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| US11821290B2 |
Remote underwater robotic actuator
An underwater robotic system includes a frame for deployment in a body of water and having a control panel with multiple controls. A first actuator on the frame selectively actuates a control from a front side of the panel. A second actuator on the frame selectively actuates a control from a back side of the panel. One or more controls on the panel is configured to regulate distribution of a fluid. The frame is configured to couple to a blowout preventer. A method for robotic fluid distribution in an underwater environment. |
| US11821289B2 |
Automated production optimization technique for smart well completions using real-time nodal analysis
Systems and methods include a method for multi-segmented oil production. A multi-segmented well production model representing production at a multi-segmented oil production facility is calibrated. The model models production based on well rates and flowing bottom-hole pressure data at various choke settings for multiple flow conditions for each segment of the multi-segmented well. Real-time updates to the well rates and the flowing bottom-hole pressure data are received. Changes to triggers identifying thresholds for identifying production improvements are received. The model is re-calibrated based on the changes to the triggers and the real-time updates. An optimization algorithm is executed to determine new optimal inflow control valve (ICV) settings. Using the re-calibrated multi-segmented well production model, a determination is made whether the new optimal ICV settings improve production. If so, the optimal ICV settings are provided to a control panel for the multi-segmented oil production facility. |
| US11821287B2 |
Geothermal well stimulation and silca based deposit removal
In a geothermal plant, alternately injecting an acid composition and a caustic composition removes or inhibits scale build-up. |
| US11821283B2 |
Port free hydraulic unibody system and methodology for use in a well
A technique facilitates use of a liner hanger in a borehole. A port free hydraulic unibody system including an outer structure having a tubing hanger portion and a packer portion mounted about a mandrel may be constructed so as to avoid the creation of leak paths. A seal system may be employed between the mandrel and the surrounding outer structure to ensure sealing engagement therebetween. The mandrel has a port free section on the downhole side of the seal system, and this port free section is maintained during, for example, actuation of the tubing hanger portion so as to prevent formation of leak paths. An actuator may be located along the mandrel and may be configured to initiate actuation of hanger slips mounted along the tubing hanger portion. An anti-preset mechanism positioned along the mandrel works in cooperation with the actuator to prevent premature actuation of the hanger slips. |
| US11821280B2 |
Remote locking system for a blowout preventer
A remote locking system for a blowout preventer (BOP) includes a locking mechanism configured to move to adjust the remote locking system between an unlocked configuration in which the remote locking system enables movement of a ram of the BOP and a locked configuration in which the remote locking system blocks movement of the ram of the BOP. The remote locking system also includes a gear assembly coupled to the locking mechanism, a motor coupled to the gear assembly, and an electronic controller configured to provide a control signal to activate the motor to drive the locking mechanism to move via the gear assembly. |
| US11821276B2 |
Laser milling and removal tool and methods
Systems and methods for cutting objects within a subterranean well include a laser system having a laser drilling head located at a terminal downhole end of a laser tool body directing a head laser beam in a direction downhole. A laser scanner assembly located within the laser tool body has a scanner head directing a scanner laser beam and can move both axially along a length of the laser tool body and rotate around a central axis of the laser tool body. A laser cutter assembly located within the laser tool body has a cutter head directing a cutter laser beam and can rotate around the central axis of the laser tool body. A cable bundle formed of a plurality of fiber optic cables extends from an uphole end of the laser tool body to each of the laser drilling head, the laser scanner assembly, and the laser cutter assembly. |
| US11821275B1 |
Methods and systems for degrading downhole tools containing magnesium
A downhole tool comprising magnesium is placed in a well bore in a subterranean formation for performance of a downhole operation. After performance of the downhole operation, rather than mechanically retrieving or removing the tool, at least a portion of the magnesium in the downhole tool is dissolved by contacting the downhole tool with an aqueous ammonium chloride solution. |
| US11821273B1 |
Experimental system and a method for wellbore pressure testing under the coexistence of gas-kick and loss-circulation
The invention discloses an experimental system and a method for wellbore pressure testing under the coexistence of gas-kick and loss-circulation, comprising a drill string simulator, a wellbore simulator and a complex stratigraphic structure simulator communicated in sequence from top to bottom; further comprising a medium return pipeline for collecting the returning test liquid and a medium leakage module for collecting the leaking test liquid; further comprising a data acquisition system for collecting data during testing. In the present invention, the experimental system has a simple structure, and the experimental method can comprehensively cover the three stages of circulating, well shut-in and well killing during the occurrence of coexistence of gas-kick and loss-circulation, multiple groups of experiments can be conducted by changing a single variable at the same stage, thus making the experimental test results applicable to all stages of wellbore pressure control in drilling operation. |
| US11821272B2 |
Detecting a mud motor stall
There is described an automated method of detecting a mud motor stall. During a drilling operation, a potential mud motor stall is determined to have occurred, based on drilling parameter data. In response thereto, potential mud motor stall data obtained from the drilling parameter data is compared to stored mud motor stall data associated with mud motor stalls. Based on the comparison, the potential mud motor stall may be confirmed or not confirmed as a mud motor stall. |
| US11821269B1 |
Swivel system for downhole well tool orientation
Systems and methods presented herein include a downhole well tool having an electromechanical joint configured to connect to a downhole well tool component within a wellbore of an oil and gas well system. The electromechanical joint is configured to rotate to facilitate connection of the electromechanical joint to the downhole well tool component. For example, the electromechanical joint includes a main body portion, a rotating ring configured to rotate relative to the main body portion to facilitate connection of the electromechanical joint to the downhole well tool component, and a sealed electrical connection configured to couple with a mating electrical connection of the downhole well tool component. |
| US11821268B2 |
Connector for wellbore tubulars
A connector for connecting a first wellbore tubular to a second wellbore tubular includes a tubular housing connectable to the second tubular and an internal surface facing an internal bore, and a ramp assembly arranged around the surface having a plurality of elongate ramp arrays and a plurality of elongate channels arranged to separate adjacent ramp arrays. The connector includes a slip body which is insertable into the internal bore having an internal surface with at least one slip tooth for engaging the first tubular, an external surface and a ramp assembly arranged around the external surface having a plurality of elongate ramp arrays which grip the first tubular and a plurality of elongate channels arranged to separate adjacent ramp arrays. The ramp arrays of the slip body are each alignable with a respective channel of the tubular housing. The slip body is rotatable within the tubular housing. |
| US11821266B2 |
Method for testing of the downhole connector electrical system during installation
Disclosed are methods and devices for testing downhole connector electrical systems and cable integrity during installation of a permanent completion, including a customized retrievable plug arm assembly connectable to the completion during RIH, the tool mimicking a retrievable ESP, but without motor, and can be employed with or without pressure isolation. Another method employs a slidable starpoint located within the downhole wet mate connector of the completion to provide continuous electrical contact between the phases when no retrievable assembly is in place. When a retrievable assembly is later put in place, the slidable starpoint is moved into a second position that no longer provides electrical contact between the phases. Another method uses fusible links installed between two conductors within the downhole electrical connector system of the completion to provide similar electrical contact between phases, the fusible link configured to melt away once motor current is sent through the conductors. |
| US11821264B2 |
Drilling tip and drill bit
A drilling tip includes a tip main body that has a posterior end portion having a columnar or disk shape centered on a tip center line and a distal end portion and is made of a cemented carbide and a hard layer that coats the distal end portion and is made of a polycrystalline diamond sintered body. The distal end portion has a convex portion, and a concave portion. A diameter D of the posterior end portion is 8 mm to 20 mm. A ratio r1/D of a radius r1 of the convex portion is 0.1 to 0.65, and a ratio r2/D of a radius r2 of the concave portion is 0.05 to 3.0. An angle formed by a straight line that connects a tangent point which the convex portion tangents to the concave portion and a center of the convex portion to each other is 20° to 90°. |
| US11821258B2 |
Cover apparatus
The application relates to a cover apparatus for a machine, in particular for a machine tool, comprising a cover formed by at least one cover element. The cover comprises a drive motor that is configured and adapted to move the cover from a closed position into an open position. In addition, at least one electrical component is provided that is arranged at the cover. To connect the electrical component indirectly or directly to a control device or to a power source, a connection cable is provided that extends in a receiver that extends in parallel with the guide rail in at least one guide element or in the at least one cover element. |
| US11821257B2 |
Passage barrier and method for producing a passage barrier
A passage barrier has first and second guide elements that cooperate to define a gate region, through which a person passes from an entrance region into a passage region. The passage barrier has a drive drive unit. The drive has an output unit including a hollow shaft having an outer shell surface. The hollow shaft has a barrier element mount formed for fixing a plate-shaped barrier element on the hollow shaft and is formed substantially in a U-shape. The barrier element is fixed between the limbs of the barrier element mount, wherein at least two adhesive grooves are provided on the inside at the base of the barrier element mount. At least two opposing adhesive grooves are provided for receiving an adhesive on the inside on both limbs of the barrier element mount and opposing grooves are formed on the inside at distal ends of the barrier element mount. |
| US11821256B2 |
Structural windowsill assembly
A windowsill assembly includes a beam member and an insert bracket. The beam member includes a first leg and a second leg, the first leg meeting the second leg at a joining region at proximal ends of the first leg and the second leg. The insert bracket includes a first portion and a second portion that are substantially perpendicular to each other to substantially match an angle between the first leg and the second leg of the beam member. The insert bracket couples the beam member to a support member. |
| US11821250B2 |
Spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle
The invention concerns a spindle drive for a closing element (3) of a motor vehicle (4), wherein in a drive train (14) of the spindle drive (1), a drive unit (5) is provided together with a spindle-nut gear (11) located drivingly downstream of the drive unit (5), with geometric spindle axis (A) running in the axial direction (X), in order to generate linear drive movements of a spindle-side drive connection (12a) relative to a nut-side drive connection (12b) between a retracted position and an extended position of the spindle drive (1), wherein in the drive train (14) a nominal break point (17) is provided which separates the drive train (14) at a predetermined axial limit load acting on the spindle drive (1) via the drive connections (12a, 12b), in particular a tensile load in the direction of the extension position. It is proposed that the drive train (14) is separated via the nominal break point (17) between the drive unit (5) and the spindle-nut gear (11). |
| US11821249B2 |
Refrigerator and control method for refrigerator
Provided is a refrigerator. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands. |
| US11821247B2 |
Vehicle door sash structure
A vehicle door including: an upright pillar sash extending in elevating/lowering directions of the window glass along one of front and rear edges of window glass; and an elevating/lowering mechanism that operates elevating/lowering movement of the window glass by a driving force of a drive source. The upright pillar sash includes: a design part on a vehicle exterior side; and a main body on vehicle interior side relative to the design part, the elevating/lowering mechanism includes: a slider secured to the glass; a guide rail that guides the slider to move in the elevating/lowering directions; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the slider, the main body of the upright pillar sash houses the slider, guide rail, and transmission member, and the guide rail regulates movement of the slider in both vehicle interior/exterior directions, on a vehicle interior surface side of the glass. |
| US11821246B1 |
Doorstop
A doorstop includes a bulb-shaped head portion, a tail portion, and a notch formed in a distal end of the tail portion. The doorstop is a one-piece apparatus molded from non-toxic rubber and adapted to be positioned in a gap above a hinge between a doorframe and a door to prevent the door from full closure. For storage of the doorstop, the tail portion can wrap around a door knob and insert into the notch to retain the doorstop in place. |
| US11821244B2 |
Lock device for opening/closing body
A lock device for an opening and closing body attached to a fixed body, includes a rotary member includes a rotary shaft and a lock member connecting portion rotatably connected to a lock member. A rotary member attaching part includes an upright wall erected from a lock member arrangement surface, which is a surface of the opening and closing body or the fixed body facing the lock member, and a rotation support wall continuously provided to the upright wall and arranged spaced from the lock member arrangement surface, and is provided integrally with the opening and closing body or the fixed body. The rotation support wall is formed with a bearing hole in which the rotary shaft is inserted. A retainer preventing the rotary shaft inserted in the bearing hole from coming off is provided between the bearing hole and the rotary shaft. |
| US11821243B2 |
Frunk latch emergency opening structure
A frunk latch emergency opening structure includes: a base configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; a pawl provided on the base so as to be rotatable; a first cable connected to one end of the pawl and configured such that tension is applied to the first cable by operating a vehicle inside handle; an emergency lever configured to be rotatable in an interlocking manner with the pawl at one end of the emergency lever; a second cable connected to another end of the emergency lever and configured such that tension is applied to the second cable by operating a frunk inside handle; and a safety hook configured to be coupled to the base so as to be rotatable and to move due to operation of a front outside lever. |
| US11821242B2 |
Fuel/charge port door assembly override systems and methods
Vehicle assemblies are provided that include movable door assemblies. Examples of vehicle assemblies with movable door assemblies include charge port housing assemblies and fuel fill housing assemblies. An exemplary vehicle assembly may include an override retainer. The override retainer may include a flexible flap or clip that is configured to deflect or otherwise distort to release a latching assembly from the door assembly when a manual override force is applied to the door assembly. |
| US11821241B2 |
System and method for operating a power tailgate system
A system for controlling a vehicle power tailgate includes a latch structured to be movable to a latching position when the latch is engaged with a portion of a tailgate so as to maintain the tailgate in a closed position associated with the latching position of the latch. A latch actuator operably connected to the latch to control operation of the latch. A memory is communicably coupled to the processor and stores a tailgate control module including instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to, responsive to receipt of a tailgate opening command, control operation of the latch actuator to attempt move the latch to an over-stroke position of the latch and, responsive to a failure to move the latch to the over-stroke position within a predetermined time period, control operation of the latch actuator to move the latch to a fully-latched position of the latch. |
| US11821238B2 |
Push pad exit device for emergency door egress
A push pad exit device comprising a horizontal push bar actuator mechanically linked to a vertical door handle assembly, for use on the interior side of entrance doors where a means of emergency egress is desired, is presented. The operating mechanisms of the push bar actuator and vertical door handle assembly are concealed presenting a smooth uncluttered appearance. In one mode of operation, the push pad actuator may be moved inwards towards the door face causing the door to unlatch. The push pad exit device may also be equipped with a “dogging feature” which locks the push bar actuator in the unlatched position. In this mode of operation the door is unlatched and the push pad actuator may be used as a fixed door handle. The push pad exit device may also be equipped with a keyed lock on an external face of the door. |
| US11821235B2 |
Integrated door handle with hinged access cover
A handle assembly for an access panel is described and includes a handle connected to a support structure integrated into and covered by a skin of the access panel, the handle comprising a grip portion and upper and lower flanges extending perpendicularly from the grip portion and having first ends connected to the grip portion and second ends connected to the support structure; and a cover disposed over an opening in the access panel skin and selectively transitionable between a closed position and an open position, the opening situated relative to the handle such that the handle is concealed when the cover is in a closed position and accessible via the opening when the cover is in an open position. |
| US11821233B2 |
Automatic swimming pool cleaners especially adept at climbing and cleaning pool stairs
Described are apparatus, systems, and methods of improving cleaning of, e.g., stairs of swimming pools. Automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs) capable of autonomous movement within water-containing vessels may be utilized to provide enhanced cleaning of sections of the vessels containing stairs or other angled surfaces. |
| US11821218B2 |
Floor panel for forming a floor covering
A floor panel for forming a floor covering includes a pair of edges provided with coupling parts allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other by means of a rotation movement. The coupling parts are realized in the form of a tongue and a groove with locking parts. The groove is bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip which comprises a locking part in the form of an upward-directed locking part. The upward-directed part extends over a height which is more than 0.1 times the thickness of the floor panel. |
| US11821207B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for improved vertical structural supports
Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, and devices relating to vertical structural supports, including acute Z-shaped piers and further including vertical structural features that provide additional structural support for various types of piers. |
| US11821206B2 |
Methods and systems for modular buildings
A modular seamless corner component for providing a corner to a structure without having to compromise between structural integrity and energy efficiency. The continuous insulation and structure of the modular seamless corner component provide for a stronger corner because there are no seams to magnify stress and provide for a high energy efficiency because there is no thermal bridging. |
| US11821201B2 |
Sound insulation sheet member and sound insulation structure using same
An object of the present invention is to provide a sound insulating sheet member that has high sound-insulating performance which exceeds mass law while being relatively light weight, that is highly flexible in design, excellent in versatility, and easy to manufacture so that productivity and economic efficiency can be improved, and a sound insulating structural body or the like using the same. The object thereof is achieved by using a sound insulating sheet member comprising at least a sheet having rubber elasticity and a plurality of resonant portions, wherein the resonant portions are provided in contact with a sheet surface of the sheet, each of the resonant portions including a base part and a weight part, and the weight part being supported by the base part and having a larger mass than the base part. |
| US11821198B2 |
Prefabricated building system and methods
A method of constructing a building is disclosed, including selecting a standard dimension less than a wide-load trucking permit limit and designing a building on a grid defined by the selected standard dimension. The building includes a plurality of prefabricated elements, wherein each prefabricated element has a width correspond to the selected standard dimension. The plurality of prefabricated elements includes a wall panel, a roof panel, a laterally resistive frame, and a rebar cage. The method includes fabricating each of the plurality of prefabricated elements at a manufacturing plant and transporting the elements by truck to a building site. The method includes constructing intersecting grade beam footings at the building site and pouring a slab between the intersecting grade beam footings. The grade beam footings include the rebar cage and have a uniform width and depth, the grade beam footings and the slab having contiguous upper surfaces. |
| US11821197B2 |
Building complex comprising at least two buildings, and buildings
In building complexes of at least two buildings, the buildings each have a basic size in width direction and in length direction. The length and width of the building correspond to the basic size or to a multiple of this basic size. In buildings with at least two stories, in particular in a building complex, the building has at its bottom side at least one support that supports the building with formation of a venting space between the ground and the building bottom side. The venting space is part of an air circulation flowing about the building. |
| US11821195B1 |
Portable multiuser sauna
A portable multiuser sauna includes an enclosure configured as a truncated, regular icosahedron with ten sidewall triangular structural panels and five rooftop triangular structural panels, wherein each sidewall triangular structural panel is compressively coupled to at least two adjacent triangular structural panels. |
| US11821194B2 |
Arch building structure
An arch building structure includes a plurality of structural arch assemblies, a plurality of purlins, and a plurality of flat roofing sections. The plurality of structural arch assemblies is positioned parallel and offset from each other upon the length of the building. The plurality of purlins is positioned perpendicular to the plurality of structural arch assemblies and radially positioned on the vertexes of the plurality of structural arch assemblies to further strengthen the building. Each of the plurality of flat roofing sections is mounted across a corresponding pair of adjacent purlins from the plurality of purlins so that the building roof can be completed. |
| US11821193B2 |
Sanitary washing device
A sanitary washing device includes a casing, a nozzle, and a nozzle drive unit. The nozzle drive unit advances and retracts the nozzle between a storage position and an advanced position. The nozzle drive unit includes a supporter, a gear, and a cable rack. The supporter includes a rail allowing the nozzle to slide. The gear applies a drive force to advance and retract the nozzle. The cable rack is connected with the nozzle and meshes with the gear. The cable rack includes a nozzle connection part connected with the nozzle. The gear and the cable rack mesh at a meshing part. The meshing part is positioned at a same position in a longitudinal direction as the nozzle connection part or further frontward than the nozzle connection part when the nozzle is at the storage position. |
| US11821186B2 |
Spout apparatus
Summary Problem: To provide a spout apparatus in which sagging of the mesh structure portion in the flow-conditioning member due to water pressure can be suppressed even if the flow-conditioning member is formed by a fine diameter mesh structure, and the flow-conditioning member can be compactly constituted and flow velocity distribution made uniform.Solution Means: The embodiment of the invention is a spout apparatus 2, including a spout apparatus main unit 6, a flow-conditioning member 12, and a spray member 16; wherein the flow-conditioning member 12 is formed by a mesh structure in which numerous fine holes are formed, and the mesh structure is layered and formed three dimensionally, such that the mesh structure portion of at least a portion of the mesh structure extends in a direction parallel to the direction of water flowing into the flow-conditioning member. |
| US11821178B2 |
Edge wear protector system
An edge wear protector system adapted to be attached to a plate of a bucket is provided. Edge wear protector system includes a first side member having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the first side member adapted to be attached to one side of the plate, a second side member having a near end and a far end opposite the near end, the second side member adapted to be attached to another side of the plate, the another side of the plate being opposite the one side of the plate, an end member adapted to be attached to an edge of the plate, the edge of the plate extends from the one side to the another side of the plate, such that the first side member is attachable to the end member via its proximal end and the second side member is attachable to the end member via the near end. |
| US11821177B2 |
Ground engaging tool wear and loss detection system and method
An example wear detection system receives a left image and a right image of a bucket of a work machine having at least one ground engaging tool (GET). The example system identifies a first region of interest from the left image corresponding to the GET and a second region of interest from the right image corresponding to the GET. The example system also generates a left-edge digital image corresponding to the first region of interest and a right-edge digital image corresponding to the second region of interest. Further, the example system determines a sparse stereo disparity between the left-edge digital image and the right-edge digital image, and also determines a wear level or loss for the at least one GET based on the sparse stereo disparity. |
| US11821176B2 |
Supervisory and improvement system for machine control
A mobile machine includes a propulsion subsystem that propels the mobile machine across an operational environment. The mobile machine also includes machine monitoring logic that receives a sensor signal indicative of a value of a sensed machine variable and operator monitoring logic that receives an operator sensor signal indicative of a value of a sensed operator variable. The mobile machine also includes performance index generator logic that receives the sensed machine variable and the sensed operator value and generates a performance index based on the sensed machine variable and the sensed operator value. The mobile machine also includes optimization system that accesses historic circumstantial data and receives the performance index and generates an optimization signal based on the performance index, and the historic circumstantial data and control signal generator logic that generates a control signal based on the optimization signal to perform a machine operation. |
| US11821172B2 |
Automated load drop based on machine configuration
A controller may obtain, from one or more first devices of a first machine, first information regarding a load associated with a first portion of an object. The first portion, of the object, may be carried by an implement of the first machine and a second portion, of the object, may be carried by an implement of a second machine. The controller may obtain, from one or more second devices of the first machine, second information regarding an orientation of the first machine. The controller may determine, based on the first information and a threshold derived based on the second information, that a load drop condition is satisfied; perform a first action associated with dropping the load; and transmit, to the second machine, information regarding the first action to cause the second machine to perform a second action. |
| US11821170B2 |
Remote operation system for working machine
A remote operation system for a working machine includes a control device enabling an operator wearing a wearable display to grasp the surrounding situation of himself/herself. The control device includes an operation intention judgment section judging the presence/absence of an operator's operation intention to a remote operation lever based on the contents of acquired judgment information, and a display image switching section. With judgment of presence of the operation intention, the display image switching section makes a working area image taken by a working area image taking camera be displayed in a particular display area of the wearable display. With judgment of absence of the operation intention, the display image switching section stops the display of the working area image in the at least a part of the particular display area and switches it to a surrounding visual-recognition allowing area allowing the operator to visually recognize the surroundings. |
| US11821167B2 |
Excavator with improved movement sensing
An excavator includes a rotatable house and a bucket operably coupled to the rotatable house. The excavator also includes one or more swing sensors configured to provide at least one rotation sensor signal indicative of rotation of the rotatable house and one or more controllers coupled to the sensor. The one or more controllers being configured to implement inertia determination logic that determines the inertia of a portion of the excavator and control signal generator logic that generates a control signal to control the excavator, based on the inertia of the portion of the excavator. |
| US11821166B2 |
Internal support structure for underground battery machines
An internal support structure for fuel cells within a work machine having a rear end frame with an exterior frame wall in which the fuel cells are stored is disclosed. The internal support structure may include a radiator support housing, a first pedestal and a second pedestal mounted to and extending upward from the bottom wall. The radiator support housing may be disposed proximate a radiator opening of the exterior frame wall, and the pedestals may be disposed forward of the radiator support housing. A first rail may be mounted to the radiator support housing and the first pedestal, and a second rail may be mounted to the radiator support housing and the second pedestal. The internal support structure and the exterior frame wall may define fuel cell cavities for the fuel cell, and a component cavity from components of the electrical power system of the work machine. |
| US11821163B2 |
Shovel
A shovel includes an attachment attached to an upper turning body and a processor configured to calculate a weight of a load carried in the attachment in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of modes with respect to timing of detection. |
| US11821160B2 |
Front loader and work car
A front loader is attached to a car body and includes: a boom; a mainframe fixed to the car body; and a subframe that is detachably attached to the mainframe and supports the boom. The subframe includes: a first engaging portion that engages with the mainframe, and a second engaging portion that engages with the mainframe at a different position from the first engaging portion. Both the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are formed in an attachment member that is integrally formed and that constitutes at least a portion of the subframe. |
| US11821158B2 |
Autonomous modular breakwater system
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media that implement an autonomous modular breakwater system. An example system includes a plurality of autonomous submersible structures, each configured to mechanically link to any other of the plurality of autonomous submersible structures to form a breakwater. The system includes a controller configured to perform operations including: determining a location for construction of a breakwater; determining an initial location of each of the plurality of autonomous submersible structures; selecting, based at least in part on the initial location of each of the plurality of autonomous submersible structures, a subset of the plurality of autonomous submersible structures for constructing the breakwater; and transmitting, to each of the selected autonomous submersible structures, instructions to transit from the respective initial location to the location for construction of the breakwater and to mechanically couple to at least one other autonomous submersible structure to form the breakwater. |
| US11821157B2 |
Restrictive barrier
A barrier for restriction of passage across or through a body of water, the barrier including a plurality of interconnected buoyant bodies which are spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal array, a plurality of deterrent components on or between the buoyant bodies and obstructive material which in use extends downwardly from the buoyant bodies. |
| US11821156B1 |
Track cleaner and grinder head attachment
The present invention is a grinder head for attaching to a track cleaner. The present invention also includes the grinder head attached to a track cleaner. Preferably, the present invention will continuously grind and load hard frozen minerals like taconite or ice. In addition, the present invention preferably aids in removal of hard-to-handle material such as wet, sticky bentonite from tracks which can be difficult in the summer months. The grinder head attachment will preferably allow operators to use a track cleaner to remove materials, preferably in one pass, during the colder months when the bentonite is frozen and much easier to handle. Preferably, the present invention will also be able to remove concrete or asphalt surfaces at road crossings. |
| US11821155B1 |
Vehicle barrier gate system
Vehicle barrier systems that can selectively move a barrier arm between a first position that prevents a vehicle from passing, or a second position that allows the vehicle to pass, wherein the barrier arm moves both upwardly away from a travel path and laterally along the travel path in a direction away from the vehicle. The barrier arm movement thereby leads the driver of the vehicle through the barrier system in a sweeping or leading movement. In some embodiments, an actuator assembly of the barrier system includes a breakaway assembly coupled to the barrier arm. In the event that an abnormal force (e.g. vehicle strike, vandalism, etc.) applied to the barrier arm exceeds a predetermined threshold, one or more drive magnets of the breakaway assembly disengage from the one or more magnetically-attractive elements to prevent damage to the barrier system. |
| US11821153B2 |
Milling machine with heat exchanger circuit
A propelled milling machine includes a cutting rotor that receives power from an internal combustion engine via a rotor drivetrain. To adjust the speed of the cutting rotor, the rotor drivetrain includes a rotor drivetrain transmission operatively associated with a rotor drivetrain lubrication circuit. To regulate temperature of the lubricant, a heat exchanger circuit is associated with the rotor drivetrain lubrication circuit and includes a rotor drivetrain lubricant heat exchanger and a rotor drivetrain lubricant pump assembly. The quantity of lubricant directed to the heat exchanger is regulated based on one or more sensed operating parameters associated with the lubricant. |
| US11821149B2 |
Artificial turf and associated devices and methods for making same
Implementations herein describe an artificial turf having a backing layer and a plurality of rows of individual tufts tufted into the backing layer. Each tuft comprises at least three yarns per tuft and each one of the at least three yarns varies in at least one of material, color, texture, denier and cross-section. Each row of individual tufts is substantially similar to each adjacent tufted row and adjacent tufts on a given row are spaced apart at a predetermined gauge. |
| US11821147B2 |
Method and device for compaction of a track ballast bed
A method for compaction of a track ballast bed uses a tamping unit including two oppositely positioned tamping tools which are actuated with vibrations and are lowered into the track ballast bed during a tamping operation and moved towards one another with a squeezing motion. A progression of a force acting upon the tamping tool over a path covered by the tamping tool is recorded during a vibration cycle by sensors disposed at the tamping unit for at least one tamping tool. At least one characteristic value is derived therefrom and used to carry out an evaluation of the tamping operation and/or of a quality of the track ballast bed. The tamping unit is thus used as a measuring apparatus during operative use. A device for performing the method is also provided. |
| US11821144B2 |
Method of manufacturing sanitary paper for dog feces and sanitary paper manufactured thereby
A method of manufacturing sanitary paper for handling dog feces is disclosed. The sanitary paper has good water resistance, wet strength, elasticity, and water dispersibility. As a result, the sanitary paper can be used to collect and carry feces and can be disposed of in a toilet. Since the sanitary paper manufactured has water resistance, appropriate wet strength, flexibility, and water dispersibility, the sanitary paper can easily be used to wrap and sanitarily carry dog feces and will not clog of a toilet when the sanitary paper is flushed down a toilet. |
| US11821143B2 |
Aqueous water barrier coatings
Described herein is a multi-phase polymer binder including an aqueous polymer dispersion, an optional hydrophobic emulsion, and an optional surfactant. The polymer binder, when dried, provides a water uptake of less than about 5 g/m2/20 min, a seal strength of at least about 200 Newton/meter (N/m) as measured at 25° C. or at 90° C., and sufficient block resistance to impart no substrate damage. |
| US11821141B2 |
Airlaid substrates having at least one bicomponent fiber
An airlaid substrate includes at least one bicomponent fiber having a first region and a second region. The first region includes polypropylene and the second includes a blend of an ethylene-base polymer and an ethylene acid copolymer. The ethylene-base polymer has a density from 0.920 g/cm3 to 0.970 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 150 g/10 min. The ethylene acid copolymer includes the polymerized reaction product of from 60 wt % to 99 wt % ethylene monomer and from 1 wt % to 40 wt % unsaturated dicarboxylic acid comonomer, based on the total weight of the monomers in the ethylene acid copolymer. The ethylene acid copolymer having a melt index (I2) from 0.5 g/10 min to 500 g/10 min. |
| US11821135B2 |
Laundry treating appliance with a condenser
A laundry treating appliance comprising a combination washer/dryer having a cabinet defining an interior, a tub located within the interior with a first access opening, a rotatable drum located within the tub and having a rear wall defining a fan, a closure moveably mounted to the cabinet and selectively movable between open/closed positions to open/close at least one of the first and second access openings; an air recirculation conduit having an inlet fluidly coupled to a first portion of the treating chamber and an outlet fluidly coupled to a second portion of the treating chamber, which is different than the first portion, and a condenser fluidly coupled to the recirculation conduit. |
| US11821128B2 |
Artificial intelligence washing machine and controlling method therefor
A control method of washing machine includes: a first detection step of acquiring amount of laundry accommodated in a washing tub; a first washing step of performing washing based on a first laundry amount, when the first laundry amount acquired in the first detection step is equal to or larger than a preset first threshold value; a second detection step of, acquiring the laundry amount accommodated in the washing tub by an output of an output layer of an artificial neural network while using a current value inputted to a motor for rotating and acceleration of the washing tub as an input data of an input layer of the artificial neural network previously learned by machine learning; and a second washing step of performing washing based on a second laundry amount, when the second laundry amount acquired in the second detection step is smaller than the first threshold value. |
| US11821120B2 |
Multi-layer needled nonwoven article and methods of manufacture thereof
A method of forming a multi-layer needled non-woven article, comprising forming a web of a fiber base layer, an intermediate film and a fiber top layer, wherein the intermediate film is disposed between the fiber base layer and the fiber top layer; needle punching the web with a plurality of needles; and wherein, during needle punching, fibers of the fiber base layer are carried by the needles, extended through perforations in the intermediate film formed by the needles and entangled with fibers of the fiber top layer. |
| US11821115B2 |
Stretchable signal path structures for electronic devices
A stretchable fabric signal path may include a conductive strand located between first and second outer fabric layers. The outer fabric layers may be formed from intertwined strands of elastic material. The conductive strand may have a wavy shape to accommodate stretching of the stretchable fabric signal path. First and second inner fabric layers may be located between the outer stretchable fabric layers. The inner fabric layers may be formed from intertwined strands of non-elastic material. The inner fabric layers may have strands that are intertwined with the outer fabric layers to serve as anchor points for maintaining the shape of the conductive strand as the stretchable fabric signal path expands and contracts. The outer fabric layers and inner fabric layers may be woven. The conductive strand may convey electrical signals such as audio signals, power signals, data signals, or other suitable signals. |
