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US11866938B2	Truss A truss includes an upper angle assembly; the upper angle assembly including an upper gap positioned in the lower angle assembly; a lower angle assembly, the lower angle assembly including a lower gap positioned in the lower angle assembly; and at least one of: a web member; and a bridge web member. The at least one of the web member and the bridge web member is positioned within the gap of at least one of the upper angle assembly and the lower angle assembly.
US11866937B2	Gasketed ceiling system A suspended ceiling system in one embodiment includes a grid support member and a ceiling panel supported on the member. A resiliently compressible gasket is disposed at the interface between the grid support member and peripheral edge of the panel. The gasket may be fixedly attached to the panel peripheral edge in the factory under controlled conditions before shipment to the ceiling installation site. In one embodiment, the gasket may be adhesively attached to the panel. Mounting the ceiling panel on the grid support member compresses the gasket to preferably form a minimally visible air leakage resistant seal between the air plenum space above the ceiling panels and the occupied space below. This retards air exchange between the spaces which enhances heating/cooling efficiency, noise reduction and allows formation of pressurized clean rooms.
US11866931B2	Incombustible sound absorption panel [Problem to be Solved ] To attain an incombustible sound absorption panel by providing incombustibility to a sound absorption/insulation sandwich panel containing a combustible material as a constituting material.[Solution to Problem] Fine powder of chips generated during cutting of a foam material to fill in a honeycomb material is located in a gap between the foam material and a sound absorption surface material. A gap between fibers of the sound absorption surface material is blocked by the chips having been moved by a flow such as a water vapor flow generated from hydrate of the honeycomb material heated on the occurrence of a fire. As a result, an air flow path is limited. Further, carbon dioxide gas generated from the foam material is trapped to reduce an oxygen amount, thereby inhibiting combustion. Usage of an adhesive as a combustible material is reduced.
US11866928B2	EAZY supporting holding and clamping system The present invention relates to a supporting, holding and clamping tool system and a method associated with the system. With respect to the system, it is a pair of devices and attachments designed to attach to a wall to support construction sheathing while securing it to the wall, which may also be used for a versatile clamping device.This system can be used by one person to facilitate installing heavy sheets of sheet rock, Siding, plywood or other materials to be installed on the vertical wall or surface.
US11866912B2	Drive motor displacement control A power machine can include a hydraulic drive system that includes an infinitely variable hydraulic drive motor. A run-time displacement of the hydraulic motor can be adjusted based on commanded travel speed or based on a output torque. In some case, the run-time displacement can be selected from one of a plurality of displacement ranges, such as a high range and a low range.
US11866909B2	Machine control component with input device to control machine display A system may include a first control component comprising an input device configured to control an operation of a display device of a machine. The system may further include a second control component. The first control component (or the second control component) may be configured to control a movement of an implement of the machine. The second control component (or the first control component) may be configured to control a movement of the machine.
US11866908B2	Working machine A working machine includes a load transmitting member including: an upper pillar part; an intermediate part extending to circumvent a window from a position above a lower corner of a window edge of the window and outer than the lower corner in a wall width direction to a position below the lower corner and inner than the lower corner in the wall width direction; and a beam part extending so as to be farther away from a wall side edge under the window. The upper pillar part, the intermediate part, and the beam part are continuous in this order so that a load applied to an upper portion of a cabin is transmitted to an upper frame. At least the intermediate part of the load transmitting member is made of a single member.
US11866906B2	Hollow boring auger The present invention relates to a hollow boring auger for use for poles, including a first and second mounting part moveably connected, one to the other, to substantially encircle the pole. A first and second auger part are also included, correspondingly attachable to the first and second mounting part, to substantially encircle the pole, A rotation apparatus associated with the mounting parts and the auger parts is included such that in use the auger parts can be rotated about the pole to bore a hollow trench about the pole. The invention also relates to a method of use.
US11866905B2	Linkage for arm assembly with reduced weld fatigue A work machine includes a frame, a traction system supporting the frame, an arm assembly having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the frame, an implement connected to the second end, and a linkage connecting the implement to the second end of the arm assembly. The linkage includes a pin-supporting section configured to accept a pin and a linking section attached to the pin-supporting section by a weld. The linking section includes a recess proximate to the weld.
US11866903B2	Electrically-driven vibratory hammer An electrically-driven vibratory hammer is provided, which has a power supply, is wirelessly controlled, can increase the vibration amplitude and can detect the data of the vibratory hammer in real time. Through the arrangement of storage batteries, workers can also directly work through the built-in storage batteries during construction in some remote areas, without laying additional lines, and the cost is reduced. Furthermore, a movable toothed plate previously driven by a hydraulic cylinder is changed into a clamping electric cylinder capable of directly working through the storage batteries, so that a pile body can be directly clamped without an external hydraulic pump station during working. Through the improvement, the workers can directly work without additionally laying basic equipment during construction in construction sites with incomplete facilities, the construction period is shortened, the construction cost is saved, intelligent control is achieved.
US11866900B2	Panel system for rockburst or landslide containment in mining tunnels and road works consisting of a frame attached to a strap mesh whose nodes are linked by connecting buckles; and installation procedure A panel system for the containment of landslides caused by partial collapses and also by “rock breakdowns”, for use in the fortification of mining tunnels, hillsides and roads, together with anchor bolts and plates, comprising a network constituted by straps of metal or other material resistant to traction or with the capacity of tearing along the strap (1) (2) (3), with each node of this network firmly linked with a buckle (6) (7) (8) (16) and with a frame (20) attached to this network, where the frame comprises flat tendons (17) near the perimeter of the panel, linked to plates with lugs (D11) or with flat connectors (12) (13) (14) (15) which go beneath the normal plates.
US11866899B2	Tailoring yearn system having a tailoring mechanism A triadic recurve implosion flood navigation for in-situ tailoring yearn system—[TRINITY-D20] has a tailoring mechanism comprising a first unit having an arc-shaped first arcuate portion, and a second unit having an arc-shaped second arcuate portion, the first and second units stagger each other with concave arcuate surfaces facing opposite directions by center axes of curvature of the first and second arcuate portions parallelling each other to cause an arcuate end of the first arcuate portion locate between two arcuate ends of the second arcuate portion and separated from the concave arcuate surface of the second arcuate portion by a first distance, and to cause an arcuate end of the second arcuate portion locate between two arcuate ends of the first arcuate portion and separated from the first arcuate portion by a second distance, thereby the first and second arcuate portions jointly define a curved channel.
US11866897B2	Main stream reservoir ecological modulation method considering incoming water from interval tributaries A main stream reservoir ecological modulation method considering incoming water from interval tributaries is provided. The method determines the contribution ratio of the incoming water from interval tributaries to first-day's water rising in a high-flow surge process and when to start ecological modulations of spawning ground sections, determines a river course routing method after a main stream and its tributaries joining and calibrating parameters, based on past hydrological data, performing river flow calculation on the discharge volume of upstream reservoirs and the flow after interval tributaries joining, and determines a main stream reservoir ecological modulation mode considering incoming water from interval tributaries.
US11866891B2	Adjustable pitch rotor for milling applications An adjustable pitch rotor for a milling machine includes an inner drum and an outer shell formed by first and second outer shell portions. Drum cutting assemblies with cutting bits extend outward from outer surfaces of the outer shell portions, with each of the cutting bits being longitudinally spaced from longitudinally adjacent cutting bits on their respective outer shell portions by a pitch distance. In a first pitch configuration, each cutting bit may be longitudinally aligned with a corresponding cutting bit on the other outer shell portion so that grooves milled in a work surface by the rotor are spaced by the pitch distance. In a second pitch configuration, each of the cutting bits may be longitudinally spaced from longitudinally adjacent cutting bits of the other outer shell portion by one-half the pitch distance to mill grooves in the work surface that are spaced by one-half the pitch distance.
US11866889B2	Road finisher or feeder vehicle with a firewall A construction vehicle may be a road finisher or a feeder vehicle for a road finisher. The construction vehicle comprises an internal network area of the construction vehicle, which comprises a computing unit for controlling an operation of the construction vehicle, and an external network area of the construction vehicle, which is in data communication connection with the internal network area. A firewall is configured to monitor data communication from the external network area of the construction vehicle to the internal network area of the construction vehicle, wherein the firewall has its own processor and operating system.
US11866888B2	Material transfer vehicle with ground operator station A material transfer vehicle includes a material-receiving device that is adapted to receive asphalt paving material, and a loading conveyor that is operatively connected to the material-receiving device and adapted to receive asphalt paving material from the material-receiving device. A ground operator's station is located adjacent to the material-receiving device. The ground operator's station includes a lower platform on which the ground operator may stand, and a seat on which the ground operator may sit.
US11866880B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus incudes a first treating apparatus, a second treating apparatus that is disposed vertically below the first treating apparatus and supports the first treating apparatus, and an insulating portion that connects the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus to each other. The first treating apparatus includes a first cabinet that defines an external appearance of the first treating apparatus, and a first drum disposed inside the first cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein. The second treating apparatus includes a second cabinet that defines an external appearance of the second treating apparatus, and a second drum disposed inside the second cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein. The insulating portion includes an insulating material and electrically insulates the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus from each other.
US11866878B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum, a storage including a storage frame having a detergent storage space defined therein for storing detergent to be supplied to the tub therein, where the storage is retracted into or extended out of the cabinet through a detergent opening, and a fixing assembly disposed inside the cabinet to face the storage, where the fixing assembly includes a fastening elastic portion protruding toward the storage. The storage frame includes a frame outer wall for forming an outer wall of the storage frame and surrounding the detergent storage space, and a frame partition wall disposed in the storage frame to partition the detergent storage space. The frame partition wall includes a fastening protrusion protruding toward the fixing assembly, and the fastening elastic portion is pressurized and elastically deformed by the fastening protrusion during the retraction and the extension of the storage.
US11866873B2	Laundry treating apparatus A clothing treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, and a water-containing assembly, a sprinkling mechanism and an atomization generator that are arranged in the cabinet. The water-containing assembly includes a water tank and a water diverting and blocking member arranged in the water tank, the water tank is connected to the sprinkling mechanism through a first delivery pipeline, the water tank is connected to the atomization generator through a second delivery pipeline, and the water diverting and blocking member is configured to change a sequence of the water injected into the water tank flowing to the atomization generator and flowing to the sprinkling mechanism.
US11866872B2	Laundry treating apparatus The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, which includes a drum body, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening, a fixing panel, a housing, which includes a housing body having an accommodation space formed therein and a housing cover, an input shaft having an end located outside the accommodation space and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, an output shaft having an end secured to the rear cover and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, a gear unit for transmitting the rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft, a motor, which includes a stator and a rotor, a coupling body connecting the input shaft to the rotor, and a first heat dissipation part for forming an airflow between the housing body and the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
US11866870B2	Horizontal axis laundry treatment machine having corner entry A laundry treatment machine including: a cabinet; a tub within the cabinet; a horizontal axis fluid pervious drum within the tub rotatable about a horizontal axis, wherein the drum has a diameter orthogonal to the horizontal axis and an average width in line with the horizontal axis and a ratio of diameter to average width from 1.5:1 to 3.25:1; a circumferential entry section into the tub that spans at least across an intermediate range of from 30 degrees to 60 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis and is bounded within a front position of more than 2 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis and a top position less than 90 degrees above and rotationally about the horizontal axis; and a door in the cabinet, the door sealingly engaged with the entry section.
US11866869B1	Systems and methods using image recognition processes and determined device orientation for laundry load size determinations A method of operating a washing machine appliance may include obtaining one or more images of an external basket spaced apart from the washing machine appliance from a camera assembly and analyzing an obtained image of the one or more images using an image recognition process to estimate a fill level of a load of clothes within the external basket. The method may further include matching the estimated fill level to an estimated load size and directing a wash cycle within the washing machine appliance based on the estimated load size.
US11866868B2	Laundry washing machine color composition analysis with article alerts A laundry washing machine and method detect the presence of outlier articles in a load of articles added to a wash tub based in part on color composition data collected from the load of articles using a color detection sensor. In some instances, color composition data may be used to generate an alert to a user to notify the user that an outlier article is potentially present in the load, and in some instances, color compensation data may be used to modify a load type selection to account for the presence of an outlier article in the load.
US11866866B2	Autonomous laundry washing and drying systems and methods An energy efficient autonomous laundry system includes a plurality of combination washing and drying machines, at least one exhaust combining manifold in fluid communication with the plurality of combination washing and drying machines, at least one heat pump receiving combined exhaust from the manifold, one or more sensors disposed throughout the airflow of the system, and a controller in operative communication with all of these system components. The controller is configured to receive an output signal, analyze at least one air characteristic associated with the one or more sensors, determine, based on the analysis, whether the at least one air characteristics is within a preprogrammed range of values for at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity, and adjust one or more controls, including controls for adjusting at least one of air temperature, air flow, and air humidity at the one or more locations within the system.
US11866863B2	Vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article This disclosure relates to an article that includes a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film can include a first polymer and a polymer that is immiscible with the first polymer. The first polymer can include a polyolefin and the second polymer can include a polycycloolefin, a polymethylpentene, or a copolymer thereof.
US11866862B2	Knitted fabric A knitted fabric, including: a front face and a rear face, wherein the front face includes a first plurality of fibres of at least one of a first colour, a first colour combination, a first material and a first material combination, and the rear face includes a second plurality of fibres of at least one of a second colour, a second colour combination, a second material and a second material combination, the fabric having a knit pattern wherein the first plurality of fibres are at least partially separated from the second plurality of fibres, such that the front face is visually different when compared to the rear face.
US11866859B2	Textile machine, weaving loom comprising such a textile machine and associated methods A textile machine (4) for a weaving loom having an input shaft which is coupled to a weaving loom. The drive mechanism is driven by the input shaft to move frames or collars of the weaving loom through a sequence of predefined positions. The electronic control device is programmed to monitor the change in position of each frame or collar during each step of the predefined sequence of positions and to count the number of times each frame or collar reproduces a particular configuration.
US11866856B2	Needle-pass paper cord, core-spun needle-pass paper cord, and manufacturing method therefor Disclosed is a needle-pass paper cord (200) made of paper. The paper cord is formed by means of weaving yarn (201) made of paper, and the yarn has a cross-section that is similar to a circle formed of a thread folded to a point.
US11866855B2	Spinning position device with encapsulation In a spinning position device (10) for a ring spinning machine (1) comprising a spindle (20) for a package body (13), which spindle (20) is rotatably mounted on a spindle rail (2), and an encapsulation (50) extending in the longitudinal direction of the spindle (20) and enclosing the package body (13), the encapsulation (50) being connected to the spindle rail (2), there is provision for the encapsulation (50) to be longitudinally divided and to have a rear encapsulation wall (51) and a front encapsulation wall (52), the front encapsulation wall (51) being movable into an open position, so that in the open position the package body (13) of the spinning position device (10) is accessible for operation.
US11866848B1	Method and system for liquid encapsulated growth of cadmium zinc telluride crystals A method of growing a cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) crystal includes providing a crucible including a solid CdZnTe source and forming a Te-rich Cd—Zn—Te melt on the solid CdZnTe source. The method also includes positioning a CdZnTe seed crystal in physical contact with the Te-rich Cd—Zn—Te melt and growing the CdZnTe crystal from the Te-rich Cd—Zn—Te melt.
US11866845B2	Methods for growing single crystal silicon ingots that involve silicon feed tube inert gas control Methods for growing single crystal silicon ingots that involve silicon feed tube inert gas control are disclosed. Ingot puller apparatus that include a flange that extends radially from a silicon funnel or from a silicon feed tube to reduce backflow of gases from the silicon feed tube into the growth chamber are also disclosed.
US11866842B2	Short circuit detection method in plating apparatus, control method of plating apparatus, and plating apparatus In a plating apparatus, a short circuit of a wiring between a rectifier and a plating device is detected without using a substrate in vain. In the plating apparatus that supplies a current from the rectifier to the substrate to plate the substrate, a short circuit detection method includes a step of outputting a current with a predetermined current value from the rectifier, in a state where the substrate and a substrate holder holding the substrate are not electrically connected to the rectifier, a step of acquiring an output voltage value of the rectifier, a step of comparing the output voltage value with a predetermined reference voltage value, and a step of determining that a short circuit occurs in a circuit for connecting the rectifier and the substrate, in a case where the output voltage value is lower than the reference voltage value.
US11866841B1	Electrodeposited materials and related methods Described are electrodeposition methods, and materials and structures prepared by electrodeposition methods, and devices prepared from the electrodeposited materials.
US11866839B2	Composite carbon nanotube structures A process for making a carbon nanotube structure includes forming a composite by depositing or growing carbon nanotubes onto a metal substrate, and infusing the carbon nanotubes. In other aspects, a method of making a wire, includes coating carbon nanotubes on a wire, and electroplating the carbon nanotubes. In still other aspects, a method of making a conductor includes growing or depositing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on a sheet. Yet still, a method of making a cable includes forming multiple composite wires, each composite wire formed by depositing or growing carbon nanotubes onto a metal substrate, and performing a metal infusion of the carbon nanotubes. The method also comprises combining multiple finished composite wires or objects to make large cables or straps.
US11866837B2	Method for fabrication of a metal component with at least one optical illusion design The invention relates to a method for fabrication of a one-piece, metal-based component of simple shape offering the illusion of faceting and/or chamfering for forming all or part of the exterior part of a timepiece.
US11866834B2	Electrolysis electrode and method for manufacturing same The present invention provides an electrode for electrolysis in which electrolysis performance is hard to deteriorate and excellent catalytic activity is kept stable over a long period of time even when electric power in which there is a large fluctuation in output, such as renewable energy, is used as a power source. The electrode for electrolysis is an electrode 10 for electrolysis provided with an electrically conductive substrate 2 at least the surface of which contains nickel or a nickel-based alloy, an intermediate layer 4 formed on the surface of the electrically conductive substrate 2 and containing a lithium-containing nickel oxide represented by composition formula LixNi2-xO2 (0.02≤x≤0.5), and a catalyst layer 6 of a nickel cobalt spinel oxide, an iridium oxide, or the like, the catalyst layer 6 formed on the surface of the intermediate layer 4.
US11866831B2	Methods for wet atomic layer etching of copper The present disclosure provides a new wet atomic layer etch (ALE) process for etching copper. More specifically, the present disclosure provides various embodiments of methods that utilize new etch chemistries for etching copper in a wet ALE process. By utilizing the new etch chemistries disclosed herein within a wet ALE process, the present disclosure provides a highly selective etch of copper with monolayer precision.
US11866825B2	Gas supply apparatus and gas supply method An apparatus includes a venting mechanism for venting a treatment vessel, a gas supply path including an upstream flow path to which a gas is supplied from a gas source, and multiple branch paths formed by branching a downstream side of the upstream flow path into multiple paths, each branch path being connected to the treatment vessel. The apparatus further includes first valves respectively provided in the branch paths to divert the gas to the branch paths, each first valve having a variable opening degree without being closed completely, a second valve provided in the upstream flow path to supply the gas or shut off the supply of the gas to a downstream side thereof, a pressure sensor that detects a pressure in the treatment vessel, and an abnormality detector that detects an abnormality in the downstream side of the second valve based on the detected pressure.
US11866824B2	Homoleptic lanthanide deposition precursors Described are lanthanide-containing metal coordination complexes which may be used as precursors in thin film depositions, e.g., atomic layer deposition processes. More specifically, described are homoleptic lanthanide-aminoalkoxide metal coordination complexes, lanthanide-carbohydrazide metal coordination complexes, and lanthanide-diazadiene metal coordination complexes. Additionally, methods for depositing lanthanide-containing films through an atomic layer deposition process are described.
US11866823B2	Substrate supporting unit and a substrate processing device including the same A substrate processing device capable of preventing deformation of a substrate during a process includes a substrate supporting unit having a contact surface that comes into contact with an edge of a substrate to be processed, wherein the substrate supporting unit includes a protruding (e.g. embossed) structure protruding from a base to support deformation from the inside of the edge of the substrate to be processed.
US11866822B2	Vaporizer, substrate processing apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device There is provided a technique that includes a precursor vessel in which a liquid precursor is stored; a first heater immersed in the liquid precursor stored in the precursor vessel and configured to heat the liquid precursor; a second heater configured to heat the precursor vessel; a first temperature sensor immersed in the liquid precursor stored in the precursor vessel and configured to measure a temperature of the liquid precursor; a second temperature sensor immersed in the liquid precursor stored in the precursor vessel and configured to measure a temperature of the liquid precursor; and a controller configured to be capable of: controlling the first heater based on the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor; and controlling the second heater based on the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor.
US11866817B2	Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources An evaporation system comprises an evaporation chamber having an interior enclosed by one or more chamber walls; an evaporation source comprising (i) a source body for containing a feedstock material, and (ii) an evaporation port fluidly coupling the source body with an interior of the evaporation chamber; an insulation material; and a computer-based controller for configuring the insulation material in (i) a first configuration in which the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body and (ii) a second configuration in which at least a portion of the insulation material is spaced away from the source body and at least a second portion of the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body; wherein the insulation material does not cover an opening of the evaporation port in the first configuration and the second configuration.
US11866815B2	High entropy alloy structure and a method of preparing the same A method for preparing a high entropy alloy (HEA) structure includes the steps of: preparing an alloy by arc melting raw materials comprising five or more elements; drop casting the melted alloy into a cooled mold to form a bulk alloy; applying an external force against the bulk alloy to reshape the bulk alloy; and heat-treating the reshaped bulk alloy, wherein the bulk alloy is reshaped and/or heat-treated for manipulating the distribution of the microstructure therein. The present invention also relates to a high entropy alloy structure prepared by the method.
US11866811B2	Fe-based alloy Proposed is a Fe-based alloy and a filler metal including the same. The Fe-based alloy contains 15% to 25% by weight of nickel (Ni), 0.5% to 3% by weight of manganese (Mn), 2% to 8% by weight of cobalt (Co), 0.1% to 0.5% by weight of carbon (C), and the balance iron (Fe) and unavoidable impurities.
US11866810B2	Alloy powder, nanocrystalline powder and magnetic core Alloy powder comprises particles. The particles include specific particles. Each of the specific particles has a surface layer on which a divided trace is formed.
US11866801B2	Method for optimizing microstructure of rail welded joint The present disclosure relates to the technical field of rails welding, and particularly to a method for optimizing microstructure of a rail welded joint, the method comprises the following steps: step 1): subjecting a rail web area of a to-be-cooled welded joint which is obtained by flash butt welding to an accelerated cooling by means of an accelerated cooling device and by using compressed air as a cooling medium, measuring and monitoring temperature of a central position of the rail web of the welded joint while cooling; step 2): stopping the accelerated cooling when the temperature of the central position of the rail web drops to a preset temperature, then placing the welded joint in air and naturally cooling to room temperature, wherein the rail is a pearlite rail having a carbon content of 0.6-0.9 wt %.
US11866797B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet This non-oriented electrical steel sheet includes a base metal having a predetermined chemical composition satisfying the expression [Si+0.5×Mn≥4.3], and an average grain size of the base metal is more than 40 μm and 120 μm or less.
US11866794B2	Cas-ready mouse embryonic stem cells and mice and uses thereof Methods and compositions are provided herein for assessing CRISPR/Cas-mediated non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) activity and/or CRISPR/Cas-induced recombination of a target genomic locus with an exogenous donor nucleic acid in vivo and ex vivo. The methods and compositions employ cells and non-human animals comprising a Cas expression cassette such as a genomically integrated Cas expression cassette so that the Cas protein can be constitutively available or available in a tissue-specific or temporal-specific manner. Methods and compositions are also provided for making and using these non-human animals, including use of these non-human animals to assess CRISPR/Cas activity in vivo via adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated delivery of guide RNAs to the non-human animals.
US11866793B2	Assay for detecting palmer amaranth DNA in individual and mixed samples The present invention provides methods and kits for identifying Amaranthus palmeri plant material using genetic markers. The methods may be used to determine whether a sample contains Amaranthus palmeri plant material or to genotype an Amaranthus plant.
US11866790B2	Combination of DNA methylation markers and use thereof, primers, probes and kit for early detection of ovarian cancer The present invention discloses a combination of DNA methylation markers and the use thereof, primers, probes and a kit for early detection of ovarian cancer, wherein the combination of DNA methylation markers comprises at least one methylated fragment of each of four genes, including PCDHB18P, CDO1, HOXA9 and LYPD5. The detection primers and kit obtained for the methylated regions of the target genes can significantly improve the sensitivity of ovarian cancer detection, and meanwhile maintain a high specificity for normal ovarian cells and benign ovarian tumors. The detection primers and probes detect patients with possible gynecological malignant tumors early through molecular epigenetic methods using methylation detection technology, and the result is very accurate, and can provide clinicians with auxiliary diagnostic reference for early prophylactic treatment.
US11866789B2	Targeted therapies for cancer Various embodiments provide compositions and methods for detecting cancers containing an NRG1 fusion event and treating a patient with a therapeutic agent that is targeted to the NRG1 fusion. Exemplary compositions for treating cancers containing the NRG1 fusion may comprise therapeutic agents inhibiting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and/or ERBB2 such as cetuximab, panitumumab, Sym004, MM-151, mAb 806, mAb 528, MEHD794A, gefitinib, erlotinib, lapatinib, afatinib, PD153035, AG1478, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agent may be a combination of trastuzumab, and pertuzumab.
US11866787B2	Methods for identifying androgen receptor splice variants in subjects having castration resistant prostate cancer Methods of the present disclosure provide for detection of mutations and splice variants of the androgen receptor using a non-invasive approach, RNAseq, for examining circulating tumor cells.
US11866780B2	Nucleic acid sample enrichment for sequencing applications The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology, and more specifically to methods for reducing the complexity of a nucleic acid sample.
US11866779B2	Jettison-MS for nucleic acid species MALDI-MS operated slightly under matrix storm conditions with a high-energy-transfer, acidic matrix, or these conditions with a high sample to matrix ratio, can with ultrasensitivity detect a nucleobase, modified or canonical, of a nucleic acid species as a jettisoned, protonated molecule.
US11866776B2	Methods involving nucleic acid analysis of milk The present application relates to methods for determining the proportion or quantity of DNA contributed by individual animals to a volume of milk collected from a plurality of individual animals, wherein the method employs allele sampling for DNA sequence polymorphisms in DNA extracted from a sample of the volume of milk by shallow whole genome sequencing (SWGS). The present methods are useful for example in detecting mastitis or subclinical mastitis in animals contributing milk to the volume of milk.
US11866775B2	Methods for isothermal molecular amplification with nanoparticle-based reactions The present method of detection involves increasing an amount of analyte molecules by an isothermal molecular amplification approach. In the present approach a starting molecule of interest may be amplified through a reaction it induces with specifically engineered and functionalized particles, namely protected particles A and storage particles B. This reaction may result in a set of output DNA molecules that is larger in number than the input DNA molecules. Thus the reaction between nanoparticles for amplification of a certain DNA sequence (input DNA molecules) may occur when there is a match with a targeted molecule (stored molecules on storage particles B) and if the DNA sequence of the input DNA molecules does not match (partially or completely) the targeted molecule the reaction may not occur. Without a certain molecular input of the input DNA molecule the reaction may not occur.
US11866768B2	Signal encoding and decoding in multiplexed biochemical assays This disclosure provides methods, systems, compositions, and kits for the multiplexed detection of a plurality of analytes in a sample. In some examples, this disclosure provides methods, systems, compositions, and kits wherein multiple analytes may be detected in a single sample volume by acquiring a cumulative measurement or measurements of at least one quantifiable component of a signal. In some cases, additional components of a signal, or additional signals (or components thereof) are also quantified. Each signal or component of a signal may be used to construct a coding scheme which can then be used to determine the presence or absence of any analyte.
US11866762B2	Methods of targeted antibiotic susceptibility testing Methods are provided for performing antibiotic susceptibility testing based on the detection of RNA, such as tmRNA, from microbial cells after exposure to antibiotics. In some embodiments, aliquots are obtained from a sample, one of which contains a selected antibiotic. The aliquots, which include growth media, are incubated under conditions suitable for microbial growth, and the microbial cells in each aliquot are removed and lysed, and the lysate is subjected to reverse transcription and amplification in infer the effect of the selected antibiotic on the microbial cells. In one embodiment, a sample containing microbial cells is incubated in the presence of a selected antibiotic and a stimulus is provided to induce the production of m RNA within the microbial cells. The microbial cells are subsequently lysed without substantial degradation of the m RNA within the lysate, and the m RNA is detected to determine the effect of the antibiotic on the microbial cells.
US11866760B2	Microorganisms for the production of insect pheromones and related compounds The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. The recombinant microorganisms may express enzymes or enzyme variants useful for production of and/or may be modified to downregulate pathways to shunt production toward unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates. The C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates described herein may be used as substrates for metathesis reactions to expand the repertoire of target compounds and pheromones. The application further relates to recombinant microorganisms co-expressing a pheromone pathway and a pathway for the production of a toxic protein, peptide, oligonucleotide, or small molecule suitable for use in an attract-and-kill pest control approach. The application further relates to microorganisms modified to express or downregulate enzymes useful for production of unsaturated short chain fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates which may be useful as insect pheromones, fragrances, flavors, and polymer intermediates. Also provided are methods of producing unsaturated C6-C24 fatty alcohols, aldehydes, and acetates using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or optionally one or more of the product alcohols, aldehydes, or acetates.
US11866759B1	Method of producing calcium propionate by using Lactobacillus reuteri The present application relates to a technical field of Lactobacillus strains, specifically, to a method of producing calcium propionate by using Lactobacillus reuteri. The method is that: the Lactobacillus reuteri with inactivated alcohol dehydrogenase and 1,2-propanediol are mixed, then grown and reproduced, and then an enrichment culture is conducted; and, after enrichment culture, a strain is placed into a culture medium containing calcium ion for a fermentation culture, then calcium propionate is obtained.
US11866756B2	Methods for co-producing erythritol and arabinose by using xylose mother liquor The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method of co-producing erythritol and arabinose by using a xylose mother liquor, wherein an extract and a raffinate are obtained by separating the xylose mother liquor through a first chromatography, the extract is configured to prepare crystallized xylose, the raffinate and the liquid glucose or crystallized glucose are blended and erythritol is produced by using a Yarrowia lipolytica with high osmotolerant and a high conversion rate. erythritol crystals are obtained by centrifugation and crystallization first by using characteristics of low solubility degree and easy crystallization of the erythritol, the arabinose raffinate having a high content of arabinose is obtained by separating a centrifuged erythritol mother liquor through a second chromatography, and arabinose crystals are obtained based on the arabinose raffinate.
US11866752B2	Cysteine polysulfidation and mitochondrial bioenergetics regulated by cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase A method of synthesize cysteine hydropersulfide (CysSSH) includes taking a substrate L-cysteine, and performing a reaction catalyzed by cysteinyl-tRNA synthetases (CARSs).
US11866739B2	Ligand binding molecules and uses thereof The present invention is directed to ligand binding molecules and uses thereof to modulate angiogenesis and/or lymphangiogenesis.
US11866735B2	Platforms and systems for automated cell culture Disclosed herein are platforms, systems, and methods including a cell culture system that includes a cell culture container comprising a cell culture, the cell culture receiving input cells, a cell imaging subsystem configured to acquire images of the cell culture, a computing subsystem configured to perform a cell culture process on the cell culture according to the images acquired by the cell imaging subsystem, and a cell editing subsystem configured to edit the cell culture to produce output cell products according to the cell culture process.
US11866734B2	Super enhancer for driving pluripotency network and stemness circuitry The preset invention relates to a novel super-enhancer-bound Ash2l/OSN complex that can drive enhance activation, govern pluripotency network and sternness circuitry, and a reprogramming system or method through the regulation of this super-enhancer, Ash2l, to modulate pluripotency and cell fates. Ash2l directly binds to super-enhancers of several stemness genes to regulate pluripotency and self-renewal in pluripotent stem cells. Ash2l recruits Oct4/Sox2/Nanog (OSN) to form Ash2l/OSN complex at the super-enhancers of Jarid2, Nanog, Sox2, and Oct4, and further drives enhancer activation, upregulation of stemness genes, and maintains the pluripotent circuitry. Ash2l knockdown abrogates the OSN recruitment to all super-enhancers and further hinders the enhancer activation. In addition, CRISPRi/dCas9-mediated blocking of Ash2l-binding motifs at these super-enhancers also prevents OSN recruitment and enhancer activation, validating that Ash2l directly binds to super-enhancers and initiates the pluripotency network. Transfection of Ash2l with W118A mutation to disrupt Ash2l-Oct4 interaction fails to rescue Ash2l-driven enhancer activation and pluripotent gene upregulation in Ash2l-depleted pluripotent stem cells.
