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| US11906145B2 |
Lamp connector and tandem structure of light strips
A lamp connector includes an insulating connector body, a first pressing cover, and a second pressing cover. The insulating connector body includes a first electrical connection part, a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure; the first electrical connection part includes a first base, and a first end of the first pressing cover is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, a second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure. The second electrical connection part includes a second base, and a third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure. |
| US11906144B1 |
Light socket for flat ribbon cable with selectable wire connection
A cable interface is configured to mechanically and electrically connect to, via a plurality of piercing members, power-channel wires and a common wire of a ribbon cable. A lighting-element socket coupled to the cable interface is configured to receive a lighting element within and to provide electrical connection between power and common electrical contacts of the lighting element received and power-channel and common electrical contacts of the lighting-element socket. A channel selector conductively connected to the power electrical contact of the lighting-element socket is configured to select and electrically connect to a selected one of the plurality of power-channel wires via the power-channel contacting members. |
| US11906139B1 |
Lamp head assembly
A lamp head assembly includes a lamp holder, a light-emitting element, a first lampshade, and a second lampshade. A plug interface is disposed on the lamp holder for supplying power, and the light-emitting element is inserted into the plug interface. The first lampshade includes a first connecting port and a first accommodation cavity, the first connecting port is communicated with the first accommodation cavity, the first lampshade is connected to the lamp holder through the first connecting port, and the light-emitting element is located in the first accommodation cavity. The second lampshade includes an extension body and an abutting portion, and the abutting portion is connected to a first side of the extension body. The abutting portion abuts against the first connecting port, or, the abutting portion abuts against the lamp holder. The extension body extends from the abutting portion toward the first accommodation cavity. |
| US11906137B1 |
Mechanical color changing security light
The present disclosure sets forth a security light with the flexibility of modifying the color output of the light source by using simple mechanical color filters mounted over the light source. The security light may comprise at least one lamp head with a light source, an inner lens, a filter frame element, an outer lens, an exchangeable mechanical color filter, a locking mechanism, and a sealing mechanism. |
| US11906134B2 |
Apparatus for a solar pathway light
An apparatus includes a classification of shaded area and a light unit being configured for illumination. A solar panel is configured for at least providing an energy output during exposure of shade being classified by the classification of shaded area. A rechargeable storage device is configured for storing at least a portion of the energy output as stored energy. The stored energy recharges the rechargeable storage device. A safety device is configured for at least protecting the rechargeable storage device from substantial overcharging during exposure of direct sunlight. A cutoff threshold is configured for at least preventing a deep discharging of the rechargeable storage device. An illumination mode comprises at least the rechargeable storage device providing the stored energy, the light unit providing the illumination, the illumination lasting for at least 5 hours, and the cutoff threshold preventing the deep discharging of the rechargeable storage device. |
| US11906132B2 |
Lighting arrangement having assembly of lighting module for direct lighting or indirect lighting, and/or assembly of connecting unit and rail that couples or accommodates at least one lighting unit, and a rail profile accommodating an adapter unit that electrically couples the assembly
A lighting arrangement includes an assembly, a rail profile, and an adapter unit. The assembly is designed as a lighting module or lighting unit coupled to the assembly or accommodated by the assembly. The rail profile has a first region for accommodating the assembly and a second region, in which a conductor device for providing electrical energy is provided along the rail profile. The adapter unit is accommodated in the second region of the rail profile and is configured to be electrically coupled to the conductor device in the second region, to receive electrical energy from the conductor device and to provide electrical energy to the assembly for supplying the lighting module or the lighting unit. The adapter unit and the assembly are configured for electrical coupling so that the assembly displaces along a longitudinal direction of the rail profile relative to the adapter unit inserted into the second region. |
| US11906128B1 |
Lamp having optics and illuminating light guides
A lamp includes a light source, a central lens optically aligned with the light source to receive a first portion of light emitted by the light source and transmit the first portion of light in a first output beam, a side emitting lens generally disposed between the central lens and the light source and arranged to receive a second portion of the light, and a plurality of light guides each having a light input end and operatively coupled to the side emitting lens to receive the second portion of light emitted from the light source that is directed through the side emitting lens and having a light output end, wherein each of the plurality of light guides has a light refraction structure on a first side for directing the second portion of the light in a second output beam from a second side. |
| US11906126B2 |
Illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle
An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a lighting device having one or more light sources, a reflector arrangement having one or more scatter reflectors, and one or more transparent bodies each having a surface made of a plurality of flat facets. The illumination apparatus is designed such that light generated by the light source(s) of the lighting device is scattered at the scatter reflector(s) of the reflector arrangement, as a result of which scattered light is created, which is refracted at least partially on facets of the transparent body or bodies and then exits the illumination apparatus in order to generate a light distribution. |
| US11906124B2 |
Multiband adjustable lights
A system may have lights. The lights may emit visible and infrared light. Infrared light may be used to illuminate objects that are monitored using infrared image sensors or other infrared sensors. Visible light may be used to illuminate objects that are viewed by users and which may be monitored using sensors. The lights may be adjustable. An adjustable light may have a light source that contains an infrared light-emitting device such as an infrared light-emitting diode and a visible light-emitting device such as a visible light-emitting diode. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards a lens. An adjustable light-blocking device may be located between the reflector and the lens. The light-blocking device may allow infrared light to pass unimpeded while adjusting visible light passing to the lens. |
| US11906120B2 |
Hybrid function LED auxiliary lamp for motor vehicles
A hybrid function LED auxiliary lamp is provided. The auxiliary lamp comprises a housing and a lighting assembly disposed within the housing. The lighting assembly includes a plurality of LED light sources mounted on a printed circuit board. An optical manifold comprising a plurality of reflective cavities is mounted on the printed circuit board. Each reflective cavity defines a respective corresponding focal point. The LED light sources are aligned with respect to the optical manifold such that a center of each respective LED light source corresponds to a respective focal point of a reflective cavity. |
| US11906119B1 |
Dual-bead rubber-covered string light
The present disclosure discloses a light fixture and aims to provide a dual-bead rubber-covered string light. According to a technical solution, the dual-bead rubber-covered string light includes a plug, a wire, and light sources, the light sources are connected to the wire, a tail end of the wire is connected to the removable plug, a rubber wire conduit wrapping the wire is disposed on an outer wall of the wire, rubber beads wrapping the light sources by hot melting are disposed outside the light sources, and a ratio of a width of each rubber bead to a distance between the rubber beads is 1/6. The stability effect is strengthened on the basis of an original break-proof effect of the rubber wire conduit, such that the dual-bead rubber-covered string light is not prone to break even in long-term use or when frequently bent. |
| US11906113B2 |
Spiral LED filament lamp with a cylindrical two-dimensional flexible printed circuit board (PCB) and a method of producing a spiral LED filament with a cyclindrical two-dimensional flexible printed circuit board (PCB)
The present invention relates to an LED filament lamp (10) comprising a two-dimensional flexible printed circuit board (100), PCB, having a first and a second opposing connection end portions (110, 120). The two-dimensional flexible PCB (100) comprises a plurality of filaments lines (130a-d) extending from the first connection end portion (110) to the second connection end portion (120), wherein each filament line (130a) comprises an array of LEDs (130a1-130aN). The two-dimensional flexible PCB (100) is arranged in a cylinder shape by connecting the first and the second opposing connection end portions (110, 120) such that each (130a) of the plurality of filament lines (130a-d) is connected to another (130b) one of the plurality of filament lines (130a-d) thereby a spiral LED filament (150) is formed by the plurality of filament lines (130a-d). |
| US11906112B2 |
Methods for safety management of compressors in smart gas pipeline network and internet of things systems thereof
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for safety management of a compressor in a smart gas pipeline network and an Internet of Things system thereof. The method is implemented based on a smart gas safety management platform of an Internet of Things system for safety management of a compressor in a smart gas pipeline network. The method comprises: obtaining sound data and a target vibration feature of a gas compressor, and determining a target sound feature based on the sound data; obtaining gas data and device data, and determining a standard sound feature and a standard vibration feature based on the gas data and the device data; and predicting whether there is a safety hazard in the gas compressor based on the target vibration feature and the standard vibration feature, or based on the target sound feature and the standard sound feature. |
| US11906111B2 |
Delivery tank with pressure reduction, saturation and desaturation features
A cryogenic delivery tank includes a vessel having inner and outer shells and an interior that may contain a cryogenic liquid with a headspace above. A transfer pipe passes through the interior of the vessel and includes a head space coil positioned within an upper portion of the interior and a liquid side coil positioned in the lower portion of the interior. The transfer pipe has a first port adjacent to the head space coil and a second port adjacent to the liquid side coil. The first and second ports of the transfer pipe are configured to be removably attached to a second tank. |
| US11906109B2 |
Method for displaying a fill level of a pressure vessel, and pressure vessel assembly
A method for displaying a fill level of a pressure vessel includes measuring an actual fill level of the pressure vessel, calculating a displayable fill level based on the actual fill level, and displaying the displayable fill level via a display device. In the method, during refueling between a first filling point (FP1) and a second filling point (FP2), the displayable fill level is increased in relation to the actual fill level in accordance with a predefined characteristic curve. |
| US11906108B1 |
Belt trap with integrated tensioner
Belt traps for a belt drive system include a bracket configured to receive at least a portion of a pulley to capture a failed drive belt between the bracket and a pulley. The pulley may be a tensioner pulley and may be biased in a direction towards the bracket. The bracket may include a relief portion configured to receive at least a portion of the pulley. The relief portion may include an opening or a recess that is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the pulley. |
| US11906105B1 |
Over-door, hanging apparatus
An apparatus that includes an over the door hanger having at least one hanging bracket and a hook bar supported by the at least one bracket, and a cross bar provided to engage the hook bar of the hanger to support a body, such as a mirror, on the upper edge of a door. |
| US11906097B2 |
Ventilation leak component
Leakage components are described herein. The leakage component includes a first tubing housing and a plurality of leakage ports. The first tubular housing defines a first flow path between a first end portion and a second end portion. The plurality of leakage ports are formed in the first housing and in fluid communication with the first flow path. The fluid flow through the plurality of leakage ports is configured to entrain ambient air into the fluid flow exiting the plurality of leakage ports to decelerate the fluid flow. |
| US11906095B2 |
Combined metal / plastic tubing apparatuses and methods of manufacture
An apparatus may comprise: a metal pipe portion extending from a first end to a first transition end and defining a first radially outer surface and a first radially inner surface, the first transition end comprising a first tooth element and a second tooth element disposed circumferentially adjacent to the first tooth element; and a polymeric pipe portion having a second transition end and defining a second radially outer surface and a second radially inner surface, the second transition end having a complimentary shape to the first transition end, the second transition end coupled to the first transition end. |
| US11906086B2 |
Flange belt
A flange belt has a flexible belt with a flexible metal insert sheathed within it that allows the flange belt to conform to a flanged joint when the flange belt is wrapped around it. The flexible belt has a first longitudinal channel and a second longitudinal channel. A first band and a second band are sized to fit within the first longitudinal channel and the second longitudinal channel, respectively. The first band and the second band are used to hold the flexible belt on the flanged joint. |
| US11906083B2 |
Connector for pipes
A pipe connector for connecting pipes that includes an elongate tubular body having an outer diameter, a sleeve disposed over the elongate tubular body, and a first wire ring. The elongate tubular body that has a groove formed on the outer diameter. The sleeve has a groove formed on an inner diameter that is spaced from a first end of the sleeve and is aligned with the groove of the elongate tubular member. The first wire ring is disposed within the groove of the elongate tubular body and within the groove of the sleeve such that the sleeve is coupled to the elongate tubular body by the first wire ring. |
| US11906081B2 |
Pipe joint structure and air conditioner
A pipe joint structure includes: a union; a flare nut that includes a female thread formed at one of axially opposite ends of the flare nut, and a first annular surface formed at the other of the axially opposite ends of the flare nut; a cylindrical sleeve that houses the flare nut such that the flare nut can be rotate and moved forward and backward; a rotary ring that has a second annular surface located to face the first annular surface, and is attached to the sleeve such that the rotary ring can be rotated for the union; and a pressing member that presses the flare nut toward the rotary ring. At the second annular surface, a claw is formed in such a manner as to protrude towards the flare nut. The first annular surface includes an engagement surface that is formed in such a manner to face one side in a circumferential direction and a helically inclined surface that is adjacent to the engagement surface in the circumferential direction and formed helically in such a way as to incline and face the opposite side of the one side in the circumferential direction. |
| US11906079B2 |
Telescopically assembled mechanical connector
A telescopically assembled, Merlin™ Family Connector is provided with one or more sets of threads on substantially matching frustoconical surfaces of a pin and a box of the connector. Strengthening means are introduced involving at least one of: a mechanical stiffening clamp interacting with an outside surface of the box or a mechanical stiffening clamp interacting with an inside surface of the pin. The stiffening clamps may include systems of arbitrarily oriented ribs and/or fairing surfaces. The said strengthening means may be essentially annular clamps that would have relatively regular shapes essentially conforming to the external or internal surfaces of the box or the pin, respectively. The above modifications can be introduced to traditional connectors and to connectors designed to transfer high torsional loads. |
| US11906074B2 |
Electric control valve detection device and electric control valve signal detection method
The disclosure relates to the technical field of hydraulic pneumatic systems, in particular to an electric control valve detection plug and an electric control valve signal detection method. The disclosure can accurately measure the electric control signal actually obtained by the valve, thus avoiding the risk of misjudgment. The disclosure has simple manufacture and convenient installation and disassembly. |
| US11906072B2 |
Lockout tagout device and valve
A valve assembly including a valve housing and a handle that is movable about an actuation axis to actuate a valve actuator within the valve housing between an open position and a closed position. The handle has a first opening and the valve housing has a second opening. When the valve actuator is in the closed position the first opening aligns with the second opening to enable receipt of a lockout member that prevents movement of the valve actuator from the closed position to the open position. |