| US11821106B2 |
Semiconductor process chamber including lower volume upper dome
A semiconductor process chamber includes a susceptor, a base plate surrounding the susceptor, a liner on an inner sidewall of the base plate, and a preheat ring between the susceptor and the base plate and coplanar with the susceptor. The process chamber further includes an upper dome coupled to the base plate and covering an upper surface of the susceptor. The upper dome includes a first section on an upper surface of the base plate and a second section extending from the first section and overlapping the susceptor. The first section includes a first region on the upper surface of the base plate, a second region extending from the first region past the base plate, and a third region extending from the second region with a decreasing thickness to contact the second section. |
| US11821103B2 |
Quartz glass crucible
A quartz glass crucible including a bottom portion, a curved portion, and a straight body portion, where the quartz glass crucible includes an outer layer including opaque quartz glass containing bubbles therein, and an inner layer including transparent quartz glass, the outer layer includes a plurality of layers in a part of the straight body portion, out of the plurality of layers, one layer having a devitrification spot number of 50/cm3 or more and 70/cm3 or less when the quartz glass crucible is heated at 1600° C. for 24 hours, and a layer positioned inwards of the devitrifiable layer in a thickness direction of the quartz glass crucible is a low devitrification layer having a spot number of 2/cm3 or less when the quartz glass crucible is heated at 1600° C. for 24 hours. This provides a quartz glass crucible suppressed from deformation due to heating and excessive progression of devitrification. |
| US11821101B2 |
Film, film forming method, and surface-coated material
A film that contains Ni2O3H as a main component. |
| US11821097B2 |
Interfacial electrofabrication of freestanding biopolymer membranes with distal electrodes
The present disclosure relates to a device for and a method of interfacial electrofabrication of freestanding biopolymer membranes comprising at least one anode; at least one cathode; at least one anode electrolyte; and at least one cathode electrolyte, wherein at least a portion of the at least one anode electrolyte and the at least one cathode electrolyte form an interface, wherein at least one polyelectrolyte complex membrane (PECM) forms at the interface of the at least one anode electrolyte and the at least one cathode electrolyte, wherein the at least one anode electrolyte and the at least one cathode electrolyte are separated by the PECM, wherein the at least one anode is disposed in the at least one anode electrolyte, wherein the at least one cathode is disposed in the at least one cathode electrolyte, and wherein the at least one anode and the at least one cathode are distal from the interface of the at least one anode electrolyte and the at least one cathode electrolyte. |
| US11821096B2 |
Device and method for preparing high-purity titanium powder by continuous electrolysis
A device and method for preparing high-purity titanium powder by continuous electrolysis are provided. The method includes: electrolyzing a titanium-containing conductive ceramic anode and a rotatable cathode in a fused salt electrolytic tank; continuously transferring titanium powder deposited on a surface of the cathode by the rotatable cathode to a position above the fused salt; scraping the titanium powder by a discharging scraper, and collecting; filtering the titanium powder, and recovering the fused salt; cooling separated titanium powder, washing with deoxygenated and deionized water, and vacuum-drying to obtain final titanium powder. The device includes a fused salt electrolysis mechanism, a continuous titanium powder collection mechanism, a filtering mechanism, a washing mechanism, and a vacuum-drying mechanism. |
| US11821087B2 |
Vaporization vessel and method
A tray for a vaporization vessel that includes a tray having a side wall, a bottom plate, one or more apertures that extend through the bottom plate, and a duct that extends through and from the bottom plate. The tray configured to support a solid reagent to be vaporized. A method of assembling the tray that includes forming a first tray that has the side wall and the bottom plate. A vaporization vessel that includes one or more of the trays. |
| US11821083B2 |
Gas separation control in spatial atomic layer deposition
Apparatus and methods for spatial atomic layer deposition including at least one first exhaust system and at least one second exhaust system. Each exhaust system including a throttle valve and a pressure gauge to control the pressure in the processing region associated with the individual exhaust system. |
| US11821082B2 |
Reduced defect deposition processes
Exemplary methods of semiconductor processing may include forming a silicon oxide material on exposed surfaces of a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a silicon nitride material overlying the silicon oxide material. The methods may include performing a deposition process on a semiconductor substrate disposed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include performing a chamber cleaning process. |
| US11821079B2 |
Methods for depositing molybdenum sulfide
Methods of depositing a molybdenum sulfide film with increased sulfur:molybdenum ratio are described. The methods include pre-cleaning a dielectric material with oxygen radicals prior to formation of a molybdenum sulfide film that has a lower oxygen content than would be formed without the pre-cleaning. |
| US11821078B2 |
Method for forming precoat film and method for forming silicon-containing film
A method for forming a precoat film on a metal surface in a chamber before forming a silicon-containing film having an identical composition system with that of the precoat film on a substrate in the chamber using a PECVD method, wherein the precoat film is formed using a PEALD method in which a first gas and a second gas are supplied into the chamber by shifting timing of supply, the PEALD method comprises an adsorption step comprising supplying the first gas into the chamber so that the source gas component adsorbs on the metal surface, a first purge step comprising discharging an excessive source gas component not adsorbed on the metal surface, and a precoat film forming step comprising supplying the second gas into the chamber and applying high-frequency power to generate plasma in the reactant gas component in the second gas. |
| US11821073B2 |
Vanadium aluminium nitride (VAlN) micro alloyed with Ti and/or Si
The present invention discloses a high-temperature stable ceramic coating structure including a microalloy comprising the elements Al, V and N producible by a gas phase deposition process. |
| US11821068B2 |
Magnetically enhanced high density plasma-chemical vapor deposition plasma source for depositing diamond and diamond-like films
A magnetically enhanced plasma apparatus includes a hollow cathode target assembly; an anode positioned on top of the hollow cathode target assembly, thereby forming a gap between the anode and the hollow cathode target assembly; a cathode magnet assembly; a row of magnets that generate a magnetic field in the gap and a magnetic field on a surface of the hollow cathode target assembly with the cathode magnet assembly such that magnetic field lines are substantially perpendicular to a surface of the hollow cathode target assembly; an electrode positioned adjacent to the row of magnets behind the gap; a first radio frequency (RF) power supply coupled to the electrode, wherein the electrode is coupled to ground through an inductor; and a second radio frequency (RF) power supply coupled to the hollow cathode target assembly. The second RF power supply ignites and sustains plasma in the hollow cathode target assembly. A frequency and power of the second RF power supply are selected to increase at least one of a degree of dissociation of feed gas molecules and degree of ionization of feed gas atoms. A frequency and power of the first RF power supply are selected to increase a degree of dissociation of feed gas molecules to form a layer from sputtering hollow cathode target material onto a substrate. |
| US11821060B2 |
Superalloy with optimized properties and a limited density
A nickel-based superalloy includes, in atomic percentages, 13% to 21% chromium, 15% to 26% cobalt, 4% to 8% aluminum, 4.5% to 8% titanium, 8% to 18% iron, boron in an atomic percentage less than or equal to 0.5% or no boron, carbon in an atomic percentage less than or equal to 1% or no carbon, at least one additional element selected from molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and niobium, a total atomic content of the at least one additional element being less than or equal to 1.5% or no such at least one additional element, the remainder being nickel and unavoidable impurities, with a sum of the atomic percentages of aluminum and titanium being comprised between 8.5% and 15%. The novel superalloy composition has a limited density and exhibiting, when hot, good mechanical properties as well as good resistance to oxidation and corrosion. |
| US11821058B2 |
Method for producing intermetallic compound
A metal paste that includes a metal component and a flux. The metal component includes a first metal powder and a second metal powder. The first metal powder is Sn. The second metal powder is a CuNi alloy. The metal paste is heated for a time t1 to a temperature T1 where the first metal powder is melted. Next, the metal paste is heated for a time t2 longer than the time t1 at a temperature T2 lower than the temperature T1 to produce an intermetallic compound from the first metal Sn and the second metal CuNi alloy. |
| US11821056B2 |
Lithium extraction method
The lithium extraction method includes providing lithium phosphate containing impurities of an alkaline earth metal; dissolving the lithium phosphate and the impurities in an acid; and preparing a lithium-containing solution by adding an additive to a solution prepared by dissolving the lithium phosphate and the impurities in the acid. The additive is a substance capable of simultaneously precipitating phosphate anions and the impurities, and the lithium-containing solution prepared through addition of the additive is basic. |
| US11821049B2 |
Ferritic steel for turbochargers
A waste gate component for a turbo charger made of a ferritic steel including C, Cr, Ni, Nb, V, Mn, and optionally Si, and Ti as main alloying elements. |
| US11821044B2 |
Methods for screening a subject for a cancer
The present invention relates to methods for screening a subject for a cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to a method (A) for screening a subject for a cancer comprising the steps of i) extracting the cell free nucleic acids from a sample obtained from the subject, ii) determining the total concentration of mitochondrial cell free nucleic acids, ii) determining the total concentration of nuclear cell free nucleic acids iv) calculating the ratio of the level determined at step ii) to the concentration determined at step iii), v) comparing ratio determined at step iv) with a predetermined corresponding reference value and vi) concluding that the subject suffers from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is lower than the predetermined corresponding reference value or concluding that the subject does not suffer from a cancer when the ratio determined at step iv) is higher than the predetermined corresponding reference value. |
| US11821037B2 |
Gene expression profiles associated with chronic allograft nephropathy
By a genome-wide gene analysis of expression profiles of over 50,000 known or putative gene sequences in peripheral blood, the present inventors have identified a consensus set of gene expression-based molecular biomarkers associated with chronic allograft nephropathy and/or interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy CAN/IFTA and subtypes thereof. These genes sets are useful for diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring and/or subtyping of CAN/IFTA. |
| US11821033B2 |
Compositions and methods for improving nanopore sequencing
The present disclosure provides methods and reagents for improving nanopore-based analyses of polymers. Specifically, the disclosure provides a method of analyzing a polymer that includes a polymer analyte that contains an end domain that has at least one charged moiety. The disclosure also provides a method of increasing the interaction rate between a polymer analyte and a nanopore, wherein the polymer analyte contains an end domain that has at least one charged moiety. The disclosure also provide compositions for use with the described methods, including adapter compositions that contain charged moieties, such as phosphate or sulfate groups, and that are configured to being linked to an polymer analyte domain. |
| US11821029B2 |
Multipurpose compositions for collecting and transporting biological material
The invention is directed to compositions and methods for collecting, transporting, and storing, without refrigeration, biological materials, which may comprise samples of biological, clinical, forensic, and/or environmental origin. These compositions preserve the viability of the collected organisms and/or the RNA/DNA and proteins in the sample composition mixture and permit the long-term storage of samples. Compositions are compatible with subsequent manipulation of the sample, including propagation and culture of the collected microorganisms, or isolation, purification, detection, and characterization of proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules. When the compositions containing microorganisms and any polynucleotides therein are further processed, such as by nucleic acid testing, there is an increased ability to detect, isolate, purify and/or characterize select microbes and their components, such as nucleic acids, when compared to conventional microbial transport media that contain interfering substances and RNA/DNA extraction is not required prior to PCR analysis. In particular, the compositions disclosed allow for the collection, transport and storage of biological samples for extended periods at ambient temperature, while maintaining the integrity of the macromolecules of the sample for subsequent extraction, identification, and quantitation. |
| US11821028B2 |
Single end duplex DNA sequencing
The present disclosure provides methods, sets of substantially complementary double-stranded adapters, and kits for performing nucleic acid sequencing. The substantial complementary double-stranded adapters comprise fully complementary molecular tag regions but one or more mismatches in other regions. Such adapters are ligated to double-stranded target nucleic acids, the obtained ligation products are amplified, and the generated amplification products are sequenced. The methods according to the present disclosure allow both strands of double-stranded target nucleic acids to be sequenced from one end of the target nucleic acids. |
| US11821027B2 |
Epigenetic analysis of cell therapy and related methods
Provided herein are methods of identifying genomic region(s) predictive of an outcome of treatment with a cell therapy and/or of a phenotype of function of the cells. In some embodiments, the methods include epigenetic and/or epigenomic analyses of the cells in connection with methods for preparing engineered cells for cell therapy and/or predicting response to a cell therapy, e.g., engineered cells for cell therapy. In some embodiments, the methods include steps to assess, characterize and analyze changes or modifications in an epigenetic property of gene region or regions, such as chromatin accessibility, nucleosome occupancy, histone modification, spatial chromosomal conformation, transcription factor occupancy and/or DNA methylation. In some embodiments, the epigenetic and/or epigenomic analysis includes determining the epigenetic properties of a cell, e.g., an engineered cell for cell therapy. |
| US11821024B2 |
Methods and systems for determining spatial patterns of biological targets in a sample
The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays, including assays to determine a spatial pattern of abundance, expression, and/or activity of one or more biological targets across multiple sites in a sample. In particular, the biological targets comprise proteins, and the methods and assay systems do not depend on imaging techniques for the spatial information of the targets. The present disclosure provides methods and assay systems capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in order to address tag the sites to which reagents are delivered; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature. |
| US11821022B2 |
Ethylene oxide absorption layer for analyte sensing and method
An analyte biosensor is provided having an analyte biosensing layer and an ethylene oxide absorption layer. The ethylene oxide absorption layer is provided over the analyte biosensing layer. A method is also provided. |
| US11821021B2 |
Yeast cells having reductive TCA pathway from pyruvate to succinate and overexpressing an exogenous NAD(P+) transhydrogenase enzyme
Yeast cells having a reductive TCA pathway from pyruvate or phosphoenolpyruvate to succinate, and which include at least one exogenous gene overexpressing an enzyme in that pathway, further contain an exogenous transhydrogenase gene. |
| US11821018B2 |
Methods for cell-free protein expression
Disclosed is a method for the cell-free expression of peptides or proteins in a liquid filled digital microfluidic device. The droplets having the components required for cell-free protein expression can be manipulated by electrokinesis in order to enhance levels of protein expression in the droplets. |
| US11821015B2 |
Production of steviol glycosides in recombinant hosts
The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides and steviol glycoside precursors. |
| US11821011B2 |
Polymerase compositions, methods of making and using same
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof are provided that allow for nucleic acid amplification. In some aspects, the disclosure provides modified polymerases having lower systematic error as compared to a reference polymerase. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for nucleic acid sequencing, genotyping, copy number variation analysis, paired-end sequencing and other forms of genetic analysis. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for the generation of nucleic acid libraries or nucleic acid templates. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to the identification of homologous amino acid mutations that can be transferred across classes or families of polymerases to provide novel polymerases with altered properties. |
| US11821009B2 |
Genetic modification of the AAV capsid resulting in altered tropism and enhanced vector delivery
Modified AAV vectors and uses thereof are provided. |
| US11821007B2 |
Method for inducing differentiation of intermediate mesodermal cell to renal progenitor cell, and method for inducing differentiation of pluripotent stem cell to renal progenitor cell
A method of producing renal progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells involves culturing pluripotent stem cells in a medium containing FGF2, BMP4, a GSK-3β inhibitor, and retinoic acid or a derivative thereof, culturing the resulting cells in a medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3β inhibitor, and BMP7, culturing the resulting cells in a medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3β inhibitor, BMP7, and a TGFβ inhibitor, culturing the resulting cells in a medium containing FGF2, a GSK-3β inhibitor, BMP7, activin, and a ROCK (Rho-kinase) inhibitor, culturing the resulting cells in a medium containing retinoic acid or a derivative thereof, and FGF9, and culturing the resulting cells in a medium containing a GSK-3β inhibitor and FGF9, to induce renal progenitor cells from intermediate mesodermal cells. |
| US11821006B2 |
Method of isolating mesenchymal stem cells from the amniotic membrane of the umbilical cord, a mesenchymal stem cell population isolated from the amniotic membrane of the umbilical cord and a cell culture medium for isolating mesenchymal stem cells from the amniotic membrane of the umbilical cord
The present invention relates to a method of isolating a mesenchymal stem cell population from the amniotic membrane of the umbilical cord, the method comprising cultivating umbilical cord tissue in a culture medium comprising DMEM (Dulbecco's modified eagle medium), F12 (Ham's F12 Medium), M171 (Medium 171) and FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum). The invention also relates to a mesenchymal stem population isolated from the amniotic membrane of the umbilical cord, wherein at least about 90% or more cells of the stem cell population express each of the following markers: CD73, CD90 and CD105 and lack expression of the following markers: CD34, CD45 and HLA-DR. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition of this mesenchymal stem population. |
| US11821004B2 |
Mesenchymal stem cells expressing TNF-α receptors
Mesenchymal stem cells which express TNF-α receptor Type I in an amount of at least 13 pg/106 cells. Such mesenchymal stem cells inhibit the proliferation of lymphocytes and may be employed, in particular, in the treatment of graft-versus-host disease. |
| US11821003B2 |
Cardiogenic mesoderm formation regulators
This disclosure relates to cardiogenic mesoderm formation regulators and methods of use thereof, e.g., generating a multipotent cardiovascular progenitor cell by overexpressing Id1, Id2, Id3, Id4, Evx1, and/or Grrp1 in a stem cell. |
| US11821002B2 |
Methods of cell culture for adoptive cell therapy
An improved method of culturing cells for cell therapy applications that includes growing desired cells in the presence of antigen-presenting cells and/or feeder cells and with medium volume to surface area ratio of up to 1 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is not comprised of gas permeable material and up to 2 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is comprised of gas permeable material. The desired cells are at a surface density of less than 0.5×106 cells/cm2 at the onset of a production cycle, and the surface density of the desired cells plus the surface density of the antigen presenting cells and/or feeder cells are at least about 1.25×105 cells/cm2. |
| US11820993B2 |
Peronospora resistance in Spinacia oleracea
The present invention relates to an allele designated alpha-WOLF 26 which confers resistance to at least one Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinacea race, wherein the protein encoded by said allele is a CC-NBS-LRR protein that may comprise in its amino acid sequence: a) the motif “MAEIGYSVC” SEQ ID NO: 1 at its N-terminus; and b) the motif “KWMCLR” SEQ ID NO: 2; and wherein the LRR domain of the protein has in order of increased preference at least 91%, 91.5%, 92%, 92.5%, 93%, 93.5%, 94%, 94.5%, 95%, 95.5%, 96%, 96.5%, 97%, 97.5%, 98%, 98.5%, 99%, 99.5%, 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 10. The allele when present in a spinach plant confers complete resistance to at least Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinacea race Pfs:7, Pfs:10, Pfs:11, Pfs:12, Pfs:13, Pfs:14, Pfs:15, Pfs:16, Pfs:17, and does not confer resistance to downy mildew race Pfs:8 and Pfs:9. |
| US11820991B2 |
Polypeptide and nucleic acid capable of changing amylose content (AC) in plant, and use thereof
A mutant granule-bound starch synthase 1 (GBSS1) polypeptide and a nucleic acid, and use thereof are provided. Compared to an amino acid sequence of a parent GBSS1, the mutant GBSS1 polypeptide has a mutation at an amino acid corresponding to one or more of amino acid 237, amino acid 168, and amino acid 411 of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. An amylose content (AC) in a plant changes after the plant undergoes GBSS1 mutation, which has very promising application prospects in the improvement of edible quality of rice. |
| US11820990B2 |
Method for base editing in plants
Provided relates to the field of genetic engineering. In particular, a method for base editing in plant is provided. More specifically, a highly efficient A to G base editing method for a target sequence in a genome of a plant (e.g., a crop plant) by a guide RNA-directed CRISPR-adenine deaminase fusion protein and the plant and their progeny produced by the method are provided. |
| US11820988B2 |
Nanoparticles and biotemplates with tunable length and methods of manufacturing the same
Methods and nucleic acid sequences for the synthesis of biotemplates in a non-plant based expression system are provided. Such biotemplates include Barley stripe mosaic virus viral-like particles (BSMV-VLPs) that are capable of self-assembly due to being operatively linked with an origin of self-assembly with the Barley stripe mosaic virus capsid protein (BSMV-CP). Also provided are BSMV-VLPs that are capable of self-assembly due one or more site-directed mutations on the BSMV-CP, and BSMV-VLPs that exhibit enhanced stability due to such site-directed mutation(s). |
| US11820985B2 |
Modified oligonucleotides with increased stability
This disclosure relates to novel modified oligonucleotides. Novel modified siRNA are also provided. |
| US11820984B2 |
Double-helix oligonucleotide construct comprising double-stranded miRNA and use thereof
The present invention relates to a double-helix oligonucleotide construct comprising a double-stranded miRNA and a composition for preventing or treating cancer comprising the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a double-helix oligonucleotide construct comprising miR-544a characterized by a method that effectively inhibits the proliferation of cancer cells or induces a voluntary death of cancer cells, and an anticancer composition comprising the construct. |
| US11820982B2 |
Treatment of ophthalmic conditions with son of Sevenless 2 (SOS2) inhibitors
The present disclosure provides methods of treating patients having an ophthalmic condition, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing an ophthalmic condition, methods of detecting human Son of Sevenless 2 (SOS2) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides. |
| US11820976B2 |
Electroporation-induced electrosensitization
Systems and methods of enhancing membrane permeabilization in a cell are provided. An example method includes disposing the cell between a first electrode and a second electrode and applying a plurality of electrical pulses between the first electrode and the second electrode. In the systems and methods, the plurality of electrical pulses include at least two trains of pulses separated by an interval greater than about 10 s. Further, the amplitude of the electrical pulses is selected to be greater than about 0.2 kV/cm. |
| US11820971B2 |
Nucleic acids for inhibiting expression of PROS1 in a cell
The invention relates to nucleic acid products that interfere with or inhibit PROS1 gene expression. It further relates to therapeutic uses of PROS1 inhibition for the treatment of bleeding disorders. |
| US11820970B2 |
High throughput protein-protein interaction screening in yeast liquid culture
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the high throughput screening of protein-protein interactions in yeast liquid culture. Protein fusions non-native to yeast may be expressed to replace endogenous sexual agglutination proteins and mediate library-by-library interrogation of protein interactions. The methods and compositions of the invention can be utilized for the characterization of protein interaction networks in high throughput for both binding affinity and specificity, which is crucial for understanding cellular functions, screening therapeutic candidates, and evaluating engineered protein networks. |
| US11820949B2 |
Apparatus and process for the enhanced production of aromatic compounds
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a process for the upgrading of petroleum products comprising subjecting a diesel feed to a hydrocracking process, thereby producing a hydrocrackate fraction; subjecting the hydrocrackate fraction to a catalytic reforming process, thereby producing a reformate; and recovering aromatics from the reformate. In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of producing aromatics may comprise introducing a diesel feed to a hydrocracking unit to produce a hydrocrackate fraction, passing the hydrocrackate fraction to a catalytic reforming unit to produce a reformate, and passing the reformate to an aromatic recovery complex to produce an aromatic fraction. In accordance with yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for the upgrading of petroleum products may comprise a hydrocracker, a catalytic reformer, and an aromatic recovery complex. The hydrocracker may be in fluid communication with the catalytic reformer, the catalytic reformer may be in fluid communication with an aromatic recovery complex, and the hydrocracker may be structurally configured to receive a diesel feed. |
| US11820945B2 |
Mechanically resilient bitumen microcapsules for midstream transport
Disclosed herein are methods of preparing bitumen for transport, apparatus for preparing bitumen for transport, methods of transporting bitumen, and transportation-ready forms of bitumen. Instead of relying on exogenous components to induce bitumen solidification, the methods and apparatus of the present disclosure reorganize bituminous materials derived from the same origin into core-shell bitumen microcapsules, such that relatively low solubility components (e.g. asphaltenes) encapsulate relatively high solubility components (e.g. maltenes). Importantly, the bitumen microcapsules of the present disclosure are sufficiently mechanically resilient to meet one or more thresholds for midstream transportation, and they are readily fluidized for downstream processing with conventional technologies. Taken together, these aspects may ameliorate one or more challenges in achieving commercially viable bitumen solidification technologies. |
| US11820941B2 |
Polymer dispersions for oilfield friction reduction
A polymer dispersion includes a water-soluble copolymer prepared by controlled radical polymerization; a water soluble salt; a polyol; a salt selected from the group consisting of sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrate, and combinations thereof; and water. Methods for using the polymer dispersion for oilfield friction reduction occur under a variety of adverse conditions including low temperatures, salt, scale, and iron. |
| US11820939B2 |
Nanogels for delayed gelation
The instant application relates to nanogels or compositions that hold multivalent metal ions until some level of nanogel degradation has occurred, then slowly release the multivalent metal ions for gelation with carboxylate containing polymers. Compositions comprising such nanogels, together with polymers that can be crosslinked with multivalent metal ions, allow the deployment of such mixtures in various applications, and greatly increased gelation times. |
| US11820934B2 |
Microsphere compositions and methods for production in oil-based drilling fluids
A method includes admixing an aqueous polysaccharide solution into an oleaginous base fluid, and adding a divalent ion source to produce one or more polysaccharide microspheres. |
| US11820932B2 |
Polymerisable liquid crystal material and polymerised liquid crystal film
A polymerisable LC material comprising at least one di- or multireactive mesogenic compound and at least one compound of formula CO-1, wherein R1, R2, L1, L2, L3, and n have the meanings as given in claim 1. Furthermore, a method for preparation of the LC material, a polymer film with improved thermal durability obtainable from the corresponding polymerisable LC material, a method of preparation of such polymer film, and the use of such polymer film and said polymerisable LC material for optical, electro-optical, decorative or security devices. |
| US11820930B2 |
Polymer compound, liquid crystal composition, phase difference layer, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device
An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer compound in which, by blending with a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystalline compound, alignment of the liquid crystalline compound in a phase difference layer to be obtained increases; and a liquid crystal composition, a phase difference layer, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device using the same. The polymer compound of the present invention is a polymer compound including a repeating unit represented by Formula (I), a repeating unit represented by Formula (II), a repeating unit represented by Formula (III), and a repeating unit represented by Formula (IV). |
| US11820928B2 |
Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite nanocrystals and methods of making the same
Organic-inorganic perovskite nanoparticle compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a nanoparticle composition comprises a layer of organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals, the organic-inorganic perovskite nanocrystals comprising surfaces associated with ligands of size unable to incorporate into octahedral corner sites of the perovskite crystal structure. |
| US11820923B2 |
Controlled cure for compositions comprising acetoacetylated resins
This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: I. Component (I) comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of β-ketoester and malonate functional groups; II. Component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group; III. Component (III) comprising at least one amine, salts thereof, or combinations thereof; and, optionally IV. Component (IV) comprising at least one reactivity delayer; wherein said curing agent is at least one dialdehyde selected from the group consisting of 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxaldehyde; 1,4 -cyclohexanedicarboxaldehyde; mixtures of 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxaldehyde and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxaldehyde; 2,6-norbornanedicarboxaldehyde; 2,5-norbornanedicarboxaldehyde; cyclododecane-1,4,8-tricarbaldehyde; 3-(4 -formylcyclohexyl)propanal; tricyclodecane dialdehyde; o-phthalaldehyde; terephthalaldehyde; isophthalaldehyde; cyclopentane-1,3-dicarbaldehyde; cyclopenta-3,5-diene-1,3-dicarbaldehyde; glutaraldehyde; benzenedipropanal; any isomers thereof; and any mixtures thereof. |
| US11820922B2 |
Adhesive composition
An epoxy-based crash durable adhesive composition including: (I) a liquid resin system comprising: (a) at least one epoxy resin; and (b) at least one toughener; wherein the viscosity of the above liquid resin system is less than about 800 Pa s at a temperature of 15° C.; and wherein the viscosity of the above liquid resin system is greater than about 5 Pa-s at a temperature of 60° C.; (II) a solid material comprising: (c) at least one hydrophobic fumed silica, wherein the fumed silica is present in the adhesive composition at a concentration of greater than 5 weight percent; and (III) a curative material comprising: (d) at least one latent heat-activated curing agent; wherein the rheology of the epoxy-based crash durable adhesive composition is such that the adhesive composition is pumpable at a temperature of 15° C. or greater; and wherein the epoxy-based crash durable adhesive composition exhibits an increase in wash-off resistance; a process for making the above adhesive composition; and a process for bonding metal substrates together with the above adhesive composition. |
| US11820919B2 |
Ruthenium CMP chemistry based on halogenation
The present disclosure provides a new corrosion control chemistry for use in ruthenium (Ru) chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) processes. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an improved CMP slurry chemistry and CMP process for planarizing a ruthenium surface. In the CMP process disclosed herein, a ruthenium surface (e.g., a post-etch ruthenium surface) is exposed to a CMP slurry containing a halogenation reagent, which reacts with the ruthenium surface to create a halogenated ruthenium surface, and a ligand for ligand-assisted reactive dissolution of the halogenated ruthenium surface. Relative amounts of the halogenation agent and the ligand can be controlled in the CMP slurry, so as to provide a diffusion-limited etch process that improves pos-etch surface morphology, while providing high material removal rates. |
| US11820915B2 |
Fusion bonded epoxy rebar powder coatings
This invention relates to fusion bonded epoxy rebar powder coating compositions of enough latency overtime, which cure in seconds upon residual heat up to 239.0° C., exhibiting low temperature flexibility to achieve crack-free rebar bending at −45° C. and a glossy finish without yellowing or discoloration. This invention further relates to rebar powder coatings compounded using suitable dihydrazide amines as the curing agent, in combination with an executive resin blend including a compatible toughening epoxy, and a synergic catalyst package to meet the intended application challenges. |
| US11820912B2 |
Fluoropolyether group-containing polymer-modified organic silicon compound, surface treatment agent, and article
This surface treatment agent using a compound represented by formula (1) or (2) can, even without having a hydrolyzable group, form a water repellent and oil repellent layer having excellent abrasion resistance under mild conditions such as at room temperature. [Rf represents a monovalent or divalent fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residue, Y1 and Y2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q represents a group that has a Si-containing structure having a valence of 2-4, Si, or C, X represents an epoxy-containing group, k represents 0-2, m represents 1-5, n represents 1-3, Z represents H, —SiR3 (R represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group), or —W1-Q′-W2—X′ (X′ represents X or —SiR3, W1 and W2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q′ represents a divalent group having a Si-containing structure), and α represents 1 or 2]. |
| US11820906B2 |
Dispersion and jettable composition containing cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles and a zwitterionic stabilizer
An example of a dispersion includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, and a balance of water. An example of a jettable composition includes cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a zwitterionic stabilizer, a surfactant, a co-solvent, and a balance of water. A method for improving the stabilization of a jettable composition includes incorporating a zwitterionic stabilizer in the jettable composition, which includes the cesium tungsten oxide nanoparticles, the surfactant, the co-solvent, and the balance of water. |
| US11820902B2 |
High bio-renewable content printing inks
The present invention provides compositions, such as varnishes, ink vehicles, and finished inks, having high bio-renewable carbon (BRC) content. The compositions comprise protein and colophony. |
| US11820900B2 |
Interference pigments
The present invention relates to interference pigments based on platelet-shaped substrates which are coated with at least four high refractive layers and to the use thereof, inter alia in paints, coatings, printings inks, plastics and in particular in cosmetic formulations. The interference pigments show a moderate chroma and can be used as effect pigments, as filler pigments and as protection agent against near infrared radiation, VIS and high energy light. |
| US11820894B2 |
Resin composition and article made therefrom
A resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a prepolymer and 100 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of a spherical silica prepared by vaporized metal combustion, wherein: the prepolymer is prepared by subjecting a reaction mixture to a prepolymerization reaction; the reaction mixture includes a maleimide resin, an amino-modified silicone and cyclohexanone, and relative to a total of 100 parts by weight of the maleimide resin, the amino-modified silicone and the cyclohexanone, the reaction mixture includes 60 parts by weight to 80 parts by weight of the maleimide resin, 15 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight of the amino-modified silicone and 2 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight of the cyclohexanone; the reaction mixture does not include m-aminophenol or p-aminophenol; and the amino-modified silicone has an amino equivalent of 750 g/mol to 2500 g/mol. The resin composition may be used to make various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following improvements can be achieved, including varnish transparency, varnish sedimentation property, glass transition temperature, X-axis coefficient of thermal expansion, T300 thermal resistance, resin cluster and resin filling property. |
| US11820892B2 |
Liquid crystalline polymer composition for camera modules
A polymer composition that is capable of exhibiting a unique combination of ductility (e.g., tensile elongation at break), impact strength (e.g., Charpy notched impact strength), and dimensional stability is provided. For example, the polymer composition may contain a liquid crystalline polymer in combination with an epoxy-functionalized olefin copolymer and an inorganic particulate material. |
| US11820884B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and molded article comprising same
The present disclosure provides a thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a molded article including the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition includes a first polypropylene resin having crystallinity of 50% to 80%, a second polypropylene resin having a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of 70 μm/m·° C. to 90 μm/m·° C., an elastomer, and an inorganic filler. |
| US11820880B2 |
Compositions and methods for carbon fiber-metal and other composites
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for composites, including carbon fiber-metal composites. In some cases, the composites may be formed from one, two, or more layers of metals or other substrates, sandwiching a plurality of aligned fibers. The fibers may be substantially aligned, and may be present at relatively high densities within the composite. The composites may be prepared, in some aspects, by dispersing fibers by neutralizing the electrostatic interactions between the fibers, for example using aqueous liquids containing the fibers that are able to neutralize the electrostatic interactions that typically occur between the fibers. In some cases, the fibers may be aligned using techniques such as shear flow and/or magnetism. Other aspects are generally directed to methods of using such composites, kits including such composites, or the like. |
| US11820878B2 |
Ultra-stable aqueous foams containing highly hydrophobic particles and hydrophilic polymers and their derivated functional materials
Ultra-stable aqueous foam comprises hydrophobic silica particles residing within bubbles in an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic polymer, a protein, or aqueous dispersible colloidal particles. The combination of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic components stabilizes the foam interfaces to result in long term stability of the foam. The foams can be crosslinked to stable monolithic foams and used for structural foams, coatings, and thermal insulating for construction. |
| US11820877B2 |
Two-component polyurethane or polyisocyanurate spray foam composition containing a hydrohaloolefin blowing agent
Storage-stable two-component polyurethane or polyisocyanurate spray foam compositions are disclosed, said compositions comprising: (a) an A-side component comprising one or more polyisocyanate and one or more catalyst; and (b) a B-side component comprising one or more polyol; and further comprising one or more hydrohaloolefin blowing agent in either the A-side component or the B-side component, or in both; wherein both the A-side component and the B-side component, separately, generate less than 600 ppm of fluoride ion after two weeks of aging at 50° C. |
| US11820876B2 |
Non-isocyanate polyurethane products and methods of making the same
