostat for conveying expected thermal responses to users A method and apparatus for summarizing and conveying expected thermal responses is described. Expected thermal responses of a room or an entire structure are calculated based on thermostat setpoints. The expected thermal responses are summarized into an expected thermal response visualization and displayed to a user for easy understanding of current, and future, temperature expectations before or as a room or entire structure is heated or cooled.
US11808473B2	Action optimization device, method and program Provided is a highly reliable technology for optimizing an action for controlling an environment in a target space. An action optimization device for optimizing an action for controlling an environment: acquires environmental data related to a state of the environment; performs time/space interpolation on the acquired environmental data; trains an environment reproduction model, based on the time/space-interpolated environmental data, such that, when a state of an environment and an action for controlling the environment are input, a correct answer value for an environmental state after the action is output; trains an exploration model such that an action to be taken next is output when an environmental state output from the environment reproduction model is input; predicts a second environmental state corresponding to a first environmental state and a first action by using the trained environment reproduction model; explores for a second action to be taken for the second environmental state; and outputs a result of the exploration.
US11808471B2	Provisioning wireless mesh networks for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems A system that includes a plurality of controllers that are each controller is configured to operate at least a portion of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The plurality of controllers are members of an unprovisioned mesh network. The system further includes a network provisioning device that is configured to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the controller. The device is further configured send a request to the controller to identify a wireless network that is in range of one or more controllers that are members of the unprovisioned mesh network and to obtain network credentials for the identified wireless network. The network device is further configured to send the network credentials to the controller to join a provisioned mesh network. The controller is configured to propagate the network credentials to other controllers within the unprovisioned mesh network.
US11808469B2	System and method for crowd-sourced environmental system control and maintenance A system and method for crowd-sourced environmental system control and building maintenance includes a server for providing selective access to building occupants and managers. Users are permitted to generate building reports in the form of (i) thermal reports using a thermal report module, and/or (ii) maintenance reports using a maintenance report module. The reports are each geo-located to locations within the building, and are then captured, stored, and aggregated at the server. The aggregated reports are sorted according to their geo-locations and comfort rules are used to (i) permit a manager at a client computer to access the server to respond, and/or (ii) automatically respond and assign a response status to particular reports. An inspection checklist interface is generated and populated to display a list of preventative maintenance tasks, each of the tasks being user-selectable to designate completion, with the updated status of the reports being stored at the server.
US11808468B2	Continuous learning compressor input power predictor System and method for monitoring and detecting potential problems early in a VCC based HVAC&R system employs a monitoring application or agent that uses continuous machine learning and a temperature map to derive or “learn” a relation between a measured input power parameter of one or more system compressors, and condenser and evaporator intake fluid temperatures, based on observations of the temperatures and the input power parameter when the HVAC&R system is new or in a “newly maintained” condition. The monitoring agent can then use the learned relation to determine, based on subsequent observations of the condenser and evaporator intake fluid temperatures, the input power parameter values that should be expected if the HVAC&R system were operating in the “newly maintained” condition. The agent can thereafter compare the expected compressor input power parameter values with observed input power parameter values to determine early whether the system is experiencing performance degradation.
US11808467B2	Customized instantiation of provider-defined energy saving setpoint adjustments Techniques for instantiating energy saving setpoint adjustments are described. In an example, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is controlled via a thermostat during a first time period according to a first temperature setpoint schedule including one or more temperature setpoints and a first usage amount of the HVAC system is monitored during the first time period. After it is determined that the first usage amount of the HVAC system during the first time period has met a first predefined HVAC runtime threshold criterion, a second temperature setpoint schedule is generated with at least one of the one or more temperature setpoints being adjusted to decrease energy usage by the HVAC system compared to the first temperature setpoint schedule. The HVAC system is then controlled via the thermostat during a second time period according to the second temperature setpoint schedule.
US11808465B2	Outdoor unit of air conditioning apparatus An outdoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a bell mouth that has a first tapered portion and a straight pipe portion. The first tapered portion has a linking portion that is continuous with a first bent portion and a second bent portion in a region located between the first and second bent portions and that has an inner surface extending linearly. The angle of inclination of the inner surface of the linking portion relative to a direction along an axis of the straight pipe portion is 33 degrees or more. The ratio of the sum of a first length of the first tapered portion and a second length of the straight pipe portion to the total length of the bell mouth is less than 0.76.
US11808464B2	Air conditioner indoor unit and air conditioner An air conditioner indoor unit is provided. The indoor unit has a housing, a volute and a first heat exchanger. The housing is provided with an installation cavity. The volute is installed in the installation cavity. An air outlet of the volute is inclined towards a bottom of the installation cavity. The first heat exchanger is installed in the installation cavity corresponding to the air outlet. The first heat exchanger extends from a bottom of the volute to a top of the volute. An air inlet cavity is defined by the volute, the first heat exchanger and the bottom of the installation cavity.
US11808462B1	Process for providing residential heating comfort during winter months without using fossil fuels as an energy source The three steps herein provide warm heating comfort to a home without using fossil fuels. The First step involves a compost bin to decompose organic waste matter and thereby produce 165 degree F. temperature. The Second step uses a microwave oven located inside the attic to heat the polarized mineral oil of said latter temperature to 180 degrees F. The Third step involves wrapping an induction coil around ferrous pipe which then continues into rigid copper tubing outfitted with aluminum fins having pyramidal projections which impede the upward migration of warmed convection air currents.
US11808458B2	Collapsible and portable outdoor oven It is contemplated that the present invention can provide a collapsible and portable outdoor oven having a front wall having at least one opening, a rear wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, at least one horizontally extending exhaust slot, at least one upwardly and outwardly extending baffle, at least one internal cavity having a rear inner wall, a first inner side wall, a rear inner side wall, an upper inner surface, a lower inner surface and an upwardly and forwardly projecting baffle positioned rearwardly on the lower surface, at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall, rear wall, upper surface and the lower surface comprised of a plurality of refractory brick elements and at least one door element adapted to cover the at least one opening of the front wall.
US11808455B2	Gas turbine engine combustor with integral fuel conduit(s) An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This assembly includes a combustor and a fuel conduit. The combustor includes a combustor wall that forms a peripheral boundary of a combustion chamber within the combustor. The fuel conduit extends along and is formed integral with the combustor wall. The fuel conduit is disposed outside of the combustion chamber.
US11808453B2	Gas mixing device and gas water heating device A gas-mixing device includes: a shell, where the shell is provided with an air channel for conveying air, a fuel gas channel for conveying fuel gas, and a mixing-gas channel connecting downstream of the air channel and the fuel gas channel. The fuel gas channel includes a first sectional flow area and the air channel includes a second section flow area; which are located on the movable part of the shell. The movable part is provided with a flexible separation component which hermetically separates the air channel and the fuel gas channel. The movable part penetrates through the flexible separation component and enters the air channel and the fuel gas channel and performs a movement to change the first and second sectional flow area.
US11808452B2	Intermittent pilot ignition gas valve having protection against negative pressure for internal diaphragms Provided are embodiments of a gas valve for an intermittent pilot ignition system. The gas valve includes features designed to address the buildup of negative pressure in a fuel line connected to the gas valve that could cause internal valve diaphragms to open, drawing fuel from the gas valve. In embodiments, the gas valve includes a system of check valves designed to seal off the gas valve when a negative pressure develops. In other embodiments, the gas valve includes a relief valve having a relief port so that air is able to enter the valve proximate to the inlet port so as to avoid building a negative pressure sufficient to open the diaphragms. In both cases, the valve remains primed with fuel for subsequent ignition. The gas valve is envisioned to be useful for a variety of pilot operated systems.
US11808451B1	Flue cap with filter A flue pipe filter device for reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission levels from gas fired appliances may include a flue cap with a pipe connection adapter sized to attach to an existing exhaust pipe; a fanned flue cap body with vents operatively attached to a distal end of the pipe connection adapter; and a filter positioned within the fanned flue cap body, the filter designed to convert NOx emissions into reduced NOx emissions. The filter may have an interior honeycomb structure.
US11808446B1	Modular system The present invention provides a modular system having a first connection structure, a fan unit, and a circuit board unit. The circuit board unit includes a control and communication circuit board respectively electrically connected to a power module circuit board and a driver module circuit board. The driver module circuit board is electrically connected to a fan unit load of the fan unit. The power module circuit board, the control and communication circuit board, and the driver module circuit board are respectively mounted in a first protection shell of the first connection structure or in a fan protection shell of the fan unit. The modular system allows implementations of different circuit board structures for a ceiling fan with or without a pendant light. The modular system allows a control circuit board to more conveniently fit into the ceiling fan with or without the pendant light.
US11808443B2	Lighting device, lighting system and use thereof A lighting device comprising a light source being configured to generate source light of a white light emission spectrum having a color correlated temperature (CCT) in a range of 2500-20000K and comprising a control unit being configured to control a lighting element for tuning of the source light with respect to a ratio between a first emission peak in a wavelength range of 460-490 nm and a second emission peak in a wavelength range of 430-460 nm. Thus a lighting device with a tunable/adjustable spectrum is provided that can switch between a first operation state of energy efficiency lighting with a blue peak in the second wavelength range of 430-460 nm, but with blue hazard risk, and a second operation state of less efficient but safe, healthy lighting with a biological stimulant having a blue peak in the first wavelength range of 460-490 nm.
US11808442B1	Systems and methods for wireless transmission of electricity for spa illumination This disclosure relates generally to induction systems for wirelessly transmitting electricity. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for wirelessly transmitting electricity to a light incorporated within, for example, a spa. In some embodiments, the systems include at least one pair of induction coils (e.g., receiving and transmitting coils) incorporated into a selectively removable spa seatback. The at least one pair of induction coils can be used to wirelessly transmit electricity to a light disposed within the selectively removable spa seatback. In some embodiments, a converter is incorporated into the system to adjust at least one characteristic of the light, such as brightness, color, and/or a lighting pattern.
US11808438B1	Fill light A fill light includes a lighting assembly, a supporting assembly and a device holder that is capable of being supported by the supporting assembly, wherein the lighting assembly includes a lighting body, a retainer and a base, wherein the lighting body is pivotally coupled to the retainer, wherein the retainer is adjustably arranged on the base, wherein the base retains and supports the retainer on the supporting assembly, wherein the retainer supports the lighting body, so as to allow the lighting body to form a fill lighting area by illumination of the lighting body, wherein when a photographing device is held by the device holder, the lighting body provides fill lighting for the photographing device.
US11808435B2	Lighting fixture mounting systems Example embodiments provide lighting fixture mounting kits for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface. The lighting fixture mounting kits may comprise a mounting portion (e.g., a mounting plate) and a lighting fixture. The mounting portion may be secured relative to a mounting surface and may comprise mounting catches. The lighting fixture may be secured relative to the mounting portion, and may comprise fixture catches configured to selectably engage the mounting catches. The lighting fixture may be slidable relative to the mounting portion between an engaged configuration in which the fixture catches are engaged with the mounting catches; and a disengaged configuration in which the fixture catches are disengaged from the mounting catches. When in the disengaged configuration, the lighting fixture is pivotable away from the mounting portion to facilitate access to a back portion of the lighting fixture.
US11808432B1	LED module track lighting system An LED track lighting system has an elongated track with a central member extending the length of the track and positive and negative contact strips affixed to opposite sides of the central member. One or more LED modules are provided which support at least one LED lamp. The modules are formed as modified, inverted U-shapes having side walls extending down from a top wall. Positive and negative electrical contacts are affixed to the side walls. An electrical power source is connected to the contact strips for supplying electricity to the strips. Each LED module overlaps the central member and the module contacts such that the contacts come into contact with the contact strips. Electricity from the power source is transmitted to the contact strips, to the contacts, and then to the LED lamps to illuminate the lamps on the modules.
US11808431B2	Lighting devices for ceiling grids A lighting device includes a housing, a light source, a light guide panel, a lens, and a rotatable clip. The housing includes an internal cavity. The light guide panel is configured to diffuse light emitted by the one or more light sources. The lens includes a base, a first side wall, and a second side wall defining an internal cavity. The lens is coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of the housing is disposed within the internal cavity of the lens and at least a portion of the light diffused by the light guide panel is emitted through the base, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the lens. The rotatable clip is coupled to the housing and is configured to mount the lighting device to an external structure.
US11808426B2	Lamp for vehicle and vehicle including the same A lamp for a vehicle includes a plurality of light sources and a light guide unit having a recessed region, the plurality of light sources includes a first light source configured to face a rear portion of the light guide unit, and a second light source configured to face a lower portion of the light guide unit, the light guide unit includes a first light entering portion configured such that at least a part of light emitted from the first light source enters the first light entering portion, and a second light entering portion provided in the recessed region and configured such that at least a part of light emitted from the second light source enters the second light entering portion, and the second light entering portion is positioned below a function division plane which is an imaginary plane.
US11808424B2	Lamp module for vehicle, and lamp for vehicle including lamp module According to one aspect of the present disclosure, disclosed is a lamp module for a vehicle, the lamp module including: a first light source and a second light source for forming two or more types of light distribution patterns; and a light guide unit provided on one side of the first light source and the second light source. The first light source is provided behind the light guide unit and faces a rear surface portion of the light guide unit, and the second light source is provided below the light guide unit and faces a lower surface portion of the light guide unit. The light emitted from the first light source is emitted to the outside to form a first light distribution pattern, and the light emitted from the second light source is emitted to the outside to form a second light distribution pattern.
US11808423B2	Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp (1) includes a lamp unit (20), the lamp unit (20) including a light source (41) and a reflection device (50) serving as a light distribution pattern formation unit, wherein the light distribution pattern formation unit is irradiated with light (L) emitted from the light source (41) and emits light (LF) and is further capable of changing a light distribution pattern of the light (LF) to be emitted, and the lamp unit (20) adjusts an emission direction of the light (LF) to be emitted from the lamp unit (20) according to a change in the light distribution pattern of the light (LF) to be emitted from the reflection device (50).
US11808422B2	Smart vehicle lighting device Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle head lamp with customized and/or variable lighting patterns. The vehicle lamp assembly may include an optical assembly, a first LED light source positioned to project light beams to the optical assembly a second LED light source positioned to project light beams to the optical assembly, and a control circuit configured to selectively operating the first LED light source and the second light source.
US11808417B2	LED filament device pleasant in appearance and improved spatial light distribution through the formation of intentional complications in cordage A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one LED filament (2) comprising a flexible substrate (3) and a plurality of LED light sources (4) arranged on the flexible substrate (3), and an encapsulation (5a, 5b) encapsulating the plurality of LED light sources (4) and at least a part of one side of the flexible substrate (3), where the at least one LED filament (2) comprises at least one knot (6) in the form of intentional complication in cordage of the at least one LED filament (2), and where the intentional complication in cordage is any one of a fastening made by looping the at least one LED filament (2) on itself or together with a further LED filament and tightening it, and an intentional complication in cordage in which the at least one LED filament (2) is interlaced with at least one further LED filament at right angles to one another.
US11808416B1	Decorative lighting string with vertically offset lighting structure A lighting structure, including: a first conductor having a first insulated portion, a second insulation portion and a first conductor portion therebetween, the first conductor portion being bent so as to form a first horizontal portion and two first vertical portions; a second conductor having a first insulated portion, a second insulation portion and a second conductor portion therebetween, the second conductor portion being bent so as to form a first horizontal portion and two first vertical portions; an LED assembly connected to the first horizontal portions of the first and second conductors; a transparent adhesive covering the LED assembly and the first conductor portions of the first and second conductors; and a light-transmitting cap covering the LED assembly and the first horizontal portions of the first and second conductors.
US11808415B2	Electromagnetic radiation collecting and directing device An electromagnetic radiation collecting and directing apparatus is described herein. The electromagnetic radiation collecting and directing apparatus facilitates directing light from an exterior of a structure to an interior of a structure. The directed light is then distributed as necessary within the structure for heating, illumination, or is stored for use at a later time.
US11808414B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus includes a lens, a cup housing, a light source and a top cover. The cup housing has a surrounding wall and a light source holder. The cup housing is installed on a fixed platform. The light source is placed on the light source holder. The cup housing and the top cover form a container space for storing the lens and the light source. A top end of the lens is attached to the top cover. A second end of the lens faces to the light source. A relative distance between the lens and the light source is adjustable to change a light pattern of a output light of the light source. The output light is a light of the light source passing through the lens.
US11808413B2	Lamp base with integrated light source driver and corresponding lamp A lamp base includes a housing for at least partial accommodation of a carrier for a light source. Two mutually-opposing guide rails are provided in the housing for the form-fitted insertion of the carrier. The technology is particularly applicable to carriers with LEDs as light sources and addresses problems with adhesive or soldered attachment of the light source carrier.
US11808411B2	Cargo stripping features for dual-purpose cryogenic tanks on ships or floating storage units for LNG and liquid nitrogen An apparatus and method of storing and transporting, in a dual-use cryogenic storage tank, a cryogenic liquid having a liquefaction temperature. A first pump empties the tank of a first portion of the cryogenic liquid, thereby leaving a second portion of the cryogenic liquid in the cryogenic storage tank. A second portion of the cryogenic liquid is focused at a location on a bottom of the cryogenic storage tank. Using a second pump located at the location, the cryogenic storage tank is emptied of the second portion of the cryogenic liquid, whereby a residual portion of the cryogenic liquid is left therein. Using a focused heating structure, heat may be delivered to the location to raise the temperature of the residual portion above the liquefaction temperature, thereby vaporizing all of the residual portion.
US11808409B2	Methane and emissions reduction system A system that can eliminate engine combustion emissions in addition to raw and fugitive methane emissions associated with a gas compressor package. The system may comprise an air system for starting and instrumentation air supply; electrically operated engine pre/post-lube pump, compressor pre-lube pump, and cooler louver actuators; compressor distance piece and pressure packing recovery system; blow-down recovery system; engine crankcase vent recovery system; a methane leak detection system; and an overall remote monitoring system.
US11808405B2	Body mounted sign holding device and kit There is disclosed a kit for assembling a body-mounted sign holder on which one or more signs can be mounted to display multiple messages without engaging a person's hands when the messages on the sign are displayed. There is also disclosed a sign holding device, in particular, one which is lightweight when worn and used, for example, during protest marches.
US11808398B2	Ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concrete pipe for pressurized fluid transport A pipe for transporting gas, notably carbon dioxide, includes at least one tubular element, tubular element consisting of a juxtaposition of concentric layers including, from inside to outside, at least one sealing layer, a wall including a prestressed concrete layer and at least one circumferential mechanical reinforcement layer. Furthermore, the concrete making up prestressed concrete layer is selected from among the ultra-high performance fibre-reinforced concretes (UHPFRC).
US11808396B2	High thermal tolerance flexible supports Methods and systems are provided for a flexible support for a vehicle. In one example, the flexible support is formed of a composite material and configured to surround a vehicle component and absorb oscillations generated by the vehicle. The composite material may be a mixture of aluminum particles dispersed in an elastomer matrix.
US11808392B2	Connection verifier A connection verifier, including a housing including a circuit board, a first plate connected to the circuit board, and a second plate connected to the circuit board, wherein the circuit board is arranged to send a voltage through one of the first plate and the second plate.
US11808391B2	Method for using a bracket assembly A method for using a bracket assembly includes providing a bracket assembly comprising a first plate, a second plate rotatable relative to the first plate, and a lever assembly, the lever assembly comprising a rod and a lever; engaging a beam with the first and second plates; and actuating the lever to decrease a space between the first and second plates to make the bracket assembly more secured with the beam.
US11808386B2	Mechanical joint restraint A mechanical joint restraint includes: a gasket defining an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a bore, the bore defining an axis therethrough, the gasket defining a first gasket end and a second gasket end; a gland defining a bore defining an axis and positioned axially outward from the gasket with respect to the first gasket end with the mechanical joint restraint in an assembled condition, the axis of the gland aligned collinearly with the axis of the gasket; a gripping ring positioned between the gasket and the gland, the gripping ring being a split ring defining a pair of circumferential ends and a gap therebetween; and a bridge engaging each of the pair of circumferential ends of the gripping ring and extending in a circumferential direction of the gripping ring across the gap therebetween with the mechanical joint restraint in the assembled condition.
US11808381B2	Valves with integrated orifice restrictions A valve includes a valve body having first and second fluid ports extending to a valve cavity, a seat carrier subassembly installed in the valve cavity and including a seat carrier body with a first annular inner wall defining a first flow aperture aligned with the first fluid port and a valve seat disposed in an annular recess surrounding the first annular inner wall, and a second annular inner wall defining a second flow aperture aligned with the second fluid port. A valve element is disposed within the valve cavity and is movable between a closed position sealing against the valve seat and an open position permitting fluid flow across the valve seat between the first and second flow apertures. An outer periphery of an orifice restriction is seated against an interior portion of one of the first annular inner wall and the second annular inner wall.