| US11906070B2 |
Valve actuation system through permanent magnet use
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a valve having an actuator configured to translate a mass in a plane and a valve element located out of the first plane and configured to translate along a first linear axis. In an illustrative example, at least one of the mass and the valve element may include a magnetic source providing a persistent magnetic field and the other may include a non-magnetized, magnetically permeable mass. Reluctance-induced forces may, for example, translate the valve element towards the mass along the first linear axis when the mass is brought into register with a second linear axis. The first linear axis and the second linear axis may, for example, be colinear. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a valve requiring low energy input for operation. |
| US11906057B2 |
Motor vehicle directional valve for adjusting a fluid flow
A directional valve for adjusts a fluid flow, such as a coolant flow, is between at least two operating states. The valve includes a valve housing, an adjustable valve member, and a slotted link guide adapted to push the valve member into a sealing contact switching state with the valve housing and to guide the valve member into a releasing operating state shifted back with respect to the sealing contact operating state. |
| US11906055B2 |
Electronic expansion valve
An electronic expansion valve includes the valve needle screw assembly which also includes an outer edge guide section, the electronic expansion valve includes an inner edge guide section matched with the outer edge guide section, in the process of the action of the valve needle of the electronic expansion valve, the outer edge guide section of the valve needle screw assembly is matched with the inner edge guide section of the electronic expansion valve, to provide the guide for the valve needle, relatively reducing the deviation of the valve needle relative to the valve port, thereby reducing the eccentric wear of the valve needle. |
| US11906053B2 |
Valve device and method for manufacturing the same
A valve device includes: a mounting plate including a rotary shaft; an insertion hole formed in the mounting plate; a valve including a shaft portion inserted into the insertion hole; a larger-diameter portion of the shaft portion, at least a part of the larger-diameter portion being located within the insertion hole; a smaller-diameter portion of the shaft portion, a diameter of the smaller-diameter portion being smaller than that of the larger-diameter portion; a stepped surface formed between the larger-diameter portion and the smaller-diameter portion on the shaft portion; and a position regulating portion provided on the smaller-diameter portion, the position regulating portion being attached on the smaller-diameter portion at a position spaced apart from the stepped surface in a central axis direction of the shaft portion. |
| US11906052B2 |
Coated piston ring for an internal combustion engine
A piston ring with a coated outer surface is provided. The coating is disposed on end sections of the outer surface adjacent a gap. Typically, a middle section of the outer surface located between the end sections is not coated. The coating can be formed of CrN or DLC, and the CrN coating can be applied by physical vapor deposition (PVD). The end sections of the outer surface, upon which the coating is applied, are rough. For example, the outer surface can be blasted or otherwise textured to achieve the rough surface. The rough surface retains oil and distributes stress better than a smooth surface, and thus reduces crazing and flaking of the coating. |
| US11906045B2 |
Actuator control device
A control device switches a shift range by driving a motor and moving a detent roller in a parking lock system including an electric actuator having the motor and a detent mechanism. A control unit of the control device includes a drive control part, a position determination part and a range determination part. The drive control part controls driving of the motor. When the detent roller is moved to a target valley portion corresponding to the target range, a position determination part determines that the detent roller has passed over a peak portion based on sensor information. The range determination part is configured to estimate that the detent roller has reached the range of the target range corresponding to the target range at a peak passing over determination timing when it is determined that the detent roller has passed over the peak portion. |
| US11906042B2 |
Gear shift control device of vehicle
A gear shift control device of an automobile includes memory storing a gear shift map that defines, for each of gear shift points, thresholds of the number of revolutions to determine a switching start timing of each of the gear positions, a transmission control unit that performs switching between the gear positions based on the gear shift map, and a regeneration control unit that controls regeneration. The gear shift map includes a non-cooperative regeneration map that defines the thresholds of revolutions lower than the thresholds in a cooperative request map used in cooperative regeneration, and the non-cooperative regeneration map includes a combustion request map that defines the thresholds of low revolutions and is used when an accelerator is not used, and a travel request map that defines the thresholds of relatively higher revolutions and is used when the accelerator is used. |
| US11906041B2 |
Transmission for vehicle
A transmission for a vehicle includes a shift lever rotatable around a rotation axis so that one of a plurality of shift stages is selected; a pawl member disposed in the shift lever to be movable in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis; a detent plate including a plurality of detent grooves formed therein and arranged along a rotational direction of the shift lever so that the pawl member is inserted into each of the plurality of detent grooves corresponding to each of the plurality of shift stages; and a shift lever actuator that rotates the shift lever. The shift lever actuator includes a driving unit; and a driven unit that is rotated about the rotation axis by the driving unit to cause the pawl member to move in the radial direction and to apply a force to the pawl member in the rotation direction of the shift lever. |
| US11906040B2 |
Shifting device for vehicle
A shifting device in which a selected shift position can be confirmed easily, and which can be fitted easily in vehicles. The shifting device comprises: a restriction member that restricts a movement of a shift lever into a predetermined shift slot in a first shifting mode, and that cancels the restriction of the movement of the shift lever in a second shifting mode; and an indicator that indicates a first pattern when the first shifting mode is selected, and that indicates a second pattern when the second shifting mode is selected. |
| US11906039B2 |
Selector device for a user input for shifting a vehicle gearbox, and gearbox system for a vehicle
A selector device for a user input for shifting a vehicle transmission may be connected to the vehicle transmission for signal transfer. The selector device may include a slider unit coupled to a selector knob for the user input, and a housing unit for receiving the slider unit. The slider unit may be moveable in relation to the housing unit in a translatory manner. The selector device may have a ball bearing unit, where the ball bearing unit is designed to guide the slider unit linearly in the housing unit. |
| US11906038B2 |
Shifter mechanism with manual shift function
An automatic transmission shifter mechanism that is selectable between an automatic transmission mode and a manual shifting mode, including a shifter assembly, a pin attached to the shifter assembly, a first slotted plate to selectively receive a first portion of the shifter assembly, and a detent plate configured to receive the pin at different gear positions, wherein selected shifter assembly positions in the automatic transmission mode are maintained by the pin being located within a corresponding detent of the detent plate, and wherein movement of the first portion of the shifter assembly into the first slotted plate causes the pin to move out of range of detents in the detent plate such that an operator can shift between drive gears in the manual shifting mode. |
| US11906035B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device includes a pinion gear having a large pinion gear and a small pinion gear, a wall part that overlaps a revolution orbit of the large pinion gear in an axial direction, a plate that is provided between the wall part and the large pinion gear, and a bottom part provided on a lower part of the plate and a lower part of the revolution orbit of the large pinion gear with a clearance being interposed. A space on a wall part side of the plate and a space on a large pinion gear side of the plate in the axial direction are in communication with each other via the clearance positioned at the lower part of the plate. |
| US11906033B2 |
Systems for a lubrication catch
Methods and systems are provided for a lubricant catching device. In one example, a system may include a device for capturing lubricant flowing in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction. The device receives lubricant from a lubricated, rotating component. |
| US11906032B2 |
Oil module
An oil module may include a conveying device for conveying oil along a flow path, a heat exchanger for temperature-controlling the oil, and a main body having a front side and a back side. The front side may include (i) an inlet opening and (ii) an outlet opening. The back side may include (i) at least one pump opening fluidically connected with the inlet opening, (ii) a first cooler opening fluidically connected with the at least one pump opening, and (iii) a second cooler opening fluidically connected with the outlet opening. The conveying device may be arranged on the back side and fluidically connected with the at least one pump opening. The heat exchanger may be arranged on the back side and fluidically connected with the first cooler opening and the second cooler opening. |
| US11906028B2 |
Track system with a support member
A track system may include a track assembly and a support assembly. A track assembly may include a toothed portion. The support assembly may include a support member removable from and adjustably connected to the track assembly. The toothed portion may include a plurality of track teeth. The support member may include an adjuster pinion. The adjuster pinion may include a plurality of pinion teeth configured to engage the plurality of track teeth. The adjuster pinion may be adjustable to an engaged position in which the adjuster pinion and the toothed portion are engaged with one another. The adjuster pinion may be adjustable to a disengaged position in which the adjuster pinion and the toothed portion are not engaged with one another. |
| US11906027B2 |
Light-weight gear and manufacturing method thereof, manufacturing method of gear train, and robot
A light-weight gear including: an annular tooth portion made of metal; a shaft extending along a central axis of the tooth portion and made of metal; and a coupling element configured to couple the shaft to the tooth portion and made of a resin, in which a joining part between the shaft and the coupling element and a joining part between the tooth portion and the coupling element are provided with irregularities configured to be engaged with one another in a circumferential direction, and corners of the irregularities are rounded to release a stress. Also, provided is a manufacturing method of a light-weight gear including: disposing the tooth portion and the shaft in a mold and injecting a molten resin into a cavity of the mold, thereby simultaneously performing injection molding of the coupling element and joining the coupling element to the tooth portion and the shaft. |
| US11906025B2 |
Control apparatus for vehicle
A control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a power source and a fluid transmission device that includes a lockup clutch. The control apparatus includes: (a) a follow-up-running control portion for controlling a follow-up running in which the vehicle automatically runs following a preceding vehicle with a predetermined inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle; and (b) a lockup-clutch control portion for controlling the lockup clutch such that an operation state of the lockup clutch is placed in one of a released state, a slipping state or an engaged state. The lockup-clutch control portion is configured, during the follow-up running, to execute a fluid-temperature increase suppressing control for controlling the operation state of the lockup clutch in a manner that suppresses increase of a temperature of a working fluid which circulates in the fluid transmission device and which is used to switch the operation state of the lockup clutch. |
| US11906024B2 |
Vehicle drive device
A vehicle drive device includes: a rotating electrical machine that functions as a driving force source for wheels; an input member drivingly connected to rotating electrical machine; a pair of output members each drivingly connected to wheel; a differential gear mechanism that distributes rotation transmitted from rotating electrical machine to pair of output members; a transmission gear mechanism that drivingly connects input member and differential gear mechanism; a hydraulic pump that includes a pump rotor and chamber housing the pump rotor and that supplies oil to at least the rotating electrical machine; and a case. The case includes a partition portion that separates in an axial direction a first housing chamber housing rotating electrical machine and a second housing chamber housing transmission gear mechanism and differential gear mechanism). Pump chamber is formed in partition wall so as to be located between first and second housing chambers in the axial direction. |
| US11906022B2 |
Vehicle having a continuously variable transmission
A vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) operatively connected to the CVT, the DCT includes a clutch input member operatively connected to a driven pulley of the CVT to be driven thereby; a first clutch; a second clutch; a first shaft operatively connected to the first clutch, the first clutch being selectively actuated to couple the first shaft to the clutch input member; a second shaft operatively connected to the second clutch, the second clutch being selectively actuated to couple the second shaft to the clutch input member; at least one first driving member mounted to the first shaft; at least one second driving member mounted to the second shaft; and an output shaft operatively connecting the at least one first driving member and the at least one second driving member to at least one ground-engaging member of the vehicle. |
| US11906021B2 |
Clutch configurations for a multiple motor mixed-speed continuous power transmission
An electric powertrain includes a first electric motor that has an uninterrupted connection with a drive shaft of a vehicle. The electric powertrain further includes a second electric motor that has an interruptible connection with the drive shaft. In one form, this interruptible connection includes a clutch. The electric powertrain further includes a first gear train in the form of a first planetary gear and a second gear train in the form of a second planetary gear. The clutch in one variation includes a positive clutch in the form of a dog clutch. The dog clutch has a clutch suspension configured to deflect a clutch collar when gearing is misaligned during shifting. |
| US11906019B2 |
Swash-plate-type gearing for adjustment devices
A swash-plate-type gearing for adjustment devices includes a housing; an outer part, which has an inner toothing concentric with a joint axis; and an inner part with an outer toothing concentric with an eccentric axis, which runs parallel to the joint axis, offset by an off-centre distance. The gearing also includes an engagement region, in which the outer toothing is engaged with the inner toothing and which is located on a straight line intersecting the joint axis and eccentric axis, in each case at a right angle, with the eccentric axis lying on this straight line between the joint axis and engagement region; and a free space located 180° opposite the engagement region and on the straight line, in which free space the outer toothing is disengaged from and at a distance from the inner toothing. A locking part is provided having a locking region located in the free space. |
| US11906017B1 |
Drive assembly and method of assembly
The torque transfer assembly can have a torque shaft rotatable around a rotation axis, the torque shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end along the rotation axis, a first reference feature at an intermediary location between the first end and the second end, and a sun gear integrated to the torque shaft, at the first end, the second end has a first external diameter, and the sun gear having a second external diameter greater than the first external diameter; and a reference tube having a fixed end secured to the torque shaft adjacent the second end, a free end having a second reference feature adjacent the first reference feature, the reference tube extending around the torque shaft, the reference tube having an internal diameter, the internal diameter being between the first external diameter and the second external diameter. |
| US11906012B2 |
Hydraulic mount for vehicle
A hydraulic mount for a vehicle is configured to control and damp the behavior of a motor mounted on a vehicle body. The hydraulic mount includes: an inner pipe; a main rubber molded on an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe and having an upper front liquid chamber and an upper rear liquid chamber, and a lower front liquid chamber and a lower rear liquid chamber; and an outer pipe fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the main rubber to seal the liquid chambers, wherein the main rubber includes a first flow path connecting the upper front liquid chamber and the lower rear liquid chamber filled with fluid such that the fluid is movable therebetween; and a second flow path connecting the upper rear liquid chamber and the lower front liquid chamber filled with fluid such that the fluid is movable therebetween. |