The present disclosure relates to a method for making a non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) foam, where the method includes decomposing a blowing agent having at least one of an amine carbamate salt and/or an amine bicarbonate salt to form a diamine and CO2 in the presence of a molecule comprising a plurality of cyclic carbonate functional groups and reacting the diamine with at least a portion of the cyclic carbonate functional groups to form the NIPU foam. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the reacting and the decomposing may occur at substantially the same rate. |
| US11820873B2 |
Thermoplastic composite material, process for its preparation, composite structures made thereof and process for preparing composite structures
The invention relates to a thermoplastic composite material comprising a thermoplastic matrix and a fibrous material impregnated with the thermoplastic matrix, wherein the fibrous material comprises carbon fibers with a weight average aspect ratio of length divided by diameter (L/D) of at least 500; the thermoplastic matrix comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a laser absorbing additive. |
| US11820871B2 |
Aluminum oxide-forming composition and method for producing same
A method for producing aluminum oxide is provided. The method uses an aluminum-oxide-forming agent containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl compound containing an aluminum trialkyl or a mixture thereof, and a solvent. It is thus possible to produce an aluminum oxide thin film or aluminum oxide particles on or in a substrate that is not resistant to polar solvents. A method of producing a polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite containing zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles using a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed zinc alkyl or a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl is also provided. The polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite contains a polyolefin substrate and zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles, and does not contain a dispersant. The zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles have an average particle size of less than 100 nm. |
| US11820870B2 |
Photocontrolled dynamic covalent linkers for polymer networks
Reversibly crosslinkable polymeric networks, including reversibly crosslinkable hydrogel networks are provided. Also provided are methods of making the polymeric networks and methods of using the hydrogel networks in tissue engineering applications. The reversibly crosslinkable polymeric networks are composed of polymer chains that are covalently crosslinked by azobenzene boronic ester bonds that can be reversibly formed and broken by exposing the polymeric networks to different wavelengths of light. |
| US11820869B2 |
Method for depolymerising oxygenated polymer materials by nucleophilic catalysis
The present invention relates to a method for depolymerising oxygenated polymer materials, in particular by nucleophilic catalysis and to the use of said method in the recycling of plastic materials and the preparation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds that can be used as fuel, synthesis intermediates, raw materials in the construction sector, and in the petrochemical, electrical, electronic, textile, aeronautical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agrochemical industry. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetics, perfumes, food products, synthetic yarns and fibres, synthetic leathers, glues, pesticides, fertilisers comprising (i) a step of depolymerisation of oxygenated polymer materials according to the method of the invention and optionally (ii) a step of hydrolysis, and optionally (iii) a step of functionalisation and/or defunctionalisation. |
| US11820862B2 |
Organic fluorine compound, lubricant, and processing method of magnetic recording medium
According to one aspect of the present invention, an organic fluorine compound is represented by a general formula (R-π-E-CH2)2-A (1A) (where A is a divalent perfluoropolyether group, π is an arylene group or a single bond, R is an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group, and E is an ether bond or an ester bond or a group that is represented by a chemical formula —O—CH2CH(OH)CH2O— two groups each of which is represented by a general formula R-π-E-CH2— may be the same or different, and at least one n among two π is an arylene group). |
| US11820861B2 |
Polyether polymerization process
Catalyst complexes include a zinc hexacyanocobaltate with M5 metal and M6 metal or semi-metal phases, wherein M5 metal is gallium, hafnium, manganese, titanium and/or indium and the M6 metal or semi-metal is one or more of aluminum, magnesium, manganese, scandium, molybdenum, cobalt, tungsten, iron, vanadium, tin, titanium, silicon and zinc and is different from the M5 metal. The catalysts are highly efficient propylene oxide polymerization catalysts characterized by rapid activation, short times to the onset of rapid polymerization and high polymerization rates once rapid polymerization has begun. |
| US11820860B2 |
Liquid crystal polyester composition of low dielectric constant and low dielectric loss rate with improved fluidity
The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal polyester resin composition comprising a liquid crystal polyester resin with a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss containing a naphthoic acid monomer as a main skeleton and a hydroxybenzoic acid; a glass bubble having a pressure resistance of 12,000 psi or more; and an inorganic filler such as mica. The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal polyester resin composition suitable for 5G communication materials, which can achieve low dielectric loss characteristics, and at the same time, the addition of glass bubbles with excellent pressure resistance can achieve a low dielectric constant and a low dielectric loss through the maintenance of the hollow body of the glass bubbles even after melt extrusion. |
| US11820859B2 |
Infrared absorbing polymer, infrared absorbing/blocking film, photoelectric device, organic sensor, and electronic device
An infrared absorbing polymer includes a first structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second structural unit including at least one of Chemical Formula 2A to Chemical Formula 2. The infrared absorbing polymer may be included in an infrared absorbing/blocking film, a photoelectric device, a sensor, and an electronic device. |
| US11820858B2 |
Prepreg, method for producing same, and method for producing fiber-reinforced composite material
According to the present invention, there is provided a prepreg characterized by including a reinforcing fiber substrate composed of a reinforcing fiber, and an epoxy resin composition with which the reinforcing fiber substrate is partially or wholly impregnated, in which the epoxy resin composition includes, as an essential component, an epoxy resin, an amine-based curing agent, and a polyamide particle, the epoxy resin composition includes, as an optional component, an epoxy resin-soluble thermoplastic resin; and an epoxy group is introduced to the surface of the polyamide particle, and/or at least one of the epoxy resin, the amine-based curing agent, and the epoxy resin-soluble thermoplastic resin, included in the epoxy resin composition, partially permeates into the polyamide particle. |
| US11820853B2 |
Impact-resistant and aging-resistant reflective plastic applied to automobiles
Disclosed is an impact-resistant and aging-resistant reflective plastic applied to an automobile, which is prepared by copolymerizing of polyether polyol, 4,4,4-triphenylmethane triisocyanate and a benzimidazole derivative modified ZnS-mesoporous silica composite, the benzimidazole derivative modified ZnS-mesoporous silica composite is a ZnS-mesoporous silica composite modified by an anti-aging agent and a silane coupling agent KH-560, the ZnS-mesoporous silica is obtained by mixing an amphoteric surfactant, zinc chloride, and γ-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane uniformly, then reacting in ethyl orthosilicate, and calcining with hydrogen sulfide. In the present disclosure, by dispersing zinc sulfide in the pores of mesoporous carbon dioxide, chemical grafting 2-(2-hydroxy-5-aminophenyl)benzimidazole as a bridge onto isocyanate, and then polymerizing into polyurethane, which can improve the reflective performance and aging resistance of polyurethane, and improve the abrasion resistance and impact resistance. |
| US11820845B2 |
Polyamine additive
Polyamine additives are disclosed that are useful to provide early water resistant to drying anionically colloidally stabilized polymer dispersions in aqueous media. The polyamines are polymerization products from ethylenically unsaturated monomers with pendant tertiary amine groups with ethylenically unsaturated monomers with pendant poly(alkylene oxide) chains of 88 to 1200 g/mole molecular weight. |
| US11820837B2 |
Modified peptides and associated methods of use
The present disclosure relates to a modified peptide including (i) an amino acid sequence (X)-GRT-(Y)-TLC-(Z), or (ii) an amino acid sequence having at least 40% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence (X)-GRT-(Y)-TLC-(Z), wherein X, Y, and Z are the same as described in the specification. In this regard, methods for inhibiting the activity of at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of AKT1 (PKB alpha), AKT2 (PKB beta), MAP3K8 (COT), MST4, AURKB (Aurora B), ROCK1, RPS6KB1 (p70S6K), CDC42 BPA (MRCKA), BRAF, RAF1 (cRAF) Y340D Y341D, SGK (SGK1), MAP4K4 (HGK), AURKA (Aurora A), AURKC (Aurora C), BRAF V599E, CHEK1 (CHK1), GSG2 (Haspin), CHEK2 (CHK2), FGR, IKBKB (IKK beta), CDK7/cyclin H/MNAT1, and CDC42 BPB (MRCKB) and Abl; and inhibiting cell proliferation are also provided, as are methods for preventing or treating cancer or a neurodegenerative disease or disorder. |
| US11820836B2 |
Polypeptide and use thereof
Provided are a polypeptide and nucleic acid for encoding the polypeptide, a nucleic-acid construct, an expression vector, and a host cell containing the nucleic acid, an antigen-presenting cell presenting the polypeptide on the surface of the cell, and immune effector cell thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide, a vaccine containing the nucleic acid, the nucleic acid construct, the expression vector, the host cell, the antigen-presenting cell, and the immune effector cell, and an antibody recognizing the polypeptide. Also provided is a therapeutic method using the polypeptide, the nucleic acid, the pharmaceutical composition, the vaccine, and the antibody. Also provided are a diagnosis method and diagnosis apparatus for detecting the described polypeptide. Also provided is an application of the polypeptide in preparing a vaccine, a tumor diagnosis kit, or a pharmaceutical composition, and an application of the polypeptide or the nucleic acid as a test target in tumor diagnosis. |
| US11820834B2 |
Polymorphic forms of Cyclo (-His-Pro) and methods of use to treat kidney disease
The present disclosure relates to synthesis and characterization of novel polymorphic forms of Cyclo (-His-Pro) (“CHP”). |
| US11820826B2 |
Anti-NPR1 antibodies and uses thereof
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that bind to the natriuretic peptide receptor 1 (NPR1) protein, and methods of use thereof. In various embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to NPR1. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the invention are useful for activating NPR1 activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing a disease, disorder or condition associated with NPR1 in humans. |
| US11820825B2 |
Methods of treating a subject having an EGFR-positive and/or ErbB-3-positive tumor
The invention relates in one aspect to bispecific antibodies comprising a first antigen-binding site that binds EGFR and a second antigen-binding site that binds Erb B-3, wherein the antibody has a half maximal growth inhibitory concentration (IC50) of less than 200 pM for inhibiting EGFR and/or Erb B-3 ligand induced growth of Bx PC3 cells or Bx PC3-luc2 cells. Further described are method for producing the bispecific antibodies and means and methods for the treatment of subjects with the antibodies. |
| US11820824B2 |
Antibodies to TIGIT
The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to TIGIT. The antibodies have the capacity for substantial activation of T cells and natural killer cells by inhibiting binding of TIGIT to CD155. The antibodies can be used for treatment of cancer and infectious disease, among other applications. |
| US11820821B2 |
Anti-CEACAM6 antibodies and methods of use
The present invention relates to an antigen-binding protein, or an antigen-binding fragment thereof which binding to CEACAM6, comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 having the amino acid sequence GNTFTSYVMH; a VHCDR2 having the amino acid sequence YINPYNDGTKYNEKFKG; and a VHCDR3 having the amino acid sequence STARATPYFYAMDY and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 having the amino acid sequence KSSQSLLWSVNQNSYLS, a VLCDR2 having the amino acid sequence GASIRES, and a VLCDR3 having the amino acid sequence QHNHGSFLPYT. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, methods of use of the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof for cancer treatment, prevention or detection and a kit comprising the antigen-binding protein, or antigen-binding fragment thereof. |
| US11820820B2 |
Antibody capable of blocking CD47-SIRPa interaction and application thereof
An antibody capable of blocking CD47-SIRPa interaction and an application thereof. |
| US11820814B2 |
Factor H potentiating antibodies and uses thereof
Provided herein are novel isolated, synthetic or recombinant antibodies and fragments thereof specific for factor H, or nucleic acids or vectors encoding such antibodies and fragments. Further provided herein is the use of such antibodies, fragments, nucleic acids or vectors for inhibiting complement activation and treatment of disorders associated with complement activation. |
| US11820813B2 |
Anti-neurotensin long fragment antibodies and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a neutralising antibody which is capable of binding to neurotensin with high affinity. The antibody of the present invention neutralises the activity of neurotensin, in particular the oncogenic activities of neurotensin. In particular, the present invention relates to a neutralising antibody which binds to the human neurotensin long fragment, and having a heavy chain variable region which comprises a H-CDR1 region having at least 90% of identity with SEQ ID NO:2, a H-CDR2 region having at least 90% of identify with SEQ ID NO:3 and a H-CDR3 region having at least 90% of identity with SEQ ID NO:4; and a light chain variable region comprising a L-CDR1 region having at least 90% of identity with SEQ ID NO:6, a L-CDR2 having at least 90% of identity with SEQ ID NO:7 and a L-CDR3 region having at least 90% of identity with SEQ ID NO:8. The present invention also provides the use of such antibodies in the treatment of cancer. |
| US11820810B2 |
Antibodies, variable domains and chains tailored for human use
The invention relates to the provision of antibody therapeutics and prophylactics that are tailored specifically for human use. The present invention provides libraries, vertebrates and cells, such as transgenic mice or rats or transgenic mouse or rat cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of using the vertebrates to isolate antibodies or nucleotide sequences encoding antibodies. Antibodies, heavy chains, polypeptides, nucleotide sequences, pharmaceutical compositions and uses are also provided by the invention. |
| US11820809B2 |
Multispecific antibodies facilitating selective light chain pairing
Provided herein are multispecific antibodies, e.g. bispecific antibodies, which are modified such that the desired chain pairing takes place and/or can be selected for. Specifically, this is achieved by using different dimerization domains for light chain pairing. Also disclosed herein are nucleic acids encoding for these antibodies, expression vectors comprising these nucleic acids, cells expressing them, and further to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, as well as methods of isolating the antibodies. |
| US11820800B2 |
Orthogonal protein heterodimers
Disclosed herein are designed heterodimer proteins, monomeric polypeptides capable of forming heterodimer proteins, protein scaffolds including such polypeptides, and methods for using the heterodimer proteins and subunit polypeptides for designing logic gates. |
| US11820797B2 |
Elicitor peptides having disrupted hypersensitive response box and use thereof
Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed. |
| US11820796B2 |
Trimer stabilizing HIV envelope protein mutations
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope proteins having mutations that stabilize the trimeric form of the envelope protein are provided. The HIV envelope proteins have certain amino acid substitutions at specified positions in the envelope protein sequence. The HIV envelope proteins described herein have an improved percentage of trimer formation and/or an improved trimer yield as compared to an HIV envelope protein that does not have one or more of the indicated amino acid substitutions. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules and vectors encoding the HIV envelope proteins, as well as compositions containing the HIV envelope proteins, nucleic acid, and vectors. |
| US11820795B2 |
Desmoglein 2 (DSG2) binding proteins and uses therefor
The present invention provides recombinant adenoviral compositions and methods for their use in treating disorders associated with epithelial tissues. |
| US11820792B2 |
Cancer treatment
The present invention provides phagemid vectors and associated phagemid particles for cancer treatment, and in particular, to the use of novel phagemid particles and associated expression systems for the treatment, prevention, amelioration, or management of cancer. In particular, the invention relates to the use of phagemid particles and expression systems for the delivery of transgenes encoding cytokines, for the treatment, prevention, amelioration, or management of cancer. The invention also extends to the use of phagemid particles and expression systems for the delivery of transgenes, and for the combination of such treatment with the use of adoptively transferred T cells, for the treatment, prevention, amelioration, or management of cancer. |
| US11820791B2 |
Insecticidal proteins from plants and methods for their use
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and/or nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity. |
| US11820788B2 |
Method for producing sweetener allulose
The present invention relates to a method of preparing an allulose with stability at high yield, by concentrating products obtained by separating a solution containing allulose of a functional sweetener with high purity, to reduce the content of impurities such as fructose and reducing sugars and increase the content of allulose. |
| US11820780B2 |
Gold-catalysed process for manufacturing chromenes intended for the preparation of thermosetting resins
A process for manufacturing chromenes intended for the preparation of thermosetting resins, includes transforming an aromatic propargyl ether of general formula (I) into a chromene by homogeneous gold(I) catalysis with the catalyst (acetonitrile)[(2-biphenyl)di-tert-butylphosphine]gold(I) hexafluoroantimonate in an organic solvent under an inert or non-inert atmosphere. Moreover, a process for preparing a material made of thermoset resin, includes successively a) implementation of the above process; polymerization of the reaction product obtained in step a) so as to obtain the material made of thermoset resin; c) recovery of the material made of thermoset resin obtained in step b). |
| US11820775B2 |
Pyrrolopyrimidine ITK inhibitors
Disclosed herein are arylpyridinone compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of ITK mediated diseases, such as inflammation, having the structures of Formulas (I)-(IV): wherein the R groups, m, n, and X are as defined in the detailed description. Methods of inhibition of ITK activity in a human or animal subject are also provided. |
| US11820769B2 |
Triazolopyridin-3-ones or their salts and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same
The present technology provides triazolopyridin-3-ones or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, preparation processes thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. The triazolopyridin-3-ones or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts exhibit inhibitory activity on VAP-1 and therefore can be usefully applied, e.g., for the treatment and prophylaxis of nonalcoholic hepatosteatosis (NASH). |
| US11820766B2 |
Monoacylglycerol lipase modulators
Fused compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions associated with MGL modulation, such as those associated with pain, psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders (including, but not limited to major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, anxious depression, bipolar disorder), cancers and eye conditions. Wherein R1, R2, R2a, R3, R3a, R4, and R4a are defined herein. |
| US11820756B2 |
Bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists
The invention relates to a compound according to general formula (I), which acts as a bradykinin (BK) B2 receptor antagonist; to a pharmaceutical composition containing one or more of the compound(s) of the invention; to a combination preparation containing at least one compound of the invention and at least one further active pharmaceutical ingredient; and to uses of said compound(s), including the use as a medicament. |
| US11820754B2 |
Polymorphs of an SSAO inhibitor
Provided herein are polymorphs of (2E)-3-fluoro-2-({[2-(4-methoxypiperidin-1-yl)pyrimidin-5-yl]oxy}methyl)prop-2-en-1-aminium 4-methylbenzenesulfonate, compositions thereof, methods of preparation thereof, and methods of use thereof. |
| US11820752B2 |
Process for the preparation of apalutamide
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Apalutamide of formula (A) Apalutamide is a latest-generation androgen receptor inhibitor, used to treat non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. |
| US11820751B2 |
Urolithin derivatives and methods of use thereof
Disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for treating neuronal and mitochondrial diseases. |
| US11820747B2 |
PPARG inverse agonists and uses thereof
Provided are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof, which are useful for treating a variety of conditions associated with PPARG. |
| US11820746B2 |
Aza (indole)-, benzothiophene-, and benzofuran-3-sulfonamides
Disclosed are sulfonamide compounds with GPR17 modulating properties, which are useful for treating or preventing a variety of CNS and other diseases, in particular for preventing and treating myelinating diseases or disorders. |
| US11820743B1 |
Purification method and device for continuous distillation and separation of ibuprofen intermediate raw material
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of chemical separation and purification, and in particular relates to a purification method and device for continuous distillation and separation of an ibuprofen intermediate raw material. The purification method comprises the following steps: carrying out a primary distillation on synthetic liquid to obtain a primary material and recovered 4-methyl-1-pentene, then carrying out a second-stage distillation on the primary material to obtain a second-stage material and a recovered crude toluene product; and carrying out a third-stage distillation on the second-stage material to obtain isobutyl benzene and a recovered crude n-butylbenzene product. Embodiment results show that the purification method provided by the present disclosure is high in product recovery rate and high in product purity, the purity of isobutyl benzene is up to 99.99 wt %, the recovery rate is up to 99.9 wt %, the impurity content is not higher than 50 ppm. |
| US11820740B1 |
Olefin metathesis by reactive distillation
Processes and reaction systems for olefin metathesis by reactive distillation, utilizing liquid phase metathesis of reactant olefins in the presence of a homogeneous metathesis catalyst system, where the light metathesis product is produced and leaves the liquid phase as vapor phase and the heavy metathesis product is produced in liquid phase. Separation can be performed on the light metathesis product and a distinct other separation can be performed on the heavy metathesis product. |
| US11820739B2 |
Process for preparing aldehydes and cooling a stream of matter
A process for preparing aldehydes by a homogeneously catalysed hydroformylation of C4 to C20 olefins involves withdrawing a biphasic stream (liquid/gaseous) and expanding in two stages. Before, between, or after the two stages, the liquid phase is cooled. Only after expansion and cooling is the homogeneously dissolved rhodium catalyst system separated from the residual stream. |
| US11820734B2 |
Cathepsin inhibitors
This invention relates to compounds that are useful as inhibitors, in particular as inhibitors of Cathepsin K (CatK), and to a method of inhibiting cathepsin activity, comprising administering a compound or formulation comprising a compound according to the invention. |
| US11820725B2 |
Process for catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics
The present invention generally relates to processes for the catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics. In particular, the present invention includes processes for the catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics such as 2,5-dicloronitrobenzene to 2,5-dichloroaniline over a platinum-containing catalyst. The present invention also relates to processes for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid. |
| US11820723B2 |
Production of alkylaromatic compounds
A process for producing a monoalkylated benzene comprises the step of contacting benzene with a mixture comprising dialkylated and trialkylated benzenes in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst composition under transalkylation conditions effective to convert at least part of the dialkylated and trialkylated benzene to monoalkylated benzene, wherein the transalkylation catalyst, composition comprises zeolite beta having an external surface in excess of 350 m2/g as determined by the t-plot method for nitrogen physisorption. |
| US11820720B2 |
3-(5-substituted-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-3-deuteropiperidine-2,6-dione derivatives and compositions comprising and methods of using the same
The invention provides 3-deuterium-enriched 3-(5-substituted-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-piperidine-2,6-diones, deuterated derivatives thereof, stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, and methods of treatment using the same, such as in the treatment of cancer, an immune-related disease, or an inflammatory disease. |
| US11820717B2 |
PVB-based sacrificial tackifier for CMC
A tackified ceramic fabric sheet includes a pre-preg layer having a fabric of woven ceramic tows and a tackifier compound surrounding the tows and comprising 15% to 60% polyvinyl butyral with ethanol. The sheet further includes a removable first backing film layer on a first side of the pre-preg layer. |
| US11820716B2 |
Method of fabricating cooling features on a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component
A method of fabricating cooling features on a CMC component may comprise compressing a fabric preform within tooling including holes and/or recesses facing the fabric preform. During the compression, portions of the fabric preform are pushed into the holes and/or recesses. Gases are delivered through the tooling to deposit a matrix material on exposed surfaces of the fabric preform while the fabric preform is being compressed. The matrix material builds up on the portions of the fabric preform pushed into the holes and/or recesses, and a rigidized preform with surface protrusions is formed. The tooling is removed, and the rigidized preform is densified, thereby forming a CMC component including raised surface features. |
| US11820715B2 |
Porous space fillers for ceramic matrix composites
A space filler for forming a fibrous preform may comprise an additively manufactured ceramic material. The additively manufactured ceramic material may define a plurality of pores. A shape of the additively manufactured ceramic material may complement a shape of a void formed by fibrous regions of the fibrous preform. |
| US11820713B1 |
Method of manufacturing a glazed ceramic tile with at least one groove and a tile produced using such a method
A process for manufacturing glazed ceramic tiles from a substrate of green clay having at least one groove extending within the surface of the tile, wherein the groove is imparted to the tile while the substrate is still green clay before the substrate is bisque or glaze fired. A tile fabricated using this process is also part of the invention. |
| US11820712B2 |
Electrically conductive binder for manufacturing heatable building parts
Electrically conductive binder comprising a cement, a sterically stabilizing superplasticizer, a rheology modifier, graphite particles with carbon content higher than 60%, and graphene; cementitious mixture comprising the binder, and heatable building elements, preferably underfloor heating layers and/or heating panels and/or heating layers close to a wall, as well as floors with underfloor heating systems comprising a layer from the binder. |
| US11820709B2 |
Reinforcement bar and method for manufacturing same
Reinforcement bars for concrete structures, comprising continuous, parallel fibers, made of basalt, carbon, glass fiber, or the like, embedded in a cured matrix, each bar being made of at least one fiber bundle comprising a number of parallel, cylindrical cross section fibers and said bars being provided with a surface shape and/or texture which contributes to good bonding with the concrete. Part of the surface of each bar being deformed prior to or during the curing by: a) strings of an elastic or inelastic, and/or b) at least one deformed section of each reinforcement bar; thereby producing a roughened surface. |
| US11820707B2 |
Geopolymer cement slurries, cured geopolymer cement and methods of making and use thereof
Geopolymer cement slurries, cured geopolymer cements, and methods of making cured geopolymer cement and methods of using geopolymer cement slurries are provided. The geopolymer cement slurry comprises cement precursor material, Saudi Arabian volcanic ash, and an aqueous solution. The Saudi Arabian volcanic ash comprises SO3, CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, and K2O. |
| US11820702B2 |
Glass article and display device including the same
A glass article includes a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, a first compressive region extending from the first surface to a first compression depth, a second compressive region extending from the second surface to a second compression depth and a tensile region between the first compression depth and the second compression depth. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first segment located between the first surface and a first transition point and a second segment located between the first transition point and the first compression depth. A depth from the first surface to the first transition point ranges from 6.1 μm to 8.1 μm. A compressive stress at the first transition point ranges from 207 MPa to 254 MPa. A stress-depth ratio of the first transition point ranges from 28 MPa/μm to 35 MPa/μm. |
| US11820701B2 |
Method for achieving a stress profile in a glass
A method for generating various stress profiles for chemically strengthened glass. An alkali aluminosilicate glass is brought into contact with an ion exchange media such as, for example, a molten salt bath containing an alkali metal cation that is larger than an alkali metal cation in the glass. The ion exchange is carried out at temperatures greater than about 420° C. and at least about 30° C. below the anneal point of the glass. |
| US11820696B2 |
Optical fiber draw furnace system and method
An optical fiber draw system and method of operating thereof. The method includes positioning a downfeed handle for supporting an optical fiber preform within a furnace such that the downfeed handle is movable within the furnace. The method further includes operating one or more heating elements to thermally heat at least a portion of an upper muffle extension disposed within the furnace, the one or more heating elements being moveable with the downfeed handle. |
| US11820695B2 |
Manufacturing method for preform of multi-core fiber and manufacturing method for multi-core fiber
A manufacturing method includes forming one or more first holes in a cladding rod, inserting a first glass rod into each of the one or more first holes, heating the cladding rod together with the inserted first glass rod to integrate the first glass rod and the cladding rod and to form an intermediate preform, forming one or more second holes in the intermediate preform, inserting a second glass rod into each of the one or more second holes, and heating the intermediate preform together with the inserted second glass rod to integrate the second glass rod and the intermediate preform. |
| US11820693B2 |
Method of molding window for display
A method of molding a window for a display device includes: forming curved side surfaces and curved corners of the window, by pressing a heated preliminary window glass to a mold. The mold includes: a flat portion corresponding to a flat display portion of the display device; a window side surface bending portion corresponding to the side surfaces of the display device; and a window corner bending portion corresponding to the corners of the display device. The forming the curved side surfaces of the window includes pressing the heated preliminary window glass against the window side surface bending portion of the mold; and after the forming of the curved side surfaces, forming the curved corners and a flat portion of the window by further pressing the heated preliminary window glass respectively against the window corner bending portion and the flat portion of the mold. |
| US11820691B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method for optical fiber porous preform
A manufacturing apparatus for an optical fiber porous preform includes a reaction chamber configured to accommodate a starting material; at least one main burner provided in the reaction chamber, the at least one main burner being configured to be supplied with a gas containing at least a source gas and a flammable gas, such that particulates are to be generated from reaction of the source gas and the flammable gas and deposited on the starting material; at least one auxiliary burner configured to be directed toward an end portion of the starting material on which the particulates are to be deposited; and an airflow guide provided such that at least part of the airflow guide is located across the at least one auxiliary burner from the starting material. |
| US11820689B2 |
Treatment of saline water for agricultural and potable use
Water treatment systems including electrically-driven and pressure-driven separation apparatus configured to produce a first treated water suitable for use as irrigation water and a second treated water suitable for use as potable water from one of brackish water and saline water and methods of operation of same. |
| US11820687B2 |
System and method for treating effluent
Systems and methods for treating liquid effluent, the effluent including contaminants capable of biodegradation, using biodegradation beds. While the effluent holding tank is housed within a containment facility in the event of holding tank rupture or leakage, the biodegradation beds and an excess effluent sump are housed adjacent but outside the containment facility. In some aspects, the biodegradation beds are covered with generally transparent covers to allow sunlight to heat the bed contents and effluent for degradation and evaporation purposes while avoiding introduction of unwanted ambient precipitation. |
| US11820685B2 |
Two-times-two tank process and system
A method and plant for hydrolysis of a liquid substrate, having a dry solids content of between 2 and 30%, to be used in an anaerobic fermentation, digestion or another process aimed at producing or extracting methane or other valuable substances, which method and plant relies on the use of vacuum and several pulpers and one or several flashtanks in series for step-wise pre-heating and pressure reduction, respectively. |
| US11820681B2 |
Voltage-controlled anion exchange membrane enabling selective ion affinities for water desalination and device containing the same
A desalination device includes a container, first and second electrodes, an anion exchange membrane (AEM), and a power source. The container contains saline water that has an elevated concentration of dissolved salts. The AEM separates the container into first and second compartments into which the first and second electrodes, respectively, are arranged. The AEM has a continuous porous structure and a plurality of negatively-charged oxygen functional groups coupled to the porous structure. The power source is configured to selectively apply a voltage to one of the first and second electrodes. The AEM has a selective permeability when the voltage is applied such that cations in the saline water solution have a first diffusion rate d1 therethrough and anions in the saline water solution have a second diffusion rate d2 therethrough. The first diffusion rate d1 is less than the second diffusion rate d2 and greater than or equal to zero. |
| US11820677B2 |
Multi-sequence water softener system and method
A multi tank water softener system in which multiple softeners can be selectively operated in parallel, alternating, or in series in either order. The system reduces risk of Legionella and pathogen grown while also reducing salt usage by up to 40%. |
| US11820668B2 |
Methods for manufacturing spinel-type ternary metal oxides as hole transport materials
Methods for preparation of surfactant-free ultra-small spinel ternary metal oxide nanoparticles are provided. A method comprises dissolving first and second metal salts in deionized water in a specific mole ratio to form a solution comprising two different metal ions, applying a coprecipitation method and adding an alkaline solution to the solution to form a colloidal suspension, wherein a colloid of the colloidal suspension is a metal hydroxide, adjusting the amount and the addition rate of the alkaline solution to form a specific structure of metal hydroxide precipitate; washing and drying the metal hydroxide to form a structured metal hydroxide powder, and applying a calcination method to the structured metal hydroxide powder to form a surfactant-free spinel-type (AB2O4) ternary metal oxide, wherein A and B each respectively comprise a metal element. |
| US11820665B2 |
High-pressure homogenizer and method for manufacturing graphene using the same
Provided a high-pressure homogenizer comprising a channel module comprising a microchannel through which an object for homogenization passes, wherein the microchannel is provided with a first flow channel and a second flow channel sequentially arranged along the direction through which the object passes, the first flow channel is provided with a plurality of first baffles disposed so as to partition the microchannel into a plurality of spaces, the second flow channel is provided with a plurality of second baffles disposed so as to partition the microchannel into a plurality of spaces, and at least one of the first baffles is provided to be positioned between two adjacent second baffles. |
| US11820662B2 |
Process and apparatus for carbon nanotube formation
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to processes and apparatus for carbon nanotube formation, and more specifically, to processes and apparatus for carbon nanotube alignment. In an embodiment, a process for aligning carbon nanotubes is provided. The process includes introducing an aqueous solution to a pressure-controlled system that includes a silanated glass element, a porous membrane, and a container. The process further includes applying a pressure differential across the porous membrane to draw the aqueous solution from the silanated glass element, through the porous membrane, and to the container at a flow rate to form a filtrate disposed within the container and a retentate disposed above the porous membrane, the retentate comprising carbon nanotubes. The process further includes optically detecting a position of a meniscus of the aqueous solution in the silanated glass element. Apparatus for forming and aligning carbon nanotubes are also disclosed. |
| US11820661B2 |
Device and method for single-stage continuous preparation of carbon nanotubes
An apparatus for continuous preparation of carbon nanotubes, based on a fluidized bed reactor. The fluidized bed reactor comprises an annular varying diameter zone, a raw material gas inlet, a catalyst feeding port, a protective gas inlet, and a pulse gas controller. The annular varying diameter zone is located at a zone from a ¼ position starting from the bottom to the top. The pulse gas controller is disposed at the arc-shaped top portion of the annular varying diameter zone. The catalyst feeding port is located at the top of the fluidized bed reactor. The raw material gas inlet and the protective gas inlet are located at the bottom of the fluidized bed reactor. The device is also provided with a product outlet and a tail gas outlet. The device has a simple structure and low cost, is easy to operate, has a high raw material utilization rate, can effectively control the problem of carbon deposition on the inner wall of a primary reactor, can manufacture high-purity carbon nanotubes, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production. |
| US11820657B2 |
Combined hydrogen and electricity production from aqueous ammonia feed
A system and a method for producing hydrogen and electrical power from an aqueous ammonia solution are provided. An exemplary system includes a distillation unit to produce ammonia gas from the aqueous ammonia solution, a compression unit to boost the pressure of the ammonia gas, a membrane separator to catalytically convert the ammonia gas to nitrogen and hydrogen and remove the hydrogen as a permeate, and a micro turbine to combust a retentate to generate energy. |
| US11820650B2 |
Microelectromechanical apparatus having hermitic chamber
The disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical apparatus including a substrate, a stationary electrode, a movable electrode, and a heater. The substrate includes an upper surface, an inner bottom surface, and an inner side surface. The inner side surface surrounds and connects with the inner bottom surface. The inner side surface and the inner bottom surface define a recess. The stationary electrode is disposed on the inner bottom surface. The movable electrode covers the recess. The movable electrode, the inner bottom surface, and the inner side surface define a hermetic chamber. The heater is disposed on the movable electrode and located above the hermetic chamber. |
| US11820648B2 |
Vibration damping in MEMS acceleration sensors
A capacitive microelectromechanical acceleration sensor where one or more rotor measurement plates and one or more stator measurement plates are configured so that the movement of a proof mass in the direction of a sense axis can be measured in a capacitive measurement conducted between them. One or more first rotor damping plates and one or more first stator damping plates form a first set of parallel plates which are orthogonal to a first damping axis, and the first damping axis is substantially orthogonal to the sense axis. |
| US11820640B1 |
Management system for beverage dispensing