US11808377B2	System and methods for operating a solenoid valve A drive circuit for controlling a solenoid valve having a solenoid coil and a poppet that translates therein is provided. The drive circuit includes a supply bus, a return bus, a flyback circuit, and a switch. The supply bus is configured to couple the solenoid coil to a power supply and supply a coil current. The return bus is configured to provide a ground path for the coil current. The flyback circuit is coupled in parallel to only the solenoid coil. The flyback circuit includes only a bipolar diode. The switch is coupled in series with the solenoid coil and configured to couple and decouple the solenoid coil to the return bus.
US11808369B2	Pressure-controlled shut-off valve for a fuel cell system, and fuel cell system The invention relates to a pressure-controlled shut-off valve (1) for temporarily interrupting the air supply to a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system, comprising a valve piston (3) which can be moved back and forth in a cylindrical housing bore (2) and which is biased in the direction of a seal seat (5) by the spring force of a spring (4), wherein a connection between an air inlet channel (6) and an air outlet channel (7) is produced or interrupted depending on the axial position of the valve piston (3). According to the invention, the valve piston (3) delimits a spring chamber (8), which receives the spring (4) and to which ambient pressure is applied, on one side and a control chamber (9), which is connected to the air inlet channel (7), on the other side within the housing bore (2). The invention additionally relates to a fuel cell system comprising a shut-off valve (1) according to the invention.
US11808367B2	Valve, device for regulating the pressure of a flow medium using the valve, and device for securing the valve in a transmission component A valve includes a valve axis extending in an axial direction, a valve housing, a ring that surrounds the valve axis, a seal, a spring for exerting a spring force, and a piston arranged in the valve housing. The valve housing includes a first valve housing opening through which a flow medium can pass. The ring is secured to the first valve housing opening. The seal is held on the valve housing by the ring. The piston is coaxial to the valve housing on the valve axis and axially faces the first valve housing opening. The piston is axially movable in the valve housing against the spring force, and the first valve housing opening can be closed by the piston.
US11808366B1	Piston valve with annular passages A control valve includes a valve body with a plurality of ports and a plurality of annular flow passages. At least one valve element such as a piston which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore within the valve body through operation of a valve controller. The valve controller includes a motor that is selectively operative to control the position of the at least one valve element to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve may be utilized in system arrangements which oxidize and filter out contaminants in liquids such as water.
US11808365B2	Valve system configured to prevent corrosion at process liquid/vapor interface A valve system for controlling a corrosive process liquid flow, while avoiding corrosion due to a liquid/vapor interface of the process liquid, causes the process liquid to flow from the valve through a purge port into a vertical segment of a purge line. During valve initialization, a non-reactive gas backpressure within the purge line is controlled to establish the liquid/vapor interface at a desired height within the vertical segment, as determined by an interface level sensor, which can be ultrasonic. The vertical segment is constructed from, or lined with, a material that can withstand contact with the liquid/vapor interface. During valve operation, the non-reactive gas pressure can continue to be regulated, or a purge valve can be shut, trapping a fixed quantity of the non-reactive gas within the purge line. The valve can include a heater configured to prevent a molten process liquid from solidifying within the valve.
US11808362B2	Apparatus for handling fluid within an at least partially electrically driven vehicle An apparatus for handling fluid within an at least partially electrically driven vehicle, with a valve device including a valve housing. The valve housing includes at least three two radially arranged port openings and at least one axially arranged port opening for the inflow and/or outflow of fluid, and a valve body which is arranged inside the valve housing and is configured to be rotatable about an axial axis of rotation R. The valve body includes a first connecting channel of arcuate shape for connecting two radially arranged port openings and a second connecting channel of arcuate shape for connecting a radially arranged port opening with an axially arranged port opening. The at least two radially arranged port openings define a base plane B, which is configured orthogonally to the axial axis of rotation R, and the first arcuate connecting channel defines a first connecting channel plane V.
US11808357B2	Seal including coating and method of forming A seal can include a seal body and a coating disposed on a surface of the seal body. The seal body can include a high-performance thermoplastic material. The coating can include a fluoropolymer. In an embodiment, the seal can have a wear rate of at most 3.7×10−6 mm3/(N·m). A method of forming a seal can include forming a seal body and disposing a coating over a surface of the seal body.
US11808354B2	Sample shaker system with sealed airflow A sealed airflow system suitable for use with a sample shaker assembly. The sealed airflow system includes at least one component which accommodates movement of the sample shaker assembly while maintaining an air tight assembly between components of the sealed air flow system. A compliant sliding seal compensates for movement of the sample shaker assembly with regard to an air intake side of the sealed airflow control system. Additionally, a flexible conduit provides an air tight passage between an outlet of the sealed airflow control system and an exhaust port. The flexible conduit compensates for movement of the sample shaker assembly in a manner that does not permit unwanted airflow into or out of sealed airflow control system.
US11808352B2	Idler sprocket shaft support device An idler sprocket shaft support device for use with chain-driven equipment (e.g., snowblowers) is provided. The support device includes a spacer through which the sprocket shaft passes through, and an elongate support member coupled to the spacer and extending through an aperture in an adjacent support plate. By locking the elongate support member within the aperture in the adjacent support plate at a particular distance, the spacer also is locked thereby holding the sprocket shaft at a desired positional setting.
US11808348B2	Reverse gear system for vehicle A system and method for operating the same includes a drive sprocket assembly, a clutch lever, a user interface generating a reverse signal at a user interface, a wheel speed sensor generating a wheel speed signal, a transmission position sensor generating a transmission position signal and a vehicle control module receiving the reverse signal, the wheel speed signal and the transmission position signal. The vehicle control module engages a reverse gear at a drive sprocket in response to the reverse signal, the wheel speed and transmission gear position and controls the drive sprocket assembly in response to the clutch lever.
US11808347B2	Automatic park lock An automatic park lock for an off road or recreational utility vehicle includes a shift interlock solenoid with a spring biased plunger engaging and locking an operator shift lever in the park position. A cam surface on the operator shift lever slopes between a first end and a second end, and has a groove to lock the plunger to the park position. A controller energizes the shift interlock solenoid to retract the plunger when a plurality of operating parameters are satisfied.
US11808346B2	Shift range control device An ECU has a temperature detection unit that detects an actual temperature of the ECU, a temperature estimation unit that calculates an estimated temperature of the ECU, an abnormality determination unit for determining a presence or absence of a sign of abnormality, and a switching prohibition unit that prohibits the shift range switching in a predetermined case. The switching prohibition unit prohibits the shift range switching when there is no sign of abnormality in the temperature detection unit and the actual temperature is equal to or higher than a switching prohibition threshold, and prohibits the shift range switching when there is a sign of abnormality in the temperature detection unit and the estimated temperature is equal to or higher than a switching prohibition threshold. The temperature estimation unit calculates the estimated temperature based on a latest actual temperature in a normal period.
US11808340B2	Idle gear set for overhead poultry conveyor The present invention relates to an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor, the gear set including a variable structure chain gear capable of being adjusted in size according to the needs of a user. Specifically, an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor includes a chain gear for moving a roller assembly, the chain gear comprises: a pair of plates vertically spaced apart and arranged in parallel; and a plurality of chain guides interposed between the pair of plates, and radially arranged along the circumferences of the plates, wherein the chain guides are arranged to be spaced apart such that a mounting groove into which the roller assembly is inserted can be formed between the chain guide and another adjacent chain guide.
US11808337B2	Method for manufacturing strain wave gear device and strain wave gear device One aspect of the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a strain wave gear device. The method includes steps of measuring a between pin diameter of an internal gear, measuring an over pin diameter of an external gear, where the external gear is to be placed radially inside the internal gear, configured to mesh with the internal gear, and flexible, measuring a dimension of a bearing, where the bearing is to be placed radially inside the external gear, and flexible, and machining an elliptical cam, where the elliptical cam is to be placed radially inside the bearing, and configured to flex the external gear in a non-circular manner. The elliptical cam is machined based on the measured dimensions of the internal gear, external gear and bearing such that the internal and external gears mesh with each other at a constant position.
US11808336B1	Torque converter damper assembly A damper assembly for a torque converter includes: an input flange; a cover plate; an intermediate flange; a hub flange; a first spring; and second spring; and a third spring. The input flange is arranged to receive a torque. The cover plate is connected to the input flange. The intermediate flange is axially spaced from the input flange and is connected to the cover plate radially outside of the input flange. The hub flange is disposed axially between the intermediate flange and the cover plate and is arranged to connect to a transmission input shaft. The first spring is arranged to be compressed by the input flange and the cover plate. The second spring is arranged to be compressed by the cover plate and the intermediate flange. The third spring is arranged to be compressed by the intermediate flange and the hub flange.
US11808333B1	Heterodyne transmission A rotary machine employing a heterodyne transmission includes: a central axle; a planetary gear set comprising a sun gear journaling the central axle and a plurality of planet gears surrounding and intermeshed with the sun gear; and a plurality of rotating clusters, each of the rotating clusters comprising a rotating central body and a plurality of rotating eccentric bodies surrounding and intermeshed with the rotating central body, wherein the rotating central body is coupled to a respective one of the planet gears, and wherein each of the rotating eccentric bodies has a center of mass off-axis with respect to its axis of rotation.
US11808328B2	Nut and ball screw device To provide a nut that can suppress increase in the number of components. The nut according to the present disclosure includes a nut main body and a circulation component. The nut main body includes a housing part having a bow shape when viewed from an axial direction, a seat surface, a through hole, and a pair of side surfaces. The circulation component includes a circulation component main body, two arm parts extending toward both sides in a seat surface direction from the circulation component main body, ribs projecting from the respective two arm parts, and caulking parts obtained by caulking the ribs. Recessed parts that the caulking parts enter are disposed on the pair of side surfaces. A ball passage is disposed in the circulation component main body.
US11808327B2	Linear actuator with an integrated variable frequency drive A linear actuator with an integrated variable frequency drive. The linear actuator includes an AC motor. A screw assembly with an output shaft is mechanically coupled to the AC motor. An extension tube is provided with a front mount. The extension tube is configured and arranged to be driven in translatory motion in either direction by the screw assembly. A cover tube encloses the extension tube and screw assembly. An actuator housing is operatively associated with the screw assembly and the AC motor. The actuator housing has a removable cover. A bracket is attached to the inside surface of the removable cover. The VFD is mounted within the actuator housing. The VFD may be mounted on the bracket adjacent to the inside surface of the removable cover. The removable cover may facilitate heat transfer out of the actuator housing.
US11808321B2	Apparatus and method for correcting an imbalance in a shaft An apparatus for correcting an imbalance in a rotating shaft along with a method for correcting the imbalance in a rotating shaft is identified. The apparatus includes a joint assembly having a first joint member that is drivingly connected to a second joint member by one or more third joint members. At least a portion of a first shaft may be drivingly connected to at least a portion of the first joint member and at least a portion of a second shaft may be drivingly connected to at least a portion of a second end portion of the second join member. A boot can may be connected to at least a portion of a first end portion of the second joint member. One or more balancing elements may then be connected to at least a portion of the boot can and/or the second joint member of the joint assembly.
US11808318B2	Active vibration control using circular force generators Systems, devices, and methods for active vibration control using circular force generators. In one aspect, a vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a cabin, an engine, and a number of vibration control devices mounted on the vehicle frame. Each vibration device includes a circular force generator comprising at least one mass and at least one motor configured to rotate the mass. The vibration control devices are configured to perform active vibration control to reduce noise and/or vibration within the cabin resulting from the engine deactivating a subset of cylinders in operation.
US11808316B2	Energy dampeners for electronic devices An electronic device can include a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and an energy dampener positioned between and in contact with the first electronic component and the second electronic component. The energy dampener in this example includes a carbon nanotube-aerogel matrix including carbon nanotubes embedded in an aerogel with a rubber composited therewith.
US11808315B2	Torque limiter embedded damper device A torque limiter embedded damper device includes a torque limiter unit and a damper unit. The damper unit includes a first rotor, a second rotor, and a stopper mechanism. The second rotor includes a flange axially opposed to the first rotor. The stopper mechanism restricts an angle of relative rotation between the first rotor and the second rotor to a predetermined angular range. The stopper mechanism includes a cutout and a stop pin. The cutout is provided in the flange of the second rotor. The stop pin is fixed to the first rotor. The torque limiter unit includes a friction plate having an annular shape. The annular friction plate is fixed at an inner peripheral part thereof to an outer peripheral part of first rotor or the second rotor by a fixation member. The fixation member is fastened in a state of penetrating the cutout of the flange.
US11808311B2	Electrically insulated shaft coupling An electrically insulated shaft coupling may include a first metallic portion, a second metallic portion, and an electrically insulating portion that separates the first metallic portion and the second metallic portion. The first metallic portion may include a first plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a first rotating shaft, and the second metallic portion comprises a second plurality of splines configured to interface with splines of a second rotating shaft.
US11808310B2	Transmission assembly for transmitting torque across an angular connection between a torsional drive component and a torsionally driven component A transmission assembly includes a cavity in a female U-joint having a groove that extends radially outward from an inner diameter thereof and bounded by three planar drive surfaces. A male U-joint member includes a drive end includes a longitudinal rectangular extension protruding radially outward from a periphery and positioned within the groove of the cavity. The drive end includes a longitudinal rectangular insert has a portion forming the extension positioned within the groove and retained within the drive end. The extension includes (1) opposing longitudinal sides, each forming a side crest disposed between a pair of angular side surfaces that extend axially from the side crest inward toward a center of the extension, and (2) a top side forming a top crest disposed between a pair of angular top surfaces that extend axially from the top crest downward toward the center of the extension.
US11808309B2	Lubrication system An insert for supplying a fluid to splines of a drive shaft, the insert extending along an axis of rotation, and the insert comprising an insert wall extending along the axis of rotation, a reservoir defined by the insert wall for storing a fluid, an elastically deformable portion, the elastically deformable portion capable of transitioning between an expanded state and an unexpanded state, and wherein the elastically deformable portion is configured to expand to the expanded state in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation when the fluid is supplied to the reservoir during rotation of the insert and to contract to the unexpanded state when rotation of the insert and supply of the fluid to the reservoir are ceased.
US11808306B2	Clutch device Torque of a prime mover is input into a sun gear. A planetary gear revolves in a circumferential direction of the sun gear while rotating and meshing with the sun gear. A carrier has an annular shape, rotatably supports the planetary gear, and is rotatable relative to the sun gear. A first ring gear is fixed to a housing, and meshes with the planetary gear. A second ring gear meshes with the planetary gear, is different from the first ring gear in number of teeth of a tooth portion, and outputs torque to a rotation portion. At least a part of the sun gear in an axial direction is located radially inward of the carrier. At least a part of the first ring gear and at least a part of the second ring gear in the axial direction are located radially outward of the carrier.
US11808303B2	Casing reinforced with ribs for food applications A casing of a bearing unit for food applications may include a base having at least one hole for housing at least one fixing bolts, a spherical seat for housing the bearing unit, and at least one reinforcement rib located between the hole and the spherical seat.
US11808299B2	Compliant foil radial bearing A compliant foil radial bearing (100) comprising: a bushing (110) comprising a bore defined therethrough; a spring foil (120, 130) arranged to conform to a radially inner surface of the bushing; a fluid foil (140, 150) arranged to conform to a radially inner surface of the spring foil for rotatably receiving a rotor, wherein: the radially inner surface of the bore comprises a plurality of axially oriented pads arranged around the circumference thereof.
US11808296B2	System and method for fastening and locating one vehicle component relative to another vehicle component without using mechanical fasteners A system includes a first vehicle component and a second vehicle component. The first vehicle component includes a first panel, a T-shaped projection protruding from a mating surface of the first panel, and a locking projection protruding from the mating surface of the first panel. The second vehicle component includes a second panel and a pair of ramped ribs projecting from a non-mating surface of the second panel. The second panel defines a slot that extends through the non-mating surface thereof. The slot includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a second width that is less than the first width. The ramped ribs are disposed on opposite sides of the second portion of the slot. The first vehicle component is configured to be fastened to the second vehicle component and located relative to the second vehicle component.
US11808286B2	Jet pump for a turbomachine, comprising blading for imparting rotation to active fluid A jet pump for a system for supplying fluid to a turbomachine. The jet pump includes an active fluid inlet pipe including a tube delimiting the inlet pipe, and a passive fluid inlet pipe that is fluidically separated from the active fluid inlet pipe by the tube. The active fluid inlet pipe includes at least one twisted blade that is positioned within the tube and is configured to make the active fluid rotate with respect to the axis of the tube.
US11808282B1	Propeller fan assembly with silencer seeds and concentric hub and method of use A propeller fan assembly that generates lower sound pressure during operation and minimizes blade deflection without sacrificing performance. The blades of the propeller fan comprise silencer seeds located on the suction side of the blades, closer to the leading edge and the tip of the blades. The silencer seeds are sized in increasing face area and form an array with areas increasing with each row. The propeller fan assembly also comprises a dual hub comprising more than one circumferential layer concentric with the axial fan's hub. Multiple circumferential layers provide significant additional support to the blades during operation. This minimizes blade deflection and preserves the performance of the blade as intended. The overall fan and orifice assembly uses a unique assembly method that allows for wide flexibility and permits use of motors of different types and sizes seamlessly with this propeller fan assembly.
US11808278B2	Bearing system for vertical shafts A vertical rotating system that includes a first vertical shaft that rotates. The first vertical shaft is oriented such that the gravitational force is substantially parallel to the first vertical shaft. A radial bearing extends about a first portion of the first vertical shaft. A first impeller sectioned couples to the first vertical shaft and rotates in a first direction to pump a first fluid. A first stator surrounds the first vertical shaft. The first stator defines a first groove that extends about a second portion of the first vertical shaft. The first groove receives a second fluid. A pressure of the second fluid drives the first vertical shaft away from the first groove.
US11808275B2	Blower having a movable air flow converter A blower includes a lower case provided with an inlet; a first tower that extends upward from the lower case and is formed with a first outlet; a second tower that extends upward from the lower case and is provided with a second outlet; a fan that is rotatably disposed on the lower case; a first air flow converter that is disposed at the first tower; and a second air flow converter that is disposed at the second tower, each of the first air flow converter and the second air flow converter including: a guide board that is disposed inside the first tower or the second tower or protrudes through a first wall or a second wall; an upper gear that rotates in engagement with an upper portion of the guide board; a lower gear that rotates in engagement with a lower portion of the guide board; a shaft that is connected to each of the upper gear and the lower gear to rotate together; and a motor that is connected to one of the upper gear and the lower gear to provide a driving force.
US11808272B2	Vacuum pump including levitated magnetic bearing A pressure difference of liquid is generated between an upper end and a lower end of a thread groove by the action of a thread groove pump formed between the thread groove and a lower end wall portion of a rotating rotor shaft. As a result, liquid of a bottom space is sucked up and passes through a hollow hole and is discharged to the outside of the rotor shaft through communication holes. The discharged liquid passes through the inside of a hub of a rotating body and reaches an extension member where it is sprayed radially in the form of droplets from a protrusion. The droplets are received by a partition wall. Due to the presence of a protrusion in an upper portion of the partition wall, the droplets cannot cross over the partition wall. The accumulated liquid drops through a communication hole to the bottom space.
US11808258B2	Calibration system for variable capacity hydraulic pump Providing high accuracy calibration of a pump control table when variable capacity of a hydraulic pump is controlled based on a pump control table representing the relationship between pump capacity and current command value. The calibration: acquires data by measuring pump pressure corresponding to each current command value while changing the current command value in a multi-step manner; obtains a factor K representing a relationship between pump pressure and pump flow rate; creates a first table representing a relationship between the factor K and pump pressure; creates a second table representing a relationship between current command value and pump pressure; creates a third table representing a relationship between pump flow rate and current command value according to factor K; and creates a pump control table representing a relationship between pump capacity and current command value through engine rotation speed during pump pressure measurement.
US11808255B2	Floor pump A floor pump includes a main body and a supporting device. The supporting device includes a base and a first leg. The base is fixed to the main body and has a first stopping flange and a second stopping flange. The first leg is pivotally connected to the base to approach or move away from the base. The first leg has a front end and a rear end. When the first leg is approached to the base, the first leg is limited by the first and second stopping flanges to a folded position or an unfolded position. When the first leg is in the folded position, the front end is approached to the main body. When the first leg is in the unfolded position, the front end is distal away from the main body.