| US11906010B2 |
Sacrificial materials to improve chemical vapor infiltration of B4C loaded preforms
A method of forming a composite component is provided. The method includes locating a fibrous preform, providing a slurry, mixing the slurry with sacrificial fibers, injecting the slurry into the fibrous preform, heating the fibrous preform, forming channels in the fibrous preform, and densifying the fibrous preform. The sacrificial fibers are suspended in the fibrous preform along an injection pathway such that heating the sacrificial fibers forms the channels along the injection pathway as the sacrificial fibers are burned away. |
| US11906008B2 |
Brake pad state estimation device and brake pad state estimation method
A brake pad state estimation device estimates a brake pad state including at least one of a wear volume and a temperature of a brake pad of a vehicle. The brake pad state estimation device performs: a brake pad state calculation process calculating the brake pad state based on sensor detection information during braking; and an information output process storing the brake pad state information in a storage and/or transmitting the brake pad state information to the outside. The brake pad state estimation device variably sets a processing frequency of at least one of the brake pad state calculation process and the information output process. The processing frequency when a vehicle speed is lower is lower than the processing frequency when the vehicle speed is higher, or the processing frequency when a brake pressure is lower is lower than the processing frequency when the brake pressure is higher. |
| US11906007B2 |
S-cam brake
An S-cam brake including a brake chamber to which compressed air is supplied; a slack adjuster rotatably connecting to the brake chamber; an S-cam unit having an S-cam connecting to and rotating around the slack adjuster; and a drum having a lining generating braking force with widening according to rotation of the S-cam is provided, wherein the brake chamber includes an upper housing having an air supply port through which compressed air is introduced; a lower housing coupled to the upper housing to form an internal space; a diaphragm having edges fixed to the upper housing and the lower housing and deformed by compressed air; a piston disposed to contact the diaphragm and move linearly; a piston push rod extending from the piston and having one end connected to the slack adjuster; and a spring having one end supported by the piston and the other end supported by the lower housing, wherein a thickness of the upper housing is greater than a thickness of the lower housing. |
| US11906005B2 |
Coupling and control assembly including a non-contact, linear inductive position sensor
A coupling and control assembly including a non-contact, linear inductive position sensor is provided. The assembly includes a coupling housing and a stator structure disposed within the coupling housing and including a stator housing. A translator structure is coupled to a coupling member of the assembly to rotate therewith about a rotational axis. The sensor is mounted on one of the housings. The translator structure includes a coupler element made of an electrically conductive material. The sensor is configured to create a magnetic field to induce eddy currents in the electrically conductive material. Movement of the coupler element changes a magnetic field caused by the eddy currents. The sensor provides a position feedback signal for vehicle transmission control. The signal is correlated with the linear position of the translator structure along the rotational axis. |
| US11905992B2 |
Crankshaft and method of manufacture
A method for manufacturing a crankshaft for an internal combustion engine with a plurality of journals having a hardened case with a first microstructure. The crankshaft is comprised of a steel comprising between about 0.3 wt % and 0.77 wt % Carbon. The first microstructure of the hardened case of the journals comprises between about 15% and 30% ferrite and a balance of martensite and the resultant subsurface residual stress between 310 MPa and 620 MPa. |
| US11905991B2 |
Composite end connections
A fibre-reinforced polymer composite shaft for transmitting loads along a central axis is provided. The composite shaft comprises a first interface surface extending along the central axis and comprising at least one helical groove and/or a plurality of circumferential grooves for engaging with at least one corresponding helical ridge and/or a plurality of corresponding circumferential ridges of a second interface surface of an end fitting. The at least one helical groove and/or the plurality of circumferential grooves comprises at least one flank with a flank angle of between 32° and 51°. In such an assembly, a preload structure is arranged to provide a radial biasing force to bias the first interference surface against the second interference surface. |
| US11905985B2 |
Systems and methods for misalignment adjustment utilizing double eccentric bushings
A double eccentric bushing arrangement comprises a first eccentric bushing comprising a first eccentric aperture, a second eccentric bushing comprising a second eccentric aperture, a fastener, a washer configured to be received around a portion of the second eccentric bushing, and a snap ring configured to be received around a portion of the second eccentric bushing to secure the washer in an installed position. The first eccentric bushing is configured to receive the second eccentric bushing in the first eccentric aperture. The second eccentric bushing is configured to receive the fastener in the second eccentric aperture. The first eccentric bushing is rotatable with respect to the second eccentric bushing to adjust a position of the fastener with respect to an adjacent component to which the fastener is being attached. |
| US11905979B2 |
Piston, gear-change selector and gearshift
A piston, in particular for a gear-change selector, including a piston body with a piston skirt and with a piston end face which can be pressurised with a working fluid. The piston includes a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion. The piston body and the first sealing portion have mutually complementary geometries so that they form a first vent channel. The first vent channel is arranged in a hydraulic series circuit with the second sealing portion. The second sealing portion prevents venting up to a first pressure and allows this above the first pressure. The invention furthermore concerns a gear-change selector and a gearshift for a vehicle. |
| US11905978B2 |
Jet pump
A jet pump comprising a jet nozzle for accelerating a propellant. The jet nozzle has a convergent inlet part and an outlet part connected to the convergent inlet part. The outlet comprises an inner wall diverging at an opening angle. The opening angle is designed such that a propellant flowing through the outlet part at subsonic speed is detached from the inner wall and a propellant flowing through the outlet part at supersonic speed is guided by the inner wall. An automatic, cost-effective and simple changeover of the jet pump to different pressure ratios is hence provided. |
| US11905976B2 |
Quick no-water startup apparatus for centrifugal pump
A quick no-water startup apparatus for a centrifugal pump includes, from top to bottom in sequence, one-way passages (1), a self-priming chamber housing (41), sliding devices (5), a self-priming chamber (4), chamber partition plates (2) a concave-convex impeller (3), inlet channels (6) connected on two sides of the self-priming chamber (4), a spring device (7) of an upper-side x-shaped gas-liquid separation device, the upper-side x-shaped gas-liquid separation device (8), upper and middle-side gas-liquid separation device connecting shafts (9), a middle-side gas-liquid separation device (10), lower-side backflow-type gas-liquid separation devices (11), v-shaped backflow channels (122), an inverted v-shaped inlet channel (121), and an inlet. The quick no-water startup apparatus of the present invention enables the centrifugal pump to directly enter a normal operating condition after no-water startup, and 36 times of air exhaust can be completed while the concave-convex impeller (3) in the self-priming chamber (4) rotates by a circle in the early stage. Besides, the apparatus is provided with the upper, middle, and lower gas-liquid separation devices to fully realize separation of gas and liquid, so that gas can be exhausted more quickly and the chamber is filled with water. Therefore, the working efficiency is significantly improved and the operation process is greatly simplified. |
| US11905972B2 |
Head mounted fan
A head mounted fan includes: a main blowing tube configured to be mounted on an upper portion of a head of a user, the main blowing tube having an air inlet through which air is introduced and including a main flow path through which air flows therein; a sub blowing tube connected to the main blowing tube, wherein the sub blowing tube includes a plurality of sub flow paths branching from the main flow path to extend in one direction of the head when the head mounted fan is worn on the head, and wherein air is discharged toward a scalp of the head through a plurality of air outlets communicating with the sub flow paths; and a wind generating unit configured to provide air pressure for causing the air to flow in the main flow path. |
| US11905968B2 |
Vacuum pump, casing, and inlet port flange
To provide a vacuum pump which separates and constructs an inlet port flange and a casing (outer cylinder) as two components to reduce weight while retaining required strength and which is consequently capable of reducing manufacturing cost. In a vacuum pump, an inlet port flange and a casing (outer cylinder) are separated from each other and constructed as different members. The inlet port flange uses stainless steel as a material thereof and the casing (outer cylinder) use aluminum as a material thereof. The components are fastened to each other by bolts and sealed by an O-ring in order to maintain a vacuum property during assembly of the vacuum pump. Accordingly, a weight of the vacuum pump can be reduced while maintaining strength of the inlet port flange. |
| US11905963B1 |
Compressor startup
A suction throttling valve adjusts flow of a process gas through an inlet flowline. A compressor pressurizes the process gas. An outlet flowline flows the process gas from the compressor. An anti-surge flowline branching from the outlet flowline directs a first portion of the process gas from the outlet flowline back to the inlet flowline. The anti-surge flowline is connected to the inlet flowline intermediate of the suction throttling valve and the compressor. An anti-surge control valve adjusts flow of the first portion of the process gas through the anti-surge flowline to the inlet flowline. A bypass flowline provides an alternative flow path for a second portion of the process gas flowing through the anti-surge flowline to the inlet flowline around the suction throttling valve. A bypass control valve adjusts flow of the second portion of the process gas through the bypass flowline. |
| US11905962B2 |
Vehicle exhaust dissipation system for improved lidar detection
A vehicle exhaust dissipation system includes a fan unit and one or more processors. A memory is communicably coupled to the one or more processors and stores a fan control module including computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the processor(s) to, responsive to a determination that an ambient temperature is equal to or below a fan rotor activation temperature, control operation of the fan unit to generate an airflow directed into an exhaust gas exiting the vehicle from a vehicle exhaust opening. |
| US11905961B2 |
Adaptive capacitor section for fan speed control
A fan controller for a ceiling fan is provided. The fan controller includes one or more switching devices configured to selectively couple the ceiling fan to a power source. The fan controller includes a first capacitor having a first capacitance and a second capacitor having a second capacitance that is larger than the first capacitance. The fan controller includes a power meter circuit and one or more control devices. The one or more control devices are configured to obtain, via the power meter circuit, data indicative of electrical power a fan motor of the ceiling fan draws from the power source. The one or more control devices are configured determine a size of the fan motor based on the data. The one or more control devices are configured to select the first capacitor or the second capacitor as a selected capacitor based on the determined size of the fan motor. |
| US11905955B1 |
Extending life cycles of vacuum pumps used in manufacturing processes
An abatement system with liquid-ring pump maintains an exhaust line at a negative pressure during operation of a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump operates to exhaust process gas and by-products from a process chamber through a foreline. The vacuum pump exhausts the process gas to the abatement system with liquid-ring pump through the exhaust line. The overall life of the vacuum pump is increased significantly because the exhaust line is maintained at a negative pressure which reduces precipitation of gases in the vacuum pump thereby reducing by-product accumulation and damage to the vacuum pump. The liquid-ring pump receives the exhaust process gas from the vacuum pump and outputs gas to a burn chamber and liquid to a recirculation tank. Liquid is recycled through the liquid-ring pump thereby reducing accumulation of precipitated gas and by-product. The overall life of the liquid-ring pump and vacuum pump are increased. |
| US11905954B2 |
Electric pump
An electric pump includes a housing that includes a gear chamber, a rotor chamber, and a motor chamber. The electric pump includes a first seal member, a second seal member, and a third seal member. The first seal member seals a space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber. The second seal member seals the space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber. The third seal member seals a space between the gear chamber and the motor chamber. The third seal member seals the space between the gear chamber and the motor chamber to a lesser extent than the first seal member and the second seal member seal the space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber. |
| US11905949B2 |
Controlling pressure on a journal bearing
A groove is applied to one or more contact surfaces of a journal bearing of a pump to increase a force applied to the contact surface(s). Each groove has an end exposed to discharge pressure of the pump so that the groove communicates the discharge pressure across the contact surface. The groove reduces an area of the contact surface over which fluid leakage results in a pressure differential, thereby increasing a net force applied to the contact surface. Applying the groove to the axial end face of the journal bearing enhances an axial force applied to the journal bearing whereas applying the groove to a radially facing land reduces friction between the journal bearing and the outer housing. |
| US11905946B2 |
Backup ring and liquid feeding pump using backup ring
A backup ring is for contacting with and supporting a plunger seal which is for sealing a pump chamber provided in a pump head of a plunger type liquid feeding pump. The backup ring includes a maximum outer diameter portion of a cylindrical shape and a smaller outer diameter portion. The maximum outer diameter portion includes a maximum outer diameter in a plunger seal supporting surface side that makes contact with a rear surface of the plunger seal. The smaller outer diameter portion includes a smaller outer diameter than the maximum outer diameter portion in at least one part of a portion other than the maximum outer diameter portion. |
| US11905944B2 |
Flap valve for diaphragm pump
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a flap valve in a diaphragm pump. The flap valve includes a body and a self-centering hinge portion. A front portion of the body includes a front surface having a raised portion and a recessed portion. The front surface is configured to form a seal with a surface of the pump when the body is in a closed position, the surface of the pump being at an inlet or an outlet of a pumping chamber. The body is configured to allow a downstream flow of a fluid when the flap valve is in an open position. The self-centering hinge portion is operably connected to the body. The self-centering hinge portion has a dynamically changing longitudinal axis. The body is configured to simultaneously translate and rotate about the dynamically changing longitudinal axis to form the seal. |
| US11905940B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes: a shell including an intake pipe configured to suction a refrigerant, a piston including a piston body, an intake muffler including a first muffler that includes a first muffler body defining a main flow passage and a first muffler flange extending in a radial direction from the first muffler body, and at least one auxiliary flow passage disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the first muffler body and an inner peripheral surface of the piston body and configured to guide the refrigerant remaining between the first muffler body and the piston body to an outside of the piston. A cross-sectional area of the at least one auxiliary flow passage is less than a cross-sectional area of an inlet hole provided at a rear end of the main flow passage and greater than or equal to 10% of the cross-sectional area of the inlet hole. |
| US11905933B2 |
Electro-thermal heating
The present invention relates to a method and controller for heating a wind turbine blade that comprises a plurality of heating zones. An icing factor is determined based on environmental conditions and one or more heating zones are determined based on the determined icing factor, wherein each heating zone comprises one or more Electro-Thermal Heating Elements. The one or more Electro-Thermal Heating Elements corresponding to the determined heating zones are activated to generate heat. |
| US11905932B2 |
Device and method of controlling blade instabilities of a wind turbine to avoid blade fluttering