Systems and methods for use with one or more beverage dispensing systems are provided. A system execution program is stored on a memory device. A database stores data records related to a plurality of users of the system and recipe records related to a plurality of beverages. A server includes a processor programmed to execute the system execution program to establish a creation engine and a licensing engine. The creation engine is programmed to allow a mixologist to create and/or edit a beverage recipe and store/update the beverage recipe in the database in one of the recipe records. The dispensing system is configured to dispense a beverage as a function of the beverage recipe. The licensing engine provides a commission to the mixologist in response to the dispensing system dispensing the beverage as a function of the beverage recipe stored in the one of the recipe records. |
| US11820639B1 |
Level display system for use with beverage dispensers and method of making same
A robust hot beverage level display system and method for use in a hot beverage dispenser (12) having a sensing element (105), a level display (28), a controller (50) and an elongate probe carrying at least one elongate electrically conductive trace (202) made from annealed rolled copper with a macrocrystalline structure with elongate, metal, granule-like, cohered metal elements that are aligned with each other in parallel relationship (FIGS. 25 and 28), and an electronics module housing (108), for protectively surrounding the controller (50), formed from a pair of housing sections (109, 110) with a pair of mating connective surfaces (220, 224), potting material with adhesive properties (226) filling the housing (108) and protectively enveloping the controller (218, FIG. 39) and display (217, FIG. 3), and a gapless, voidless adhesive layer made of a contiguous, comingling of cured adhesive and cured potting material interposed between the mating surfaces (220,224). |
| US11820638B2 |
Automated drink maker
A drink making device including a hood, a base configured to support at least four bottles, a tower connecting the base and the hood; and a dispenser for dispensing a beverage. The hood includes at least four attachment connectors. Liquid from the bottles is selectively pumped through the connectors through the dispenser to dispense a beverage. |
| US11820630B2 |
Electrical enclosure combined with lifting device support rails
A plate assembly for mounting an electrical enclosure in a position vertically aligned atop an overhead rail used to support a traveling hoist which traverses back and forth along the rails on a trolley. The plate assembly includes a plate which is shaped like an inverted U by a central opening extending up from the bottom with mounting portions projecting normal to the plate which are configured to be attached to the enclosure when installed in the opening at the top and to respective rail pieces clamped against respective sides of the opening. |
| US11820626B2 |
Systems and methods for electrical cord storage
An electrical cord storage device is adapted to be affixed to an electrical appliance. The device includes a base having a first surface shaped to substantially conform to and adapted to be affixed to a surface of an electrical appliance and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The device also includes a post having a first end affixed to the base and extending from the second surface of the base to a second end to form a cord-wrapping structure adapted to receive an electrical cord of the electrical appliance wound thereon. The device further includes a dome affixed to the second end of the post, extending radially away from the post, and curving toward an imaginary plane substantially normal to the post located at the first end of the post. Other implementations are described. |
| US11820625B2 |
Flexible pipe handling system and method of using same
A system includes a drum assembly that includes a support bar having a first end and a second end, and a plurality of drum segments coupled to the support bar. The drum segments are movable between retracted and extended positions, and the drum assembly is configured to be disposed within an interior region of a coil of flexible pipe when the plurality of drum segments are in the retracted position. The system also includes a first containment flange coupled to the drum assembly at the first end, a second containment flange coupled to the drum assembly at the second end, a first coupling device configured to removably couple the first containment flange to the drum assembly, and a second coupling device configured to removably couple the second containment flange to the drum assembly. The first and second containment flanges are configured to contain the flexible pipe. |
| US11820623B2 |
Sheet alignment in sheet conveying device
A sheet conveying device includes an aligning roller and a sheet guide. The aligning roller is configured to rotate in a forward direction along a sheet conveying direction, and stop rotation or rotate in a reverse direction to align a sheet conveyed thereto with a nip formed with the aligning roller. The sheet guide is disposed along a sheet conveyance path extending to the nip in the sheet conveying direction, and movable between a first position at which the sheet conveyance path has a first width in a thickness direction of the sheet and a second position at which the sheet conveyance path has a second width in the thickness direction less than the first width. The sheet guide is at the first position when the aligning roller stops rotation or rotates in the reverse direction and at the second position when the aligning roller rotates in the forward direction. |
| US11820622B1 |
Stackable wire-dispensing container
An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core. |
| US11820620B2 |
Attachment unit and image forming system
A post-processing unit is disposed so as to face the apparatus side surface of a printer that has a manual feed tray protruding from the apparatus side surface. The post-processing unit has an ejection tray, which is movably provided in a unit body and to which paper accepted from the printer is ejected. In an apparatus height direction crossing a direction in which paper is ejected, the ejection tray can be moved to a first position at which ejected paper can be mounted and to a second position at which part of paper mounted on the manual feed tray can be supported. |
| US11820618B2 |
Sheet conveying apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a transmitting mechanism-, a movable member, and a control portion to input a signal having first and second levels. The transmitting mechanism transmits driving force and includes a spring clutch and an electromagnetic clutch. The driving force pivotally moves the movable member. The spring clutch idles by a slackness of a spring when the rotation in a second direction is inputted to the transmitting mechanism and the movable member is regulated from pivoting at a predetermined position. The control portion inputs the signal to the transmitting mechanism such that the state electromagnetic clutch state changes the engagement state to the disengagement state through an intermediary state gradually varying a length of time where the signal of the first level is inputted into the electromagnetic clutch after the movable member reaches the predetermined position by inputting the rotation in the second direction to the transmitting mechanism. |
| US11820615B2 |
Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
In a sheet conveyance apparatus a control unit controls lifting and lowering of a sheet supporting portion by a lifting unit and executes a mixed feeding in one of a plurality of modes including a first mode and a second mode. The mixed feeding is an operation in which a plurality of sheets having different lengths in a width direction orthogonal to a feed direction of a sheet feeding unit are fed by the feeding unit, wherein in the first mode, the control unit causes the lifting unit to move the supporting portion from the second position to the first position based on an instruction to start sheet feeding, and in the second mode, the control unit causes the lifting unit to move the supporting portion from the second position to the first position based on a detection of a sheet by the detection unit. |
| US11820614B2 |
Delivery ramp with an adjustable, rotatable pivot
A truck ramp including a first ramp element, second ramp element and pivoting structure located between the first and second ramp elements. The first ramp element is coupled to the truck at one end and at the other end, a hinge. The second ramp element is hinged at one end and at the other end interfaces with the ground or other surface. Between the first and second ramp elements is a pivoting structure comprised of a first component that is mechanically coupled to the first ramp element at the first hinged end and a second component that is mechanically coupled to the second ramp element at the hinged end. The first component and the second component are rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the first and second ramp element hinges. |
| US11820611B2 |
Load planning optimization using automated 3D packing
A load planning platform may generate, according to one or more loading rules, a preliminary packing solution that simulates placing unpacked items, in a set of items, into a container. The load planning platform may generate a set of packing solutions by applying one or more available moves to the preliminary packing solution. The load planning platform may select a final packing solution from the set of packing solutions based on one or more optimization criteria associated with the container and the set of items. The load planning platform may provide access to a three-dimensional rendering of the final packing solution that differentiates each item in the set of items based on a sequence in which the set of items are to be unloaded from the container. |
| US11820610B2 |
Sorting apparatus for sorting and stacking tiles
An apparatus for sorting and stacking slab-shaped elements (2), for example tiles, has an inlet line; a plurality of suction gripping units; a plurality of rotating arms which each bear a suction gripping unit; a plurality of seats for receiving the slab-shaped elements, forming stacks of slab-shaped elements; and a support crown which is solidly constrained to a frame. The rotating arms are mobile independently of one another; the rotating arms and the support crown are relatively dimensioned so that each rotating arm is supported by the support crown at or near the respective free end. |
| US11820607B2 |
Systems and methods for die transfer
In certain embodiments, a system includes: a source lane configured to move a first die container between a load port and a source lane staging area; an inspection sensor configured to produce a sensor result based on a die on the first die container; a pass target lane configured to move a second die container between a pass target lane out port and a pass target lane staging area; a fail target lane configured to move a third die container between a fail target lane out port and a fail target lane staging area; and a conveyor configured to move the die from the first die container at the source lane staging area to either the second die container at the pass target lane staging area or the fail target lane staging area based on the sensor result. |
| US11820605B2 |
Systems and methods for providing singulation of objects for processing
A processing system including a singulation system is disclosed. The singulation system includes a conveying system for moving objects to be sorted from a source area along a first direction, a detection system for detecting objects at the conveying system, and for selecting certain selected objects for removal from the conveying system, and a removal system for removing the certain selected objects from the conveying system for providing a singulated stream of objects. |
| US11820604B1 |
Packaging sizer
A packaging sizer can receive and segment packaging into two or more segments. The packaging sizer can receive the packaging on a conveyance surface and convey the packaging to a position for segmenting. A segmenting assembly can segment the packaging to form two or more segments. The resulting segments can be directed in different directions for different purposes. For example, one or more of the segments can be removed from the packaging sizer and one or more segments can be moved to a position for manipulation by a packaging manipulator. |
| US11820600B2 |
Picking workstation with mobile robots and machine vision verification of each transfers performed by human operators
A workstation is disclosed for transferring objects between containers such as product and order totes in an order fulfillment system. The workstation may include an object pick system, for example including a measuring array or a machine vision system, which directs and monitors the transfer of objects between the containers. |
| US11820599B2 |
System and method of automatically picking and handling parts
An automated parts handling system includes a conveyor, a robotic arm configured to pick parts from a parts receptacle and place the picked parts on the conveyor, a vision device disposed over or adjacent the conveyor and configured to determine the number of parts picked by the robotic arm from the parts receptacle and placed on the conveyor, a memory, and a processor communicatively coupled to the conveyor, the robotic arm, and the vision device. The memory includes program instructions executable by the processor to implement a pick process configured to receive information from the vision device on the number of parts picked by the robotic arm and placed on the conveyor, based on the received information regarding the number of picked parts, selectively control the robotic arm to retrieve from the conveyor a number of the picked parts, and selectively control the robotic arm to place one or more of the retrieved parts back in the parts receptacle when the number of parts picked by the robotic arm differs from a predetermined number of parts specified in the program instructions. |
| US11820596B2 |
Automated storage and retrieval system
A method and apparatus are provided for storing or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a path to/from the destination areas that are positioned along the path. The destination areas are configured such that the destination areas have a depth to accommodate a plurality of containers in a horizontal line one behind another. The containers may be releasable interconnected so that retrieving one of the interconnected containers displaces one or more connected containers. |
| US11820594B2 |
Automated shuttle systems for multi-depth storage racks
A method and associated apparatus are provided for retrieving an object from a multi-depth object storage. The method includes retrieving, via a shuttle, at least a first object from a first depth of a storage location and a second object from a second depth of the storage location. The first depth is less than the second depth, such that the first object positioned at the first depth interferes with retrieval of the second object positioned at the second depth. The method also includes manipulating the first object and the second object, such that the first object is positioned to be disposed into the storage location while the second object remains disposed on the shuttle. The method further includes disposing the first object into the storage location while the second object remains on the shuttle. A corresponding apparatus is also provided. |
| US11820590B2 |
Garbage bag storage and dispensing system
A garbage bag storage and dispensing assembly and system is herein disclosed. The system includes a garbage can, a bag holder slidably mounted at a bottom of the garbage can, and a plurality of garbage bags. In use, the garbage bags are rotatably provided in the bag holder and are slid through a slit defined in the garbage can to sequentially dispense them. Thus, the garbage bags can be provided as an integrated piece of the garbage can, and can easily be accessed by a user when needed. |
| US11820587B2 |
Hopper for raw material powder and method for transferring raw material powder by using same
A hopper and method for transferring raw material, which can prevent segregation due to the impact caused by falling of the raw material powder when different types of raw material powders are transferred. The hopper for a raw material powder according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a hopper body having an inner space in which the raw material powder is stored and including an outlet which is formed through the lower end thereof and through which the raw material powder is discharged; a transfer pipe to which the raw material powder discharged through the outlet is transferred and which has a region, through which the raw material powder is transferred, divided into a plurality of regions; and a slide gate unit disposed between the outlet and the transfer pipe to open or close the transfer pipe while adjusting a degree of opening of the transfer pipe. |
| US11820585B2 |
Vessel assembly
Disclosed herein is a protective housing for carrying a rigid vessel. In use, the vessel will contain liquid. The housing comprises a casing. The casing includes a peripheral wall, a base and a top. The base and top are connected to the peripheral wall to define a volume for containing the vessel. The protective housing further comprises an impact absorber. The impact absorber is disposed, in use, between the vessel and casing to reduce transferral, to the vessel, of a force applied to the casing. There is also an aperture in the casing for accessing a closure section of the vessel while the vessel is in the protective housing. |
| US11820584B2 |
Aerosol sprayers and methods of using the same
An aerosol sprayer may be connected to an aerosol container to form an aerosol delivery system. The aerosol sprayer includes a base secured to the container, a cap secured to the base, a pivoting trigger and a sliding nozzle body with an integrated nozzle/manifold which is slidably movable relative to the trigger between an extended operable position and a retracted, locked position. The nozzle includes flexible articulating wall structures adjacent to the manifold to accommodate movement of the nozzle body. The nozzle and trigger have interfitting locking structures to prevent actuation of the trigger when the nozzle is in the retracted locked position. |
| US11820583B2 |
Double nozzle overcap assembly
An overcap assembly configured to attach to a container. The overcap assembly includes a body, an actuator, a first nozzle, and a second nozzle. The actuator is integrally attached with the body and defines a longitudinal axis. The actuator further comprises a fluid passageway that extends therein. The first nozzle and the second nozzle extend laterally from the actuator, and the first nozzle and the second nozzle define a portion of the fluid passageway. The first nozzle comprises a first angled exit aperture and the second nozzle comprises a second angled exit aperture. The first nozzle and the second nozzle each comprises an inner cylindrical wall and an outer cylindrical wall surrounding and spaced apart from the inner cylindrical wall. The first angled exit aperture and the second angled exit aperture are non-parallel to the longitudinal axis. |
| US11820582B2 |
Puffer device
A puffer device includes a cabinet having a printed circuit board and a gear train assembly coupled to the printed circuit board. The gear train assembly includes a motor and a gear driven by the motor. A cam is coupled to the gear. The cabinet further includes a plunger configured to be contacted and driven by the cam. The puffer device further includes an aerosol can assembly configured to be releasably coupled to the cabinet, wherein movement of the plunger is configured to dispense a material from the aerosol can assembly. |
| US11820579B1 |
Insulated packaging for use with dry ice
A shipping container with an enclosure of insulating panels which swell in response to sublimation of a carbon dioxide mass within the enclosure. The insulating panels are made of a casing with an outer sheet which is impermeable to carbon dioxide gas and an inner sheet which is permeable to carbon dioxide gas. Dry ice is placed within the shipping container, along with contents which require refrigeration, and the container is closed (sealed or somewhat sealed). After closure, and upon sublimation of the dry ice, some portion of gaseous carbon dioxide passes through the permeable sheet of the casing and some may leak from the container. Because some portion of the sublimated gas enters the casing, it is retained and slowed in eventual escape from the container, thereby maintaining low temperatures within the container longer than a system with an impermeable casing. |
| US11820578B2 |
Constant temperature container
To improve the moldability and keeping cold performance of a vacuum heat insulating container. A constant temperature container includes a heat insulating container formed by disposing a core material between an outer cover material and an inner cover material and sealing the core material in a reduced-pressure state. The core material includes a first core material, the first core material being an organic substance made of open-cell foam, and a second core material having a lower thermal conductivity than the first core material at a vacuum degree of 100 Pa or less. |
| US11820577B2 |
Static mixer
A static mixer suitable for mixing liquids, pastes, creams, gels or other fluids. Fluids introduced into a static mixing cavity of the static mixer are mechanically mixed by the static mixing cavity, and then dispensed from an outlet as a mixed fluid. The static mixer may be formed by two housing halves that are hingedly connected so that the static mixer can be easily opened for cleaning the static mixing cavity. |
| US11820574B2 |
Shipping container and packaging cushion assembly
A shipping assembly is described. The assembly includes a shipping container, a bottom structure, and a top structure. The bottom and top structures retain objects in a spaced-apart arrangement within the shipping container. A paperboard sheet is folded into three horizontal layers to form the bottom structure. A first layer has apertures to retain the objects. A second layer is below and spaced apart from the first layer with a substantially flat surface below the first apertures. A third layer is below and spaced apart from the second layer. Another paperboard sheet is folded into two horizontal layers to form the top structure. A fourth layer has another set of apertures to retain the objects. A fifth layer is above and spaced apart from the fourth layer. The apertures are align to position the objects in the shipping container. |
| US11820572B2 |
Packaging unit for at least two button cells
A packaging unit adapted to contain at least two button cells includes: for each of the button cells, a separate individual compartment that encloses the button cells; the individual compartments are each formed from a separate thermoformed plastics hood and a back plastics film fixed thereto; the individual compartments are configured such that they cannot be opened without tools; a carrier on which the individual compartments are attached; and the individual compartments are spaced apart from one another on the carrier. |
| US11820569B2 |
Carrier for containers
A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels including a top panel foldably connected to at least one attachment panel, and attachment features for attaching the carrier to the plurality of containers and for selectively separating one or more containers from the carrier. |
| US11820562B2 |
Resilient cardboard cushioning for packaging
Packaging may include cushioning components. Cardboard corrugate cushioning elements may be configured with a folded cardboard spring, lateral stability wrap, and stiffening element. The cushioning components may include mechanical bends formed as creases, that provide resistance to deformation, thereby allowing the cushioning component to absorb impact and vibration, and replacing the need for less environmentally friendly cushioning, such as expanded polystyrene or foam cushioning. |
| US11820561B2 |
Contents container
Provided is a contents container including a container body in which contents are stored and from which a neck portion having an open upper surface protrudes upward; and a discharge portion separably coupled to neck portion of the container body. Here, the discharge portion includes a pipette portion inserted into the container body through the neck portion and configured to suction in and discharge the contents, a cap portion formed above the pipette portion and detachably coupled to the neck portion so as to seal the container body, and a pressurizing portion formed above the cap portion and configured to generate a change in pressure for suctioning and discharging the contents into and from the pipette portion. Also, the discharge portion is formed of the same type of material. |
| US11820547B2 |
Box blank
A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer including paperboard, a second layer including a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer. The foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer. |
| US11820546B2 |
Device for packaging and dispensing a product, with vial and dispensing mouthpiece equipped with a filter
The device (100) for packaging and dispensing a product, liquid or in gel form, optionally for an ophthalmic application, comprises a container (1) containing the product to be dispensed by a dispensing head (7), as well as a refilling and filtering assembly for the air entering the container (1) after a dispensing, the dispensing head delimiting one or more dosing chambers (5) and including at its end a flexible part (7) which can be actuated to allow the release of the dose of product in a compressed state of said chamber (5). The air refilling and filtering assembly has a sterilizing filter (11) which cooperates with a check valve (12), this assembly (11, 12) being typically located in a central or inner portion of the head (7). The supply of outside air is accomplished by means of a channel (16) leading to an outer orifice (10) able to be obturated by a cover (15). |
| US11820545B2 |
Apparatus and method for removing twine from a bale
An apparatus for removing twine from a bale is described herein. The apparatus includes a frame having a mounting portion configured to releasably mount to a vehicle and two opposed arms rigidly coupled to and extending in a common direction from the mounting portion. The apparatus also includes a bale grabbing mechanism coupled to the frame and configured to releasably secure the bale against the opposed arms of the frame, a cutting mechanism movably coupled to one of the opposed arms of the frame, the cutting mechanism including a cutting element being configured to cut the twine and a twine grabbing mechanism coupled to the other opposed arm of the frame. The twine grabbing mechanism is configured to retain the twine after the twine has been cut by the cutting mechanism. |
| US11820544B2 |
Apparatus for emptying a flexible liner
An apparatus for emptying a flexible line of a packaging container, having a pulling unit, which has a movable pulling element, onto which a fastening section of the liner can be fasted, wherein the fastening section of the liner can be pulled up and let down by means of the pulling element of the pulling unit, to empty the liner, a stripping device, which comprises one or more stripping bodies, which are set up for stripping a section of the liner so as to empty the liner, and a lifting device, which is set up for moving the stripping device in the vertical direction. |
| US11820542B2 |
Method and apparatus for reconfiguring containers
Methods and apparatus for forming containers from container blanks are provided. An apparatus comprises a blank holding apparatus operable to releasably hold a plurality of carton blanks in a first configuration. The apparatus also has a rotary apparatus operable to rotate an engagement device along a rotational path from a first retrieval location where the engagement device is operable to engage with and retrieve a blank from the plurality of blanks held in the blank holding apparatus, to a second operational location. The apparatus also has a movement apparatus inter-connected to the rotary apparatus. The movement apparatus is operable to move the rotary apparatus and the engagement device with the engaged blank away from the blank holding apparatus, which may be translational movement away from the blank holding apparatus. |
| US11820539B2 |
Manifold for automatic drug compounder
A manifold for control of fluid and/or vapor flow between a container and a pump cartridge for a compounder system is provided. One or more manifolds may be disposed in a magazine configured to secure and align the manifolds with a plurality of ports in the cartridge. Each manifold may include a needle having forward and rear openings to a central bore. A needle housing may include a slot configured to receive a push rod for actuating the needle forward and backward. In a forward, engaged position, the openings in the needle may be disposed on opposite sides of a sealing member of the manifold to form a fluid pathway through the manifold. In a rearward, disengaged position, both the forward and rear openings in the needle may be disposed on the same side of the sealing member to prevent fluid and vapor from flowing through the manifold. |
| US11820538B2 |
Hole punching and spindle stuffing after bagger
Embodiments are directed to methods, systems and packages for packaging the coreless paper products and accessory products. Embodiments include receiving paper products, receiving a container used for packaging the paper products, and packaging the paper products into the container. Embodiments also include inserting accessory products into a cavity formed by the paper products packaged in the container, and applying a label on the container to cover the cavity where the accessory products are inserted. |
| US11820532B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle launching capsule
Provided is a system for releasing an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), including: a capsule including: a UAV including a controller; and a release actuator configured to release the UAV from the capsule; wherein the capsule is configured to be at least one of launched and deployed; the system further includes: at least one sensor; a release condition evaluation module, connected with the at least one sensor; and a release command module, connected with the release condition evaluation module, and configured to activate the release actuator upon at least one release condition being met; wherein the process of deploying the capsule and/or launching the capsule is a separate process from the process of releasing the UAV from the capsule. |
| US11820528B2 |
Electronic controller with off-load and anti-stall capability for Ram air turbine variable displacement hydraulic pump
An aircraft hydraulic control system includes a pump system, a fluid circuit, and a controller. The pump system includes a hydraulic pump and a ram air turbine assembly. The fluid circuit delivers hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump and receives the hydraulic fluid output from the hydraulic pump. The controller is in signal communication with the hydraulic pump. The controller determines a rotational frequency of a ram air turbine included in the ram air turbine assembly, and controls the hydraulic pump so as to control the flow of hydraulic fluid in the fluid circuit. The flow of hydraulic fluid in the fluid circuit controls a fluid pressure of the aircraft. |
| US11820527B2 |
Redundant actuation power and control
A redundant power supply system for aircraft seats, includes: a first power supply module having a first AC to DC power converter configured to supply power to a first auxiliary board, the first auxiliary board being configured to supply power to a plurality of aircraft seats via a plurality of communication bus channels; a second power supply module having a second AC to DC power converter configured to supply power to a second auxiliary board, the second auxiliary board being configured to supply power to the plurality of aircraft seats via the plurality of communication bus channels; and a power supply link configured to connect the first auxiliary board and the second auxiliary board enabling the first AC to DC power converter to power the second auxiliary board via the power supply link. |
| US11820526B2 |
Power supply apparatus for a flying body including a combustion gas and intake air heat exchanger
The present invention provides a propulsion apparatus that generates a propulsion force of a flying body, comprising: a propulsion rotor; a motor configured to pivotally support and rotate the propulsion rotor; power generation unit configured to generate power for driving the motor; and a housing configured to store the power generation unit, wherein the housing is arranged outside an airframe of the flying body, and the motor is connected to the housing. |
| US11820521B2 |
Parachute compound pulley ripcord pull force reducer and methods for utilizing same
An apparatus and an article of manufacture providing a parachute ripcord pull force reducer device, method and system offering mechanical gain such that the pull force required to pull the main parachute closing pin is reduced. Further disclosed is a parachute container using the novel parachute ripcord pull force reducer, and methods for manufacturing and/or modifying a parachute to operate with various embodiments of the ripcord pull force reducer in accordance with the instant disclosure. |
| US11820520B2 |
Rotorcraft provided with a yaw motion control system having a ducted rotor and an ice protection system
A rotorcraft provided with a yaw motion control system comprising a fairing and a rotor provided with blades, the blades being arranged in the fairing and able to rotate about an axis of rotation of the rotor, the fairing comprising a casing defining an air stream, the air stream extending in a direction of flow of the air within the fairing from an intake section towards an outlet section. The rotorcraft comprises an ice protection system comprising at least one grille arranged upstream of the air stream in the air flow direction, the grille facing the intake section parallel to the axis of rotation and the casing, no grille facing at least one unprotected section of the intake section in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation. |
| US11820519B2 |
Air-driven vapor cycle refrigeration system
A system includes an air pressurization system (APS) and an environmental control system (ECS). The APS is configured to supply pressurized supply air to the ECS. The ECS includes a primary heat exchanger (PHX), an air-driven turbine downstream of the PHX, and a vapor cycle refrigeration system (VCRS) downstream of the PHX. The PHX is configured to cool the supply air using environmental air. The turbine is configured to power a vapor cycle refrigeration system (VCRS) using the supply air. The VCRS is configured to cool the supply air to generate cabin air. |
| US11820516B2 |
Seat system having a rotary recline lever
A seat system for a passenger aircraft. The seat system includes a passenger seat frame having a backrest support assembly including a backrest and a spreader; and a seat bottom support assembly. The seat system further includes a rotary recline lever assembly including an armrest connected to the spreader; an offset rotary actuator positioned within the armrest; and a release cable attached between the rotary actuator and the backrest support assembly. The seat system may further include a seat back tray table attached to the back of the passenger seat frame. |
| US11820515B2 |
Rest mat
There is disclosed a rest mat (100) for use in a vehicle. The mat comprises a first mat portion (102), a second mat portion (104), and a third mat portion (106). The mat (100) has a first configuration in which the mat (100) is configured for storage or transport, and a second configuration in which the mat is deployed for use. The first mat portion (102), the second mat portion (104) and the third mat portion (106) are arranged so that, when the mat (100) is in its second configuration, the first mat portion (100) is arranged to at least partially overlay a seat portion (114) of a chair (112) of the vehicle, the second mat portion (104) is arranged to project outwardly over a front edge of the seat portion (114) and form an extended area (105) together with the first mat portion (102) to accommodate a child. The third mat portion (106) is arranged to attach to a seat-back pocket (116) or tray-table (132) of a chair (110) in front of the mat (100) so as to provide support to the second mat portion (104). |
| US11820508B2 |
Combined vertical takeoff and landing UAV
A combined vertical takeoff and landing UAV having a large vertical takeoff and landing UAV, a connecting device, and a small vertical takeoff and landing UAV. The connecting device having a clamping component and an adsorption component. The clamping component includes a clamping part, and a clamping groove is arranged on the clamping part. The clamping component having a snap-fitting part, and a snap-fitting groove is arranged on the snap-fitting part. The clamping groove and the snap-fitting groove are correspondingly set. A first holding space is arranged on the clamping part, and a second holding space is arranged on the snap-fitting part. The adsorption component comprises a first magnetic element located in the first holding space, and the adsorption component also comprises a second magnetic element, which is located in the second holding space. |
| US11820505B2 |
Airplane emergency escape drone
An airplane emergency escape drone is shown and described. The airplane emergency escape drone includes a life support system secured within a housing with a compressed air tank that controls the amount of oxygen from an oxygen tank and air from an air tank released into the housing. The airplane emergency escape drone also includes an inflatable floatation device secured to the housing. The airplane emergency escape drone also includes propellers having safety grates underneath the propellers. The airplane emergency escape drone also includes a CPU that is in connection with a video control system that includes a video input component and a signal transmitter. |
| US11820499B1 |
Tilt rotor systems and methods for eVTOL aircraft
A system includes a first frame for mounting to the aircraft; a second frame for mounting the proprotor, the second frame being rotatably mounted to the first frame; a first gear located along the rotation axis of the second frame and fixed in position relative to the first frame; a pinion that moves with the second frame and engages the first gear such that the pinion revolves around the first gear, causing the pinion to rotate; a cam that is fixedly connected to the pinion such that the cam rotates with the pinion; and a control rod operatively coupled at a first end with the cam such that rotation of the cam can cause translation of the control rod, wherein the control rod can be coupled at a second end to the blades of the proprotor such that translation of the control rod alters the pitch of the blades. |
| US11820497B2 |
Rotor wing aircraft with propulsion apparatus on rotating pole
A rotor wing aircraft provided with a propulsion apparatus is disclosed. The aircraft has a rotating mast configured to rotate said rotor wing and the apparatus includes a pole mechanically connectable to the rotating mast of the aircraft. At one of the ends of the pole there is placed an electric turbine, powered by a battery, and configured to rotate the pole around an axis of the rotating mast in such a way that the rotation of the pole can be used to rotate the rotor wing. Preferably the pole is made of carbon fiber. |
| US11820496B2 |
Heat dissipation structure, heat dissipation method and device, unmanned aerial vehicle, and readable storage medium
A heat dissipation structure includes a housing configured to accommodate a heating element of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The housing includes a first air vent and a second air vent. The first air vent is configured to guide an airflow into the housing. The airflow includes a propeller-generated airflow generated by a propeller of the UAV during rotation. A side projection of the first air vent on a side of the housing at least partially overlaps a side projection of the propeller on the side of the housing. The second air vent is configured to guide the airflow out of the housing. |
| US11820493B2 |
Landing support assembly for aerial vehicles
A landing support assembly to at least partially support an aerial vehicle on a surface may include a strut extendable to a deployed state and retractable to a stowed state during flight. The strut may be configured to pivot with respect to a bracket coupled to the aerial vehicle between the deployed state and the stowed state. The landing support assembly further may include a strut actuator coupled to the strut via a linkage to cause the strut to pivot relative to the bracket. The landing support assembly also may include a foot coupled to an end of the strut remote from the bracket. The foot may be configured to change between a retracted state during flight having a first cross-sectional area and an at least partially splayed state for at least partially supporting the aerial vehicle and having a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area. |
| US11820491B2 |
Aircraft control system and associated aircraft
A control system for an aircraft allowing a pilot of the aircraft to control aerodynamic means, the control system comprising a processing unit for generating control commands, the control commands being transmitted to control devices to modify a position of the aerodynamic means and to pilot the aircraft according to four control axes having a pitch control axis, a roll control axis, a yaw movement control axis and a lift control axis, the control system comprising a control member generating control setpoints, the control setpoints being transmitted to the processing unit generating the control commands under the dependency of the control setpoints, the control member being mechanically disconnected from the control devices. |
| US11820486B2 |
Seat track assembly with elongate carbon-fiber reinforced polymer flange
A seat track assembly is disclosed. The seat track assembly includes an elongate titanium crown, an elongate carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) flange, and an elongate CFRP base. The elongate titanium crown is configured to removably secure a plurality of seats to the seat track assembly. The elongate CFRP flange is configured to support the elongate titanium crown. The elongate CFRP base has a top, two sidewalls extending vertically from opposing sides of the top, and two bottom flanges each extending laterally outward from a corresponding sidewall of the two sidewalls. A fastener is insertable through aligned holes defined by the elongate titanium crown, the elongate CFRP flange, and the elongate CFRP base to mechanically fasten the elongate titanium crown, the elongate CFRP flange, and the elongate CFRP base to each other. |
| US11820485B2 |
Rotary wing aircraft with a firewall arrangement
A rotary wing aircraft with a fuselage that comprises an upper primary skin and an aircraft upper deck arranged above the fuselage, wherein the aircraft upper deck comprises a firewall arrangement that defines a fire proof separation at least between at least one aircraft engine and an aircraft interior region, wherein the firewall arrangement comprises at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall that is arranged between the at least one aircraft engine and the upper primary skin of the fuselage, wherein the at least one funnel-shaped lower firewall converges from an outer perimeter to at least one inner collecting point, and wherein the outer perimeter is spaced apart from the upper primary skin of the fuselage. |
| US11820483B2 |
Aircraft with rear spar integration assemblies and methods of manufacturing thereof
Described herein are aircraft, comprising rear spar integration assemblies, and methods of manufacturing these aircraft. Specifically, an aircraft comprises a keel beam and a center wing box, comprising a rear spar. The rear spar is attached to the keel beam using a rear spar integration assembly. The assembly comprises a rear spar stiffener, attached to the rear spar, and having a stiffener load axis. The assembly also comprises and a keel beam fitting, attached to the keel beam, and having a fitting load axis. The rear spar stiffener is also attached to the keel beam fitting, e.g., using splice plates. More specifically, the fitting load axis is offset relative to the stiffener load axis along the primary axis of the aircraft. This offset is designed to compensate for a bending moment at the keel beam-rear spar interface, which allows reducing the size and/or the number of fasteners needed. |