US11808254B2	Fluid end assembly A fluid end assembly comprising a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section comprises a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing are configured to have a plurality of stay rods attached thereto. The stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly.
US11808250B2	Method and equipment for replacing wind turbine components Method and equipment for replacing wind turbine components, by means of a telescopic structure which is attached, in a vertical and retracted position, to the base of the wind turbine tower and which can be extended and moved upwards until it reaches the tower head, by means of collars and webbings mounted around the tower and being fixed thereto. The components to be replaced are raised and lowered by means of the telescopic structure.
US11808246B2	Method for forming an add-on component for an aerofoil A method is provided for forming an add-on component for an aerofoil which enable the structure of the aerofoil to be tuned in order to reduce the amplitude of sound produced at frequency fpeak when air flows in a flow direction from the leading edge over the trailing edge of an aerofoil. The method applies both to add-on components having a slitted formation and a Double-Rooted Trailing Edge Serration (abbreviated to “DRooTES”).
US11808238B2	Method for process-integrated oxygen supply of a hydrogen circulation engine comprising recirculation of a noble gas A method for supplying hydrogen-operated internal combustion engines with oxygen, wherein an inert gas is cycled. An economical local supply of pure oxygen for a closed-cycle hydrogen engine with argon cycling is realized by separating the oxygen from the atmosphere without relying on the useful work of the engine. OSM ceramics and exhaust gas heat and low oxygen partial pressure of the exhaust gas are used to generate oxygen. Two reactors filled with OSM ceramics are used, these reactors being alternately purged with exhaust gas and regenerated with air. Losses of inert gases and the entry of atmospheric nitrogen are avoided by intermediate purging with steam. The steam is generated by the heat of the exhaust gas or exhaust air. A mixture of water vapor, inert gas and oxygen is formed during purging. Subsequently, the oxygen content in the gas phase is markedly increased since water vapor is condensed out.
US11808224B2	Vehicle controller, vehicle control method, and memory medium A vehicle controller is provided. A first passage of a supply passage of a blow-by gas processing device is connected to a portion of an intake passage located downstream of a compressor of a forced-induction device. The first passage includes a connection portion connected to the intake passage. A portion of the first passage between the connection portion and a PCV valve is a passage downstream portion. A supercooling determination process determines whether the supply passage is supercooled by relative wind of a vehicle based on a travel speed of the vehicle. An operating state changing process sets operation of the internal combustion engine to non-boosting operation when an ambient temperature of the vehicle is less than or equal to a determination temperature, the PCV valve is determined as being closed, and the supply passage is determined as being supercooled.
US11808209B1	Aftercooler exhaust duct protection A turbine engine assembly includes a condenser that is at least partially disposed within the core flow path where water is extracted from the exhaust gas flow, an evaporator system that is at least partially disposed within the core flow path that is upstream of the condenser where thermal energy from the exhaust gas flow is utilized to generate a steam flow. An aftercooler provides a cooling flow that is selectively injected into the core flow path upstream of at least the condenser for cooling the exhaust gas flow in response to a parameter that is indicative of an engine operating parameter that exceeds a predefined condition.
US11808208B2	Integrated lubrication system An integrated lubrication system and an engine that includes the integrated lubrication system. The system has a first and a second lubrication supply line and one or more spray bars. The first lubrication supply line extends radially inward toward a central axis of the engine, has a first plurality of jet outlets, and is configured to deliver a lubrication fluid to a first location on one or more engine components. The second lubrication supply line extends parallel to the central axis, has a second plurality of jet outlets, and is configured to deliver the lubrication fluid to a second location on the one or more engine components. The first lubrication supply line is configured to lubricate the one or more engine components in a first engine power condition and the second lubrication supply line is configured to lubricate the one or more engine components in a second engine power condition.
US11808205B2	Turbine inlet air cooling systems with condensate water recovery A method and system for enhancing power generated by a gas turbine system. The system may include a turbine inlet cooling system and a wet compression air fogging system. Air entering the gas turbine system is cooled by the turbine inlet cooling system and the wet compression air fogging system. The wet compression air fogging system may increase the mass flow rate of the air entering the gas turbine system at the compressor.
US11808202B2	Engine crank pulley structure An engine crank pulley structure disposed at a vehicle front side of a longitudinal engine includes: a front pulley that transmits crank rotational force to the water pump via a belt; a rear pulley that is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the front pulley and transmits a crank rotational force to a compressor via a belt; and a connecting portion that connects the front pulley and the rear pulley, the connecting portion crushing and deforming in a vehicle front-rear direction as a collision load toward the vehicle rear side is applied to it. An outer diameter of the front pulley is smaller than an inner diameter of the rear pulley.
US11808201B2	System, a method of controlling a system, and a vehicle comprising a system An internal combustion engine system for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, ICE, operable on a low cetane fuel and having a cylinder at least partly defining a combustion chamber and an ignition source for the low cetane fuel; a fuel injector for injecting the low cetane fuel into the combustion chamber; an ignition improver device in fluid communication with the fuel injector and further configured to supply an ignition improver fluid to the low cetane fuel; a control unit configured to selectively operate the ICE in a spark ignition, SI, mode and a compression ignition, CI, mode. The control unit determines an ICE operating condition and controls the ignition improver device to supply a given amount of ignition improver fluid to the low cetane fuel on the basis of said determined ICE operating condition.
US11808198B2	Cooling fan control device, cooling device, and cooling fan control method To provide such a cooling fan control device, a cooling device, and a cooling fan control method that can cool a heat exchanger appropriately according to an air density. A cooling fan control device controls a rotation speed of a cooling fan being driven by power supplied from an alternator and cooling the heat exchanger. The cooling fan control device comprises a density detection means detecting the air density. The cooling fan control device comprises a controller, where the smaller the air density detected by the density detection means is, the greater an upper limit of target rotation speed of the cooling fan is set, as long as power consumption of the cooling fan does not exceed a power capacity of a power supply source.
US11808192B2	Exhaust gas aftertreatment system An exhaust gas system includes an engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit, a turbocharger, a turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit, an injection housing, a dosing module, and a bypass system. The engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit is configured to receive exhaust gas. The turbocharger includes a turbine. The turbine is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit. The turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit is coupled to the turbine. The injection housing is coupled to the turbine-housing exhaust gas conduit and centered on an injection housing axis. The dosing module is coupled to the injection housing and includes an injector. The injector is configured to dose reductant into the injection housing. The injector is centered on an injector axis. The bypass system includes a bypass inlet conduit, a bypass valve, and a bypass outlet conduit. The bypass inlet conduit is coupled to the engine-turbine exhaust gas conduit.
US11808191B2	Apparatus for exhaust gas aftertreatment having an annular heated disc A device for the aftertreatment of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine has a tubular first flow section, a deflecting region and a annular second flow section, the second flow section being arranged between an inner wall delimiting the first flow section and an outer wall delimiting the second flow section. At least one annular honeycomb body is arranged in the second flow section, and at least one annular heating disk is arranged in the second flow section, the heating disk being electrically contactable by at least two electrical feedthroughs, which are arranged on the outer wall.
US11808184B2	Lubrication system for internal combustion engine A lubrication system for a machine such as a mobile generator, a mobile light tower, or a mobile jobsite heater implements an engine oil supplementation strategy from an auxiliary sump to increase service time between engine oil servicing tasks of an internal combustion engine. The system periodically introduces a supplemental volume of oil from an auxiliary sump into the engine's lubricating system during an oil supplement event. The fluid communication between the engine sump and auxiliary sump may be achieved through multiple sump connections, which may include a sump-to-sump return line that provides a liquid connection allowing oil to freely flow between the engine sump and the auxiliary sump and a vent line that provides a gaseous connection between a void space at an upper end of the auxiliary sump and a void space at an upper end of the engine sump.
US11808183B2	System and method for extending oil life in an engine A system is provided. The system includes a reciprocating engine configured to consume oil at or less than 0.25 g/kw-hr and to use makeup oil. The reciprocating engine includes an engine oil sump. The system is configured to maintain an oil volume in the reciprocating engine during operation so that a residence time of oil in the reciprocating engine is at or less than 1000 hours.
US11808181B2	Exhaust valve opening system An exhaust valve opening apparatus such as for an engine compression braking system includes a rocker shaft for supplying control fluid to an controllable valve and for distributing the control fluid to a primary and second piston arrangement that selectively opens an exhaust valve in response to the control fluid being pressurized.
US11808176B2	CMC vane sealing arrangement A vane assembly includes an airfoil extending from a platform. The platform has a flange that extends radially outward and circumferentially across the platform. A vane cover is arranged adjacent the platform that defines an impingement gap between the platform and the vane cover. The vane cover has a wall that defines a slot. The flange is arranged at least partially within the slot.
US11808173B2	Turbocharger turbine housing scroll passage A scroll passage of a turbine housing includes: an outer peripheral surface extending along an axial direction of the turbine housing; an inner peripheral surface disposed inward of the outer peripheral surface; a one-side surface extending along the radial direction; an other-side surface disposed closer to an outlet of the housing; a one-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the one-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; an other-side outer peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the outer peripheral surface; and an other-side inner peripheral R portion connecting the other-side surface and the inner peripheral surface. A ratio of a width dimension of the scroll passage to an R dimension of each portion is defined as a peripheral R ratio, and the peripheral R ratio has an R ratio increasing region the ratio increases from upstream to downstream in the scroll passage.
US11808172B2	Turbine engine vane equipped with a cooling circuit and lost-wax method for manufacturing such a vane The invention relates to a turbine engine vane including a blade extending along a radial axis and a first cooling circuit arranged inside the blade, the first cooling circuit including a first cavity and a second cavity disposed downstream of the first cavity in a direction of circulation of a coolant in the blade, the first and second cavities radially extending inside the blade and being at least partly separated by a first radial partition having a radially internal free end, which at least partly demarcates a first coolant passage connecting the first and second cavities. According to the invention, the radially internal free end is enlarged by having a general transverse section substantially in the form of a keyhole.
US11808171B2	Hybridization of the fibers of the fibrous reinforcement of a fan blade The invention relates to a blade of a fan of a turbomachine, comprising a structure made from composite material, including a fibrous reinforcement obtained by means of the three-dimensional weaving of strands and a matrix in which the fibrous reinforcement is embedded,—the fibrous reinforcement comprising a first portion forming the leading edge and a second portion forming all or part of the trailing edge,—the strands of the fibrous reinforcement comprising first strands having a predetermined elongation at break and second strands having an elongation at break higher than that of the first strands, the first portion comprising all or some of the first strands while the second portion comprises all or some of the second strands.
US11808170B2	Turbomachine assembly having a damper The present invention relates to a turbomachine assembly, comprising: a casing (10), a first rotor (12) which is movable in rotation with respect to the casing (10) about a longitudinal axis (X-X), and comprising: a disk (120), and a plurality of blades (122) capable of flapping with respect to the disk (120) during a rotation of the first rotor (12) with respect to the casing (10), a second rotor (140) which is movable in rotation with respect to the casing (10) about the longitudinal axis (X-X), and a damper (2) which is configured to damp a displacement of the first rotor (12) with respect to the second rotor (140) in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (X-X), the displacement being caused by a flapping of at least one blade (122) among the plurality of blades (122), the damper (2) comprising: o a first bearing part (21): bearing against the first rotor (12), and being configured to apply a first centrifugal force (C1) to the first rotor (12), o a second bearing part (22): bearing against the second rotor (140), and being configured to apply a second centrifugal force (C2) on the second rotor (140), and o a linking part (20): *connecting the first bearing part (21) to the second bearing part (22), and being thinned relative to the first bearing part (21) and the second bearing part (22), and o a flyweight (3) which is fixedly mounted on the damper (2).
US11808167B2	Turbine engine blade provided with an optimized cooling circuit A turbine engine blade includes an airfoil with a pressure-side wall and a suction-side wall which are connected upstream by a leading edge and downstream by a trailing edge. A cooling circuit has an internal cavity extending inside the airfoil and a plurality of outlet openings, each oriented substantially along a longitudinal axis X. Each outlet opening communicates with the cavity and is arranged in the vicinity of the trailing edge. A calibration device is arranged in the cavity and provided with calibration conduits arranged substantially opposite the outlet openings. The calibration conduits each include an oblong transverse section which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US11808156B2	Secondary flow suppression structure A secondary flow suppression structure includes: a turbine rotor blade including an outer shroud; a turbine stator vane located rearward of the turbine rotor blade and including an outer band; a seal surface facing the outer shroud at a radial outside of the outer shroud; a fin projecting from the outer shroud toward the seal surface; and a cavity formed between the seal surface and the turbine stator vane, formed in an annular shape extending in a circumferential direction, and provided with an opening portion opening radially inward on a virtual surface of the seal surface extending rearward. A front end of the outer band is positioned at the same height as the virtual surface in a radial direction, or positioned radially inward of the virtual surface.
US11808153B2	Positive displacement motor stators with diameter reliefs compensating for rotor tilt Tapered stator designs are engineered in a positive displacement motor (PDM) power section to relieve stator stress concentrations at the lower (downhole) end of the power section in the presence of rotor tilt. A contoured stress relief (i.e. a taper) is provided in the stator to compensate for rotor tilt, where the taper is preferably more aggressive at the lower end of the stator near the bit.
US11808151B2	Dual rod directional drilling system A flow collar for use on a dual rod drill rod assembly includes an uphole end defined in part by a first interior portion having a first interior diameter and a downhole end defined in part by a second interior portion having a second interior diameter that is larger than the first interior diameter. The flow collar further includes a plurality of radially-extending peripheral fluid passages extending through the flow collar to the second interior portion. An outer rod interfacing surface defines a continuous annular surface with a constant outer diameter.
US11808146B2	Apparatus and method for observing performance of a treatment fluid in a core sample Testing apparatuses and their methods of use for testing core samples with treatment fluids, such as reactive fluids, such as acidic fluids, are provided. The testing apparatuses include a top and a base housing coupled together having a sample recess, a viewing window, and a primary distribution hole. Within the sample recess a core sample assembly is secured and immobilized. The core sample assembly in the testing apparatus is viewable through the viewing window and fluidly accessible through the primary distribution hole. Optionally, a light connector coupled to the testing apparatus provides light into the core sample assembly. Methods of using the testing apparatus include providing a testing apparatus with a core sample assembly secured and immobilized within the sample recess of the testing apparatus, introducing a treatment fluid to the core sample, and detecting the interaction within the testing apparatus of the core sample with the treatment fluid.
US11808144B1	Downhole to surface communications platform for drilling applications A drilling assembly for downhole to surface communications is provided. The drilling assembly includes a series of pipe segments coupled in fluid communication between a slip ring assembly and an end pipe portion. The slip ring assembly is coupled in data and fluid communication with the pipe segments. A surface communications link is in data communication with the drilling assembly via the slip ring assembly. An end pipe portion is coupled with the drilling assembly that includes an electronics assembly with electronic components for transferring data to the slip ring assembly via the drilling assembly. A drill bit is operably coupled with the end pipe portion for drilling a borehole. Each pipe segment includes an outer conductor portion, a hollow inner conductor portion, and a dielectric portion for electrical isolation between the outer conductor portion and the inner conductor portion.
US11808143B2	Methods and apparatus to measure formation features Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure a formation feature. An example apparatus includes a pre-processor to compare a first measurement obtained from a first sensor included in a logging tool at a first depth at a first time and a second measurement obtained from a second sensor included in the logging tool at the first depth at a second time. The example apparatus also include a semblance calculator to: calculate a correction factor based on a difference between the first measurement and the second measurement; and calculate a third measurement based on the correction factor and a fourth measurement obtained from the first sensor at a second depth at the second time. The example apparatus also includes a report generator to generate a report including the third measurement.
US11808141B2	Smart wellhead Smart wellhead assemblies with sensors for detecting positions of components within the bores of the wellhead assemblies are provided. In some instances, the sensors can be used to detect one or more of landing, locking, or concentricity of hangers, packoffs, or other internal wellhead components within bores. In one example, a method of installing a hanger within a wellhead includes lowering the hanger within the wellhead and using one or more sensors to detect when the hanger is at a target location. The method can also include activating a locking mechanism of the hanger and using the one or more sensors to detect when the locking mechanism has secured the hanger within the wellhead. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US11808138B2	Gas pressure measurement within cased wellbore systems and methods A method for determining the gas pressure may include generating, via a downhole tool, neutron radiation in a cased wellbore of a geological formation and measuring a response to the neutron radiation. The method may also include determining, via a processor, at least one of a sigma, a neutron porosity, or a fast-neutron cross-section of the formation. Additionally, an equation of state of the gas may be estimated, and a gas pressure of the gas may be determined by solving a relationship, based at least in part on the equation of state, between the gas pressure and the at least one of the sigma, the neutron porosity, or the fast-neutron cross-section.
US11808136B2	Through-tubing, cased-hole sealed material evaluation using acoustic measurements A method for evaluating a sealing material positioned between a casing of a wellbore and a subsurface formation in which the wellbore is formed includes emitting an acoustic waveform outward from a position within the casing and detecting a return waveform that is generated in response to the acoustic waveform interacting with a region of interest that includes at least a portion of the sealing material. The method includes determining a first time window of the return waveform associated with the region of interest and trimming the return waveform based on the first time window. The method further includes determining a first spectral power density for the first time window of the trimmed return waveform and determining a composition ratio for the region of interest based on the first spectral power density.
US11808135B2	Systems and methods to perform a downhole inspection in real-time Systems and methods to perform an automated downhole inspection in real-time are disclosed. A method to perform the downhole inspection includes deploying a camera and a logging tool downhole. The method also includes obtaining real-time transmissions of images from the camera. The method further includes obtaining real-time transmissions of data from the logging tool. The method further includes determining a presence of a downhole anomaly based on the real-time transmissions of images and the real-time transmissions of data.
US11808134B2	Using high rate telemetry to improve drilling operations Systems and methods for using high rate telemetry to improve drilling operations. A method may include performing drilling operations with a wired drill pipe (WDP) string in an oil and/or gas well. The drilling operations may include pumping drilling fluid to a mud motor of the WDP string through an internal passage of the WDP string and vertically moving the WDP string via a drawworks while controlling the drawworks to change speed of the WDP string based on downhole data received by wellsite surface equipment via electrical conductors integral to WDP of the WDP string. The received downhole data may include downhole pressure data that is generated downhole by a pressure sensor and is indicative of pressure of the drilling fluid in the internal passage.
US11808128B2	Systems and methods of initiating energetic reactions for reservoir stimulation Methods for initiating chemical reactions in a wellbore include delivering one or more reactive components via a carrier fluid to the wellbore. The one or more reactive components delivered to the wellbore are configured to enable one or more chemical reactions to occur. The one or more chemical reactions are carried out until a threshold volume of the one or more reactive components is delivered to the wellbore.
US11808122B2	Deploying a downhole safety valve with an artificial lift system A fluid end is coupled to and configured to be driven by an electric motor. A shear interconnect is at an uphole end of the electric submersible pump. The shear interconnect is configured to shear a cable line between the electric submersible pump and a topside facility. The shear interconnect is configured to shear the cable at the electric submersible pump. A safety valve is arranged to cease flow within a wellbore, in which the electric submersible pump is installed, when the safety valve is in a closed position.
US11808120B2	Gas lift barrier A removable barrier is provided that prevents flow between an exterior of a mandrel and an interior of a mandrel. In one embodiment a dissolvable shroud surrounds the ports of the gas lift valve and temporarily prevents flow between the exterior of the gas lift valve and the interior of the mandrel. In an additional embodiment, a dissolvable plug may be placed within a portion of the gas lift valve or a portion of the lug in the mandrel to temporarily prevent flow between the exterior of the gas lift valve and the interior of the mandrel. In another embodiment, a dissolvable sleeve is placed within the mandrel to cover the port within the mandrel to temporarily prevent flow between the exterior of the gas the valve in the interior of the mandrel.
US11808119B2	System for producing fluid from hydrocarbon wells A system for compressing casing gas from a hydrocarbon well is provided. The hydrocarbon well has a wellhead, a production string that produces fluids from a hydrocarbon formation, and a casing string that receives the production string. The wellhead is connected to a pipeline that transports the produced fluids. The system has a liquid conduit that receives liquids liquid from a source of liquid, a casing gas conduit that receives casing gas from the casing string, an outlet conduit, and a pump that is capable of pumping a liquid/gas mixture. The pump is in fluid communication with the liquid conduit and the casing gas conduit, such that the inlet receives liquid from the liquid conduit and casing gas from the casing gas conduit and an outlet connected to the pipeline.