A device and a method of controlling blade instabilities of a wind turbine is provided. The method including the following steps: defining at least one preliminary overspeed threshold value; defining a fluttering rotor speed at and above which a predetermined fluttering of at least one of the blades occurs, the fluttering rotor speed is defined as a function of the pitch angle and/or as a function of the wind speed; setting a final overspeed threshold value to be equal to or smaller than a minimum rotor speed of the at least one preliminary overspeed threshold value and the fluttering rotor speed at the actual pitch angle and/or at the actual wind speed; and controlling the rotor speed to not exceed the final overspeed threshold value. |
| US11905930B2 |
Output device, condition monitoring device, wind turbine, output method, condition monitoring method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
For each of actuators, the partial load ratio is output. An output device for a drive device of a wind turbine includes an obtaining unit for obtaining information relating to a load applied to each of a plurality of actuators, where the actuators are included in the drive device of the wind turbine and configured to cooperate with each other, a processing unit for, based on the information obtained by the obtaining unit, calculating a partial load ratio, where the partial load ratio represents a ratio of a load on each of the actuators to a total load and the total load is a sum of the loads on the respective actuators, and an output unit for outputting the partial load ratio. |
| US11905927B2 |
Frequency content based monitoring of wind turbine blade pitch system
Systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring a wind turbine (10). The system receives a signal (426) indicative of a pitch force being applied to a blade (20) of a wind turbine (10). The signal (426) is sampled to generate a discrete time-domain signal (426) including a plurality of pitch force samples. Samples are selected for analysis using a sampling window (326) that excludes samples obtained under operating conditions determined to be detrimental to obtaining good data. The selected samples are processed to generate a spectral density (150) of the signal (426), and the frequency content of the spectral density (150) analysed to determine the condition of one or more components of the wind turbine (10). If the analysis indicates that a component of the wind turbine (10) needs attention, the system generates an alarm. |
| US11905926B2 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting wind turbine blade, and device and storage medium thereof
A method and apparatus for inspecting a wind turbine blade. The method includes: acquiring a sound signal generated by an impingement of wind on the wind turbine blade using a sound acquisition device; generating a frequency spectrogram corresponding to the sound signal; and obtaining a damage recognition result of the wind turbine blade from the frequency spectrogram by performing image recognition on the frequency spectrogram based on a damage recognition model. With the method, a damage type of the wind turbine blade is accurately recognized based on the frequency spectrogram without manual inspection. Therefore, human resources are saved. In addition, the health state of the wind turbine blade can be monitored in real time. |
| US11905922B2 |
Gasket for wind turbine
The present invention relates to a gasket adapted for being placed between a transition piece and a monopile of a wind turbine. One embodiment relates to a gasket for formfitting the bottom part of a transition piece of a wind turbine, the gasket primarily manufactured in an elastomeric material and shaped as a hollow elongated body for surrounding at least a part of the monopile when mounted between the transition piece and the monopile, such that the gasket stabilizes the position of the transition piece relative to the monopile. The presently disclosed gasket can substitute the traditional grouting or bolting procedures when mounting a transition piece on a monopile. |
| US11905921B2 |
Main beam for wind turbine blade and manufacturing method thereof
A main beam for wind turbine blade, comprising: one or more carbon fiber pultruded bodies, wherein, each carbon fiber pultruded body comprising one or more carbon fiber pultruded sheets, the carbon fiber pultruded sheets are stacked along the thickness direction and are formed by curing a first infusion material, wherein a glass fiber infusion material is arranged between every two carbon fiber pultruded sheets; one or more inlays, which are arranged adjacent to the carbon fiber pultruded body in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction of the main beam; one or more overlays, which cover the carbon fiber pultruded bodies and/or the inlays on both sides in the thickness direction of the main beam; and a second infusion material, which impregnates carbon fiber pultruded bodies, the inlays and the overlays. |
| US11905918B2 |
Hydrokinetic energy based power generation system
A hydrokinetic energy based power generation system is described, including several modules filled with fluid or vacuum and anchored to a stream bed of water body, multiple basic units associated with each module for converting hydrokinetic energy into electrical energy, wherein each basic unit includes two springs affixed with a top and bottom portion of the modules in such a way that the hydrokinetic energy induces vibrations within the springs, a cylindrical tube positioned between the springs, and contained with a ferromagnetic fluid, two fixed magnets and a movable magnet, wherein the movable magnet oscillates in between the fixed magnets due to the induced disturbances caused by waves/ocean and repulsive forces caused by the fixed magnets, an electric coil associated with the tube, for generating electric current by harnessing the relative motion of the movable magnet and electric coil due to electromagnetism phenomenon and in accordance with laws of electromagnetic induction. |
| US11905917B2 |
Fuel-water separator filter assembly with axial sealing member
A filter assembly comprises a housing defining an internal volume. An opening is defined at a bottom end of the housing. An adaptor is coupled to the bottom end of the housing. A filter element is disposed within the housing. The filter element comprises a filter media defining a central channel, and an endcap coupled to a filter media bottom end of the filter media proximate to the adaptor. A sealing member is disposed around the adaptor, the sealing member configured to form an axial seal between the endcap and the housing. |
| US11905910B2 |
Cooling apparatus
A cooling apparatus includes a coolant passage provided in a device to be cooled. The coolant passage is configured in such a manner that coolant passes through the coolant passage. The coolant passage includes a wall surface, first ribs, and second ribs. The first ribs and the second ribs are provided on at least a part of the wall surface. The first ribs protrude from the wall surface toward inside of the coolant passage and extend in a first direction. The second ribs protrude from the wall surface toward the inside of the coolant passage and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first ribs and the second ribs are disposed alternately when viewed in at least one direction. |
| US11905903B2 |
Port heating system and method
Methods and systems are provided for operating an engine having a plurality of cylinders that utilize oil for lubrication purposes. In one embodiment, a method for the engine may include determining if one or more conditions have been met for port heating based on one or more operating conditions of the engine, continuing current operation if the one or more conditions for port heating have not been met, and determining a souping level of the engine if the one or more conditions for port heating have been met and subsequently running port heating on a set of cylinders of the engine based on the souping level of the engine and/or the one or more conditions for port heating. The engine may be a non-EGR engine and/or a high speed diesel engine. Each cylinder of the set of cylinders may have at least one port. |
| US11905900B1 |
Exhaust system combustion for rapid catalyst heating
A motor system includes an engine having one or more cylinders, an electronic control unit, an exhaust treatment system in fluid connection with and downstream of the one or more cylinders. The exhaust treatment system includes an exhaust line, a combustion zone downstream, a combustion ignition source in the combustion zone, a catalyst downstream of an in thermal communication with the combustion zone. A method of heating a catalyst during an engine cold start and a method of initiating regular operating conditions of an engine having one or more cylinders are also described. |
| US11905898B2 |
Efficient engine start
A method of automated timing of engine startup for an aircraft is provided. The method comprises receiving data inputs regarding a number of factors influencing a time to departure for the aircraft and receiving data inputs regarding a number of factors influencing time to start and set takeoff power for a number of engines on the aircraft. An engine startup countdown is calculated based on a comparison of a nominal time to departure with a nominal minimum time to start and set takeoff power for the engines, wherein the nominal time to departure is based on the first data inputs and the nominal minimum time to start and set takeoff power is based on the second data inputs. Upon completion of the countdown an engine start signal is sent. |
| US11905892B2 |
Flow machine performance modelling
A method of determining performance characteristics of a flow machine having a rotor interacting with a flow field. The method comprises: receiving performance data for the flow machine comprising data values of a performance parameter of the rotor and mass flow for the flow machine at one or more defined rotor condition, the performance data defining a two-dimensional array of data in which points for a common rotor condition are identifiable; determining or receiving exit mass flow values for the flow downstream of the rotor; and identifying one or more point in the received performance data and interpolating from said one or more point to a corresponding one or more point at a different rotor condition based on a correlation of the exit mass flow values for said points. |
| US11905890B2 |
Differential gearbox assembly for a turbine engine
A differential gearbox assembly for a turbine engine having a fan shaft and a drive shaft. The differential gearbox assembly includes an epicyclic gear assembly coupling the fan shaft to the drive shaft. The epicyclic gear assembly includes a sun gear, a planet gear constrained by a planet carrier, and a ring gear. The sun gear is coupled to the drive shaft and the planet carrier is coupled to the fan shaft. The sun gear, the planet gear, and the ring gear all rotate about the drive shaft. The differential gearbox assembly includes an electric machine assembly that includes an input coupled to the epicyclic gear assembly. The electric machine assembly provides mechanical power to the fan shaft through the epicyclic gear assembly. |
| US11905889B2 |
Aircraft turbomachine with reducer
A turbomachine includes a single ducted fan including a first shaft rotated by a second shaft via a speed reduction gearset, the second shaft being rotated by a third shaft of a turbine, the first shaft being guided in rotation with respect to a fixed structure via a first bearing and a second bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset. The second shaft is guided in rotation with respect to the first shaft via a rolling bearing placed upstream of the speed reduction gearset, the rolling bearing comprising an outer ring housed in the first shaft, an inner ring connected to the second shaft and rolling elements arranged between the inner and outer rings. |
| US11905887B2 |
Restarting a gas turbine engine
Multi-engine aircraft power and propulsion systems and methods of restarting an engine of a multi-engine aircraft during fight are provided. One such method comprises: determining a condition to the effect that a flame in the combustion equipment of the second gas turbine engine has been extinguished; responsive to the determination, supplying electrical power from the electrical energy storage system to one or more of the electric machines of the second gas turbine engine and operating said one or more electric machines as motors to limit a reduction in a speed of the one or more spools of the second gas turbine engine following extinguishment of the flame in its combustion equipment; and restarting the second gas turbine engine by relighting the combustion equipment of the second gas turbine engine. |
| US11905884B1 |
Hydrogen fuel system for a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine including a combustion section and an exhaust assembly arranged in serial flow order; and a fuel system. The fuel system includes: a hydrogen fuel tank for holding a hydrogen fuel in a liquid phase; and a hydrogen delivery assembly in thermal communication with the exhaust assembly. The hydrogen delivery assembly includes: a liquid hydrogen line in fluid communication with the hydrogen fuel tank; a gaseous hydrogen line in fluid communication with the combustion section of the gas turbine engine; and a heat exchanger tubing positioned within the exhaust assembly downstream of the liquid hydrogen line and upstream of the gaseous hydrogen line. |
| US11905883B2 |
Fuel supply circuit for a combustion chamber of a turbomachine
The invention relates to a fuel supply circuit (1) for a combustion chamber (2) of a turbomachine (10), comprising: —a fuel supply pump (3) configured to provide a fuel flow at a predetermined flow rate, —a plurality of fuel injectors (4), and —a ramp (5) for connecting the pump (3) to the injectors (4), said circuit further comprising a device for the heat treatment of the fuel (6), having a chamber (60) connected to a fuel inlet (61) linked to the pump (3) and to a fuel outlet (62) linked to the ramp (5), wherein heating elements (60) are located in said chamber and are configured to heat the fuel flow to a predetermined temperature so as to cause coking of the fuel within the chamber (60) of the device (6). |
| US11905877B2 |
Methods and systems for multi-fuel engine
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a location of a fuel injection in response to a substitution rate and a desired EGR flow. In one example, a method may include injecting a first fuel to a combustion chamber via a direct injector positioned to inject directly into the combustion chamber, injecting a second, different, fuel to the combustion chamber via an exhaust port injector positioned to inject toward an exhaust valve of the combustion chamber, and combusting the first and second fuels together in the combustion chamber. |
| US11905876B2 |
Passive air cooling
A passive cooling system includes a fan configured to generate an air flow path for a radiator, the air flow path extending from the fan to the radiator and a cooling pipe extended between a turbocharger and an intake manifold, the cooling path positioned in the air flow path between the fan and the radiator. |
| US11905874B2 |
Real-time control of reductant droplet spray momentum and in-exhaust spray distribution
A system for controlling reductant spray momentum for a target spray distribution includes an exhaust system having an exhaust conduit with exhaust flowing therethrough, a reductant injection system for injecting reductant into the exhaust flowing through the exhaust system based on one or more injection parameters, a reductant supply system for supplying reductant to the reductant injection system based on one or more supply parameters, and a controller. The controller is configured to access current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, determine one or more control parameters based on a control model and the accessed current vehicle, engine, exhaust, or reductant condition parameters, and modify a value of the one or more injection parameters or the one or more supply parameters to control the reductant spray. |
| US11905873B1 |
Engine aftertreatment system
An engine exhaust aftertreatment system is disclosed. The system may comprise: an internal combustion engine having an intake passage and an exhaust passage; a turbocharger fluidly connected to the internal combustion engine, the turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine, the compressor being in fluid communication with the intake passage, and the turbine being in fluid communication with the exhaust passage; a reductant injector situated downstream of the turbocharger, wherein the reductant injector is closely coupled to the turbocharger such that a reductant is injected into an exhaust flow of the turbocharger; a first container downstream of the reductant injector, the first container including a multi-functional catalyst (MFC); and a second container downstream of the first container, the second container including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) component and an Ammonia catalyst (AMOx) component. |
| US11905870B2 |
Catalytic element with inductive heater
Catalytic elements are usable in waste gas control processes. The catalytic elements include an open inlet into a hollow body and a closed end thereby forcing fluid or gas through a porous catalytic layer of the element. The catalytic layer includes inorganic fibers and a catalyst disposed on or incorporated into the fibers. The catalytic element also includes an inductive heater disposed therein and a conductive layer about the inductive heater to transfer heat to the catalyst and fluid or gas. |
| US11905862B2 |
Gear device, camshaft adjuster having the gear device, and internal combustion engine
The invention relates to a gear device for a motor vehicle, as is used, for example, for adjusting a camshaft in a combustion engine in order to influence the phase angle between crankshaft and camshaft. Such gear devices have to be constructed compactly and also have to have high resistance to wear, in particular upon reaching end stops during adjustment of the phase angle. For this purpose, the gear device has hydraulic end stop damping by the drive unit and the output unit having communicating cavities. |
| US11905861B2 |
Multi-camshaft phase adjusting system
A camshaft phaser arrangement configured for adjusting a phase between a first camshaft element and a second camshaft element is disclosed. The arrangement includes a rotor configured to be drivably connected to the first camshaft element. The rotor is configured to be selectively rotationally driven via hydraulic fluid such that rotation of the rotor phases the first camshaft element. A phasing adjuster is configured to pivot based on rotation of the rotor. The phasing adjuster includes a first engagement element configured to engage with a second engagement element on the second camshaft element, such that rotation of the rotor is configured to phase the second camshaft via the phasing adjuster. |