| US11820477B2 |
Contoured boat propeller shield
A propeller shield to selectively shield rotating blades of a propeller. The propeller shield may include a shield element for placement adjacent to the propeller blades. The shield element may include multiple gates configured to open in response to water flow generated by the propeller. The gates may be configured to open away from the propeller in response to a forward movement of the boat, and to close towards the propeller in response to cessation of the forward movement. |
| US11820467B2 |
Single-upright-column mooring type wellhead production operation platform
Disclosed is a single-upright-column mooring type wellhead production operation platform, comprising an upright column body, a positioning and mounting assembly, a rotating table, an oil extraction operation platform and at least one inner well slot, wherein the upright column is of a hollow structure; the positioning and mounting assembly is arranged at a bottom of the upright column body; the rotating table is arranged outside the upright column body, is rotatable around an axis of the upright column body and comprises a mooring connection apparatus; the oil extraction operation platform is arranged on the top of the upright column body and is located above the rotating table, and the oil extraction operation platform is provided with an oil extraction operation assembly; and the inner well slot is arranged in the upright column body and can be connected to the oil extraction operation platform. The platform can adapt to an economic index of extraction of a marginal field. Disclosed are a single-upright-column wellhead production operation platform and a rotary mooring conveying system for oil-producing operation at the same time. |
| US11820465B2 |
Fast hitch docking system
A docking or mooring system for a boat includes a horizontal shaft mounted with respect to a structure at which docking the boat may be desired. The system also includes at least one hitch mounted forward of the bow of a boat and defining a tapering recess configured to receive the shaft. The shaft is spring biased at a predetermined height but is selectively movable vertically. The hitch includes a latching mechanism with cams that automatically engage the shaft using the forward motion of the boat. |
| US11820460B2 |
Vehicle power-assist drive systems
A power-assist drive system for a vehicle (e.g., a bicycle) is provided. The system includes a drive unit assembly attached to a frame of a vehicle and a motor having an output shaft, and a drive gear rotatably associated with the output shaft. The system further includes a driven unit assembly including a driven gear configured to be attached to a wheel hub of the vehicle, and a brake disc coaxially attached to the driven gear. The drive gear may be configured to operably engage the driven gear to transmit power from the motor to the wheel hub. A brake caliper may be integrated with the drive unit assembly. The system may further include a battery and a speed controller configured to receive an input signal to selectively direct electrical power from the battery to the motor to drive the wheel via the drive gear and the driven gear. |
| US11820458B2 |
In-wheel electric all terrain vehicle
An in-wheel electric all-terrain vehicle (100) having a powertrain (126) to provide power drive from the engine (102) to at least one of the right front wheel (104), the left front wheel (106), the right rear wheel (108), and the left rear wheel (110), wherein the powertrain (126) includes the engine (102), one or more drive shafts (128), and a final drive (130); an electric in-wheel motor assembly (132) mounted inside each of the four wheels (104, 106, 108, 110), wherein the electric in-wheel motor assembly (132) includes a main shaft (134), one or more stator coils (136), a stator holder (138), a stator coil winding (140), one or more magnets (142), a magnet ring holder (144), one or more bearings (146), a casing (148), one or more internal and external circlips (150). |
| US11820456B2 |
In-frame mounted bicycle monitoring device
An electronic device can be mounted at least partly in a frame of a bicycle and used to monitor operations or properties of the bicycle or one or more components associated with the bicycle. The electronic device may integrate and communicate with a variety of components including sensors to facilitate customization of monitoring by the electronic device. The electronic device can have a relatively minimalist design. The electronic device, in some embodiments, may include a display that does not present alphanumeric characters to an operator, and the display may instead include multiple indicators that individually or in combination present information to the operator, such as the level of charge of one or more batteries or an operating mode of the electronic device or bicycle. |
| US11820452B2 |
Bicycle handlebar mounted automobile proximity sensing, warning and reporting device
A bicycle safety enhancement device includes an elongated member having a distal portion mountable to a bicycle handlebar. A proximity sensor is coupled to a proximal portion of the elongated member and is arranged so that when the elongated member is mounted to a handlebar of a bicycle being ridden by a cyclist, the ultrasonic sensor detects objects adjacent to and/or behind the bicycle and which come within a prescribed distance of the bicycle. An illumination source is coupled to the proximal portion of the elongated member. The illumination source provides a visible warning signal directed toward the detected object when the elongated member is mounted to the handlebar of the bicycle. A camera is coupled to the proximal portion of the elongated member and is arranged to capture images of the detected object as the detected object passes in front of the bicycle being ridden by the cyclist. |
| US11820451B1 |
Enhanced security bicycle and scooter parking rack
Enhanced security bicycle and scooter rack is an upright beam structure affixed to a solid surface. The rack has a rigid beam base structure, fully or partially fabricated of a specific cross-sectional profile and ancillary chains permanently attached to it, operable to be wrapped or loop around a bicycle or a scooter. Depending on the variant of the invention, additional correlating members of a specific design may be arranged and affixed to the base structure, which is purposed to facilitate the locking of bicycles and scooters to the invention with the use of a variety of conventional user-provided bicycle locks and padlocks. |
| US11820450B2 |
Universal axle-hub assembly
A universal axle-hub assembly is provided for an off-road vehicle. The universal axle-hub assembly comprises a wheel hub that receives a constant velocity (CV) axle snout into an opening extending through an axle support of the wheel hub. An outboard-most portion of the opening is a splined portion that engages with similar splines disposed on an outboard-most portion of the CV axle snout. An inboard-most portion of the opening is a smooth portion that receives a smooth portion of the CV axle snout. The axle support extends through an entirety of the width of a bearing that supports the wheel hub, such that the bearing supports the smooth portion of the CV axle snout and substantially eliminates shear forces acting on the splined portion of the CV axle snout. A bearing carrier supports the bearing and may be fastened onto a trailing arm or a spindle of the off-road vehicle. |
| US11820447B2 |
Shrouds for grouser protectors in track shoes and grouser shroud inventory
A shroud for a track shoe grouser protector includes an elongate shroud body having weld holes formed in a first shroud leg and a second shroud leg attached to a base in the elongate shroud body. The shroud may have a fore to aft profile having the form of a flat-crowned arch with the shroud legs flared outward to form a grouser opening for positioning the shroud upon a track shoe grouser in a ground-engaging track system. An inventory of shrouds includes long shrouds and short shrouds positionable in a plurality of different assembly combinations to shield grousers in track shoes having a range of sizes. |
| US11820440B2 |
Electromechanically assisted steering system
An electromechanically assisted steering system is proposed, having a worm drive which comprises a worm shaft and a worm gear, an electric motor which has a drive shaft, and a spring element. At an end assigned to the electric motor, the worm shaft has a first bearing portion which is connected to the drive shaft in a torque-transmitting manner. The worm shaft has a second bearing portion which is arranged at an end of the worm shaft remote from the first bearing portion. The spring element is connected to the first bearing portion or to the second bearing portion so as to transmit axial force in the axial direction, such that the spring element axially pretensions the worm shaft relative to the worm gear. A tolerance compensation of the worm drive in the axial direction of the worm shaft is carried out exclusively via the spring element. |
| US11820439B2 |
Power-assist assembly
A power-assist assembly comprising a housing including a drive axle portion extending between a pair of extension sleeve connection ends spaced along a first axis and an input gear portion extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis. A gear assist housing is connected to the input gear portion. A boot assembly connected to at least one of the extension sleeve connection ends. The boot assembly includes an extension sleeve connected to the extension sleeve connection end, a boot sleeve connected to the extension sleeve and spaced from the extension sleeve connection end of the housing by at least a portion of a length of the extension sleeve, and a boot retaining ring connected to the boot sleeve opposite the extension tube. |
| US11820436B2 |
Articulated wheel fairing for the steer axle
Generally described, an articulated wheel fairing system for a vehicle having a steering system with a neutral steering input and a non-neutral steering input is provided. The articulated wheel fairing system provides clearance to the steer tire and wheel of the vehicle during non-neutral steering input, such as when the vehicle is turning at slower road speeds. The wheel fairing system generally includes an articulating fairing panel configured to cover at least a portion of the steer wheel, where the fairing panel movable from a first position adjacent to the steer wheel, such as when the vehicle is traveling at higher road speeds, to a second position outwardly from the first position. The wheel fairing system includes a mechanical linkage or actuator coupled to the fairing panel and the vehicle and configured to move the frame between the first position and the second position relative to the vehicle. |
| US11820434B2 |
Vehicle body side structure
This vehicle body side structure includes: side sills provided at both end portions of a floor section in a width direction of a vehicle and extending in a forward/rearward direction of the vehicle; a pillar extending upward from each of the side sills and having a pillar outer provided on an outside in the width direction of the vehicle; a crushing member provided inward in the width direction of the vehicle with respect to the pillar outer and having a lower portion joined to the side sill and extending above the side sill; and an impactor which is provided above the crushing member, which is joined to an inside of the pillar outer in the width direction of the vehicle, and in which the impactor and the crushing member at least partially overlap in an upward/downward direction. |
| US11820430B2 |
Subframe assembly for a vehicle
A subframe assembly adapted to receive and secure an engine or motor in a vehicle, the subframe assembly including: a crossmember; an arm member coupled to each end of the crossmember; and a corner member coupled to each arm member adjacent to a corresponding intersection with the crossmember, wherein each corner member includes an upwardly protruding shelf structure defining a plurality of threaded holes adapted to receive a plurality of attachment bolts for securing a corresponding engine mount or motor mount to the subframe assembly. Each corner member includes a horizontal arm disposed along an upper surface of the corresponding arm member and a vertical arm disposed along an outboard surface of the corresponding arm member, wherein the horizontal arm includes the upwardly protruding shelf structure. |
| US11820429B2 |
Steering wheel
The light guide body includes a light source side portion located on the visible light sources side, which is the back surface side of the substrate, and an opening side portion disposed to extend from the back surface side to the front surface side of the substrate while intersecting the light source side portion. The light guide body has a substantially L-shaped cross section. The light guide body is partitioned such that at least regions of the opening side portion are separated from each other at least at one location between the visible light sources with a light shielding member interposed therebetween. |
| US11820419B2 |
Rider board attachment device
A system including an adapter configured to releasably couple a rider board to stroller that has at least one support bar. The adapter is configured to be coupled to a frame of the stroller, where the adapter includes an engagement bar configured to be positioned rearwardly of a portion of the frame to which the adapter is coupled. The adapter includes a body having a recess configured to closely receive the at least one support bar of the stroller therein. |
| US11820415B2 |
Stroller
A stroller includes a frame, a sliding member and a seat fixing base. The frame includes a front linkage rod and a transverse rod. The transverse rod is disposed with respect to the front linkage rod. The sliding member is rotatably connected between the transverse rod and the front linkage rod. The seat fixing base is rotatably connected to the transverse rod or the front linkage rod and slidably connected to the sliding member. When the frame is folded, the front linkage rod and the transverse rod move away from each other, such that the seat fixing base slides with respect to the sliding member. |
| US11820414B1 |
Item-identifying carts
This disclosure is directed to an item-identifying, mobile cart that may be utilized by a user in a materials handling facility to automatically identify a user operating the cart and items that the user places into a basket of the cart. In addition, the cart may update a virtual shopping cart of the identified user to include items taken by the user. The mobile cart may include multiple imaging devices and oriented such that their respective optical axes are directed towards an interior of a perimeter of the top of the basket, and above the top of the basket. The mobile cart may also include an imaging device oriented away from the basket such that a user operating the mobile cart may scan a user identifier using this imaging device to enable recognition of the user. |
| US11820413B2 |
Moving body
A mobile body that is human-powered includes three all-directional wheels with axles thereof displaced from each other by 120 degrees, a connection portion that connects two front wheels, a brake attached to a rear wheel, and a disconnection portion that disconnects the two front wheels from each other. The connection portion connects the two front wheels such that the two front wheels rotate in directions opposite to each other. The connection portion connects the front wheels with the rear wheel such that the two front wheels rotate in the same direction, while the front wheels rotate in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the rear wheel. |
| US11820410B2 |
Train dispatching method and apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and electronic device
A train dispatching method includes acquiring a battery state of a power battery of a first target train, and determining that the first target train is a train about to return to the garage if the battery state is a power shortage state. The method further includes controlling the first target train to travel back to the parking garage for charging in response to receiving a passenger-drop-off completion instruction, selecting a train in a power sufficient state as a second target train from assignable trains in the parking garage if the battery state is the power shortage state, determining target dispatching plan information of the second target train according to original dispatching plan information of the first target train, and dispatching the second target train according to the target dispatching plan information. |
| US11820409B2 |
Method for producing movement information
A method produces movement information describing a movement of a vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle is connected to a power transmission line, and at least one electrical variable relating to the power transmission line is measured, forming at least one line-based measured value, and the movement information is determined by using the at least one line-based measured value. |
| US11820408B2 |
Bogie and guideway vehicle
The bogie includes: running wheels to be rolled on a road surface of guideway; an axle which is installed on a lower part of a body of a guideway vehicle and to which the running wheels are attached; a chassis supporting the axle; a guide device which is configured to be guided by the guideway and is installed on the chassis so as to be capable of turning around a turning axis extending in a vertical direction; a steering device which is configured to steer the running wheels in response to a turning movement of the guide device when the guide device is turned along a curved section of the guideway; and a tilting device which is connected to the guide device and which is configured to generate a tilting force of directing one side of the body located at an outside of the curved section upward with respect to the other side of the body located at an inside of the curved section in response to the turning movement of the guide device. |
| US11820407B2 |
Covered hopper car
A covered hopper railroad freight car having a car body whose opposite longitudinal sides include substantially flat, parallel, generally vertical upper side wall portions free from outwardly protruding structural strength members. |
| US11820406B2 |
Magnetic traction assist for railcar mover
A magnetic traction assembly is disclosed for a railcar mover that provides additional downforce to improve traction for a railcar mover when required. The magnetic traction assembly may comprise a frame, an actuator, and a magnetic element positioned underneath a railcar mover. The magnetic element may be lowered to a deployed position, where the magnetic element is positioned near the railroad rails such that the magnetic field from the magnetic element interacts with the railroad rail creating an attraction force that provides additional downforce to the railcar mover. |
| US11820401B1 |
Autonomous vehicle remote teleoperations system
A teleoperations system may be used to modify elements in the mapping data used by an autonomous vehicle to cause the autonomous vehicle to control its trajectory based on the modified elements. In addition, in some instances, a teleoperations system may be used to generate virtual paths of travel for an autonomous vehicle based upon teleoperations system virtual path suggestion inputs. |
| US11820393B2 |
Functionally safe rationalization check for autonomous vehicle machine learning algorithms
Systems and methods for testing a machine learning algorithm or technique of an autonomous driving feature of a vehicle utilize a sensor system configured to capture input data representative of an environment external to the vehicle and a controller configured to receive the input data from the sensor system and perform a testing procedure for the autonomous driving feature that includes inserting known input data into a target portion of the input data to obtain modified input data, processing the modified input data according to the autonomous driving feature to obtain output data, and determining an accuracy of the autonomous driving features based on a comparison between the output data and the known input data. |
| US11820392B2 |
Eliminatinon of safety enable hardware through use of can transceiver wakeup functions
In exemplary embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided, with the vehicle including vehicle systems, a communication bus, a first processor, and a communication bus transceiver. The first processor is configured to at least facilitate: determining whether a potential safety concern is present pertaining to control the vehicle systems; and providing communications along the communication bus of the vehicle, the communications including an indication of the potential safety concern. The communication bus transceiver is coupled to the first processor and configured to at least facilitate: recognizing the indication of the potential safety concern; and inhibiting the control for the vehicle systems when the indication of the potential safety concern is recognized by the communication bus transceiver. |
| US11820387B2 |
Detecting driving behavior of vehicles
Systems and methods for determining whether a vehicle is driving in an unsafe or unsatisfactory manner are disclosed. In some implementations, a system may determine one or more driving scores for a vehicle based on observations of a driving behavior of the vehicle during a time period. The system may generate an indication of unsatisfactory driving based on at least one of the one or more driving scores exceeding a threshold value. The system may provide the indication of unsatisfactory driving to one or more entities. In some aspects, the system may identify one or more dangerous driving attributes exhibited by the vehicle during the time period based on the observations received from the one or more devices. The system may also generate the indication of unsatisfactory driving based at least in part on the identified dangerous driving attributes. |
| US11820386B1 |
Distracted driving detection and mitigation
The present disclosure relates to detecting distracted driving on a mobile device and mitigating distracted driving by determining whether a mobile device is used by a driver of a vehicle or by a passenger of the vehicle. The system can determine that the mobile device is in a vehicle and modify the functionality of the mobile device to transition the mobile device into an automobile mode. Vehicle data and/or mobile device data can be used to determine a number of individuals in the vehicle. An identity of the operator of the mobile device can be authenticated based on authentication information obtained by the mobile device. Based on the authenticated identity of the operator of the mobile device, a driving score associated with the driver can be modified, where the score indicates a number of instances of distracted driving by the driver. |
| US11820382B2 |
System and method for smooth transmission engagement and disengagement
Systems and methods for transitioning a hybrid vehicle from park or neutral to drive or reverse are presented. In one example, a requested engine speed is adjusted in response to a transmission disengaging indication and a transmission disengaging timer when a transmission is being disengaged from a gear. In another example, the requested engine speed is adjusted in response to a transmission engaging indication and a transmission engaging timer when the transmission is being engaged to a gear. |
| US11820381B2 |
Electric concrete transportation cart
An electrically powered, self-propelled cart for safely delivering heavy loads, such as concrete, within job sites with unlevel, irregular, or sloped terrain. A cargo bucket is tiltable over front drive wheels for transporting and dumping cargo. Electric drive motors associated with a transaxle propel wheels at a selectable speed in response to an electric control module. A steering column rotates in response to manually operated handle bars and activates a sensor to generate signals delivered to the control module for throttle adjustments. The sensor may be a linear potentiometer, a rotary differential transformer or a rotary encoder or shaft encoder measuring angular displacement. Extreme steering displacements will electrically reduce cart speed notwithstanding the previous speed setting chosen by the operator through the steering column. |
| US11820369B2 |
Lane departure prevention apparatus
A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a departure preventing device (172) for preventing a vehicle (1) from departing from a driving lane by controlling at least one of a steering apparatus (142) and a braking apparatus (13) selected on the basis of a state of the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle may depart from the driving lane; and a determining device for determining whether or not an abnormality condition that it is difficult for a person to normally drive the vehicle is satisfied, the departure preventing device prevents the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus even if the state of the vehicle is not a predetermined state in which the departure preventing device should prevent the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus, when it is determined that the abnormality condition is satisfied. |
| US11820360B2 |
Systems and methods for adjusting engine operating points based on emissions sensor feedback
A system includes at least one sensor coupled to an aftertreatment system and a controller having at least one processor coupled to at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: adjusting an operating point of an engine in response to emissions information from the at least one sensor and based on a fault indicator regarding a component of the system; and, controlling an electric motor in response to the adjustment of the operating point of the engine based on a change in power output from the engine to assist in a desired emissions characteristic. |
| US11820358B2 |
Charging/discharging control device
A charging/discharging control device includes a route information acquisition unit, a section identification unit that identifies an excessive discharging section and an excessive charging section, and a charging/discharging control unit that controls charging and discharging of a battery. The charging/discharging control unit limits a charge current value in the excessive charging section to a fixed first upper limit value. The state of charge reaches a maximum state of charge at an end point of the excessive charging section when the charge current value is maintained at the first upper limit value. The charging/discharging control unit limits a discharge current value in the excessive discharging section to a fixed second upper limit value. The state of charge reaches a minimum state of charge at an end point of the excessive discharging section when the discharge current value is maintained at the second upper limit value. |
| US11820352B2 |
Remote caging apparatus and system for brakes
A remote caging system and method for remote caging for semi-trailer brakes is provided. The remote caging system comprises a remote control device, and a remote caging apparatus including a transmitter/receiver. The remote caging apparatus is installed on a semi-trailer truck brake. The remote control device sends and receives signals to and from the transmitter/receiver to engage and disengage the brakes. |
| US11820350B2 |
Brake pedal module
A brake pedal module for a “brake-by-wire” brake system of a vehicle is disclosed. The brake pedal module has a pivotably mounted brake pedal and a damping unit. The damping unit is mechanically coupled to the brake pedal in order to generate a resistance when the brake pedal is actuated. The damping unit comprises a housing and a piston mounted in the housing in such a way that it can be moved from an initial position into an end position. In its initial position, the piston is supported on a base of the housing via at least two elastic elements arranged in series. A further elastic element is arranged parallel to the at least two elastic elements on the base of the housing. The further elastic element is not subject to any load in an initial position of the piston. |
| US11820348B2 |
User-manipulable signal generating apparatus
A user-manipulable signal generating apparatus includes a base plate and an elongate pedal lever having first and second lever ends separated by a lever body. The first lever end is hingedly connected to the base plate. The second lever end is spaced apart from the base plate for pivotal movement with respect thereto. The lever body is configured to move pivotally between a predetermined home position and a maximum pivot position. An elongate resilient biasing beam has first and second beam ends longitudinally separated by a beam body. The first beam end is connected to the base plate. The second beam end is connected to the lever body. A sensor detects pivotal motion of the lever body and generate a signal responsive thereto. The beam body is biased toward an unflexed condition and, when in the flexed condition, urges the lever body in a return direction toward the home position. |
| US11820343B2 |
System and method for detection of multi-vehicle system separation
A leak control device includes a reservoir fluidly coupled with a brake pipe of a vehicle brake system. The leak control device also includes a conduit fluidly coupled with the reservoir and having an orifice that directs fluid out of the reservoir at a leak rate. The leak control device includes a valve fluidly coupled with and disposed between the reservoir and the conduit. The valve may open and direct the fluid out of the reservoir and out of the vehicle brake system at the leak rate responsive to a pressure of the fluid in the brake pipe being no less than a pressure of the fluid in the reservoir. |
| US11820342B2 |
Hydraulic motor vehicle braking system and method for operating same
A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system includes a first sensor device, a first functional unit, a second functional unit and a switching device. The first functional unit comprises at least one first electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be generated on respective wheel brakes, and a first control system which is designed to control the at least one first electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of a sensor signal of the sensor device. The second functional unit comprises at least one second electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be respectively generated on a subset of the wheel brakes, and a second control system which is designed to control the at least one second electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of the sensor signal in the event of a failure of the first functional unit. |
| US11820340B2 |
Reservoir for brake apparatus of vehicle
Disclosed are a reservoir for a brake apparatus of a vehicle. The reservoir includes a first reservoir tank, a second reservoir tank formed to be spaced apart from the first reservoir tank and provided with a port portion for supplying a brake fluid to the first reservoir tank, and a connection hose configured to connect the port portion to the first reservoir tank so that the brake fluid of the second reservoir tank is transferred to the first reservoir tank, wherein the port portion includes a first port unit protruding to the inside of the second reservoir tank and a second port unit protruding to the outside of the second reservoir tank. |
| US11820339B2 |
Brake fluid reservoir with filling adapter
The present disclosure relates to a brake fluid device comprising a brake fluid reservoir having a storage space, having a fastening device for fastening to a pressure generator unit of a motor vehicle brake system and/or to a mounting interface in a motor vehicle. The brake fluid interface has an outlet interface for transporting brake fluid into such a pressure generator unit, and having an inlet interface (15) for brake fluid. The brake fluid device further includes a filling adapter having a filling opening, having a receiving space, and having an outlet interface for brake fluid. A brake fluid line connects the outlet interface of the filling adapter and the inlet interface of the brake fluid reservoir and through which brake fluid is able to flow from the filling adapter into the brake fluid reservoir. An air line extends through the brake fluid line in such a manner that one of its two line ends is located inside the receiving space of the filling adapter and the other line end is located inside the storage space of the brake fluid reservoir. |
| US11820336B2 |
Adapter for motor vehicle wiper blade mount
The invention relates to an adapter for a wiper blade mount, the adapter comprising a cover configured to accommodate, inside a central opening, a removable attachment system which allows subsequent temporary fastening of said adapter to an articulated wiper blade arm, when said adapter is implemented on a wiper blade. To this end, the removable attachment system comprises one or more mounting members which take the form of U-clips configured to be removably inserted in the central opening and held in this configuration by means of temporary fastening means. The invention also relates to a wiper blade comprising such an adapter mounted on a wiper blade mount. |
| US11820333B2 |
Humidity measuring device and dew point temperature measuring device
Relative humidity or dew point temperature depending on changes in barometric pressure is measured without using any barometric pressure sensor. A humidity measuring device includes an elevation obtaining unit configured to obtain elevation of a humidity measurement point, a barometric pressure calculating unit configured to calculate barometric pressure at the humidity measurement point from a calculation formula into which a value of the elevation obtained by the elevation obtaining unit is input, and a humidity correcting unit configured to correct humidity on a basis of a barometric pressure value calculated by the barometric pressure calculating unit. |
| US11820332B2 |
Storage assembly of vehicle
A storage assembly includes a movable assembly configured to receive and support the weight of the load. The storage assembly also includes a base assembly configured to be fixedly mounted to the load-bearing portions of the vehicle roof of the vehicle. The base assembly is also configured to support movement of the movable assembly with the load, between a load-storage position and a load-access position, when the base assembly, in use, is fixedly mounted to the load-bearing portions of the vehicle roof, and the movable assembly, in use, receives and supports the weight of the load. |
| US11820325B2 |
Vehicle, information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium storing program
A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm. |
| US11820322B1 |
Restraint system
An improved restraint system is provided. More particularly, the improved restraint system can include a harness and a booster seat. The harness can be attached to a seat belt of a vehicle. The harness can include a shoulder seat belt guide member for attaching a shoulder seat belt and also a lap seat belt guide member for attaching a lap seat belt. The improved restraint system can allow a child who is otherwise unsuitable for using a booster seat alone to use the booster seat in combination with the harness. |
| US11820317B1 |
Airbag cushion
An airbag cushion according to an embodiment may include a main body including a rear panel having a rear bonding line and a front panel having a front bonding line bonded to the rear bonding line and disposed to face a passenger when inflated by a gas introduced into an inner space formed between the front panel and the rear panel and a protruding chamber which is inflated and protrudes toward the passenger from the front panel, wherein the protruding chamber is provided with a folding structure in a state in which a part of the front panel is folded, and the folding structure is unfolded and inflated as the main body is inflated by the gas introduced into the inner space. |
| US11820315B2 |
Airbag cover structure for steering wheel
An airbag cover structure for a steering wheel. The airbag cover structure with a lighting emblem includes: a mounting plate with an airbag cushion; an inner cover including an inner locking portion, a storage portion, and an inner hinge portion; an outer cover including an outer locking portion, an indicating portion, and an outer hinge portion; and an absorption area provided on the inner hinge portion of the inner cover, and configured to concentrate and absorb stress generated by a force that unfolds a bent portion of the outer hinge portion during deployment of the airbag cushion. |
| US11820314B1 |
Seat airbag
A seat airbag includes a cushion part mounted to a seatback of a seat, at least two chambers connected to each other in a vertical direction of the seatback, and an inflator provided to supply inflating gas to the cushion part. |
| US11820312B2 |
Vehicle seat assembly with a vehicle seat and a side airbag assembly and side airbag unit
A vehicle seat assembly with a vehicles seat and a side airbag assembly is described. The vehicle seat has a seat-ing and a backrest comprising a frame. The side airbag assembly is attached to a side portion of the frame and comprises a side airbag being at least partially rolled to an airbag package in the not deployed state and extending from a rear end to front end in the deployed state. The airbag assembly further comprises at least one wrapper extending at least partially around at least a section of the airbag package. The airbag package has a length and a maximum thickness. The at least one wrapper ex-tends from a first end being attached to the side airbag at the rear end of the side airbag to a second end. |
| US11820310B1 |
Panel intrusion control
An apparatus for resisting entry of objects through a panel. The apparatus includes a weakened portion that extends laterally across a width dimension of the panel. The apparatus includes a stop structure spaced from the weakened portion that extends laterally across the width dimension of the panel to limit deformation. A bottom edge of the panel is configured to rotate about an axis extending along the weakened portion to abut the stop structure. |
| US11820307B2 |
Uniform deceleration unit
An apparatus and method for improving the safety and performance of an automobile in crash events is disclosed. The apparatus includes a front crash pad, rear crash pad, and a connection beam. Both crash pads and the connection beam are coupled to an automobile in such fashion as to absorb and dissipate energy by converting kinetic energy into strain energy. |
| US11820306B2 |
System and method for dampening impact to a vehicle
Systems and methods are provided for dampening impact to a vehicle. The system may include a vehicle frame component; a plurality of adjustable exterior vehicle body components coupled to the frame component, wherein the vehicle body components are on different sides of a vehicle and are configurable to dampen an external force exerted on the vehicle; a plurality of actuator components configured to adjust physical configurations of the vehicle body components relative to the frame component; a component configured to collect data representing an external environment of the vehicle; and one or more processors configured to detect, by processing the data, an external driving condition, wherein the external driving condition is an impending collision between the vehicle and one or more objects external to the vehicle, and when the external driving condition is detected, cause the actuator components to correspondingly adjust the physical configurations of the vehicle body components. |
| US11820304B2 |
Modular design structure of in-vehicle electrical appliances
A modular design structure of in-vehicle electrical appliances includes: a mobile power supply and a detachable device. The mobile power supply is disposed with an input interface and an output interface for power input and output, internally disposed with a power battery pack and a circuit control board and disposed with a mounting part including a top cover, a side wall of the top cover is disposed with a snap structure, an end of the top cover is disposed with current output contacts. The detachable device includes electrical modules each with a connecting part including a bottom cover, a side wall of the bottom cover is disposed with a notch matching with the snap structure, an end of the bottom cover is disposed with current input contacts matching with the current output contacts. Through modular design, the vehicle electrical appliance is smaller and convenient to carry. |
| US11820302B2 |
Vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants
A vehicle and method for vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants are provided. The method comprises detecting a position of a window of the vehicle; and controlling the duty of an operational component of the vehicle based on the position of the window of the vehicle and at least one of: a speed of the vehicle, and a presence of a sound-reflecting structure proximate to the vehicle; wherein the operational component is external to a cabin of the vehicle; and wherein noise generated by the operational component increases with a duty of the operational component. |
| US11820278B2 |
Lamp assembly for a vehicle
A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing and a securing system for securing the lamp assembly to the vehicle body. The securing system is arranged in the housing and comprises at least one latch movable between a retracted position and a locking position; an electromagnet to attract a ferromagnetic member secured to the latch in order to move the latch to the locking position; a receiver coupled to a transmitter located inside the vehicle body, the receiver and the transmitter being part of a wireless power transfer device, the receiver being configured to power the electromagnet; and a retaining system configured to retain the latch in the locking position and which can be released to an inactive state for allowing the latch to move to the retracted position. |
| US11820267B2 |
Vehicle seat
An assembly includes a seat bottom including a panel pivotable from a first position to a second position. The assembly includes a track supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes a spring in the track and urging the panel toward the second position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator maintaining the spring in compression and actuatable to release the spring. |
| US11820266B2 |
Shock mitigation seat and shock monitoring system
A shock mitigation seat 10 including a plurality of individual shock absorbing members 16 resilient to compression from a shock impact, the shock absorbing members 16 being positioned one adjacent another and such that at a certain stage of compression an individual shock absorbing member 16 resiliently deforms and comes into contact with one or more adjacent individual shock absorbing members 16 which thereby increases resistance to further compression. |
| US11820264B2 |
Vehicle seat with an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section, and method for fitting a cover on a seat section of a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat may have an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section. The cover may have a support, a trim and a cap. A method for fitting the cover may have at least the following steps: fitting the trim and the cap to form a preassembled subassembly, fitting the support on a seat frame of the vehicle seat, positioning an upholstered section on the seat frame, and inserting the subassembly through a through opening in the upholstered section into the support. An edge region of a covering of the upholstered section is clamped between the trim and the support. The subassembly may be fitted to the support. |