US11808115B2	Modular subsea equipment, subsea distribution equipment, subsea distribution equipment assembly and repair A subsea distribution equipment assembly includes a modular structure with a block having a metallic structure and panels that allow the configuration for several pieces of equipment, in such a way that both the hydraulic instrumentation and the electrical instrumentation are also modularized. A method of assembly a subsea distribution equipment assembly includes transporting a first block and a second block using a crane of a vessel, aligning and connecting eye joints installed on each of the first and second blocks, connecting a foundation to the first and second blocks using the crane and a trolley, and installing an umbilical termination assembly jumper between the first and second blocks.
US11808111B2	Rotating control device with integrated cooling for sealed bearings A pressure control device can include an outer housing, a bearing assembly with bearings to rotatably support an inner barrel in the outer housing, a heat exchanger, and fluid passages that communicate between the bearings and the heat exchanger, and a latch assembly configured to releasably secure the bearing assembly in the outer housing. The latch assembly can include a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the bearing assembly heat exchanger. Another pressure control device can include a bearing assembly with bearings to rotatably support an inner barrel in the outer housing, fluid passages that communicate with space adjacent the bearings, a pump in communication with the fluid passages, and a gear train connected between the pump and a ring gear secured to the inner barrel.
US11808108B2	Dual position isolator seal A wellbore isolation assembly includes an outer component and an inner component. The outer component is disposed at a first location in a wellbore. The inner component is disposed at a second location in the wellbore. The inner component is moved from the second location into engagement with the outer component at the first location to form a barrier within the wellbore. When deployed in the wellbore, the barrier inhibits passage of fluids. The wellbore isolation assembly is then retrieved from the wellbore.
US11808106B2	Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing tool and system The present invention provides an actuation member for traveling down a borehole of a casing to engage with one or more geometrical profile locations provided inside the casing, and a system for controllably exposing selected locations along the wellbore to a pressurized fluid. The actuation member comprises a generally cylindrical hollow body extending between an uphole end and a downhole end, and a plug seat configured to receive a plug for blocking the borehole. The actuation member has two edge portions separate and movable relative to one another to facilitate resilient deformation of the hollow body, wherein the deformation causes a reduction of cross-sectional area of the hollow body. An outer surface of the hollow body comprises one or more protrusions and/or grooves configured to matingly engage with the one or more geometric profile locations in the casing.
US11808104B2	Seal for a well A pressure energised seal for a wellhead, in particular, provides a seal of an annulus between an inner wellhead casing member and an outer wellhead casing member. The wellhead incorporates a clamping arrangement whereby the outer member is arranged to be deflected radially inwardly in order to grip and secure the inner member within the bore of the outer member. Also, a seal for use in such a clamping arrangement. In particular, the seal includes a sealing lip which locates within a groove provided in the outer clamping surface of the inner member. A seal is activated and created as the outer member is clamped inwardly since this causes the outer member to compress the inner member and to reduce the diameter of the inner member. Also, a well and a method of sealing an annulus in a well.
US11808102B1	Dissolvable frac plug housing tracer A dissolvable frac plug with an internal chamber surrounded by an external wall with the chamber containing a tracer compound in an amount sufficient to be observed from water or other wellbore fluids when released. The tracer compound is released from the chamber as a portion or portions of the external wall dissolves due to contact with water or other wellbore fluids. The released tracer compound can be monitored from the water or other wellbore fluids.
US11808101B2	Shear ram for a blowout preventer The present disclosure relates to a ram system for a blowout preventer. The ram system includes a first ram having an interlocking arm, where the interlocking arm includes a first anti-deflection feature. The ram system includes a second ram having a second anti-deflection feature. The first ram and the second ram are configured to move toward one another along a longitudinal axis to reach an engaged configuration. The second ram is configured to receive the interlocking arm of the first ram to enable the first anti-deflection feature to engage with the second anti-deflection feature while the first ram and the second ram are in the engaged configuration to thereby enable the first and second anti-deflection features to block deflection of the interlocking arm relative to a lateral axis, an axial axis, or both.
US11808099B2	Apparatuses and methods for locating and shifting a downhole flow control member There is provided a downhole tool comprising a locator. The locator includes a wellbore coupler for becoming releasably retained relative to a locate profile; and a wellbore coupler release opposer configured for opposing release of the wellbore coupler from the retention relative to the locate profile. While the opposing of the release of the wellbore coupler from the retention relative to the locate profile is being effected by the wellbore coupler release opposer, relative displacement between the wellbore coupler release opposer and the wellbore coupler is effectible, with effect that the opposing is defeated. The locator also includes a displacement impeder for impeding the relative displacement between the wellbore coupler release opposer and the wellbore coupler.
US11808096B2	Offshore drilling system, vessel and method The first aspect of the present invention relates to an offshore drilling system and a method for performing subsea wellbore related activities involving a riser extending between the vessel and a subsea wellbore. The offshore drilling system comprising a drilling vessel with a floating hull, a drilling tower and a tubular string main hoisting device. A vertically mobile working deck with a rig floor slip device is positioned above the moonpool. A telescopic joint and a diverter are provided, wherein the inner barrel of the telescopic joint is secured to the diverter via a flexible joint. Furthermore an integrated heave compensation system is provided such that said travelling block and the mobile working deck move synchronously in heave compensation.
US11808094B2	Flexi-string for washout below a casing shoe A system includes a flexi-string having a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and an outer diameter. The outer diameter defines an outer circumferential surface, and the outer diameter is smaller than an inner diameter of a casing shoe. The system further includes an anchor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the first lateral end, where the anchor interacts with the casing shoe, or a last joint of casing, to hold the first lateral end of the flexi-string within the casing shoe. The system also has centralizers located between the first lateral end and the second lateral end of the flexi-string. The centralizers are configured to center the flexi-string within the casing shoe and the washout section. Finally, the system includes a roller guide for lowering the flexi-string inside the casing shoe and to a depth below the washout section of the well.
US11808093B2	Oriented perforating system An orientable perforating gun assembly may include a gun housing with a charge carrier and shaped charge positioned within an interior space of the gun housing, in fixed orientation relative to the gun housing. An orientation alignment ring may be connected to a first end of the gun housing. The orientation alignment ring and the gun housing may be rotatable relative to each other when the orientation alignment ring is in an unfixed connection state. The gun housing may be in a fixed orientation relative to the orientation alignment ring in a fixed connection state. A locking ring may be connected to the gun housing first end. A method may include orienting the perforating gun housing relative to the orientation alignment ring and other perforating gun assemblies in a string.
US11808092B2	Electro-mechanical release tool and associated methods A release tool can include an inner mandrel, an electric motor assembly, and an engagement member. The inner mandrel is displaceable by the electric motor assembly between a position in which the inner mandrel supports the engagement member and prevents separation of portions of the release tool, and another position in which the engagement member is not supported by the inner mandrel and separation of the portions of the release tool is permitted. A method of separating portions of a release tool in a well can include transmitting an electrical signal to an electrical motor assembly of the release tool, displacing an inner mandrel of the release tool in response to the transmitting, and separating the portions of the release tool after the displacing.
US11808089B2	Coatings to prevent cutter loss in steel body PDC downhole tools Methods of preventing or reducing cutter loss in a steel body PDC drilling tool may include applying a hardfacing layer on a surface of a PDC cutter pocket to form a covered PDC cutter pocket, the hardfacing layer comprising a metal binder and coated tungsten carbide particles; and bonding a PDC cutter into the covered PDC cutter pocket with a brazing material. Steel body PDC drilling tools may include a steel body, a PDC cutter, a PDC cutter pocket, and a hardfacing layer. Methods of preventing or reducing cutter loss in a steel body PDC drilling tool may include applying a hardfacing layer on a surface of a PDC cutter pocket of the steel body PDC drilling tool; applying a coated buffering layer on the hardfacing layer to form a coated PDC cutter pocket; and bonding the PDC cutter into the coated PDC cutter pocket with a brazing material.
US11808087B2	Drill bit with multiple cutting structures A bit for drilling a wellbore includes: a shank having a coupling formed at an upper end thereof; a body removably attached to a lower end of the shank and having a blade receptacle formed therethrough; a blade fixed to the body; a plurality of superhard cutters mounted along a leading edge of the fixed blade; a blade disposed in the blade receptacle and longitudinally movable relative to the body between an extended position and a retracted position; a plurality of superhard cutters mounted along a leading edge of the movable blade; and a spring disposed between the shank and the movable blade and biasing the movable blade toward the extended position.
US11808085B2	Tree stick climbing stick nesting system A tree climbing stick nesting system includes a plurality of tree climbing stick assemblies each including a stick body. A step and a standoff are each attached to the stick body. A coupler is attached to the stick body and releasably secures together a pair of the tree climbing stick assemblies to define secured tree sticks such that longitudinal axes of the secured tree sticks are orientated parallel to each other. The coupler includes a first mating member and a second mating member. The first mating member of one of the tree climbing stick assemblies is vertically engageable with the second mating member of another one of the tree climbing stick assemblies when the stick bodies of the secured tree sticks are vertically orientated.
US11808079B2	Inner frame for door or window, skylight comprising the same and manufacturing method thereof An inner frame of a door or a window is disclosed. The inner frame is disposed at an inner side of a window sash, and is connected between a jamb of the door or the window sash and a door frame or a window frame. The inner frame includes a fixing portion for fixing to the jamb, a water baffle, and a connecting portion for connecting with the door frame or the window frame. One side of the fixing portion is fixed to the jamb, the water baffle is integrally disposed on the other side of the fixing portion opposite to the one side, and the connecting portion is integrally disposed on a side of the water baffle facing away from the fixing portion and is connected to the door frame or the window frame.
US11808078B2	Retrofit adaptor for glazing structures and method therefor A retrofit adaptor is provided for retrofitting a glazing structure comprising an inner frame body and an outer frame body with windowpanes therebetween forming a glazed window. The retrofit adaptor comprises outer and inner connecting elements and a thermal break interposed therebetween and connected thereto. The outer connecting element for being connected to the outer frame body and defines an outer clearance hole therethrough. The inner connecting element for being connected to the inner frame body. The thermal break defines a cavity for receiving insulation therein. A mechanical fastener is insertable through the outer clearance hole of the outer connecting element when unconnected to the outer frame body and through the inner connecting element when mounted to the inner frame body, via the cavity, for being fastened to the inner frame body. The outer frame body is connectable to the outer connecting element for closing the outer clearance hole. The cavity is filled with the insulation thereby plugging the outer clearance hole.
US11808074B2	Fitting arrangement The invention relates to a fitting arrangement having a furniture connecting fitting, in particular a hatch holder, which can be used to attach a furniture hatch or a door can be to a cabinet body in a swiveling manner, wherein an interlock (200) and a bracket (300) are provided, which can be used to connect the furniture hatch in a form-fitting and/or form-locked manner to the furniture body in a closed position of a kinematic arrangement (30) of the furniture connecting fitting, wherein the kinematic arrangement (30) has levers and links, which can be used to move the furniture hatch or door from the closed position into an open position, wherein a spring element (38.2) is provided which, in the closed position of the kinematic arrangement (30), introduces a prestress into the kinematic arrangement (30) in the opening direction, and wherein the interlock (200) and the bracket (300) form a release mechanism, which can be used to release the connection between the interlock (200) and the bracket (300) in the closed position of the kinematic arrangement. Such a fitting arrangement can be used to effect a convenient opening of a door or hatch from the closed position.
US11808072B2	Grill hinge A hinge assembly for use on a grill that permits the selective removal of the lid from the bowl, the hinge assembly including a stationary bowl bracket affixed to the bowl, a pivotable middle bracket pivotably mounted to the bowl bracket and a removable lid bracket affixed to the lid and removably secured to the middle bracket.
US11808071B2	Anti-deformation hinge with preload adjustment function The invention provides an anti-deformation hinge with a preload adjustment function, comprising an outer fixing cup being hinged with the adjustment combination seat and opened or closed on an adjustment combination seat around a hinging position, the adjustment combination seat comprises an upper adjusting plate, a middle adjusting plate and a bottom adjusting plate. The upper adjusting plate is integrally formed with a crank hinged with the outer fixing cup. The upper adjusting plate is provided with an adjusting sliding connecting piece. The middle adjusting plate is provided with a preload lug, and the bottom adjusting plate is slidably arranged on the middle adjusting plate and is slidably connected with the preload lug. The hinge is simple in structure and has a preload adjustment function, improve the assembly accuracy, enhance the load-bearing strength, reduce the deformation probability, and increase the use stability of the hinge.
US11808067B2	Door arrester A door arrester, in particular for a door of a motor vehicle, includes a door retainer rod (30) which can be mounted on either one of the door (2) or the body (3) so as to be pivotable and has a first side (35) with profiling (35a) formed on the first side (35); and a first braking element which can be arranged on the other of the door (2) or the body (3) and in sections bears against the first side (35) of the door retainer rod (30) under the effect of a preload, and which, with the profiling (35a) of the first side (35), defines at least one retaining position. The first braking element has a central boring, the door retainer rod (30) has an elongate through-hole (33), a guide pin (40) passes through the central boring and the through-hole (33), and the guide pin (40) permits an axial movement of the first braking element along the guide pin (40).
US11808066B2	Fluid guard and absorber for locking devices Described herein are example fluid guards that can be used with locking devices. Various aspects may be particularly applicable to electrical locks, but they may also be applicable to mechanical locks. A locking device guard can include a guard head, a guard body, and a hinge. The guard head may include a fluid absorber, a frame that is shaped to receive the fluid absorber, and a fastening mechanism. The guard body can be coupled with an electronic lock. The guard body can include an aperture that is configured to expose a face of the electronic lock.
US11808065B2	Sliding/swing composite door for vehicle A sliding/swing composite door for a vehicle includes a sliding door, an outside handle located on an outer surface of the sliding door, wherein the sliding door is configured to be opened upon a first operation of the outside handle, and a swing door configured to be opened integrally with the sliding door upon a second operation of the outside handle, wherein the swing door is configured to be rotated and opened in a state where the sliding door is fully opened.
US11808058B2	Merchandise security devices for use with an electronic key A merchandise security device is provided. The merchandise security device may include a lock mechanism operably engaged with a shape memory material configured to receive electrical power for locking and unlocking the lock mechanism. The shape memory material may be configured to change in shape in response to receiving electrical power to thereby lock or unlock the lock mechanism.
US11808057B2	Electromechanical lock utilizing magnetic field forces Electromechanical lock utilizing magnetic field forces. An actuator is moved (1202) from a locked position (260) to an open position (400) by electric power. In the locked position (260), a permanent magnet arrangement directs (1204) a near magnetic field to block an access control mechanism to rotate, and simultaneously the permanent magnet arrangement attenuates (1206) the near magnetic field towards a far magnetic break-in field originating from outside of the electromechanical lock. In the open position (400), the permanent magnet arrangement directs (1208) a reversed near magnetic field to release the access control mechanism to rotate, and simultaneously the permanent magnet arrangement attenuates (1210) the reversed near magnetic field towards the far magnetic break-in field.
US11808056B2	Door lock detection systems and methods Systems and methods for detecting whether a door lock bolt is engaged with a door jamb recess in a locked position is provided. Certain of the systems and methods described herein detect engagement between a door lock bolt and door jamb recess using a motor current signature. Certain of the systems and methods described herein detect engagement between a door lock bolt and door jamb recess using a bolt vibration signature.
US11808055B2	Door lock with indicator Disclosed herein is a door lock configured to indicate the lock status of the door lock to nearby persons. In some instances, the door lock includes a locking mechanism with one or more actuators configured to act directly on an indicator such that the indicator indicates the lock status of the lock.
US11808052B1	Panel structure with slotted mounting system A panel structure with a slotted mounting system includes: a first post; a second post; and a panel that is configured to be mounted to the first post and the second post. Each post includes one or more fasteners that extend outwardly from a body of the respective posts and can be loosened to define a shelf on which the panel can be hung. The panel includes slots corresponding to and configured to receive the fasteners extending from the body of the first post and the second post. Once hung, the panel is released, and the respective fasteners of the first post and the second post tightened to impose a clamping force to secure the panel. The panel structure can include a plurality of posts with fasteners and a plurality of panels with slots corresponding to the fasteners of the respective posts to provide a multi-walled structure when assembled.
US11808049B2	Rebar joint tie tool The present disclosure provides kits, apparatuses, adjustable tracks, systems, or processes for fastening elongate objects such as reinforcing bar (rebar) in place either to tack the elongate objects together for subsequent welding, or alternatively, as a final fastener when, for example, the elongate objects are subsequently to be embedded in a material such as concrete.
US11808046B2	Modular platform system and method of assembly A modular platform system includes a plurality of tiles, legs, beams, and brackets. Peripheries of the tiles and top surfaces of the beams are configured so that the tiles can snap on to the beams, allowing for easy creation of a platform. The beams, legs, and brackets are all configured so that the beams and legs are easily connected together for platform system creation.
US11808045B2	Set of panels A set of panels including first and second panels. The first and second panels have a first, second and third edge. The first edge of the first panel is configured to be able to be locked together with both the second edge and the third edge of the second panel. The first edge includes a first locking element configured to be able to cooperate with a first locking groove at the second edge and a second locking groove at the third edge for locking in a horizontal direction. The first edge includes a tongue groove configured to cooperate with a tongue at the second edge and a tongue at the third edge for locking in a vertical direction. The first locking element includes a first locking surface configured to cooperate with a second locking surface on the first locking groove, for locking in the horizontal and the vertical direction.
US11808038B2	Ceiling panel attachment assembly Described herein is a method of installing a ceiling system comprising adhesively bonding together a ceiling panel and a magnetic attachment element to form a ceiling panel assembly, magnetically coupling the ceiling panel assembly to at least one suspended support element; and wherein the ceiling panel and the magnetic attachment element are adhesively bonded together a the time of installation.
US11808028B1	Modular building component An exemplary modular building component disclosed herein includes at least three side walls connected to each other to form a frame structure having an open exterior end and an open interior end, in various aspects. Each of the side walls includes a mating inner structural wall and an outer pivoting wall, in various aspects. The structural wall and the pivoting wall each include a top end and a bottom end, wherein the pivoting wall bottom end is adapted to pivotably engage the structural wall bottom end, in various aspects. A tautened fabric material covers the frame structure exterior end and is secured to each pivoting wall, in various aspects. The fabric is tautened over the frame structure exterior end as each pivoting wall top end is pivoted into abutment with its mating structural wall top end, in various aspects. Related methods are disclosed.
US11808027B2	Adjustable living space A living space is disclosed including one or more adjustable or reconfigurable rooms. A room may be made reconfigurable by including fixed walls and a frame that is mounted to move in a first direction between a first position coextensive with the fixed walls and a second position that is extended relative to the fixed walls. The room may further include panels mounted in the frame configured to move in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, to seal off a front of the room. In examples, the panels may store against the frame when not in use.
US11808025B1	Method for assembling a building using concrete columns A concrete and steel insulated building is constructed by forming excavated holes and inserting into each hole a 3-dimensional reinforcing bar cage having a length so as to define reinforcement for a pile and to stand upwardly of the hole to a height above the hole to provide reinforcement for a column having a height of the building wall. The pile is formed by casting concrete into each hole around the cage and setting the material so as to define an upper surface of the pile at or above the ground. With the pile set, a formwork is defined by a series of stacked openable form components standing upwardly and a further body of concrete is cast into the formwork to form the column which is integrated with the pile by the cage. A roof and insulated walls are applied on the building supported by the columns.
US11808017B2	Work implement assembly using adapters, adapter covers, and a notched base edge An adapter cover includes a front face portion that defines a thru-hole configured to allow a nose portion of an adapter to pass horizontally through the thru-hole past the interior surface and then past the exterior surface, and a top single leg extends horizontally from the front face portion. The thru-hole defines a perimeter with a right side edge, a left side edge, a top edge, an upper right corner and an upper left corner, and further defines a bottom open end.
US11808001B2	Foundation system A support stand (2) and a foundation system (1) for a building comprising the support stand (2) attachable to a structural beam (3) in which the support stand (2) comprises a pedestal (6) and a beam carrier (7) mounted on the pedestal (6) wherein the beam carrier (7) comprises a wingnut construction defining at least one substantially vertical wing (19,33) connectable with a structural beam (3).
US11807996B2	Relocatable turf A turf surface (80) comprising: (a) a reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (b) a removable root-permeable backing (60) located beneath the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); (c) a layer of growth media (42) located on the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10); and (d) natural grass plants (30) having roots (32) extending downwardly through the layer of growth media (42) and the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10) and the removable root-permeable backing (60); wherein, in use, prior to being laid at a destination site, the removable root-permeable backing (60) is separated from the reinforcing root-permeable mat (10), so that any roots (34) which engage with and extend through the removable root-permeable backing (60) are substantially removed from the turf surface (80).