US11866732B2	Separation, dissociation and/or disaggregation of cells using shockwaves or mechanical impacts Methods provided by the present disclosure utilize extracorporeal shockwaves, mechanical impacts and/or principles of lithotripsy to break up a tissue sample into smaller fragments—clusters of cells and/or single cells—after which a desired cellular fraction can be isolated from the sample. Devices provided by the present disclosure deploy focused and/or directed shockwaves, and/or focused and directed mechanical impacts, to break apart a tissue sample. The devices maintain the sample in a sterile, closed environment during exposure to the shockwaves or mechanical impacts. Therefore, the shockwaves and/or mechanical impacts are generated outside of a closed device and are transmitted through one or more walls of the device into its interior, where the sample is located.
US11866727B2	Materials and methods for treatment of glycogen storage disease type 1A The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with Glycogen Storage Disease type 1a (GSD1a) both ex vivo and in vivo. In addition, the present application provides materials and methods for modulating the expression, function, and/or activity of the glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic (G6PC) and/or the glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) protein in a cell by genome editing.
US11866721B2	Methods and compositions for selective regulation of protein expression The invention provides novel recombinant DNA molecules, compositions, and methods for selectively regulating the expression of a transcribable polynucleotide molecule or recombinant protein in a male reproductive tissue of a transgenic plant. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising such DNA molecules and compositions.
US11866718B2	Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules and constructs, as well as their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the recombinant DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable DNA molecules, as are methods of their use.
US11866714B2	Promoter for yeast A promoter operably linked to a gene encoding a protein is disclosed. The promoter drives expression of the protein in a yeast cell in the absence of methanol. Also disclosed are vectors, host cells and expression systems that include the promoter, as well as methods of using the promoter to express proteins in yeast.
US11866713B2	Compositions and methods for increased protein production in bacillus licheniformis The present disclosure is generally related to compositions and methods for obtaining Bacillus licheniformis cells/strains having increased protein production capabilities. Certain embodiments of the disclosure are related to genetically modified Bacillus licheniformis cells/strains derived from parental B. licheniformis cells/strains comprising a variant rghR2 gene.
US11866707B2	Use of non-coding RNA SNHG17 as biomarker and therapeutic target This invention discloses the use of non-coding RNA SNHG17 as a biomarker and a therapeutic target that relates to the technical field of tumor biotherapy. This invention discloses a use of the non-coding RNA SNHG17 for the manufacture of a detection agent for predicting the drug resistance of fulvestrant. This invention also discloses the use of shRNA for inhibiting non-coding RNA SNHG17 expression. This shRNA can knockdown the expression of the non-coding RNA SNHG17 efficiently. In this way, the sensitivity of fulvestrant-resistant breast cancer cells can be increased. So this invention has good prospects for drug development.
US11866706B2	Antiviral agents An antiviral agent is provided, having a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer with an antisense sequence to a portion of a genome of a strain of Zika virus (ZIKV). The antiviral agent finds many uses, such as in a pharmaceutical composition, a method of treating ZIKV-mediated disease, a method of preventing ZIKV-mediated disease, a method of reducing or preventing the replication of ZIKV in a host cell, a method of controlling the spread of ZIKV in donated tissue, a treated tissue sample, and in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention or ZIKV-mediated disease.
US11866703B2	Method for knocking out N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) gene from Eimeria tenella The present disclosure provides a method for knocking out an N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) gene from Eimeria tenella, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The method includes: mixing sporozoites of Eimeria tenella with a pCRISPR::EtNMT plasmid and a pEtNMT::DHFR plasmid, and subjecting a resulting mixture to electrotransformation to obtain NMT gene-knockout Eimeria tenella. The method provided by the present disclosure can successfully knock out the NMT gene from Eimeria tenella, which lays a foundation for studying the function of the Eimeria tenella gene and developing a vaccine therefor.
US11866702B2	Nucleic acid molecules for pseudouridylation The invention relates to nucleic acid molecules for pseudouridylation of a target uridine in a target RNA in a mammalian cell, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises a guide region capable of forming a partially double stranded nucleic acid complex with the target RNA comprising the target uridine, wherein the partially double stranded nucleic acid complex is capable of engaging a mammalian pseudouridylation enzyme, wherein the guide region assists in positioning the target uridine in the partially double stranded nucleic acid complex for it to be converted to a pseudouridine by the mammalian pseudouridylation enzyme.
US11866701B2	Complement component C3 iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the complement factor C3 gene, and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of a C3 gene and to treat subjects having a complement component C3-associated disease, e.g., paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), myasthenia gravis (MG), and C3 glomerulonephritis.
US11866700B2	Liposomal spherical nucleic acid (SNA) constructs presenting antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) for specific knockdown of interleukin 17 receptor mRNA Aspects of the invention relate to antisense oligonucleotides directed to the interleukin 17 receptor (IL-17R), and other targets. Spherical nucleic acid formulations or compositions of antisense oligonucleotides and related methods of treatment are also provided.
US11866698B2	Accelerated directed evolution of microbial consortia for the development of desirable plant phenotypic traits The disclosure relates to methods for the screening, identification, and/or application of one or more microorganisms of use in imparting one or more beneficial properties to one or more plants.
US11866695B2	Methods and systems and related compositions for mixtures separation with a solid matrix Methods and systems and related compositions for separating through a solid matrix a mixture comprising a nucleic acid in a concentration of 1 μM or less, together with a target compound having a water solubility equal to or greater than 0.001 g per 100 mL, which can be used for managing fluid flow, biochemical reactions and purification of the nucleic acid or other target analytes. The method comprises contacting the solid matrix with a target compound removing agent having a water solubility equal to or less than 0.05 g per 100 mL at 25° C. at 1 atm pressure with water having a solubility in the removing agent of less than 10 g per 100 mL at 25° C. at 1 atm pressure, the contacting performed to remove the target compound from the solid matrix.
US11866694B2	Method and system for dissociating biological tissue into single cells using ultrasonic energy A method of dissociating single cells from a biological tissue sample is described herein, along with systems for performing such methods. The method includes generating one or more ultrasonic wave pulses using a transducer comprising one or more Fresnel Annular Sector Actuator (FASA) elements; and applying energy from the generated one or more ultrasonic wave pulses to a sample container holding the biological tissue sample through a coupling medium that couples the one or more FASA elements to the sample container to dissociate single cells from the biological tissue is described herein.
US11866689B2	Splice-switching oligonucleotides and methods of use The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides splice-switching oligonucleotides that downregulate AR expression and methods of using these splice-switching oligonucleotides to treat cancer, specifically castrate resistant prostate cancer.
US11866688B2	Closed process for expansion and gene editing of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes and uses of same in immunotherapy The present invention provides improved and/or shortened methods for expanding TILs and producing therapeutic populations of TILs, including novel methods for expanding TIL populations in a closed system that lead to improved efficacy, improved phenotype, and increased metabolic health of the TILs in a shorter time period, while allowing for reduced microbial contamination as well as decreased costs. The methods may comprise gene-editing at least a portion of the TILs to enhance their therapeutic efficacy. Such TILs find use in therapeutic treatment regimens.
US11866683B2	Cell culture apparatuses with manifolds including column structures A cell culture apparatus includes a cell culture module including multiple cell culture chambers. A manifold connects the multiple cell culture chambers together along a side of the cell culture module. The manifold includes a side wall base structure connected to the side of the cell culture module and a column structure that is formed as a monolithic part of the side wall base structure. The column structure defines a fluid flow pathway through the manifold and to inlets to the cell culture chambers to allow filling and emptying of the cell culture chambers of liquid medium.
US11866682B1	Culture chamber and culture method Provided is a culture chamber that includes a plurality of recesses each formed of a bottom portion and an opening portion. The bottom portion has a hemispherical shape or a truncated cone shape. The opening portion is defined by a wall that surrounds an area from a boundary between the opening portion and the bottom portion to an end of each of the recesses, the wall having a taper angle in a range from 1 to 20 degrees. An equivalent diameter of the boundary is from 50 μm to 2 mm and a depth from a bottom of the bottom portion to the end of each of the recesses is from 0.6 or more times to 3 or less times the equivalent diameter, and the wall defining the opening portion forms a surface continuous to the bottom portion. An inclination of the continuous surface changes at the boundary.
US11866671B2	Base oil or lubricant additive The present invention is toward a base oil or lubricant additives, methods of using the same, lubricant compositions including the same, and methods of forming the lubricant compositions. A base oil or lubricant additive has Structure I or Structure II as described herein.
US11866664B2	Green corrosion inhibitor from waste vegetable oil for oil and gas applications An ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition and a method for inhibiting corrosion on a metal surface with the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition are provided. The ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition includes 10-30 weight % of fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils and 70-90 weight % of heavy aromatic naphtha. The fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oils include oleic acid, linoleic acid, and palmitic acid. In the method, the ecofriendly corrosion inhibitor composition is added to a hydrocarbon fluid exposed to the metal surface and the corrosion inhibitor composition inhibits corrosion on the metal surfaces.
US11866663B1	Multi-zone catalytic cracking of crude oils Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of processing a hydrocarbon feed includes fractionating the hydrocarbon feed into a light stream and a heavy stream, hydrotreating the heavy stream to form a hydrotreated heavy stream, combining the light stream and the hydrotreated heavy stream to form a upgraded feed stream, and feeding the upgraded feed stream to a single Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) reaction zone, thereby producing a product stream comprising light olefins. The light stream may comprise hydrocarbons boiling at less than 540° C. and the heavy stream may comprise hydrocarbons boiling at greater than 540° C. The FCC reaction zone may be operated in a down-flow configuration and the FCC may be operated under high severity conditions.
US11866662B1	Multi-zone catalytic cracking of crude oils According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of processing a hydrocarbon feed may comprise fractionating the hydrocarbon feed into a light stream, a middle stream, and a residue stream, hydrotreating the residue stream to form a hydrotreated residue stream; and feeding the light stream, middle stream, and the hydrotreated residue stream to a single Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) reaction zone, thereby producing a product stream comprising light olefins. The light stream and the hydrotreated residue streams may be exposed to more severe FCC cracking conditions than the middle stream, within the same FCC reaction zone. The single FCC reaction zone may be operated in a down-flow configuration and the single FCC reaction zone may be operated under high severity conditions.
US11866657B1	Two-stage hydrotreating of hydrocarbons A method of processing a hydrocarbon feedstock may comprise hydrotreating the hydrocarbon feedstock in a low-severity hydrotreater to produce a first effluent and hydrotreating the first effluent, or a portion thereof, in a high-severity hydrotreater to produce a low contaminant product. The low-severity hydrotreater may operate at a catalyst volume of less than 60% of a catalyst volume of the high-severity hydrotreater. The low-severity hydrotreater may operate at a hydrogen partial pressure of at least 5 bar lower than the hydrogen partial pressure in the high-severity hydrotreater. The low-severity hydrotreater may operate at a weighted average bed temperature (WABT) of at least 5° C. less than the WABT of the high-severity hydrotreater.
US11866655B2	Method for creating white alkanes from non-petroleum renewable sources The present invention describes a method to produce high purity hydrocarbon materials from renewable sources. The produced materials are chemically indistinguishable from highly refined mineral oils and/or synthetic hydrocarbons. These renewable hydrocarbon materials can be used as a drop-in replacement for mineral and synthetic hydrocarbon base oils, process fluids, white oils in products such as lubricants, rubber, personal care, pharma.
US11866654B2	Production of high quality diesel by supercritical water process A method for producing a diesel having improved cold flow properties, the method comprising the steps of introducing a crude oil to a distillation column, separating the crude oil in the distillation unit to produce a light gas oil, and a light vacuum gas oil, where the light gas oil has a T95% cut point in the range between 300 deg C. and 340 deg C., where the light vacuum gas oil has a T95% cut point in the range between 400 deg C. and 430 deg C., processing the light vacuum gas oil in the supercritical water unit to produce an upgraded vacuum gas oil, separating the upgraded vacuum gas oil in the fractionator to produce an upgraded light fraction, an upgraded light gas oil, and upgraded heavy fraction, introducing the upgraded light gas oil into a diesel pool, and blending the light gas oil into the diesel pool.
US11866652B2	Hydroprocessing of heavy crudes by catalysts in homogeneous phase This disclosure relates to a procedure, which through the application of a catalyst in homogeneous phase, allows the transformation of heavy hydrocarbons (vacuum residue, atmospheric residue, heavy and extra-heavy crudes) into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight, characterized because after its application, the hydrocarbons obtain greater API gravity, lower kinematic viscosity and different composition by hydrocarbon families (SARA) that increases the proportion of saturated and aromatic resins and asphalts. The sulphur and nitrogen content is also reduced, resulting in higher yields to high commercial value distillates and a lighter product as compared to the original crude.
US11866649B2	Apparatus, system, and method for shale pyrolysis A shale pyrolysis system includes a retort with a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite the first side and the first side and the second side include descending angled surfaces at alternating angles to produce zig-zag motion of shale descending through the retort. Corners of the retort that change direction of the shale are rounded. The system includes steam distributors coupled to the first side and collectors coupled to the second side to produce crossflow of steam and heat across the descending shale from the first side to the second side, and a steam temperature control subsystem coupled to the steam distributors and configured to deliver higher-temperature steam to one or more upper sections of the retort and lower-temperature steam to one or more lower sections of the retort.
US11866646B2	Smart proppant technology for fracking and well production performance monitoring The present invention provides a proppant or proppant mixture having insert materials configured for providing a mechanical or physical function in a well to hold open fissures or pathways created in formations caused by well fracking to allow a release of a hydrocarbon from the well, the insert materials being configured at least partly with beads having a functionalized polymer so as to form functionalized polymer proppants that are configured to respond to the hydrocarbon or other composition of matter released from the well, including water, and provide at least one chemical taggant containing an indication about the hydrocarbon or other composition of matter released from the well. The functionalized polymer may include a dual-monomer structure.
US11866645B1	Methods for hydraulic fracturing and flowback fluid compositions suitable for such This disclosure relates to methods of hydraulic fracturing that may include passing a fracturing fluid through a wellbore into a subterranean formation, wherein the fracturing fluid comprises a flowback enhancer composition in an amount of from 0.10 gallon per 1000 gallons of fluid (gpt) to 10 gpt based on the total volume of fracturing fluid, hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation with the fracturing fluid, at least partially separating the fracturing fluid from the hydrocarbons to yield a recovered fracturing fluid. The flowback enhancer composition can include a solvent mixture comprising an aqueous solution, at least one unsaturated ester, and at least one alcohol; a surfactant mixture comprising at least one secondary alcohol ethoxylate and at least one castor oil ethoxylate; and one or more particles having a widest length of from 1 nanometer to 200 nanometers.
US11866641B2	Method for fracking subterranean geological formation with surfactant-containing fluid A surfactant of formula (I) wherein each of R1 and R2 are independently a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or an optionally substituted arylalkyl, R3 and R4 are independently an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted cycloalkyl, or an optionally substituted arylalkyl, x is an integer in a range of 2-8, y is an integer in a range of 1-15, z is an integer in a range of 4-10, n is an integer in a range of 2-5, and A is one of a carboxybetaine group, a sulfobetaine group, or a hydroxy sulfobetaine group. An oil and gas well servicing fluid containing the surfactant and methods of servicing an oil and gas well are also described.
US11866638B2	Drilling fluid composition comprising vegetable derivatives A drilling fluid composition comprising a continuous phase and a disperse phase, the continuous phase comprising fatty acid methyl esters derived from soy oil, and sunflower lecithin as an emulsifier. A method for increasing the electrical stability of a drilling fluid composition.
US11866631B2	Oxygenated aminophenol compounds and methods for preventing monomer polymerization Described are compounds, compositions, and methods that include a nitrogen- and oxygen-containing aromatic compound, such as an aminophenol-based compound, which can be used for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition. The compound includes a tertiary amine group wherein the nitrogen is attached to carbon-containing groups, and at least one of oxygen atom separated from the nitrogen by one or more carbon atoms. The antipolymerant can provide excellent antipolymerant activity in a monomer-containing composition.
US11866630B2	Quantum dots, compositions or composites including the same, patternized layer, and display device including the same A quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group III-V compound; and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, the semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc, tellurium, and selenium, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, and the semiconductor nanocrystal shell has a mole ratio of tellurium to selenium of less than about 0.025:1, a composition including the quantum dot, a quantum dot-polymer composite, a patterned layer including the composite, and an electronic device including the patterned layer.
US11866626B2	Color conversion film material, color conversion film, and display device A color conversion film material, a color conversion film, and a display device are provided. The material of the color conversion film includes a first compound and a second compound, and a mass ratio of the first compound and the second compound is (0.4-1.6):(0.3-1.7). A heat stability of the color conversion film is enhanced by using the color conversion film made of the material of the color conversion film. Moreover, a color gamut of the display device is improved, and costs thereof are reduced by applying the color conversion film to the display device.
US11866625B2	Curable composition, cured layer using the same, and display device including cured layer A curable composition, a cured layer manufactured utilizing the same, and a display device including the cured layer are provided. The curable composition includes (A) a quantum dot; and (B) a polymerizable compound, wherein the polymerizable compound is a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.
US11866623B2	Conductive polymer composite for adhesion to flexible substrate and method for preparing same A conductive polymer composite for adhesion to a flexible substrate contains a polymer adhesive containing a curable polymer and a curing agent; and a conductive filler containing a metal and a carbonaceous material dispersed in the polymer adhesive. The conductive polymer composite is suitable for application to not only the human body but also other objects having irregular surface. In addition, due to enhanced adhesive strength of the conductive polymer composite to the flexible substrate, the reduction in conductivity or conductivity breakdown caused by external stress can be prevented and flexibility and stretchability can be improved.
US11866621B1	Pre-formed adhesive strip apparatus and methods of making and using the same The invention is an apparatus that allows individual adhesive strips to be easily and efficiently accessed by a medical professional. Specifically, the apparatus is defined by a series of adhesive strips that are offset and overlayed. Each adhesives strip includes a folded edge that allows a medical professional to grasp an individual adhesive strip, remove it from the adjacent strip, and use it for a particular application. When an additional adhesive strip is needed, the medical professional can repeat the process with the next (e.g., top) adhesive strip until all of the strips have been used.
US11866620B2	Hotmelt composition comprising three polymers having different peak molecular weights A hotmelt composition comprises at least three co-polymers defined by their chemistry and molecular weight. The hotmelt composition may be without tackifiers. The hotmelt can be used in absorbent articles such as diapers comprising two substrates at least partially attached by the hotmelt composition. The hotmelt provides especially good nonwoven-nonwoven bond and nonwoven-film bond.
US11866618B2	Glass bonding adhesive with reduced slippage A novel primerless adhesive composition with unique properties in automotive related applications, particularly in glass bonding applications; the process of making thereof.
US11866610B2	Tablet-based method of producing nano/micro particle water suspensions and carbon dioxide gas A tablet-based method for fabricating a suspension including gold (Au) particles and water can include adding to water a solid tablet prepared from a solid alkaline powder, a solid acid powder, and gold particles. Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas can be generated once the tablet is added to the water. The gold (Au) particles can be in microparticle or nanoparticle form. The solid alkaline powder can include sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) or sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). The solid acid powder can include monosodium phosphate (NaH2PO4).
US11866608B2	Weather-resistant hard coat composition for metal, cured product, and coated metal substrate The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition being capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a coated metal substrate having a metal substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the metal substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal. [In Formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.] [R1SiO3/2] (1)
US11866600B2	Method for forming coating film The present invention relates to a method for forming a coating film including a step 1 of applying a liquid composition I containing a solvent A, a solvent B, and a polymer C to a base material; and a step 2 of applying droplets of a liquid II containing water to the liquid composition I on the base material as applied in the step 1, wherein a boiling point of the solvent A is lower than 99° C., and a distance Ra of the Hansen solubility parameter of the solvent A to water is 36 or less; a boiling point of the solvent B is 150° C. or higher, and a distance Ra of the Hansen solubility parameter of the solvent B to water is 40 or more; and the solvent B is compatible with the solvent A, the polymer C is soluble in the solvent Abut insoluble in the solvent B, and an average diameter d of the droplets applied in the step 2 is 0.01 μm or more and 50 μm or less.
US11866597B2	2-dimensional MXene surface-modified with catechol derivative, method for preparing the same, and MXene organic ink including the same The present disclosure relates to 2-dimensional MXenes surface-modified with catechol derivatives, a method for preparing the same, MXene organic ink including the same, and use thereof (e.g. flexible electrodes, conducive cohesive/adhesive materials, electromagnetic wave-shielding materials, flexible heaters, sensors, energy storage devices). Particularly, the simple, fast, and scalable surface-functionalization process of MXenes using catechol derivatives (e.g. ADOPA) organic ligands significantly improves the dispersion stability in various organic solvents (including ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, acetone and acetonitrile) and produces highly concentrated organic liquid crystals of various MXenes (including Ti2CTx, Nb2CTx, V2CTx, Mo2CTx, Ti3C2Tx, Ti3CNTx, Mo2TiC2Tx, and Mo2Ti2C3Tx). Such products offer excellent electrical conductivity, improved oxidation stability, excellent coating and adhesion abilities to various hydrophobic substrates, and composite processability with hydrophobic polymers. This finding will lead to further studies on the structures, properties, and physics of the organic MXene liquid crystals and their practical applications.
US11866591B2	Cellulose derivative based biodegradable support structures for 3D printing The present disclosure relates to support structures for three dimensional (3D) printing, methods of preparing the support structures, and methods of using the support structures. In particular, the support structures comprise a hydrogel comprised of a cellulose derivative. Preferably, the support structures are biodegradable and easily removed without generating toxic waste.
US11866587B2	Organic slurry and method for manufacture thereof An organic slurry for use in wood-based composites is described herein. In one aspect, the organic slurry may include water, a lignin material insoluble in the water, such as dewatered kraft lignin, and a defoamer. During manufacturing, the water, lignin material and defoamer may be combined and mixed together in a vessel to produce the organic slurry. In one aspect, the defoamer may include a water-based defoamer, a silicone-based defoamer, a silicone-free defoamer, an oil-based defoamer, a polymer-based defoamer, or mixtures thereof. The organic slurry may have a pH less than neutral.
US11866584B2	High-refractive-index composition, high-refractive-index film, and method for manufacturing high-refractive-index film The present application relates to a high refractive-index composition, a high refractive-index film and a method for producing a high refractive-index film. The present application provides a composition that a high refractive-index film can be produced with a simple coating process and low cost, and a high refractive-index film having a uniform thickness and easy thickness control or molding, as well as having high chemical stability and easy control of physical properties such as transparency or heat resistance, can be produced, a high refractive-index film using the same and a method for producing a high refractive-index film.
US11866576B2	Formaldehyde-free binder composition Aqueous binder compositions for binding fibers comprise a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer of 60 to 94% by weight vinyl acetate, 5 to 30% by weight ethylene and 0 to 20% by weight of further ethylenically unsaturated comonomers copolymerizable therewith, polymerized in the presence of polyvinyl alcohol in aqueous medium, wherein the polymerization is carried out in the presence of a copolymer B) containing 20 to 50% by weight of monomer units derived from ethylenically unsaturated carboxamides, 20 to 50% by weight of monomer units derived from ethylenically unsaturated monocarboxylic acids, and 20 to 50% by weight of monomer units derived from ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids or anhydrides thereof.
US11866575B2	Biodegradable polymer A biodegradable polymer includes starch groups, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) backbone having a crosslinked layered configuration and a Schiff base structure bonded to the starch groups. The PVA backbone has double bonds, and the starch groups have reversible acetal linkages. The biodegradable polymer is produced by mixing starch and water; mixing partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and water; mixing the starch solution with the PVA solution; mixing in a catalyst; and mixing in a cross-linking agent and a dialdehyde.
US11866574B2	Resin composition for molding The present invention provides a resin composition for molding that can provide a molded body having excellent thermal stability, high impact resistance, and high surface smoothness. The present invention also provides a molded body including the resin composition for molding. Provided is a resin composition for molding including: a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride; an acrylic processing aid; and an impact resistance modifier, the acrylic processing aid containing an acrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 500,000 to 5,000,000, the resin composition containing the acrylic processing aid in an amount of 0.2 to 10 parts by mass and the impact resistance modifier in an amount of 0.5 to 8.0 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride.
US11866559B2	Fast fabrication of fiber reinforced polymers using solid epoxy powder containing an initiator A method of manufacturing includes producing a powder resin comprising a polymer precursor and a thermal initiator, packing a fiber structure with the powder resin, resulting in a resin-packed structure, and heating the resin-packed structure to a curing temperature high enough to melt and cure the resin-packed structure to form a final structure.
US11866558B2	Plexifilamentary sheets A sheet comprising a plexifilamentary film-fibril network consisting essentially of high density polyethylene in an overlapping multi-directional configuration, the sheet, as-produced from a spin cell, having a normalized Frazier air permeability of between 0.002 and 0.2 m3/m2·minute at 50 gsm, a BET surface area of between 9 and 20 m2/gm, and a normalized hydrohead of between 150 and 250 cm at 50 gsm, wherein the plexifilamentary film-fibril network in an overlapping multi-directional configuration is flash-spun from a spin fluid comprising polymer and spin agent, the spin fluid temperature being 190° C. or greater, the spin agent comprising dichloromethane, the spin fluid having a polymer concentration of 12 to 14 weight percent.
US11866557B2	Composite articles with reduced discoloration and methods of promoting or reducing color changes in composite articles Composite articles that can resist discoloration or color changes are described. In some instances, the composite articles can include a compounded material that is substantially free of an antioxidant that changes from a first color to a second color upon exposure to an environment comprising an oxidizing agent. The composite articles can be flame retardant and may provide sound reduction as well.
US11866556B2	Process for efficient cross-linking of hyaluronic acid A process for manufacturing a cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA) gel product is comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous mixture of HA and a cross-linking agent selected from multiepoxides and diepoxides; wherein the HA is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing 1-10% (w/w) inorganic hydroxide; and wherein the dissolved HA constitutes more than 10% (w/w) of the final mixture; and (b) subjecting the aqueous mixture to cross-linking conditions to allow the dissolved HA to react with the cross-linking agent so as to obtain a cross-linked HA gel product.
US11866554B2	Polycarbosilazane, and composition comprising the same, and method for producing silicon-containing film using the same To provide a new silicon-containing polymer making it possible to form a cured film has features that its residual stress is small and crack resistance is high. A polycarbosilazane having particular cyclic structures.
US11866553B2	Polysiloxane, composition comprising the same and cured film using the same [Problem] To provide a polysiloxanecapable of forming a cured film of a thick film with high heat resistance, a composition comprising the polysiloxane, and a method of manufacturing a cured film using the composition. [Means for Solution] To provide a polysiloxane comprising a repeating unit represented by the following formula (Ib), wherein R2 is each independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, and the like, a composition comprising the polysiloxane, and a method of manufacturing a cured film using the composition.
US11866552B2	Polyamide particles and methods of production and uses thereof A method for producing polyamide particles may include: mixing a mixture comprising a polyamide, a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the polyamide, and nanoparticles at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the polyamide in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide to form solidified particles comprising polyamide particles having a circularity of 0.90 or greater and that comprise the polyamide and the nanoparticles associated with an outer surface of the polyamide particles; and separating the solidified particles from the carrier fluid.
US11866545B1	Anti-microbial bi-metallic polymeric composite Antimicrobial bi-metallic polymeric composites are provided. The bi-metallic polymeric composites include a first metal, a second metal, and a polymeric material and demonstrate especially rapid clearance of a wide variety of bacterial species. Thus, the bi-metallic polymeric composites may be useful in forming or surface treating materials where anti-bacterial properties are desired, including but not limited to surfaces requiring regular sanitization, such as high-contact surfaces in public facilities, medical facilities, or for use in the home. The first metal and the second metal may be any metals affording an electromotive force and may be selected to provide a particular electromotive force.
US11866543B2	Glycidyl (meth)acrylate polymer polyol stabilizers This invention relates to novel macromers that comprise a polyether polyol having (meth)acrylate unsaturation. These novel macromers are the polymerization product of a glycidyl (meth)acrylate, with a polyether polyol, and optionally, an alkylene oxide, in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. This invention also relates to preformed stabilizers prepared from these macromers, and to polymer polyols prepared from these novel macromers and novel preformed stabilizers. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing these compositions, to polyurethane foams comprising these polymer polyols, and to processes for preparing these polyurethane foams.
US11866542B2	Resin composition The present application relates to a composition, a battery module and a battery pack. According to one example of the present application, there is provided a urethane-based heat dissipation material capable of providing excellent thermal conductivity and storage stability.
US11866541B2	Purified polymer and methods for making A method to purify a polymer is disclosed. The method is part of a manufacturing process wherein a virgin polymer is produced from a polymerization process employing at least a monomer or a comonomer as a feedstock. The monomer or the comonomer is selected from the group consisting of organic polar monomers, inorganic monomers, vinyl aromatic monomers, conjugated dienes, and mixtures thereof. In the method, the polymer in solid, liquid or molten state is brought into contact with a fluid solvent or an extraction fluid in a supercritical state or near supercritical state. The contact is at controlled temperature and pressure, allowing the fluid solvent to diffuse into the polymer and extract the impurities intended to remove. The method can be used to remove at least 10%, or at least 20%, or at least 50% of the target impurity from the polymer.
US11866539B2	Process for preparing an ultra-high molecular weight polymer via emulsion polymerization at room temperature A process for preparing an ultra-high molecular weight polymer via emulsion polymerization at the room/indoor temperature includes using persulfate as initiator, water as medium, anionic surfactant as emulsifier, sodium bicarbonate as pH regulator, styrene, (meth) acrylate or vinyl acetate as monomer, which is subjected to a free radical polymerization at room temperature and the normal pressure. The ultra-high molecular weight polymers may have weight average molecular weights larger than 1,000,000 g/mol. The monomer conversion may be above 85% after reacting for 1˜6 hours. The process may be carried out at room temperature and normal pressure without the addition of other assist initiators. There temperature and pressure of the reaction may not be controlled, and the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution may be adjusted and controlled in a wider range.
US11866538B2	Polyurethane-acrylate water repellant prepared by double bonds in side chain The disclosure provides a polyurethane-acrylate water repellant prepared by double bonds in the side chain, and belongs to the technical field of environment-friendly polymers. The disclosure introduces the carbon-carbon double bonds into the polyurethane side chain through a carbon-carbon double bond-containing dihydroxy micromolecular chain extender having a carbon chain structure to adjust the number of double bonds on a waterborne polyurethane chain segment participating in a free radical polymerization with acrylate monomers, thereby generating a branched structure, and improving the compatibility of polyurethane and acrylate; the fastness of a fabric is increased by combining an oxime blocking structure with the fabric. The polyurethane-acrylate water repellant prepared by the disclosure is non-toxic and low in VOC, and the finished fabric has significantly improved physical and chemical properties, and good application prospects.
US11866535B2	Two-part epoxy based composition This invention relates to a two-part epoxy based composition, comprising a first part comprising at least one epoxy resin; a second part comprising at least one epoxy resin curing agent, and at least one acrylamide compound containing a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom in the acrylamide structure. The two-part epoxy based composition according to the present invention exhibits excellent adhesion strength to low surface tension substrates, such as stainless steel and PVC.
US11866534B2	Dicyclopentadiene-based resin, dicyclopentadiene-based hydrogenated resin, and adhesive resin composition comprising same The present invention relates to: a dicyclopentadiene-based resin having excellent compatibility with a base resin and prepared by being copolymerized with a monomer composition comprising a dicyclopentadiene-based monomer and a vinylamide-based monomer; a dicyclopentadiene-based hydrogenated resin; and an adhesive resin composition comprising same. A dicyclopentadiene-based resin according to the present invention is advantageous in terms of having excellent compatibility with various base resins and being providable as an adhesive resin composition capable of achieving remarkably improved adhesive strength.
US11866532B2	Acrylic rubber and crosslinkable composition thereof An acrylic rubber that is a copolymer in which 1 to 3 wt. % of a fumaric acid monoalkyl ester monomer containing an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms is copolymerized as a crosslinkable comonomer, wherein 45 to 65 wt. % of n-butyl acrylate, 12 to 32 wt. % of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, and 11 to 30 wt. % of ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate are copolymerized in 100 wt. % of comonomers other than the crosslinkable comonomer. This acrylic rubber can suppress the reduction of oil resistance while improving cold resistance represented by a TR-10 value.
US11866529B2	Dual metallocene polyethylene with improved processability for lightweight blow molded products Ethylene-based polymers having a density of 0.952 to 0.968 g/cm3, a ratio of HLMI/MI from 185 to 550, an IB parameter from 1.46 to 1.80, a tan δ at 0.1 sec−1 from 1.05 to 1.75 degrees, and a slope of a plot of viscosity versus shear rate at 100 sec−1 from 0.18 to 0.28 are described, with low melt flow versions having a HLMI from 10 to 30 g/10 min and a Mw from 250,000 to 450,000 g/mol, and high melt flow versions having a HLMI from 30 to 55 g/10 min and a Mw from 200,000 to 300,000 g/mol. These polymers have the processability of chromium-based resins, but with improved stress crack resistance and topload strength for bottles and other blow molded products.