| US11820263B2 |
Child safety seat
A child restraint for a vehicle, the child restraint comprising a body for supporting an occupant and at least one side impact element configured to be removably mounted with respect to the body in two configurations. |
| US11820262B2 |
Child safety seat
A child safety seat includes a seat portion and a backrest portion connected with each other, a headrest slidably connected with the backrest portion, a first and a second side support connected with the backrest portion and respectively protruding forward from the backrest portion at two sides thereof, the first and second side supports being configured to be movable relative to the backrest portion for modifying a transversal distance between the first side support and the second side support, and a linking mechanism adapted to movably link each of the first and second side supports to the headrest so that the headrest and the first and second side supports are movable concurrently relative to the backrest portion for adjustment. |
| US11820258B2 |
Flexible structural component and use
A structural component may have a flexible structure with at least one adjusting mechanism, which may be formed at least from a plurality of folded elements or lever elements and spacing elements that are coupled to one another in such a way that their upper surfaces are connected to one another by an upper flat element and their lower surfaces are connected to one another by a lower flat element. The upper flat element and the lower flat element may be configured to be moved in a defined manner in the event of a tilting movement of the flexible structure. |
| US11820248B2 |
Cold storage charging system and method
Systems and methods for temperature control for an energy source of a material handling vehicle. The system includes a battery management system in communication with the energy source that can also be in communication with a charger. The system further includes a counterweight case that supports the energy source, and a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned along one or more surfaces of the counterweight case. |
| US11820247B2 |
Multi-input multi-output renewable energy systems
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-input multi-output energy charging system to generate hydrogen, provide baseload energy to a facility, and provide electrical power to charge electric vehicles (EV). In an embodiment, a charging system includes a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that generates electricity from one or more fuel inputs. One or more fuel inputs are renewable fuels. The charging system further includes a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system coupled to the SOFC system. The SOEC system generates hydrogen from the electricity received from the SOFC system and water input. The SOFC system facilitates the charging of an electric vehicle, storing charge in a battery, and providing electric power to a load from the generated electricity. The SOEC system facilitates refueling a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle from the generated hydrogen and storing the generated hydrogen in a hydrogen storage vessel. |
| US11820245B2 |
Stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer
A stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer may include a housing base, a housing cover, a transmitting coil, at least one magnetic field conductor, and a power electronics unit. The housing base and the housing cover may define an installation space and a venting space. The transmitting coil, the magnetic field conductor, and the power electronics unit may be arranged in the installation space. The housing base may include a plurality of coolant channels through which a liquid is flowable such that the housing base forms a heat exchanger. The plurality of coolant channels may be distributed within the housing base such that a region of the housing base arranged opposite the power electronics unit and/or a region of the housing base arranged opposite the venting space has a higher coolant channel density than a region of the housing base arranged opposite the transmitting coil. |
| US11820239B1 |
System and method for mitigation of intrusive electromagnetic fields
A system for at least partially preventing passage an intrusive electromagnetic field into an internal volume of a structure is provided. The system includes a plurality of shielding modules positionable adjacent one another on an exterior surface of the structure for covering at least a portion of the exterior surface. Each of the shielding modules including a sensor and a shielding coil positioned around the sensor. The sensor is configured to measure the intrusive electromagnetic field and generate a signal based on the measured field. The system further includes a control unit in communication with each of the shielding modules, the control unit controls supply of response currents to the coil based on the signal such that the coil radiates a counteracting electromagnetic field that at least partially prevents passage of the intrusive field into the internal volume of the structure. |
| US11820231B2 |
Vehicle with a compartment, an operating device and an electronic control unit
A compartment in a vehicle can be loaded by an object and an operating device having a user interface configured to output at least one output signal on a part of the user interface. The operating device is designed to cover the compartment. The compartment includes a sensing unit configured to detect the presence of the object when at least a part of the object is loaded into the compartment and the operating device includes control circuitry configured to display a digital image of the object on a part of the user interface. |
| US11820230B2 |
Dashboard unit with adjustable inclination for a motorcycle
A dashboard unit for a motorcycle includes a dashboard and a support element for the dashboard, which element is integral with, and secured on, a front part of the motorcycle vehicle. A movable support for the dashboard is placed between the fixed support element for the dashboard and the dashboard, the movable support for the dashboard being secured on the dashboard, a unit being provided for adjustment of the inclination of this movable support for the dashboard, which unit is interposed between the dashboard and the fixed support element for the dashboard, the adjustment unit including a cam unit which cooperates with the movable support for the dashboard, in order to vary the inclination of the dashboard. |
| US11820229B2 |
In vehicle driver feedback device
The disclosure relates generally to an in-vehicle feedback system, and more particularly, to an in-vehicle device with a display or graphical interface that collects driving data and provides feedback based on the driving data. The system may comprise an in-vehicle device that includes a graphical user interface and a processor and a data collection device wirelessly connected to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device may be configured to receive vehicle telematics data from the data collection device and the processor may process the telematics data in real time and cause the telematics data to be displayed on the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may include a speed display and an acceleration display. |
| US11820225B2 |
Vehicle display device
A vehicle display device includes: a display part having a front-side display part, a rear-side display part and an upper-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part, the rear-side display part and the upper-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face. The display face of the upper-side display part is provided at a roof head lining inside the vehicle cabin. |
| US11820221B2 |
Vehicle fuel level estimation
Estimating a fuel consumption includes receiving a request for estimating the fuel consumption between a first time and a second time; estimating a first fuel consumption value in a first time interval using fuel-sender resistance data; estimating a second fuel consumption value in a second time interval using fuel-injected mass data, where the first time interval and the second time interval are consecutive, non-overlapping intervals; and combining at least the first fuel consumption value and the second fuel consumption value to obtain a fuel consumption value. |
| US11820207B2 |
Sliding golf cart windshield assembly
A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail, and an upper windshield pane having a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge. The upper windshield pane is slidably positioned between the first and second elongated rails. The assembly also includes a lower drive pulley, an upper drive pulley, and a drive belt stretched between the lower drive pulley and the upper drive pulley. In addition, the assembly includes a drive panel slidingly engaged with the second rail and secured to the upper window pane and the drive belt, and a motor coupled to the lower drive pulley and configured to rotate the lower drive pulley to raise and lower the upper windshield pane. |
| US11820206B2 |
Climate control device
A climate control device includes a radiant heater for radiating heat and a porous material attached to the radiant heater. The porous material desorbs a plurality of water molecules, in response to the porous material receiving heat from the radiant heater and raising a temperature of the water molecules in the porous material to a boiling temperature threshold. The porous material adsorbs the water molecules in response to the temperature of the water molecules falling below the boiling temperature threshold. |
| US11820204B2 |
Rotary apparatus
A rotary apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the plurality of gears and the motor. The housing includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion facing the first surface portion and spaced apart from the first surface portion, and a sidewall portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the first surface portion and the second surface portion and supporting the first surface portion and the second surface portion. One of the first surface portion and the second surface portion includes a vibration damping part opposing the output gear. |
| US11820203B2 |
Method for defrosting an external heat exchanger, which is operated as an air heat pump, of a cooling system for a motor vehicle, cooling system, and motor vehicle having such a cooling system
A method for defrosting an external heat exchanger, operated as an air heat pump evaporator, of a cooling system for a motor vehicle. The cooling system includes a refrigerant compressor connected to a primary and secondary section; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; a primary section valve which is closed in the air heat pump operation; and a secondary section valve which is open in the air heat pump operation. The method includes closing of the secondary section valve; opening of the primary section valve, so that refrigerant flows directly from the refrigerant compressor to the external heat exchanger; and setting an inlet-side pressure level of the refrigerant on the external heat exchanger to a target pressure which corresponds to a condensation temperature (Tkond) of the refrigerant in the range: 2° C.≤Tkond≤20° C., in particular 4° C.≤Tkond≤10° C. |
| US11820202B2 |
Pressure relief vent assembly
A pressure relief vent assembly that defines a plurality of enlarged water collection pockets and a plurality of water passage recesses that enable water to move between the water collection pockets and to be more evenly distributed relative to and in the respective water collection pockets, and thus is configured to inhibit water from entering an enclosed area through the pressure relief vent assembly. |
| US11820200B2 |
Air treatment apparatus
An agricultural vehicle has an operator environment with a roof portion, and an air treatment apparatus installed within the roof portion. The air treatment apparatus includes a vehicle HVAC system having an inlet plenum, other HVAC components and an outlet to the operator environment. The air treatment apparatus further includes an air filtration system having at least one external inlet and first and second filtration devices located between the external inlet and the HVAC inlet plenum. The roof portion is a hollow structure having upper and lower surfaces and front, rear, left and right sidewalls, and the first and second air filtration devices are disposed along one of the left and right sidewalls within the hollow structure of the roof portion. The HVAC system is preferably disposed along the rear sidewall within the hollow structure of the roof portion. |
| US11820198B2 |
Method for operating a vehicular refrigeration system having a refrigeration circuit with a heat pump function
A method for operating a refrigeration system for a vehicle, the refrigeration system including a refrigerant circuit with a heat pump function. The refrigerant circuit has an exterior heat exchanger, which is operated as a condenser or gas cooler to perform a refrigeration system mode or which is operated as a heat pump evaporator to carry out a heat pump mode. The refrigerant circuit further has an interior heating condenser or heating gas cooler for carrying out a heating mode. The interior heating condenser or heating gas cooler is fluidically connected downstream of the exterior heat exchanger with a reheating expansion device therebetween to carry out a reheating mode. The opening cross-section of the reheating expansion device is controlled in accordance with a refrigeration system parameter indicating the required reheating power. |
| US11820197B2 |
Vehicle control arm assembly
A vehicle includes a control arm having a first branch portion extended from a second branch portion, the first branch portion and the second branch portion being fixed with a frame of the vehicle, and a third branch portion extended from the second branch portion, and coupled with a wheel. The vehicle also includes a first joint fixing the first branch portion to the frame, and a second joint located behind the first joint along the frame in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and fixing the second branch portion to the frame with a first bracket extending along the frame, outward from the second branch portion in a vehicle lateral direction. The first bracket is fixed to the frame at a first bracket weakened portion, and configured such that the second branch portion separates the first bracket weakened portion from the frame while the first joint remains fixed to the frame. |
| US11820196B2 |
Suspension arm for a chassis of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, and vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle
A suspension arm for a chassis of a vehicle, having a first shell element which has a first open cross-section and having a second shell element which is connected to the first shell element and has a second open cross-section. The second shell element is arranged at least in part in the first open cross-section, and the open cross-sections are open in the same direction. |
| US11820194B2 |
Vehicle suspension system
A vehicle suspension system smoothly changes a vehicle posture with respect to a steering force and a steering angle by minimizing a kinematic roll at an initial turning stage, thereby allowing a driver to obtain the sensation of maneuvering the vehicle well. The suspension system includes a front suspension having geometry satisfying that a caster angle is +3° to +5°, a caster trail is +20 to +30 mm, an intersection point between a kingpin axis and ground is located on an inner side in a vehicle width direction of a center of a tire contact patch, and an anhedral angle of a lower arm is +2.8° to +7.2°. A rear suspension includes five links and has geometry satisfying that a virtual kingpin axis extends near the center of a tire contact patch of a rear wheel assembly and extends vertically at −2° to 0°. |
| US11820190B2 |
Coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system
Disclosed herein is a coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system that includes a coupled torsion beam axle (100) installed to extend in a transverse direction of a vehicle body, a pair of trailing arms (200) coupled to respective ends of the coupled torsion beam axle (100), and a transverse leaf spring (300) having both ends connected to the respective trailing arms (200) and a center portion connected to a body cross member (40), thereby reducing the number of parts and improving driving stability. |
| US11820189B2 |
Vehicle suspension control apparatus and method thereof
A vehicle suspension control apparatus includes a mode determination device that determines a suspension control mode corresponding to an identified front road surface, in response to the front road surface of a vehicle being identified, a suspension control amount calculation device that calculates an amount of suspension control for passing through the identified front road surface, based on the determined suspension control mode, and a controller that controls a suspension of the vehicle based on the calculated amount of suspension control. |
| US11820185B2 |
Suspension device
The suspension device according to the present invention is provided with a leaf spring extending in a belt shape, a first arm, a second arm, and a coupling member for rotatably coupling the first arm and the second arm, wherein: a first holding part for holding one end of the leaf spring and a second holding part for holding the other end of the leaf spring are provided; and the first and second arms each support the leaf spring by at least one portion that is different from the one end or the other end of the leaf spring. |
| US11820178B2 |
Tread depth measurement
A method of generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of a tyre on a vehicle, the method comprising: using a tread depth measurement device to record tread depth data for a tyre surface moving relative to the tread depth measurement device; generating a movement profile of the tyre surface; and using the movement profile of the tyre surface to map the tread depth data onto a base tyre structure, thereby generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of the tyre. |
| US11820177B2 |
Tire wear measurement device using tire bending stiffness variation and tire wear measurement method using same
Provided is a technology of estimating a bending stiffness variation of a tire and estimating a tread wear amount of a tire using the same. A tire wear measuring apparatus wear includes a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire with respect to an axial direction, which is a radial direction of the tire, for each point inside the tire, a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire by calculating a bending stiffness variation rate of the tire using axial acceleration inside the tire, a transmitter configured to receive and transmit analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer, and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for a vehicle to which the tire is installed. Meanwhile, a physical change thereof is derived using a Flexible Ring tire model which is a mathematical model. |
| US11820175B2 |
Tyre
A tyre includes a crown main groove formed by unit patterns. Each of the unit patterns includes a first inclined element, a second inclined element, a first bent element, and a second bent element. The first inclined element extends obliquely. The second inclined element extends obliquely in a direction opposite to the first inclined element. The first bent element extends so as to connect between the first inclined element and the second inclined element. The second bent element is connected with the second inclined element. The first bent element is bent so as to be convex toward the first tread edge without having a component extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction. The second bent element is bent so as to be convex toward the second tread edge without having the component extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction. |
| US11820174B2 |
Tire
A tire comprises a tread portion comprising a shoulder land region provided with shoulder lateral grooves and circumferential sipes connecting between the shoulder lateral grooves. The shoulder lateral grooves are each provided with a chamfer. The circumferential sipes are each spaced apart from an axially inner end of the shoulder land region by an axial distance of from 30% to 100% of an axial width of the shoulder land region. The depths of the circumferential sipes are equal to or greater than the groove depths of the shoulder lateral grooves. |
| US11820173B2 |
Pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire manufacturing method
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a pair of bead portions; at least one carcass layer extending between the pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; a pair of sidewall rubbers disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction; and an electrically conductive portion extending between the pair of bead portions and having at least one separation portion, the electrically conductive portion having a linear structure, the linear structure including an electrically conductive linear member formed in a linear shape by molding an electrically conductive material with an electrical resistivity of less than 1×10{circumflex over ( )}8 Ω/cm. |
| US11820171B2 |
Axle assembly having a drive pinion and a preload nut and a method of assembly
An axle assembly and method of assembly. The axle assembly may include a drive pinion and a preload nut. The drive pinion may have a recess. The preload nut may have a deformable ring. The deformable ring may engage the drive pinion inside the recess to inhibit rotation of the preload nut. |
| US11820169B2 |
Wheel holding member for a vehicle
The wheel holding member for a vehicle has a rod-like shape, and includes: a thread portion, which is formed on an end portion on a proximal end side, and has a male thread threadedly engageable with a hub bolt hole formed in a wheel hub; a holding portion, which protrudes toward a distal end side with respect to the thread portion, and has no thread on an outer periphery thereof; and a tool insertion hole, which is exposed from an end surface on the proximal end side, and to which a tool for rotating the wheel holding member is insertable. A bottom surface of the tool insertion hole is located on the distal end side with respect to an end of the thread portion on the distal end side. |
| US11820167B2 |
Wheel device for vehicle
There is provided a wheel device for a vehicle including: a wheel having an opening formed between adjacent spokes; a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and having a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and an arc portion extending in a circular direction in the opening and suspended between the adjacent spokes. The arc portion has a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside thereof in the vehicle width direction, and the arc portion and the brake caliper are located at such positions that they overlap with each other in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction. |
| US11820160B2 |
Calibration of printing devices
Examples relate to methods of calibrating a printing device. A method comprises generating a calibration sheet of a calibrating medium having a length at least equal to the maximum printing width of a printbar of the printing device and printing a plurality of calibration patterns on the calibration sheet with the printing device to be calibrated. |
| US11820159B2 |
Nail printing apparatus and control method
A nail printing apparatus includes a print head to perform a printing operation in which an image on a nail of a person to be printed is printed by moving in a scanning direction and ejecting ink from a nozzle, and a control unit to control movement of the print head. In a case where movement of the print head is stopped regardless of controlling of movement of the print head associated with the printing operation, the control unit switches the controlling of movement of the print head after the stopping based on a stop position of the print head. |
| US11820154B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
A printing apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to, in a case where fluorescent ink is used in printing of an image, determine an order of printing by the fluorescent ink and printing by the light emission suppressing ink that suppresses light emission of the fluorescent ink, in the plurality of scans. The determination unit determines the order of the printing by the fluorescent ink and the printing by the light emission suppressing ink such that the fluorescent ink is printed to be in a layer lower than the light emission suppressing ink in a region of a dark portion of the image. |
| US11820152B2 |
Method and arrangement for calibrating a delivery rate of an ink pump of a printing device
A method and an arrangement for calibrating a delivery rate of an ink pump of a printing device with the aid of an ink container including a sensor unit for detecting at least a first fill level value. Based on the initial fill level of the ink container below the first fill level value, the ink pump conveys ink from an ink reservoir into the ink container up to a final fill level above the first fill level value, so that at least a predetermined volume between the initial fill level and the first fill level value is filled. Upon conveying the ink into the ink container, an ink pump parameter is determined as of reaching the initial fill level and until the first fill level value is reached. A delivery rate of the ink pump is determined based on the predetermined volume and the ink pump parameter. |
| US11820150B2 |
Device, board, liquid accommodation container, and printing system
A device outputs a first low voltage to a first terminal at a first timing in a period in which a voltage input to a second terminal is a high voltage. After outputting the first low voltage, the device outputs a second high voltage to the first terminal at a second timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a low voltage. After outputting the second high voltage, the device outputs a second low voltage to the first terminal at a third timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a high voltage. |
| US11820143B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
A liquid ejection head includes a channel member, a pressurizing part, a cover member, and a sealing member. The channel member includes an ejection hole, a pressurizing chamber, an ejection hole surface, and a pressurizing chamber surface. The pressurizing chamber is connected with the ejection hole. The ejection hole surface is positioned on the ejection hole side. The pressurizing chamber surface is positioned on the pressurizing chamber side. The pressurizing part is positioned in a pressurizing region in the pressurizing chamber surface. The cover member stands on the channel member. The sealing member seals the cover member and the channel member. The channel member includes a groove positioned in the pressurizing chamber surface but outside the pressurizing region. The cover member is positioned in the groove. Further, the sealing member is positioned between a fixing portion in the cover member which is positioned in the groove and the groove. |
| US11820142B2 |
Element substrate, liquid discharge head, and manufacturing method of same
An element substrate used in a liquid discharge head that discharges liquid to a recording material includes a substrate, an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge the liquid, circuit wiring that has an electrode portion for external electrical connection and that drives the energy generating element, and that is implemented on the substrate, a first protective film layer that has an opening portion for exposing the electrode portion and that covers the circuit wiring, an electroplating ground layer formed on the electrode portion, and an electroplated bump layer made of a metal material formed on the electroplating ground layer. A bent portion is formed in the first protective film layer by the first protective film layer covering a protruding portion that the circuit wiring has. A second protective film layer is formed on the first protective film layer and covers the bent portion. |
| US11820141B2 |
Element substrate, liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method
An element substrate of a liquid ejection head includes an ejection element for ejecting a liquid, a plurality of electrode pads for receiving power for causing the ejection element to eject the liquid, and a sensor for detecting that the liquid has invaded the vicinity of the plurality of electrode pads. The sensor has first wiring connected with one electrode pad of the plurality of electrode pads and second wiring connected with one electrode pad different from the electrode pad connected with the first wiring. |
| US11820140B2 |
Dispense modes for multi-mode capable device
A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes selecting a) fixed target areas and total fluid volumes for the target areas of the substrate; b) a predetermined droplet volume for the target areas; c) calculating a required number of droplets for the target areas; d) determining a maximum number of droplets per pixel based on the target areas; e) calculating a number of droplets per pass of an ejection head over the target areas; f) modifying one or more dimension of the target areas to create modified target areas; g) selecting and centering the modified spot size target areas in the target areas; and h) depositing fluids in the modified target areas while scanning the ejection head over the modified target areas. |
| US11820138B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes an integrated circuit that has a first output terminal outputting a first control signal and a second output terminal outputting a second control signal, a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the first control signal input to a first terminal, and a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the second control signal input to a fourth terminal, a shortest distance between the first output terminal and the first terminal is shorter than that between the first output terminal and the second terminal, and a shortest distance between the second output terminal and the fourth terminal is shorter than that between the second output terminal and the fifth terminal. |
| US11820135B2 |
Print head
A print head includes a head portion that includes a driving element driven by a drive signal and ejects a liquid in response to the drive of the driving element, a flow path member provided with a liquid flow path for supplying a liquid to the head portion, a circuit board provided with a supply circuit for supplying the drive signal to the driving element and disposed between the head portion and the flow path member, and a light emitting element disposed between the circuit board and the flow path member, in which the flow path member is provided with a light guide tube that guides light emitted by the light emitting element to an outside of the flow path member. |
| US11820132B2 |
Machine learning model generation device, machine learning model generation method, program, inspection device, inspection method, and printing device
There is provided a machine learning model generation device, a machine learning model generation method, a program, an inspection device, an inspection method, and a printing device for inspecting a defect of a printed matter with high accuracy. A machine learning model for detecting the defect of the printed matter is generated by using, as learning input information, at least learning inspection data based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a printed matter as an inspection target and second learning reference data based on print digital data and using, as learning output information, at least learning defect information of the learning inspection data estimated by performing comparison processing of the learning inspection data and first learning reference data based on a captured image obtained by capturing the image of the printed matter. |
| US11820129B2 |
Label printer
Disclosed is a label printer for printing labels wound onto a roll that are applied to a carrier tape or that are linerless endless tape labels, having a housing in which a cartridge compartment is formed; a tape cartridge which at least comprises an unwinding mandrel, in which a label roll can be received, and which can be manually inserted into and removed from the cartridge compartment; and a printhead and a driven print roller, wherein the label tape of the label roll can be led between the printhead and the print roller. A spring device and a movable latching holder, which is preloaded into a latching position by a spring force of the spring device, allows the tape cartridge to be latched into the latching holder against the spring force on the insertion and to be unlatched from the latching holder against the spring force on the removal. |
| US11820124B2 |
Continuous-forms color measurement system
Systems and methods are provided for measuring a web. One embodiment is a measurement system that includes rollers which receive a web of print media marked with a printed job, a controller which determines that a segment of the web is stationary at the measurement system, an image measurement device that inspects the printed job, and a repositioning mechanism that repositions the segment within the measurement system relative to the image measurement device while portions of the web external to the measurement system remain stationary. |
| US11820123B2 |
Doctor blade system
A doctor blade system of a printing machine comprises a doctor blade (12), a blade support (14) and a clamping element (16), wherein the doctor blade (12) is arranged at a contact surface (24) on a front side (20) of the blade support (14) and pressed against the contact surface (24) by a pressing area (34) of the clamping element (16). The clamping element (16) has a bearing surface (40) arranged at a backside (27) of the blade support (14). |
| US11820122B2 |
Dryer unit for a printing machine and printing machine
A dryer unit (26), especially an intracolor dryer unit, for a printing machine is presented. It comprises a web inlet edge (34) and a web outlet edge (36) being substantially parallel to one another and defining a drying area (28) therebetween. Additionally, an air inlet and a first air outlet (38) being connected to the air inlet in an air-ducting manner are provided. The first air outlet (38) is positioned adjacent to one of the web inlet edge (34) and the web outlet edge (36) and a middle axis of the first air outlet (38) is inclined towards the respective other of the web inlet edge (34) and the web outlet edge (36) with respect to the drying area (28). Furthermore, a printing machine is described, comprising an impression drum, at least two ink application units and at least one dryer unit (26) as described above. |
| US11820121B2 |
Heat image forming device and method
A heating circuit having an array of switching heating elements (e.g., field effect transistors, thin film transistors) provides a transient heat pattern over a surface (e.g., substrate, imaging member surface, transfer roll surface) moving relative to the heating circuit, to produce a pixelated heat image and heat a target pattern on the surface. Heat is generated by current flow in the heating elements, and the power developed by the heating circuit is the product of source-drain voltage and current in the channel. Digital addressing may accomplished by matrix addressing the array. Current may be supplied along data address lines by an external voltage controlled by digital electronics understood by a skilled artisan to provide the desired heat at a respective heating element pixels addressed by a specific gate line. The circuit may include a current return line that may be low resistance, for example, by using a 2-dimensional mesh. |
| US11820117B1 |
Tool for patterning overlays
A tool for patterning an overlay for placement about a projection structure extending from a mount surface may be temporarily positioned for patterning the overlay in situ. The tool may be configured for engagement with the projection structure, and include a cutting edge that is arranged into a pattern emulating a perimeter of the projection structure. Application of the overlay against the cutting edge of the tool cuts a relief portion from the overlay in situ to obtain an opening having a boundary that is shaped to closely accommodate the projection structure perimeter. The tool is then removed and the overlay applied against the mount surface in surrounding relationship to the projection structure extending from the mount surface. |
| US11820113B2 |
Sealant film, multilayer film including same and packaging bag
A sealant film including a polyolefin layer containing polyolefin as a main ingredient, and a polycycloolefin layer as an outermost layer containing polycycloolefin as a main ingredient. The polycycloolefin contains two or more kinds of structural units selected from a structural unit (A) derived from a dicyclopentadiene compound, a structural unit (B) derived from a tetracyclododecene compound, and a structural unit (C) derived from a norbornene compound, and the polycycloolefin has a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 80° C. |
| US11820110B2 |
Polymeric films and packages produced therefrom
A heat-sealable multilayer film may include a support layer, a polyethylene heat-seal layer, and an intermediate peelable layer. The support layer may include at least one polymeric layer. Heat-sealed packages comprising the multilayer film described herein have peelable seals characterized by an appropriate peel strength substantially independent of the seal conditions and substantially free of stringing upon peeling. |
| US11820108B2 |
Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels
A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided. |
| US11820107B2 |
Interlayer film for laminated glass, roll, and laminated glass
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which transmitted double images in the laminated glass can be suppressed. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, and the other end has a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end, and when an inclination of approximate line A and a maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle are calculated according to determination of a specific formula of approximate line A and calculation of deviation in partial wedge angle, the inclination of approximate line A is −0.05 mrad/m or less in at least one section A, and the maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle is 0.2 mrad or less. |
| US11820104B2 |
Aluminium alloy foil with reduced cracking during molding, battery packaging material, and battery
Aluminum alloy foil that, when used for battery packaging material, unlikely to develop pinholes or cracks even during molding of battery packaging material, and can exhibit excellent moldability. Aluminum alloy foil, which is for use in battery packaging material, wherein, with respect to cross section obtained by cutting aluminum alloy foil in vertical direction to rolling direction of aluminum alloy foil, which is a vertical direction to surface of aluminum alloy foil, proportion of total area of a {111} plane in total area of crystal planes of face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, is 10% or more; and with respect to cross section, a number average grain diameter R (μm) of crystals in face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, satisfies following equation: number average grain diameter R≤0.056X+2.0, where X=thickness (μm) of aluminum alloy foil. |
| US11820103B2 |
Steel sheet for hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion and manufacturing method for the same
The present invention relates to a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention is an aluminum alloy plated steel sheet, wherein an average Fe content in a plating layer may be 40 wt % or more, and a concentration gradient of a section having a Fe content of 45 wt % to 80 wt % in the plating layer may 7 wt %/μm or less of a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis. |
| US11820101B2 |
Underwater pipe comprising a sheath made of a polypropylene homopolymer
An underwater pipe, including a metal reinforcing layer around an inner polymeric sealing sheath capable of being in contact with hydrocarbons. The inner polymeric sealing sheath includes a homopolymeric polypropylene or a mixture of homopolymeric polypropylenes, wherein the homopolymeric polypropylene or the mixture has a density greater than 0.900 g/cm3, and a melt index measured at 230° C. under a mass of 2.16 kg of less than 10 g/10 minutes, its preparation method and its use for the transport of hydrocarbons. Such a sheath may be used in contact with hydrocarbons at high temperature. |
| US11820099B2 |
Corrugated cardboard plant
A corrugated cardboard plant has a corrugated cardboard production assembly having at least one device for producing at least one corrugated cardboard web which is laminated on one side, and a connecting device for generating a corrugated cardboard web which his laminated on both sides and which comprises the at least one corrugated cardboard web which is laminated on one side. The corrugated cardboard plant furthermore has a printed web/lamination web production assembly which has a printing device for printing a printed web, a printed web storage device, and a lamination web unwinding device for unwinding a lamination web. The corrugated cardboard plant moreover has a coupling/uncoupling assembly having a coupling device for coupling the printing device to the corrugated cardboard production assembly while using the printed web as the lamination web in the corrugated cardboard production assembly, and/or an uncoupling device for uncoupling the printing device from the corrugated cardboard production assembly while using the lamination web in the corrugated cardboard production assembly. |
| US11820097B2 |
Pressing method and apparatus
A pressing apparatus having a strainer cage and at least two feeding screws, which are arranged one behind the other in the feeding direction on a common screw shaft, wherein a pressure zone with no screw helix is arranged between the feeding screws. In the region of the pressure zone, the pressing apparatus according to the invention has a plurality of scraper shells, and these provide for improved efficiency of the pressing operation. |
| US11820096B2 |
Multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine
The present invention provides a multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine and a helical shaft thereof. The multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine includes fixed rings, movable rings, the helical shaft, a sludge inlet tank and a sludge discharging tank; the helical shaft adopts a variable diameter variable pitch helical shaft, a lead angle arrangement sequence of a helical blade of the whole helical shaft is gradual reduction from the sludge discharging tank to the sludge inlet tank, and the lead angle arrangement sequence is gradually reduced from 16°-22° to 6°-14°; a pitch of the helical shaft is gradually increased along a direction from the sludge inlet tank to the sludge discharging tank; a diameter of a shaft body of the helical shaft is gradually increased along with a direction of the sludge discharging tank from a ⅓ position of a shaft length; and blockage prevention plates are arranged on two sides of the bottom of the helical blade. The helical shaft in the present invention is specially designed, so that the pitch is more reasonable, a helical angle is gentler, frictional resistance when sludge passes through the helical shaft may be effectively reduced, and phenomena of shaft blockage and shaft sticking of the sludge may be reduced. |
| US11820093B2 |
Hot-press device