US11807994B2	Sound absorbing and insulating member and method for manufacturing the same In a first step, a molding die is immersed in a raw liquid including cellulosic fibers. Then, the liquid of a raw liquid is sucked through a net material by a liquid suction part, so as to cause the cellulosic fibers to be laminated on the net material. In the second step, the cellulosic fibers laminated on the net material are dried, so as to form a protrusion. In the third step, the dried protrusion and the communication part are removed from the molding die. A passage part of the communication part is formed at a position where a projection portion had been arranged, the passage part being configured to communicate an inside of the protrusion with an outside of the protrusion.
US11807990B2	Discrete cell arrangements Belts and fibrous structures of the present disclosure may comprise discrete cells comprising one or more legs and/or one or more concavities in certain patterns or Cell Groups. The cells may be discrete knuckles or pillows and the fibrous structures may further comprise an emboss.
US11807984B2	Wet processing technique for producing terry fabrics An improved wet processing method for producing improved terry fabrics is provided. Woven fabric is treated based on enzymatic treatment process including de-sizing using optimized dosage of predetermined de-sizing ingredients, washed and bio-washed using optimized dosage of bio-washing ingredients. Enzyme treated fabric is pre-treated and subjected to hot air beat-up process comprising mechanically treating pre-treated fabric with optimized hot air beat-up parameters. Air is blown onto pre-treated fabric from both directions for predetermined duration and at predetermined frequency causing to and fro movement of fabric in tumbling chambers of tumbling machine resulting in an instantaneous impact produced on every pile loop of pre-treated fabric such that fibers rearrange in a path of least resistance to produce relaxed, open and aligned fiber structure in the fabric. Mechanically treated hot air-beaten up fabric is dyed and includes finishing the dyed fabric with softener and subjected to tumbling using optimized finishing parameters.
US11807983B2	Penetration and adhesion of finishes for fungal materials through solubilization, emulsion, or dispersion in water-soluble materials and the use of surfactants An abrasion resistant finish for a fungal material, the finishing comprising an optimum quantity biodegradable polylactic acid plastic (PLA) dispersed in water to produce a PLA mixture. When the PLA mixture is applied to the fungal material, water carries the PLA deeply into the matrix of the fungal hyphae to a depth at least 2 N/10 mm or 1% of the thickness of the fungal material, whichever is greater. The finish fortifies the hyphal structure as the water evaporates and creates a PLA coating on the fungal material with improved abrasion resistance and water resistance.
US11807982B2	Systems and methods for inspecting products in a subscription platform A method of using an inspection processor includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station, and identifying, by the inspection processor, one of the articles by reading a unique identifier associated with the one of the articles. The method also includes inspecting the article based on at least one quality criterion, and updating an article tracking system based on the result of the inspection and the identifier.
US11807981B2	Clothing treatment device This disclosure relates to a clothing treatment device comprising: a cabinet having a first lateral panel and a second lateral panel which are disposed so as to face each other, an upper panel and a lower panel which connect the first lateral panel and the second lateral panel and respectively form the upper surface and the floor surface, a first rear panel which connects the first lateral panel, the second lateral panel and the upper panel and forms the rear surface, and a second rear panel which connects the first lateral panel and the second lateral panel and is positioned below the first rear panel; a first base having a front panel which is fixed to the first lateral panel, the second lateral panel, the upper panel and the lower panel and forms the front surface of the cabinet and an input port which is provided through the front panel.
US11807980B2	Dual motor dryer drive contained within a common assembly According to one aspect of the present disclosure, an electric motor for a laundry appliance includes a first stator having a central axis. A first rotor is in electromagnetic communication with the first stator and is rotationally operable about the central axis. A second stator is aligned with the central axis. A second rotor is in electromagnetic communication with the second stator and is rotationally operable about the central axis. The first and second stators are positioned within a common motor cavity of an outer housing. A controller regulates a first electrical current to the first stator and a second electrical current to the second stator. The controller includes a torque discrimination module for monitoring an output torque of at least the first rotor.
US11807979B2	Filter arrangement for a laundry treatment machine and laundry treatment machine The disclosure relates to a laundry treatment machine and a filter arrangement for therefor, comprising a filter receptacle, a filter, a flap that can pivot about a pivot axis, and a blocking device having a blocking part that is preloaded by means of a spring. The filter is configured to be transferred back and forth between a receiving position and an extraction position, the flap configured to be transferred back and forth along an actuation path between a closed position and an open position. A blocking part is configured to be transferred back and forth between a blocking position which prevents the flap from being transferred to the closed position, and a release position which enables the flap to be transferred to the closed position. The blocking part can be a slide movably mounted in a slide guide which runs transversely to the actuation path of the flap.
US11807978B2	Apparatus, system, and method of providing a liquid level monitor The embodiments are and include an apparatus, system and method for a liquid level monitoring dispenser for association with a liquid filled consumable. The apparatus, system and method may include: a receiver for receiving the consumable upon inversion thereof; at least one electrical contact within the receiver for communicative association with conductive strips on the consumable; a sensing module communicative with the at least one electrical contact and having associated therewith firmware for converting signals associated with the conductive strips and received at the electrical contact to an indication of the liquid level; a communications module for communicating the liquid level to at least a user display and over at least one network; a power module for powering at least the sensing module and the communications module; and at least one dispensing output in fluid communication with the consumable and capable of dispensing the liquid from the consumable to modify the liquid level.
US11807977B2	Atomizing generator and clothes treatment apparatus comprising the atomizing generator An atomizing generator which includes a housing provided with an atomizing cavity therein, an atomizing element capable of atomizing a liquid is provided in the atomizing cavity, an air inlet, a liquid inlet, and a mist outlet which are communicated with the atomizing cavity are provided on the housing, and a communicating cavity which is independent of the atomizing cavity is formed in the housing. The atomizing cavity is communicated with the communicating cavity through a first communication hole, the mist outlet is communicated with the communicating cavity through a second communication hole, a valve mechanism is further provided in the communicating cavity, and the valve mechanism is configured to be capable of sealing the first communication hole and/or the second communication hole.
US11807968B2	Sewing machine table A table for use with sewing machines that attaches to the sewing machines with screws. The table has slidably attached guide plates allowing a user to have more consistent seam lines. The guide plates have provisions to provide clearance to the presser foot of a sewing machine when moved closer together. The table has ruled markings to precisely set the seams with the use of the guide plates. The guide plates are configured to be used with sewing machines. The slide plates have graded markings a depicted on the table.
US11807967B2	Sewing assembly and method A sewing assembly to make a seam along a determined path on a surface of a part. The sewing assembly includes a mask adapted to be fixed to the part and a sewing machine, the mask having a guide groove adapted to be superimposed on the path. The sewing machine includes a base and a head. The head has at least one needle, a part support foot and a guide, the guide including a front guide and a rear guide arranged to interact with the mask and spaced apart from each other along the guide groove. The at least one needle and the support foot are engaged in the groove between the front guide and the rear guide.
US11807966B2	Upper feed device An upper feed device includes a main body portion configured to be mounted to a presser bar of a sewing machine, and a presser foot configured to be detachably mounted to the main body portion. The main body portion has an upper feed dog, a first mounting portion, and a second mounting portion. The first mounting portion has a first groove opening downward, and the second mounting portion has a second groove opening downward. The presser foot has a presser plate, a first opposing portion, a second opposing portion, a first pin, a first protruding portion, a second pin, and a second protruding portion. An opening is formed in the presser plate. The first pin is configured to rotatably fit into the first groove. The second pin is configured to rotatably fit into the second groove.
US11807965B2	Coordinate data creating device, sewing machine and program A data storage unit configured to store a sewing order and a coordinate data of a needle location in association with each other; a coordinate data adding unit configured to create the coordinate data of a new needle location on a line connecting three or more continuous needle locations in a sewing order stored in the data storage unit in accordance with a distance from the needle locations located at both ends of the line to the needle location located at an inside of the both ends when the three or more continuous needle locations are on the line; and an added coordinate data creating unit configured to create a new coordinate data by adding independent original values to the X-coordinate value or the Y-coordinate value in each of the coordinate data are provided.
US11807964B2	Plant-based functional polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric and preparation method thereof A plant-based functional polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric and a preparation method of the plant-based functional polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric are provided. The plant-based functional polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric contains a plant herb water-soluble extract in a weight percentage range of approximately 0.2%-1.5%. The plant-based functional polypropylene spunbond non-woven fabric has moisture regain in a range of approximately 0.2%-3%, a longitudinal breaking strength of approximately ≥18.5 N/5 cm, a transverse breaking strength of approximately ≤9.5 N/5 cm, a thickness in a range of approximately 0.2 mm-0.5 mm, a weight per unit area in a range of approximately 20 g/m2-40 g/m2, and a fiber diameter in a range of approximately 10 μm-30 μm.
US11807960B2	Free fibre padding structure and method for the production thereof A free fibre or loose fibre structure for padding comprising a shell containing a plurality of free or loose fibres, said structure being characterised in that said free or loose fibres have a cut that reproduces the length, and in part the fineness, of genuine goose down.
US11807959B2	Polyamide-610 multifilament A polyamide-610 filament has high strength and excels in fluff quality. The polyamide-610 multifilament has a sulfuric acid relative viscosity of 3.3-3.7, a strength of 7.3-9.2 cN/dtex, and an elongation of 20-30%, wherein the number of fluffs is 0/10000 m to 4/10000 m and a total fineness is 420 dtex to 1500 dtex.
US11807958B2	Oleophobic polyamide fine fibers, methods, filter media, and filter elements The present disclosure provides a unique fine fiber material that is formed from a fiber-forming polyamide with a fluorochemical urethane additive, a method of making such fiber material, as well as filter media and filter elements including such fibers.
US11807956B2	Oligonucleic acid variant libraries and synthesis thereof Disclosed herein are methods for the generation of highly accurate oligonucleic acid libraries encoding for predetermined variants of a nucleic acid sequence. The degree of variation may be complete, resulting in a saturated variant library, or less than complete, resulting in a selective library of variants. The variant oligonucleic acid libraries described herein may designed for further processing by transcription or translation. The variant oligonucleic acid libraries described herein may be designed to generate variant RNA, DNA and/or protein populations. Further provided herein are method for identifying variant species with increased or decreased activities, with applications in regulating biological functions and the design of therapeutics for treatment or reduction of disease.
US11807952B2	Acid mist suppression in copper electrowinning A method of acid mist suppression in copper electrowinning is described. In various embodiments, at least one liquid licorice root extract, powdered licorice root extract, or reconstituted licorice extract is added in an amount sufficient to the acidic electrolyte solution of the copper electrowinning process to suppress acid mist from the acidic electrolyte solution during the copper electrowinning process. In various embodiments, combinations of licorice extract and surfactant show synergies in acid mist suppression during copper electrowinning.
US11807951B2	Cobalt chemistry for smooth topology An electroplated cobalt deposit and a method of electrodepositing cobalt on a surface to produce a level deposit across the surface of the substrate. The cobalt electrolyte contains (1) a source of cobalt ions; (2) boric acid; (3) a pH adjuster; and (4) an organic additive, which contains a suppressor. The electroplated cobalt deposit exhibits a level surface such that the thickness difference across substantially the entire surface of the substrate of less than about 200 nm.
US11807948B2	Method of producing hydrogen peroxide using nanostructured bismuth oxide The method of producing hydrogen peroxide using nanostructured bismuth oxide is an electrochemical process for producing hydrogen peroxide using a cathode formed as oxygen-deficient nanostructured bismuth oxide deposited as a film on the surface of a conducting substrate. An anode and the cathode are immersed in an alkaline solution saturated with oxygen in an electrolytic cell. An electrical potential is established across the cathode and the anode to initiate electrochemical reduction of the oxygen in the alkaline solution to produce hydrogen peroxide by oxygen reduction reaction.
US11807946B2	Actuation via surface chemistry induced surface stress A method of controlling macroscopic strain of a porous structure includes contacting a porous structure with a modifying agent which chemically adsorbs to a surface of the porous structure and modifies an existing surface stress of the porous structure. Additional methods and systems are also presented.
US11807938B2	Exhaust device, processing system, and processing method An exhaust device includes: a first pressure regulator provided in an exhaust pipe connected to a processing container; a second pressure regulator provided on a downstream side of the first pressure regulator; a first vacuum gauge provided on an upstream side of the first pressure regulator; and a second vacuum gauge provided between the first pressure regulator and the second pressure regulator.
US11807937B2	Method and apparatus for forming a patterned layer of carbon, method of forming a patterned layer of material Methods and apparatus for forming a patterned layer of carbon are disclosed. In one arrangement, a selected portion of a surface of a solid structure is irradiated with extreme ultraviolet radiation in the presence of a carbon-containing precursor. The radiation interacts with the solid structure in the selected portion to cause formation of a layer of carbon in the selected portion from the carbon-containing precursor. The layer of carbon is formed in a pattern defined by the selected portion.
US11807936B2	Method of enhancing electrical conduction in gallium-doped zinc oxide films and films made therefrom A method of producing gallium-doped zinc oxide films with enhanced conductivity. The method includes depositing a gallium-doped zinc oxide film on a substrate using a pulsed laser and subjecting the deposited gallium-dope zinc oxide film to a post-treatment effecting recrystallization in the deposited film, wherein the recrystallization enhances the conductivity of the film. Another method of producing gallium-doped zinc oxide films with enhanced conductivity. The method includes the steps of depositing a gallium-doped zinc oxide film on a substrate using a pulsed laser and subjecting the deposited gallium-dope zinc oxide film to an ultraviolet laser beam resulting in recrystallization in the film, wherein the recrystallization enhances the conductivity of the film. A film comprising gallium-doped zinc oxide wherein the film contains a recrystallized grain structure on its surface.
US11807933B2	Apparatus for manufacturing display device, method of manufacturing mask assembly, and method of manufacturing display device An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a mask assembly, the mask assembly including a silicon substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first opening portion penetrating the first surface and the second surface, and a support substrate on the second surface, the support substrate having a second opening portion connected to the first opening portion. The first opening portion at the first surface is less in width than the first opening portion at the second surface.
US11807928B2	Copper-based casting products and processes A method of casting an article includes forming a melt comprising copper, introducing manganese into the melt to produce a copper-manganese alloy, and casting the copper-manganese alloy in a mold to form the article. The carbon and oxygen contents of the copper-manganese alloy are controlled in order to control the formation of graphite, manganese carbide, and/or manganese oxide particles within the article. Copper-manganese alloys containing carbon are also provided, as well as articles made therefrom in cast or wrought form.
US11807926B2	Copper alloy sliding material [Object] To improve both abrasion resistance and seizure resistance.[Solution] A copper alloy sliding material is configured, which contains 0.5 to 12.0 mass % of Sn, 2.0 to 8.0 mass % of Bi, and 1.0 to 5.0 vol % of an inorganic compound, the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein the inorganic compound includes a first inorganic compound having an average particle size of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and a second inorganic compound having an average particle size of 4.0 to 20.0 μm, and wherein a value obtained by dividing a volume fraction of the first inorganic compound by a volume fraction of the second inorganic compound is 0.1 to 1.0.
US11807924B2	Al plated welded pipe for hardening use and Al plated hollow member and method for producing same An Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use suppressing the formation of scale to the inside of the plating layer while performing hot forming and an Al plated hollow member using that Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe, wherein the Al plated electric resistance welded steel pipe for hardening use is comprised of a base material made of a tubular steel plate and having a predetermined chemical composition and an electric resistance welded zone provided at a seam portion of the steel plate and extending in a longitudinal direction of the steel plate, the base material is further provided with an intermetallic compound layer positioned on the surface of the steel plate and including an Al—Fe—Si-based intermetallic compound and an Al plating layer positioned on the surface of the intermetallic compound layer and containing Al and Si, and 70×X/D≤Y/t≤30 is satisfied, wherein X (μm) is a thickness of the intermetallic compound layer, Y (μm) is a thickness of the Al plating layer, t (mm) is a pipe thickness of the steel pipe, and D (mm) is an outside diameter of the steel pipe.
US11807923B2	Spring steel wire A spring steel wire includes a main body made of a steel and having a line shape, and an oxidized layer covering an outer peripheral surface of the main body. The steel constituting the main body contains not less than 0.62 mass % and not more than 0.68 mass % C, not less than 1.6 mass % and not more than 2 mass % Si, not less than 0.2 mass % and not more than 0.5 mass % Mn, not less than 1.7 mass % and not more than 2 mass % Cr, and not less than 0.15 mass % and not more than 0.25 mass % V, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. A value obtained by dividing a sum of a Si content and a Mn content by a Cr content is not less than 0.9 and not more than 1.4. The steel constituting the main body has a tempered martensite structure.
US11807921B2	Metal powder The present invention relates to a metal powder including 0.1≤C≤0.4 mass %, 0.005≤Si≤1.5 mass %, 0.3≤Mn≤8.0 mass %, 2.0≤Cr≤15.0 mass %, 2.0≤Ni≤10.0 mass %, 0.1≤Mo≤3.0 mass %, 0.1≤V≤2.0 mass %, 0.010≤N≤0.200 mass %, and 0.01≤Al≤4.0 mass %, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying the following expression (1), 10<15[C]+[Mn]+0.5[Cr]+[Ni]<20 (1), in which [C], [Mn], [Cr] and [Ni] respectively represent the contents of C, Mn, Cr and Ni by mass %.
US11807919B2	Aluminum alloy fin material for heat exchanger and method for manufacturing the same An aluminum alloy fin material for a heat exchanger is made of an aluminum alloy including 0.05 mass % to 0.5 mass % of Si, 0.05 mass % to 0.7 mass % of Fe, 10 mass % to 2.0 mass % of Mn, 0.5 mass % to 1.5 mass % of Cu, and 3.0 mass % to 7.0 mass % of Zn, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. In an L-ST plane thereof, second-phase grains having an equivalent circle diameter equal to or more than 0.030 μm and less than 0.50 μm have a perimeter density of 0.30 μm/μm2 or more, second-phase grains having an equivalent circle diameter equal to or more than 0.50 μm have a perimeter density of 0.030 μm/μm2 or more, and specific resistance thereof at 20° C. is 0.030 μΩm or more.
US11807918B2	Aluminum alloy for die casting and method for manufacturing aluminum alloy casting using the same Disclosed are an aluminum alloy for a die casting and a method of producing an aluminum alloy casting product. The aluminum alloy may include silicon (Si) in an amount of about 7.5 to 9.5 wt %; magnesium (Mg) in an amount of about 2.5 to 3.5 wt %; iron (Fe) in an amount of about 0.5 to 1.0 wt %; manganese (Mn) in an amount of about 0.1 to 0.6 wt %; and aluminum (Al) constituting the remaining balance of the aluminum alloy, all the wt % are based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy.
US11807917B2	Aluminum-scandium wire for additive processing operation An aluminum alloy wire, more specifically an aluminum-scandium wire, is adapted for an additive processing operation. A spool of material, containing an aluminum alloy wire, and a method of performing an additive processing operation, using an aluminum alloy wire, are also disclosed.
US11807916B2	Powder consisting of a nickel-cobalt alloy, and method for producing the powder Nickel-cobalt alloy for powder, wherein the contents (in wt %) are defined as follows: C>0-max. 0.1% S max. 0.015% Cr 13-23% Ni the rest (>30%) Mn max. 1.0% Si max. 1.0% Mo 1-6% Ti>0-3% Nb+Ta 3-8% Cu max. 0.5% Fe>0-max. 10% Al>0-<4.0% V up to 4% Zr>0-max. 0.1% Co>12-<35% W up to 4% Hf up to 3.0% O max. 0.1% N>0-max. 0.1% Mg>0-max. 0.01% B>0-max. 0.02% P>0-max. 0.03% Ar 0-max. 0.08% Se max. 0.0005% Bi max. 0.00005% Pb max. 0.002%
US11807910B2	Austenitic alloy pipe and method for producing same Provided is an austenitic alloy pipe, which has high yield strength, excellent SCC resistance, suppressed strength anisotropy, and high detectability in ultrasonic flaw detection. The austenitic alloy pipe according to the present embodiment has a chemical composition consisting of: in mass %, C: 0.004 to 0.030%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 0.30 to 2.00%, P: 0.030 or less, S: 0.0020% or less, Al: 0.001 to 0.100%, Cu: 0.50 to 1.50%, Ni: 25.00 to 55.00%, Cr: 20.00 to 30.00%, Mo: 2.00 to 10.00%, and N: 0.005 to 0.100%, with the balance being Fe and impurities. A grain size number of austenite crystal grain is 2.0 to 7.0 and a mixed grain ratio is not more than 5%. Tensile YS is not less than 758 MPa, compressive YS/tensile YS is 0.85 to 1.10, and an outer diameter is not less than 170 mm.