US11866527B2	Photocurable composition, cured product, and dental product A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator. When a test piece with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, is produced by photofabrication under conditions in which the photocurable composition is irradiated with visible light having 405 nm wavelength at 12 mJ/cm2 irradiation dose to form a cured layer with 100 m thickness, the cured layer is stacked in a thickness direction thereof to form a rectangular fabrication product with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, and the fabrication product is irradiated with ultraviolet rays having 365 nm wavelength at 10 J/cm2 irradiation dose to produce the test piece, a total fracture work of the test piece measured in compliance with ISO20795-1:2008 is 1100 J/m2 or more.
US11866526B2	Liquid, hybrid UV/vis radiation curable resin compositions for additive fabrication Liquid radiation curable compositions are disclosed which are suitable for hybrid (i.e. cationic and free-radical) polymerization when processed via additive fabrication equipment utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region. According to one aspect, the compositions possess a first photoinitiator that is an iodonium salt of a non-fluorinated borate anion. According to another aspect, the composition is substantially devoid of a Norrish Type I and/or Type II photoinitiator. Also disclosed are methods of creating three-dimensional parts via additive fabrication processes utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region employing liquid radiation curable compositions suitable for hybrid polymerization, and the parts cured therefrom.
US11866525B2	Optically brightened latexes The present invention relates to a method of preparing an aqueous composition by emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of at least one water-soluble diaminostilbene disulphonic optical brightener, as well as to the aqueous composition obtainable by said method, the use of said aqueous composition for optically brightening of a cellulosic substrate and the cellulosic substrate treated with the aqueous composition.
US11866523B2	Water-mediated polyester (meth)acrylation systems A water-mediated process prepares a polymeric (meth)acrylation composition. In some embodiments, the process includes providing a stabilized aqueous solution including a (meth)acrylation component and a polyol monomer in a vessel under an inert atmosphere and adding a diacid monomer to the vessel under the inert atmosphere. In some embodiments, the process includes providing a stabilized aqueous solution including a (meth)acrylation component and a copolymer of a polyol monomer and a diacid monomer in a vessel under an inert atmosphere. The process further includes heating and removing water from the vessel under the inert atmosphere to produce the polymeric (meth)acrylation composition. The polymeric (meth)acrylation composition includes a (meth)acrylation polyester copolymer of the diacid monomer and the polyol monomer with the (meth)acrylation component conjugated to the (meth)acrylation polyester copolymer. In some embodiments, the polymeric (meth)acrylation composition is free of mineral acid and free of cytotoxic solvents, catalysts, and scavengers.
US11866519B2	Cellulose-containing materials Disclosed is a process for solubilising cellulose and coagulating the resulting solution to form a cellulose-containing material. The process comprises contacting a cellulose source with a solvent comprising zinc ions and formic acid to provide a solution, coagulating the solution to provide a solid material, treating the solid material, and isolating the solid material after treatment, to provide the cellulose-containing material. The process can further comprise solubilising protein and coagulating the resulting solution to form a cellulose/protein-containing material. The cellulose-containing materials and cellulose/protein-containing materials can be produced, for example, as reconstituted fibres and films.
US11866518B2	Bicyclic peptide ligands specific for TSLP The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide ligands and to the use of said peptide ligands in preventing, suppressing or treating a disease or disorder mediated by TSLP.
US11866516B2	Isolated peptide, anti-cancer medicinal composition including the same and method of specifically reducing or inhibiting activities of cancer cells using the same The present invention relates to an isolated peptide, an anti-cancer medicinal composition including the same and a method of specifically reducing or inhibiting activities of cancer cells using the same. The isolated peptide including a TAT basic domain conjugated to a GABARAPL2 H2 domain can specifically reduce or inhibit an activity of cancer cells, thereby being applied to the anti-cancer medicinal composition and the method of specifically reducing or inhibiting activities of cancer cells using the same.
US11866513B2	Anti-TMPRSS6 antibodies and uses thereof Antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind type II transmembrane serine protease 6 (TMPRSS6) on the surface of a cell and increase hepcidin expression, and methods for treating disorders of iron metabolism using anti TMPRSS6 antibodies and fragments, are provided.
US11866511B2	Anti-GD2 antibody The invention relates to anti-ganglioside GD2 antibodies that comprise an antibody variable domain and antibody constant domains, wherein the variable domain comprises a heavy and light chain variable region comprising respectively at least the CDR3 of the heavy chain variable region of antibody ch14.18 and at least the CDR3 of the light chain variable region of antibody ch14.18; and an IgA hinge and CH2 domain and to methods of treatment of subjects with a GD2 positive tumor, preferably neuroblastoma with these antibodies.
US11866510B2	Chimeric antigen receptor with single domain antibody The invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that comprise one or more single human variable domain antibody and cells that express such CAR. In particular, the invention relates to CARs that include multiple single human variable domain antibodies. In a particular embodiment, the one or more single human variable domain antibody binds to prostate membrane antigen.
US11866505B2	Anti-CD30L antibodies and uses thereof Described herein are anti-CD30L antibodies and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and disorders such inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).
US11866504B2	Bispecific polypeptides for engagement of CAR expressing immune cells with antigen presenting cells and uses thereof The present application is directed to bispecific polypeptides comprising a first domain binding an antigen on an antigen presenting cell (ARC) and a second domain binding an antigen on an immune cell expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Nucleic acids, vectors and host cells used in producing the polypeptide of the invention are also disclosed. Compositions comprising the bispecific polypeptides and methods of treating cancer and stimulating activation and expansion of immune cells in vivo and in vitro are also disclosed.
US11866498B2	Bispecific antigen-binding molecules and methods of use The present invention provides bispecific antigen-binding molecules having a monovalent arm specific to a first target antigen (e.g., a T cell antigen, such as CD3) and a bivalent arm specific for a second target antigen (e.g., a tumor antigen, such as HER2). Bispecific antigen-binding molecules are useful in the treatment of disorders, such as cancer (e.g., HER2-positive cancer). The invention also features methods of producing bispecific antigen-binding molecules, methods of treating disorders using bispecific antigen-binding molecules, and compositions including bispecific antigen-binding molecules.
US11866496B2	Humanized anti-CD79B antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of use The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the treatment of hematopoietic tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.
US11866494B2	CAR T therapy through uses of co-stimulation The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for enhancing CAR T therapy through uses of co-stimulation. Some embodiments relate to an isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and an agent associated with a co-stimulatory molecule, the CAR comprising an intracellular domain of a costimulatory molecule.
US11866491B2	Antibody for binding to interleukin 4 receptor Disclosed is an antibody capable of binding to the interleukin 4 (IL-4) receptor (IL-4). Also disclosed are a nucleic acid sequence encoding the antibody, a vector including the nucleic acid sequence, and a host cell transformed or transfected with the vector. Provided are a method for producing the antibody, a medical use of the antibody, and a kit including the antibody.
US11866484B2	Synthetic single domain antibody The invention relates to the identification of a highly stable single domain antibody scaffold (hs2dAb) and its use in generating synthetic single domain antibody library (hs2dAb-L1). The invention also relates to antigen-binding proteins comprising said stable single domain antibody scaffold and their uses, in particular as therapeutics.
US11866483B2	Fibrosis-inhibiting composition, cells producing same, and cell sheet comprising said cells [Problem] To provide a composition and a cell sheet which are highly effective for inhibiting fibrosis, or cells having fibrosis-inhibiting activity, which are useful in regenerative medicine. [Solution] A medium containing IC-2 or a related compound is inoculated with mesenchymal stem cells or bone marrow mononuclear cells, and the cells are cultured for a prescribed period of time while the IC-2 or related compound is maintained at a constant concentration, thereby allowing a composition and a cell sheet which are highly effective for inhibiting fibrosis, or cultured cells having fibrosis-inhibiting activity, to be obtained.
US11866482B2	System and method for homogenous GPCR phosphorylation and identification of beta-2 adrenergic receptor positive allosteric modulators The disclosure is directed to a G-protein coupled receptor complex. The complex includes (i) a chimeric G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) comprising a non-native amino acid sequence located within the C-terminus of the GPCR and a synthetic phosphopeptide ligated to the non-native amino acid sequence; and (ii) a β-arrestin (βarr) protein bound to the C-terminus of the GPCR. The disclosure also provides an in vitro method for producing the aforementioned complex, as well as methods for identifying compounds or ligands which bind to and modulate the activity of the complex. Positive allosteric modulators of the β2 adrenergic receptor identified by screening a DNA-encoded library potentiate the activity of β2 agonists and have application in the treatment of obstructive airway disease, bronchospasm, or pre-term labor.
US11866478B2	Nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric antigen receptors targeting G-protein coupled receptor The presently disclosed subject matter provides for methods and compositions for treating multiple myeloma. It relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) that specifically target a G-protein coupled receptor (e.g., a G-protein coupled receptor family C group 5 member D (GPRC5D)), and immunoresponsive cells comprising such CARs. The presently disclosed CARs targeting a G-protein coupled receptor (e.g., GPRC5D) have enhanced immune-activating properties, including anti-tumor activity.
US11866473B2	Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against lung cancer, including NSCLC, SCLC and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11866470B2	Polypeptides with phase transition, triblock polypeptides of the polypeptide-calmodulin-polypeptide with multi-stimuli responsiveness, hydrogel of the triblock polypeptides, and its uses Disclosed is a polypeptide having a phase transition behavior, wherein the polypeptide consists of a Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly pentapeptide repeat or a Val-Pro-Ala-Xaa-Gly) pentapeptide repeat, and the polypeptide includes a [Val-Pro-Gly-Xaa-Gly]n or a [Val-Pro-Ala-Xaa-Gly]n (SEQ ID NO:2) pentapeptide repeat. In addition, the present invention provides a multi-stimuli polypeptide composed of polypeptide-calmodulin-polypeptide having a phase transition behavior and a hydrogel prepared using the same. A dynamic protein hydrogel according to the present invention may be used as a drug carrier, as a scaffold for tissue engineering or as a kit for tissue or organ regeneration.
US11866467B2	Materials and methods for inducing regulatory T cells The present invention concerns a structurally distinct immunosuppressive mimic of TGF-β that is a potent inducer of murine and human regulatory T cells and provides a therapeutic agent for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. Disclosed herein is a novel parasite TGF-β mimic which fully replicates the biological and functional properties of TGF-β, including binding to mammalian TGF-β receptors and inducing Foxp3+ Treg in both murine and human CD4+ T cells. This TGF-β mimic shares no homology to mammalian TGF-β or other members of the TGF-β family, but s distinctly related to the component control protein (CCP) superfamily.
US11866460B2	Broad-spectrum anti-infective peptides Provided herein are anti-infective peptides and uses thereof. Such anti-infective peptides are useful against bacteria and viruses. Also provided herein are compositions comprising said anti-infective peptides.
US11866459B2	Cocrystal of progesterone and preparation method and use thereof The present invention relates to a cocrystal of progesterone, which is formed by the active ingredient progesterone and a cocrystal former which is selected from isophthalic acid, 4-formylbenzeneboronic acid and 3-nitrophthalic acid. The present invention also relates to the method for preparing the cocrystal of progesterone and use thereof for increasing the thickness of endometrium, improving progesterone's solubility or increasing progesterone's permeation rate.
US11866440B2	Methods for inhibiting fascin Provided are compositions and methods for treating a condition or disorder mediated by fascin activity in a subject in need thereof which method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of any one of Formula I-a to I-n, II, II-a, II-b or III or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11866439B2	Ion channel modulators The present invention is directed to, in part, fused heteroaryl compounds and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a voltage-gated, sodium ion channel, for example, abnormal late/persistent sodium current. Methods of treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a sodium ion channel including neurological disorders (e.g., Dravet syndrome, epilepsy), pain, and neuromuscular disorders are also provided herein.
US11866436B2	Benzo[c][2,6]naphthyridine derivatives, compositions and therapeutic uses thereof Provided are a compound of the formula: (5-(2-(4-((3,5-difluoro-4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl)amino)butoxy)ethoxy)benzo[c][2,6]naphthyridine-8-carboxylic acid) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the above compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US11866431B2	Bicyclic compounds Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for treating cancers. Specific cancers include those that are mediated by YAP/TAZ or those that are modulated by the interaction between YAP/TAZ and TEAD.
US11866427B2	Kinase inhibitor compounds and compositions and methods of use Described herein are compounds having the following structure: formula (I) or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, oxide, or solvate thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, methods of inhibiting activity of DYRK1 A in a cell, methods of increasing cell proliferation in a population of pancreatic beta cells, methods of treating a subject for a condition associated with insufficient insulin secretion, and methods of treating a subject for a neurological disorder.
US11866420B2	Hydrochloride salt forms of a sulfonamide structured kinase inhibitor The present invention relates to novel hydrochloride salt forms of N-(2′,4′-difluoro-5-(5-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)-[1,1′-biphenyl]-3-yl)cyclopropanesulfonamide (I). Compound (I) is a selective inhibitor of FGFR/VEGFR kinase families and is useful in the treatment of cancer.
US11866410B2	Process for the manufacturing of (6AR,10AR)-7-propyl-6,6A,7,8,9,10,10A,11-octahydro-[1,3]dioxolo[4′,5′:5,6]benzo[1,2-G]quinoline and (4AR, 10AR)-1-propyl-1,2,3,4,4A,5,10,10A-octahydro-benzo[G]quinoline-6,7-diol The present invention relates to a new process for manufacturing (6aR,10aR)-7-propyl-6,6 a,7,8,9,10,10a,11-octahydro-[1,3]dioxolo[4′,5′:5,6]benzo[1,2-g]quinoline with formula (Ib) below, (4aR,10aR)-1-Propyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,10,10a-octahydro-benzo[g]quinoline-6,7-diol with formula (I) below and salts thereof. Both compounds are for use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's Disease. The invention also relates to new intermediate compounds of said process.
US11866406B2	Compositions of trofinetide This disclosure describes compounds of Formula (I), stereoisomers, side compounds thereof, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of manufacturing such compounds, using silylation reagents and producing compositions and products made using such methods. More particularly, this disclosure describes manufacture of trofinetide and side products, compositions and products containing such compounds, for pharmaceutical uses to treat neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental disorders.
US11866403B2	Carboxylic acid ester compound, method for producing the same, composition, and, fragrance composition The present invention provides a carboxylic acid ester compound represented by formula (1) that is useful as a fragrance component or as a formulated fragrance material, wherein R1 is —COOR, wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
US11866396B2	Apparatus and process for producing light olefins and aromatics by catalytic cracking The present invention relates to an NCC process and an apparatus for producing light olefins and aromatics, wherein the C5+ fraction (16) of the cracking effluent is separated into a C5 fraction (25) recycled into the NCC reactor (4) and a C6+ fraction (26), and wherein the C6+ fraction (26) is sent into an aromatics extraction unit (30) to produce an aromatics-enriched fraction (31) and a low-aromatics fraction (32).
US11866390B2	Anesthetic compounds and methods of making and using same to treat or prevent pain symptoms The present disclosure provides compounds useful as anesthetics, such as topical anesthetics, of general formula (VIIIi): wherein: R2═H or Me; R3═H or Me; R4=Alkyl; R5═O-Alkyl; and Alkyl=aliphatic C1-C4 alkyl. The present disclosure further provides methods of making compounds of general formula (VIIIi), compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of general formula (VIIIi), and methods of treating or preventing pain in a subject by administering (e.g., topically applying) compositions comprising an effective amount of a compound of general formula (VIIIi) to the subject.
US11866386B2	Non-cryogenic, ammonia-free reduction of aryl compounds A method of reducing an aromatic ring or a cyclic, allylic ether in a compound includes preparing a reaction mixture including a compound including an aromatic moiety or a cyclic, allylic ether moiety, an alkali metal, and either ethylenediamine, diethylenetriamine, triethylenetetramine, or a combination thereof, in an ether solvent; and reacting the reaction mixture at from −20° C. to 30° C. for a time sufficient to reduce a double bond in the aromatic moiety to a single bond or to reduce the cyclic, allylic ether moiety.
US11866384B2	Compositions and their use in agricultural applications Compositions include dicyandiamide (DCD), N-(N-butyl) Thiophosphoric Triamide (NBPT), and styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer in a solution. Agricultural fertilizer compositions contain the DCD, NBPT and styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer composition in combination with a fertilizer.
US11866381B2	Lightweight appliance with exoskeletal support respective kit-of-parts and method for production of biogas and liquid fertilizer An assemblage appliance and method of recycling organic waste into biogas and liquid fertilizer, implementing essentially anaerobic digestion processes, is described. The assemblage appliance includes: a pliant structured exoskeletal envelope, pliable collapsible anaerobic digester and gas tank. A compact kit-of-parts for assembling the aforementioned appliance and respective method using the aforementioned appliance for recycling organic waste into biogas and liquid fertilizer are described.
US11866379B2	Hafnon and zircon environmental barrier coatings for silicon-based components A method for coating a substrate includes spraying a combination of powders. The combination of powders includes: Hf0.5Si0.5O2; Zr0.5Si0.5O2; and, optionally, at least one of HfO2 and ZrO2. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 and HfO2 combined to said Zr0.5Si0.5O2 and ZrO2 combined is from 2:1 to 4:1. A molar ratio of said Hf0.5Si0.5O2 to said HfO2 is at least 1:3.
US11866375B2	Honeycomb body manufacturing methods Methods of firing ceramic-forming honeycomb bodies are disclosed that include heating the honeycomb bodies and blocking furnace gases from flowing through the honeycomb body by placing a layer selected from the group consisting of a graphite layer, a graphite-containing layer, an activated carbon layer, or an amorphous carbon layer adjacent an endface of the honeycomb body. Heating removes organic pore-forming material and graphite pore-forming material in the honeycomb body. The layer oxidizes to form a porous layer after firing to a first temperature, and furnace gases flow through the honeycomb body.
US11866374B2	Flexible feedstock A flexible 3D printing feedstock material is disclosed. The flexible 3D printing feedstock material includes 45-80 vol % of a powder having at least one of a metal powder and a ceramic powder, 0-5 vol % of a compatibilizer, 10-35 vol % of a soluble flexibilizer, and 5-35 vol % of a non-soluble binder component. Methods of forming the flexible 3D printing feedstock material by melt mixing the components are disclosed. Methods of producing a 3D printed part by operating a fused deposition modeling 3D printer loaded with a filament formed of the 3D printing feedstock material are also disclosed.
US11866369B2	Phosphate cement compositions The present invention pertains to a phosphate cement composition and process for making such composition. More particularly, it pertains to a phosphate cement coating and process for making the coating for application to a given substrate.
US11866367B2	Oil well cement composite permeation enhancement agent suitable for hydrate layer and preparation method An oil well cement composite permeation enhancement agent suitable for a hydrate layer and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. In parts by weight, the composition of raw materials of the composite permeation enhancement agent is 4.6 parts-5.0 parts of kerosene, 0.23 parts-0.25 parts of emulsifier, 0.8 parts-1.1 parts of modified polypropylene fiber, 10.0 parts-12.0 parts of porous and permeable microspheres, 1.0 part-1.2 parts of paraffin, and 57.5 parts-62.5 parts of water. The composite permeation enhancement agent can effectively improve the permeability of the cement stone which reshapes the formation framework and increase the mining rate of hydrate. The oil well cement composite permeation enhancement agent has the advantages of long-term performance, low cost, and green environmental protection. The composite permeation enhancement agent of the present invention does not need secondary treatment to increase permeation, the operation is convenient and fast, and the working time of holding pressure is reduced.
US11866364B2	Salt bath for glass reinforcement, preparation method therefor, reinforced glass and glass raw material A salt bath for glass reinforcement, including a nitrate and a metal compound. The mass fraction of the nitrate is not less than 50%, and the nitrate is in a molten state. The metal compound is fused into the nitrate, and the metal compound contains the same metal element as the nitrate. The mass fraction of the metal element in the molecular formula corresponding to the metal compound is greater than the mass fraction in the molecular formula corresponding to the nitrate. Thus, compared with the existing salt bath, under the condition of the same mass, the salt bath can provide more effective amount of metal ions, thereby increasing the strength of glass after reinforcement, and at the same time, the lifetime of the salt bath is increased, reducing the waste of resources and environmental pollution.
US11866363B2	Glass-ceramic plate for fireplace insert and manufacturing process The present invention relates to a plate, intended to equip appliances of the chimney insert, stove, chimney, boiler, heating appliance, fireplace or equivalent type and/or to serve as a fire barrier, said plate being formed of at least one glass-ceramic substrate coated on at least one of its faces with the following stack of layers: 1. a first metal nitride layer of thickness comprised in the range from 5 nm to 50 nm, 2. an indium tin oxide layer of less than 100 nm thickness, 3. a second metal nitride layer of thickness comprised in the range from 10 nm to 100 nm. The present invention also relates to a process for obtaining said plate, as well as a device incorporating said plate.
US11866361B2	Fuel gas and oxygen burner A coaxial fuel and oxygen pipe apparatus can include a fuel pipe and an oxygen pipe, wherein the fuel pipe is contained within the oxygen pipe and the oxygen pipe comprises an internal diameter that is continuous without diameter changes along a length of the oxygen pipe. The fuel pipe can include an internal diameter that is continuous without diameter variations along a length of the fuel pipe. A discharge block includes a diverging section and a discharge that forms a final outlet with respect to the fuel pipe and the oxygen pipe. The discharge block is configured with two angles that can facilitate conditions for eliminating recirculation, wherein the two angles are matched to an expansion rate of the products of combustion to maintain a positive pressure throughout a final discharge from the final outlet.
US11866360B2	Method for producing a preform for producing a multicore fibre and also a preform and a multicore fibre A method for producing a preform for producing a multi-core fiber. The method includes removing a first part-tube segment having a first part-tube segment cross-sectional area from a center of a receiving tube having a receiving tube internal diameter so that the receiving tube has a first core rod receiving cut-out, axially introducing a central filling rod having a filling rod external diameter into the receiving tube so that the receiving tube contains the central filling rod, inserting a first core rod having a first core rod cross-sectional area into the core rod receiving cut-out so that the receiving tube contains the core rod, axially introducing the receiving tube containing the first core rod and the central filling rod into a jacketing tube so as to obtain a jacketing tube containing the receiving tube, and fusing the jacketing tube containing the receiving tube to form the preform.
US11866358B2	Method and domestic appliance for producing mineral water from tap water The invention relates to a household appliance for the implementation of a method enabling the instant production of mineral water with a selected composition and flavour, upon request, from tap water. The tap water circulates through a filtering unit, a demineralisation unit and a remineralisation unit comprising at least one secondary input, connected to a fluidic microfeeding device, downstream from which a portion of the circuit is a static mixer. An inlet valve and the outlet valve are arranged to operate in parallel and simultaneously.
US11866356B2	Method and system for controlling hydrophobic conditions and fouling in water intensive processes In a water treatment system, a pretreatment chemical is added to water stream in a pretreatment process including a coagulation, flocculation and separation to reduce amount of dissolved and/or particulate matter in the water stream. Hydrophobic conditions in the water stream are monitored upstream or downstream from adding the pretreatment chemicals. Dosing of the pretreatment chemical to the water stream is controlled based on the monitored hydrophobic conditions. Thereby a membrane fouling in subsequent membrane filtration stage can be minimized.
US11866355B2	System for cleaning wastewater A system for cleaning wastewater, includes: an absorption-biodegradation-denitrification (ABN) reactor, a sequential adsorption reactor, a disinfection reactor, and a sludge anaerobic fermentation reactor. The ABN reactor is an integrated reactor including: a biosorption tank, an intermediate sedimentation tank, a biologically-enhanced degradation tank, a denitrification biofilter, and a secondary sedimentation tank. The pretreated wastewater is introduced into the ABN reactor for removal of chemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorus; the ABN reactor effluent is introduced into the sequential adsorption reactor for the removal of high-risk pollutants; the sequential adsorption reactor effluent is introduced into the disinfection reactor for the elimination of viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms; the sludge produced by the ABN reactor is introduced into the anaerobic sludge fermentation reactor for alkaline fermentation. The system is effective for removing high-risk pollutants and reducing effluent toxicity, which can be used for the upgrading and reconstruction of the wastewater treatment system.
US11866345B2	Continuous production device for polyferric chloride and method thereof A device for continuous production of polyferric chloride and a method are disclosed. The device includes a first mixing pipeline, a second reaction pipeline, a third reaction pipeline, and a concentration device sequentially connected. The first mixing pipeline, the second reaction pipeline and the third reaction pipeline are each provided with a circulating spray device, and the circulating spray device includes a reflux pump, a reflux pipeline and an atomizer. The atomizer includes an atomizing pipe, and a chemical filler plate for promoting gas-liquid contact is arranged below the atomizing pipe. The reflux pump is used to extract liquid from each reaction tank, and then transport the liquid to the atomizer on the top of the reaction tank. The atomizer is driven by the pressure of the reflux pump or the motor to atomize the liquid.
US11866344B2	Cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compounds and semiconductor devices including the same Cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compounds and a semiconductor device are provided. The cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compound is selected from the group consisting of CsNbS3, CsNbSe3, and CsNbOx-3Qx, where Q is S or Se, and x is 1 or 2, and includes an edge-shared orthorhombic crystal structure. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer, and the active layer includes the cesium-niobium-chalcogenide compound.
US11866343B2	A-site high-entropy nanometer metal oxide with high conductivity, and preparation method thereof The present disclosure relates to the field of new materials, and aims at providing an A-site high-entropy nanometer metal oxide with high conductivity, and a preparation method thereof. The metal oxide has molecular formula of Gd0.4Er0.3La0.4Nd0.5Y0.4)(Zr0.7, Sn0.8, V0.5)O7 and is a powder, and has microstructure of the metal oxide as a square namometer sheet with a side length of 4-12 nm and a thickness of 1-3 nm. Compared with an existing high-entropy oxide, the product in the present disclosure has high conductivity, and can be well applied to a conductive alloy, an electrical contact composite material, a conductive composite material, a multifunctional bio-based composite material, a conductive/antistatic composite coating and the like.
US11866341B2	Environmentally friendly large-scale preparation method of fluoride nanomaterial A closed-loop large-scale preparation method of fluoride nanomaterial is disclosed, comprising the following steps: dissolving initial raw material into water-soluble salt by using volatile acid; evaporating the remaining acid under reduced pressure and recovering; then, adding oily organic matter with high boiling point to continue to evaporate the combined volatile acid under reduced pressure; adding an oil-soluble fluorine source to the generated oil-soluble salt; increasing the reaction temperature to increase the crystallinity of the fluoride; after cooling, separating and recovering the product and the oily organic matter; and repeating the process to realize large-scale preparation. The method uses the closed-loop process flow, does not discharge waste, and has high device yield per unit volume, low production cost and low specified asset investment. The product has the characteristics of uniform particle size and good dispersibility. The method is a user-friendly and environment-friendly large-scale preparation method of the fluoride nanoparticles.
US11866337B2	Methods for synthesizing graphene gels Provided are methods for synthesizing a graphene gel. In embodiments, such a method comprises flowing a graphene oxide composition comprising graphene oxide and a solvent, the solvent having a boiling point higher than pure water, through a reaction chamber under conditions to deoxygenate the graphene oxide and induce gelation to form a graphene gel suspended in the solvent and flowing through the reaction chamber.
US11866335B2	Method for preparing graphene based composite wave-absorbing composite material A method for preparing a graphene based composite wave-absorbing material includes: dissolving a water soluble barium salt and a water soluble iron salt into deionized water, respectively; mixing barium salt solution and iron salt solution according to a molar ratio of Ba:Fe of 1:12 to obtain a precursor solution; dispersing a graphene material in deionized water to form a graphene dispersion; adding citric acid, nitric acid and the graphene dispersion into the precursor solution in sequence to form a mixture solution; stirring the mixture solution at a temperature of 50 to 75° C. to obtain a sol; coating and drying aged sol on a substrate to obtain a coating layer; and sintering the coating layer by a laser irradiation.
US11866332B2	Carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material, its composite with lithium metal, and their preparation methods and use Carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material, its composite with lithium metal, and their preparation methods and use A carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material, its composite with lithium metal, and their preparation methods and use. In the carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material, the porous skeleton is a carbon-based porous microsphere material with a diameter of 1 to 100 μm or a porous metal material having internal pores with a micrometer-scale pore size distribution, and the carbon nanoparticles are distributed in pores and on the surface of the carbon-based porous microsphere material or the porous metal material. The carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material is mixed with a molten lithium metal to form a lithium-carbon nanoparticle-porous skeleton composite material. The carbon nanoparticles present in the material can better conduct lithium ions during the battery cycle, thereby inhibiting the formation of lithium dendrites, and improving the safety and cycle stability of the battery.
US11866329B2	Biochars, biochar extracts and biochar extracts having soluble signaling compounds and method for capturing material extracted from biochar A method for capturing material extracted from biochar is provided comprising the steps of: (i) providing a biochar; (ii) contacting the biochar with an extraction media, where the extraction media causes the removal of residual compounds from the pores and surface of the biochar, creating a resulting extract comprised of the extraction media and removed compounds; and (iii) collecting the resulting extract. The method also can include other steps of extraction and purification. The method further comprises the step of applying the resulting extract to seeds, plants, soil, other agricultural products, or for use in other applications. A biochar having high levels of soluble signaling compounds is also provided, where the biochar is derived from a biomass source that together with predefined pyrolysis parameters produces resulting biochar having increased levels of soluble signaling compounds that are known to increase seed germination rates and early plant growth.
US11866322B2	Ultrafast photonic micro-systems A microelectromechanical device for diffracting optical beams comprises a diffractive element suspended over a channel. The diffractive element is configured to receive an optical beam and diffract and/or transmit the optical beam based on an orientation of the diffractive element. At least one torsional actuator is operatively connected to the diffractive element. The at least one torsional actuator is configured to selectively adjust the orientation of the diffractive element. The diffractive element has a diffractive element resonant frequency that is nearly the same as a resonant frequency of the optical beam.
US11866321B1	Fuel supply chain management system and method for integration of retail gas station, carrier tank trucks, and fuel terminal storage truck racks A central fuel management system includes a pre-authorization module arranged to receive carrier, trailer, and driver identifying information; match, for each meter under a truck rack, one or more loads associated with the carrier, trailer, and driver identifying information; query for each of the one or more loads: a nomination system containing information on book stock; a terminal automated system containing information on physical inventory at two or more terminals; and a third party allocation management system containing information on loading quantity limits. On the basis of the query the pre-authorization module decides whether each load of the one or more loads is authorized prior to its loading. Where authorized, the driver loads at the truck rack.
US11866320B2	Refilling systems, refillable containers and method for refilling containers Exemplary sanitary soap refilling systems and methods are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill refilling system includes a housing, a pump located within the housing, and a bulk storage tank connector. The bulk storage tank connector having a liquid outlet and an air inlet. A liquid inlet conduit is in fluid communication with the pump the liquid outlet. A refill connector is included. The refill connector has a liquid inlet and an air outlet. The refill connector air outlet and the bulk storage tank connector air inlet are in fluid communication with one another. The refill liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the pump.
US11866309B2	Double-reeved lifting device with a rotary locking mechanism A double-reeved lifting device includes a lower reeve block secured to a lifting hook and an upper reeve block, wherein the two reeve blocks include reversible connection means adapted to be reversibly configured between a connected configuration and a disconnected configuration. The reversible connection means include a locking mechanism and a complementary locking structure respectively having at least one striker orifice and a bolt slidably movable and supporting a locking finger adapted to rotatably cooperate with the striker orifice, and respective guide elements cooperating together so as to convert a relative approach and a relative distancing between the two reeve blocks into concomitants slidings and rotations of the bolt.
US11866304B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a slewing gear and crane The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and to a method for controlling a crane slewing gear. The apparatus comprises a hydraulic motor for driving the slewing gear and for braking the slewing gear from a rotational movement. The slewing gear is kept stationary via a holding brake. A hydraulic brake circuit for controlling the holding brake, a load sensing device for measuring a load instantaneously taken up by the crane, and an orientation sensing device for measuring an instantaneous orientation of the crane and/or of at least one crane component are furthermore provided. In accordance with the disclosure, a hydraulic limitation circuit is provided by means of which a hydraulic pressure applied to the motor can be limited to a specific limit value. A control unit is furthermore provided that determines a maximum permitted torque and/or a parameter derived therefrom for a current slewing gear movement.
US11866298B2	Counterweight handover test device and method An elevator counterweight assembly (11) includes a counterweight structure (38), at least one safety brake (12a, 12b) mounted on the counterweight structure (38), and a safety actuation mechanism (16) including a connection (17) for a suspension member (18). The safety actuation mechanism (16) is configured to move, relative to the counterweight structure (38), between a normal position, and a safety position. In the safety position the safety actuation mechanism (16) is arranged to actuate the at least one safety brake (12a, 12b) and thereby brake the counterweight structure (38). The counterweight assembly (11) also includes a mechanical actuator (22), configured, when actuated, to apply a force to the safety actuation mechanism (16) and thereby move the safety actuation mechanism (16) from the normal position to the safety position, e.g. for the purposes of a handover test.