| US11905860B2 |
Latch assembly, latching device, and rocker arm
A latch assembly comprises a latch pin and a cage. The latch pin comprises a latch nose and a pin body. The pin body comprises an outer surface and an inner compartment. The inner compartment comprises a first inner wall segmented by a first slot and a second inner wall segmented by a second slot. The first slot and the second slot vent out of the inner compartment. The cage comprises a stepped base and a shaft extending from the stepped base into the inner compartment. The shaft comprises a first exterior flat adjoining the first inner wall and a second exterior flat adjoining the second inner wall. A spring can be biased against the latch pin and the cage. The latch assembly can be used in a latching device of a valvetrain such as a switching roller finger follower or other rocker arm. |
| US11905857B2 |
Plant and process for energy generation and storage
A plant for storing energy comprises a casing for the storage of a working fluid other than atmospheric air, in gaseous phase and in equilibrium of pressure with the atmosphere; a tank for the storage of said working fluid in liquid or supercritical phase with a temperature close to the critical temperature. The plant is configured to perform a closed cyclic thermodynamic transformation, first in one direction in a charge configuration and then in an opposite direction in a discharge configuration, between said casing and said tank. In the charge configuration the plant stores heat and pressure and in the discharge configuration the plant generates energy. The plant is also configured to define a closed circuit and to perform a closed thermodynamic cycle in the closed circuit with at least a part of the working fluid. |
| US11905852B2 |
Intermediate element for a blade/rotor disc connection in a rotor of a turbomachine, associated rotor for a turbomachine, and turbomachine
An intermediate element is for a blade/rotor disk connection in a rotor of a fluid flow machine. The intermediate element is adapted to a shape of a blade root of a blade and to a blade root slot in a rotor disk for receiving the blade root such that, when arranged between the blade root and rotor disk, the intermediate element prevents contact between the blade root and rotor disk. The intermediate element has, on an outer surface that faces the rotor disk, at least one protrusion to reduce an air flow parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor between the rotor disk and the intermediate element; and on an inner surface that faces the blade root, a recess that corresponds to the at least one protrusion. |
| US11905846B2 |
Turbomachine polyspherical hub for variable pitch blades
The present invention concerns a turbomachine hub, intended to be mounted so as to be able to rotate about a longitudinal axis (X) of the turbomachine, the hub comprising a main body (1) arranged around the longitudinal axis (X), an outer surface of which has a plurality of recesses; a plurality of platforms (3) comprising an outer surface delimited by a circular outer edge of radius r, each platform (3) being arranged in a corresponding recess of the plurality of recesses of the main body (1), and intended to receive a variable pitch blade (2), the pitch of which is variable according to a pitch change axis (Z), the platform (3) being centred and able to rotate about the pitch change axis (Z); characterised in that, for each platform, at least one part of the outer surface of the platform (3) and the main body (1) of the hub comprises a curvature defined by a same sphere portion of radius R and centre C, the at least one part being situated at the outer edge of the platform (3), in a junction zone between the platform (3) and the main body of the hub (1), the centre C of the sphere being situated on the pitch change axis (Z) outside a hemispherical zone delimited between the longitudinal axis (X) and the outer surface of the platform (3). |
| US11905844B2 |
Exhaust duct assembly with improved weld zone structure and aircraft including the same
An exhaust duct assembly includes: a case having an inner space; a duct inserted into an inner space of the case, the duct including an inlet through which an exhaust gas is introduced, and an exhaust port through which the exhaust gas is exhausted; a stiffener configured to attach the duct to the case; and a connector disposed on the exhaust port, wherein the duct, the stiffener and the connector are welded to one another such that at least a portion of each of the duct, the stiffener and the connector overlaps one another in a first direction. |
| US11905842B2 |
Partition damper seal configurations for segmented internal cooling hardware
Partition damper seal configurations for segmented internal cooling hardware apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an inner wall and an outer wall, the outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall in a radial direction, a space between the inner and outer walls defining a flow passage, and a body positioned between the inner and outer walls, the body traversing the inner and outer walls in an axial direction and attached to an inner surface of the outer wall and an outer surface of the inner wall, the body to detach from the inner and outer surfaces and to at least partially seal the flow passage in response to the outer wall moving relative to the inner wall. |
| US11905840B2 |
System and method for detecting failure of a propeller feedback device
A sensor signal produced by a sensor as a feedback device rotates with a propeller about an axis and moves along the axis with adjustment of a blade angle of the propeller is received, the sensor signal indicative of a rotational speed and of the blade angle of the propeller. From the sensor signal, it is determined whether the rotational speed is within a predetermined range of a reference speed and an expected change in the blade angle has occurred in response to a command to adjust the blade angle to maintain the rotational speed at the reference speed. In response to determining that the rotational speed is within the predetermined range of the reference speed and the expected change in the blade angle has failed to occur in response to the command, inoperable movement of the feedback device along the axis is determined and an alert is output. |
| US11905835B1 |
Tunnel digging machine (TDM)
A Tunnel Digging Machine (TDM) is a shield machine to excavate tunnels with almost any desired cross sections including rectangular, square, sub/semi-rectangular, sub/semi-square, horseshoe/U-shaped, elliptical, circular, sub/semi circular and such sections through a variety of soil and rock strata. The TDM can be designed to dig through anything from hard rock to sand with large range of width and height configurations. The TDMs can limit the disturbance to the surrounding ground and produce a tunnel lining. The TDMs may be used as an alternative to the current conventional Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) or continuous miners. The major advantage of the TDMs over the TBMs will be their higher speed (higher advancement rate), fully sealable face, flexibility in the desired cross-section and reduced construction costs due to the mentioned higher speed, efficiency and optimized cross-section. |
| US11905831B2 |
Rigless drilling and wellhead installation
The present invention relates to methods and systems for establishing a well foundation as well as for drilling and installation of a surface casing without any use of a drilling rig. |
| US11905828B1 |
Monitoring drilling conditions and estimating rock properties
A method and a system for a confined compressive strength (CCS) and an unconfined compressive strength (UCS) for one or more bedding layers. The method may include identifying a depth interval during a drilling operation as a distance between a first depth and a second depth, measuring one or more drill bit responses within the depth interval using a sensor package disposed on the drill bit, identifying one or more torsional bit vibrations, and identifying one or more bedding layers of the formation within the depth interval from the one or more torsional bit vibrations. The method may further include identifying the (CCS) and the (UCS) for each of the one or more bedding layers and identifying a bit wear of the drill bit within each of the one or more bedding layers using the one or more drill bit responses and the one or more torsional bit vibrations. |
| US11905826B2 |
Clock calibration of remote systems by roundtrip time
A method for calibrating a downhole tool may comprise disposing a downhole tool in a borehole, transmitting a signal from a master module disposed on the first device to a module disposed on the second device, transmitting a return signal from the module to the master module, receiving the return signal with the master module, measuring a tone enabled delay for the signal to travel from the master module to the module, and determining a time delay of a return signal to travel from the module to the master module. A well measurement system may comprise a downhole tool. The downhole tool may further comprise a first device and a master module disposed on the first device, wherein the master module may comprise a master transmitter and a master receiver. In examples, the downhole tool may further comprise a second device and a module disposed on the second device. |
| US11905822B2 |
Online measurment method for temperature stability of production layer in oil and gas well, system and storage medium
An online measurement method for temperature stability of production layers in an oil and gas well includes: obtaining a plurality of temperature data at each position point of an optical fiber; according to the temperature data, calculating temperature standard deviations of each position point within a production layer at a plurality of time points; performing probability distribution statistics according to the temperature standard deviations at all position points of the production layer at a same time point, fitting a probability distribution curve according to normal distribution, and obtaining a probability density function; obtaining the temperature standard deviations corresponding to at least one value that integral values of the probability density function at all position points of the production layer at each time point is between (0, 1), generating a standard temperature deviation normal distribution probability time curve of each section of the production layer according to the temperature standard deviations. |
| US11905818B2 |
Deep learning methods for wellbore pipe inspection
Methods and systems for inspecting the integrity of multiple nested tubulars are provided. A method for inspecting the integrity of multiple nested tubulars can comprise conveying an electromagnetic pipe inspection tool inside the innermost tubular of the multiple nested tubulars; taking measurements of the multiple nested tubulars with the electromagnetic pipe inspection tool; inverting the measurements for a tubular integrity property of each individual tubular of the multiple nested tubulars to provide inverted tubular integrity properties; arranging the inverted integrity properties into an inverted image representative of an estimated tubular integrity property of each individual tubular; and feeding the inverted image to a pre-trained deep neural network (DNN) to produce a corrected image, wherein the DNN comprises at least one convolutional layer, and wherein the corrected image comprises a representation of the tubular integrity property of each individual tubular of the multiple nested tubulars. |
| US11905816B2 |
Casing thickness estimation by frequency correlation
The thickness of borehole casing can be determined by ultrasound logging in conjunction with simulations of ultrasonic plane-wave echo waveforms across a range of frequencies for a plurality of casing thicknesses and correlation of synthetic frequency spectra derived from the simulated plane-wave echo waveforms for the various casing thicknesses against the frequency spectrum of a measured pulse-echo waveform. In accordance with various embodiments, a portion of the measured pulse-echo waveform that corresponds to the first reflection off the interface between the borehole casing and the borehole fluid is used as a driving pulse to weight the simulated plane-wave echo waveforms in the synthetic frequency spectrum. |
| US11905815B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for performing automated drilling of a wellbore
There is described a computer-implemented method of controlling a drilling operation. In particular, there is described a computer-implemented method of determining that a differential pressure is in an oscillating state. In response to determining that the differential pressure is in the oscillating state, a weight on bit setpoint is decreased so as to decrease the differential pressure. There is also described a computer-implemented method of determining a difference between a differential pressure and a target differential pressure. The target differential pressure is less than a differential pressure limit. A weight on bit setpoint is adjusted as a function of the difference between the differential pressure and the target differential pressure so as to adjust the differential pressure and thereby reduce the difference between the differential pressure and the target differential pressure. |
| US11905810B2 |
Transmission shaft brake for engine auto restart
A system and method for controlling a hydraulic fracturing pumping system is described herein. The method can include stopping an engine coupled to a hydraulic fracturing pumping system including at least one pump by supplying pressure from an accumulator to a hydraulic braking system including a brake. The method can also include starting the engine coupled to the hydraulic fracturing pumping system and releasing the brake. |
| US11905809B2 |
Determining reservoir heterogeneity for optimized drilling location
A system can determine a heterogeneity and a score for a reservoir for optimizing a drilling location. The system can receive a wireline log associated with a well that is positioned in a subterranean formation that includes a reservoir. The system can determine, using the wireline log, at least one statistical parameter for an interval of the well. The system can determine, using the at least one statistical parameter, a vertical heterogeneity of the reservoir. The system can determine, using the vertical heterogeneity, a score associated with the reservoir. The score can indicate an extraction difficulty and a carbon intensity of the reservoir. The system can output the score for optimizing a drilling location. |
| US11905808B2 |
Method and apparatus for thermal fluid generation for use in enhanced oil recovery
A thermal fluid generator utilizes a plasma energy heat source to generate steam, and combine the steam with nitrogen gas. Combined flow streams of steam and heated nitrogen are injected downhole into subterranean reservoir to thermally stimulate the flow of hydrocarbons (such as, for example, residual oil) from a reservoir, while also increasing fluid pressure in the reservoir. The thermal fluid generator can be located at the earth's surface, or positioned downhole within a wellbore. |
| US11905807B2 |
Workflow to model and condition water distribution in a hydrocarbon reservoir
A method includes determining a free water level in the reservoir, analyzing a free water pressure trend of the free water phase, determining a presence of anomalous pressures and salinities within the free water phase, determining whether gas down to models and water up to models fit the reservoir, determining a bi-modal pore throat distribution of the plurality of pores within the reservoir, and generating a difference map to model the water distribution in the reservoir. |
| US11905806B2 |
Electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump system with single electric powered multi-plunger fracturing pump
A hydraulic fracturing system includes a support structure having a first area at a first height and a second area at a second height, the first and second areas adjacent one another. The system also includes an electric powered, multi-plunger pump with an odd number of plungers, arranged in the first area, the electric powered pump coupled to a well, via outlet piping, and powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in the second area, connected to the at least one electric motor, the VFD configured to control at least a speed of the at least one electric motor. The system also includes a transformer, arranged in the second area, the transformer positioned within an enclosure with the VFD, the transformer distributing power to the electric pump. |
| US11905797B2 |
Wellbore for extracting heat from magma bodies
Wellbore for extracting heat from magma and a corresponding method. The method includes the steps of drilling a borehole from a surface and towards a magma chamber; supplying a drilling fluid to an interface between a drill bit and a terminal end of the borehole during drilling; terminating the drilling in response to the borehole achieving a predetermined depth; and supplying a thermodynamic fluid into the borehole to maintain the borehole while completing the wellbore. The drilling fluid lifts cuttings out of the borehole and quenches magma to form a solid phase material that can be cut by the drill bit. |
| US11905796B2 |
Downhole tool interface
A downhole tool interface is connected to a downhole tool at a surface location. The downhole tool interface retrieves downhole information and wirelessly transmits the downhole information to a remote computing device. The downhole tool interface remains connected to the downhole tool during storage and/or transportation. The downhole tool interface collects status information to transmit to a remote computing device, allowing a drilling operator to better understand the conditions during storage and/or transportation. |
| US11905795B1 |
Coiled tubing snap arrestor