US11807907B2	Method for diagnosing and treating subjects having single nucleotide polymorphisms in chromosome 2, 2:107,510,000-107,540,000 locus Methods and products for identifying individuals who are likely to respond in a positive (benefit) or negative (harm) manner to a pharmacological drug treatment intended for treating or preventing a neuropsychiatric disorder, neurodegeneration, sleep-wake cycles such including and not limited to Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, autism and attention deficit disorders based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) chromosome 2, 2:107,510,000-107,540,000 locus (as disclosed in the Genome Reference Consortium Human genome build 37 (GRCh37)).
US11807905B2	Growth differentiation factor 15 as biomarker for metformin The present invention relates to metformin for use in treating a patient, wherein the patient exhibits an increased level of GDF15 in response to metformin treatment; to methods of identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment; methods of treating a patient at risk of developing or suffering from a disease or disorder comprising administering therapeutically effective amount of metformin; methods of adapting the dosage of metformin; the usage of GDF15 as biomarker for identifying a patient who will benefit or who will not benefit from metformin treatment, kits for use in identifying a patient who will benefit from metformin treatment and the use of the kits, as well as methods of treating a patient or who will not benefit from metformin treatment.
US11807900B2	Systems and methods for pre-analytical substrate processing Some embodiments presented in this disclosure concern an Automated Tissue Dissection (ATD) System. An ATD system is a one stop, and potentially low-cost, system to perform dissections on a substrate from pathologist digital mark or pen mark on the substrate using non-contact and/or mechanical method to extract a Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue sample with: (a) only the ROI or ROIs as area to be saved; and (b) remove or decompose nucleic acid content in the region of no interest (RONI) and collect all tissue sample from a standard microscope substrate into a specific container.
US11807899B2	Biochemical reaction methods and reagents comprising intrinsically disordered regions The invention relates to processes for performing biochemical reactions, such as in an aqueous in vitro reaction system. The processes involve macromolecules, particularly polypeptides, comprising one or more functional intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). The invention also relates to IDR-macromolecules, including IDR-polypeptides, including macromolecules or polypeptides comprising a tagged amino acid sequence which comprises or consists of one or more functional IDRs. Such functional IDRs are capable of increasing the efficiency of the biochemical reaction. The invention relates to kits comprising any such macromolecules and polypeptides. The invention further relates to processes for stimulating or enhancing liquid-liquid demixing in a solution using any such macromolecules and polypeptides, including in combination with multivalent metal ions, thereby providing reagents capable of increasing the efficiency of a biochemical reaction.
US11807896B2	Physical linkage preservation in DNA storage Disclosed herein are compositions, systems, kits and methods related to preserving physical linkage information of isolated DNA subject to DNA damage, and identifying a nucleic acid preservative. Physical linkage information and DNA integrity may be preserved by methods relating to reassembly of chromatin onto isolated DNA molecules so as to protect the nucleic acids, preserve physical linkage information, or size select molecules of interest. Nucleic acid compositions produced by methods disclosed herein are preserved so as to be analyzed, for example, by high throughput sequencing methods.
US11807893B2	Method and electronic device for determining the concentration of an analyte A method is provided for determining, the presence and concentration of an analyte by contacting the sample with a solution comprising: magnetic beads, a capture probe capable of binding the analyte, a reporter probe and cellulose, whereby, if the analyte is present, an MB-analyte-reporter-cellulase sandwich is formed; and then contacting the solution comprising the sandwich with an electrode covered with an electrically insulating layer comprising or consisting of cellulose and/or a cellulose derivative, wherein the MB-analyte-reporter-cellulase sandwich leads to degradation of the insulating layer thereby causing a measurable change in electrical properties at the electrode surface, wherein the change in electrical properties is a function of the amount of analyte in the sample. Devices and biosensor applying the method are also provided.
US11807889B2	Yeast expressing a heterologous phospholipase for ethanol production Described herein are recombinant fermenting organisms having a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a phospholipase. Also described are processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch or cellulosic-containing material with the recombinant fermenting organisms.
US11807884B2	Generation-dependent supramolecular assemblies of protein-dendron conjugates The present invention discloses monodisperse protein-dendron conjugates that self-assemble to generation-dependent supramolecular protein assemblies of different size and surface charges. The invention further provides a process for synthesis of protein-dendron conjugates containing hydrophobic dendron of different generations.
US11807883B2	Polypeptide tag, highly soluble recombinant nitrilase and application thereof in synthesis of pharmaceutical chemicals The present invention provides a polypeptide tag and its application in the synthesis of pharmaceutical chemicals, the recombinant nitrilase was obtained by connecting a polypeptide tag to the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of the nitrilase; wherein amino acids at both ends of the polypeptide tag are uncharged glycine G, and the rest are a random combination of any one or more of glycine G, histidine H, glutamic acid E, aspartic acid D, lysine K and arginine R; The activity of the recombinant nitrilase in the preparation of 1-cyanocyclohexyl acetic acid is up to 3034.7 U/g dcw, the polypeptide tag significantly improves the soluble expression of nitrilase, and the whole cell catalyst hydrolyzes 1M substrate with the same concentration 30 minutes faster than the mother enzyme. The method provided by the present invention can also be used for the biocatalytic reaction of other pharmaceutical intermediates as the substrate catalyzed by the nitrilase, improving the activity of the whole cell catalyst in reaction, and also improving the solubility of other types of nitrilases and the activity of the corresponding whole cell catalysts.
US11807880B2	Recombinant extracellular chitinase from Brevibacillus laterosporus for biological control and other industrial uses The present invention discloses a recombinant modified extracellular chitinase having an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 4 or SEQ ID NO. 5 prepared by substituting two tyrosine (Y) residues with histidine (H) in the native chitinase of Brevibacillus laterosporus LAK 1210. The modified chitinase represents an advancement as it has improved thermal stability, wider optimum pH range, high efficacy, improved solubility and low toxicity. The present invention also provides compositions and improved methods for producing and purifying the recombinant modified chitinase by chitin affinity chromatography and chitin adsorption affinity chromatography using shrimp shell and crab shell, for large scale production at low cost. The modified chitinase has wide range of applications including prevention, treatment or modulation of phytopathogenic infection in a plant or a plant part.
US11807878B2	CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing Compositions and methods are provided for genome modification of a target sequence in the genome of a cell, using a novel Cas endonuclease. The methods and compositions employ a guide polynucleotide/endonuclease system to provide an effective system for modifying or altering target sequences within the genome of a cell or organism. Also provided are novel effectors and endonuclease systems and elements comprising such systems, such as guide polynucleotide/endonuclease systems comprising an endonuclease. Compositions and methods are also provided for guide polynucleotide/endonuclease systems comprising at least one endonuclease, optionally covalently or non-covalently linked to, or assembled with, at least one additional protein subunit, and for compositions and methods for direct delivery of endonucleases as ribonucleotide proteins.
US11807871B2	Complex human gut microbiome cultured in an anaerobic human gut-on-a-chip A microfluidic device is directed to sustaining a complex microbial community in direct and indirect contact with living human intestinal cells in vitro. The device includes a first microchannel having cultured cells of a human intestinal epithelium and microbiota, the first microchannel further having a first level of oxygen. The device further includes a second microchannel having cultured cells of a vascular endothelium, the second microchannel further having a second level of oxygen. The device also includes a membrane located at an interface region between the first microchannel and the second microchannel, the membrane being composed of an oxygen-permeable material or further having pores via which oxygen flows between the first microchannel and the second microchannel to form a physiologically-relevant oxygen gradient.
US11807868B2	Adeno-associated variants, formulations and methods for pulmonary delivery The present disclosure provides a variant AAV capsid protein that confers tropism to lung cells and recombinant adeno-associated viruses comprising the variant AAV and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and their use in the delivery of heterologous nucleic acids to lung cells for the treatment of pulmonary disorders.
US11807867B2	Compositions and methods for treating non-age-associated hearing impairment in a human subject Provided herein are compositions that include at least two different nucleic acid vectors, where each of the at least two different vectors includes a coding sequence that encodes a different portion of an otoferlin protein, and the use of these compositions to treat hearing loss in a subject.
US11807865B2	Large commercial scale lentiviral vector production system and vectors produced thereby In accordance with the present invention, a method for increasing the yield of rLV vector particles comprising a trans gene encoding a therapeutic protein or fragment thereof is disclosed. In one approach, cells are transfected with plasmids encoding the necessary components for rLV production using a calcium chloride transfection mix at pH 7.1 wherein the calcium chloride and plasmids form a complex which is added to the cells at a constant speed. The cells are then incubated for a suitable time period wherein virus particle media is collected at least twice during the incubation period and stored in a cold storage unit, thereby reducing virus inactivation.
US11807861B2	Methods and compositions for expression of transgenes in plants Transgenic plants are provided comprising a plurality of transgenes comprised in a single locus. In certain aspects, 7 or more transgenes may be expressed from a first locus. Methods are provided for transformation of plant cells with a plurality of transgenes. Also provided are methods for expressing and enhancing the expression of one or more transgenes in a plant.
US11807860B2	Compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants and products having reduced or eliminated suckers The present disclosure provides the identification of genes involved in sucker growth in tobacco. Also provided are promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
US11807859B2	Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome P450 genes Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and plant parts thereof comprising inhibitory sequences that target expression or function of the disclosed cytochrome P450 polypeptides are also provided. Methods for the use of these novel sequences to inhibit expression or function of cytochrome P450 polypeptides involved in this metabolic conversion are also provided. The methods find use in the production of tobacco products that have reduced levels of nornicotine and its carcinogenic metabolite, NNN, and thus reduced carcinogenic potential for individuals consuming these tobacco products or exposed to secondary smoke derived from these products.
US11807857B2	Methods and compositions for delivering nucleic acids to plant cells and regulating gene expression Transfection of plant cells with dsRNA through foliar application encounters cuticle, cell wall and plasmalemma three major barriers. We developed cationic polymer and sugar based formulations and protocols that can effectively deliver dsRNA into plant cells resulted in gene silencing. This disclosure covers the novel methods to deliver dsRNA into plant suspension cells with ‘one step’ treatment and plant foliar cells with ‘one step’ topical application.
US11807855B2	Selection vectors and methods of selecting eukaryotic host cells The disclosure is directed to an expression vector or a combination of at least two expression vectors for producing a polypeptide of interest, the vector or vectors comprising a polynucleotide encoding a mutated folate receptor as a selectable marker. The disclosure also relates to host cells, selection methods and methods for producing polypeptides with high yield.
US11807847B2	Strain of Enterobacter for degrading hyaluronic acid and application thereof The invention belongs to the field of cosmetic biotechnology, and specifically relates to an Enterobacter that degrades hyaluronic acid and a cultivation method and application thereof. The Enterobacter sp. CGJ001 of the present invention was deposited in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on Oct. 10, 2019, and the preservation number is CGMCC NO. 18661. The Enterobacter strain can efficiently produce hyaluronidase, and can be used in the process of preparing low molecular hyaluronic acid and oligomeric hyaluronic acid from high molecular hyaluronic acid. The enzyme has high specificity towards hyaluronic acid, excellent thermal stability and pH stability, and is suitable for large-scale industrial application. Thus, it can replace the traditional hyaluronidase extracted from expensive animal tissues. There should be broad application prospects in the fields of medicine and cosmetics.
US11807842B2	Fluidic array systems and testing for cells, organoids, and organ cultures A system and method for array system for cells, organoids and organs culture and testing. The system includes a disposable chips and systems with actuators, sensors, software/firmware and smart device App. The disposable includes standard well plates, custom well plates, T-flasks, microfluidic chips. The system includes vascular fluidics using gravity-driven flow and pneumatic flow, media, reagents, protein and collagen dispensers in wells or surfaces, manufacturing techniques for multi-layer chips and plates and culture system with gas and media control.
US11807840B2	Ultrasonic vibration imparting device This ultrasonic-wave vibration imparting device is configured so as to be attachable to a container that retains a beverage and that has a spout on an upper part thereof. The ultrasonic-wave vibration imparting device includes: an annular engagement part configured so as to engage with the upper part of the container; and an ultrasonic wave generating unit configured so as to be disposed at a position at which the unit comes into contact with a side surface of the container below the spout, as a result of the engagement between the container and the engagement part.
US11807838B2	Natural bittering compounds from hops The present invention relates to compositions and methods for adding bitter flavor to beer and other beverages. The present invention concerns the use of compositions comprising compounds that are present in hop extracts or in beer and result from natural processes that occur during processing or storage (aging) of hops or beer. The present invention further concerns the use of suitable amounts of a composition comprising humulinones for adding bitter flavor to beer and other beverages.
US11807837B2	Composition, method for cleaning adhesive polymer, method for producing device wafer, and method for regenerating support wafer Provided is a composition having high affinity for the surface of an adhesive, and excellent long-term storage stability. This composition comprises: a quaternary alkylammonium fluoride or a hydrate of a quaternary alkylammonium fluoride; and an aprotic solvent, wherein the aprotic solvent includes (A) an N-substituted amide compound having 4 or more carbon atoms and not containing active hydrogen on a nitrogen atom, and (B) an ether compound.
US11807835B2	Detergent compositions containing a stabilized enzyme by phosphonates Detergent compositions that contain an enzyme, alkaline source, and phosphonate or amine phosphonate salt are described here. A use solution of the detergent compositions containing disclosed phosphonates can retain its enzyme activity for an extended period of time. Specifically, one specific type of phosphonates and another specific type of amine phosphonate salts were discovered to stabilize enzymes in detergent compositions. Solid detergent compositions that contain disclosed phosphonate or amine phosphonate salts are more effective to remove soils and can save production and use costs.
US11807834B2	Aqueous spray composition An aqueous fabric spray composition, comprising: a. 1-10 w.t. % silicone, wherein the silicone is in the form of an emulsion, the an emulsion having a particle size of 100 to 30 um b. Free perfume, having an emulsion particle size of 1 nm to 30 μm.
US11807830B2	Surfactant compositions and use thereof Surfactants capable of releasing and/or dissolving polymers to form water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer solutions are disclosed. In addition, polymer compositions containing a water-in-oil emulsion comprising the surfactant are provided and can be used, for example, in methods of dissolving a polymer. Also disclosed are detergent compositions and methods of cleaning articles and/or membranes using the surfactants herein. These surfactants and polymer compositions can be used in various industries including for water clarification, papermaking, sewage and industrial water treatment, drilling mud stabilizers, and enhanced oil recovery.
US11807827B2	Lubricating compositions for reduced high temperature deposits This disclosure describes blends of detergent and antiwear lubricating additives and lubricants including such additive blends effective to reduce high-temperature deposits, and in particular, high-temperature deposits in low ash compositions.
US11807825B2	Lubricant composition and bearing having the same sealed therein Provided are a lubricant composition which is advantageous in that, when applied to a contact area of metal parts, the lubricant composition can suppress generation of rust and can exhibit excellent lubricating performance, and a bearing the lubricant composition having sealed therein. A lubricant composition comprising at least one dicyclic liquid crystal compound represented by the following formula (1), at least one tricyclic liquid crystal compound represented by the following formula (2), and halogen ions, wherein the content of the halogen ions in the lubricant composition is 1 to 900 ppm.
US11807820B2	Processes for on-stream decoking In some examples, a flow of hydrocarbon feed can be introduced into a pyrolysis furnace that includes a first radiant coil and a second radiant coil. At least a portion of the hydrocarbon feed can be pyrolysed in the first radiant coil and the second radiant coil to produce a pyrolysis effluent and to deposit coke on an inner surface of each of the first radiant coil and the second radiant coil. The flow of the hydrocarbon feed can be decreased into the first radiant coil and the flow of the hydrocarbon feed into the second radiant coil can be maintained, wherein the flow of the hydrocarbon feed into the pyrolysis furnace can be decreased by about 10 vol. % to about 90 vol. %. A decoking feed including steam at a pressure of ≥690 kPag can be introduced into the first radiant coil of the pyrolysis furnace to remove at least a portion of the coke deposited on the inner surface of the first radiant coil.
US11807815B2	Method of producing plastic pyrolysis products from a mixed plastics stream Method of producing pyrolysis products from a mixed plastics stream along with an associated system for processing mixed plastics. The method includes conducting pyrolysis of a plastic feedstock to produce a stream of plastic pyrolysis oil; feeding the plastic pyrolysis oil to an aromatization unit having an aromatization reactor with an aromatization catalyst disposed therein to generate an aromatics rich stream; and passing the aromatics rich stream to an aromatic recovery complex to separate the aromatics rich stream into a BTX fraction, a gasoline blending fraction, a gas fraction comprising hydrogen and C1-C4 hydrocarbons, and an aromatic bottoms fraction comprising hydrocarbons boiling above 180° C., where the BTX fraction consists of benzene, toluene and mixed xylenes and the gasoline blending fraction comprises aliphatic hydrocarbons with a boiling range from C5 hydrocarbon up to the aromatic bottoms fraction.
US11807814B2	Method and system for conversion of biomass to biofuel and extraction of carbon-containing products Disclosed herein is a method and system for converting biomass to biofuel, comprising a reaction apparatus including: a reaction tank configured to hold a process fluid; at least one mechanical rotating device comprising: a submergible chamber configured to operate within process, the submergible chamber having a first section including a first rotatable member and configured to receive biomass feedstock; a second section including a second rotatable member and configured to process biomass feedstock; and a third section including a third rotatable member and configured to treat the processed biomass feedstock effective to convert the processed biomass feedstock; a shaft in operable communication with each of the first, second, and third rotatable members for rotating said rotatable members about an axis; and a drive source for driving the shaft about said axis. Also disclosed herein are kits and methods for using the disclosed system to produce biofuel.
US11807812B2	Methods and systems for improved coke quenching The present technology describes various embodiments of methods and systems for improved coke quenching. More specifically, some embodiments are directed to methods and systems for improving the coke quenching process by partially cracking coke before it is quenched. In one embodiment, coke is partially cracked when placed in horizontal communication with one or more uneven surfaces. In another embodiment, a coke loaf is partially broken when dropped a vertical distance that is less than the height of the coke loaf. In another embodiment, a mass of coke is partially broken when first placed in vertical communication with one or more uneven surfaces and then placed in horizontal communication with the same or different one or more uneven surfaces. In some embodiments, the one or more uneven surfaces may be mounted to a coke oven, train car, hot car, quench car, or combined hot car/quench car.
US11807808B1	Electric scale control with metal electrodes Introducing metal ions into fluids produced from a wellbore may inhibit the formation of scale on downhole production equipment. The ions may be introduced by one or more electrodes disposed in downhole locations such as in a sand control screen assembly, an inflow control device or in a production tubing base pipe. Parameters indicative or predictive of scale formation may be monitored, and an electrical voltage supplied to the electrodes may be adjusted to in response to any predetermined threshold of the parameters being exceeded. In some embodiments, a chemical ion source may be provided, which may release ions in response to erosion or corrosion reaction controlled by electrical power. Electric control of scale production allows for targeted feedback control of the amount of metal ions released as a scale inhibitor without requiring storage of downhole chemical solutions or the passage of fluid lines to downhole locations.
US11807807B2	Selective and on-demand near wellbore formation permeability improvement with in-situ cavitation of nanobubbles A method includes treating a reservoir with a damaged near wellbore region (NWR), including introducing a liquid foam treatment into a wellbore proximate to the damaged NWR, where the liquid foam treatment has a solution medium and nanobubbles, transmitting an acoustic wave towards the damaged NWR such that the nanobubbles collapse, causing fluid flow pathways to form for hydrocarbon production.A system includes a solution generation tool for generating a liquid foam treatment, where the liquid foam treatment has a solution medium and nanobubbles, where the nanobubbles migrate along a concentration gradient, and an acoustic signal generator transmits an acoustic signal. The system also includes a downhole tool signally coupled to the acoustic signal generator fluidly coupled to the solution generation tool, and the downhole tool transmits an acoustic wave into an NWR and introduces the liquid foam treatment into the wellbore proximate to the NWR.
US11807803B1	Cement spacer fluid with polyethyleneimine hydrochloride salt as a shale inhibitor A cement spacer fluid and a method for making and a method for using the cement spacer fluid are provided. The cement spacer fluid includes a polyethyleneimine hydrochloride (PEI HCl) salt, an aqueous solvent, a viscosifier, and a weighting agent.