US11866292B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms an image on a sheet of paper, a detector that detects a physical property of a sheet of paper, a receiver that receives paper identification information used in identification of a sheet of paper designated by a user, and a hardware processor. The hardware processor performs: first judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between the paper identification information received by the receiver and a detection result by the detector, second judgement of judging whether or not there is a correspondence between a detection result by the detector of a first sheet of paper conveyed and a detection result by the detector of a second sheet of paper conveyed; and operation control of the image former based on a first judgement result in the first judgement and a second judgement result in the second judgement.
US11866290B2	Medium conveying apparatus for controlling current limit value of DC motor A medium conveying apparatus includes a conveyance roller to convey a medium, an imaging device to image the medium, a DC motor to drive the conveyance roller, a processor to detect that a front end of the medium reaches between the conveyance roller and the imaging device, set a current limit value of the DC motor to a first limit value until the front end of the medium reaches between the conveyance roller and the imaging device, and change the current limit value to a second limit value larger than the first limit value after the front end of the medium has reached between the conveyance roller and the imaging device, and drive the conveyance roller by rotating the DC motor based on the second limit value when the imaging device performs imaging.
US11866289B1	Hand-held hose guide A handheld hose guide which accommodates hoses of varying diameters and protects a user from debris on the hose when reeling the hose onto a hose reel, including a housing having a pair of housing parts for enclosing the hose, wherein the pair of housing parts when in a closed position form an interior, cylindrically-shaped longitudinal channel, which longitudinal channel generally conforms to a shape of the hose, a hinge attached to each of the pair of housing parts for providing angular movement of each housing relative to the other housing, a locking device attached to the pair of housing parts for securing the hose within the housing during operation of the hose guide, and rollers which are attached to springs that are biased inwardly, in order to accommodate hoses of various diameters and to provide constant compression on the hose during operation of the hose guide.
US11866285B2	Coating film transfer tool Provided is a coating film transfer tool having a pivotable transfer head and a tape guide for transfer tape, and capable of satisfactorily transferring a coating film. In some examples, such a coating film transfer tool includes tape guides respectively having lower sides disposed on a first side of a main body where the transfer tape passes before coating film transfer, and upper sides disposed on a second side of the main body where the transfer tape passes after coating film transfer passes. An interval between the upper sides is wider than an interval at a position where an interval between the lower sides is narrowest.
US11866281B2	Electrostatic adsorption body Provided is an electrostatic adsorption body capable of exhibiting a high adsorption force, especially with respect to a highly insulative sheet-like object to be adsorbed, such as a cloth, while using an electrical adsorption force. This electrostatic adsorption body, which uses electrostatic force to adsorb an object to be adsorbed, is provided with: a laminate sheet in which a 20-200 μm-thick insulator, a 1-20 μm-thick electrode layer, and a 20-200 μm-thick resin film are sequentially laminated; and a power supply device that applies a voltage to the electrode layer, wherein the resin film at least has a tensile modulus of 1 MPa or more and less than 100 MPa and a volume resistivity of 1×1010-1013 Ω cm, the electrode layer is composed of a bipolar electrode including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and an object to be adsorbed is adsorbed using the resin film as an adsorption surface due to an electrostatic adsorption force that is generated by applying a voltage to the electrode layer.
US11866279B2	Film wrinkle removing roller The present invention relates to a film wrinkle removing roller in which pattern rolls coated with rubber are positioned at both ends of a cylindrical roll made of Teflon, and a porous film comes into contact with the roll and the pattern rolls, such that the film may be prevented from wrinkling and a surface of the film may be prevented from being abraded due to friction between the film and surfaces of the rolls.
US11866277B2	Paper dispenser According to an exemplary embodiment, a dispenser for rolled paper product includes a first arm and a second arm, with the first arm having an elongate member configured to receive a roll of paper product. A first mounting bracket is configured to rotatingly couple the first arm to a mounting surface. The first arm is configured to cover the first mounting bracket from view. A second mounting bracket is configured to rigidly couple the second arm to the mounting surface.
US11866276B2	Medium conveying apparatus A medium conveying apparatus includes a main body, a placement board that is movably supported by the main body, an extension member that is movably supported by the placement board, a lever that is movably supported by the placement board, and a mechanism that moves the extension member to a contraction position when the lever is located at a protrusion position, and moves the extension member to an expansion position when the lever is located at a pushed position, wherein the lever is away from an abutting portion fixed to the main body when the placement board is located between a storage position and a midway position, and the lever comes into contact with the abutting portion and moves toward the pushed position when the placement board is located between a unfolding position and the midway position and when the placement board moves toward the unfolding position.
US11866274B2	Rotating container dumper A rotating container dumper includes a bin assembly having at least one opening configured to receive a container, a frame that is configured to receive the bin assembly, and a linkage system that is operably coupled to the frame and the bin assembly. The linkage system is configured to rotate the bin assembly between a home position and a deployed position. In the home position, the bin assembly is disposed within the frame and a first opening of the at least one opening is positioned at a top of the bin assembly. In the deployed position, the bin assembly is disposed outside of the frame and the first opening of the at least one opening is positioned at a bottom of the bin assembly.
US11866273B2	Magnetic pouch clamp assembly and related methods A magnetic pouch clamp assembly includes a first and second clamping arms and a magnet assembly. The first clamping arms have respective, opposed first and second clamping surfaces. The second clamp arm is slidably connected to the first clamping arm such that the first and second clamping arms are movable between open and closed positions, with the first and second clamping surfaces being engaged in the closed position. The magnet assembly includes a first magnet having a first polarity carried by the first clamping arm and a second magnet having a second polarity carried by the second clamping arm, the first and second polarities being oriented such that a closing attractive force therebetween holds the first and second clamping surfaces in the closed position. A third magnet can be used to hold the clamping surfaces in the open position or to enhance closing forces.
US11866271B2	Gripper for a container transport system A gripper for a container-transporter includes a system, first and second arms with corresponding inner faces and a controller disposed between the arms to pivot the arms. A spring pre-loads the arms towards one another. Rollers at the control unit rotate about a central control-axis thereof. The faces are shaped such that, in response to the rollers' movement, they carry out an equiangular and symmetric pivoting between an opened and closed position of the gripper.
US11866267B2	System and method for monitoring an apron feeder A system for continuously monitoring an apron feeder in real-time, the apron feeder having a plurality of units. The system includes a plurality of sensor modules of different types, wherein each sensor module includes at least one sensor configured to measure an individual condition of a unit of the apron feeder, to generate sensor data representing the measured individual condition, and to transmit the generated sensor data. A base station is configured to collect the sensor data from the plurality of sensor modules, and to transmit outbound data, which is based on the collected sensor data. A processing unit receives the outbound data from the base station, analyses the outbound data for determining whether or not any of the unit of the apron feeder needs to be replaced or readjusted based on its individual condition, and generates a result of the determination for continuously indicating an overall state of the apron feeder.
US11866261B2	Systems and methods for processing objects, including automated processing stations A processing system for processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The processing system a perception unit for perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of an object associated with an input conveyance system, and an acquisition system for acquiring the object from a plurality of objects at an input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, wherein the programmable motion device is adapted for assisting in the delivery of the object to an identified processing location. The identified processing location being associated with the identifying indicia and said identified processing location being provided as one of a plurality of processing locations. The processing system also includes a delivery system for receiving the object in a carrier and for delivering the object toward the identified processing location.
US11866259B2	Multi bin vehicle A container-handling vehicle picks up storage containers from a three-dimensional grid of an underlying storage system. The container-handling vehicle has a vehicle body and wheels for moving the vehicle in two perpendicular directions on the grid. The vehicle body surrounds a cavity within which at least a first lifting device and a second lifting device are positioned adjacent to each other. Each lifting device is independently controlled and arranged to lift a storage container from the grid and into the cavity. The vehicle includes at least one vertical frame guiding element arranged inside the cavity. The frame guiding element extends between the lifting devices.
US11866252B2	Garbage can provided with airtight means for preventing odor leakage A garbage can provided with an airtight means for preventing odor leakage is provided. In the garbage can, an inner basket covered with a garbage bag is raised and pressurized so that an upper end of the inner basket is in close contact with an airtight part of an upper cap, thereby preventing garbage odors from leaking via a gap between the upper cap and the inner basket, and also the basket is automatically raised and lowered by simply opening and closing a side cover without any separate operation by a user, thereby increasing convenience.
US11866250B2	Cargo unit Described herein are units for transportation of cargo, and methods of using them. In some embodiments, the units are collapsible, stackable cargo units. In some embodiments, the cargo units include a generally rectangular base having a front, a rear and two sides, with forklift slots on its front, rear and each side. The cargo units may further include front and rear walls extending upward from the base. The cargo units may further include first and second side walls extending upward from the base between the front and rear walls. The first side wall may have a length greater than the second side wall. The cargo units may further include an integrated lid hingedly attached to one or more of the front, rear, and side walls.
US11866248B2	Plastic mounting cup and valve for pressurized container The present disclosure relates to a valve for dispensing flowable product from a container under pressure, the valve comprising a stem, a seal coupled to the stem, and a mounting cup configured to mount the valve to the container, wherein each of the stem, seal, and mounting cup comprises a recyclable plastic, and wherein the valve is free from a gasket configured to surround an opening of the container to form a seal between the valve and the container. Also provided herein is a container for dispensing a flowable product under pressure comprising the valve as described above.
US11866244B2	Box defining walls with insulation cavities A box includes a side wall including an outer side panel; an inner side panel positioned parallel to the outer side panel; and a connecting strip defining a first edge and a second edge, the first edge connected to the outer side panel by a first fold line, the second edge connected to the inner side panel by a second fold line, the connecting strip defining a trapezoidal shape; and a bottom wall coupled to the side wall.
US11866243B2	Vacuum-insulated container body, container and methods associated A vacuum-insulated container (1) comprises a container body (2) and a container lid (3). The container body (2) is formed from an inner body shell (8) and an outer body shell (6), which are both made of a metal material. A core (7) is provided between the inner body (shell 8) and the outer body shell (6), and a seal (11) connects to (flanges 12) of the inner body shell (8) and the outer body shell (6), so as to define an intermediate vacuum space (10) surrounding the core (7). A compressible gasket (17) is provided to protect the seal (11). The lid (103) has two pair of fasteners (122) hingedly connected to opposing sides of the lid (103). Each of the fasteners (122) is releasably connectable to the body (102) whilst the lid is in a closed position with respect to the body.
US11866242B2	Tabbed inner seal A pull-tab sealing member for a container is provided having a pressure sensitive adhesive for sealing to the container. The sealing members herein include a foam layer and a non-foam polymer layer between the foam layer and a tab.
US11866232B2	Tamper evidence container closure A container closure and methods are disclosed for providing visible evidence of removal of the closure from a container after installation by a manufacturer. The closure includes tamper evidence bridges comprising small tabs of material that extend from a bottom-most edge of the closure to a tamper evidence ledge of the container. The bridges break when the closure is rotated relative to the tamper evidence ledge, thereby providing readily visible evidence that the closure has been removed after installation by the manufacturer. In some embodiments, a tamper evidence closure engages with threads of a finish of the container. Cam locks around the perimeter of the tamper evidence closure are permanently flared by cams on the finish during loosening of the closure. Outward flaring of the cam locks provides a visual indication that the tamper evidence closure has been loosened after installation by a manufacturer.
US11866231B2	Hinged closure Hinged closures for containers are provided. The hinged closures allow for a closure that can be held in the open position with a large opening angle. The hinged closures include a lid portion and a tamper evident band interconnected by a hinge portion. The hinge portion can be formed from two connecting bands and a central flexible band, or a continuous band having variable thickness and a central thinner flexible area.
US11866230B1	Hydration tube quick connect container lid for a drinking container A container lid for use to drink liquid from a drinking container using a hydration tube. The container lid has a cap member that attaches to the container, a coupling aperture through the cap member, a female coupling positioned in the coupling aperture, a male insert that is removably received in the female coupling and a check valve in the cap member. The hydration tube attaches to an upwardly extending barb of the male insert and an internal straw attaches to a downwardly extending barb of the female coupling to extend into the interior of the container. The male insert has a sealing section with a sealing device that is sealably received in a receptacle of the female coupling. The container lid allows the user to easily, quickly and without leaking remove the hydration tube from the lid to replace an empty drinking container with a full drinking container.
US11866227B2	Diamond-painting tray A diamond-painting tray dimensioned and adapted to controllably store and selectively dispense diamond-painting gems. The tray provides a ridged working surface for storing a plurality of gems in an organized manner, wherein the ridged working surface facilitates both the selective presentation and accessibility of the gems for engagement with a diamond-painting applicator. The tray also provides a sluice gate and opening for controlled dispensing of the gems, wherein adjacent ridges act as rails along which gems controllable slide along when the tray is tilted. Also, a transparent lid encloses the compartment defined by the working surface of the tray.
US11866226B2	Pallet and container kit A foldably constructed pallet includes a top member forming a top surface of the foldably constructed pallet and a bottom member forming a bottom surface of the foldably constructed pallet. The bottom member includes, extending from the bottom surface, a plurality of outer sidewalls, and a plurality of internal sidewalls. An outer sidewall of the plurality of outer sidewalls and an internal sidewall of the plurality of internal sidewalls cooperate to define a cradle configured to hold a structural insert such that folded panels of the structural insert may be engaged with each of the outer sidewall and the internal sidewall. The top member may be connected to the bottom member and covering the cradle.
US11866222B2	Composite preform and method for producing the same, composite container and method for producing the same, and composite container product loaded with beer To provide a composite preform that can ensure that worsening of the appearance of a surface of a plastic member caused by near-infrared heating prior to blow molding is effectively prevented and that an inner preform is efficiently heated. The composite preform of the present invention includes a preform and a heat-contractive plastic member, the preform including a mouth part; a trunk part linked to the mouth part; and a bottom part linked to the trunk part, and the heat-contractive plastic member being disposed so as to surround the outside of the preform and including at least a colored layer that contains a resin material and a colorant, wherein the heat-contractive plastic member has a near-infrared transmittance of 50% or higher.
US11866220B2	Identification of shrink-wrapped objects An object can be heat-shrinkable packaged by placing an object inside of heat-shrinkable film, sealing the heat-shrinkable film around the object to form a heat-shrinkable package, coupling a first portion of a label to the heat-shrinkable package, and causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film and the heat-shrinkable package to form into a heat-shrunk package. The label includes an identifier on a second portion of the label. The label remains coupled to the heat-shrunk film after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film. The second portion of the label remains substantially undeformed after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film.
US11866217B2	Packaging machine for arrangement of elements, preferably cartons, on pallets, and method for this The invention relates to a packaging machine (100) for arranging elements, preferably cartons (K), on pallets (Z), wherein the packaging machine (100) has the following: a palletizing station (180) that has a platform (181) and a Scara robot (182), which is positioned on the platform (181) and which is embodied to move elements, preferably cartons (K), to be stowed on pallets (Z); a pallet feed (190), which is embodied to feed empty pallets (Z) along a path, wherein the platform (181) is embodied in a bridge-like manner and the path extends through under the platform (181) of the palletizing station (180) to a pallet loading station (191).
US11866215B2	Opening assembly for a package An opening assembly for a package, particularly for containers including vials, bottles, syringes, and carpules which can be installed in a container handling and filling system. The package includes a tub covered by a covering film, the tub containing a nest bearing the containers in an orderly manner. The opening assembly includes at least one clamp located upstream of an opening placed on a separation wall between a first and second sterile environment. While the package passes through the opening, the clamp clamps a portion of an edge of the covering film, consequently removing the covering film from the tub.
US11866213B2	Method for quality assessment of a sealing section of a package, and an apparatus thereof A method for quality assessment of a sealing section of a package, wherein the package includes at least a robustness layer and a plastic layer. The sealing section is formed by holding a first section and a second section of the package against each other while providing heat such that the plastic layer of the first and second section melt and thereby provide for that the first and second section adhere to each other. The method includes capturing image data depicting the sealing section using a camera, identifying a reference line in the image data, identifying a sealing section boundary line in the image data, determining a sealing section assessment feature set based on the reference line and the sealing section boundary line, and comparing the sealing section assessment feature set with a reference feature set.
US11866212B2	Bagging machine and method A product bagging assembly and method of manipulating a web material bag that is operable to create a bag opening that is greater than six inches and which is operable without substantially detracting from product throughput associated with use and operation of the product bagging assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the bag opening/dosing assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator that are connected to one another such that a position of one of the actuators can be manipulated by operation of the other actuator. The product bagging assembly can be provided as a kit configured for plug and play operation with previously provided bag and product delivery systems.
US11866211B2	Handling device and method for handling web-shaped packaging material A handling device having a holder for gripping web-shaped packaging material, which holder has a curvature in the longitudinal direction of the holder. When the packaging material is gripped by the handling device, a free end section of the packaging material is arched in the transverse direction of the packaging material and projects out from the handling device to be inserted into a processing station of a packaging machine.
US11866210B2	Sealing station for sealing packaging units A sealing station for sealing packaging units comprises a lower tool with at least one receptacle for a packaging unit and an upper tool. The lower tool and the upper tool are arranged to be movable relative to one another. The sealing station further comprises an edge extractor with at least one extraction opening for subjecting an interior of the packaging unit to a vacuum and/or a gas, and the lower tool comprises a lifting element for lifting a film cover of the packaging unit.
US11866209B2	System and method for filling containers with fluids In a method embodiment, an example method for simultaneously filling balloons with water, using an apparatus sufficiently compact to be operated while being held by hand, is disclosed. The method includes attaching the apparatus to a water supply. The apparatus includes a fitting comprising an inlet configured to connect to the water supply and a bulkhead joining the at least three branch assemblies. Each branch assembly includes a tube and an automatically-sealing balloon with a neck disposed around and removably attached to the tube. The method further includes simultaneously providing water from the attached water supply to each balloon of the balloon-filling apparatus. The method further includes detaching one or more of the balloons from the balloon-filling apparatus using a force comprising gravity each detached balloon and the water contained therein. Each detached balloon automatically seals upon detachment.
US11866207B2	Flush mount tabletop for automatic cable tie tool A flush mount table-top assembly designed to mount an automatic cable tie tool to a work surface. The flush mount assembly includes an overlay plate, a tool cage, and a paddle assembly. The tool cage holds the automatic cable tie tool. The tool cage is suspended from the overlap plate by an integrated insert plate to enable the top of the automatic cable tie tool to protrude above the work surface. The paddle assembly is rotatably mounted to the insert plate. The paddle assembly activates the automatic cable tie tool. When not in use, the flush mount assembly can be configured to restore work surfaces lost due to fixture implementation.
US11866205B2	Flying wing aircraft having a two-dimensional thrust array An unmanned aircraft system operable for wing-borne lift in a flying wing orientation. The unmanned aircraft system includes an airframe having a leading edge, a trailing edge, first and second wingtips and a root chord. The airframe has an airfoil cross-section along chord stations thereof. A thrust array is coupled to the airframe including first and second motor mounts coupled to the leading edge respectively between the root chord and the first and second wingtips. The motor mounts each have first and second propulsion assemblies coupled to respective first and second distal ends thereof. The motor mounts each have a flight configuration substantially perpendicular with the leading edge forming a two-dimensional distributed thrust array such that the airframe extends outboard of the first and second motor mounts. The unmanned aircraft system includes an electric power system and a flight control system that are operably associated with the thrust array.
US11866200B2	Pulsed line fabrication for a fuselage using work stations Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes: disposing arcuate sections of fuselage at a track of a factory such that concavities of the arcuate sections of the fuselage face a floor of the factory, and bearing edges of the arcuate sections of fuselage directly contact the track; advancing the arcuate sections of fuselage synchronously along the track in a process direction; and performing work within concavities of the arcuate sections of fuselage during pauses between pulses of the arcuate section of fuselage via stations that are disposed beneath the concavities and that are directly mounted to the floor of the factory.
US11866195B2	Method and system for monitoring a condition of a VTOL-aircraft A method for monitoring a condition of a VTOL-aircraft (1), preferably an electrically propelled, more particularly an autonomous, more particularly a multi-rotor aircraft, with a plurality of spatially distributed actuators (2i, 2o), preferably propulsion units, wherein a primary control (4.1) is used for controlling a flight state of the VTOL-aircraft (1) and at least one secondary control (4.2) is used for controlling the actuators (2i, 2o) of the VTOL-aircraft (1), preferably the propulsion units (2i, 2o); during operation. The primary control (4.1) generates a primary data set, which is subject to a first uncertainty, and is entered into an estimation algorithm, and the secondary control generates a secondary data set, which is subject to a second uncertainty, and is also entered into the estimation algorithm. The estimation algorithm processes the primary and secondary data sets and generates an estimation result that is representative of a condition of the VTOL-aircraft (1), preferably a health status of at least one actuator (2i, 2o), which estimation result is subject to a third uncertainty that is equal to or lower than the first uncertainty and/or the second uncertainty.
US11866193B2	Non-intrusive flight data collection and analyzation with flight automation A flight augmentation system with optical sensors to capture information from aircraft instruments. The system may determine a status of the aircraft based on the captured information and provide guidance to an operator. The system may collect long term data and determine an operational history of a pilot or an aircraft. The system may provide instruction based on the data or provide to interested third parties.
US11866192B2	System and method for reconnectably coupling an AFT vehicle to a forward vehicle in flight Disclosed are systems and methods for reconnectably coupling an aft vehicle to a forward vehicle in flight. A docking structure is affixed to the forward vehicle. A coupler has a line connection portion, a probe receiver port, and a plurality of aerodynamic controls. The probe receiving port receives and releasably retains a probe portion of the aft vehicle. A tow line has a proximal end, a distal end, and a line extension length. The proximal end may be attached to the tow actuation element. The distal end is connectable to the coupler. The tow actuation element is configured to adjust the line extension length. The aerodynamic control elements are configured to adjust lateral and vertical positioning of the coupler with respect to the probe portion when the system is in flight. Movement of the coupler is restrained with respect to the docking structure when docked thereto.
US11866187B1	Electric propulsion system with power harvesting system An assembly of an electric propulsion system with power harvesting system and a method of manufacturing the electric propulsion system are disclosed. The electric propulsion system may include a propulsor configured to generate thrust. The electric propulsion system may include an electric motor configured to power the propulsor. The electric motor may include a stator configured to produce a magnetic field, wherein the stator may include a winding comprising an electrically conductive material. The electric motor may further include a rotor configured to be rotated by the magnetic field from the stator, wherein the rotor may include a coil attached to the rotor configured to induce an electric potential and an airgap between the stator and the coil.
US11866182B2	Fuel delivery system having a fuel oxygen reduction unit A fuel oxygen reduction unit assembly for a fuel system is provided. The fuel oxygen reduction unit assembly includes: a fuel oxygen reduction unit located downstream from the fuel source and defining a stripping gas flowpath and a liquid fuel flowpath, the fuel oxygen reduction unit comprising a means for transferring an amount of oxygen from a liquid fuel flow through the liquid fuel flowpath to a gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath; and an oxygen conversion unit in flow communication with the stripping gas flowpath configured to extract a flow of oxygen from a gas flow through the stripping gas flowpath, the oxygen conversion unit defining an oxygen outlet configured to provide the extracted flow of oxygen to an external system.
US11866175B2	Waste compartment systems for aircraft A waste compartment system for an aircraft can include a motor operated door and a proximity sensor configured to sense an object near the door or approaching the door. The system can include a control module operatively connected to the proximity sensor and configured to open the door in response to the proximity sensor sensing an object near the door. The control module can be configured to close the door after a preset time after the proximity sensor senses an object.
US11866169B2	System and method for supplying passively filtered ram air to a hydrogen fuel cell of a UAV An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has an air-cooled fuel cell, an air channel comprising a forward facing opening for receiving ram air and connected to the air-cooled fuel cell, and a passive ram air filtration system (PRAFS) configured to filter particulate matter from ram air received into the air channel via the opening.
US11866166B2	System forming a two degrees of freedom actuator, for example for varying the pitch angle of the blades of a propeller during rotation A two degrees of freedom actuator for example for multi-bladed rotor of an aircraft with at least two blades that are driven in rotation about a main rotation axis by primary actuator, and a secondary actuator that is arranged to rotate each of said blades about the respective blades' longitudinal axis, with a synchronization means that is operatively arranged for driving the secondary actuator based on an azimuth of the rotor about the main axis for obtaining a determined cyclic pitch of a given amplitude for each blade depending on the azimuth of the rotor.
US11866165B2	Duct stringers having ovaloid vents for aircraft wing boxes Duct stringers for aircraft wing boxes. The duct stringer comprises a base, a pair of sidewalls projecting from the base in a spaced-apart relationship, and a cap wall that extends between and interconnects the pair of sidewalls, with the cap wall being positioned spaced apart from the base by the pair of sidewalls. The duct stringer further comprises an ovaloid vent formed in the cap wall. The ovaloid vent comprises a perimeter that circumscribes an aperture and that defines a closed shape. The perimeter comprises a pair of curved end regions opposed to one another and that each arc at least substantially through 180 degrees. Each curved end region comprises a non-uniform radius of curvature.
US11866162B2	Power management systems for electrically distributed yaw control systems An electrically distributed yaw control system for a helicopter having a tailboom and a power system includes one or more tail rotors including a motor rotatably coupled to the tailboom and a power distribution unit. The power distribution unit includes a power management monitoring module configured to monitor one or more flight parameters of the helicopter and a power management command module configured to allocate power between the power system and the one or more tail rotor motors based on the one or more flight parameters of the helicopter.
US11866160B2	Power device capable of generating greater propelling force The present invention provides a power device generating greater propelling force and finds that traditional power devices do not include all propelling forces based on the fundamental core propelling force source problem. External pressure is guided to the traditional power devices since the inner speed is higher the outer speed, power consumption for overcoming fluid resistance is high, and mutual contradiction results are obtained. The unique difference between the present invention and general common sense lies in opposite fluid pressure directions; inner fluid channels and outer fluid channels with higher flow speeds are formed to generate pressure differences which guides the fluid pressure to the outside and serve as propelling force, thus the present invention creatively finds three propelling force sources, two lifting force or propelling force sources of helicopters or airplanes driven by propellers and two propelling force sources for sufficient burning of fuel in combustion chambers of engines.
US11866159B2	Rotor for a hover-capable aircraft A rotor for a hover-capable aircraft includes an attenuating device to attenuate the transmission of vibrations from a mast to the aircraft. The attenuating device includes a first mass free to oscillate parallel to a hub rotation axis with respect to a casing of the attenuating device and elastically connected to the casing. The attenuating device further includes a second mass free to oscillate parallel to the hub rotation axis, connection means adapted to make the first and second masses integrally movable along the hub rotation axis when the angular speed of the mast assumes a first value, and actuator means activatable to decouple the first and second masses when the angular speed of the mast assumes a second value, different from the first value.
US11866158B2	Anti-flip deflector strut for amphibious aircraft Disclosed are various embodiments for reducing or eliminating the nose-down pitching moment during water landings of amphibious aircraft when the landing gear is in the down position. Shielding struts forward of the wheels generate hydrodynamic lift and reduce hydrodynamic drag in order to alter the pitching moment about the aircraft center of mass.
US11866155B2	Actuator arrangement for a fixed leading edge member of an aircraft, wing assembly and aircraft equipped with said actuator arrangement An actuator arrangement for a fixed leading edge member of an aircraft wing. The fixed leading edge member has an inner cavity defined by the outer skin and ribs. The actuator arrangement comprises at least one geared rotary actuator which moves relative to the other parts along a circular arc section during extending and retracting of the high-lift device between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position. In the fully retracted position, the actuator is predominantly accommodated within the inner cavity and in the extended position the actuator is predominantly positioned outside the inner cavity, preferably protruding through a D-nose cut-out.
US11866153B2	Force application device for a control stick of an aircraft The invention relates to a force application device for a control stick of an aircraft, said control stick comprising a control lever that is connected to at least one motor comprising a drive shaft that can be rotated about an axis, the force application device comprising: a first pin connected to the shaft, a housing, an electromagnet, a movable actuator comprising a magnetic material, a coupling device comprising an input gear connected to the housing and an output gear comprising a second pin, and means for clamping the first pin and the second pin which comprise a first tooth and a second tooth, said device having an operating configuration in which the electromagnet is active and the output gear is positioned at a distance from the input gear, and a blocking configuration in which the electromagnet is inactive and the gears are meshed.
US11866149B2	Blankets for insulating aircraft structures and insulated aircraft assemblies A blanket for insulating an aircraft structure comprises an insulating portion, comprising a first edge and a second edge, perpendicular to the first edge. The blanket also comprises a tab portion, extending from the insulating portion, and a formable coupler, attached to the insulating portion. The tab portion is thinner than the insulating portion. The insulating portion fully overlaps the formable coupler. The formable coupler is parallel to the second edge of the insulating portion and is perpendicular to the first edge of the insulating portion.
US11866145B2	Device and method for self-correcting a sensed physical parameter, drone or unmanned aerial vehicle A device for sensing a physical parameter includes a sensor element configured for measuring the physical parameter and for outputting a corresponding measured signal, wherein the measured signal is influenceable by a sensor drift of the sensor element. The device includes a corrector for correcting the measured signal output by the sensor element to obtain a corrected signal, wherein the corrector is configured for evaluating the measured signal to determine a drift effect of the sensor drift on the measured signal and for correcting the measured signal so as to at least partially compensate for the drift effect. The device includes a signal output configured for outputting the corrected signal.
US11866144B2	Propulsion devices and methods of making propulsion devices that align propeller blades for marine vessels A method for operating a propulsion device having a propulsor with a propeller, the propulsion device having a base coupled to a marine vessel and being configured to propel the marine vessel in water. The method includes moving the propulsor from a deployed position towards a stowed position, where the propulsor is closer to the marine vessel in the stowed position than in the deployed position, and where the propulsor is configured to propel the marine vessel in the deployed position. The method further includes rotating the propeller so as to fit between sides of the base coupled to the marine vessel when the propulsor is in the stowed position.
US11866141B2	Device, method, and program for controlling ship body A ship body control device is provided, which includes a control lever having a neutral position, and processing circuitry. When the control lever is moved during an automatic cruise, the processing circuitry executes a deceleration control from a speed of a ship body during the automatic cruise, and when the position of the control lever is in agreement with a position for changing to a manual cruise, the processing circuitry changes the automatic cruise to the manual cruise at a rotating speed of an engine according to the position for changing to the manual cruise.
US11866140B2	Marine propulsion system and control method A marine propulsion system includes marine propulsion devices each including a propeller shaft, an engine, an electric motor, a power transmission to transmit mechanical power to the propeller shaft from at least one of the engine and the electric motor, an electric circuit connected to the electric motor, and a controller to control the engine. The controllers in the marine propulsion devices are communicable with each other when in a communicable state. When the controller in each of the marine propulsion devices is in the communicable state, but the controller of one of the marine propulsion devices is incommunicable with any other controller of the marine propulsion devices, the incommunicable controller limits an output of the engine controlled by the incommunicable controller.
US11866137B1	Marine drives having noise and vibration isolating joint A marine drive is for propelling a marine vessel in a body of water. The marine drive has a supporting frame configured to support the marine drive with respect to the marine vessel, an extension leg depending on the supporting frame, a motor housing depending on the extension leg, the motor housing for containing an electric motor, and a vibration isolating joint which couples the extension leg to the supporting frame. The vibration isolating joint having an isolating connector assembly including an elastomeric member which is clamped between the extension leg and the supporting frame and configured to limit transfer of vibrations from the extension leg to the supporting frame, and a compression limiter which prevents over clamping of the elastomeric member during assembly of the extension leg and the motor housing.
US11866135B1	Auxiliary equipment for swimming The present disclosure provides a swimming auxiliary equipment, including an auxiliary equipment main body, a strap, a connecting belt and two arm jackets, wherein two sides of the auxiliary equipment main body are tied to the waist of a swimmer through the strap, and the arm jackets are connected to the auxiliary equipment main body through the connecting belt; the auxiliary equipment main body includes a first air bag, a cavity is arranged inside a waterproof layer, the first air bag is arranged in the cavity, and a pressure sensor is arranged on an inner wall of the auxiliary equipment main body; and the auxiliary equipment main body includes an expansion bin arranged in the cavity and a net structure with a plurality of connected layers, a priming device is arranged on the net structure, and the priming device is arranged in the cavity and connected to the pressure sensor.
US11866134B2	Small watercraft system and method of controlling small watercraft A small watercraft system includes: a watercraft body; a watercraft body manipulation member through which a watercraft body manipulation command is input by an operator; a drive source that allows the watercraft body to plane; a steering device that allows the watercraft body to be steered; and a control device that controls the drive source and the steering device to operate the watercraft body. The control device determines whether a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including an operator's absence condition that the operator is absent from the watercraft body. Upon determining that the mode switching condition is satisfied, the control device executes an operator-absent manipulation mode in which the control device moves the watercraft body by controlling the drive source and the steering device based on an operator-absent manipulation command independent of the watercraft body manipulation command.
US11866132B2	Retractable hull mounting data collecting system A watercraft mounting system that embodies a moving mounting platform and a protective hull cavity which provides protection, prevents damage and improves storage of data collection systems.