A hot-press device includes: a heating furnace; a pair of punches which includes an upper punch and a lower punch provided in the heating furnace and vertically facing each other; a lower press ram which is connected to a lower surface of the lower punch; an upper press ram which is connected to an upper surface of the upper punch; and a pressing device which is connected to any one or both of the lower press ram and the upper press ram and presses the punch so that the pair of punches are close to each other, in which the lower press ram and/or the upper press ram includes a plurality of individual press rams which are disposed at intervals, each individual press ram having one end coupled to the pair of punches. |
| US11820090B2 |
Method and system for reading/writing data from/on RFID tags integrated/applied in/on tires conveyed on conveyor belts
A system and method is provided for reading and/or writing data from/on RFID tags of tires conveyed on a conveyor belt in a conveyance direction, wherein each tire is fitted with a respective RFID tag storing a univocal identifier of said tire. An antenna is installed over or nearby the conveyor belt and configured to radiate RF signals toward a footprint area on the conveyor belt and receive backscattered RF signals from said footprint area. A reader is connected to the antenna to operate the latter in transmission and reception. A preliminary calibration step is applied to the reader and a reading and/or writing step is carried out by operating the calibrated reader. |
| US11820089B2 |
Bag with coloured sheet for repairing composite panels, and colouration and repair method
An assembly includes a bag and of a composite panel exhibiting a damaged region to be repaired by polymerization of a repair piece using the bag. The bag includes a sheet intended to be laid over the panel. When the panel and the sheet are laid one atop of the other, the sheet exhibits regions capable of absorbing heat emitted by radiation onto it in a proportion that is dependent on the polymerization temperature needed for that region of the panel that corresponds to it, the radiation being partially absorbed by suitable colouration of the sheet in the region concerned. Determining those regions of the panel in which radiation is less well absorbed than in others means that the heating can be adapted to suit the needs of polymerization in terms of repair and that even polymerization can thus be obtained over the entire damaged region, thereby consolidating the repair. |
| US11820088B2 |
Structural reinforcements
A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier (10) that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material (12) having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite insert (14) or overlay (960) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) and the mass of polymeric material (12) are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier (10) may be a mass of activatable material (126). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) may include a polymeric matrix. |
| US11820087B2 |
Material dispensing systems
A method of preparing a composite article including providing a first bias assembly with a first bias roll; providing a first non-bias assembly with a first non-bias roll; positioning the first bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a bias ply from the first bias roll along a bias path on a mold; cutting the bias ply; positioning the first non-bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a non-bias ply from the first non-bias roll; and cutting the non-bias ply; wherein the bias path and the non-bias path are substantially parallel. |
| US11820085B2 |
Method and a system for producing a component or semifinished product with a fibre-reinforced foam core
A method for producing a component with a fibre-reinforced foam core has the steps of supplying a foam core having a first main surface and an opposite, second main surface, positioning at least one needle at the first main surface of the foam core, piercing the foam core with the needle, with the result that a needle tip penetrates through the first main surface into the foam core and then through the second main surface, hooking a reinforcing fibre into the needle tip, pulling the needle back, with the result that the reinforcing fibre is pulled through the foam core, and coating the reinforcing fibre with a resin while the needle is being pulled back. |
| US11820084B2 |
Sealing system for sealing a tube and an automated method of operating the same
Disclosed is an automated method (54) which includes directing rays from a source (34) to a tube (38) disposed between relatively movable first and second sealing plates (20, 32), capturing an image (70) of at least a portion of the tube (38) by an image capturing device (26), and transferring the captured image (70) to a processing device (24). The method (54) also includes determining a plurality of tube parameters by the processing device (24) based on the captured image (70), using an image processing technique and determining a plurality of sealing parameters from a database (44) by the processing device (24) based on the determined plurality of tube parameters. Additionally, the method (54) includes controlling the drive unit (22) and a heater (36) by the processing device (24) influenced by the determined plurality of sealing parameters, to respectively compress the tube (36) and perform heat sealing of the tube (38). |
| US11820083B2 |
Waveguide for plastic welding, arrangement for plastic welding, a welding method as well as a manufacturing method of a waveguide
A waveguide for plastic welding has an entry end, an exit end as well as a first and a second inner face arranged between the entry end and the exit end, which are arranged opposite to each other and by means of which laser light can be reflected. A first distance between the entry end and the exit end defines a length of the waveguide and a second distance between the first and the second inner face defines a thickness of the waveguide. The exit end may be arranged opposite to the entry end and a central plane of the waveguide may extend centrally from the entry end to the exit end. The first inner face comprises a continuously curved, concave shape so that a third distance between the first inner face and the central plane varies continuously from the entry end in the direction of the exit end. |
| US11820079B2 |
Stereolithography apparatus having a detection unit for optical adjustment and image modification
The present invention relates to a stereolithography apparatus for generating a three-dimensional object, comprising: an optical unit for projecting an image towards the photocurable substance for hardening the photocurable substance deposited in the focus layer; a control unit, characterized by further comprising: a detection unit which comprises: a detection means movably arranged in a detection region for detecting during the generation process or in a generation-pause the image projected by the optical unit and for outputting a detection signal; and a first driving means for moving the detection means into or out of the detection region, wherein the optical unit comprises: a second driving means linked to the optical unit for moving the focus layer into or out of the detection region, wherein the control unit adjusts the optical unit and/or modifies the image to be projected based on the signal indicative of the detected image. |
| US11820076B2 |
3D printing process and molding produced by this process using lignosulfate
The present invention relates to a material system for 3D printing, to a 3D printing process using a lignin-containing component or derivatives thereof or modified lignins, to soluble moldings that are produced by a powder-based additive layer manufacturing process and to the use of the moldings. |
| US11820075B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of imparting specified characteristics to additively manufactured foam
The disclosed exemplary apparatuses, systems and methods provide a three-dimensional foam molding, produced via a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process in which regions of respective layers of pulverant are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. These apparatuses, systems and methods may include layers of the pulverant comprising at least thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (TPU) coated upon a base particle, wherein the TPU is coated via one of spray drying and a fluidized vessel. |
| US11820073B2 |
Closed loop print process adjustment based on real time feedback
In some embodiments, a photoreactive 3D printing system includes: a moveable print platform; a resin tub comprising a membrane; a tension apparatus; a volume of resin contained within the resin tub; an illumination system; a print platform force sensor; and a print recipe comprising information for layers in a 3D printed part to be built on the print platform. In some embodiments, the photoreactive 3D printing system is configured to: project an image through the membrane at a polymer interface using the illumination system; moving the print platform in a z-direction; apply a tensioning force using the tension apparatus to induce a membrane tension on the membrane; measure an amount of print platform force using the print platform force sensor; and update the print platform movement in the print recipe during a printing run based on the amount of print platform force measured by the print platform force sensor. |
| US11820066B2 |
Arrangement for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine, thermoforming arrangement, and method
The invention relates to an arrangement for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine as a starting material for thermoforming. The arrangement has a deposition device on which cuttings of the starting material which are to be processed in succession can be provided, in each case in an at least partially automated manner, and a movable loading unit. This loading unit is set up for at least one of the cuttings to be received on the loading unit. The loading unit can be positioned to receive the cutting from the deposition device, and the loading unit can subsequently be positioned to deposit the cutting received from the deposition device in a working region of the thermoforming machine. The invention further relates to a thermoforming arrangement and to a method for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine as a starting material for thermoforming. |
| US11820062B2 |
Extrusion methods wherein material is guided through a passage crossing over between adjacent cylindrical bodies
A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies. |
| US11820061B2 |
Additively manufactured self-supporting microfluidics
A printed structure including a plurality of overlying layers of elongate polymeric filaments stacked on a surface of a substrate. The elongate polymeric filaments are stacked on each other along their lengths to form a liquid impermeable, self-supporting wall. The liquid impermeable self-supporting wall forms a wall angle of about 30° to about 90° with respect to a plane of the surface of the substrate. |
| US11820060B2 |
Mold positioning device
There is provided a structure for positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face in an injection molding machine. The structure comprises a positioner configured to connect the first mold part to part of the injection molding machine, wherein the positioner is adjustable to position the first mold part on the mold mounting face. The structure further comprises controller executable instructions executable in a controller with which to resolve an alignment parameter of the mold using a feedback signal from a sensor. Further provided is a method of operating an injection molding machine which method comprises the steps of positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face using a positioner and appreciating an alignment parameter of the mold with reference to a feedback signal from a sensor. |
| US11820048B2 |
Mold and production method therefor
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mold having both good adhesion resistance and smoothness, and a production method therefor. Provided is a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in that the mold has a reinforced layer made of hard phases for a working surface and the working surface satisfies the arithmetic average roughness Ra≤0.1 μm and skewness Rsk≤−0.01. Also provided is a production method for a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in having: a shaping step for working the surface of the mold made of said composite material and adjusting to Ra≤0.1 μm; and after the shaping step, a surface layer-modifying step for etching the surface of the mold adjusted to Ra≤0.1 μm and removing the metal phases near the surface. |
| US11820044B2 |
System for producing a lightweight thermoplastic composite sheet
A thermoplastic composite sheet may be composed of a polymer material matrix and a lightweight material that is disposed throughout the polymer material matrix. The polymer material matrix may extend continuously throughout a length, width, and thickness of the thermoplastic composite sheet. The polymer material matrix may be a fully polymerized thermoplastic material. The lightweight material may be fully saturated by the thermoplastic material of the polymer material matrix. The thermoplastic composite sheet may include between 50 and 99 weight percent of the thermoplastic material and between 1 and 50 weight percent of the lightweight material. The thermoplastic composite sheet may be free of reinforcing fibers. |
| US11820043B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing cover member
A display device includes a display member configured to display an image in a first direction and a cover member on the display member. The cover member includes a flexible member including a front part defining a front plane perpendicular to the first direction, and a first side part connected to a first side of the front part and defining a first side plane different from the front plane, and a rigid member partially overlapping the flexible member and on the front part. |
| US11820041B2 |
Process for supercritical or subcritical partial delignification and filling of a lignocellulosic material
The invention concerns a process for treating lignocellulosic material, preferably wood, comprising the following successive steps: (1) extracting lignin by a fluid in supercritical or subcritical phase to extract 40 to 85% by weight % of the lignin of the initial material; (2) filling by a filling compound, preferably in the presence of a fluid in supercritical or subcritical phase; and (3) finishing, so as to obtain a composite material formed by a three-dimensional network of filling compound that is transformed and incorporated in a network of cellulose and lignin. |
| US11820040B2 |
Detachable protective device for table saw
A detachable protective device includes a base support, a mounting unit connected to the base support, and a quick-release unit. The base support has a mounting hole having an engaging portion and an open end portion. The quick-release unit includes a positioning pin extending movably through the mounting hole. The quick-release unit is operable to move the positioning pin between a locked position, where a large-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, and a release position, where a small-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, thereby allowing separation of the mounting unit from the base support. |
| US11820037B2 |
Punch and draw stud having multi-start threads, and method of engaging same
A punch according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a body having a punching edge and a wall forming a passageway therethrough, the wall having a multi-start thread formed thereon, and a draw stud according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes an elongated cylinder having a multi-start thread thereon which is configured to be coupled to the multi-start thread of the punch. The number of starts provided on the punch corresponds to the number of starts provided on the draw stud. The multi-start thread on the punch is engaged with the multi-start thread on the draw stud in use. A method using same to punch a hole in sheet metal is also provided. |
| US11820034B2 |
Tortilla slicing assembly
A tortilla slicing assembly includes a disk that is mountable to a horizontal support surface. The disk has a plate which is rotatably disposed on the disk and a stack of tortillas can be positioned on top of the plate. A support frame is coupled to and extends upwardly from the disk. A cutting unit is pivotally disposed on the support frame and the cutting unit is urgeable downwardly on the support frame to cut the stack of tortillas. Furthermore, the plate is rotated a pre-determined amount each time the cutting unit is urged downwardly to cut the tortilla into a plurality of triangular chips. |
| US11820032B2 |
Razor handle, attachment adapter, and razor assembly
The application is related to a handle, an adapter, and a razor assembly. The handle comprises a handle body having a distal end with a cavity opening therein; a pusher retained in the cavity and extending outwardly from the cavity; and a retaining element disposed on the distal end of the handle body. The adapter comprises an adapter body configured to connect with the handle, the adapter body having a channel therethrough, the channel being configured to receive a pusher of the handle, the adapter further comprising two arms extending distally from the adapter body, wherein one or more of the distal ends of the arms have a finger that is configured to engage a respective connecting region of a blade assembly. The razor assembly comprises the handle; the adapter; and a blade assembly. |
| US11820030B2 |
Cutting set with wave-shaped cutting edge
Blade arrangement for a hair clipper comprising a comb with an anterior edge, which contains tooth elements; a blade with an anterior cutting edge, which contains tooth elements, wherein the cutting edge at its anterior end is downwardly sloped towards the lower cutting edge, and wherein the blade is configured to be movable relative to the comb; a connecting device, which connects the comb and the blade relatively movable to each other; and a pretension element, which preloads the comb and the blade against each other characterized in, that the cutting edge of the blade have a wave shape, wherein the anterior cutting edge of the blade contains at least three tooth elements and/or the edges of each tooth element have a curved shape according to the wave shape. |
| US11820027B2 |
Everyday folding utility cutter
A foldable cutting device having a handle component and a blade holder component pivotally connected to the handle component. The foldable cutting device is movable between a closed position, in which the blade holder rests within a chamber in the handle component, and an open position, in which the blade holder pivots out from the handle. The foldable cutting device may have a release mechanism for assisting in the opening of the blade holder. The release mechanism may utilize tension components to assist in biasing the blade holder towards the open position. |
| US11820025B2 |
Safe motion planning for machinery operation
Systems and methods monitor a workspace for safety purposes using sensors distributed about the workspace. The sensors are registered with respect to each other, and this registration is monitored over time. Occluded space as well as occupied space is identified, and this mapping is frequently updated. Based on the mapping, a constrained motion plan of machinery can be generated to ensure safety. |
| US11820023B2 |
Robot system and computer program product
A robot system includes a robot including a plurality of fingers for holding a target object and a control device configured to control a motion of the robot. The control device includes one or more processors. The processors acquire an image of a first target object and a second target object taken by an imaging device. The processors control the motion of the robot based on the image such that the robot moves the first target object with at least one finger included in the fingers in a direction in which a gap is formed between the first target object and the second target object, inserts at least one finger included in the fingers into the gap, and holds the first target object. |
| US11820014B2 |
Simulated local demonstration data for robotic demonstration learning
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using simulated local demonstration data for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving perceptual data of a workcell of a robot to be configured to execute a task according to a skill template, wherein the skill template specifies one or more subtasks required to perform the skill, wherein at least one of the subtasks is a demonstration subtask that relies on learning visual characteristics of the workcell. A virtual model is generated of a portion of the workcell. A training system generates simulated local demonstration data from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell and tunes a base control policy for the demonstration subtask using the simulated local demonstration data generated from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell. |
| US11820008B2 |
Systems and methods for privacy management in an autonomous mobile robot
A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot includes receiving a privacy mode setting from a user interface, where the privacy mode setting is based on a user selection between at least two different privacy mode settings for determining whether to operate the mobile cleaning robot in an image-capture-restricted mode. An image stream of an image capture device of the mobile cleaning robot is permitted in an absence of a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings. At least a portion of the image stream is restricted or disabled based at least in part on a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings. |
| US11820005B2 |
Substrate transfer robot for transferring substrate in vacuum chamber
A substrate transfer robot for transferring a substrate in a vacuum chamber, includes: a transfer arm platform having coupling holes, wherein a link connecting member with blades is engaged at a front area of the transfer arm platform and a support shaft of a lower support is inserted into the lower space of one of the coupling holes; and a first and a second transfer arm part each including an end effector for supporting the substrate, multiple transfer link arms and subordinate link arms, and a common link arm that are connected to each other or to the transfer arm platform, wherein, the transfer link arms include at least some of drive shafts, interlocked with transfer driving motors or speed reducers, and output shafts interlocked with the drive shafts, and wherein the end effectors are positioned at different heights from each other through using a bracket. |
| US11819996B2 |
Expression feedback method and smart robot
An expression feedback method and a smart robot, belonging to smart devices. The method comprises: step S1, a smart robot using an image collection apparatus to collect image information; step S2, the smart robot detecting whether human face information representing a human face exists in the image information; if so, acquiring position information and size information associated with the human face information, and then turning to step S3; and if not, returning to step S1; step S3, according to the position information and the size information, obtaining, by prediction, a plurality of pieces of feature point information in the human face information and outputting same; and step S4, using a first identification model formed through pre-training, determining whether the human face information represents a smiling face according to the feature point information, and then exiting from this step; if so, the smart robot outputting preset expression feedback information; and if not, exiting from this step. The beneficial effect of the method is: enriching an information interaction content between a smart robot and a user, so as to improve usage experience of the user. |
| US11819995B1 |
Cherry picker retrieval device
An inanimate magnetically attractable object retrieval apparatus configured to retrieve small, inanimate, magnetically attractable objects from confining spaces with magnetic forces. The apparatus comprises a head comprising magnetic material permanently attached to a first end region of a flexible body that has a tail with a width and a length. The length is able to be reversibly bent in a 180 degree arc with a diameter of 1 inch only in a plane perpendicular to a plane containing the width and the length of the tail and unable to be reversibly bent in a 180 degree arc with a diameter of 1 inch in a plane parallel to the plane containing the width and the length of the tail. |
| US11819994B2 |
Gap uniformity device
A device for creating a uniform gap between adjacent vehicle panels. The device includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. A grip portion is disposed along the elongate member between the first end and the second end. A first arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a first direction, and a second arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US11819992B2 |
Hammer tool
A hammer tool includes a head and a handle coupled to the head. The handle has a first and a second connecting end fixed to the head. The handle has a first and a second medial section and the first and the second connecting ends extend from the first and the second medial sections respectively. The first and the second medial sections are disposed side by side. The first and the second medial sections form at least one first and at least one second curved sections respectively. The at least one first and the at least one second curved sections abut against each other. |
| US11819991B2 |
Retaining device for use with a nail gun
A retaining device adapted for use with an electric nail gun includes a retaining member; a swing arm unit adapted to swing between a proximate position and a distal position with respect to a flywheel of the nail gun; an impact unit movably connected to the swing arm unit, including an engaging portion, and being movable between a pre-striking position, where the engaging portion is confined within the retaining member when the swing arm unit is at the distal position, and a striking position, where the engaging portion is removed from the retaining member; and a retrieving unit connected between the impact unit and the swing arm unit, and configured to bias the impact unit to move to the pre-striking position. |
| US11819989B2 |
Powered fastener driver
A powered fastener driver includes a cylinder and a piston positioned within the cylinder. The piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position. The piston has a non-circular shape. |
| US11819988B2 |
Locking mechanism for enabling fishing plier to remain closed state
A locking mechanism for enabling a fishing plier to remain a closed state includes a fixed plier handle and a movable plier handle. The middle portion of the fixed plier handle is integrally provided with a first rotating part, and the middle portion of the movable plier handle is integrally provided with a second rotating part. The first rotating part and the second rotating part are rotatably connected through a fixed shaft assembly. A knob is disposed on the outer side of the first rotating part. Straight slide grooves are disposed between the second rotating part and the first rotating part. The inner end surface of the knob is provided with a control groove. A locking pin is inserted between the straight slide groove on the second rotating part, the straight slide groove on the first rotating part, and the control groove of the knob. |
| US11819987B2 |
Dual-mode adjustable pliers
Dual-mode adjustable pliers include a first handle member including a first handle and a first jaw and a second handle member including a second handle and a second jaw. The pliers may also include a channel disposed in the first handle member and an adjustable pivot affixed to the second handle member and disposed within the channel. The pliers may also include a movable mode selector member. In an engaged position, the mode selector member is engaged with both the first handle member and the second handle member, and, as the second handle is moved towards the first handle, the adjustable pivot moves within the channel. In a disengaged position, the mode selector member is not engaged with both the first handle member and the second handle member, and, as the second handle is moved towards the first handle, the adjustable pivot maintains a position within the channel. |
| US11819984B2 |
Tool illumination device
An illumination source disposed in a housing of a tool without the need for fasteners or snaps. The illumination source includes a number illumination elements, such as LEDs, disposed on a circuit board. A lens and the housing cooperatively direct light emitted by the illumination elements away from a user's eyes during use of the tool. |
| US11819980B2 |
Mandrel for holding a lens blank and method of making a lens using the same
A mandrel for holding and positioning an intraocular lens blank during manufacturing includes a shank portion having a central axis and a lens blank holding section configured to hold the lens blank. The holding section includes a central cavity formed concentrically with the central axis of the mandrel. Projections are formed on a surface of the central cavity and are configured to support a first surface of the lens blank at a fixed distance from the surface of the central cavity. A ring fits within a peripheral portion of the central cavity to hold a second opposing surface of the lens blank. A method for making an intraocular lens using the mandrel includes filling the space formed under the first surface of the lens with a liquid, such as water, freezing the liquid, and then machining and/or milling the second surface of the lens blank. |
| US11819979B2 |
Abrasive tool
An abrasive tool has an abrasive grain layer comprising a plurality of hard abrasive grains bonded by a binder, with a plurality of the hard abrasive grains each having a working surface formed to contact a workpiece, a ratio of a total area of a plurality of such working surfaces to an area of an imaginary plane smoothly connecting the plurality of working surfaces being 5% or more and 30% or less. |
| US11819978B2 |
Grinding material
A grinding material includes a base sheet and a grinding layer overlaid on a front face side of the base sheet and including abrasive grains and a binder for the abrasive grains. The grinding layer includes the abrasive grains of a plurality of types. Of the abrasive grains of the plurality of types, provided that first abrasive grains have the largest average diameter and second abrasive grains have the second largest average diameter, the percentage of the average diameter of the second abrasive grains with respect to that of the first abrasive grains is 5-70%. The total content of the abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 50-85% by volume. The content of the first abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 1-25% by volume. The first abrasive grains are preferably diamond abrasive grains and the second abrasive grains are preferably alumina abrasive grains. |
| US11819977B2 |
Inversion mount for mounting an inverted die grinder
An inversion mount includes an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base, and an oblique drop arm connected from the upper mounting base to the lower mounting base. The upper mounting base is configured to normally mount to a downward-facing inversion mounting surface from below. The lower mounting base includes a non-rotary main body and a rotary latch assembly. The main body includes a forward receiver configured to axially receive a mounting insert from below as a rotary item. The latch assembly includes a side latch. The side latch extends alongside the main body, and is supported for radial pivotation between an open position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook below but not underneath the forward receiver, and a latched position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook underneath the forward receiver for hooked engagement with a side pocket behind the mounting insert. |
| US11819973B1 |
Self-service ice skate blade sharpening machine
An automated self-service machine for the selective sharpening of ice skate blades utilizes a pair of actuating mechanisms that operate a sharpening device. The sharpening device is disposed within a base and accessible only when activated. A user wearing the ice skate blade to be sharpened steps onto the base and inserts the ice skate blade within a slot where the sharpening blade resides. A control system is configured to enable a user to interface with it to provide the activation of the sharpening device and to enable financial transactions. |
| US11819971B2 |
Wind power blade multi-robot cooperative grinding and roller coating operation assembly line system
A wind power blade multi-robot cooperative grinding and roller coating operation assembly line system is provided and includes: a working platform; a blade tip transfer and tooling turning system and a blade root transfer and tooling turning system arranged on a middle of the working platform and configured to support and adjust a head and a tail of the wind power blade respectively; wind power blade automatic grinding robots and wind power blade automatic roller coating robots symmetrically arranged on the working platform and located on two sides of the wind power blade. An automatic processing of grinding and roller coating of wind power blades is realized, which can reduce labor intensity. An integration of omnidirectional transfer and weight of the wind power blades is realized, which can detect the weight in real-time. A blade sprain is avoided effectively, and a layout of an assembly line is more flexible. |
| US11819968B2 |
Rotary power tool
A rotary hammer includes a housing, a first motor supported by the housing and defining a first motor axis, a second motor supported by the housing and defining a second motor axis that is coaxial with the first motor axis, and a spindle coupled to the first motor for receiving torque from the first motor, causing the spindle to rotate. The rotary hammer further includes a reciprocation mechanism operable to create a variable pressure air spring within the spindle. The reciprocation mechanism includes a piston configured to reciprocate within the spindle in response to receiving torque from the second motor, a striker that is selectively reciprocable within the spindle in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil that is impacted by the striker when the striker reciprocates towards the tool bit. The anvil imparts axial impacts to the tool bit. |
| US11819965B2 |
Device maintenance in semiconductor manufacturing environment
A system for maintaining a device in a semiconductor manufacturing environment that includes a controller configured to determine a distance travelled by the device within the semiconductor manufacturing environment, where the device has a feature that selectively engages a carrier configured to carry a semiconductor wafer such that the device moves the semiconductor wafer to different processing stations within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. The system also includes an inspection component configured to inspect the device responsive to the distance traveled by the device exceeding a distance threshold, a repair component configured to repair the device responsive to a repair indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component, and a cleaning component configured to clean the device responsive to a clean indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component. |
| US11819962B2 |
Torsion bar active length control and method of manufacturing
A method of manufacturing a torsion bar includes cutting a stock torsion bar material to a desired torsion bar length to form the torsion bar. The method also includes forming a first end portion by removing material from the torsion bar to form a first annular groove extending circumferentially about the torsion bar. The method further includes forming a second end portion by removing material from the torsion bar to form a second annular groove extending circumferentially about the torsion bar. |
| US11819961B2 |
Sticking detection device and arc welding robot system
A sticking detection device for detecting the presence or absence of sticking of a welding wire disposed in an arc welding robot to a workpiece includes a first sticking detection unit and a second sticking detection unit. The first sticking detection unit detects the presence or absence of sticking based on a voltage value detected with respect to voltage being applied to the welding wire and the workpiece. The second sticking detection unit determines the presence or absence of sticking based on the voltage value and a result of the detection by the first sticking detection unit. |
| US11819959B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire
A contact tip assembly with a preheating tip comprises a welding-type power source configured to provide welding-type current to a welding-type circuit, the welding-type circuit comprising a welding-type electrode and a first contact tip of a welding torch. The assembly also includes an electrode preheating circuit configured to provide preheating current through a portion of the welding-type electrode via a second contact tip of the welding torch, and a voltage sense circuit to monitor a voltage drop across the two contact tips, and the electrode preheating circuit adjusts at least one of the first current or the preheating current based on the voltage drop. |
| US11819956B2 |
Aluminum alloy brazing sheet and method for manufacturing the same
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux includes a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material. An oxide is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet by brazing heating, the oxide including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to a surface oxide film formed before brazing heating, and an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet before brazing heating is 0.50 or less. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having excellent brazability in brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, and a method for manufacturing the same. |
| US11819954B2 |
Systems and methods for wire deposited additive manufacturing using titanium
A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a first structural element and a second material composition of at least one of a second structural element. The first material composition may comprise an alpha-beta titanium alloy. The second material composition may comprise a beta titanium alloy. |
| US11819948B2 |
Methods to fabricate chamber component holes using laser drilling
Embodiments of a method of forming one or more holes in a substrate for use as a process chamber component are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming one or more holes in a substrate for use as a process chamber component include forming the one or more holes in the substrate with one or more laser drills using at least one of a percussion drilling, a trepanning, or an ablation process, wherein each of the one or more holes have an aspect ratio of about 1:1 to about 50:1, and wherein the substrate is a component for gas delivery or fluid delivery. |
| US11819943B1 |
Laser material fusion under vacuum, and associated systems and methods
Systems and methods for laser beam welding in a vacuum and for controlling laser beam welding processes, such as for use in manufacturing aerospace parts, are described herein. In some embodiments, a laser beam welding system can include an optical head movably positioned within a vacuum chamber. The optical head can be configured to direct a laser beam toward a part positioned within the vacuum chamber to melt and fuse the part. |
| US11819938B2 |
Sealing hollow structures
A method of sealing a hole in a wall of a hollow structure comprises providing a sealed chamber that is external to the structure and that is in fluid communication with an internal space of the structure via the hole. The structure may be a pipe-in-pipe structure and the internal space may be an annulus between outer and inner pipes. Fluid flows through the hole into or out of the chamber as the pressure and/or composition of fluid in the internal space is adjusted. Then, a plug is spun and friction-welded into the hole. The plug is inserted into the hole from within the chamber. |
| US11819937B2 |
Ultrasonic plus resistance welding for automotive applications
A welded assembly includes a first component including an aluminum material, a second component including a stainless steel, and a third component including a steel material. An ultrasonic weld is formed between the first and second components to join them and form a stack. A sealant and/or adhesive may be applied to the stack. A resistance spot weld is used to join the third component to the stack to form the welded assembly. The resistance spot weld encompasses a portion of the first, second, and third components, and a portion of the ultrasonic weld. The resistance spot weld is completely encompassed in the welded assembly, and thus is sealed from electrolyte in a surrounding environment. |
| US11819936B2 |
Wire electrode feeding apparatus and wire electrode feeding method
A wire electrode feeding apparatus or the like is provided, suitable for feeding a wire electrode along its original path without deviating from its original path. A conversion unit 9 feeds the wire electrode from a feeding inlet 21 to a feeding outlet 25 using a machining liquid. A roller 23 changes the feeding direction of the wire electrode. A discharging unit 27 discharges the machining liquid toward the feeding outlet 25 in a direction tangential to the contact face of the roller 23, to generate a flow of the machining liquid. On the other hand, a diverted flow path for the machining liquid is defined along the contact face of the roller 23 from the feeding outlet 25 side to the feeding inlet 21 side. An intake unit 29 takes in air according to the pressure of the machining liquid to supply the air to the diverted flow path. |
| US11819934B2 |
Dust collector
A dust collector in one aspect of the present invention comprises a dust collection portion, a communication portion, and an interlock operation control portion. When the communication portion receives an interlock command transmitted from an electric working machine, the interlock operation control portion makes the dust collection portion operate interlocking with the electric working machine. The interlock operation control portion includes a storage portion, in which identification information specific to the electric working machine with which the dust collection portion is to be made to perform the interlock operation is stored. |
| US11819932B2 |
Intelligent switching system for switching internal cooling and external cooling based on minimal quantity lubrication and method
An intelligent switching system for switching internal cooling and external cooling and a method are provided. The system includes a vision system, a cooling system and a control system. The vision system monitors a real-time milling state of a cutter, collects a real-time milling depth image that the cutter mills a workpiece, and transmits the collected real-time milling depth image to the control system. The control system includes a lubrication mode control center, and a motor control center. The lubrication mode control center receives the real-time image transmitted by the image collection control center; analyzes and processes the real-time image to obtain real-time milling depth data of the cutter. The motor control center receives a signal sent by the lubrication mode control center; analyzes and processes the signal, and transmits a control instruction to the cooling system. The cooling system executes a switching command issued by the control system. |
| US11819931B2 |
Drill
The invention relates to a drill comprising a drill tip, wherein the drill tip comprises at least one main cutting edge having a cutting corner, from which the main cutting edge extends to a center, wherein the drill tip comprises at least one additional cutting edge having an additional cutting corner, from which the additional cutting edge extends in the direction of the center, wherein the additional cutting edge is formed only on an outer portion of the drill tip and is thus shorter than the main cutting edge, wherein the additional cutting corner projects beyond the cutting corner. |