US11807786B2	Quantum dot dispersed resin molded body, quantum dot dispersed colloid, and light emitting device Disclosed in the present disclosure are a quantum dot dispersed resin molded body, a quantum dot dispersed colloid, and a light emitting device. The quantum dot dispersed resin molded body includes quantum dots dispersed in an acrylate polymer, at least a portion of repeating units of the acrylate polymer comprise a C═C double bond, and the degree of polymerization n of the repeating units is greater than or equal to 2, the quantum dot dispersed resin molded body is formed by cross-linking and curing the quantum dot dispersed colloid.
US11807785B2	Roofing membranes and related methods Some embodiments relate to a roofing membrane. The roofing membrane comprises a scrim. The scrim has a top surface and a bottom surface. The roofing membrane comprises a cap layer on the top surface of the scrim. The cap layer comprises a first non-styrenic polypropylene polymer, a first polypropylene impact copolymer, and a first olefin block copolymer. The roofing membrane comprises a core layer on the bottom surface of the scrim. The core layer comprises a second non-styrenic polypropylene polymer, a second polypropylene impact copolymer, and a second olefin block copolymer. The roofing membrane is configured to prevent migration of at least one oil from a layer to the roofing membrane. Some embodiments relate to a roofing structure comprising the roofing membrane, a method for installing the roofing membrane, and the like.
US11807784B2	Protective tape and display device including the same A protective tape including a polymer film and an adhesive layer disposed on the polymer film. The adhesive layer has a storage modulus at −20° C. of 30 KPa to 100 KPa, and a creep value of 100% to 800% when a load of 3 N is maintained for 2 hours at room temperature. Thus, the protective tape is capable of maintaining a high adhesion value with respect to a display device while minimizing damage to the adhesive layer.
US11807782B2	Fire retardant-treated wood products with durable coating protection A novel method of improving the water and leaching resistances and durability of a fire retardant-treated wood product by using a chemical fire retardant composition in which crosslinking polyvinyl acetate (XPAVc or X-PVAc) is applied as a protective coating on wood over the fire retardant layer. An additional crosslinking polyvinyl acetate coating layer or one or more layers of acrylic, alkyd, epoxy, lacquer, polyester, polyurethane, silicone coatings, vinyl ester, or the like may further cover the cured crosslinking polyvinyl acetate primer and then dried or cured.
US11807781B2	One-component (1K) thermosetting powder coating compositions for impact resistant and low gloss consistent matt powder coatings The invention relates to an one-component (1 K) thermosetting powder coating composition A (PCC A). The invention further relates to a process for making the thermosetting powder coating composition A and processes for coating an article with the PCC A. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A. The invention further relates to the use of: the PCC A, the cured PCC A, articles coated with the PCC A, articles having coated and cured thereon the PCC A. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt and impact resistant powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficient—preferably excellent—low gloss consistency. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A as described in the claims and as disclosed herein for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficient—preferably excellent low gloss consistency, and also at least sufficient—preferably excellent—batch-to-batch low gloss consistency.
US11807773B2	Multi-phase structured UV-curable powder coating resin and preparation method thereof The present invention provides a multi-phase structured UV-curable powder coating resin and a preparation method thereof, comprising (1) obtaining an emulsion of a liquid UV resin by heating the liquid UV resin and an emulsifier, dispersing, and adding deionized water for emulsification; (2) melting and dispersing a solid UV resin, a phase change agent, an emulsifier, and deionized water; adding the emulsion of the liquid UV resin with stirring to thoroughly mix; temperature is lowered during the stirring to obtain a suspension; (3) press filtering the suspension of the UV-curable powder coating resin to obtain a filter cake; (4) drying and classifying the filter cake to obtain the multi-phase structured UV-curable powder coating resin. The multi-phase structured UV-curable powder coating resin is prepared from the aforementioned method. The present disclosure has the properties of both the liquid and solid UV resin and can be sprayed as a powder coating.
US11807770B2	Thin film coating packaging for device having meltable and wetting links A method for creating a dielectric thin-film coating for devices having a fusible element is disclosed. The method comprises mixing insoluble and soluble polymers in solid form and exposing the mixture to heat to create a melt mixture. The melt mixture is then dissolved in a solvent to create a slurry which can then be deposited on the device as a thin-film coating to create an interior insulation layer or an external surface.
US11807769B2	Primer composition for optical articles, and laminate A primer composition for optical articles includes (A) a urethane prepolymer which is a reaction product of an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and a polyol compound, and which has a reactive group at an end, the reactive group being selected from among an isocyanate group and a hydroxyl group, (B) a light absorbing compound which has a maximum absorption wavelength within the range of from 320 nm to 650 nm (inclusive) and (C) an organic solvent which has a solubility parameter of 8 (cal/cm3)1/2 or more, while containing no active hydrogen.
US11807764B2	Ink compositions, production method thereof, and method of forming quantum dot polymer composite pattern using the same An ink composition includes a quantum dot; a carboxyl group (—COOH)-containing binder polymer; an electrical insulating polymer precursor; a radical initiator; and a liquid vehicle, wherein the liquid vehicle includes a mixture of a first organic compound including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2, or a combination thereof, and a second organic compound including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 3, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 4, or a combination thereof:
US11807760B2	Biocomposite materials and related compositions, methods and systems Biocomposites and related fabrication methods and systems are described, the biocomposites comprising compacted plants and/or algae cells having a water content of less than 15 wt %, and a minimized pore presence and/or dimensions, in which the compacted cells are in a lamellar stacked configuration with a plurality of lamellae arranged one above the other, each lamella independently having a thickness of 20 nm to 5 μm and comprising a semi-crystalline structure formed by biopolymers of cell walls of the compacted plant and/or algae cells.
US11807757B2	Economical multi-scale reinforced composites Disclosed are co-continuous immiscible polymer blends of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone optionally reinforced with carbon fiber. A method of preparing such a co-continuous immiscible polymer blend of a polysulfone and a polyaryletherketone reinforced with a carbon fiber is also disclosed.
US11807749B2	Electrically conductive PVC solvent cement In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an electrically conductive solvent cement for coupling thermoplastic components, the cement comprising a thermoplastic resin, a solvent for dissolving the thermoplastic resin, and an electrically conductive material.
US11807748B2	Internally plasticized polyvinyl chloride and a process for preparation thereof The present disclosure relates to an internally plasticized polyvinyl chloride resin and a process for preparation thereof. The internally plasticized polyvinyl chloride resin comprises a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin covalently bonded to at least one plasticizer. The process is simple and economical and provides internally plasticized PVC with enhanced flexibility, and improved characteristics than conventional PVC resin.
US11807746B2	Impact-resistant polystyrene resin An impact-resistant polystyrene resin includes a continuous phase and a plurality of particles dispersed in the continuous phase. The average particle size of the particles is about 0.1 to 4.0 μm, and the average distance between the particles is about 0.3 to 5.0 μm. The impact-resistant polystyrene resin is made from a polystyrene composition including a polystyrene plastic, a styrene block copolymer, a processing aid, and an antioxidant.
US11807742B2	Flame retardant polymeric compositions A polymeric composition includes an ethylene-based polymer, one or more of an ionomer and an acid copolymer, a flame-retardant filler, and a maleic anhydride functionalized polyolefin. The polymeric composition has an MAH Product of 3 or greater.
US11807740B2	Method for determining whether or not test sample contains phytopathogenic fungus The present invention provides a method for determining whether or not a test sample contains a phytopathogenic fungi selectively from two kinds of fungi of a phytopathogenic fungus and a non-phytopathogenic fungus. The method according to the present invention comprises: (a) putting the test sample on a front surface of a substrate comprising a through hole; wherein the substrate comprises a cellulose film on the back surface thereof; the cellulose film has a thickness of not less than 0.5 micrometers and not more than 2 micrometers; and the through hole has a cross-sectional area of not less than 7.065 square micrometers and not more than 19.625 square micrometers; (b) leaving the test sample at rest; (c) observing a back surface of the film; and (d) determining that the test sample contains the phytopathogenic fungus, if a fungus is found on the back surface of the film.
US11807734B2	Heat resistant aerogel materials The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Also provided is a method of preparing an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which has favorable combustion and self-heating properties. Further provided is a method of improving the hydrophobicity, the liquid water uptake, the heat of combustion, or the onset of thermal decomposition temperature of an aerogel composition.
US11807733B2	Functionalized porous membranes and methods of manufacture and use A functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane, material, textile, composite, laminate, or the like, and/or a method of making or using such functionalized membranes. The functionalized porous membrane may be a functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane that has a functional molecule attached, such as a functional polymer, to the surface and/or internal fibrillar structure of the membrane.
US11807730B2	Composition for forming polyimide film for cover window, method for preparing the same, and use thereof Provided are a composition for forming a polyimide film for a cover window which may satisfy performance required for an advanced cover window, a method for preparing the same, and a use thereof. According to an implementation, a polyimide film for a cover window, which has excellent visibility without optical stain while colorless and transparent optical properties were not deteriorated and has excellent heat resistance and mechanical properties, and thus, is for use in optical applications, may be provided. In addition, a polyimide film for a cover window according to an implementation may be useful in various display devices.
US11807727B2	Transparent and homogenous cellulose nanocrystal-lignin UV protection films A visibly transparent, homogeneous UV-blocking cellulose nanocrystal/lignin nanocomposite film and a method of making the same. The film is made by dispersing cellulose nanocrystals and lignin in an aqueous, alkaline solution to yield a dispersion; casting the dispersion onto a substrate; and evaporating the aqueous, alkaline solution to yield a homogeneous, visibly transparent film that at least partially absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
US11807726B2	Method of crosslinking glycosaminoglycans A new hydrogel made of crosslinked glycosaminoglycans, particularly crosslinked hyaluronic acid, chondroitin or chondroitin sulfate, having reversible linkages using boronic acid or boroxole derivatives leading to new benefits. Glycosaminoglycans that are crosslinked via an alkoxyboronate ester anion formed between a diol portion of a diol-functional moiety grafted to a first glycosaminoglycan and a boronate hemiester grafted to a second glycosaminoglycan.
US11807723B2	Poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) resin and molded article A poly(biphenyl ether sulfone) resin substantially comprising a repeating structure of the following formula (1), wherein a polystyrene equivalent mass average molecular weight Mw and a melt viscosity μ at a temperature of 350° C. satisfy formulas (6) and (7), wherein n represents an integer of 1 or more, 60,000≤Mw≤90,000 (6) 0.0906×Mw−4,930≤μ≤3,500 (7).
US11807721B2	Method for producing polyimide precursor, method for producing photosensitive resin composition, method for producing pattern cured product, method for producing interlayer insulating film, cover coat layer or surface protective film, and method for producing electronic component A method for producing a polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1), comprising the following steps (i) and (ii), wherein at least one of the steps of (i) and (ii) is carried out in a solvent comprising a compound having an ether bond and an amide bond: (i) a step of reacting carboxylic anhydride with a diamine compound to obtain a polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the following formula (2); and (ii) a step of reacting the polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the formula (2) with a compound represented by the following formula (8), and reacting the reactant with a compound represented by the following formula (9) to obtain a polyimide precursor having a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein in the formula (1), at least one of R1 and R2 is a group represented by the formula (3):
US11807720B2	Multi-armed polyoxazolines and compositions, systems and methods pertaining to the same In some aspects, the present disclosure pertains to a multi-arm polymer comprising a core and a plurality of polyoxazoline segments (or arms) having a first end that is covalently attached to the core and a second end comprising a moiety that comprises a reactive group. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise a first composition comprising such a multi-arm polymer and a second composition comprising a multifunctional compound that comprises functional groups that are reactive with the reactive groups of the multi-arm polymer. In some aspects, systems are provided that comprise crosslinked reaction products of such a multi-arm polymer and such a multifunctional compound.
US11807711B2	Phenoxy resin, resin composition including same, cured object obtained therefrom, and production method therefor Provided are a phenoxy resin having excellent heat resistance, low hygroscopicity, and solvent solubility, a resin composition using the same, and a cured object obtained therefrom. The phenoxy resin is represented by Formula (1) below and has an Mw of 10,000 to 200,000: where, X represents a divalent group, and includes, essentially, a group having a cyclohexane ring structure and a group having a fluorene ring structure. Y represents a hydrogen atom or a glycidyl group. n is the number of repetitions and an average value thereof is 25 to 500.
US11807709B2	Method for producing polyisocyanates of (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates which are flocculation-stable in solvents The present invention relates to a new process for preparing polyisocyanates containing isocyanurate groups and being flocculation-stable in solvents from (cyclo)aliphatic diisocyanates.
US11807703B2	Liquid composition for applications of SMC-moulded thermoplastic composites The invention relates to a liquid composition comprising: a) a (meth)acrylic polymer, b) a (meth)acrylic monomer, and c) a maturation agent selected from a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide, said (meth)acrylic polymer comprising a monomer which carries a carboxylic acid function, and/or said (meth)acrylic monomer carrying a carboxylic acid function, and said liquid composition having a dynamic viscosity of between 10 mPa·s and 10 000 mPa·s at 25° C.
US11807700B2	Electro-responsive hydrogel for reservoir and downhole application Electro-responsive hydrogel particles are flowed into a first wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. An electric circuit is established between the first wellbore and a second wellbore formed in the subterranean formation. An electric current is applied through the electric circuit, thereby exposing the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to an electric field and causing at least one of swelling or aggregation of the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to form a flow-diverting plug within the subterranean formation. Water is flowed into the first wellbore to increase hydrocarbon production from the second wellbore.
US11807698B2	Binder for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use, composition for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use, porous membrane for non-aqueous secondary battery-use, and non-aqueous secondary battery Provided is a binder for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use that enables formation of a porous membrane having excellent durability and that can improve stability under high shear of a composition for porous membrane-use. The binder for non-aqueous secondary battery porous membrane-use includes a particulate polymer. The particulate polymer is a random copolymer including at least 35 mass % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and at least 20 mass % and no greater than 65 mass % of an aromatic monovinyl monomer unit. A degree of swelling of the particulate polymer with respect to a non-aqueous electrolysis solution is greater than a factor of 1 and no greater than a factor of 2.
US11807695B2	Hydrogenated cyclic polymer, method of producing same, and resin composition Provided is a hydrogenated product of a cyclic polymer including a cyclic chain that includes a repeating unit of a ring-opened cycloolefin.
US11807692B2	DLL3 binding proteins and methods of use Provided herein are DLL3 binding proteins and DLL3 targeting multispecific proteins (e.g., DLL3 targeting trispecific protein) comprising a domain binding to CD3, a half-life extension domain, and a domain binding to DLL3 (such as a DLL3 binding protein as provided herein). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such DLL3 binding proteins, DLL3 targeting trispecific proteins. Also disclosed are methods of using the disclosed DLL3 binding proteins, DLL3 targeting trispecific proteins in the prevention, and/or treatment diseases, conditions and disorders.
US11807690B2	Hyperglycosylated binding polypeptides Provided are binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies), and effector moiety conjugates thereof, comprising a CH1 domain (e.g., a human IgG1 CH1 domain), wherein the CH1 domain has an engineered N-linked glycosylation site at amino acid position 114, according to Kabat numbering. Also provided are nucleic acids encoding the antigen-binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antigen-binding polypeptides. Methods of using the antigen-binding polypeptides disclosed herein to treat disease are also provided.
US11807688B2	Anti-AXL antibodies and compositions This invention relates to anti-AXL antibodies and methods of using them in treating diseases and conditions related to AXL activity, e.g., cancer.
US11807679B2	Anti-CKAP4 monoclonal antibody The purpose of the present invention is to provide an anti-CKAP4 monoclonal antibody that inhibits the binding of DKK1 and CKAP4 and exhibits an exceptional antitumor effect. Provided is an anti-CKAP4 monoclonal antibody that recognizes at least part of the 451-455 region, at least part of the 481-485 region, at least part of the 502-510 region, at least part of the 503-524 region and at least part of the 585-590 region, or at least part of the 585-592 region of the amino acid sequence (amino acid sequence of CKAP4) represented by SEQ ID NO:1 as an epitope, the anti-CKAP4 monoclonal antibody effectively inhibiting the binding of DKK1 and CKAP4, the activation of AKT of S2-CP8 cells, and the proliferative ability of S2-CP8 cells or the migratory ability of S2-CP8 cells, and exhibiting an exceptional antitumor effect. The ability to develop ELISA methods in which these anti-CKAP4 monoclonal antibodies are used furthermore makes it possible, for example, to measure the serum CKAP4 in pancreatic cancer patients, and therefore also contributes to the development of companion diagnostic agents.
US11807677B2	Microbe-binding molecules and uses thereof Described herein are engineered microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, kits comprising the same, and uses thereof. Such microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, or the kits comprising the same can not only bind or capture of a microbe or microbial matter thereof, but they also have improved capability (e g, enhanced sensitivity or signal intensity) of detecting a microbe or microbial matter. Thus, the microbe-targeting molecules, microbe-targeting articles, and/or the kit described herein can be used in various applications, e.g., but not limited to assays for detection of a microbe or microbial matter, diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents for diagnosis and/or treatment of an infection caused by microbes in a subject or any environmental surface, and/or devices for removal of a microbe or microbial matter from a fluid.
US11807673B2	Methods and compositions for increasing red blood cells In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
US11807667B2	Thermostable viral reverse transcriptase The present invention provides novel engineered polypeptides that support both reverse transcription and DNA amplification in manganese-independent reactions. The present invention also provides methods for amplifying template nucleic acids using such polypeptides. This invention addresses deficiencies in the current state of the art in nucleic acid amplification-based detection of template nucleic acids, especially RNA targets, including deficiencies in detection sensitivity, specificity, enzyme stability, inhibitor tolerance and time to result compared with manganese-dependent thermostable reverse transcriptases and two-enzyme solutions.
US11807665B2	Detection and quantification of glycosylated peptides A method of purification and/or separation of glycopeptides and quantitation of same. The method includes contacting a sample comprising glycopeptides to a hydrophilic enrichment substrate under conditions that permit the glycopeptides to bind to the hydrophilic enrichment substrate. The glycopeptides are eluted from the hydrophilic enrichment substrate with an ammonium formate and acetonitrile (ACN) in water solution to create an enriched glycopeptide sample, which may be subjected to analysis to identify specific glycopeptides.
US11807664B2	Method for producing cyclic organic compound An objective of the present invention is to provide methods of producing a cyclic organic compound using a continuous stirred tank reactor(s) (CSTR), the methods being capable of achieving excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such. The present inventors conducted studies on cyclization reactions using a CSTR(s), which had not been conventionally used for cyclization reactions for cyclic compounds. As a result, the inventors have found that the present methods can achieve excellent impurity-suppressing effects (quality improvement), reduction in reaction-tank size, continuous production, and such, as compared with conventional cyclization methods. Furthermore, the present inventors have also found that the above-mentioned improvement effects can efficiently be achieved even in the production of cyclic peptides and heterocyclic compounds by applying simulation methods that had been conventionally used mainly at the fine chemicals plant level to the cyclization reactions of the present invention, thereby experimentally predicting the reaction rate of a cyclization reaction, and setting the flow volume (residence time), the concentrations of precursor and cyclic organic compound, and the temperature for the cyclization reaction and such which affect these conditions, in the cyclization reaction using a CSTR(s).
US11807662B2	MANAbodies and methods of using This document provides methods and materials for assessing a mammal having or suspected of having cancer and/or for treating a mammal having cancer. For example, molecules including one or more antigen-binding domains (e.g., a single-chain variable fragment (scFv)) that can bind to a modified peptide (e.g., a tumor antigen), as well as method for using such molecules, are provided.
US11807661B2	Antibody fusion protein and related compositions for targeting cancer Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a polypeptide with at least two domains, wherein the first domain is capable of binding CD3 and the second domain is capable of binding to a cancer cell. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, comprising: providing a composition comprising a polypeptide with at least two domains, wherein the first domain is capable of binding CD3 and the second domain is capable of binding to a cancer cell; and treating the cancer by administering a therapeutically effective dosage of the composition to the subject.
US11807657B2	Process for isolating lignin from an alkaline process stream A process for isolating lignin from an alkaline process stream of thickened black liquor which is introduced continuously into a lower region of at least one circulation reactor having two reactor zones in concentric arrangement, liquid level of the alkaline process stream in the interior of the reactor is at a level with an upper end of an inner tubular reactor zone, a CO2-containing gas is blown continuously from the bottom into the inner tubular reactor zone of the reactor, wherein the CO2-containing gas is absorbed by the alkaline process stream in the inner circulation reactor zone and offgas is drawn off with residual amounts of the CO2 at the top of the reactor, the process is run at 1 atm, and thickened black liquor with a reduced lignin content together with precipitated lignin present are drawn off optionally after settling at the base of the reactor.