US11866131B1	Method and apparatus for unloading cargo in an offshore marine environment A method of unloading cargo at sea from a cargo vessel to a cargo barge, comprising the steps of providing a catamaran vessel having a pair of spaced apart catamaran hulls and a pair of spaced apart arch shaped frames, each frame attached to each hull at a frame lower end portion; positioning the cargo vessel in between the hulls and under the top portion of the frames; placing one or more cargo barges next to one or both of the hulls, wherein the hull is in between the cargo vessel and the cargo barge; and unloading cargo from the cargo vessel to the cargo barge wherein the cargo travels from the cargo vessel, over the catamaran hull to the cargo barge.
US11866130B2	System for restriction of hawser movement in a tandem mooring and loading A system for restriction of hawser movement in a tandem mooring and loading system is provided comprising a first floating structure being spread moored, a second floating structure, and a tandem mooring arrangement between the first and second floating structure. The tandem mooring arrangement comprises at least one hawser connected in a first end to a hawser connection arrangement on the first floating structure, and in a second end connected to a hawser connection point on the second floating structure and a loading arrangement, wherein the system further comprises a hawser guide arrangement.
US11866128B2	Barrier accessory device for a watercraft and watercraft having same A barrier accessory device for a watercraft includes: an accessory connection base configured for having at least one accessory removably connected thereto; a first rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a first end portion thereof, the first rail connector having a slot-engaging member configured to be inserted into a slot defined in one of an upper rail and a lower rail of a barrier structure of the watercraft; and a second rail connector connected to the accessory connection base at a second end portion thereof opposite the first end portion, the second rail connector having a locking assembly configured to be selectively locked onto an other one of the upper rail and the lower rail.
US11866126B2	Multi-sprocket assembly for a bicycle A multi-sprocket arrangement for a rear wheel hub of a bicycle may have improved gearshift characteristics, reduced vibrations during skewed running, and improved wear characteristics. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes a multiplicity of sprockets of different diameters, wherein at least one of the sprockets has a multiplicity of teeth. Also on the circumference of said sprocket, as viewed in a circumferential direction, at least one sequence of teeth is provided in which, with regard to their material thickness, a thin tooth is followed by a thick tooth which is followed in turn by another thin tooth.
US11866125B2	Pedal powered riding bag transport cart/cycle A pedal powered bag transport cart/cycle is a personal riding cart/cycle adapted to transport a rider and a bag. The cart/cycle is generally symmetrical about a longitudinal plane and includes a frame with a seat, a front wheel and steering components, a rear wheel, an inclined bag support, a pedal subassembly, and in some embodiments a motor assist subassembly and controls.
US11866124B2	Hydraulic brake system and apparatus A braking system includes a vehicle having a front brake and a rear brake. The system includes a moveable structure connected to a rear brake. The rear brake may be a hydraulic brake. When the rear brake is actuated, the moveable structure moves. The movement of the structure pressurizes hydraulic fluid in a tube which actuates a front hydraulic brake.
US11866118B2	Systems, devices, and methods for driving a wheel of a bicycle A clamping mechanism is provided, the clamping mechanism have two clamps, a tensioning conduit corresponding to each of the clamps, and an actuator for simultaneously tensioning the two clamps by way of the tensioning conduits. Each clamp has a bracing element and a gripping segment, and when the clamps are tensioned along the tensioning conduit, the gripping segment of each clamp is drawn towards the corresponding bracing element. Also provided is a bicycle drive assembly, the assembly has two clamps for fixing to a bicycle, a drive mechanism for driving a bicycle wheel, and two elongate supports extending from the drive mechanism to corresponding clamps. When applied to a bicycle, a wheel of the bicycle passes partially between the elongate supports.
US11866116B2	Multi-axis gimbaled container A container assembly for coupling to a vehicle. The container assembly includes a container rotatably connected to a support structure to rotate relative to the support structure about a first axis by a mounting assembly. A connecting assembly is operably rotatably connected between the container and the support about a second axis. The center of mass of the container is located below the first axis and the second axis.
US11866115B2	Storage device for attaching to a bicycle There is described a storage device for attaching to a bicycle. The storage device includes an identification plate having a front face and a rear face. The front face comprises an identifier for identifying a rider of the bicycle. The storage device also includes a storage compartment attached to the rear face of the identification plate. The storage device also includes at least one mounting device configured so as to enable the storage device to be attached to a front portion of the bicycle, such as the bicycle's handlebars or front fork.
US11866113B2	Straddle-type vehicle In a straddle-type vehicle including an airbag device in a seat for an occupant, the airbag can be efficiently disposed in the seat, and an occupant on a front side of the airbag device can be protected by the airbag device. In the straddle-type vehicle including an airbag device in a seat for an occupant, the seat includes a front seat and a rear seat disposed on a rear side and an upper side of the front seat, a step portion is formed between the front seat and the rear seat, the airbag device is disposed on a rear side of the step portion in the seat, and an airbag of the airbag device is to be deployed forward of the vehicle.
US11866111B2	Bicycle eletronic device holder A electronic device holder including a mount for securing an electronic device thereto, a collar for mounting about a bar, and a shaft between the collar and the mount. A support brace preferably associated with the collar and is configured for engagement with the underside of a bar stem to prevent rotation of the collar about the bar.
US11866110B2	Lever assembly for positive lock adjustable seat post A method and apparatus for a seat post assembly that is adjustable to an upper, intermediate, and lower seat post position using a locking member and a sleeve member coupled to an actuator for securing and releasing an inner tube with respect to an outer tube. The actuator may move the sleeve member to release the locking member from engagement with the outer tube to adjust the inner tube and thus the seat post assembly to the upper, intermediate, or lower seat post positions. The actuator and the sleeve may be biased into an initial position that urges the locking member into engagement with outer tube to lock the inner tube to the outer tube.
US11866102B2	Spoiler apparatus, vehicle having such a spoiler apparatus and method for operating the spoiler apparatus A spoiler apparatus for a vehicle has a spoiler blade that is pivotally mounted about a transverse vehicle axis. An electric motor moves the spoiler blade between operating positions. The spoiler blade has a first mounting location on each end and is pivotally mounted there on the spoiler housing by way of a hinge. The hinges are advantageously each formed by an arched hinge lever, the hinge lever being rotatably mounted on one end on the spoiler housing fixed to the vehicle and mounted on the other end on the spoiler blade for conjoint rotation. Viewed transversely to the direction of the vehicle, the electric motor is fixed on the spoiler housing between the first mounting locations and, by way of a toggle lever mechanism, is operatively connected thereto in a second mounting location of the spoiler blade.
US11866097B2	Lower cross member of vehicle Disclosed is a lower cross member of a vehicle. The lower cross member includes a core member configured to be disposed on a vehicle floor so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, to be formed of a composite material including unidirectional carbon fiber or bidirectional carbon fiber, and to have a cross-section including at least one closed curve, a lower layer configured to extend in an extending direction of the core member, to be disposed between the core member and the vehicle floor, and to be formed of a composite material including a first multi-axial glass fabric, and an upper layer configured to extend in the extending direction of the core member, to be disposed on an upper surface of the core member, and to be formed of a composite material including a second multi-axial glass fabric.
US11866096B2	Spatial agricultural vehicle frame structure A spatial frame structure of a vehicle designed for connecting structural assemblies. The described frame construction allows the use of interchangeable high-capacity fuel tanks. As a result, most structural assemblies are mounted to the outside of the frame, thus creating additional space in which elements of alternative fuel and energy source systems (e.g. natural gas tanks, electric batteries) can be assembled. This makes it possible to increase the working time of the agricultural vehicle. The frame construction comprises rigidly interconnected longitudinal tubular beams, transverse, perpendicular and diagonally arranged structural pipes, additionally connecting stiffness elements. The structure includes fastening elements for connecting the following structural assemblies: rear wheel hubs, which are assembled with electric drives; mechanical implement coupling device; structure of replaceable fuel tanks; door platform; folding driver's cab; chassis steering axle with electric drive; side component containers; power plant; mechanical coupling device for trailers and semi-trailers.
US11866092B1	Rake adjustment assembly of steering column A rake assembly for a steering column includes a pin adapted to move along a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, a first tray fixed to a support structure, the first tray including an exterior surface and an extension, at least one set of teeth defined on the exterior surface, the extension extending from an edge of the set of teeth formed in the exterior surface and at least partially along a length of the set of teeth, the extension including an upper surface spaced apart from the exterior surface to define a step, and a rocker tray including an inner surface, at least one set of teeth defined on the inner surface and adapted to mesh with the set of teeth of the first tray when in the locked position and un-mesh when in the unlocked position.
US11866090B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle A steering column includes an outer jacket that is adjustably secured to a carrier unit and clamped to a telescopically adjustable inner jacket. The outer jacket has a tubular body with a clamping slot extending longitudinally. Opposing side plates disposed alongside the clamping slot extend longitudinally. The side plates are connected to the tubular body and each have a longitudinally-extending elongated hole spaced apart from the tubular body in an outer region that protrudes from the tubular body. A clamping bolt extends through the elongated holes and an opening of the carrier unit. The clamping bolt applies a clamping force to load the side plates. An inner region of each side plate is fixed to the tubular body. A support element is connected to each side plate between the elongated hole and the inner region and is connected to the tubular body in an edge region of the clamping slot.
US11866089B1	Rake adjustment assembly of steering column A rake assembly for a steering column includes a pin adapted to move along a first axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, a first tray fixed to a support structure, the first tray comprising an exterior surface, at least one set of teeth extending from the exterior surface, and a wall at an edge of the set of teeth and extending from the exterior surface at least partially along a length of the set of teeth, and a rocker tray comprising an inner surface, and at least one set of teeth extending from the inner surface, the at least one set of teeth of the rocker tray are adapted to mesh with the set of teeth of the first tray when in the locked position and un-mesh when in the unlocked position.
US11866084B2	Mobility device with cargo bin stack Embodiments herein are directed to a mobility device. The mobility device includes a frame, a pair of foot plates, and a base. The frame has a pair of side rails. The pair of foot plates are pivotally attached to the pair of side rails. Each of the pair of foot plates have a transport surface. The base has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The lower surface of the base includes at least one receiving cavity that corresponds to a shape of the pair of foot plates. The base is positioned on the transport surface to receive the pair of foot plates within the at least one receiving cavity and is configured to receive a plurality of cargo containers on the upper surface.
US11866083B2	Mobile body and terminal case to be attached to the same According to an embodiment, a mobile body acquires product information given to a product to be purchased and transports the product to be purchased. The mobile body includes a cart body, an acquisition device, and a holder. The cart body is moved to transport the product. The acquisition device acquires the product information. The holder detachably holds the acquisition device.
US11866081B2	Mobile battery powered beverage distribution cart Disclosed herein are various mobile battery powered beverage distribution and marketing carts, kiosks, systems, and methods for operating, transporting, charging, maintaining, optimizing, and storing these mobile battery powered beverage distribution and marketing carts. The mobile battery powered beverage carts may generally comprise a wheeled base, upper workstation, at least one storage and/or refrigerated compartment, a battery, and a large viewing screen for displaying marketing and/or entertainment content thereon. The battery within the cart is configured to operate any electrical componentry on the cart, so that the cart can be independently operable away from any electrical wall outlets. These carts can be customized with any number of options or accessories to meet particular demands and be temporarily deployed to areas where demand, or crowd size, is highest.
US11866080B2	Signal aspect enforcement A signal aspect enforcement method for a rail vehicle includes determining if vehicle position is unknown. The system determines if rail vehicle speed is less than a line-of-sight threshold speed. The system determines the grade of the rail. A worst-case braking distance of rail vehicle is calculated. The signal aspect is determined using a camera system and a beacon system. The system determines if the signal aspect determined by camera system is same as signal aspect determined by beacon system and, if so, determines the route of rail vehicle and speed limit of rail vehicle.
US11866076B2	Track circuit with continued distance monitoring and broken rail protection Aspects of the disclosed embodiments generally relate to railway track circuits, in particular track circuits with continued distance monitoring and broken rail protection.
US11866073B2	Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method for wearable information terminal for a driver of an automatic driving vehicle Provided is a mobile device that acquires the section information of an automatic driving section and a manual driving section on a traveling route, and estimates the time to reach each section and transmits the estimated time to an information terminal. The information terminal receives the transmission data from the mobile device, and outputs the section information of the automatic driving section and the manual driving section and the display data by which a time to reach each section is confirmable. Moreover, the mobile device determines notification timing of a manual driving recovery request notification on the basis of an arousal level, a position, or the like of a driver and transmits the determined notification timing to the information terminal, and the information terminal executes the manual driving recovery request notification at appropriate notification timing.
US11866072B2	Method and device for controlling autonomous driving A method and a device for controlling autonomous driving in an autonomous driving vehicle are provided. The method may include collecting state recognition information during travel, receiving information on a driver-requested automation level, determining a currently applicable maximum automation level based on the collected state recognition information, comparing the driver-requested automation level with the currently applicable maximum automation level to determine whether automation level downward adjustment is required, and adjusting an automation level downward to perform the autonomous driving when it is determined that the automation level downward adjustment is required.
US11866062B2	Vehicle display device A vehicle display device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a travel environment; a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of another vehicle traveling ahead of a vehicle of a driver, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the other vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the other vehicle to the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle display device may include: a prediction unit that predicts a behavior of a vehicle, based on the travel environment; and a display unit that, when the behavior of the vehicle is predicted to become unstable, displays the predicted behavior of the vehicle to a driver of the vehicle.
US11866058B2	Apparatus and method for time synchronization in V2X networks The assumption that every participating vehicle control unit (VCU) or engine control unit (ECU) in a V2X network is synchronized to GNSS time or GPS time (or some other time base) is discarded. An error is assumed for every time entry. For all messages received from a dedicated communication node, a time compensation offset is determined.
US11866044B2	Systems and methods to synchronize systems of a vehicle System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving the synchronizing of systems in a vehicle without relying on external controls or hardware. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a stop of a vehicle according to data acquired from two or more sensors. The method also includes identifying motion from the stop according to the data and corresponding timestamps from the two or more sensors, wherein the data and the corresponding timestamps are internal to the two or more sensors. The method also includes synchronizing the two or more sensors according to the corresponding timestamps. The method also includes controlling the motion of the vehicle using the two or more sensors.
US11866043B2	Power control device for controlling an electric machine in a vehicle trailer A power control device is provided for controlling an electric machine in a vehicle trailer. The electric machine is coupled to at least one wheel of the vehicle trailer to be able to convert mechanical rotation power at the wheel and electric power at the electric machine into one another. The power control device is configured to control a mechanical power output and/or a mechanical power input of the electric machine and is configured to control the mechanical power output and/or the mechanical power input of the electric machine as a function of a present driving condition of a towing vehicle pulling the vehicle trailer.
US11866042B2	Wheeled vehicle adaptive speed control method and system Disclosed is a vehicle that may include a frame to support a power system, such as an engine, and one or more surface supports, such as one or more wheels, to support the frame. The engine may include an internal combustion engine and a fuel supply system therefore. The engine may provide power to drive the wheels.
US11866037B2	Behavior-based vehicle alerts Vehicle alerts can be presented to the driver of a vehicle based on behaviors. It can be determined whether the driver will avoid an identified risk at a current location of the vehicle. Such a determination can be based on the past driving behavior of the driver and/or a general driving behavior of one or more other drivers. It can be determined whether to present an alert about the identified risk based on whether the driver will avoid the identified risk. In response to determining to that an alert about the identified risk should be presented, an intensity level for the alert can be determined. The alert can be caused to be presented to the driver at the determined intensity level.
US11866033B2	Method for estimating an effective length of a first vehicle segment of a vehicle combination A method for estimating an effective length of a first vehicle segment of a vehicle combination, the vehicle combination comprising a towing vehicle which is connected to the first vehicle segment via a first articulation joint and a perception sensor mounted on one of the towing vehicle and the first vehicle segment and arranged to obtain an image of the other one of the towing vehicle and the first vehicle segment; the method comprising identifying that the vehicle combination is provided in a first steady vehicle state, identifying that a turning and driving manoeuvre is initiated, identifying when the vehicle combination reaches a second steady vehicle state, determining a time period required for driving the vehicle combination from the first steady vehicle state to the second steady vehicle state, and estimating the effective length by use of the time period, the specific angular change, and the specific speed.
US11866031B2	Discretionary current input circuit An improved discretionary current input circuit includes a switch sensing an operating condition of a tractor and having a first state if the operating condition is not satisfied and a second state if the operating condition is satisfied, and a microcontroller that deactivates at least one function of the tractor if the switch is in the first state. The switch draws a nominal current except during specified time intervals that are shorter than the time for drawing the nominal current. A power transistor is connected through a diode and resistor to the switch. The power transistor normally is in an off condition, and is powered during the specified time intervals to an on condition to increase current above the nominal current to a threshold through the switch. The microcontroller reads if the switch is in the first state or the second state only during the specified time intervals, and uses a timer circuit to determine a duration of each of the specified time intervals such that the power transistor is turned off before the end of a task interval of the microcontroller.
US11866025B2	Brake-by-wire braking system for vehicles One embodiment of a braking system for vehicles may have a first brake group and a second brake group. The first and second brake groups may have respective braking devices and electro-hydraulic actuator devices operatively connected to the first braking device. The system may also have an interconnection branch between first and the second hydraulic actuation ducts, provided with a control valve. The system may also have at least one control unit that may be programmed to actuate the control valve to control the ducts and fluidly connect the ducts.
US11866022B2	Electronic hydraulic brake device An electronic hydraulic brake device includes a main braking part and an assist braking part. The main braking part is configured to drive a motor to provide hydraulic pressure to a plurality of wheel cylinders. The assist braking part is connected to the main braking part. The assist braking part is configured to provide auxiliary hydraulic pressure to the plurality of wheel cylinders in response to an operation error of the main braking part.
US11866018B2	Military vehicle A military vehicle includes a passenger capsule. The passenger capsule includes a sidewall defining a front door aperture and a rear door aperture, a front door positioned over the front door aperture, a rear door positioned over the rear door aperture, and a latching mechanism configured to secure the front door and the rear door in a closed positioned. The sidewall includes an interlocking door frame portion positioned (i) along an exterior of the sidewall between the front door aperture and the rear door aperture and (ii) proximate the latching mechanism such that the front door and the rear door engage with the interlocking door frame portion positioned along the exterior of the sidewall between the front door aperture and the rear door aperture when the front door and the rear door are closed and engaged with the latching mechanism.
US11866016B2	Gas-liquid separating gas exchange device Described herein is a gas-liquid separating gas exchange device comprising a vent mechanism that services gas exchange between the interior and exterior of a housing, a shelter of the vent mechanism distal from the housing that provides shelter of a distal area around the vent mechanism, an area-encompassing abutment rising distally from the housing and encompassing both the vent mechanism and the shelter and creating a fluid-catchment junction between the shelter and the abutment, and at least one fluid-exchange passageway in the at least one shelter allowing fluid exchange between the distal sheltered area and the abutment into the fluid-catchment junction. The gas-liquid separating gas exchange device may separate gas and liquid by gravity, energy of vibration, air-pressure forces, or a combination thereof and facilitates expulsion of contaminating liquid and debris from the housing.
US11866015B2	Electro-pneumatic pressure control module implemented as a component and having an integrated inertial sensor An electro-pneumatic central pressure control module having at least a single channel, and which is implemented as a component for an electro-pneumatic service brake of a vehicle, having at least one pressure control channel which is electrically controllable with regard to a brake pressure. Also described is an electronic control device of the pressure control module having a board carrying electrical and electronic components, at least one inertial sensor being arranged on or at the at least one board and being electrically conductively connected to at least several of the electrical and electronic components on the board, in which an arrangement/apparatus ensures a lower vibration load of the inertial sensor on the board.
US11866002B2	Security notification based on biometric identifier Methods and apparatuses for providing security notification based on biometric identifier are described, in which one or more biometric information of a person may be utilized to permit or prohibit the person to access the vehicle. As such, the person may not access (or operate) the vehicle without satisfying security measures based on his/her biometric identifier generated from various biological information collected from the person. When the person is not authorized to access the vehicle, the security measures may transmit a security notification to an owner of the vehicle (e.g., a mobile device of the owner, an account of the owner) such that the owner may take appropriate steps in response to receiving the security notification. Such a notification may include the biometric information of the person, other information collected from the sensing component, a set of options for the owner to select from, among others.
US11866000B2	Seat-belt retractor A seat-belt retractor comprising a seat-belt spindle which is rotatably mounted in a housing, an electric motor for driving the seat-belt spindle, and a gear mechanism that transmits the rotational motion from the electric motor to the seat-belt spindle, where the gear mechanism, when deactivated, can be driven as an assembly for driving the seat-belt spindle with a first torque; the seat-belt retractor has a first part, which, when a tensile force exerted by the seat-belt is exceeded, is driven in a rotational motion opposite to the rotational direction of the electric motor; and a braking device, which brakes the rotational motion of the first part, thereby actuating a blocking device blocking a second part of the gear mechanism, the blocking device activating the gear mechanism to transmit the rotational motion of the electric motor in a reduction ratio to the seat-belt spindle.
US11865999B2	Vehicle seatbelt device, tension control method, and storage medium A vehicle seatbelt device according to an embodiment includes a seatbelt that restrains a part of the body of an occupant in a host vehicle, a tension adjustment mechanism that is able to adjust a tension of the seatbelt, a recognizer that recognizes situation in the vicinity of the host vehicle, an index value deriver that derives an index value indicating an overlapping degree between a predicted traveling trajectory of another vehicle which is recognized by the recognizer and approaches the host vehicle and a predicted traveling trajectory of the host vehicle, and a tension controller that controls an operation timing of the tension adjustment mechanism on the basis of the index value derived by the index value deriver and a degree of approach of the another vehicle with respect to the host vehicle.
US11865994B2	Driver's seat airbag device A driver seat airbag device restrains an occupant seated in a driver seat of a vehicle, and includes, a chest protecting cushion that expands and deploys behind a yoke steering wheel; and a head protecting cushion that expands and deploys adjacent to and above the chest protecting cushion. The head protecting cushion extends from an upper portion of the chest protecting cushion to an upper surface of an instrument panel when expanded and deployed, and contacts and restrains the head of the occupant from the front.
US11865991B1	Overhead airbag cushions and related systems Overhead airbag cushions are disclosed suitable for installation to a vehicle having an alternative seating arrangement, e.g., “campfire” or “living room” style seating wherein vehicle seating positions face each other. The overhead airbag cushion deploys from above a vehicle seating position to be disposed to receive at least a head of an occupant of the vehicle seating position. A reaction surface of the overhead airbag cushion may engage a roof, a windshield, or other structure of the vehicle to limit deflection of the overhead airbag cushion during loading as the occupant impacts the overhead airbag cushion. Internal and/or external tethers may assist in positioning and supporting the overhead airbag cushion.
US11865986B1	Low impact detection techniques There is provided a method and system for vehicle security protection. The method comprises: determining, at a detector, a first sensor signal from a flex sensor in an exterior panel of a vehicle, wherein the flex sensor and detector are powered by a power supply of the vehicle, and wherein a magnitude of the first sensor signal is based on an amount of bending of the flex sensor; determining, at the detector, based on the first sensor signal, that the exterior panel of the vehicle is deformed; and outputting, from the detector, a first alert signal, wherein a first controller of the vehicle is configured to transition from a low-power state to a high-power state based at least in part on the first sensor signal.
US11865985B2	Battery power management apparatus and method An apparatus, including a first circuit containing an ignition system and first load which first load does not draw current from a first battery when the ignition system is not operating; a second circuit containing a second load which draws current from a second battery when the ignition system is not operating; a first switch capable of disconnecting the first battery from the first circuit; a second switch capable of connecting the first battery to the first circuit, wherein the first switch or second switch disconnects the ignition system from the first battery when the first switch or second switch is opened, wherein the first switch and second switch connect the first battery to the ignition system when the first switch and second switch are closed; and at least one alternator capable of recharging the first battery and second battery when the ignition system is operating.
US11865977B2	Media sensing phone mount for a vehicle In some embodiments, an apparatus may install easily like a simple cell phone holder while facilitating controlling cameras mounted and/or fixed to a vehicle using a cell phone. For example, the system may facilitate installing, monitoring, powering and/or controlling vehicle mounted sensors without having to integrate the system into each particular vehicle. An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to an integrated apparatus for mounting a mobile device and a media sensor on an open and/or two wheeled vehicle and for positioning a media sensor on that vehicle. Optionally, a camera integrated to the mount such that the field of view (FOV) of the camera is preserved over a desired scene even as the position of the mobile device is changed and/or the vehicle performs various maneuvers. In some, embodiments an integrated apparatus may be mounted to a rearview mirror of a vehicle.
US11865974B2	Monitoring system for a vehicle A monitoring system for a vehicle. The monitoring system includes at least one imaging sensor arranged at a side mirror of a front-seat passenger side of the vehicle, a displaying unit arranged in a visual range of a driver of the vehicle, and a control unit configured to receive information on a status of at least a turning indicator. The imaging sensor is configured to capture image data of an environment of the vehicle. The displaying unit is configured to display the image data of the imaging sensor. The control unit is configured to control the display of the image data by means of the displaying unit based on the information of the status of the turning indicator.
US11865973B2	Housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle A housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle includes a scalp portion including a first circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the scalp portion, a lower casing portion including a second circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the lower casing portion, and a bezel including a third circumferential edge having a lip portion extending at least partially around the bezel section.
US11865971B2	Backlit interior trim panel for vehicle interior Backlit interior trim panel for vehicle interior comprising a decorative cover, a supporting component and a two-dimensional light guide comprising multiple independent lighting areas placed between the decorative cover and the supporting component. The two-dimensional light guide comprises a plurality of portions being optically separated between them in order to obtain said independent lighting areas by an only light guide, and light extracting means particularly configured to emit homogeneous light in such a way that the two-dimensional light guide is capable of emitting light in a controlled way.
US11865968B2	Vehicle lamp and lamp control module A vehicle lamp includes a turn lamp, a nonvolatile memory, a signal processing device, and a drive circuit. The turn lamp includes a plurality of light emitting elements that independently controllable to be turned on and off. The nonvolatile memory stores a parameter related to control of the plurality of light emitting elements. The signal processing device generates, based on the parameter, a plurality of turn-on commands indicating turn-on states of the plurality of light emitting elements at each time point by executing a software program. The drive circuit drives each of the plurality of light emitting elements based on the plurality of turn-on commands.
US11865963B2	Illumination assembly and emitter assembly A heated light enclosure having an adaptable heating system is provided with a controlled heating system to deliver enough heat to a lens on a lamp assembly to remove snow, frost, and/or condensation without overheating the lens. By heating the lens using a combination of one or more of PTC heaters, heat sinks and heat pipes, accumulation of snow, ice, or vapor is mitigated or eliminated from a surface of the lens, thereby enabling light to transmit through the lens. Applications include lamps and bulbs on conveyance devices, including vehicles, boats, planes, and trains, as well as sedentary structures, such as lamp posts, street lights, railroad crossing markers and lights, and airport ground and runway lighting systems.
US11865958B2	Storage device and vehicle A storage device for a vehicle has a guide unit and a hinge element which can be guided on the guide unit and is moveably guided along the guide unit in a drawer-type manner. The hinge element has a contact surface and two lateral walls at an angle to same. The lateral walls have a plurality of fold regions, such that a first hinge part and a second hinge part are formed between the fold lines in such a way that, in a use position, the storage device forms a stable support for objects and, in the folded state, same can be used for storing the objects.
US11865956B2	Energy attenuating seat assembly A seat assembly that includes a main body portion having a seat portion and a back portion extending upwardly from the seat portion. The main body portion includes an inner layer and an outer layer. A middle layer is positioned between the inner and outer layers. The middle layer includes a plurality of rings that are not co-axial with one another.
US11865953B2	Child safety seat and side impact protection mechanism thereof The present disclosure discloses a child safety seat and a side impact protection mechanism thereof, the side impact protection mechanism is provided at a backrest of the child safety seat and includes a side impact protection block and a self-locking structure. The side impact protection block is movably fitted to the backrest and has a folding position in which the side impact protection block is inwardly folded in the backrest and an unfolding position in which the side impact protection block is outwardly unfolded from the backrest. The self-locking structure automatically moves to a position that blocks the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position when the side impact protection block is switched from the folding position to the unfolding position, the self-locking structure is fitted to the side impact protection block or the backrest, and the backrest and the side impact protection block shields the self-locking structure to block a release operation of the self-locking structure by an operator, so that the side impact protection block cannot be inwardly folded into the backrest after the first use, thereby effectively preventing the side impact protection block from being accidentally folded during the side impact to provide a side impact protection effect.
US11865952B2	Vehicle seat lever to provide space saving In one example, a lever assembly includes a slide housing including aligned holes and a slide lever received in the slide housing. The slide lever includes aligned holes, and the slide lever includes a body portion having a length and a recess approximately near a center of the length. The lever assembly includes a pin received in the aligned holes of the slide lever and the slide housing, allowing the slide lever to rotate about the pin relative to the lever housing, wherein the pin is received in the recess.
US11865951B2	Linear drive, longitudinal-adjustment unit for a seat, and motor vehicle The present invention relates to a linear drive (1) having a drive shaft (10) along a longitudinal axis (X), at least two propelling teeth (20), and at least one gear rack (30) comprising a plurality of teeth (31), wherein the propelling teeth (20) are reciprocatingly movable perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (X) and are drivingly connected to the drive shaft (10) such that said at least two propelling teeth (20) carry out at least one cyclical reciprocating movement (21) during the course of one rotation (φ) of the drive shaft (10), dipping into and out of the at least one gear rack (30) in order to produce propelling motion along the longitudinal axis (X), and wherein the cyclical reciprocating movement (21) of the at least two propelling teeth (20) have phase shifts (Δφ). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a longitudinal-adjustment unit as well as to a motor vehicle coprising such a longitudinal-adjustment unit.
US11865950B2	Seat control device and vehicle seat having such a seat control device A seat control device for a vehicle seat of a vehicle is disclosed. The seat control device comprises a first control element which controls an electric adjustment motor for electrically adjusting the vehicle seat and/or an electric heating device for electrically heating the vehicle seat, a fluid valve which controls a fluid flow for the pneumatic adjustment of the vehicle seat, a second control element which controls an operating state of the fluid valve, and a fluid pump which is fluidically connected to the fluid valve, wherein the first control element, the second control element, the fluid valve and the fluid pump are arranged on a common circuit board.
US11865947B2	Regenerative braking control system for a hybrid or electric vehicle A vehicle includes an electric machine and a controller. The controller is programmed to, in response to releasing an accelerator pedal during a first driving scenario that is based on a first set of navigation data, increase regenerative braking torque of the electric machine to a first value. The controller is further programmed to, in response to releasing the accelerator pedal during a second driving scenario that is based on a second set of navigation data, increase the regenerative braking torque of the electric machine to a second value that is less than the first value.
US11865944B2	Battery management system for batteries in engine start and deep cycle applications A battery management system for batteries, such as, but not limited to, electric vehicle battery packs and cells, lithium iron phosphate batteries, lead acid batteries, gel batteries, and absorbed gel mat batteries, in engine start applications is disclosed. The battery management system is configured to control the charge and charging of each cell individually. The battery management system may be configured to control the charge of a battery which may consist of a plurality of cells, such as, but not limited to, lithium iron phosphate cells, and in at least one embodiment, the battery may consist of, but is not limited to being formed from, four lithium iron phosphate cells connected in series and a battery management system to ensure proper charge and safe operation.
US11865943B2	Charging method for secondary battery, charging apparatus for secondary battery, charging device, and computer storage medium A charging method for a secondary battery including a lithium-supplementing material. The method includes acquiring a first state of health of the secondary battery in response to the secondary battery being at a preset charging node, activating the lithium-supplementing material in response to the first state of health being less than or equal to a first threshold to supplement lithium for the secondary battery, performing a charging process on the secondary battery, determining a second state of health of the secondary battery based on a working parameter of the secondary battery in the charging process, and charging the secondary battery in response to the second state of health being greater than a second threshold.
US11865942B2	Electrical vehicle charging station with power management The invention concerns an electrical vehicle charging station for at least one electric vehicle in a network including at least a house, energy producers, and energy consumers.
US11865934B2	Electric vehicle, and integrated controller and integrated control system thereof The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles, and provides an electric vehicle and an integrated controller and an integrated control system therefor. The integrated controller includes: a first control chip, including a first core and a second core, where the first core is configured to control an electronic control module to drive a motor, and the second core is used as a vehicle controller; and a second control chip, configured to control an on-board charging module, so that an external AC power supply realizes AC charging for a power battery, or the power battery realizes AC discharging to an external load through an AC charging and discharging port.
US11865933B2	Vehicle and energy conversion device and power system thereof An energy conversion device is provided, including a motor coil (11), a bridge arm converter (12), and a bidirectional bridge arm (13). The bridge arm converter (12) is connected to the motor coil (11) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are all connected to an external charging port (10). Both the bridge arm converter (12) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are connected to an external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external charging port (10) form a DC charging circuit for charging the external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), the bidirectional bridge arm (13), and the external charging port (10) form an AC charging circuit for charging the external battery (200). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external battery (200) form a motor drive circuit.