| US11819930B2 |
Material for built-up edge formation and built-up edge formation method
The present invention provides a material for built up edge formation having a resin block containing a high molecular weight compound having a weight average molecular weight of 5×104 or higher and 1×106 or lower, a medium molecular weight compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1×103 or higher and lower than 5×104, and a carbon. |
| US11819927B2 |
Cutting insert and cutting tool assembly including same
A cutting insert capable of performing front-turning and high feed back-turning according to one embodiment includes: an upper surface; a lower surface opposite to the upper surface in a vertical direction; a side portion configured to connect the upper surface and the lower surface; a mounting hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface; and a plurality of cutting edges formed at edges where the upper surface meets the side portion, wherein the upper surface has one or more cutting corners, the plurality of cutting edges include a major cutting edge and a minor cutting edge extending from the cutting corner, and a representative inclination of the minor cutting edge used for high feed back-turning is greater than a representative inclination of the major cutting edge used for front-turning with respect to a virtual reference plane perpendicular to the vertical direction. |
| US11819924B2 |
Turning process method for workpiece and machine tool
A turning process method for processing a step-shaped workpiece includes: feeding a tool in a rotation axis direction and/or a radial direction of a workpiece while rotating the workpiece; using a tool that includes an insert with a main cutting edge having a straight portion and a machine tool having a pivot shaft of the tool in the machine side; processing a peripheral surface of the small diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have a cutting edge angle of less than 90°, the cutting edge angle having an angle between the straight portion of the main cutting edge and the rotation axis direction; and processing an end surface and a peripheral surface of the large diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have the cutting edge angle of 90° or more at a front of the large diameter portion. |
| US11819920B1 |
Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques
Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques. A tool for repairing a compressor blade has a plurality of support bases, and a slot configured for securement of said compressor blade to said mounting tool. The tool has a pair of support bases, each of which is configured for the building of a sacrificial support thereon to stabilize the compressor blade during repair. The tool is coupled to a hybrid manufacturing machinery and the sacrificial supports stabilize the compressor blade during additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. |
| US11819913B2 |
Wear resistant layer
A mixture for forming a wear resistant layer on a substrate comprises particles of a first wear resistant particle type, particles of a second wear resistant particle type and a wear resistant layer binder for binding the first and the second wear resistant particles in the wear resistant layer when the layer is formed. As well, wear resistant particle size distributions for the first and second wear resistant particle types have a first mode and a second mode. The first particle type is associated with the first mode and the second particle type is associated with the second mode. Moreover, a number of first wear resistant particles associated with the first mode is larger than a number of second wear resistant particles associated with the second mode. Further, the second mode is larger than the first mode. |
| US11819912B2 |
High-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, and component molding apparatus including semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus
Provided is a high-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, and a component molding apparatus including the semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus, and particularly, a high-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, which can optimize process parameters for manufacturing a semi-solid slurry such that a fine slurry structure and uniform spheroidized particles are obtained and can obtain high-quality products by increasing convenience and productivity of the apparatus, and a component molding apparatus including the semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus. |
| US11819903B2 |
Heat exchanger and corresponding production method
Heat exchanger, and production method, including at least two plates of metal material, overlapping and reciprocally joined together so as to define a perimeter edge of the heat exchanger, and at least one circuit for the passage of a heat-carrier fluid defined by at least one or more heat exchange channels made between the plates. |
| US11819901B2 |
Tool for press brake
A tool for a press brake includes a tool main body, an attachment portion formed on a base end side of the tool main body and configured to be detachably attached to a tool installation portion of the press brake by using a tool changer, and a bending portion formed on a distal end side of the tool main body and used to bend a plate-shaped workpiece. An engagement hole having a circular cross-sectional shape to be engaged with a bar-shaped finger of the tool changer extends through the tool main body in a thickness direction. An anti-rotation bottomed depressed portion configured to receive a distal end of an anti-rotation member of the tool changer is formed in a vicinity of the engagement hole. |
| US11819897B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing continuous stirrup
A method for manufacturing a continuous stirrup and an apparatus for implementing such method are provided. The method includes placing a planar structure formed of a wave-shaped rebar on a platform, fixing a side of the planar structure and using an elongated mold to abut against the other side of the planar structure to form an intermediate structure, flipping the intermediate structure, and abutting the elongated mold against the side of the planar structure to form a continuous stirrup. |
| US11819893B2 |
Methods and systems for processing dredge spoils
Methods and systems including processing dredge spoils to reclaim soil therefrom. The techniques may include a feed system for receiving dredge spoils, a dewatering system for removing water from the dredge spoils, and a grinder/mixer for grinding the dredge spoils from the dewatering system while mixing the dredge spoils with one or more additional materials. |
| US11819890B2 |
Nozzle cleaner and automatic analyzer using the same
A nozzle cleaner includes: a cleaning tank which stores a cleaning solution; a first conductive member that is disposed to be immersed into the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank when the nozzle is cleaned; an ultrasonic wave generating mechanism which is disposed so that at least a part of a second conductive member is immersed into the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank when the nozzle is cleaned and generates an ultrasonic vibration in the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank; a first voltage control unit which controls a potential applied to the first conductive member; and a second voltage control unit which controls a potential applied to the second conductive member, wherein the first voltage control unit applies a second potential V2 higher than a first potential V1 applied to the nozzle when the nozzle is cleaned to the first conductive member. |
| US11819886B2 |
Non-corrosive process for cleaning a recyclable material
The invention relates to a non-corrosive process for cleaning a recyclable material comprising the following steps: (a) providing a contaminated recyclable material; (b) treating the contaminated recyclable material at a temperature in the range of from 45-30° C. with a solution that contains one or more polyols to remove contaminants from the contaminated recyclable material, wherein the one or more polyols is (are) present in an amount of at least 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solution, thereby forming a liquid 10 mixture which comprises one or more polyols, contaminants removed from the recyclable material, and treated recyclable material; (c) separating at a temperature in the range 10-55° C. at least part of the recyclable material as obtained in step (b) from the liquid mixture as obtained in step (b); (d) allowing at least part of the remaining liquid mixture as obtained in step (c) to phase-1 separate into a polyol phase and a phase which contains contaminants removed from the contaminated recyclable material; (e) recovering the polyol phase as obtained in step (d); (f) recovering the phase which contains contaminants removed from the recyclable material as obtained in step (d); and 20 (g) recovering the separated recyclable material as obtained in step (c). |
| US11819885B2 |
Method for processing electronic/electrical device component scraps
Provided is a method for processing electronic and electrical device component scraps, which can selectively recover a substrate scrap including a substance intended to be recovered. A method for processing electronic and electrical device component scraps, including separating a substrate with lead wires contained in the electronic and electrical device component scraps before sorting the electronic and electrical device component scraps by magnetic sorting. |
| US11819882B2 |
Vibration motor and driving device
A vibration motor includes a first vibrating body including a first projection and a second vibrating body including a second projection, the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body receiving electric power and vibrating to generate a driving force and transmitting the driving force to a driven section, a first coil spring configured to urge the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body in a driving direction and restrict positions of the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body in the driving direction, and a case housing the first vibrating body, the second vibrating body, and the first coil spring. The first vibrating body, the second vibrating body, and the first coil spring are arranged in the driving direction. The number of first coil springs is smaller than the number of first and second vibrating bodies in the urging direction. |
| US11819875B2 |
Adhesive application system
Provided is an adhesive application system configured to apply a necessary and sufficient amount of an adhesive to a thin steel strip without causing an increase in the equipment cost. The adhesive application system comprises an adhesive application device having adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) for dispensing an adhesive to an adhesive application surface of a thin steel strip; a mechanism configured to elevate and lower the adhesive application device; and adhesive supply ports (17, 18) for supplying the adhesive at a predetermined pressure to the adhesive application device, wherein the adhesive application device has an end face that is to be brought into abutment against the thin steel strip, and wherein outlets of the adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) are spaced inwardly away from the end face of the adhesive application device so that the outlets of the adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) are maintained at a predetermined distance from a lower surface of the thin steel strip. |
| US11819873B2 |
Machine for applying sealing material to a metal element, in particular intended for a metal package
Machine for applying sealing material to a metal element comprises at least one electromagnetic mandrel provided with a main body to house at least one electromagnet and a support to hold the metal element in position on a work surface following the excitation of the electromagnet; the main body is connected to drive means configured to make the support rotate on the work surface; the delivery device of the sealing material is positioned at least in proximity to the periphery of the metal element and is able to deliver sealing material when the metal element is held in position and made to rotate on the work surface by means of the support of the electromagnetic mandrel. |
| US11819870B2 |
System and method for efficient and ergonomic waterproofing of joints and fasteners
A system for efficiently and ergonomically waterproofing a weakness area of a roof. The system includes an airless sprayer system capable of attaching to one or more attachments. The airless sprayer system is connected to a reservoir containing a waterproofing liquid. The attachments include an encapsulating attachment and a duckbilled attachment, either attachment capable of connecting to an extending wand. The system may be used atop a roof by either placing the encapsulating attachment over a fastener or the duckbilled end over a seam and pulling the trigger of a spray gun of the airless sprayer system until either the fastener or seam are sufficiently covered in waterproofing liquid. By connecting the wand therebetween the spray gun and the attachment, the user of the system may be able to remain standing when applying the waterproofing liquid. A method for efficiently and ergonomically waterproofing a roof weakness using the system. |
| US11819869B2 |
Carrier liquid composition control for suspension plasma spraying
In some examples, a method comprising: controlling a first ratio of a first liquid to a second liquid to form a first suspension comprising a powder and a first carrier liquid composition comprising at least one of the first liquid or the second liquid; directing the first suspension comprising the first carrier liquid and the powder to a plume of a thermal spray device; forming a first portion of a coating comprising the powder on a substrate from the first suspension; controlling a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid to form a second suspension comprising a second carrier liquid composition and the powder; directing the second suspension comprising the second carrier liquid composition and the powder to the plume of the thermal spray device; and forming a second portion of the coating comprising the powder on the substrate from the second suspension. |
| US11819868B2 |
Material spray gun
A spray gun includes a gun body and valves configured to control flow of material and air through the gun body. A trigger is mounted to the gun body and is disposed relative to the valves such that the trigger actuates the valves in sequence to begin air flow and material flow. A sensor senses when the trigger is in an actuated state and the sensor causes a pump to begin pumping material to the spray gun. Release of the trigger causes the trigger to leave the actuated state. A detent mechanism holes the trigger in a detent state intermediate the actuated state and a resting state. The sensor does not sense the trigger with the trigger in the detent state. The trigger maintains the valves open with the trigger in the detent state. |
| US11819863B2 |
Paint sprayer saddle seal insertion tool and method
A reversible paint spray tip, including a barrel portion configured to be inserted into a barrel bore of a tip holder, and a tip flag portion attached to the barrel portion and positioned generally transversely of the barrel portion. The tip flag portion includes a handle portion defining a handle axis, integrally formed with a first end of the tip flag portion, and an alignment portion defining an alignment axis, integrally formed with a second and opposing end of the tip flag portion. The handle axis and the alignment axis are non-collinear and intersect at an angle relative to the handle portion to prevent interference of the handle portion and barrel portion with one or more guards of the tip holder when the alignment portion is positioned in the barrel bore while in an alignment position. |
| US11819861B2 |
Uniflow cyclone separator with stable vortex and tangential heavy phase extraction
A uniflow cyclone that has multiple inlets, normally achieved via a vane, a barrel length, then a solids collection channel of larger diameter but concentric with the barrel and a tangential solids outlet to either a plenum or a dust hopper. The gas flows past the enlarged channel and continues through additional barrel length to an outlet zone. The cyclone would normally have a concentric center pipe the extends from the vane to the gas outlet of the cyclone. |
| US11819855B2 |
Jaw crusher
A jaw crusher includes a stationary crusher jaw and a movable crusher jaw between which a crushing chamber and a crushing gap are formed. The movable crusher jaw can be driven by a crusher drive to generate a crushing motion. An overload protection mechanism includes a control unit, which, in the event of an overload, causes the crusher jaws to move relative to one another in such a way that the crushing gap is enlarged. An actuator unit is driven by the kinetic energy of a driven component of the jaw crusher, in particular the flywheels or the crusher drive driving the flywheels and the movable crusher jaw. At least one actuator is acted upon by the actuator unit using a transfer medium to effect the gap adjustment. |
| US11819854B2 |
Holder for placing analysis plates, and analysis kit
A placement holder 1 for an analysis according to the present invention includes a frame portion 10 for placing an analysis plate, and a coupling portion 11; wherein the analysis plate includes, respectively at opposite ends in a longitudinal direction thereof, protrusions protruding in the longitudinal direction; the frame portion 10 includes a pair of wall portions that are opposed to each other, and a space surrounded by the frame portion 10 has an area 12 in which the analysis plate is to be placed; the pair of wall portions have a pair of cavities 13 into which the protrusions of the analysis plate are to be inserted, and at least one of the pair of cavities 13 is a through hole; the wall portion having the through hole has, on an inner surface thereof, an inclined surface 14 formed such that an interval between inner surfaces of the pair of wall portions gradually decreases from an upper end side toward the through hole of the wall portion; and the coupling portion 11 is disposed below the pair of cavities 13 so as to couple one of the wall portions to the other wall portion. |
| US11819853B2 |
Cooling apparatus
An apparatus (1) for cooling containers, in particular vials, comprising at least one first cooling zone (200) for receiving containers, with a cooling zone base and a cooling zone wall (201), and a cooling device (300) for cooling air, and a first duct (113) for conducting the cooled air from the cooling device (300) into the cooling zone (200), wherein an outlet of the first duct (113) is spaced apart from the cooling zone base. |
| US11819850B2 |
Fluid handling device
A fluid handling device includes a sample channel configured to carry a sample; a dispersion medium channel configured to carry dispersion medium; a dispersion liquid generation part connected to the sample channel and the dispersion medium channel, and configured to generate dispersion liquid by dividing the sample by the dispersion medium, the dispersion liquid being liquid in which droplets of the sample are dispersed in the dispersion medium; and a dispersion liquid channel connected to the dispersion liquid generation part. The dispersion liquid generation part includes a protrusion. |
| US11819847B2 |
Nanofluidic device with silicon nitride membrane
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide nanopore devices, such as nanopore sensors and/or other nanofluidic devices. In one or more embodiments, a nanopore device contains a substrate, an optional lower protective oxide layer disposed on the substrate, a membrane disposed on the lower protective oxide layer, and an optional upper protective oxide layer disposed on the membrane. The membrane has a pore and contains silicon nitride. The silicon nitride has a nitrogen to silicon ratio of about 0.98 to about 1.02 and the membrane has an intrinsic stress value of about −1,000 MPa to about 1,000 MPa. The nanopore device also contains a channel extending through at least the substrate, the lower protective oxide layer, the membrane, the upper protective oxide layer, and the upper protective silicon nitride layer. |
| US11819844B2 |
In vitro system for evaluating the effectiveness of a deodorant
A process for evaluating efficacy of a deodorant product includes: introducing sweat into a main channel formed in a fluidic device satisfying particular requirements; measuring a flow rate of the sweat in the main channel and transmitting the flow rate to a controller; imposing a pressure set point on the pressure actuator by closed-loop control so the flow rate of the sweat in the main channel is controllable; contacting the sweat and a deodorant product and reacting the sweat and the deodorant product with each other, the deodorant product being provided in a particular manner, wherein while the sweat and the deodorant product react with each other, the flow rate of the sweat in the main channel is maintained at substantially zero; and determining at least one of a physicochemical parameter and a biological parameter of a product of the reaction between the sweat and a the deodorant product. |
| US11819840B2 |
Pipette tip for and method of automatically maintaining pipette tip depth in a fluid
A pipette tip for and method of automatically maintaining pipette tip depth in a fluid during a fluid transfer operation is disclosed. The pipette tip includes, for example, two electrodes that run substantially the full length of the pipette tip for measuring the resistance therebetween when submerged in a conductive fluid. A method is provided of automatically maintaining the depth of the pipette tip in a liquid throughout a pipetting operation, as the liquid surface rises or falls in its container, without any prior knowledge of the container geometry. |
| US11819822B2 |
Silica composite monolith as a solid phase extraction material
A silica monolith nested in a polymer sponge may be formed by applying a hydrolyzed mixture of siloxanes to a melamine-formaldehyde sponge, and may be used in methods of solid phase extraction. |
| US11819820B2 |
Engineered coal char
Provided herein are an adsorbent and method of treating water using the adsorbent. The adsorbent includes thermally- and chemically-treated lignite coal. The method includes contacting wastewater with the treated lignite coal. |
| US11819814B1 |
Locking assembly for a micro puree machine
Micro puree machines have a locking assembly for locking a container to a coupling on the machine, preventing the container from rotating out of the coupling during processing. The locking assembly includes at least one protrusion on the container configured to slidably engage a slot on an interior surface of the coupling when the container is rotated in a clockwise direction. The coupling has a clip that is moveable from a first position, in which the clip prevents rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction, to a second position, in which the clip allows rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction. The clip is spring biased toward the second position. Pressing a button on the coupling moves the clip from the first to the second position. |
| US11819813B2 |
Mixing apparatus with a contactlessly magnetically drivable rotor
A mixing apparatus for mixing or stirring substances includes a mixing tank for receiving the substances, a rotor arranged in the mixing tank with which a vane for mixing or stirring the substances can be driven to rotate about an axial direction, and a stator arranged outside the mixing tank and with which the rotor can be driven contactlessly magnetically to rotate about the axial direction in the operating state and is supported magnetically with respect to the stator. A bar extends in the axial direction and is rotationally fixed to the rotor, and a limiting element fixed with respect to the mixing tank cooperates with the bar, with the limiting element being configured such that the bar rotates with respect to the limiting element and with a tilt of the rotor being limited by a physical contact between the bar and the limiting element. |
| US11819811B2 |
Premixing device and combustion device equipped with the premixing device
A premixing device includes: a gas flow passage forming member in which an x direction is used as an axial length direction, and a Venturi-shaped gas flow passage into which air can flow in from the outside is formed inside; and a blade portion positioned in the gas flow passage, extending in a y direction, and equipped with a fuel gas outlet. The blade portion includes first and second blade portions spaced apart from each other in a z direction, and an air flow path near the center through which a part of the air flows is formed between these first and second blade portions. At least one of a pair of surfaces of the first and second blade portions facing each other is equipped with an inner bulging portion that bulges in the z direction so as to squeeze a part of the air flow path near the center. |
| US11819808B2 |
Apparatus and a method for the preparation of a play, craft and/or toy compound
There is provided an apparatus and a method for producing a play compound and the play compound itself which, in one embodiment is a compound which sufficiently fluid to be pliable and is typically cold and slimy to the touch. The apparatus and a method provide a powder and liquid to a user, which can be a non-skilled person and thereby allow the mixing of the powder and liquid together by that person to form the play compound outside of a factory environment whilst ensuring that the play compound which is formed has the desired characteristics. Most typically the user which performs the mixing can be the end user, such as a child, who will play with the compound and so the formation of the play compound forms a new part of the play experience. |
| US11819803B2 |
Systems and methods for quantifying and/or verifying ocean-based interventions for sequestering carbon dioxide
A method for calculating carbon credits includes obtaining sensor data associated with at least a portion of a deployment for cultivating a target product in a body of water, executing at least one model based at least in part on the sensor data to generate an output predicting at least one characteristic associated with the target product, the deployment, or a portion of the body of water, and inputting the output into a quantification model. The quantification model is executed to generate an output associated with a predicted capacity of the target product to sequester carbon dioxide. An accuracy of the predicted capacity resulting from the output of the quantification model is greater than an accuracy of a predicted or inferred capacity resulting from the output of each model individually. Carbon dioxide offset credits are determined based on the predicted capacity resulting from the output of the quantification model. |
| US11819802B2 |
Methods and systems for providing corrosion resistant surfaces in contaminant treatment systems
Systems and apparatuses for neutralizing acidic compounds in flue gases emitted from a heat recovery coke oven. A representative system includes a spray dry absorber having a barrel that includes a plurality of wall plates that form sidewalls of the barrel. The wall plates include a steel plate and a corrosion resistant alloy cladded to the steel plate and the wall plates are oriented such that the corrosion resistant alloy faces toward and is in fluid communication with an interior area of the barrel. The alloy is resistant to corrosion caused by the acidic compounds in the flue gas and can prevent the steel plate from being corroded by these acidic compounds. |
| US11819799B2 |
Compact absorption column for CO2 capture
An acid gas absorber includes a co-current flue gas-lean solution section and a packed counter-current flue gas-liquid phase section useful in a method of capturing an acid gas from flue gas in a more efficient and cost effective manner. |
| US11819798B2 |
Scrubbing fluid and methods for using same
A scrubbing solution for removing contaminants, including particularly hydrogen sulfide, from a fluid. The scrubbing solution includes at least one scrubbing reagent which has a primary or secondary amine and an acid, which may be phosphoric acid. The fluid being scrubbed is passed through the scrubbing solution. The contaminants react with the scrubbing reagent securing them in the scrubbing solution. The fluid being scrubbed and the scrubbing solution are then separated. The scrubbing solution is heated and, if the scrubbing solution is under pressure, the pressure is reduced. The acid facilitates thorough removal of the contaminants, and especially the hydrogen sulfide, from the scrubbing solution. The scrubbing solution is then ready for reuse. Because the scrubbing solution is rendered substantially free of hydrogen sulfides, it can absorb other sulfide contaminants that might not otherwise be absorbed. |
| US11819790B2 |
Filter media including adhesives and/or oleophobic properties
Articles and methods involving filter media are generally provided. In certain embodiments, the filter media includes at least a first layer, a second layer, and an adhesive resin positioned between the first layer and the second layer. In some embodiments, the first layer may be a pre-filter layer or a support layer. The second layer may, for example, comprise fibers formed by a solution spinning process and/or may comprise fine fibers. In some embodiments, the adhesive resin may be present in a relatively low amount and/or may have a low glass transition temperature. The filter media as a whole may have one or more advantageous properties, including one or more of a high stiffness, a high bond strength between the first layer and the second layer, a high gamma, and/or a low increase in air resistance after being subjected to an IPA vapor discharge. The filter media may be, for example, a HEPA filter and/or an ULPA filter. |
| US11819787B2 |
Water-treating ceramic filter unit
A water-treating ceramic filter unit comprising a filter having pluralities of flow paths partitioned by porous ceramic cell walls and plugs alternately sealing the one-side or other-side ends of the flow paths; a housing containing the filter such that water to be treated is supplied from one end of the filter, and that the treated water is discharged from the other end of the filter; and seal members disposed on the outer edge portions of both end surfaces of the filter for longitudinally sandwiching and fixing the filter to the housing; the maximum of a gap between a side surface of the filter and the housing being equal to or less than the equivalent diameter of the flow paths. |
| US11819786B2 |
Filter device, column, and liquid chromatography device
A filter device includes a first filter, a first retaining member that has a hollow shape, the first filter being fitted inside the first retaining member, a second filter that has a smaller pore size than the first filter, a second retaining member that is disposed downstream of the first filter and that has a hollow shape, the second filter being fitted inside the second retaining member, and a spacer that has a hollow shape, that is disposed between the first retaining member and the second retaining member, that maintains a non-contact state between the first filter and the second filter, and that includes a first contact portion contacting the first filter. |
| US11819780B2 |
Capillary fitting
Fittings for capillaries, such as those in chromatographic systems, can be difficult to reliably assemble. The invention relates to a connector for providing a fluid connection between a capillary and a fluid conduit, said connector comprising: a capillary holder for receiving an end of the capillary, said capillary comprising inner capillary tubing, wherein the inner capillary tubing of the received end of the capillary is located within a compliant material sleeve; a deformable portion configured for deforming so that the compliant material of the sleeve in the capillary holder is deformed to create a seal between the inner capillary tubing and the connector; and a receiving portion configured to receive a fitting at an end of the fluid conduit; wherein the capillary holder and the receiving portion are connected so that the connector is configured to fluidly connect the capillary and the fluid conduit. |
| US11819779B2 |
Chromatographic separation method and chromatographic separation device
A chromatographic separation method for separating plural components contained in a liquid to be separated by a chromatography, with a separating device 1 including plural filling portions 10 filled with a separating agent for separating the plural components contained in the liquid to be separated, a supply portion 20 provided in each of the plural filling portions 10 to supply the liquid to be separated or an eluent for extracting any component contained in the liquid to be separated to the filling portion 10, and an extraction portion 30 to extract any component contained in the liquid to be separated from the filling portion 10, the method including: an upward supplying and extracting step of extracting any component contained in the liquid to be separated from an upward stream extraction portion while supplying the eluent to at least one filling portion 10 from an upward stream supply portion by an upward stream. |
| US11819775B1 |
Single-shot/repeating switching device of toy gun
A single-shot/repeating switching device is provided for a toy gun that includes an outer casing, a bolt seat, a trigger link, and a trigger section. The single-shot/repeating switching device includes: an adjustment hole formed between the outer casing and the bolt seat, an adjustment seat having a toothed rail, a pinion rod rotatably arranged on the toothed rail, an operating portion arranged on the pinion rod and extended to outside of the adjustment hole, a coupling portion formed on the adjustment seat and opposite to the toothed rail, and a movable arrestor joined by a joining part to the coupling portion. A user may push, from the outside the operating portion to cause corresponding motions of the pinion rod and the toothed rail so as to drive the movable arrestor by means of the adjustment seat to selectively block a movement of the trigger link for efficient single-shot/repeating switchability. |
| US11819773B2 |
Toy figurine with plush covering
A toy figurine comprising a figurine body with an identity selected from a set of identities and a removable plush costume covering the figurine body and obscuring the identity of the figurine body. The plush costume includes one or more separately removable portions and removing one or more of the separately removable portions reveals the identity of the figurine body. |
| US11819769B2 |
Marble racing game
A racing game comprising track modules formed from flat sheet material manipulated into three-dimensional track segments or modules, rigidified connectors to connect the track modules and specialized track accessories to form a modular racing track to race spherical objects. Racing track assemblies include elevated, helically-coiled assemblies that mimic Christmas tree shapes. |
| US11819766B2 |
Game watching system, program, watching terminal and connection device
A game of a type progressing through presentation of physical game items is enabled to be held or watched online. A game watching system enables watching of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items between players. The game watching system includes: a playing terminal that is associated with a player, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a physical game item of the player, a first display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a first display unit, and a first information communication unit; a watching terminal that is associated with a spectator, and includes: a second display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a second display unit, and a second information communication unit; and a connection device including a connection unit configured to establish communicable connection between a plurality of the playing terminals associated with players participating in the competitive game, and the watching terminal associated with the spectator of the competitive game. For the competitive game for which the communicable connection is established by the connection unit, the first display control unit of the playing terminal associated with each of the players participating causes the first display unit to display information on the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit of the playing terminal associated with another one of the players participating, when progress of the competitive game reaches a predetermined stage, whereas the second display control unit of the watching terminal associated with the spectator of the competitive game causes the second display unit to display the information on the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit of the playing terminals associated with the players participating, regardless of the progress of the competitive game. |
| US11819765B2 |
Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between users of an online gaming platform
Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets operate between users of an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: tokenize a game asset into a tokenized game asset; record, on a distributed blockchain, ownership of a beneficiary right to a share resulting from selling the game asset; responsive to a sale of the game asset, transfer the share resulting from the sale to a first beneficiary; responsive to a transfer of ownership of a particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary, and responsive to a second sale of the game asset, transferring a second share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary right. |
| US11819752B1 |
Oral device to protect the tongue of a user, and methods of use
Apparatus and methods are described herein for preventing injury to the tongue of a user. An oral device can include a tongue protector configured to be disposed beneath the tongue of a user and having a tongue receptacle configured to receive the tip of the tongue of the user and cover a distal portion of the top surface of the tongue. The oral device can also include a left tooth protector and a right tooth protector configured to be disposed over only the left lower molars and canine and the right lower molars and canine of the user, respectively. A left coupler and a right coupler can couple the left tooth protector and the right tooth protector, respectively, to the tongue protector. The left coupler and the right coupler can be configured to allow limited movement of the tongue protector while retaining the tongue protector in the user's mouth. |
| US11819749B2 |
Golf club fitting apparatus
Provided is a fitting apparatus configured to acquire measurement data obtained by measuring a swing action of a test club by a golfer, calculate one or more first indices representing an amount of change in an openness of a face surface of a head included in the test club at a time of the swing action based on the measurement data, calculate one or more second indices representing a characteristic of the swing action based on the measurement data, select a balance of a golf club suitable for the golfer, according to the one or more first indices, select at least one of a weight and a moment of inertia of a golf club suitable for the golfer, according to the one or more second indices, and select a golf club having the balance and the at least one of the weight and the moment of inertia. |
| US11819747B2 |
Rebounding device for sports ball
A rebounding device for sports balls including a frame defining a frame opening, a net disposed within the frame opening, a cable extending around a perimeter of the net and a cable tensioning system configured to tension the cable around the perimeter of the net and thereby pull the net taut within the frame opening. |
| US11819745B2 |
High loft, low center-of-gravity golf club heads
A golf club and golf club head having a high static loft angle, low forward center of gravity, and enhanced z-axis gear effect via a large roll radius and/or tightly controlled moment of inertia about the CG x-axis, Ixx, associated with upward and downward twisting of the club head. |
| US11819740B2 |
Golf club heads with energy storage characteristics
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, and a crown. In many embodiments, the crown comprises an upper region comprising a top rail and a lower region. In some embodiments, a cavity is located below the top rail, is located above the lower region of the crown, and is defined at least in part by the upper and lower regions of the crown. The cavity comprises a top wall, a back wall, a bottom incline, a back cavity angle measured between the top and back walls of the cavity and at least one channel. |
| US11819736B2 |
Modular exercise machine
Commands are received from an exercise actuator via a control interface. Collaborative information about an exercise session is received via a software interface. A force from a central electromagnetic resistance unit is provided in response to the control interface and the software interface via a resistance mechanical interface. |
| US11819731B2 |
Abdominal and core exerciser device
There is provided a plank exercise device including a support portion adapted to receive arms or hands of a person and adapted to receive a display device, a destabilizer connected to the support portion, and a stationary base adapted to hold the destabilizer. |
| US11819729B2 |
Armchair for physical therapy with IoT functionality
There is provided an IoT therapy armchair, in unitary form, with a chassis having a back section, a pair of side sections connected to the back section with an armrest on a top surface of each side section with the back section and pair of sides defining a seating area. A front leg support section extends downward from and below the seating area and connects each of the side sections. A plurality of pressure hangers fastened to the chassis, each of which are capable of receiving an exercise accessory, each connected to a respective pressure transducer, that measures an amount of pressure applied to each of the plurality of pressure hangers. The amount of pressure applied and health sensors are communicated as an output signal to a computing device that create statistics, reports of health conditions, early warnings, alarms, and communicates online and provides interactive therapy guidance to users. |
| US11819728B1 |
Cooperative pair exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus includes a frame, a pair of opposed seat assemblies, each of which moves between a side and a joint of the base of the frame, a two-sided foot pad assembly that moves between joints of the base of the frame, and a two-sided handlebar assembly that moves along a curved raised section of the frame. A user sits on a seat, places his/her feet on a foot pad of the foot pad assembly, and grabs a facing handlebar. A user may resist or accept motion of the handlebar and foot pad assemblies cause by the other user. Users may take turns in causing such motion. |
| US11819726B2 |
Adjustable exercise device
An adjustable dumbbell device includes a dumbbell having two weight ring supported on a receptacle, a handle having two end housings to be coupled to the weight rings, two weight members engageable into the housing, two spring biased catches engaged in the weight member, two arms coupled to the spring biased catches for moving the spring biased catches into and out of the weight members, a carrier slidably engaged in the receptacle and having a pole and a stud of different height for engaging with the arms and for actuating the arms to disengage the spring biased catches from the weight members, and an actuator moves the carrier relative to the receptacle to control an engagement of the pole and the stud with the arms. |