A coiled tubing system includes an injector assembly configured to receive and longitudinally move coiled tubing through the injector assembly, a well control stack operatively coupled to the injector assembly and configured to receive the coiled tubing from the injector assembly, and a snap arrestor including one or more wheels configured to rotate as the coiled tubing moves longitudinally, a tachometer that measures rotations per minute (RPM), and a microprocessor that receives and converts the RPM into a real-time measured linear speed of the coiled tubing. When the real-time measured linear speed of the coiled tubing exceeds a predetermined linear speed threshold, a command signal is sent to the injector assembly to grippingly engage the coiled tubing and thereby cease longitudinal movement of the coiled tubing. |
| US11905791B2 |
Float valve for drilling and workover operations
A well system includes a tubular string comprising a plurality of tubular segments and positioned in a wellbore drilled into a subterranean zone, and a landing sub connected to a bottom end of one of the plurality of tubular segments. The landing sub includes a landing sub central bore and a landing sub locking profile on an inner surface of the landing sub central bore. The well system also includes a valve assembly configured to be pumped down the tubular string by fluid flowing in a downhole direction through the tubular string and to land within the landing sub central bore. The valve assembly includes a main body with a valve central bore and a flapper configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. In the closed positon the flapper seals against a flapper seat and blocks fluid from flowing in an uphole direction through the valve central bore. The valve assembly also includes a rupture disc positioned in the valve central bore and configured to rupture in response to an application of a predetermined fluid pressure and configured to block fluid from flowing through the valve central bore when in an unruptured state. The valve assembly also includes one or more valve body setting dogs positioned on an outer surface of the main body and configured to lock into the landing sub locking profile and thereby limit axial movement of the main body within the landing sub. |
| US11905788B2 |
Cementing and sand control system and methodology
A technique facilitates downhole operations, e.g. gravel packing and cementing operations, in a borehole. According to an embodiment, a service tool is releasably coupled with respect to a casing. The casing is used to run the service tool downhole into a borehole. In some embodiments, the casing is connected with a downhole completion, e.g. a sand control completion. A work string may then be conveyed downhole to the service tool and connected to the service tool. While connected to the work string, the service tool may be operated to perform desired downhole operations. |
| US11905787B2 |
Degradable deformable diverters and seals
A variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal having a degradable phase and a stiffener material. The variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal can optionally be in the form of a degradable diverter ball or sealing element which can be made neutrally buoyant. |
| US11905784B2 |
Rotatable wellhead and centralizer
Disclosed is a wellhead that includes a casing head, a tubing hanger and a rotation assembly connected to the tubing hanger. The tubing hanger is rotatable relative to the casing head and this rotation is effected by the rotation assembly. Also disclosed is a centraliser for use with tubing in a well. The centraliser has a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a body that has a first band and a second band connected by a number of resiliently deformable members. The bands extend about the sleeves, with the bands being able to move relative to the respective sleeves. This can permit the centraliser to be fitted to tubing without requiring tight tolerances of tubing size, for example, and may reduce the friction between the body and the tubing to allow the tubing to be rotated within the casing during use. |
| US11905783B2 |
Riser system
A riser system is provided to eliminate the consequences associated with damage to the annular system while also maintaining the availability of critical safety systems. The riser system may comprise a customizable control housing and external seal control subs that facilitate reciprocation and rotation of a drillpipe or workstring while eliminating damage to the upper annular blow out preventer and allowing the upper annular blow out preventer to function as intended. |
| US11905782B2 |
Regulator having check valve manifold for use in subsea control circuit
A regulator valve has a check valve manifold for use in subsea control circuits. For example, the regulator valve having the check valve manifold can be used in a circuit between a directional control valve and an actuator for a gate valve. The check valve manifold can be a flange that attaches to the regulator valve to communicate with the supply and outlet of the regulator valve. Internal communication inside the manifold includes a check valve. If the pressure in the circuit downstream of the regulator valve needs to be vented, the check valve can open to allow the pressure to bleed from the outlet back to the supply without needing to pass through the internal pressure control valve of the regulator. |
| US11905778B2 |
Downhole laser tool and methods
A laser system for freeing downhole equipment includes a laser tool having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the downhole equipment and a means for generating a ring-shaped collimated laser beam. The laser system further includes a work string with the inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the downhole equipment. The laser tool is installed on the work string and the work string is lowered around the downhole equipment. Upon lowering the work string to a position in which the laser tool is located proximate to an obstruction of the downhole tool, the laser tool emits the ring-shaped collimated laser beam so as to clear out an annulus space between the downhole equipment and a wellbore wall in order to free the downhole equipment. |
| US11905774B2 |
Anchor mechanism
A downhole anchor mechanism for use in downhole tools. The downhole anchor mechanism generally consists of a plurality of sliders that pivot outwardly from a downhole tool body to engage distal ends thereof against a well casing. The sliders are operatively engaged within faceted cavities associated with the tool body, which creates load components that act in a tangential direction, allowing a thin-walled tool body to withstand increased holding force. |
| US11905772B2 |
Methods and systems for disconnecting and reconnecting casing
A tool to remove portions of casing from a wellbore. A tool may include a bottom sub-assembly and casing that selectively detach from a sub-assembly. This may allow for tools and casing within the wellbore to be efficiently and effectively removed from the wellbore without having to cut tools down well. |
| US11905771B2 |
Method and equipment for crushing debris in drilling fluids
A crusher includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at opposite axial sides, an impeller positioned proximate the inlet of the housing, and a shaft connected to the impeller and extending axially through the housing between the inlet and the outlet. At least two spaced apart support structures hold the shaft in the housing, where a plurality of dynamic blades extending outwardly from the shaft are alternatingly positioned between a plurality of fixed blades extending radially inward from an inner wall of the housing. |
| US11905770B2 |
Latch assembly for torque management
A latch assembly having a first portion movably coupled with a second portion. The first portion has a roller housing, a latch panel, and handle, and the second portion has a respective roller housing, a respective latch panel, and a respective handle. In a closed position, the latch panel engages with the respective roller housing, and the respective latch panel engages with the roller housing. |
| US11905767B2 |
Mechanical connector utilizing dog-clutch teeth to transfer torque
This invention builds up on technical features and on the industry experience with the use of Merlin™ family connectors. In addition to friction, structural means utilized to transfer high torsional loads include dog-clutch teeth and may also include: interlocked thread systems, shear pins, keys and splines, all used in isolation or in arbitrary combinations. Static and fatigue bending load capacities of the connectors remain high, while the axial load capacities may or may not be high, depending on the design requirements. Connectors according to this invention can be built as new, carefully optimized designs. In some cases upgrading existing Merlin™ family connector designs to increase their torque transfer capacities may be also feasible. |
| US11905766B2 |
Threaded tubular connection for casing
A threaded tubular connection includes a box member having a female external thread, a female internal thread, and a female intermediate sealing surface between the female external thread and the female internal thread, and a pin member having a corresponding male external thread, a male internal thread, and a male intermediate sealing surface, such that male threads interlock by thread engagement with female threads, and intermediate sealing surfaces form an intermediate metal-to-metal seal when the threaded tubular connection is made up. The box member includes a minimal outer diameter at the intermediate metal-to-metal seal location, the minimal outer diameter being smaller than respectively an external and an internal outer diameter respectively being located above the female external thread and the female internal thread. |
| US11905760B2 |
Fast drop inner tube head assembly and system
An inner tube head assembly for a core barrel assembly having a latch casing coupled to a latch body, a landing shoulder coupled to the latch body and a spindle, and an inner tube cap assembly coupled between the spindle and an inner tube cap adapter. The landing shoulder and the inner tube cap adapter are a first size. The latch casing, the latch body, the spindle, and the inner tube cap assembly are a second size. The inner tube head assembly includes latches configured to work with the inner tube head assembly of the first size and the drill string of the second size. The first size is larger than the second size. The inner tube head assembly engages a drill string sized to cooperate with the first size. A core drilling system is also described. |
| US11905752B2 |
Systems and methods for assembling sub-components, sub-elements, and building elements
Systems and methods for automated extrusion of main elements for building construction are disclosed wherein sub-components of sub-elements are extruded by automated means, and sub-elements are assembled by automated means, and the sub-elements are incorporated into main elements by automated means. |
| US11905750B2 |
Releasable hinge assembly
A releasable hinge assembly includes a mounting bracket, a hinge bracket, and at least one spring biased locking mechanism. The mounting bracket having a first mounting plate and two pin tabs extending therefrom, at least one of the pin tabs defining a through hole therein. The hinge bracket having a second mounting plate and a knuckle extending therefrom. The knuckle defining at least one cutout that is being L-shaped. The at least one spring biased locking mechanism having a pawl arm and a pin. The at least one locking mechanism positioned within the a channel of the hinge bracket with the pawl arm positioned within and projecting from the at least one cutout. The pawl arm configured to move within the at least one cutout to push the pin beyond a second end of the knuckle and through a through hole defined in the pin tab of the mounting bracket. |
| US11905743B2 |
Vehicle compartment having speed-based latch control
A vehicle includes a storage compartment having a door panel movable between closed and open positions allowing access to the storage compartment, a user input device located within the storage compartment, and a latch assembly for latching the door panel in the closed position. The latch assembly includes a first release stage in the closed position allowing the door panel to move to an intermediate position between the open and closed positions and a second release stage allowing the door panel to move to the open position. The vehicle also includes a vehicle speed sensor sensing vehicle speed and a controller monitoring the sensed vehicle speed and detecting a user input to the user input device and controlling the latch assembly to selectively allow the door panel to move to one of the intermediate and open positions based on the sensed vehicle speed and the detected user input. |
| US11905742B2 |
Information handling system housing lock
An information handling system housing is secured against unauthorized access with a security device integrated in the housing that selectively enables and disables screw movement relative to threads disposed in the housing. For instance, a freewheeling nut in the housing interfaces with an actuator that selectively releases or holds the freewheeling nut relative to the housing. When released, a screw coupled to the freewheeling nut cannot rotate relative to the threads of the freewheeling nut so that the screw maintains the housing secured until the freewheeling nut is held in position to allow removal of the screw. |
| US11905738B2 |
Electronic door locks having bi-directional overruning clutches and methods of using the same
The present disclosure relates to a bi-directional overrunning clutch, electronic door locks having bi-directional overrunning clutches, and methods of using the same. In certain embodiments, the electronic door lock includes a first locking mechanism for driving an inner wheel through a first torque to rotate a rotatable shaft to operate a locking device on a door by a user from outside, a second locking mechanism for driving inner wheel through the first torque to operate the locking device from an inside, a third locking mechanism for driving an outer wheel rotatable coaxially around the rotatable shaft through a second torque to operate the locking device electronically, and the bi-directional overrunning clutch. When outer wheel rotates at second torque, inner wheel and rotatable shaft rotate along with outer wheel, and when inner wheel rotates at first torque, outer wheel does not rotate along with inner wheel and rotatable shaft. |
| US11905737B2 |
Electric locks
An exemplary embodiment provides an electric lock, comprising: (a) a knob; (b) a lock body; (c) a rotatable shaft comprising a rotatable-shaft front end and an opposing rotatable-shaft rear end, wherein the rotatable-shaft rear end is fixedly connected to the lock body to control a locking and unlocking of the lock body; (d) a gear assembly comprising a gear and a movable piece with a common axis center; and (e) a motor assembly for driving the gear to rotate. The knob and the rotatable shaft are connected via the movable piece; the movable piece interacts with the gear via a mechanical barrier, such that electrically driving the gear by the motor assembly causes the movable piece to rotate; and the movable piece can pass over the mechanical barrier when a sufficient rotational force is applied to the knob, such that the movable piece is free to rotate relative to the gear, thereby allowing a user to manually control the locking and unlocking of the lock body. In some exemplary embodiments, the provided design of the electric lock structure significantly improves the safety of the electric lock. |
| US11905728B2 |
Method and system for providing a multi-weir door assembly for use in skimming systems that use multi-speed pumps
A multi-weir door assembly is coupled to a skimmer body near a front entrance of the skimmer body such that a flow of water received in the front entrance is incident on a front side of the multi-weir door assembly. The multi-weir door assembly comprises multiple weir doors that are rotationally coupled to the skimmer body by at least a first hinge assembly. Each of the weir doors has a respective buoyancy, and at least first and second weir doors of the multiple weir doors have first and second buoyancies that are different from one another such that the flow of water incident on the multi-weir door assembly affects the first and second weir doors differently in terms of an angular degree to which the incident flow of water causes the first and second weir doors to rotate about first and second axes of rotation, respectively. |
| US11905726B2 |
Pool cover system and method of delivery of the pool cover system
A unitary pool cover housing for assembling a pool cover system such that the housing and pool cover system may be substantially assembled at the manufacturing facility and delivered together for quick installation at the pool site. |
| US11905715B2 |
Siding attachment accessory and siding system
The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for use covering the exterior surface of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a siding attachment accessory including an attachment platform having a front face and a rear face. The attachment accessory also includes at least one siding hanger extending forward from the front face of the attachment platform that is configured to hold a siding component. Each siding hanger of the attachment accessory includes a retaining arm having a proximal end attached to the front face of the attachment platform and a distal end spaced from the attachment platform. |
| US11905707B2 |
Foam wall structures and methods for their manufacture
Foam wall structures and methods for making them are described. The wall structures include a frame, a foam panel overlying a front surface of the frame, and a polyurethane foam layer disposed in a cavity of the wall structure. The polyurethane foam layer has a density, as determined by ASTM D1622-14, of at least 44 kg/m3(2.75 lb/ft3) and exhibits ASTM E84-16 Class A flame spread and smoke development characteristics. The polyurethane foam layer is the cured reaction product of a polyurethane foam-forming composition that includes a polyisocyanate, an aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality of greater than 2.5 and an OH number of at least 300 mg KOH/g, which is present in an amount of at least 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the polyurethane foam-forming composition less the weight of the polyisocyanate, a catalyst, and a blowing agent composition. The blowing agent composition includes water and a hydrofluoroolefin. |
| US11905700B2 |
Slide clip