US11865932B2	High voltage switching for an electric vehicle Examples described herein provide a method that includes determining whether a vehicle is operating in a first high voltage mode or a second high voltage mode. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the vehicle is operating in the first high voltage mode, providing electric power to an electric motor at a first high voltage and providing electric power to an auxiliary device at a second high voltage that is different than the first high voltage. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the vehicle is operating in the second high voltage mode, providing electric power to the electric motor at the second high voltage and providing electric power to the auxiliary device at the second high voltage.
US11865929B2	Apparatus and method for controlling charging of electric vehicle An apparatus for controlling charging of an electric vehicle is configured to calculate a rotor torque expected to occur during charging based on an angle of a rotor provided in a driving motor before charging is performed by multiple input voltages, and allow charging to be performed after inducing the rotor torque to be less than a reference torque by moving the electric vehicle a specified distance to correct the rotor angle when the calculated rotor torque is greater than the reference torque so as to avoid deterioration or damage to a parking sprag. As a result, it is possible to prevent the parking sprag from being damaged by the rotor torque generated during charging so as to avoid the occurrence of an accident.
US11865928B2	Generating power with a conduit inspection tool A conduit inspection tool system includes a conduit inspection tool that includes a body that includes one or more wheels configured to move the body through and in contact with a conduit; at least two power generating sub-systems coupled to the body, each of the at least two power generating sub-systems configured to generate electrical power to operate the one or more wheels to move the body through and in contact with the conduit; and at least one energy storage device electrically coupled to the at least two power generating sub-systems, the at least one energy storage device configured to store electrical power generated by the at least two power generating sub-systems; and a control system communicably coupled to the at least two power generating sub-systems and the at least one energy storage device.
US11865927B2	Controlling electrical access to a lithium battery on a utility vehicle Techniques control a utility vehicle. Such techniques involve storing electric power in a lithium battery of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve operating a motor controller of the utility vehicle in a normal mode in which the motor controller provides electric power from a lithium battery of the utility vehicle to an electric motor of the utility vehicle to turn one or more ground engaging members of the utility vehicle. Such techniques further involve, after operating the motor controller in the normal operating mode, operating the motor controller in a walkaway mode in which the motor controller configures the electric motor to provide braking torque.
US11865923B2	Drive device for electric truck A drive device for an electric truck provided with double-tires, the drive device including drive units provided to each of the double-tires on left and right sides of the electric truck, each of the drive units including a drive unit housing integrally accommodating a motor that generates drive power, a reducer that reduces a rotation speed of the motor, and a final gear that is connected to the reducer and transfers the drive power of the motor to a drive shaft of the double-tire. The drive device further including suspension parts one integrally integrated with above the final gear in the drive unit housing of each of the drive units and steering gear parts one integrally integrated with above each of the suspension parts and being configured to be steerable the double-tire.
US11865918B2	Display control device, display control system, and display control method The display control device includes a controller that controls a first display and a second display to control displaying of first information and second information. The controller obtains gaze information indicating a driver's gaze, and the driver's gaze indicated by the gaze information is directed at neither the first display nor the second display. In the situation, if a second event further occurs while the first display is displaying the first information because of the occurrence of a first event, the controller changes the display position of the second information to display the second information on the first display. In the situation, if the first event further occurs while the second display is displaying the second information because of the occurrence of the second event, the controller changes the display position of the first information to display the first information on the second display.
US11865917B2	Head-up display control system and head-up display display method A normal information display quantity of a head-up display device is set as a first information display quantity, an information display quantity of the head-up display device after a control unit receives a detection signal of detection of installation of a mobile terminal on a terminal holder from a mobile terminal installation detection unit is set as a second information display quantity, in which the second information display quantity is set to be smaller than the first information display quantity, and at least a part of display information that is displayed in the first information display quantity but is not displayed in the second information display quantity is displayed on the mobile terminal.
US11865908B2	Dual transmission with triangularly arranged gear center positions A dual transmission with input shafts, output shafts, a transmission case and two separate single transmissions arranged in the transmission case is described. Each single transmission is a two-stage spur gear transmission with three positions for gear centers. A first position is occupied by an input shaft and a second position by an output shaft. A third position is for a middle stationary axle fixed to the transmission case. The three positions define a triangular arrangement having a first side defined by a distance between the first position and the second position, a second side defined by a distance between the first position and the third position, and a third side defined by a distance between the second position and the third position. The second side and the third side form respective angles with the first side. At least one of these angles has a value ranging between 5° and 70°.
US11865904B2	Automatic light blocking device for vehicle Provided is an automatic light blocking device for a vehicle, wherein a light blocking slider protrudes in a sliding manner from the ceiling or roof of the vehicle in order to block sunlight shining into the interior of the vehicle. To this end, an automatic light blocking device for a vehicle comprises: a light blocking body provided on the ceiling or roof of the vehicle and having at least one sliding groove which is open in the direction in which light is to be blocked; a light blocking slider which is slidably inserted into and coupled to the sliding groove; and a driving unit for sliding the light blocking slider along the light blocking body by using power applied from the vehicle.
US11865902B2	Sheet, door hole seal, and method for producing the same The present invention reduces the generation of an unusual sound resulting from vibration of a part of a sheet. A first sheet includes: a peripheral portion which is to surround a service hole of a door inner panel; and a central portion surrounded by the peripheral portion, the first sheet having, along a boundary between the central portion and the peripheral portion, a plurality of first holes and a plurality of second holes each of which differs in size from each of the plurality of first holes.
US11865901B2	Glass run A corner die-molding portion of a glass run includes an outer peripheral portion to cover an end flange portion of an outer panel of a door, a holding portion having one end portion connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral portion, and a supporting portion provided between the holding portion and the inner surface of the outer peripheral portion. An inner space and its opening are provided between the outer peripheral portion and the holding portion such that, when the glass run is attached to a window frame, the end flange portion of the outer panel is inserted into the inner space from the opening, and then the supporting portion is brought into abutment against a tip end of the end flange portion of the outer panel. It is possible to suppress flexural deformation of the outer peripheral portion, thereby improving the glass run in external appearance.
US11865896B2	Vehicle air vent system A vehicle air vent system includes a dashboard defining an air vent opening. An air register assembly is disposed within the air vent opening of the dashboard. The air register assembly includes a frame and a vane rotatably coupled to the frame. An imager is coupled to the dashboard. The imager captures data within a field of view. A controller is communicatively coupled to the imager and the air register assembly. The controller receives the data from the imager. The controller determines a position of an object within the field of view in response to the data.
US11865880B1	Trailer anti-theft device Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a trailer anti-theft device, including an interposer having a solid square metal bar having a coupler interface, a tongue interface, and an interposer stop, the interposer may be adapted to couple to a trailer. Embodiments may also include a tongue adapter adapted to couple to a tongue of the trailer. Embodiments may also include a hitch pin having a hitch pin shaft that passes through an interposer aperture and an adapter aperture, the hitch pin prevents the interposer from sliding out of the tongue adapter. In some embodiments, the interposer may be detachably coupled to the tongue adapter and may be retained by the hitch pin in preparation to adapt to hitching the trailer to a tow vehicle for towing.
US11865877B2	Tire information acquisition device A tire information acquisition device includes: a sensor unit including a sensor configured to acquire tire information; a sensor holder formed in a cylindrical shape holding the sensor unit, and composed of a non-metallic material having flexibility and air permeability; and a band having a band circumferential length adjustable by a fastening portion provided at one end and configured to reversibly fasten an other end, and the band is fastened to a rim in a state where the band is inserted into the sensor holder.
US11865873B2	Wheel end assembly having an annular hub chamber A wheel end assembly having a spindle, a hub, and a rotary seal assembly. The spindle may have a spindle air passage. The hub may have a hub air passage and an annular hub chamber that may extend around an axis. The rotary seal assembly may fluidly connect the spindle air passage to an inlet of the annular hub chamber.
US11865871B2	Tire A tire has a tread portion provided with three or four circumferential grooves including a shoulder circumferential groove to form a shoulder land region and a middle land region. The middle land region is provided with a middle circumferential sipe and middle lateral sipes. The shoulder land region is provided with shoulder lateral grooves extending from the shoulder circumferential groove to a tread edge, and shoulder lateral sipes extending from the shoulder circumferential groove and terminated without reaching the tread edge.
US11865869B2	Pneumatic tire Provided is a pneumatic tire. Center blocks provided in a center region of a tread portion are arrayed and form pairs across inclined grooves that are inclined with respect to a tire circumferential direction. Each one of the center blocks extends across a tire equator from one side to the other side of the tire equator. Each one of the center block includes a cut formed of a first wall and a second wall connected in a V-shape in a tread surface. The first wall extends at an angle within ±20° with respect to the tire circumferential direction in the tread surface, and the second wall extends at an angle within ±10° with respect to a tire lateral direction. Each one of wall surface angles of the first wall and the second wall is larger than a wall surface angle of a wall surface provided with the cut.
US11865867B2	Motorcycle tire A motorcycle tire includes a tread rubber that includes a base rubber layer and a cap rubber layer disposed outward in the tire radial direction of the base rubber layer to form a ground contact surface. The cap rubber layer includes a crown cap portion disposed in a middle region in the tire axial direction of a tread portion and a pair of shoulder cap portions disposed in both sides in the tire axial direction of the crown cap portion. The crown cap portion has a loss tangent tan δc, the shoulder cap portions have a loss tangent tan δs, and the base rubber layer has a loss tangent tan δb, wherein the loss tangents tan δc, tan δs and tan δb satisfy the following equation (1): tan δc
US11865866B2	Tread for an aircraft tire An aircraft tire comprises a tread (2), having an axial width L, which comprises a middle portion (3) having an axial width LC at least equal to 50% and at most equal to 80% of the axial width L of the tread and consisting of a middle rubber composition, and two lateral portions (41, 42), positioned axially on either side of the middle portion (3), each having an axial width (LS1, LS2) at least equal to 10% and at most equal to 25% of the axial width L of the tread and each consisting of a lateral rubber composition. The middle rubber composition comprises in particular from 25 to 85 phr of a tin-functionalized butadiene and styrene copolymer and from 15 to 75 phr of isoprene elastomer, and at least one lateral rubber composition is different from the middle rubber composition.
US11865865B2	Tire comprising a crumb rubber A tire comprises a rubber layer comprising from 50% to 100% by mass of a rubber crumb having a ratio of the chloroform extract to the acetone extract of less than 2, the chloroform and acetone extracts being expressed as percentages by mass.
US11865864B2	Trim for a rim of a wheel of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, arrangement of such a trim on a rim for a wheel of a vehicle, and vehicle A cover for a rim of a wheel of a vehicle. The cover, with fastening of the cover on the rim, can be arranged in at least partially overlap with a through opening of the rim delimited in the circumferential direction of the rim by respective spokes of the rim, whereby the through opening can be at least partially covered by the cover. The cover is directionally formed and has at least two slats, which delimit at least one channel arranged between the slats, through which air can flow in the installed position of the cover diagonally to a plane extending perpendicularly to the axial direction of the rim. The slats at least partially mutually overlap with respect to the installed position of the cover in the circumferential direction of the rim and along the axial direction of the rim.
US11865862B2	Hub and rotor assembly A disc brake hub and rotor assembly for a heavy-duty vehicle. The disc brake hub and rotor assembly includes a hub receivable on and rotatable about an axle spindle of a heavy-duty vehicle. A rotor is connectable with the hub for rotation with the hub. The rotor includes a disc segment, a flange mounting segment, and a cylindrical sleeve segment connecting the disc segment and the flange mounting segment. A flange is connectable with the flange mounting segment and separately with the hub. The flange mounting segment of the rotor has an inboard facing surface at least part of which is for engaging head portions of wheel studs. The inboard facing surface is substantially planar and free of wheel stud clearance reliefs. A transition region is located between the flange mounting segment and sleeve segment and is also free of wheel stud clearance reliefs.
US11865854B2	Clipboard for conveniently fixing document A clipboard includes a plate body formed to have a predetermined area to support document paper; and a clip portion extending from one corner of the plate body and fixing the document paper seated on the plate body to prevent the document paper from being separated from the plate body. The clip portion includes a second fixing member, a first fixing member extending from the second fixing member, and a third fixing member formed symmetrically with respect to a boundary surface between the second fixing member and the plate body; the second fixing member is configured to be folded with between the second fixing member and the plate body to cover the document paper; and the first fixing member is configured to be folded with respect to a boundary surface between the first fixing member and the second fixing member, so that the document paper can be fixed.
US11865851B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium; a medium discharge part that has a space opened to an outside through a front face opening off-centered toward one of left and right on a front face of the housing and a side face opening continuous from the front face opening and in which a recording medium on which an image has been formed by the image forming part is discharged to the space; a first opening and closing covering that is opened and closed to cover a part including a part of the front face opening of the medium discharge part on the front face of the housing; and a second covering that covers at least a part excluding the part covered with the first opening and closing covering on the front face of the housing, is almost perpendicular to an installation surface, and is longer in an up-down direction than the first opening and closing covering. The first opening and closing covering is attached so that a lower end part thereof in a closed state is connected to an upper part of the second covering by an opening closing support member that supports the first opening and closing covering so as to open the first opening and closing covering toward a near side with respect to the front face of the housing by rotating about at least one moving shaft, and thereby the first opening and closing covering is openable to such an extent that a distance between a lower end part thereof in an opened state and the second covering becomes 10 mm or less.
US11865847B2	Liquid discharge apparatus There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head having a nozzle; a tank; a gas channel; a valve unit; a memory; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: making of the valve unit to be in an open state, under a condition that a count value indicating an amount of a liquid discharged from the nozzle has reached an opening threshold value ΔV. The opening threshold value ΔV is represented by: ΔV≤(Vtmax−Vi)×Pm/(P−Pm). Note that Vtmax represents a volume of the tank, Vi represents the maximum amount of the liquid storable in the tank, P represents an atmospheric pressure, and Pm represents a meniscus-withstanding pressure of the liquid formed in the nozzle.
US11865842B2	Cleaning unit, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method for replacing cleaning unit A cleaning unit is provided with a cleaning member for cleaning an ejecting head for ejecting liquid and a holder detachably mounted in a holding portion disposed at a position faceable with the ejecting head. The cleaning member is held in the holder in a state in which an absorbent body configured to absorb liquid is wrapped around an elastic body.
US11865841B2	Spittoon assembly for a printing device Disclosed herein is a spittoon assembly for a printing device, a printing device comprising a spittoon assembly, and a method of cleaning a print head using a spittoon assembly. The spittoon assembly comprises a waste receptacle and a spit plate with a receiving surface. The receiving surface is inclined relative to a horizontal direction by an inclination angle when the spittoon assembly is mounted in the printing device. A fluid path extends from the receiving surface to the waste receptacle.
US11865840B2	Recording head and inkjet recording apparatus A recording head includes an ink ejection portion and an ink holding portion. The ink holding portion includes a sheet portion and a holding portion. The sheet portion has an upper end side fixed to the ink ejection portion and a lower end side movable in a direction of coming closer to or separating away from a side surface of the ink ejection portion. The holding portion is located at a lower end portion of the sheet portion on the ink ejection portion side, is disposed to come into contact with or close to the side surface of the ink ejection portion, and is configured to hold an ink in an adjacent region with respect to the ink ejection portion.
US11865838B2	Piezoelectric device, liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting apparatus, and method of manufacturing piezoelectric device A piezoelectric body layer of a first area has (100) plane preferential orientation, and a (100) plane orientation ratio of the piezoelectric body layer of a second area is lower than a (100) plane orientation ratio of the piezoelectric body layer of the first area, when one area far from an end portion of a second electrode is the first area, and one area near the end portion of the second electrode is the second area, of two areas of the second electrode in a second direction intersecting a first direction.
US11865835B2	Head unit and liquid discharge apparatus There are provided a substrate on which a first integrated circuit, a first transistor, a second integrated circuit, and a second transistor are disposed; a heat sink fixed to the substrate; the substrate has a first fixing reference hole and a second fixing reference hole, the heat sink has a first fixing reference pin and a second fixing reference pin which are inserted into the first fixing reference hole and the second fixing reference hole, and the first integrated circuit, the second integrated circuit, the first transistor, and the second transistor are positioned between the first fixing reference hole and the second fixing reference hole.
US11865833B2	Printing device A printing device includes a main body, an opening/closing cover that is coupled to the main body and moves to an open position or a closed position, a roll paper holder provided on the main body and configured to accommodate a first roll paper, and a remaining amount detecting section that detects a remaining amount of the first roll paper accommodated in the roll paper holder, and the remaining amount detecting section shifts from a first state in which the remaining amount of the first roll paper is not detected to a second state in which the remaining amount of the first roll paper is detected, with movement of the opening/closing cover from the open position to the closed position.
US11865826B2	Method of producing a mineral wool product comprising a multiple of lamellae and a product of such kind A method and a mineral wool product include a multiple of lamellae, such as a sandwich panel core. The product includes a plurality of lamellae cut from a mineral wool web, and bonded together by applying an adhesive on the surfaces of two adjacent lamellae to form a web-like product, wherein the adhesive comprises at least one hydrocolloid.
US11865825B2	System, method, and apparatus for use in ply compaction in forming a composite structure A method for use in ply compaction in forming a composite structure. The method includes positioning a ply of material on a forming tool having a web surface and at least one flange surface extending from the web surface, positioning a flange forming device at the ply of material on the forming tool, the flange forming device including an inflatable contact element pressurized to define a deformable contact surface, applying, by the deformable contact surface, the ply of material onto the forming tool with a predetermined pressure, wherein the deformable contact surface is moved across the forming tool, and wherein the inflatable contact element is configured to maintain the predetermined pressure as the deformable contact surface transitions from the web surface to the at least one flange surface.
US11865822B2	Thermoplastic epoxy materials with core shell phase A composite article (30), comprising at least one fibrous layer (12), and at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) located in direct planar contact with the at least one fibrous layer (12), the at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) being adapted to substantially phase separate during a molding and/or curing process.
US11865821B2	Fire-resistant multi-layer membrane A multi-layer membrane with fire-resistant properties having improved thermal stability and shelf-life is provided. The multi-layer membrane 10 has at least a water resistant polymeric layer 12 bonded to a fire resistant component 13. The fire resistant component 13 has a first fire retardant coating 16 bonded to a carrier layer 14. The fire resistant component may further include a second fire retardant coating 28 bonded to a surface of the carrier layer opposite to the first fire retardant coating. The first and second fire retardant coatings comprise a filler 24, 30 mixed with a carrier 26, 32. The membrane may include a back bonding layer 36 bonded to the bottommost layer thereof to adhesively secure to a structural support structure such as a roof. A release liner 42 may be releasably secured to the back bonding layer. Additional layers may be included to provide for further support and/or additional functional properties to the membrane.
US11865820B2	Reinforcing layer, a cementitious board, and method of forming the cementitious board A reinforcing layer for a cementitious board includes an alkali-resistant fabric and a non-porous membrane. The cementitious board includes (a) a cementitious core; and (b) the reinforcing layer disposed on at least one face of the cementitious core, the reinforcing layer including the alkali-resistant fabric and the non-porous membrane.
US11865818B2	Multilayer structure The present invention deals with a multilayer structure comprising a first polyethylene layer as a first external layer. The first polyethylene layer is oriented in at least machine direction. The structure also comprises a second polyethylene layer as a second external layer. It further comprises a layer made of a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl alcohol (EVOH) between the first external layer and the second external layer and a tie layer on each side EVOH layer. Furthermore, the tie layers comprise one or more copolymers of ethylene.
US11865807B2	Packaging station for producing cushioning material A packaging station comprising a deformation device for converting a web of packaging material drawn from a supply of packaging material web, such as a leporello folded stacked web, into a dunnage material and a conveyor structure for receiving the drawn web of packaging material and for feeding the drawn web of packaging material into the deformation device, wherein the conveyor structure comprises a conveyor track extending from a reception of the conveyor structure to the deformation device and being dimensioned such that, after passing the reception, the web of packaging material is able to bear over its entire surface on the conveyor track in the conveying direction for at least the twofold of the width of the web.
US11865806B2	Systems and methods for controlling a configuration of a bale chute of a baler Systems and methods for controlling a configuration of a bale chute of a baler and, particularly, a square baler are disclosed. In some implementations, methods include determining a condition of a baler to determine whether a bale chute of the baler is to be extended or retracted.
US11865802B2	Method for molding and forming flip-flop and mold thereof A main technical feature of a method for molding and forming a flip-flop and a mold thereof provided by the invention is that when a polymer raw material is filled into a mold chamber space of the mold, the filled raw material is preferentially flowed in a direction of a strap area space used to mold a V-shaped strap portion of the flip-flop to ensure that the slender V-shaped strap portion of the flip-flop can be integrally formed.
US11865800B2	Tire mold and production method for tire using a tire mold A mold includes a tread-forming surface to shape a tread surface. The tread-forming surface can include projections to form circumferential grooves, and land surface-forming portions to form land surfaces. Among the three land surface-forming portions aligned in an axial direction with the projections interposed therebetween, the land surface-forming portion located between the two projections can be a curved land surface-forming portion. A contour of the curved land surface-forming portion can be represented by one or more circular arcs. A boundary between a reference side surface of each projection and the curved land surface-forming portion can be a reference boundary point, and the reference boundary point can be located inward of a reference forming surface of the tread-forming surface.
US11865796B2	Mold for manufacturing a turbine engine fan casing from a composite material A mold for manufacturing a turbomachine fan casing made of composite material, includes a main axis mandrel around which a fibrous preform of a fan casing is intended to be wound; a plurality of counter-mold angular sectors assembled on the outer contour of the mandrel which are intended to close the mold and to compact the fibrous preform wound on the mandrel; wherein a flat seal with a main elongation axis directed along the main axis is arranged between each angular sector, the flat seal being compressed between two adjacent angular sectors, a first angular sector including a sealing portion passing below a lower face of the flat seal while a second angular sector including a sealing portion passing above an upper face of the flat seal.
US11865793B2	Production of collapsible pouches The present invention relates to a production machine for the production of collapsible pouches, which comprises an impulse sealing device with a first jaw and a second jaw for contacting bottom regions of walls of the pouches. Each jaw comprises a susceptor element comprising electrically conductive material, having a front surface that is at least shaped as an inverted T for sealing side edges and at least a portion of bottom edges of two adjacent interconnected pouches. Each jaw comprises an inductor which is electrically insulated from the respective susceptor element. The machine comprises a high frequency electric current source, which is connected to the inductors. At least one of the jaws comprises a cooling device for cooling down the respective inductor and susceptor element. The machine is configured so that, in an impulse sealing cycle for sealing the bottom regions of the pouch walls, the electric current source is operated to temporarily feed a high frequency electric current to the inductors, thereby generating a high frequency electromagnetic field with the inductors. The high frequency electromagnetic field induces eddy currents in the respective susceptor element generating an impulse of heat that is emitted by the susceptor element, which impulses of heat seal the bottom regions of the pouch walls to each other.
US11865791B2	Induction welding with an electromagnetic field concentrator During a manufacturing method, an induction welder is provided that includes a concentrator and a coil extending through a receptacle in the concentrator. The receptacle projects into the concentrator from a face surface of the concentrator. A first thermoplastic body arranged with a second thermoplastic body are provided. The first thermoplastic body is located next to the face surface. The first thermoplastic body is induction welded to the second thermoplastic body to provide a weld seam between the first thermoplastic body and the second thermoplastic body. The concentrator extends along a portion of the weld seam. The induction welding includes: generating an electromagnetic field with the coil; and concentrating a portion of the electromagnetic field with the concentrator onto a region of the first thermoplastic body.
US11865790B2	Method of heating semi-finished products A method involves heating fiber-reinforced semi-finished products of differing wall thickness to a required temperature above the glass transition range or the matrix melting temperature of a plastic matrix of the semi-finished product to be heated. In a first step, the semi-finished product to be heated is heated by thermal conduction to below the glass transition range or the matrix melting temperature. In a further step, the remaining amount of heat for reaching the required temperature above the glass transition range or the matrix melting temperature is introduced by thermal radiation or thermal convection.
US11865787B2	Method and system for additive manufacturing There is provided a method of additive manufacturing using at least one processor, the method includes: determining a first slicing layer of a three-dimensional (3D) model of a 3D object; determining a second slicing layer of the 3D model based on the first slicing layer, the second slicing layer being immediately subsequent to the first slicing layer; and determining a thickness of the second slicing layer and an orientation for a third slicing layer of the 3D model based on a difference between the second slicing layer and the first slicing layer, the third slicing layer being immediately subsequent to the second slicing layer. There is also provided a corresponding system and computer program product for additive manufacturing.
US11865785B2	Continuous digital light processing additive manufacturing of implants A process for additive manufacturing of a resorbable implant to be implanted into a patient includes providing a biocompatible resin including a liquid light-polymerizable material that is resorbable after polymerization and an initiator. The process further includes actuating an additive manufacturing apparatus to expose an amount of the biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed amount of biocompatible resin to form a layer of the resorbable implant and actuating the additive manufacturing apparatus to expose at least some additional amount of biocompatible resin to light to at least partially cure the exposed additional amount of biocompatible resin to form an additional layer of the resorbable implant and to at least partially overcure previously cured layers to cause at least some interlayer binding between the previously cured layers and the additional layer.
US11865783B2	Low cost optical engine Described examples a three-dimensional printer includes a vat having a transparent bottom, the vat configured to contain a photo-polymerizing resin and a lift plate movably positioned within the vat. The three-dimensional printer also includes an optical device configured to project a pattern of light through the transparent bottom. The optical device includes a light source configured to provide light at a light source output and a light integrator configured to provide divergent light at a light integrator output responsive to the light at the light source output. The optical device also includes projection optics configured to project projection output light at an optics output through the transparent bottom responsive to a modulated light at the optics input and a spatial light modulator configured to provide the modulated light responsive to the divergent light.
US11865780B2	Accumalator assembly for additive manufacturing An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a feed module and a take-up module that are configured to operably couple with a foil. A stage is configured to hold one or more cured layers of a resin that form a component. A radiant energy device is positioned opposite to the at least one stage. The radiant energy device is operable to generate and project radiant energy in a predetermined pattern. An actuator is configured to change a relative position of the at least one stage and the foil. An accumulator is positioned between the feed module and the take-up module. The accumulator is configured to retain an intermediate portion of the foil to allow a first portion of the foil upstream of the accumulator to move at a first speed and a second portion of the foil downstream of the accumulator to move at a second speed during a defined time period.
US11865779B2	Apparatus, system and method of providing a FFF printing nozzle An apparatus, system and method for providing a nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed by providing, on the inside or outside or on an interstitial substrate layer, of any metallic or non-metallic nozzle of a non-conductive surface suitable to support sensors relevant to the FFF process. Heat, force, flow, strain, stress, extrusion force, and like sensors may be provided on the inside or the outside of any nozzle, or on an interstitial substrate layer on the inside or outside of any nozzle. The sensors may be provided about the center access through the nozzle, longitudinally along the center access of the nozzle, or at any of various points along the nozzle, wherein the placement or shape of such sensors may vary in accordance with the type of sensing to be performed by the subject sensor.
US11865774B2	Method for binder additive manufacturing A method for additive manufacturing is provided, including: mixing a hardener with a sand material, so that the hardener is evenly coated on a surface of the sand material, and then spraying a binder through a nozzle, reacting the binder sprayed through the nozzle with the surface of the sand material evenly coated with the hardener to harden a sand mold. Therefore, the problem of nozzle clogging may be overcome, and a solid with a particle size of less than 0.6 μm may be obtained by the additive manufacturing. In addition, the hardening speed can be adjusted according to the size of the sand mold. Compared with a general sand mold product, the hardening speed may be increased and the storage life of the binder may be prolonged when the sand mold has a large size.
US11865772B2	Thermal insulation fastening system A method for making a component at a device is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a powder depot, a work space and a laser, wherein the work space includes a powder bed and an assembly, and wherein the assembly includes a thermally insulating embedding mass and a heat conducting mold. In a further embodiment, the method includes fastening, by the assembly, an element at the work space and forming the component at the element by repeatedly moving, by a wiper, powder from the powder depot to the powder bed at the work space and heating, by a laser beam of the laser in an additive process, portions of the powder in the powder bed so that the component is built on the element, wherein the additive process comprises selective laser melting (SLM) or selective laser sintering (SLS), and wherein the embedding mass is independent and distinct from the powder and the component.
US11865770B2	Method for calibrating an irradiation device Method for calibrating an irradiation device (2) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects which irradiation device (2) comprises at least two irradiation units (3, 4), comprising: guiding one of the at least two energy beams (6, 10) via the corresponding irradiation unit (3, 4) to a determination region (15), preferably a part of a build plane (8), for generating a calibration pattern (18, 19); imaging at least one part of the determination region (15) to an on-axis determination unit (12, 14) of the at least one other irradiation unit (3, 4); determining a position of the calibration pattern (18, 19) in the determination region (15) on basis of the image of the at least one part of the determination region (15); generating calibration information relating to a calibration status of at least one part of the irradiation device (2) based on the position of the calibration pattern (18, 19).
US11865767B2	Systems and methods for 3D printing with vacuum assisted laser printing machine Systems and methods in which a material or materials (e.g., a viscous material) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a printing unit(s). The intermediate substrate having an image of material printed thereon is subsequently transferred to a sample building unit, and the image of material is transferred from the intermediate substrate to a sample at the sample building unit. Optionally, the printing unit(s) includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the printing unit(s). Each of the printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing, heating, sintering, ablating, material filling, imaging and cleaning units to aid in the overall process.
US11865765B2	3D forming film manufacturing device and 3D forming film manufacturing method using same A device for manufacturing a 3D forming film performs molding at a uniform pressure by using a variable volume body, and thus, enables undercut portion molding, prevents thermal corrugation on the curved portion, etc., of the forming film and the distortion of the forming film, reduces a thickness deviation of the forming film and excludes an additional cutting process after molding the forming film, thereby improving the quality of the 3D-molded forming film. The device for manufacturing the 3D forming film includes: a mold for molding a forming film; a press head unit which is positioned to correspond to the mold and has a variable spaced distance from the mold; and a variable volume body which is coupled to the press head unit and has elasticity so that a volume thereof is variable due to gas introduction and discharge by the press head unit.
US11865757B2	Method and apparatus for processing a formable material A method and apparatus for processing a formable material having at least first and second relatively repositionable units. The first unit has a sheet die, with the second unit having a rotary drum with a peripheral forming surface for receiving flowable material from the sheet die. The first and second units can be selectively changed between an operating relationship and a setup relationship, with the latter causing at least one space to be defined/enlarged and within which an operator can maneuver to gain access to a region of at least one of the first and second units. With the first and second units in the operating relationship, moldable sheets can be processed by causing the moldable sheets to be applied, and conformed, to the peripheral forming surface on the rotary drum.
US11865755B2	Large part injection mold apparatus and process A method of performing an injection cycle having a duration comprising: beginning the injection cycle with the valve pins associated with two or more nozzles in a gate closed position, selecting a first one of the two or more nozzles and controllably driving its associated valve pin from the gate closed position to a selected first axial upstream position, upon downstream flow of the injection fluid through a cavity the preselected distance, controllably driving the valve pin associated with the other of the two or more nozzles to a selected second axial position upstream, holding or controllably driving the valve pin associated with the first one of the two or more nozzles in or to one or more reduced flow axial upstream positions that are partially closed.
US11865754B2	Molding material supply device and molding material supply method A molding material supply device and a molding material supply method capable of supplying a degassed molding material to a molding apparatus at a desired timing are desired. According to the molding material supply device and method of the disclosure, a first discharge member is driven to discharge a molding material accommodated in a first accommodation member to a second discharge member through a through hole of a die, and a second discharge member configured by the first accommodation member and the die advances to discharge the molding material having been degassed in the second accommodation member to the molding apparatus from a molding material supply port.
US11865752B2	Plasticizing device, injection molding apparatus, and three-dimensional shaping apparatus A plasticizing device includes a passage defining section that is coupled to a hopper which stores a material and that defines a supply passage to which the material is supplied from the hopper, a plasticizing section that includes an introduction portion which communicates with the supply passage, and a screw, and that plasticizes the material supplied from the introduction portion by rotation of the screw to form a molten material, and a material detection section that detects the presence or absence of the material in the supply passage.
US11865750B2	Composite structure and housing for electronic device A composite structure includes: a metal member; and a thermoplastic resin member bonded to the metal member, in which the metal member has a fine uneven structure at least on a metal surface to which the thermoplastic resin member is bonded, a hardness of the thermoplastic resin member measured by a type A durometer in accordance with JIS K6253 is in a range of equal to or more than A60 and equal to or less than A95, and an acid value of the thermoplastic resin member is equal to or more than 1 mgKOH/g and equal to or less than 100 mgKOH/g. The thermoplastic resin member preferably contains a urethane-based thermoplastic elastomer, an amide-based thermoplastic elastomer, and an acid-modified polyolefin.