US11807656B2	Polycyclic aromatic compound and light emission layer-forming composition The objective of the invention is to provide a polycyclic aromatic compound in which solubility to a solvent, film formability, wet coatability, thermal stability, and in-plane orientation are improved. This objective is achieved by alight emission layer-forming composition comprising: as a first component, at least one type of dopant material selected from the group consisting of polycyclic aromatic compounds represented by general formula (A) and polycyclic aromatic oligomer compounds including a plurality of structures represented by general formula (A); as a second component, a specific low-molecular-weight host material; and, as a third component, at least one type of organic solvent. In formula (A), ring A, ring B, and ring C each independently represent an aryl ring or a hetero aryl ring, Y1 is B, and X1 and X2 each independently represent O or N—R wherein at least one of X1 and X2 is N—R.
US11807649B2	Fused tetracyclic quinazoline derivatives as inhibitors of ErbB2 The present disclosure relates generally to compounds and compositions thereof for inhibition of ErbB2, including mutant forms of ErbB2, particularly those harboring an Exon 20 mutation, methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and their use in the treatment or prophylaxis of various cancers, such as lung, glioma, skin, head neck, salivary gland, breast, esophageal, liver, stomach (gastric), uterine, cervical, biliary tract, pancreatic, colorectal, renal, bladder or prostate cancer.
US11807642B2	5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 modulators and their use as therapeutic agents Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized lactone derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity.
US11807638B2	5- and 6-azaindole compounds for inhibition of Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinases The present disclosure relates to compounds and compositions for inhibition of Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinases, methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and their use in the treatment of various cancers, such as chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).
US11807637B1	Compound and use thereof in treating autoimmune diseases A compound represented by Formula 1, a stereoisomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be used for treating or preventing an autoimmune disease or a cancer. The autoimmune disease may be any one selected from the group consisting of inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, graft-versus-host disease, asthma, atopy, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematous and type 1 diabetes. The cancer may be selected from the group consisting of colon cancer, melanoma, liver cancer, gliocytoma, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cell cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, metastatic cancer, prostate cancer, gallbladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, blood cancer, skin cancer and lung cancer.
US11807633B2	Chromene derivatives as inhibitors of TCR-Nck interaction The present invention provides compounds that modulate the interaction of TCR with Nck, compositions thereof, and methods of treatment using the same.
US11807628B2	Benzodiazepine derivatives and uses thereof The present disclosure provides compounds and compositions capable of extending lifespan, and methods of use thereof.
US11807619B2	Para acyl substituted diazacyclohexene derivatives Para-acyl substituted diazacyclohexenes, medical formulations thereof and methods for making and using the same.
US11807618B2	Thiophene derivatives as antiviral agents The present invention relates to a new class of compounds having an antiviral effect and the uses thereof.
US11807611B2	Chlorinated tetralin compounds and pharmaceutical compositions The present disclosures are directed to chlorinated tetralin compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
US11807610B2	Functionalized ionic liquid for solvating heavy aromatic compounds A process for removing heavy polycyclic aromatic contaminants from a hydrocarbon stream using a quinolinium ionic liquid is described. The process includes contacting the hydrocarbon stream comprising the contaminant with a hydrocarbon-immiscible quinolinium ionic liquid to produce a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon and a hydrocarbon-immiscible quinolinium ionic liquid comprising at least a portion of the removed contaminant; and separating the mixture to produce a hydrocarbon effluent having a reduced level of the contaminant and a hydrocarbon-immiscible quinolinium ionic liquid effluent comprising the hydrocarbon-immiscible quinolinium ionic liquid comprising at least the portion of the removed contaminant.
US11807609B2	Deuterated compounds as immunomodulators Compounds are provided to modulate the C5a receptor. The compounds have the following Formula (I): including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
US11807605B2	Human plasma kallikrein inhibitors Disclosed are compounds of formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are inhibitors of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of the invention, and methods involving use of the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions characterized by unwanted plasma kallikrein activity.
US11807604B1	Pharmaceutical compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating asthma and other disorders Pharmaceutical compounds are disclosed which may be useful for treating asthma, ongoing lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, and/or emphysema. A pharmaceutical composition may include a therapeutically effective amount of the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle therefor. The pharmaceutical composition may be administered for treating such disorders as asthma, ongoing lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, or emphysema.
US11807598B2	Process for preparing fatty acid chlorides and N-acyl amino acid salts The invention relates to a process for preparing fatty acid chlorides. In a subsequent step, the fatty acid chlorides can be used to prepare N-acyl amino acid salts. The process comprises the formation of a fatty acid chloride in an amine catalyzed reaction of a fatty acid with phosphorous trichloride, thionyl chloride or phosgene, preferably thionyl chloride. The process for preparing N-acyl amino acid salts further comprises the reaction of the fatty acid chloride with an amino acid or an amino ethane sulfonic acid.
US11807594B2	Process for the preparation of ethylene glycol The invention relates to a process for the preparation of ethylene glycol from ethylene, which comprises contacting the carbon dioxide stream resulting from hydrolysing ethylene carbonate, or the condensate stream resulting from condensing said carbon dioxide stream, or the waste water stream resulting from removing water from the ethylene glycol stream, such stream comprising water, 2-chloroethanol and ethylene glycol and additionally comprising 2-iodoethanol or 2-bromoethanol, with an alkali metal containing basic compound to form a mixture comprising water, 2-chloroethanol and ethylene glycol and additionally comprising alkali metal iodide or alkali metal bromide which mixture is dehydrated.
US11807587B2	Acid treatment for fertilizers to increase zinc solubility and availability Methods and system for increasing the water solubility and availability of zinc in granular fertilizers using acid treatments. The treatment of granular fertilizers with an acidic solution increases an amount of water-soluble zinc, which in turn, increases the efficiency of zinc uptake and reduces the costs and equipment otherwise needed to mitigate zinc deficiencies.
US11807584B2	Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal-ceramic substrate A metal-ceramic substrate (1) comprising an insulating layer (11) comprising a ceramic and having a first thickness (D1), and a metallization layer (12) bonded to the insulation layer (11) and having a second thickness (D2), wherein the first thickness (D1) is less than 250 μm and the second thickness (D2) is greater than 200 μm and wherein the first thickness (D1) and the second thickness (D2) are dimensioned such that a ratio of an amount of the difference between a thermal expansion coefficient of the metallization layer (12) and a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal-ceramic substrate (1) to a thermal expansion coefficient of the metal-ceramic substrate (1) has a value less than 0.25, preferably less than 0.2 and more preferably less than 0.15 or even less than 0.1.
US11807577B2	Super-wear-resistant diamond glaze, ceramic tile and preparation method thereof The invention relates to the field of building ceramic materials, and specifically discloses a soft light super-wear-resistant diamond glaze, a ceramic tile and a preparation method thereof. The main raw materials of the super-wear-resistant diamond glaze in parts by weight are as follows: 30-70 parts of a frit, 20-55 parts of an aggregate, 0.1-6 parts of an additive, 30-50 parts of water; the frit contains Al2O3≤10%, Na2O+K2O≤3%. Correspondingly, the present invention also discloses a super-wear-resistant diamond glazed ceramic tile and a preparation method thereof. The diamond glaze disclosed in present invention has the characteristics of excellent transparency, good wear resistance and stain resistance and almost has no air bubbles.
US11807575B2	Glass for medicine container and glass tube for medicine container The present invention relates to a glass for a pharmaceutical container that is excellent in ultraviolet shielding ability, and is also excellent in chemical durability. The glass for a pharmaceutical container of the present invention includes as a glass composition, in terms of mass %, 67% to 81% of SiO2, more than 4% to 7% of Al2O3, 7% to 14% of B2O3, 3% to 12% of Na2O+K2O, 0% to 1.8% of CaO+BaO, 0.5% to less than 2% of Fe2O3, and 1% to 5% of TiO2, and satisfies a relationship of CaO/BaO≤0.5.
US11807572B2	Glass plate, glass plate having anti-reflection layer, and method for producing glass plate The present invention relates to a glass sheet including a first main surface and a second main surface opposing the first main surface, in which the glass sheet has an affected layer directly below the first main surface, in at least a part of the first main surface, an average element length RSm is from 2500 nm to 6000 nm, a root-mean-square height Sq is from 3 nm to 45 nm, and a skewness Ssk is a negative value.
US11807570B2	Glass articles and methods for improving the reliability of glass articles According to one embodiment, a glass article may include a glass body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface of the glass body may be etched to a depth less than or equal to about 25% of the maximum initial flaw depth Ai of a flaw population present in the first surface. The flaw population of the first surface is etched to selectively remove material adjacent to each flaw of the flaw population along the maximum initial flaw depth Ai. When the glass article is under uniaxial compressive loading, at least a portion of the first surface is in tension and a uniaxial compressive strength of the glass article is greater than or equal to 90% of a uniaxial compressive strength of a flaw-free glass article.
US11807569B2	Microcrystalline glass, microcrystalline glass product, and manufacturing method therefor The present invention discloses a microcrystalline glass, a microcrystalline glass product, and a manufacturing method therefor. The main crystal phase of the microcrystalline glass comprises lithium silicate and a quartz crystal phase. The haze of the microcrystalline glass of the thickness of 0.55 mm is below 0.6%. The microcrystalline glass comprises the following components in percentage by weight: SiO2: 65-85%; Al2O3: 1-15%; Li2O: 5-15%; ZrO2: 0.1-10%; P2O5: 0.1-10%; K2O: 0-10%; MgO: 0-10%; ZnO: 0-10%. A four-point bending strength of the microcrystalline glass product is more than 600 Mpa.
US11807568B2	Inorganic composition article To provide an inorganic composition article containing at least one kind selected from α-cristobalite and α-cristobalite solid solution as a main crystal phase, in which by mass % in terms of oxide, a content of a SiO2 component is 50.0% to 75.0%, a content of a Li2O component is 3.0% to 10.0%, a content of an Al2O3 component is 5.0% or more and less than 15.0%, and a total content of the Al2O3 component and a ZrO2 component is 10.0% or more, and a surface compressive stress value is 600 MPa or more.
US11807567B2	Production of glass from a mixture comprising calcium oxide, and glass furnace The invention relates to a glass production method comprising the production of a glass precursor mixture for a glass furnace, in which water, sand and sodium carbonate are mixed in weight proportions of between 0 and 5%, 40 and 65%, and greater than 0 and at most 25% respectively, and, after at least 10 minutes, calcium oxide is added in a weight proportion of between 1 and 20% of the total. The invention relates to a method for producing glass using a mixture containing, in particular, calcium oxide, and a glass melting furnace, said method and furnace using a burner with a flame directed at the glass batch.
US11807563B2	Feammox activity in bioelectrochemical reactors Microbial reactors are provided for ammonium oxidation. Briefly, a reactor comprises a medium including an ammonium component and a Feammox bacterium and/or enzyme(s) thereof capable of oxidizing ammonium with electron transfer to an anode in contact with the medium. As described further herein, use of the anode as an electron acceptor can mitigate or overcome the disadvantages associated Fe(III) acceptor. In some embodiments, for example, ammonium oxidation in the reactor can proceed in the absence of Fe(III) and/or other metal compounds operable to function as an electron acceptor in the medium. Moreover, the medium may further comprise one more contaminants in addition to the ammonium component.
US11807559B2	Application of hydrophobic phthalocyanine as heterogeneous catalyst in oxidizing phenol wastewater by hydrogen peroxide Disclosed is an application of a hydrophobic phthalocyanine as a heterogeneous catalyst in oxidizing phenol wastewater by hydrogen peroxide. A hydrophobic silane is decorated on a bacterial cellulose-metal phthalocyanine heterogeneous catalyst to obtain a hydrophobic phthalocyanine heterogeneous catalyst; during the catalytic degradation of phenols, the obtained catalyst is capable of adjusting a concentration of hydrogen peroxide oxidant around the catalyst. A preparation method of the hydrophobic phthalocyanine comprises: 1. preparing a mixed solution of a bacterial cellulose medium containing metal phthalocyanine; 2. adding acetic acid bacterium into the mixed solution obtained in step 1 for biological culture; 3. heating the product obtained in step 2, and taking out a solid for cleaning and drying; 4. preparing a hydrophobic silane solution; and 5. immersing the product obtained in step 3 into the solution obtained in step 4, and taking out a solid after reaction for cleaning and drying.
US11807557B1	Intelligent manufacturing system and manufacturing method for terahertz water molecule rearrangement Provided are an intelligent manufacturing system and manufacturing method for terahertz water molecule rearrangement, which relate to the technical field of terahertz water molecule rearrangement apparatuses. The intelligent manufacturing system includes a drive adjustment structure and an electromagnetic production structure, where the electromagnetic production structure is fixedly connected to a centre of the drive adjustment structure; the drive adjustment structure includes a stable connection component and a cooperative adjustment component, where the cooperative adjustment component is arranged at a centre of an inner end of the drive adjustment structure, and a side end of the cooperative adjustment component meshes with the stable connection component. Integrated production work can be achieved by means of structural arrangement of the drive adjustment structure and the electromagnetic production structure.
US11807554B2	Method for removing organic pollutants from contaminated water using polystyrene-carbon nanofiber composition made from post-consumer waste Polystyrene waste, such as Styrofoam® waste, and carbon nanofibers may be used to produce highly hydrophobic compositions or composites that can separate oil and water. Methods for purifying an aqueous solution may include: passing the aqueous solution, including a hydrophobic organic substance, over or through a surface including a polystyrene-CNF composition, thereby producing an aqueous product including less of the hydrophobic organic substance; and optionally, passing the aqueous product over or through the surface at least one more time.
US11807553B1	Decontamination of water using guar gum derivatives and applications thereof Decontamination of water using guar gum (GG) derivatives and applications thereof are provided herein. For water decontamination, guar gum cinnamate (GGCi) is fabricated into nanoparticles having a high surface area that facilitates the removal of water pollutants by adsorption. Owing to its high availability, low cost, slow biodegradability and high sustainability, GG is considered promising as a next generation cost effective green material for water decontamination.
US11807551B2	Systems and methods for treating wastewater The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to prepare and use prediction models for controlling contaminants of a liquid. Some embodiments may: sense, via a sensor, a magnified image of a sample of the liquid; identify at least one shape in the image; determine a relative predominance of microscopic life forms within at least a portion of the image; and generate a report indicating any required corrective action based on the identification and the determination.
US11807549B2	Mobile processing system for hazardous and radioactive isotope removal A mobile processing system is disclosed for the removal of radioactive contaminants from nuclear process waste water. The system is fully scalable, modular, and portable allowing the system to be fully customizable according the site-specific remediation requirements. It is designed to be both transported and operated from standard sized intermodal containers or custom designed enclosures for increased mobility between sites and on-site, further increasing the speed and ease with which the system may be deployed. Additionally, the system is completely modular wherein the various different modules perform different forms or stages of waste water remediation and may be connected in parallel and/or in series. Depending on the needs of the particular site, one or more different processes may be used. In some embodiments, one or more of the same modules may be used in the same operation.
US11807547B1	Method for treating a biofilm A method of preparing iron oxide nanoparticles using an herbal mixture comprising Capparis spinosa, Cichorium intybus, Solanum nigrum, Cassia occidentalis, Terminalia arjuna, Achillea millefolium, and Tamarix gallica. The method produces crystalline γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles which are superparamagnetic. The iron oxide nanoparticles are used in a method of killing or inhibiting the growth of a bacteria and/or fungus, particularly in the form of a biofilm. The nanoparticles are also used in a method of treating colon cancer.
US11807546B2	Process for producing radioactive dry Sn-117M tetraiodide radiochemical Described are methods and compositions for processes of preparing a radioactive solution of Sn-117m tetraiodide. Aspects include reacting a radioactive solid Sn containing Sn-117m with a solution of I2 in an organic solvent at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to result in the formation of Sn-117m tetraiodide. Then, the organic solvent is removed by evaporation to leave dry Sn-117m tetraiodide. The organic solvent is a low boiling point solvent capable of dissolving I2 and Sn tetraiodide. The organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of an alcohol and a chlorinated solvent. In embodiments may be selected from the group consisting of dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, or mixtures thereof. In embodiments, the organic solvent excludes alcohol. The I2 may be in a slight molar excess to the radioactive solid Sn. The method may further include distilling the reactants to remove excess I2 from the distillate.
US11807544B2	Selective recovery method of vanadium and cesium from waste sulfuric acid vanadium catalyst, and high-quality vanadium aqueous solution and cesium alum produced thereby Provided are a selective recovery method of vanadium and cesium from a waste sulfuric acid vanadium catalyst by a hydrometallurgical method including water leaching, solid-liquid separation, vanadium solvent extraction, vanadium selective stripping, and cesium alum production, and a high-quality vanadium aqueous solution and cesium alum produced thereby.
US11807538B1	Method for removing phosphorus and boron impurity from industrial silicon melt by secondary refining A method for removing phosphorus and boron impurities in an industrial silicon melt by secondary refining is provided. According to the present disclosure, inorganic zinc chloride is adopted as an impurity removal medium and is quickly decomposed into zinc and chloride ions at high temperatures; the phosphorus and boron impurities can react with the zinc and chloride ions to yield low-melting and high-melting compounds during contact with a silicon melt, the low-melting compounds volatilize and escape from the industrial silicon melt at the high temperature of the secondary refining. The high-melting compounds are segregated at the grain boundary along with silicon solidification and removed by crushing and pickling, or sink to the very bottom of the silicon melt and are removed by cutting off a deposition layer at a bottom of a silicon ingot after the silicon melt is solidified.
US11807536B2	Method for preparing graphite sheets with piercing treatment to enhance thermal conduction Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a method, comprising: receiving a sheet of graphite comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; and perforating the sheet in a first plurality of locations from the first surface through the second surface to form a first plurality of perforations through the sheet and a first plurality of protrusions of the graphite oriented outward from the second surface, the first plurality of protrusions configured to conduct heat away from a plane of the sheet. Further implementations comprise perforating the sheet in a second plurality of locations from the second surface through the first surface to form a second plurality of perforations through the sheet and a second plurality of protrusions of graphite material oriented outward from the first surface, wherein the second plurality of protrusions are configured to conduct heat away from the plane of the sheet.
US11807534B2	Graphene membrane and method for making graphene membrane A method for making a membrane includes buffing a first set of graphene platelets onto a surface of a porous substrate to force the graphene platelets into the pores of the substrate, to yield a primed substrate. The method further includes applying a fluid to the primed substrate. The method further includes forcing the fluid through the primed substrate while retaining at least a first portion of the graphene platelets of the first set on the substrate within the pores, to yield a graphene membrane comprising the substrate and a graphene layer platelets lodged within the pores of the substrate.
US11807533B2	Method for printing objects having laser-induced graphene (LIG) and/or laser-induced graphene scrolls (LIGS) materials Laser-induced graphene (LIG) and laser-induced graphene scrolls (LIGS) materials and, more particularly to LIGS, methods of making LIGS (such as from polyimide (PI)), laser-induced removal of LIG and LIGS, and 3D printing of LIG and LIGS using a laminated object manufacturing (LOM) process.
US11807531B2	Method and apparatus for processing of materials using high-temperature torch A method and apparatus for reforming carbonaceous material into syngas containing hydrogen and CO gases is disclosed. In one embodiment, a hydrogen rich torch reactor is provided for defining a reaction zone proximate to torch flame. One input of the reactor receives input material to be processed. Further inputs may be provided, such as for example to introduce steam and/or gases such as methane, oxygen, hydrogen, or the like.
US11807525B2	Activated carbon fiber sheet for motor vehicle canister An object of the present invention is to provide a new form of adsorbent suitable for a motor vehicle canister. An activated carbon fiber sheet satisfies one or two or more of conditions for indices, such as a specific surface area, a pore volume of pores having a given pore diameter, and a sheet density. An embodiment, for example, may have: a specific surface area ranging from 1400 to 2200 m2/g; a pore volume ranging from 0.20 to 1.20 cm3/g for pores having pore diameters of more than 0.7 nm and 2.0 nm or less; and a sheet density ranging from 0.030 to 0.200 g/cm3.
US11807522B2	Encapsulant barrier In described examples, a device mounted on a substrate includes an encapsulant. In at least one example, an encapsulant barrier is deposited along a scribe line, along which the substrate is singulatable. To encapsulate one or more terminals of the substrate, an encapsulant is deposited between the encapsulant barrier and an edge of the device parallel to the encapsulant barrier.
US11807521B2	Support structure for MEMS device with particle filter Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a filter stack over a carrier substrate. The filter stack comprises a particle filter layer having a particle filter. A support structure layer is formed over the filter stack. The support structure layer is patterned to define a support structure in the support structure layer such that the support structure has one or more segments. The support structure is bonded to a MEMS structure.

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