A slide clip includes a first plate and a second plate coupled at a juncture. The first plate and the second plate form an angle at the juncture. The second plate has a first elongated slot, a second elongated slot, and a third elongated slot, each extending parallel with the juncture. The first elongated slot and the second elongated slot are each offset from the juncture a first distance. The third elongated slot is offset from the juncture a second distance that is greater than the first distance. |
| US11905698B2 |
Feed mechanism for a drain cleaner assembly
A feed mechanism for use with a drain cleaner includes a frame configured to be coupled to the drain cleaner. The frame including a cable passage defining a cable axis. The feed mechanism includes a plurality of rollers including a translatable roller. Each roller defines a roller axis. The translatable roller is moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The feed mechanism includes a mode selection member coupled to the frame and moveable between a first position in which each roller axis is parallel to the cable axis and the plurality of rollers are configured to spin the cable about the cable axis, and a second position in which each roller axis is non-parallel to the cable axis and the plurality of rollers are configured to move the cable in a first direction along the cable axis. |
| US11905689B2 |
Device, system and method for leak detection and control
A device of the invention comprises piping for carrying liquid such as potable water within a piping network of a building, at least two control valves, a pressure transducer to measure water pressure in the piping, a flowmeter to measure water flow and a controller to control opening and closing of the control valves based on sensed pressure and measured waterflow. The controller has a processor with preprogrammed instructions for controlling conditions under which the control valves are opened and closed by command from said controller. Two programmable modes for control are provided for use in a building under construction; a rough-in operation and a normal water-on operation. Both modes have respective leak prevention logic in the controller enabling automatic operation of the control valves for effective leak prevention. The device may be employed within a communications network in which remote computers and mobile communication devices may observe and/or control operation of the device. |
| US11905687B2 |
Hygroscopic systems and methods for generating water from air
Water generation systems and methods of generating water from air are disclosed herein. Systems for generating water from air can comprise a solar thermal unit comprising a hygroscopic material, composite or assembly configured to capture water vapor from air during a loading cycle and release water vapor to a working fluid during an unloading cycle. Water generation systems can further include a condenser for condensing water vapor from the working fluid to produce water. Methods for generating water from air disclosed herein can comprise receiving a system operational parameter from a loading and/or unloading cycle. Methods of operation can also include determining a loading and/or unloading system operational setpoint based on the system operational parameter. During a loading cycle, the method includes flowing ambient air through the hygroscopic material, composite or assembly to capture water vapor from air. |
| US11905684B2 |
Hydraulic system for working machine, and working machine
A hydraulic system for a working machine includes: a first hydraulic pump; a first hydraulic device; a hydraulic fluid tank; a first discharge fluid passage to allow hydraulic fluid discharged from the first hydraulic device to flow into the tank; a second hydraulic pump to suck fluid from the tank through a suction fluid passage; a second hydraulic device in which difference between flow rate of fluid from the second hydraulic pump device and that of discharged fluid changes according to actuation; a second discharge fluid passage connected to a suction port of the first hydraulic pump and allowing fluid discharged from the second hydraulic device to flow into the first hydraulic pump; a connecting fluid passage branching from the second discharge fluid passage and connected to the suction fluid passage between the tank and the second hydraulic pump; a supplier to supply fluid to the second discharge fluid passage. |
| US11905682B2 |
Wheel loader
Provided is a wheel loader capable of automatically decreasing vehicle speed without making an operator feel discomfort during a loading operation. A wheel loader 1 mounted with a torque converter type traveling drive system comprises a controller 5 configured to control shifting of a transmission 32. When a vehicle body travels forward at vehicle speed corresponding to a second speed stage set greater by one speed stage than the lowest speed stage of the transmission 32 while operating the lift arm 21 upwardly, the controller 5 sets, as a gear ratio of the transmission 32, an intermediate gear ratio between a gear ratio corresponding to the second speed stage and a gear ratio corresponding to a first speed stage, and outputs a signal for selecting a combination of a plurality of gears corresponding to the set gear ratio to each first to fifth solenoid control valves 32A to 32E. |
| US11905680B2 |
Drive for a machine
A drive for a work machine includes a computer configured to control a first electric motor for driving vehicle wheels and a second electric motor for driving a work attachment. The computer is configured to process signals which correspond to control of a movement of a lifting mechanism of the work attachment or a bucket of the work attachment. The computer is further configured to process a signal which corresponds to a position of an accelerator pedal. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are configured to be controlled separately from each another, and control of the second electric motor takes place according to the control of the movement of the work attachment. |
| US11905678B2 |
Control systems for an excavator and methods for controlling an excavator with a movable excavator thumb and an auxiliary tool hold by an tiltrotator
A control system for an excavator, the excavator comprising a movable arm, a movable excavator thumb and a tiltrotator attached to the arm, the tiltrotator being arranged to hold an auxiliary tool which is rotatable and/or tiltable by means of the tiltrotator. The control system is arranged to control the tiltrotator to rotate and/or tilt the auxiliary tool between a plurality of first positions and at least one second position. The excavator thumb is movable between at least one rest position and a plurality of work positions. The auxiliary tool is arranged to cooperate with the excavator thumb when the auxiliary tool is positioned in any of the at least one second position and when the excavator thumb is positioned in any of the plurality of work positions. The control system comprises a first blocker arranged to block the movement of the excavator thumb when the auxiliary tool is positioned in any of the plurality of first positions. |
| US11905675B2 |
Vision-based blade positioning
A vision-based sensor system is provided for heavy equipment or other machinery that determines the pose or position of the blade with respect to the heavy equipment vehicle where the sensor system comprises a vision-based blade position system having an image acquisition device and vision system processor. |
| US11905672B2 |
Sea surface oil recovery device
A sea surface oil recovery device is provided, which comprises a storage cabin, an oil-water separation system and an oil-water collection system arranged on the storage cabin. The storage cabin is provided with an oil storage cabin, a water storage cabin, a separation cabin and a gas storage cabin which are separated from each other, and the storage cabin is provided with a water pipe for connecting the water storage cabin with the outside of the storage cabin. The oil-water separation system comprises a molecular semipermeable membrane for separating oil and water and a water suction pipe, wherein the molecular semipermeable membrane is arranged between the separation cabin and the water storage tank and connects the separation cabin with the water storage tank; the water suction pipe is arranged between the oil storage cabin and the separation cabin and connects the oil storage tank with each other. |
| US11905671B2 |
Sorbent-based oil skimmer and methods of use
A sorbent-based oil skimmer is configured to collect oil from an oil layer and passively deposit the oil in an encasing, where the oil can be continuously or periodically removed. The oil skimmer includes an encasing and a sponge that is partially enclosed within the encasing. The sponge has a top sheet in contact with the oil layer and a shell connected to the top sheet, where the shell extends into the encasing. Oil collected by the top sheet is conveyed through the shell, where it is deposited into the encasing under the force of gravity. In some applications, the sponge is manufactured from a silicone-based polymer that has been impregnated with carbonaceous material. The skimmer may optionally include counterweights, ballast tanks, buoyancy adjustment systems and propulsion modules. |
| US11905665B2 |
Durable and dispersible creped single ply tissue
Disclosed are single ply creped webs and products made therewith. The webs and products are generally durable, flexible In and highly dispersible. For example, the creped single ply tissue products have a Slosh time less than 1 minute, and more preferably less than about 30 seconds, and a wet cross-machine direction (CD) tensile strength greater than about 100 g/3″. The foregoing properties are achieved even in those instances where the products comprise a latex binder disposed on an outer surface. For example, the tissue products may be produced by a print crepe process that disposes a non-crosslinked latex binder on at least one of the product's outer surfaces. |
| US11905664B2 |
Hot-press gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus, and eco-friendly oil-absorbing low- weight paper manufactured using same
The present invention relates to a press-heating gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus, and a hot water-resistant paper and an oil-absorbing paper manufactured using the press-heating gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus. In the press-heating gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus according to the present invention, since a non-air-permeable dryer belt is provided surrounding and pressing a drying roller to prevent dissipation from a base material of a fatty acid chloride vaporized by the drying roller, the press-heating gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus has an advantage of improving efficiency of a gas grafting reaction. Therefore, by using the press-heating gas grafting hydrophobization apparatus according to the present invention, the reaction amount of fatty acid chloride per unit area can be remarkably improved. |
| US11905659B2 |
Refiner segment having bar weakening sections
A refiner segment for a refiner of lignocellulosic material includes a first bar, a second bar, a first dam, and a second dam. The first bar has a width and includes a first bar weakening section. The first bar weakening section includes two planar faces defining a wedge-shaped recess with a tip and a base. The two planar faces meet at the tip. The tip is separated from the base by a depth. The depth is greater than or equal to half of the width and less than or equal to the width. The first dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The second dam extends between the first bar and the second bar. The first bar, the second bar, the first dam, and the second dam define a first essentially box-shaped region. The first bar weakening section is positioned within the first essentially box-shaped region. |
| US11905656B2 |
Approach to biomass delignification
A process to separate lignin from a lignocellulosic feedstock, said process comprising the steps of: providing said lignocellulosic feedstock; providing a composition comprising; an acid; a modifying agent selected from the group consisting of: sulfamic acid; imidazole; imidazole derivatives; taurine; a taurine derivative; a taurine-related compound; alkylsulfonic acid; arylsulfonic acid; triethanolamine; and combinations thereof; a peroxide salt; and a peroxide; exposing said lignocellulosic feedstock to said composition for a period of time sufficient to depolymerize substantially all of the lignin present in said lignocellulosic feedstock into lignin oligomers and lignin monomers; wherein said process is carried out at atmospheric pressure. |
| US11905655B2 |
Black liquor viscosity reducing and anti-scale agent
The disclosure provides methods and compositions for reducing the viscosity of black liquor. Also provided are methods of inhibiting deposition of scale and methods of processing black liquor. In some embodiments, the compositions include a carboxylate-containing polymer and an inorganic salt. In some embodiments, the compositions include a carboxylate-containing polymer, an inorganic salt, and a surfactant. |
| US11905651B2 |
Auxetic fabric reinforced elastomers
A composite structure is provided that includes a polymer layer and an auxetic material layer disposed within or partially within the polymer layer. The auxetic material layer provides increased conductivity and elastomeric reinforcement to the polymer layer. |
| US11905650B2 |
Water repellent oil repellent agent and method for producing same, and water repellent oil repellent product and method for producing same
A water- and oil-repellent agent contains cellulose nanofibers, a compound having at least one functional group of an oxazoline group, a carbodiimide group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, as a crosslinking agent, and a perfluoroalkyl compound. |
| US11905647B2 |
Thermal insulation sheet and method for producing the same, and electronic device and battery unit
Used is a method for producing a thermal insulation sheet, including: composite-forming including impregnating a nonwoven fabric with a basic sol prepared by adding a carbonate ester to a water glass composition to form a hydrogel-nonwoven fabric composite; surface-modifying including mixing the composite with a silylating agent for surface modification; and drying including removing liquid contained in the composite through drying at a temperature lower than the critical temperature of the liquid under a pressure lower than the critical pressure of the liquid. Used is a thermal insulation sheet including an aerogel and a nonwoven fabric, where the thermal insulation sheet exhibits a compressibility of 40% or lower at 0.30 to 5.0 MPa. |
| US11905646B2 |
Heat press
A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material. |
| US11905645B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the same
A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus includes a dry cloth sensing operation of sensing an amount of clothes put into a drum, a wet cloth sensing operation of sensing a washing load based on a moisture content of the clothes by supplying water into a tub, and a cloth material sensing operation of sensing a cloth material of the clothes put into the drum based on a rpm gap and a motor-constrained state where rotation of a motor is restricted. The rpm gap is a difference between a target rpm of a rotator in the drum and an actual rpm of the rotator. |
| US11905643B2 |
Fault detection for a water level detection system of a washing machine appliance
A washing machine appliance is provided including a sump positioned at a bottom of a wash tub for collecting wash fluid, a drain pump assembly for selectively draining the sump, a measurement device configured for measuring movement of the wash tub, and a water level detection system comprising a pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the sump. A controller is configured to operate the drain pump assembly to drain the wash fluid, measure the movement of the wash tub using the measurement device, measure a water level within the sump using the water level detection system, and identify a fault condition in the water level detection system upon determining that the measured movement indicates that the sump is empty and the measured water level indicates that the sump is not empty. |
| US11905635B2 |
Laundry treating apparatus
A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus, a second treating apparatus, and a control panel disposed signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, and the first treating apparatus includes a lower frame disposed rearward of the control panel and coupled to the control panel to fix the control panel. |
| US11905634B2 |
Fabrication of nanofibers as dry adhesives and applications of the same
A dry adhesive including a non-woven fabric of nanofibers comprising a polymeric material. The nanofibers include an average diameter within a range of from 50 nm to 10000 nm, and the non-woven fabric of nanofibers has a thickness within a range of from 0.1 μm to 100 μm. The dry adhesive has a shear adhesion strength that is higher than the normal adhesion strength. Additionally disclosed is a dry adhesive fiber mat including substantially aligned fibers extending lengthwise from a first region to a second region, each of the fibers having a diameter that is less than or equal to 10 microns. The dry adhesive fiber mat is selectively repositionable to, from, and between a mechanically interlocked state wherein the fibers at the first region are intimately positioned within void spaces between the fibers at the second region and a separated state not intimately positioned as such. |
| US11905633B2 |
Functional nonwoven scrim for high temperature applications requiring low flammability, smoke, and toxicity
A nonwoven composite for high temperature applications requiring Sow flammability, smoke, and/or toxicity, including a fibrous structure having one or more nonwoven material layers including a scrim layer. The scrim is formed from inorganic fibers, at least some of which are adapted to withstand temperatures of up to about 1150° C. The scrim is formed from a wet-laying process. The composite further comprises one or more fiber matrix layers. |
| US11905629B2 |
Fabric control device
A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light. |
| US11905628B2 |
Cut resistant fabric