US11865749B2	Method for manufacturing by injection, a part made of a plastic material including a technical face incorporation a reinforcing element This process for manufacturing a plastic part (1) having a first technical face and a second face, in a mold comprising a first shell intended to form the first face endowed with impressions intended to form technical members of the technical face and a second shell intended to form the second face, the first shell and the second shell delimiting a cavity that forms the part (1), comprises the following steps:—providing a porous reinforcing element (3);—draping the reinforcing element (3) over the first shell by covering the surface of the first shell and the impressions intended to form the technical members;—retaining the reinforcing element (3) on the first shell by retaining means;—bringing the first shell and the second shell together;—injecting a plastic in order to fill the cavity, the plastic passing through the porous reinforcing element (3) in order to fill impressions intended to form the technical members;—moving the first and second shells apart;—ejecting the plastic part (1).
US11865748B2	Connector A connector with a first substantially cylindrical section having a cavity with a spring-loaded ball-snap element comprising a ball and a spring. An at least partially conically shaped section connecting the first substantially cylindrical section and a second substantially cylindrical section. The first and the second substantially cylindrical sections and the at least partially conically section define a longitudinal length extension. The first substantially cylindrical section and the second substantially cylindrical section are off-center with respect to the longitudinal length extension. A head having a hollow portion is dimensioned to receive the second substantially cylindrical section, the at least partially conically shaped section and a part of the first substantially cylindrical section. The hollow portion has an inner wall with a circular recess dimensioned to receive the ball, removably attaching the head to the second substantially cylindrical section.
US11865744B2	Manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell part The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a wind turbine blade part. The method comprises providing one or more wind turbine blade components including a wind turbine blade component comprising a fibre material element, an electrically conductive element, a magnetic field generator for generating an Eddy current in the electrically conductive element; arranging the electrically conductive element, the magnetic field generator, and the fibre material element such that at least a part of the fibre material element is positioned between the electrically conductive element and the magnetic field generator; generating an Eddy current in the electrically conductive element using the magnetic field generator; generating, using a magnetic sensor, a signal representing a magnetic field induced by the generated Eddy current, and forming the wind turbine blade part by assembling the wind turbine blade components.
US11865742B2	Preform and mold stack According to the present invention there is provided a preform suitable for subsequent blow molding, and a mold stock for producing the preform. The preform comprises a base having an elliptical inner face with a first flat circular bottom portion, and an elliptical outer face with a second flat circular bottom portion. The first and second flat circular bottom portions each have a center on a vertical center axis of the preform and a radius of equal size.
US11865740B2	Systematic disposal, classification and dynamic procurement of recyclable resin This disclosure relates method and system for systematic disposal and dynamic procurement of recyclable waste resin. Typical systems for disposal and procurement of recyclable resin pose challenges such as lack of segregation and collection of different types of plastics, data on recycling centers in proximity, uncertainty over resin identification codes, and so on. The disclosed system provides a framework having multiple smart collection units that may be communicatively coupled with a server. The smart bins are capable of collecting plastic items and taking multiple images thereof. The system determines information on type, weight, and location of the plastic resin in the plastic item by means of a trained CNN model, and stores in a repository. The system further includes a route optimization model that is enables selection of a set of collection units for procurement of the resin (of a specific type and a specific quantity).
US11865731B2	Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamic filtering of high intensity broadband electromagnetic waves from image data from a sensor coupled to a robot Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamic filtering of high intensity broadband electromagnetic waves in image data from a sensor of a robot are disclosed herein. According to at least one non-limiting exemplary embodiment, sunlight or light emitted from nearby fluorescent lamps may cause a robot to generate false positives of objects nearby the robot as the light may be of high intensity and large bandwidth. These false positives may cause a robot to get stuck or navigate without use of a camera sensor, which may be unsafe.
US11865728B2	Fitting method and robot system A fitting method includes (a) detecting a first position as a position where fitting of a first object and a second object is determined, (b) moving the first object from the first position toward a determination direction different from a fitting direction and detecting a second position as a position where magnitude of a force applied to the first object reaches a predetermined reference value, and (c) determining that a fitting condition of the first object and the second object is good when a predetermined determination condition including a condition that the second position is within an acceptable position range set according to the first position is satisfied.
US11865726B2	Control system with task manager A system includes a first robotic machine having a first set of capabilities for interacting with a target object on stationary equipment; a second robotic machine having a second set of capabilities for interacting with the target object; and a task manager that can determine capability requirements to perform a task on the target object. The task has an associated series of sub-tasks. The task manager can assign a first sequence of sub-tasks for performance by the first robotic machine based on the first set of capabilities and a second sequence of sub-tasks for performance by the second robotic machine based on the second set of capabilities. The first and second robotic machines can coordinate performance of the first sequence of sub-tasks by the first robotic machine with performance of the second sequence of sub-tasks by the second robotic machine to accomplish the task.
US11865723B2	Control method for a robotic system An exemplary robotic system includes a plurality of controllable joints and a controller. An exemplary control method provides for controlling the controllable joints by the controller. The control method provides for determining a configuration space for the robotic system and determining a reference movement path within the configuration space. The control method then provides for assigning a plurality of streamlines in the configuration space to yield a flow field based on the reference movement path. The control method then provides for measuring actual velocity vectors of the robotic system in the configuration space. The control method then provides for determining an error velocity vector based on a difference between the actual velocity vector and the desired velocity vector given by the flow field corresponding to the current robot configuration. The control method then provides for applying a total control vector at the plurality of controllable joints, by the controller, based on the error velocity vector.
US11865722B2	Systems and methods for efficiently moving a variety of objects A programmable motion system is disclosed that includes a dynamic end effector system. The dynamic end effector system includes a plurality of acquisition units that are provided at an exchange station within an area accessible by the programmable motion device, and a coupling system for coupling any of the plurality of acquisition units to an end effector of the programmable motion device such that any of the acquisition units may be automatically selected from the exchange station and used by the programmable motion device without requiring any activation or actuation by the exchange station and without requiring any intervention by a human.
US11865721B2	Work determination apparatus and work determination method It is an object of the present invention to obtain a work determination apparatus capable of preventing or reducing a time lag between the occurrence and determination of an anomaly in work. A work determination apparatus includes: a sensor data output unit that outputs sensor data with an output interval of an integral multiple of a control period with which a motion of a robot is controlled, the sensor data representing a state of work of the robot; and a determination unit that determines a quality of the work of the robot by inference using a recurrent neural network, based on the sensor data outputted from the sensor data output unit.
US11865715B2	Offline optimization to robot behavior A computing system may provide a model of a robot. The model may be configured to determine simulated motions of the robot based on sets of control parameters. The computing system may also operate the model with multiple sets of control parameters to simulate respective motions of the robot. The computing system may further determine respective scores for each respective simulated motion of the robot, wherein the respective scores are based on constraints associated with each limb of the robot and a predetermined goal. The constraints include actuator constraints and joint constraints for limbs of the robot. Additionally, the computing system may select, based on the respective scores, a set of control parameters associated with a particular score. Further, the computing system may modify a behavior of the robot based on the selected set of control parameters to perform a coordinated exertion of forces by actuators of the robot.
US11865714B2	Robotic limb An apparatus for a robotic limb includes one or more limb segments connected via one or more joints. The robotic limb may feature one or more dual-reduction quasi-quasi-direct-drive joint actuators that permit the robotic limb to move throughout a scene. The robotic limb may further include an end-effector connected to a free end of the robotic limb with one or more opposable fingers comprising a four bar linkage. The end-effector may include a main actuator that actuates the one or more fingers via the four-bar linkages to complete various tasks.
US11865713B2	Cable robot A suspension cable robot is provided, its stability can be improved by using at least three groups of three cables arranged in a parallelogram manner. The ability to remain stable when subjected to forces acting on the robot platform or end effector is thereby significantly increased. The cable robot can be moved by cables to different working locations.
US11865711B2	Industrial robot arm A robot arm includes a first kinematic chain from a first actuator to an end-effector platform, providing a first degree of freedom for positioning the end-effector platform; a second kinematic chain from a second actuator to the end effector platform, providing a second degree of freedom for positioning the end effector platform; a third kinematic chain from a third actuator to the end-effector platform, providing a third degree of freedom for positioning the end-effector platform; and a fourth kinematic chain configured to transmit movement of a fourth actuator to a corresponding orientation axis of an end-effector. The fourth kinematic chain includes an orientation linkage mounted to an inner arm assemblage via at least one bearing mounted to the end-effector platform, wherein the orientation linkage includes an end-effector rotation link and joints that provide at least two degrees of freedom for each end joint of the end-effector rotation link.
US11865701B2	Suction method A suction method is provided as a method of performing, by using a suction collet, suction of a Fabry-Perot interference filter including: a substrate; a laminated structure that is provided on the substrate and that includes a main surface facing a side opposite to the substrate; and a thinned portion that is located outside the laminated structure when viewed in a direction intersecting the main surface and that is recessed to a side of the substrate with respect to the main surface, the method including: a first step of arranging the suction collet so as to face the main surface; a second step of bringing the suction collet into contact with the Fabry-Perot interference filter after the first step; and a third step of suctioning the Fabry-Perot interference filter by using the suction collet after the second step.
US11865697B2	Robot system and method for operating same A robot system includes an operating device that receives an operation instruction from an operator. The system further includes a real robot that is installed in a work space and performs a series of works constituted of a plurality of steps. The system further includes transmission type display device configured to allow the operator to visually recognize a real world and configured to display a virtual. The system further includes a control device configured to operate the virtual robot displayed on the transmission type display device based on instruction information input from the operating device. The control device is further configured to thereafter operate the real robot while maintaining a state that the virtual robot is displayed on the transmission type display device when operation execution information to execute an operation of the real robot is input from the operating device.
US11865693B2	Alignment attachment for screw gun A tool that mounts on a power driver or other tool for installing framing members in a building ensures proper and uniform spacing of the framing members. A support that may be a C-shaped band clamp removably attaches to the power tool. A generally tubular gauge body snap-attaches in place and a slide member disposed within the gauge body is adjustable to extend a sufficient amount so the combined length of the tubular gauge body and the extended slide member provide a proper spacing for the framing members. A slide lock for holds the slide member at the extended position. This allows the measuring and installation to be done without the installer having to set the power tool down or use a ruler or tape measure once the spacing is established.
US11865691B2	Power tool with chuck key holder A power tool includes a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, an output spindle extending outward from the housing and configured to be rotationally driven by the motor, a keyed chuck coupled to the output spindle for rotation with the output spindle, and a chuck key holder configured to releasably retain a chuck key with a first shaft with a key disposed thereon for operating the chuck, and a second shaft coupled to the first end portion of the first shaft generally perpendicular to the first shaft, the second shaft including a lever portion. The chuck key holder includes a first recess configured to receive the first shaft and a second recess with a sheath configured to receive the second shaft with the lever portion exposed from the sheath.
US11865688B2	Impact tool An impact tool includes a housing; and a motor, a tubular tool holder, a driving mechanism, a rotation shaft, a driving mechanism housing region inside the housing. The tool holder has a distal end on which a bit is mountable. The driving mechanism is configured to hammer the bit. The rotation shaft is disposed in the driving mechanism and rotates by a rotation of an output shaft of the motor. The driving mechanism housing region houses the driving mechanism in a sealed state inside the housing. The air escape path that releases air inside the driving mechanism housing region to outside of the driving mechanism housing region is formed inside the rotation shaft while an inlet of the air escape path is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft.
US11865683B2	Pusher mechanism for powered fastener driver A powered fastener driver comprising a housing, a nosepiece coupled to the housing and extending therefrom, a driver blade movable within the nosepiece between a ready position and a driven position, and a pusher mechanism coupled to the nosepiece for individually transferring collated fasteners in a canister magazine to a driver channel in the nosepiece in which the driver blade is movable. The pusher mechanism includes a feeder arm and a linkage positioned between the feeder arm and the driver blade. The feeder arm is engageable with individual fasteners in the nosepiece for sequentially pushing each of the fasteners into the driver channel in response to movement of the feeder arm toward the driver channel. The linkage is movable to advance the feeder arm toward the driver channel in response to contact with the driver blade as the driver blade moves from the driven position toward the ready position.
US11865682B2	Plier An improved plier that advantageously allows a user to clinch duct for installation of duct drives in tight and hard to reach places is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the improved plier comprises at least two elongate arms comprising handle portions, elbow portions, and jaw portions. The elongate arms are hingedly connected to one another at a hinge point in the elbow portions. The jaw portions further comprise base portions and pincher portions for grasping and clamping of duct work to facilitate installation of duct drives. The pincher portions are offset from the plane of the handle portions at a distance.
US11865681B2	Sterile line clip separation tool A system and a method are disclosed for disconnecting clips. A clip separation tool includes two arms, the arms having jaws to receive connected clips at a distal end of the arms and handle portions on a proximal end for a user to engage the tool with his hand. A pivot mechanism is coupled to the arms, where, responsive to a force applied to the handle portions, the arms rotate relative to each other around the pivot mechanism such that the distal ends of the arms pivot away from one another and the proximal ends of the arms pivot towards one another. A spring biases the arms to rotate to an equilibrium position that is attained automatically under spring loading once the proximal ends of the arms are relieved of loading. The clip separation tool disconnects connected clips as the force causes the arms to rotate around the pivot mechanism.
US11865673B2	Abrasive article The disclosure relates to layers comprising a body having a thickness, T, comprising a curable composition comprising a polymerizable epoxy-acrylate resin composition and abrasive particles at least partially embedded in the polymerizable epoxy-acrylate resin composition, wherein the body includes a plurality of void spaces free of the curable composition extending into the body from the first major surface and the depth of the plurality of void spaces is at least 10 percent of thickness T. The disclosure also relates to cured compositions formed from such curable compositions and, in turn, abrasive articles made from such cured compositions as well as methods for making abrasive articles.
US11865660B2	Woodwork milling fence device with a precision fine-tuning function The invention discloses a woodwork milling fence device with a precision fine-tuning function, comprising two guide rods, an electric router fence body, fence board, fence positioning fine-tuning mechanism, fence board fine-tuning mechanism, two fence locking handle devices and an eccentric dust outlet; the guide rods are respectively provided with T-shaped bosses, the T-shaped bosses cooperate with first square nuts and first screws to position the two guide rods in parallel on the electric router fence body, and the fence positioning fine-tuning mechanism is arranged between the two guide rods, and adopts a first dovetail guiding structure, to push the electric router fence body forward or backward; the fence board fine-tuning mechanism is fixed on an aluminum fence, to adjust forward or backward movements of the fence board by the second dovetail guiding structure.
US11865657B2	Impact tool and dust collection system An impact tool includes a housing, an impact mechanism unit, a motor, and a dust collection fan. The housing is configured to mount a dust collection attachment. The impact mechanism unit is disposed inside the housing. The impact mechanism unit has a front end to which a tool bit is mounted and an impact element that reciprocates. The impact mechanism unit is configured to impact the tool bit by the impact element. The motor is disposed such that a rotation shaft of the motor intersects with an impact axis direction of the impact mechanism unit inside the housing. The dust collection fan is disposed on the rotation shaft. The dust collection fan is disposed below the motor.
US11865654B2	Method for tightening a screw for fastening a construction panel to a support A method for tightening a screw for fastening a construction panel to a support of the construction panel, in which the fastening screw is screwed through the construction panel and then through at least part of the support, includes a monitoring of a change over time of a tightening torque of the fastening screw, with determination of a first maximum torque value and then of a second minimum torque value, and after determination of the second minimum torque value, a stoppage of the tightening of the fastening screw for a torque value, termed stoppage value, corresponding to a third maximum torque value or being determined after an occurrence of a third maximum torque value.
US11865652B2	Stepped pin loading mechanism An object of the present invention is to provide a stepped pin loading mechanism which can be used for loading stepped pins, comprising a vibrator bowl. A spirally rising discharge track is connected to an outer side of a hopper of the vibrator bowl, and a swivel plate is provided on the discharge track, and several receiving slots are provided on the swivel plate. The strip-shaped receiving slot consists of an inner segment and an outer segment, and the width of the outer segment is greater than that of the inner segment. A front baffle and a rear baffle, both of which are provided with a through opening, are provided on the discharge track, an arc-shaped side baffle, which is located between the front baffle and the rear baffle to form a semi-enclosed structure, is provided on an outer circumferential side of the swivel plate. One end of the side baffle deviates from the through opening of the rear baffle, and the height of an upper edge of the side baffle gradually increases from the rear baffle to the front baffle so that an upper edge at the other end of the side baffle is as high as an upper side of the through opening of the front baffle.
US11865651B2	Electrodes for gas- and liquid-cooled plasma torches A method for conducting gas in a gas-cooled plasma torch wherein the plasma torch has a plasma torch body which holds an electrode with an open end and a closed end. A cavity extends from the open end in the direction of the closed end, and which, with a spacing in an axial direction, holds a nozzle by means of a nozzle holder. The nozzle has a central opening with an upstream inlet end, into which the electrode projects, and with an outlet end with a nozzle bore and is surrounded by a nozzle cap and/or a nozzle protection cap. The plasma torch body has an opening for a gas feeder, which opening is fluidically connected to a cooling tube which projects into the open end of the electrode.
US11865648B2	Multiple input welding vision system Welding headwear comprises one or more image sensors, processing circuitry, and a display. The image sensor(s) are operable to capture an image of an unpowered weld torch as the torch passes along a joint of a workpiece to be welded. The processing circuitry is operable to: determine, through processing of pixel data of the image, one or more welding parameters as the torch passes along the joint to be welded; generate, based on the one or more welding parameters, a simulated weld bead; and superimpose on the image, in real time as the torch passes along the joint, the simulated weld bead on the joint. The display is operable to present, in real time as the torch passes along the joint, the image with the simulated bead overlaid on it.
US11865647B2	Utilization of CNC machining in composite part rework A method for repairing a composite structure is provided. A rework zone is defined on the composite structure. A theoretical scarfing bottom surface is identified for the rework zone from a model of the composite structure. An actual scarfing bottom surface in a local axis system is identified for the rework zone. Parameters for a rework program for an automated scarfing tool are modified based on deviations between the theoretical scarfing bottom surface and the actual scarfing bottom surface. Plies in the rework zone are removed using the automated scarfing tool.
US11865641B1	Additively manufactured single-crystal metallic components, and methods for producing the same Some variations provide a method of making an additively manufactured single-crystal metallic component, comprising: providing a feedstock comprising a first metal or metal alloy; providing a build plate comprising a single crystal of a second metal or metal alloy; exposing the feedstock to an energy source for melting the feedstock, generating a melt layer on the build plate; and solidifying the melt layer, generating a solid layer (on the build plate) of a metal component. The solid layer is also a single crystal of the first metal or metal alloy. The method may be repeated many times to build the part. Some variations provide a single-crystal metallic component comprising a plurality of solid layers in an additive-manufacturing build direction, wherein the plurality of solid layers forms a single crystal of a metal or metal alloy with a continuous crystallographic texture. The crystal orientation may vary along the additive-manufacturing build direction.
US11865640B2	Concentric cylindrical member pair welding method and welding device thereof An adjustment of the amount of energy in at least one specific applying unit is executed when energy is applied to a cylindrical member pair in which another cylindrical member is inserted inside a cylindrical member to melt and weld the cylindrical member pair in a circumferential direction. The adjustment is executed in association with a rotation angle to satisfy a relationship of Pd+Pw>θ, wherein Pd is an output decease rotation angle that decreases the energy amount from a steady energy amount HP applied from the specific applying unit in a welding end process, Pw is an overlap rotation angle at which the irradiation parts around the cylindrical member pair overlap with the steady energy amount HP, and θ is a separation angle between the specific applying unit and another applying unit adjacent to each other in a rotation direction around the axis.
US11865639B2	Hermetic assembly and device including same Various embodiments of a hermetic assembly and a method of forming such assembly are disclosed. The hermetic assembly includes a dielectric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface, a patterned layer connected to the first major surface of the dielectric substrate by a laser bond, and a ferrule having a body and a flange extending from the body. The flange is welded to a welding portion of the patterned layer that is disposed between the flange and the first major surface of the dielectric substrate such that the ferrule is hermetically sealed to the dielectric substrate.
US11865636B2	Systems and methods for laser processing of solid-state batteries The present disclosure relates to a system for laser processing of a ceramic electrolyte material. The system may include a controller, a laser responsive to the controller for generating a beam, and a beam forming subsystem. The beam forming subsystem controls a parameter of the beam generated by the laser. The beam forming subsystem further controls the beam to provide a laser fluence sufficient to produce densification of the ceramic electrolyte material.
US11865634B2	Processing method of workpiece A processing method of a workpiece includes an integration step of heating and compression bonding a thermocompression bonding sheet to an annular frame that has an opening to receive the workpiece therein and to the workpiece received in the opening, whereby the annular frame and the workpiece are integrated via the thermocompression bonding sheet, and a processing step of processing the workpiece integrated with the annular frame via the thermocompression bonding sheet. In the integration step, the thermocompression bonding sheet is pressed against the annular frame that has been heated by a heat table with a heat source included therein, by a heat roller with a heat source included therein while being heated by the heat roller, whereby the thermocompression bonding sheet is fixed to the annular frame.
US11865633B2	Methods of operating a wire bonding machine, including methods of monitoring an accuracy of bond force on a wire bonding machine, and related methods A method of operating a wire bonding machine is provided. The method includes: (a) operating a wire bonding machine during at least one of (i) an automatic wire bonding operation and (ii) a dry cycle wire bonding operation, wherein a bonding force is applied during the operation of the wire bonding machine; and (b) monitoring an accuracy of the bonding force of the wire bonding machine during the at least one of (i) an automatic wire bonding operation and (ii) a dry cycle wire bonding operation.
US11865630B2	Rotary tool A rotary tool of the present aspect has a body and a cutting edge positioned on the outer periphery of the body. The cutting edge has a first section and a second section when viewed on an imaginary plane defined by cutting a rotational trajectory of the rotary tool on a plane including a rotational axis. The first section has a first region and a second region. A first radius of curvature of the first region is greater than a second radius of curvature of the second region in at least one of a plurality of the first sections.
US11865628B2	Roughening tool and method for roughening a cylindrical surface A roughening tool for roughening the cylindrical surface of a bore in a particular metallic workpiece, e.g. the piston running surface of a cylinder bore or cylinder liner in an internal combustion engine, by generating a defined microstructure of a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart circumferential microgrooves. The roughening tool has a tool main body which can be driven in rotation about an axis of rotation and a multiplicity of circumferentially cutting cutting tools arranged at a defined axial distance from one another on the tool main body. According to the invention, the cutting tools are each formed from a disc milling cutter and each disc milling cutter has at least one cutting element with a multiplicity of cutting teeth arranged at an axial distance from one another. In addition, a method for roughening a cylindrical surface.
US11865627B1	Twist drill The present invention provides a twist drill. A cone portion is provided at a front end of the operating portion, and an exterior surface of the operating portion is provided with a spiral flute for shunting cutting chips. The exterior surface of the cone portion is provided with a plurality of composite cutting blade groups which are sequentially enlarged in diameter from the front end to the rear end of the cone portion. The cone portion is provided with a top blade on the tip. In use, the top blade is used for positioning, and the cutting process is carried out by the top blade and the composite cutting blade groups.
US11865624B2	Insert and cutting tool An insert may include a sintered silicon nitride including β-Si3N4 as a main component. The area up to 0.5 mm deep from a surface of the sintered silicon nitride is a first region. The first region may include an oxygen content of less than 0.8% by mass. The first region may include ReMgSi2O5N (Re is at least one of Yb and Y). A cutting tool may include a holder that extends from a first end toward a second end and includes a pocket on a side of the first end, and the insert located at the pocket.
US11865619B2	Structures and components having composite unit cell matrix construction A structure is provided. The structure defines a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction, the three directions orthogonal to each other. The structure includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section includes a plurality of unit cells joined together, wherein the first section has a first average tensile strength and a first average crack growth resistance. The second substantially solid section is within and surrounding each unit cell of the plurality of first section unit cells, wherein the second section has a second average tensile strength and a second average crack growth resistance, the second average tensile strength different from the first average tensile strength and the second average crack growth resistance different from the first average crack growth resistance. The third section surrounds the first section and the second section.
US11865618B2	Tracer gas endpoint-monitored sinter systems An example sinter system includes a sinter gas inlet at a sinter furnace for a sinter gas, a tracer gas inlet at the sinter furnace for a tracer gas different from the sinter gas, and an outlet at the sinter furnace to output the sinter gas and the tracer gas. The example sinter system further includes: a support structure to support a sample green object in the sinter furnace, an opening at the support structure connected to the tracer gas inlet, the opening to output the tracer gas into the sinter furnace, and a detector to: determine an amount of the tracer gas flowing through the outlet during a sinter process as a sample green object positioned on the support structure changes shape during the sinter process with respect to the opening and modifies a flow rate of the tracer gas to the outlet; and determine when to stop the sinter process based on a determined amount of the tracer gas.
US11865617B2	Methods and apparatuses for wide-spectrum consumption of output of atomization processes across multi-process and multi-scale additive manufacturing modalities Methods and apparatuses for identifying an additive manufacturing process for unused output material of an atomization process are described. The method comprises determining a set of characteristics of output material that is unused in a first additive manufacturing process. The method further comprises determining a respective set of parameters associated with respective input material of each of a set of other additive manufacturing processes. The method of further comprises identifying one of the set of other additive manufacturing processes that accepts the output material as input material based on the characteristics of the output material and based on respective sets of parameters.
US11865616B2	Decaking 3D printed parts In one example, a decaking system for 3D printing includes a platform to support multiple green parts in unbound powder surrounding the green parts, a decaking tool to remove unbound powder from around the green parts, a camera to photograph green parts on the platform as unbound powder is removed from around the green parts, and a controller operatively connected to the camera. The controller is programmed to detect a pattern of light intensity in the photographs and, in response to a determination a detected pattern matches a reference pattern, modulate or stop the decaking tool.
US11865615B2	Techniques for depowdering additively fabricated parts and related systems and methods Techniques for depowdering additively fabricated parts are described. The techniques utilize various mechanisms to separate powder from parts. For instance, techniques for depowdering described herein may include fabrication of auxiliary structures in addition to fabrication of parts. Certain auxiliary structures may aid with depowdering operations, and may be fabricated along with parts during an additive fabrication process. The auxiliary structures may be shaped and/or have positional and/or geometrical relationships to the parts during fabrication. For instance, an auxiliary structure may include a cage structure fabricated around one or more parts.
US11865607B2	Method to obtain a continuous casting apparatus and continuous casting apparatus thus obtained Method to obtain a continuous casting apparatus to cast, through the casting cavity of a crystallizer of a mold, a cast product with a polygonal cross section.
US11865606B2	Manufacturing method and manufacturing device for link part This manufacturing method for a link part is a method of manufacturing a link part having one end portion having a connecting hole and provided on one side in one direction from an intermediate part which is long in the one direction and has a first side wall and a second side wall each having a pilot hole at least at one end portion and disposed to face each other and a connecting wall connecting one side edge of the first side wall and one side edge of the second side wall, and the other end portion provided on the other side therefrom in the one direction. The method includes a reinforcing process of inserting a metal core into the pilot hole, and an O-bending process of O-bending the first side wall and the second side wall so that the other side edge of the first side wall and the other side edge of the second side wall are brought into contact with each other after the reinforcing process.
US11865601B2	Drawing die for working depressions of a sheet-metal component, in particular of a motor vehicle The present invention relates to a drawing die (10) for working depressions(76) of a sheet-metal component (26), in particular of a motor vehicle, comprising a load-bearing structure (12), at least one supporting portion (16), which is fastened or can be fastened on the load-bearing structure (12) and with which the drawing die (10) can be placed on the sheet-metal component (26), characterized by a drawing means (28) which can be connected to the sheet-metal component (26) and is mounted on the load-bearing structure (12), and a moving device (36), which is mounted on the load-bearing structure (12) and by means of which the drawing means (28) can be moved in relation to the sheet-metal component (26), wherein at least the load-bearing structure (12) is formed from a fiber-reinforced plastic (52).
US11865600B2	Impact extrusion method, tooling and product A hollow preform impact extruded from a metal billet to produce a progressing wall at a transition wall thickness. An axially forward portion of the progressing wall is ironed by extrusion past an extrusion point to form a sidewall portion of a lesser thickness. Extruding is stopped while some of the billet remains to form the closed bottom end. The preform has a bottom portion, a sidewall portion and a transition wall portion extending between the bottom portion and the sidewall portion. The transition wall portion is thicker than the sidewall portion and can be formed into at least part of the rim of an expansion shaped container. An impact extrusion punch has a central axis, an axially forward, impact surface for impacting metal to be extruded, a transition region for directing material displaced by the impact surface and a rear extrusion point for ironing material extruded past the transition region.
US11865599B2	Method for adjusting an inlet guide of a peeling machine and peeling machine A method for adjusting an inlet guide of a peeling machine controls a peeling material using the inlet guide in relation to a peeling head carrying peeling tools in such a way that the volume per unit length of the peeling material, which volume is to be machined by the peeling machine, is minimized while producing a bright steel having excellent surface quality. Furthermore, a peeling machine provides appropriate measuring equipment in order to be able to carry out the method described above.
US11865594B2	Greenhouse gas emissions control Systems and methods for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill via a gas extraction system comprising a plurality of wells are provided herein. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining a concentration of a greenhouse gas measured a distance above a surface of a region comprising the plurality of wells; determining whether the measure of the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than a first threshold; and in response to determining that the measure of the concentration of the greenhouse gas is greater than the first threshold, increasing a flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from at least one well of the plurality of wells.
US11865589B2	System for and method of by-product removal from a metal substrate A system for and method of removing residues, deposits, and debris from a substrate that has been marked by a chemical etching process is disclosed. The system includes one or more upper sprayers that deposit a cleaning solution to a top surface of the product as it passes beneath the one or more upper sprayers. The system further includes at least one upper brush that operates to scrub the top surface of the product after the cleaning solution has been applied thereto. The system optionally includes one or more lower sprayers and lower brushes to clean a bottom surface of the product as it is conveyed through the system. The system further includes an air knife system that assists with drying the product prior to exiting the system. The system further includes a controller that is operable to adjust various system parameters.
US11865588B2	Probe pin cleaning pad and cleaning method for probe pin A probe pin cleaning pad including a release layer or composite plate, an adhesive layer, a substrate layer, a cleaning layer, and a polishing layer is provided. The adhesive layer is disposed on the release layer or composite plate. The substrate layer is disposed on the adhesive layer. The cleaning layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The polishing layer is disposed on the cleaning layer. A cleaning method for a probe pin is also provided.
US11865587B2	Cylindrical battery cell sorting apparatus and sorting method using the same Discussed is a battery cell sorting apparatus including a battery cell pickup member configured to move a battery cell to a desired position; and a guide member configured to guide the battery cell pickup member in a first direction, wherein the battery cell pickup member includes: a pickup body portion, a magnet located at a lower surface of the pickup body portion, the magnet being configured to lift the battery cell, and a voltage measurement unit located at a lower surface of the magnet, the voltage measurement unit being configured to measure a voltage of the battery cell.
US11865586B2	Method for sorting pieces of luggage and luggage sorting system Pieces of luggage are sorted which each carries an identification element with a set of information in the form of plaintext. In order to sort pieces of luggage efficiently, at least a portion of the set of information on the identification element is detected automatically and recognized automatically. During an examination, it is automatically verified whether the recognized portion of the set of information matches at least one set of data stored in a database.
US11865585B2	Sorting apparatus and sorting method A sorting apparatus, comprising: transportation vehicles for moving, on the basis of a control instruction, along a direction of a transportation row to a target position indicated by the control instruction, such that an object to be sorted is transferred from the current transportation vehicle on which the object is currently placed to a next-row transportation vehicle, wherein the transportation row where the next-row transportation vehicle is located is adjacent to the transportation row where the current transportation vehicle is located in a direction away from a feed inlet. The sorting apparatus occupies a small space, has low requirements on sites, and can be widely applied. Also comprised are a sorting method for a control module of the sorting apparatus, and ac electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium for implementing the sorting method.
US11865584B2	Drum-type foreign substance suctional attaching and screening device A drum-type foreign substance suctional attaching and screening device includes: a screening drum having circular type first and second side plates located on both sides thereof and a sorting screen adapted to surround the space between the first and second side plates; a hood disposed inside the screening drum and open toward a conveyor belt transferring aggregates to be recycled to thus provide a sucking force generated from a suction fan to the conveyor belt; and a rotary shaft coupled to the center of the first side plate and rotating with power received from the outside.
US11865564B2	Serviceable sprinkler with nutating distribution plate and wear sleeve A sprinkler assembly with a nutating distribution plate can improve even distribution of water. The distribution plate can tilt and/or translate upon water impinging the distribution plate to disperse water in different directions. The sprinkler assembly can have a deflector assembly including the distribution plate, a spindle supported by a bearing, and a contact portion downstream of the distribution plate to contact a housing that limits a range of movement of the distribution plate. The sprinkler assembly can be disassembled and reassembled with minimal tools and effort for servicing.
US11865560B2	Liquid ejection device A liquid ejection device includes: a nozzle including a nozzle opening through which a liquid is ejected; a liquid transfer tube through which the liquid is transferred to the nozzle; and a first tube with the nozzle and the liquid transfer tube being provided therein, having a first end and a second end, and having a first opening at the first end, in which the nozzle opening is positioned closer to a second end side than the first opening of the first tube, and when a position where the liquid ejected from the nozzle becomes a droplet is set as a droplet formation position, and a distance from the nozzle opening to the droplet formation position is set as a droplet formation distance, a distance between the nozzle opening and the first opening is equal to or greater than the droplet formation distance.
US11865555B2	Low drift flat fan spray nozzle The spray nozzle includes a body, which has a fluid inlet region and a fluid outlet orifice, and which houses: a core, internally defining a passage, of increasing cross-section, in communication with the outside substantially at the point of its smallest cross-section, resulting in a Venturi effect, an insert, provided with an outlet slot defining the opening angle of the nozzle, the core and the insert being at a distance from one another and forming therebetween a working chamber. The nozzle further includes a splitter, housed in the working chamber, arranged to form an obstacle to the flow of the fluid, the splitter having two axial orifices, each forming a fluid passage, on either side of a radial plane, such that the two streams passing through the orifices of the splitter combine and then impinge the surface of the outlet slot of the insert, ultimately generating a flat jet.
US11865548B2	Spiral separators and parts therefore A spiral separator for separating more-desired material from less-desired material has a feed arrangement for feeding a slurry of mixed more-desired material and less-desired material, a spiral trough, and a splitting arrangement for off-take of a concentrate band of more desired material, and the spiral trough is configured to provide an effective cross-trough floor slope of less than 8 degrees to horizontal in a turn immediately upstream of the splitting arrangement. The separator may be a multi-stage separator and include a slurry preparation apparatus between each pair of stages.
US11865543B2	Multilayer electrical connection for digital microfluidics on substrates An apparatus for forming a plurality of microdroplets from a droplet includes a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate and having a plurality of hydrophilic surface regions spaced apart from each other by a hydrophobic surface, and a plurality of electrodes covered by the dielectric layer. The electrodes are configured to form an electric field across the droplet in response to voltages provided by a control circuit to move the droplet across the dielectric layer in a lateral direction while leaving portions of the droplet on the hydrophilic surface regions to form the plurality of microdroplets on the hydrophilic surface regions.
US11865540B2	Microfluidic device A microfluidic device may include at least four interconnected microfluidic channels and a set of fluid actuators. The set of fluid actuators may include a fluid actuator asymmetrically located within at least two of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels. Each of the at least four interconnected microfluidic channels may be activated to a fluid inputting state, a fluid outputting state and a fluid blocking state in response to selective actuation of different combinations of fluid actuators of the set.
US11865533B2	Programmable logic controller for dehydrogenation process with reduced Houdry lumps Houdry lumps can be reduced by controlling the reactors in a fixed bed dehydrogenation process for producing olefins according to defined rules. A programmable logic controller can apply the rules to the operation of the dehydrogenation unit and control the operation of individual reactors according to the rules. By doing so, the performance of dehydrogenation units can be improved without adding any heat generating inerts, such as CuO-α alumina For example, the dehydrogenation units can be operated according to combinatorics in the programmable logic controller such that the farthest two reactors in the dehydrogenation unit never operate in parallel in the dehydrogenation or air regeneration steps.
US11865531B2	Ion exchange reactor with particle traps for lithium extraction The present invention relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products. For the extraction of lithium from the liquid resources, an ion exchange reactor has a tank, ion exchange particles, particle traps, and provision to modulate pH of the liquid resource.
US11865520B2	Stable cerium-zirconium solid solution and preparation method therefor and application thereof Disclosed are a cerium-zirconium solid solution and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof, which belong to the field of adsorbing catalyst materials. The cerium-zirconium solid solution includes a cerium-zirconium solid solution phase with a Ce3+/Ce4+ molar ratio of 0.05-0.8:1. The cerium-zirconium solid solution phase in the cerium-zirconium solid solution of the present application includes trivalent cerium ions and tetravalent cerium ions in a specific ratio. The cerium-zirconium solid solution has a high oxygen storage and release rate, a high oxygen storage and release capacity, and the cerium-zirconium solid solution during the storage and release of oxygen has a stable structure and good catalytic performance; and the catalyst containing the cerium-zirconium solid solution has good catalytic performance under different fuel ratios.
US11865517B2	Catalyst for reducing ammonia emissions The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of length L, coating A arranged as the first layer on the carrier and containing platinum on a metal oxide, and coating B applied as the second layer to coating A and containing a Cu-exchanged molecular sieve and no noble metal, wherein the total washcoat quantity of coating A is 40 g/l or more of washcoat in relation to the coated catalyst volume.
US11865513B2	Extruded titania-based materials comprising quaternary ammonium compounds and/or prepared using quaternary ammonium compounds Porous, extruded titania-based materials further comprising one or more quaternary ammonium compounds and/or prepared using one or more quaternary ammonium compounds, Fischer-Tropsch catalysts comprising them, uses of the foregoing, processes for making and using the same and products obtained from such processes.
US11865510B2	Device and method for stabilizing wine and other vegetable beverages A device and a method for stabilizing wine or other vegetable beverages by removal, in whole or in part, of agents responsible for instability, including proteins and metals, are provided. The device has a tubular container filled internally at least partly with particles of support material covered with a layer of a mesoporous nanostructured adsorbent material comprising titanium oxide, adapted to absorb proteins and metals.
US11865507B1	Intelligent temperature control equipment for preparation of liquid sodium methoxide The present invention discloses intelligent temperature control equipment for the preparation of liquid sodium methoxide, and belongs to the technical field of temperature control equipment. The intelligent temperature control equipment sequentially includes a feeding hopper, a throat pipe, a shunting hood, a second shell and a third shell which are sequentially connected from top to bottom, wherein a first coil pipe, a second coil pipe and a third coil pipe are mounted on the outer sides of the feeding hopper, the second shell and the third shell, respectively; a discharging pipe is connected to the bottom of the third shell, and a plurality of air inlet pipes is mounted on one side of the discharging pipe; corrugated packing is disposed on the inner side of the second shell.
US11865501B2	System and method for movement of fluid in a tank A system for movement of fluid in a tank comprises: a tank; at least two pumping sets, each pumping set comprising: a pumping line external to the tank and in fluidic communication with the interior of the tank at two separate points of the tank via the two ends of said pumping line, and a pump configured to circulate fluid through the pumping line, wherein each pumping set is configured to collect fluid from the tank at one end of its respective pumping line, circulate the fluid through its respective pumping line and discharge the fluid into said tank through the other end of its respective pumping line, and wherein each pumping set is configured such that the flow of fluid in its respective pumping line is reversible.
US11865496B2	Mitigation of mercury vapor emissions Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising obtaining a sorbent polymer composite material, contacting the sorbent polymer composite material with mercury vapor to form a used sorbent polymer composite material; wherein the used sorbent polymer composite material comprises oxidized mercury and wherein the used sorbent polymer composite material emits oxidized mercury vapor; and contacting the used sorbent polymer composite material with a halogen source, so as to result in a treated sorbent polymer composite material. In some embodiments, the treated sorbent polymer composite material emits less than 0.01 μg oxidized mercury vapor per minute per gram of the treated sorbent polymer composite, compared to a used sorbent polymer composite, when measured at 65° C. in air having a relative humidity of 95%.
US11865494B2	Devices, systems, facilities and processes for bio fermentation based facilities Devices, systems, facilities, and methods for bio fermentation-based facilities, such as corn milling, ethanol, breweries, and biogas, are disclosed herein. The CO2 rich streams from the fermentation unit and the process heaters/boilers are sent to a sequestration site or pipeline via a capture unit and sequestration compressor, thereby reducing the overall emissions from the facility.
US11865487B2	Switchable filtration system A switchable filtration system for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system is disclosed. The filtration system includes a first filter, a second filter, a switching apparatus, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an air quality score. When the air quality score exceeds a predetermined threshold, the controller controls the switching apparatus to switch the first filter out of an active airflow path. When the air quality score is at or below the predetermined threshold, the controller controls the switching apparatus to switch the first filter into the active airflow path.
US11865486B2	Modular dust collection system A support frame for dust collection system including a drum filter and a filter cleaning system is disclosed where the frame includes a plurality of octagonal supports spaced apart from each other in an axial direction defining an octagon-shaped peripheral profile. A plurality of axial members extend between adjacent octagonal supports, and end covers are secured to the frame members with each cover including a first inlet opening and a second inlet opening. The support frame may be used in a modular dust collection with a plurality of modular segments of filter media segments secured to the frame and a filter cleaner segments corresponding to the filter media segments.
US11865484B2	HVAC home air filter An apparatus and a method are provided for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) home air filter to remove airborne molecular contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from air within residential spaces. The HVAC home air filter includes a supportive frame having a shape and size suitable to orient the HVAC home air filter within a residential HVAC system. A filter medium is retained within the supportive frame to remove the airborne molecular contaminants and VOCs from air flowing through the residential HVAC system. The filter medium includes a combination of media layers configured to exhibit a relatively high filtration efficiency and a low air pressure drop across the filter medium. The supportive frame includes a plurality of elongate sections and corner sections disposed along perimeter edges of the filter medium to support the filter medium within the residential HVAC system so as direct air through the filter medium.
US11865480B2	Nucleic acid purification device and nucleic acid purification method A nucleic acid purification device according to the inventive concept includes an activated carbon fiber filter, wherein the activated carbon fiber filter includes an activated carbon fiber and a potassium compound coated on the surface of the activated carbon fiber.
US11865477B2	Filtration head for a filter system and funnel for use in conjunction with a filtration head Filtration head (1) for a filter system, comprising base (2) including filter support (3) for removable filter element (4) and a fluid path from one side of filter element (4) on filter support (3), through filter element (4), and to drainage outlet (5) of base (2), and holder device (6) for removably attaching funnel (7) to base (2) to form a sample fluid reservoir on one side of filter element (4), wherein holder device (6) comprises ring-shaped element (8) configured to extend about bottom peripheral flange (7a) surrounding a lower end of funnel (7) and to selectively apply a biasing force on a radially outward protruding portion (7b) of bottom peripheral flange (7a) of funnel (7) to press funnel (7) against base (2). The filtration head allows the use of cardboard funnels without risk of liquid leakage between the funnel and the base.
US11865473B2	Method and apparatus for sharing co-generated energy when processing essential elements from plant matter Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may provide electrical energy and thermal to extraction or separation equipment. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may extract and concentrate essential elements plant matter. An amount of wasted heat energy collected from a engine that powers an electrical generator may be provided to an evaporation or separation process when electrical power is provided to extraction or separation processing equipment. Computers or electronics that control equipment consistent with the present disclosure may be remotely controlled via a mobile electronic device, when desired. Such computers or electronics may receive sensor data related to the operation of plat matter extractors, related separation equipment, or other equipment may be used to manage a production line. As such, methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may extract essential elements from cannabis plant matter and process those essential elements into cannabis extracts or isolates.
US11865472B2	Push and pull toy A toy comprising a frame and an inverting toy. In some embodiments, the inverting toy includes an invertible shell having a first surface and a second surface, the invertible shell configured to protrude outward in a first direction with respect to the frame until a depressing force on the first surface or the second surface in a second direction causes the shell to invert and protrude in the second direction with respect to the frame, wherein the first direction and the second direction are substantially opposite, an edge member formed at an edge of the invertible shell and configured to secure the invertible shell to the frame, and a pulling member formed on and protruding outward from the first surface of the invertible shell.
US11865469B2	Doll playset A doll playset is disclosed. The doll playset doll playset comprises a doll head and at least one wig cap. The doll head comprises a plurality of indentations located at a plurality of locations on the doll head. The doll head further comprises a first plurality of magnets. Further, each of the first plurality of magnets is coupled to each of the plurality of indentations. The at least one wig cap having a second plurality of magnets. The at least one wig cap is detachably coupled to the doll head by coupling the second plurality of magnets with the first plurality of magnets.
US11865467B2	Inflatable attractions The present disclosure provides inflatable attractions, including inflatable attachments for attractions and attraction parks having such inflatable attractions. The inflatable attractions represent a significant advancement in safety, and include a central column, a first arm extending away from the central column, a second arm extending away from the central column, and at least one inflatable air chamber extending through at least one of the first arm or the second arm.
US11865465B2	Puzzle system, interactive cube puzzle game, interactive electronic puzzle game system, and methods of use The present invention relates to a novel puzzle system that includes an interactive cube puzzle game and methods of use. It provides a puzzle game concept that is implemented as a three-dimensional game or a two-dimensional game, in which a user achieves success by matching a target pattern based on manipulation of identifiable elements. It comprises a plurality of connected elements, a plurality of identifiable elements, a plurality of user interface elements and is configured to operate based on the transition of the plurality of the identifiable elements from a first position to a second position to obtain a target pattern. The transition from the first position to the second position includes variation in the plurality of the identifiable elements.
US11865464B2	Systems and methods to enhance and develop new games and activities based on logic puzzles Methods and apparatus of associating by a computerized system, labels with the order of execution of steps of solving a puzzle, game or activity, for one or more parts of one or more solution-paths for the puzzle, game or activity are described. Execution of the puzzle solution and also the particular sequence of steps in the solution paths are used to evaluate a relative efficiency of one sequence of steps over the other sequence. By quantifying efficiency of the solution path it becomes possible to logically and objectively compare the efficiency of two or more solutions or completions of the puzzle, game or activity.
US11865456B2	Method and apparatus for providing multi-player room, device, and medium A method for providing a cloud room is made applicable to a cloud server. The method includes: receiving from a client a creation request for the cloud room, the creation request carrying configuration information of the cloud room, the cloud room being used by at least two clients to perform a multi-player game; creating and configuring the cloud room in the cloud server according to the configuration information, the cloud room being configured to run the multi-player game; receiving from the client an access request for the cloud room; and starting the cloud room according to the access request, and connecting the client to the cloud room.
US11865455B2	Arcade machine strategy guides A strategy system is described that generates a strategy guide for a gameplay session at an arcade machine. To do so, the strategy system leverages a game-specific hash generated by a hashing system, which includes data describing a log of events that occurred during the gameplay session. The strategy guide includes a summary of the gameplay session curated based on a combination of a particular user associated with the gameplay session, a rulebook describing gameplay event scoring, and the specific event sequence described in the game-specific hash. The game-specific hash and the strategy guide are configured for output based on various considerations, such as display capabilities and network connections of the computing devices implementing the strategy system and/or the hashing system as well as characteristics of a computing device at which the strategy guide is output.
US11865452B2	Map generation method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer storage medium This application discloses a map generation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: selecting a plurality of sub-level maps from a sub-level map library; sequentially placing first M sub-level maps of the plurality of sub-level maps in a predetermined map region, the first M sub-level maps being all located in the map region, and the first M sub-level maps not overlapping with each other; and sequentially placing the remaining sub-level maps not to overlap with the sub-level maps placed in the map region and to be connected to at least one of the sub-level maps placed in the map region, to obtain a target map.
US11865447B2	Methods and systems for spectating characters in follow-mode for virtual reality views Methods and systems for spectating a live video game are presented. In one embodiment, a method for performing an automated catch-up to a player is provided. The method includes providing an interface for presenting a first view of a video game on a client device where the first view has a first vantage point and includes a game player. The method includes an operation for providing a portal within the interface for presenting a second view of the game object, the second view having a second vantage point. The method further includes an operation for moving the second vantage point toward the game object within the portal. Additionally, the method provides an operation for removing the portal.
US11865446B2	Interactive what-if game replay methods and systems Methods and systems are provided for generating an outcome of a previous gameplay. The method includes providing access of a recording of the previous gameplay, the recording is one that was shared by a player for the previous gameplay. The method includes providing an interface that identifies one or more what-if scenarios for the previous gameplay. The one or more what-if scenarios being selected for inclusion into the interface is based on processing the recording of the previous gameplay through a machine learning model to identify what-if scenarios for the user, and options for what-if scenarios are provided to the interface. The method includes enabling the selection of at least one of the what-if scenarios from the options. The selection causes an adjustment to metadata associated with the recording of the previous gameplay. The method includes replaying the recording that was selected using the adjusted metadata to generate the alternative outcome of the previous gameplay.
US11865437B1	Video gaming system The present disclosure generally relates to video gaming systems, which utilize a video game controller in electronic communication with a computing device. One embodiment includes a video gaming system, including a pair of video game controller input modules non-removably secured to a rigid, fixed length bridge section, a smart device holder attached to the rigid, fixed length bridge section, and a smart device secured by the smart device holder such that an entire back surface of the smart device lies fixed in a plane, wherein said plane is parallel to a front surface of the rigid, non-expandable bridge section.
US11865433B2	Skibinding, in particular touring skibinding A touring skibinding (1) comprises a support element (2) which can be fastened to the ski, a bearing element (3) with a skiboot reception (4) which is designed in such a way that the skiboot (5) can be mounted in the skiboot reception (4) such that the skiboot can pivot about a first pivot axis (S1) with respect to the skiboot reception (4) and a convex supporting surface (6) on which the skiboot (5) can roll, the bearing element (3) being connected to the support element (2) so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis (S2) from an initial state into a pivoted state, wherein the skiboot (5) is moveable from a standing state, in which the skiboot (5) stands on the convex supporting surface (6), into a pulling state, in which the skiboot (5) is at least partially lifted from the convex supporting surface (6), wherein, starting from the standing state, the skiboot (5) is movable on the convex supporting surface (6) in the direction of the pulling state in such a manner that the skiboot (5) rolls on the convex support surface (6), wherein a pivoting movement of the skiboot (5) about the first pivot axis (S1) and of the bearing element (3) about the second pivot axis (S2) is effected simultaneously with the rolling process.
US11865430B1	Scoreboard data adapter system and method A scoreboard control system is provided for enabling web-based access and real-time control of a scoreboard display associated with a particular venue, by users that can use their personal computing devices. The scoreboard is provided with a scoreboard computer adapter, operatively connected to a hosted web application server. The web server may send messages to specified users prompting them to access the system, or may passively receive messages from users seeking access rights to operate the scoreboard. The web server, upon authenticating an end user computing device with respect to the venue and a specified event, generates a web interface on the end user device display that is customized with respect to an associated scoreboard profile, and transmits scoreboard commands received via the web interface to the scoreboard computer adapter. The adapter directs updating of the display in accordance with the respective scoreboard commands and in real time.
US11865429B2	Smart soccer goal A smart soccer goal for tracking and communicating motion of objects includes a goal frame; a net coupled to the goal frame including a plurality of lights; and one or more sensors coupled to the goal frame. A first sensor of the one or more sensors is directed to detecting movement within and immediately near the smart soccer goal and a second sensor of the one or more sensors is directed to detecting movement outside of the smart soccer goal.
US11865428B2	Systems and methods for guiding user control of fitness machines A method for controlling a fitness machine by a user, where the method includes storing intensity ratings within a memory device, and the intensity ratings correspond to an intensity for the user operating the fitness machine. The method includes displaying initial operating levels selectable to control the fitness machine, where the intensity for the user varies for each of the initial operating levels. The method includes determining and displaying the intensity rating associated with each of the initial operating levels, receiving a selection from the initial operating levels and automatically controlling the fitness machine to operate according thereto, displaying, after receiving the selection among the initial operating levels, new operating levels selectable to control the fitness machine, and determining and displaying the intensity ratings associated with each of the new operating levels. At least one of the new operating levels and one of the initial operating levels are different.
US11865426B1	Golf ball with electrical components A golf ball comprising an electrical component is disclosed herein. The electrical component comprises an integrated circuit having a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and a BLUETOOTH low energy (BTLE) radio, and at least one battery. A body is composed of an epoxy material, and the body encompasses the electrical component.
US11865425B2	Indicator assembly for golf club capable of checking swing trajectory An indicator assembly for a golf club capable of checking a swing trajectory according to the present invention comprises an indicator which is attached to one side of the head of the golf club, has a sheet shape, has a plurality of marks spaced at intervals, and is made of a material that can be scratched by the blow of a golf ball. The indicator assembly for a golf club capable of checking a swing trajectory according to the present invention includes the marks on the indicator that can leave a scratch by colliding with the golf ball, thereby specifying the location of the scratch to determine the user's swing trajectory and the type of the formed pitch.
US11865423B1	Football player-worn target pad The football player-worn target pad is a training device. The football player-worn target pad is a garment. The football player-worn target pad is worn by an athlete. The football player-worn target pad is configured for use in training for the game of American football. The football player-worn target pad provides targets used to aim the interpersonal impacts that commonly occur between a first athlete and a second athlete participating in American football. The football player-worn target pad incorporates a harness structure and a pad structure. The harness structure is worn by the first athlete. The pad structure presents a plurality of target images that are visible to the second athlete. The second athlete aims at the plurality of target images during the interpersonal impact between the second athlete and the first athlete.
US11865413B2	Golf club head with high density body and low density face Described herein are embodiments of a golf club head, the golf club head comprising a body and a strike face. The body comprises a first material having a first specific gravity and the strike face comprises a second material having a second specific gravity. A ratio of the first specific gravity to the second specific gravity is greater than or equal to 1.7. The body and the strike face are coupled together by welding. The body further defines a cavity.
US11865410B1	Golf ball with an acid-functional polyurethane hybrid A golf ball with a cover or mantle layer that comprises a polyurethane and ionomer hybrid made by compounding or dry blending acid functional polyurethane and an ionomer is disclosed herein. The golf ball comprises a core (single core or dual core), a mantle layer (single layer or dual layer) and a cover layer.
US11865409B2	Golf ball and method of making same Golf ball comprising layer formed from polymer composition comprising delignified natural wood. The delignified natural wood may be basswood, oak, poplar, ash, alder, aspen, balsa wood, beech, birch, cherry, butternut, chestnut, cocobolo, elm, hickory, maple, oak, padauk, plum, walnut, willow, yellow poplar, bald cypress, cedar, cypress, fir, hemlock, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, tamarack, juniper, yew, and/or bamboo and having a lignin content of less than 20 wt %. Hemicellulose content may be less than 30 wt %, or about 15 wt % or less, or less than 15 wt %. The delignified natural wood is included in the polymer composition in an amount of 20 wt % or less, based on total weight of the polymer composition. Examples of polymer compositions include rubbers, polyurethanes, polyureas, ionomers, and combinations thereof. In specific embodiments, the golf ball core and/or intermediate layer is formed from the polymer composition. The delignified wood may comprise chopped wood pieces and/or powder.
US11865407B1	Measurement and testing system A measurement and testing system is disclosed herein. The measurement and testing system includes at least one data processing device operatively coupled to at least one actuator, a visual display device, and a user input device. The at least one data processing device being configured to execute computer executable stored instructions for: (i) generating a graphical user interface with a protocol section comprising one or more protocols with one or more actuator parameters for controlling the at least one actuator for a time period; (ii) receiving an input signal from the user input device that initiates an execution of one of the one or more protocols for controlling the at least one actuator; and (iii) upon receiving the input signal from the user input device, controlling the at least one actuator for the time period in accordance with the executed one of the one or more protocols.
US11865404B2	Exercise bar An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an exercise bar. The exercise bar includes: a first end support; a second end support; a first handle support; and a second handle support. The second end support is spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction. The first handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. The second handle support is spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction. The second handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. Each of the first handle support and the second handle support is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of adjustable handles.
US11865403B2	Pilates and barre workout and storage device A compact, movable, decorative exercise and storage device configured to allow a user to perform Pilates exercises and Ballet Barre (Barre) exercises. The exercise and storage device may include an upper portion and a lower portion and is traversable between a first use configuration and a second use configuration.
US11865397B2	Adjustable weight lifting device An adjustable weight lifting device (21) includes a tube (31), a pin (33) movably disposed inside the tube (31), the pin (33) comprising an external thread (35), and one or more driving knobs (51) extending radially inward relative to an inner wall of the tube (31) and engaging with the external thread. The external thread comprises at least one portion having a first helix angle and at least one portion having a second helix angle, the second helix angle being smaller than the first helix angle.
US11865396B2	Golf ball and method of making same Golf ball comprising one or more layers and/or indicia formed from a fluorescent composition comprising: a base polymer; and a colorant; wherein the colorant is a small-molecule ionic isolation lattice formed from one or more fluorescent dye and one or more cyanostar macrocycles. The one or more fluorescent dyes may include at least one dye selected from xanthenes, oxazines, styryls, cyanines, trianguleniums, or mixtures thereof. The colorant may be a dispersion of the small-molecule ionic isolation lattice in a carrier medium or a powder. In particular embodiments, at least one of the one or more layers is a cover layer and/or a coating layer.
US11865393B2	Fire-fighting foam composition An aqueous fire-fighting composition includes a sugar component, anionic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, organic solvent and polysaccharide thickener is provided. The composition does not contain any amine oxide or nonionic surfactants and is substantially free of fluorinated compounds. Methods of using the composition to form a firefighting foam and fighting a fire with the firefighting foam are also provided.
US11865389B2	Vehicle-mounted large-flow fire-fighting foam fluid mixing system The present invention discloses a vehicle-mounted large-flow fire-fighting foam fluid mixing system, including a supply kit, a mixing kit, a control kit, and a pipeline kit. The supply kit includes an auxiliary gas supply device, a fire pump, an integrated foam pump, a fire pump main motor, and a coupling. The mixing kit includes a fire monitor interface, a foam generating device, and a fluid mixing device. The control kit includes a foam mixing proportion single-chip microcomputer control system, an alarm module, a power module, an auxiliary air compressor switch module, a frequency converter, and a central control display screen. The pipeline kit includes an air drainage tube, a fire hose, a foam liquid pipe, and a pipeline valve. For the problems of flow fluctuation and low foam foaming efficiency, the present invention optimizes the design and adopts a new control policy, thereby implementing precise mixing under the large-flow condition.
US11865385B2	Ullage pressure-driven valve for fire suppression A fire suppression system includes a feed port and a channel to couple the feed port to an actuation chamber. A solenoid valve controllably blocks a connection between the feed port and the channel. Pressure from the feed port builds up in the actuation chamber based on the solenoid valve unblocking the connection. A piston is in communication with the actuation chamber. The system also includes an inlet port closed off by a disc. The piston travels through the inlet port and burst the disc based on the pressure in the actuation chamber. An outlet port is coupled to the inlet port.
US11865381B2	Adjustable face mask assembly A face mask assembly configured with a drop down feature and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The face mask assembly includes a face mask component slidable along a length of at least a first strap. The face mask component includes a first dynamic strap engagement feature defining a slide portion and a locking portion to engage the first strap. The slide portion includes a smooth edge such that the face mask component is slidable along the length of the first strap while the first strap is positioned within the slide portion. The locking portion includes a sharp edge to provide frictional restriction to the first strap during operation such that face mask component is locked relative to the length of the first strap while the first strap is positioned within the locking portion. A corresponding method of manufacture is also provided.
US11865377B2	System and method for fit test and monitoring for respiratory products Embodiments include systems and methods for completing a fit test on a respiratory mask A method may comprise installing a speaker within an interior cavity of the face mask, wherein the speaker communicates with an electronics unit; installing a microphone within the interior cavity of the face mask, wherein the microphone communicates with the electronics unit; generating, by the speaker, a sound during the fit test; detecting, by the microphone, sound generated by the speaker during the fit test; comparing, by the electronics unit, a detected signal from the microphone to a baseline expected sound; when the detected signal is within a certain range of the baseline expected sound, indicating to the user that the fit test is completed and passed; and when the detected signal is not within a certain range of the baseline expected sound, indicating to the user that the fit test is completed and failed.
US11865372B2	Methods of treating tumors with drugs Methods of treating tumors by administering compounds to a patient are provided. Compounds such as drugs, may be administered to the patient orally, by injection, intravenously, or topically, which then accumulate preferentially as compounds such as protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in tumor cells. After such accumulation, compounds such as PpIX are then activated in various aspects to treat tumors cells, thereby treating cancer. Cancers such as glioblastoma may be treated.
US11865369B2	Neural network calibration for radiotherapy Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying radiation therapy treatment data for patients. A processor accesses a neural network trained based on a first set of data generated from characteristic values of a first set of patients that received treatment at one or more first radiotherapy machines. The processor executes the neural network using a second set of data comprising characteristic values of a second set of patients receiving treatment at one or more second radiotherapy machines. The processor executes a calibration model using an output of the neural network based on the second set of data to output a calibration value. The processor executes the neural network using a set of characteristics of a first patient to output a first confidence score associated with a first treatment attribute. The processor then adjusts the first confidence score according to the calibration value to predict the first treatment attribute.
US11865368B2	Tracking soft tissue in medical images The present invention relates to a medical data processing method of determining the representation of an anatomical body part (2) of a patient (1) in a sequence of medical images, the anatomical body part (2) being subject to a vital movement of the patient (1), the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring advance medical image data comprising a time-related advance medical image comprising a representation of the anatomical body part (2) in a specific movement phase; b) acquiring current medical image data describing a sequence of current medical images, wherein the sequence comprises a specific current medical image comprising a representation of the anatomical body part (2) in the specific movement phase, and a tracking current medical image which is different from the specific current medical image and comprises a representation of the anatomical body part (2) in a tracking movement phase which is different from the specific movement phase; c) determining, based on the advance medical image data and the current medical image data, specific image subset data describing a specific image subset of the specific current medical image, the specific image subset comprising the representation of the anatomical body part (2); d) determining, based on the current medical image data and the image subset data, subset tracking data describing a tracked image subset in the tracking current medical image, the tracked image subset comprising the representation of the anatomical body part (2).
US11865359B2	Tumor imaging with x-rays and other high energy sources using as contrast agents photon-emitting phosphors having therapeutic properties A system and method for imaging or treating a disease in a human or animal body. The system provides to the human or animal body a pharmaceutical carrier including one or more phosphors which are capable of emitting ultraviolet or visible light into the body and which provide x-ray contrast. The system includes one or more devices which infuse a diseased site with a photoactivatable drug and the pharmaceutical carrier, an initiation energy source comprising an x-ray or high energy source which irradiates the diseased site with at least one of x-rays, gamma rays, or electrons to thereby initiate emission of said ultraviolet or visible light into the body, and a processor programmed to at least one of 1) produce images of the diseased site or 2) control a dose of said x-rays, gamma rays, or electrons to the diseased site for production of said ultraviolet or visible light at the diseased site to activate the photoactivatable drug.
US11865352B2	Remote monitoring devices and related methods and systems with audible AED signal listening A remote monitoring device and related systems and methods for monitoring and managing by a monitoring service via a communications network a condition of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) based on audio signals from the AED The remote monitoring device includes a housing configured to be positioned outside of the AED such that audio sounds from the AED can be detected. The housing contains at least one processor, a communications module, a first audio sensor, a first audio detection circuitry, a second audio sensor, and a second audio detection circuitry. The communications module is operably connected to the at least one processor and configured to transmit electronic communications to the monitoring service via the communications network. The at least one processor is configured to power on in response to the wakeup notification signal, process digital audio signals, and transmit a signal to the monitoring service to report a condition of the AED.
US11865346B2	Nerve block by electrical pulses at sub-threshold intensity Provided herein is a method of blocking a nerve or neuron by applying an electrical stimulation to the nerve or neuron, wherein the electrical stimulation is of an intensity below the excitation threshold of the nerve or neuron for a length of time sufficient to produce a block of nerve conduction or neuron excitation.
US11865345B2	Display of region of activation in neurostimulation programming screen A system for use with a neurostimulator coupled to one or more electrodes implanted adjacent neural tissue of a patient. The system comprises a user input device configured for allowing a user to select different nerve fiber diameters and to select a set of stimulation parameters. The system further comprises processing circuitry configured estimating regions of activation within the neural tissue of the patient based on the selected nerve fiber diameters and the selected stimulation parameter set. The system further comprises a display device configured for displaying the estimated regions of tissue activation. The user input device may further be configured for allowing the user to select different tissue regions of therapy, in which case, the display device may display the different tissue region on a human body map, and different indicia associating the displayed tissue regions for therapy to displayed estimated regions of tissue activation.
US11865343B2	Methods for treating post-traumatic stress disorder in patients via renal neuromodulation Methods for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or for reducing a risk associated with developing PTSD in patients via therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated systems are disclosed herein. Sympathetic nerve activity can contribute to several cellular and physiological conditions associated with PTSD as well as an increased risk of developing PTSD following a traumatic event. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods for improving a patient's calculated risk score corresponding to a PTSD status in the patient. Other aspects are directed to reducing a likelihood of developing PTSD in patients presenting one or more PTSD risk factors. Renal sympathetic nerve activity can be attenuated to improve a patient's PTSD status or risk of developing PTSD. The attenuation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly configured to use, e.g., electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the renal sympathetic nerve.

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