A cut resistant fabric and a method of manufacturing a cut resistant fiber is disclosed herein. The fabric comprises a Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) material and a sheet shaped wollastonite filler. The sheet shaped wollastonite filler is treated with a coupling agent and mixed with the UHMWPE material. A thickness of the sheet shaped wollastonite filler is less than 10 micrometers (μm). The method comprises providing the sheet shaped wollastonite filler having a thickness of less than 10 μm and treating the sheet shaped wollastonite filler with a coupling agent at a first predefined temperature to obtain a uniform solution. The method further comprises mixing the uniform solution with a fiber solution comprising UHMWPE resin at a second predefined temperature. |
| US11905627B2 |
Systems for maintaining moisture in a textile electrode
A system for continuously humidifying a textile electrode during its use by a human is disclosed. The electrode can be part of a garment or textile where the textile electrode is positioned against the skin. A reservoir positioned against the electrode and opposite the user's skin can be made from a material with hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, such as natural wool or a skincore material. The reservoir receives and retains moisture from the user's skin through the electrode, as well as from a pre-wetting of the exposed user-facing side of the electrode. A seal can surround the reservoir and the electrode, with the seal extending beyond electrode. The seal can be a patch with heat activated adhesive at the edge to flow the textile to form a moisture barrier around the electrode. An electrical contact on the electrode can connect conductive wires from outside the seal to the electrode. |
| US11905624B2 |
Porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes and production method therefor
Disclosed are porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes and a production method therefor. In one aspect, methods for producing porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes are provided comprising: (a) preparing an admixture comprising metal-acetylacetonate precursors, polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and a solvent component; and (b) producing a nanocomposite from the admixture, wherein metals of the metal-acetylacetonate precursors comprise a non-radioactive alkali metal stable isotope and a non-radioactive alkaline earth metal stable isotope. As such, porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes having a single-phase multivalence may be obtained in high yield without using harmful chemical substances. In addition, the polymer electrolyte membrane including the porous multi-metal oxide nanotubes may have maintained and improved mechanical strength, and thus may have maintained durability even during cell operation and may also have improved proton conductivity even at low humidity. The fuel cell including the polymer electrolyte membrane may have improved performance. |
| US11905623B2 |
Evolution of site-specific recombinases
Some aspects of the present disclosure provide methods for evolving recombinases to recognize target sequences that differ from the canonical recognition sequences. Some aspects of this disclosure provide evolved recombinases, e.g., recombinases that bind and recombine naturally-occurring target sequences, such as, e.g., target sequences within the human Rosa26 locus. Methods for using such recombinases for genetically engineering nucleic acid molecules in vitro and in vivo are also provided. Some aspects of this disclosure also provide libraries and screening methods for assessing the target site preferences of recombinases, as well as methods for selecting recombinases that bind and recombine a non-canonical target sequence with high specificity. |
| US11905615B2 |
Photodefined aperture plate and method for producing the same
In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing an aperture plate includes depositing a releasable seed layer above a substrate, applying a first patterned photolithography mask above the releasable seed layer, the first patterned photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a desired aperture pattern, electroplating a first material above the exposed portions of the releasable seed layer and defined by the first mask, applying a second photolithography mask above the first material, the second photolithography mask having a negative pattern to a first cavity, electroplating a second material above the exposed portions of the first material and defined by the second mask, removing both masks, and etching the releasable seed layer to release the first material and the second material. The first and second material form an aperture plate for use in aerosolizing a liquid. Other aperture plates and methods of producing aperture plates are described according to other embodiments. |
| US11905614B2 |
Terminal material for connector
A terminal material having a base material in which at least a surface is made of Cu or Cu alloy; an Ni layer with at thickness of 0.1 μm to 1.0 μm inclusive on the base material; a Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer with a thickness of 0.2 μm to 2.5 μm inclusive on the Ni layer; and an Sn layer with a thickness of 0.5 μm to 3.0 μm inclusive on the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer, when cross sections of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer and the Sn layer are analyzed by the EBSD method with a measuring step 0.1 μm and a boundary in which misorientation between adjacent pixels is 2° or more is deemed to be a crystal boundary, an average crystal grain size Dc of the Cu—Sn intermetallic compound layer is 0.5 μm or more, and a grain size ratio Ds/Dc is five or less. |
| US11905609B2 |
Self-organized and electrically conducting PEDOT polymer matrix for applications in sensors and energy generation and storage
The present invention relates to a one-step process for preparation of “in-situ” or “ex-situ” self-organized and electrically conducting polymer nanocomposites using thermally initiated polymerization of a halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer or its derivatives. This approach does not require additional polymerization initiators or catalysts, produce gaseous products that are naturally removed without affecting the polymer matrix, and do not leave by-product contaminants. It is demonstrated that self-polymerization of halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer is not affected by the presence of a solid-state phase in the form of nanoparticles and results in formation of 3,4-polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) nanocomposites. |
| US11905608B2 |
Fuel production system
Fuel production system includes: synthesis gas generation unit configured to generate synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide from carbon-containing raw material; fuel production unit configured to produce fuel from synthesis gas generated; water electrolyzer configured to electrolyze water to generate water-electrolyzed hydrogen; hydrogen supply unit configured to supply water-electrolyzed hydrogen generated to synthesis gas generation unit; and controller. The controller is configured to perform: calculating input energy based on first energy possessed by raw material, second energy consumed by water electrolyzer, third energy consumed by synthesis gas generation unit, and fourth energy consumed by fuel production unit; calculating recovered energy based on fifth energy possessed by fuel produced; and controlling water electrolyzer based on input energy and recovered energy calculated. |
| US11905607B2 |
Pure-H2O-fed electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2H4 beyond 1000-hour stability
The present disclosure provides a pure-H2O-fed membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) electrolysis system for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (ECO2R) to ethylene (C2H4) and C2+ compounds under an industrial applicable continuous flow condition with at least 1000-hour lifetime, and fabrication method thereof. |
| US11905606B2 |
Chlorine dioxide gas generating devices, systems, and methods
A chlorine dioxide gas generating device is provided. The device includes a housing, an anode and a cathode, a first reagent and a second reagent, and a hydrophobic membrane. The housing has a cavity. The anode and the cathode are each coupled to and located within the cavity. The first reagent and the second reagent are each located within the cavity. The first reagent and the second reagent are configured to generate chlorine dioxide gas via electrolysis responsive to an electric current being passed into the anode and the cathode. The hydrophobic membrane is coupled to the housing, and is configured to allow the chlorine dioxide gas to exit the housing while preventing fluids from flowing therethrough. |
| US11905603B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a mixer configured to mix sulfuric acid as a first component and a second component different from the first component to prepare an etchant; a nozzle configured to eject the etchant to a substrate; a first component supplier including a first flow path that supplies the first component to the mixer, a first instantaneous flowmeter and a first flow rate controller provided in the first flow path; a second component supplier including a second flow path different from the first flow path and configured to supply the second component to the mixer, a second instantaneous flowmeter and a second flow rate controller provided in the second flow path; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow rate controllers using average flow rates of the first component and the second component during the ejection of the etchant to the substrate. |
| US11905600B2 |
Al-plated hot stamped steel material
Provided is an Al-plated hot stamped steel material comprising a steel base material, an Al-plating layer formed on at least one surface of the steel base material, and a chemical conversion coating formed on the Al-plating layer and containing zinc phosphate-based crystals and Ce-based compounds deposited on the surfaces of the zinc phosphate-based crystals, wherein an amount of deposition of the zinc phosphate-based crystals in the chemical conversion coating is, converted to metal Zn, 0.3 to 4.0 g/m2 and an area ratio of the Ce-based compounds in the chemical conversion coating is 0.5 to 25%. |
| US11905598B2 |
Coating method
An object is to coat a target position on a substrate with a dense film. In order to achieve the object, while a substrate on which a base containing a coating material is formed is transported, an auxiliary agent is applied to the substrate, and then a main agent containing a coating material is applied to the substrate to react the main agent with the auxiliary agent, so that a portion on the substrate where the base is formed is coated with the coating material. |
| US11905597B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and recording medium
A controller performs an adjustment processing including: forming a film on a surface of a substrate by a film forming unit; removing a peripheral portion of the film by the film forming unit; acquiring surface information indicating a state of the surface of the substrate including the film, from which the peripheral portion has been removed, by a surface inspection unit and adjusting a cut width of the peripheral portion based on the surface information; and peeling the film, from which the peripheral portion has been removed, by the film forming unit, and a process processing including: forming the film on the surface of the substrate by the film forming unit; and removing the peripheral portion by the cut width adjusted in the adjustment processing in the film forming unit. |
| US11905594B2 |
Chemical vapor deposition process for producing diamond
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for producing diamond includes providing a CVD Growth Chamber containing a growth substrate, charging the CVD growth chamber with a source gas mixture that includes a carbon source gas, activating the gas mixture to facilitate growth of diamond on the growth substrate, and providing for a period of diamond growth in a static mode during which the gas mixture is sealed within the CVD growth chamber. |
| US11905591B2 |
Method of decreasing a sheet resistance of a transparent conductor and a method of forming a multilayer transparent conductor
A method of decreasing a sheet resistance of a transparent conductor is disclosed. The method includes the following: forming a first transparent conductor layer on a substrate; dispensing a metallic nanoparticle composition on the first transparent conductor layer to form metallic nanoparticle features; and sintering at least the first transparent conductor layer and the metallic nanoparticle features. The first transparent conductor layer includes a crystalline metal oxide. The aperture ratio of the transparent conductor is in a range of 90% to 99%.A multilayer transparent conductor and a method of forming a multilayer transparent conductor are also disclosed. |
| US11905590B2 |
Direct-deposition system including standoffs for controlling substrate-mask separation
The present disclosure enables high-resolution direct patterning of a material on a substrate by establishing and maintaining a separation between a shadow mask and a substrate based on the thickness of a plurality of standoffs. The standoffs function as a physical reference that, when in contact between the substrate and shadow mask determine the separation between them. Embodiments are described in which the standoffs are affixed to an element selected from the shadow mask, the substrate, the mask chuck, and the substrate chuck. |
| US11905589B2 |
Material deposition apparatus having at least one heating assembly and method for pre- and/or post-heating a substrate
One or more heating assemblies for a material deposition apparatus for pre-heating a substrate before entering a material deposition area and/or for post-heating the substrate after exiting the material deposition area are described. |
| US11905585B2 |
Ni—W based medium heavy alloy and forming methods and applications of same
A novel medium heavy alloy (MHA) a composition designed and processed such that the MHA has properties comprising a tensile strength of about 1527 MPa, a proof strength of about 1337 MPa, and an impact toughness of about 180 J, when the MHA is forged, and the tensile strength of about 1746 MPa, the proof strength of about 1571 MPa, and the impact toughness of about 55 J, when the MHA is agedly treated. The superior strength-toughness is attributed to the face-centered cubic matrix and/or the nano-sized secondary phases. The superior dynamic performance is attributed to the widening of adiabatic shear bands. |
| US11905582B2 |
Bulk nickel-niobium-phosphorus-boron glasses bearing low fractions of chromium and exhibiting high toughness
Ni—Cr—Nb—P—B alloys optionally bearing Si and metallic glasses formed from said alloys are disclosed, where the alloys have a critical rod diameter of at least 5 mm and the metallic glasses demonstrate a notch toughness of at least 96 MPa m1/2. |
| US11905574B2 |
System for physical-mechanical recovery and refining of non-ferrous metals from electronic scrap
A system for the physical-mechanical recovery and refining of non-ferrous metals from electronic scrap, with means for the separation of the interest metals from the polymeric and resin support frames, which does not require the addition of solvents or temperature rise, for the disintegration and separation of materials, so that no toxic waste is produced for the environment. |
| US11905573B2 |
Alkaline solution method for recovering rare earth elements
Novel methods of recovering neodymium and related rare earth elements from permanent magnets of various compositions are described. The methods employ processing steps including converting the magnet material to a higher surface area form such as a powder, treating the mixture with alkaline solutions to form product concentrated in neodymium and rare earth metals. Inexpensive materials such as ammonia, ammonium carbonate, carbon dioxide, water are recycled in a process that uses moderate temperatures, pressures and non-corrosive and environmentally-friendly chemicals. |
| US11905572B2 |
Kiln comprising a control unit associated with the thermal inertia properties of constitutive elements
A furnace for the heat treatment of a metal product includes constitutive elements, each having a thermal inertia property determined from physical parameters. The constitutive elements include walls delimiting at least partially the furnace, a heating unit for heating the metal product, and a rapid heating element for heating the metal product. The furnace also includes a control circuit for controlling the heating unit and/or the rapid heating element, based on one or more thermal inertia properties of one or more constitutive elements of the furnace, and at least based on a ground of a constitutive element of said furnace. |
| US11905571B2 |
Wire rod for cold heading, processed product using same, and manufacturing methods therefor
The present disclosure relates to a CHQ wire rod that has improved resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture while securing cold forging characteristics by reducing Si content and adding Mo and V, a processed product using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a CHQ wire rod includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.3 to 0.5%, Si: 0.1 to 0.3%, Mn: 0.5 to 1.0%, at least two or more of Cr: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mo: 0.5 to 1.5%, V: 0.01 to 0.2%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and the value of the following formula (1) is 3.56 or more. |
| US11905569B2 |
Steel compositions, methods of manufacture and uses in producing rimfire cartridges
The present invention provides steel compositions, methods of manufacturing the compositions and using the compositions to produce rimfire ammunition cartridges. The steel compositions are substitutes for conventional brass used in the manufacture of rimfire ammunition cartridges and, in particular, for use in .22 caliber firing devices. Also provided are methods of processing and treating the steel compositions for use in the rimfire cartridges that include cold-rolling and annealing steps to create suitable physical properties. |
| US11905568B2 |
Systems and methods for deformation compensation
A system configured for deformation compensation in real time during a heat treatment performed on a component. The system comprises a supporting structure; two or more clamping devices arranged with the supporting structure, one or more clamping devices including a clamp, a load cell and a motor; and a processing and control system configured to collect signals from a load cell and to send signals based on the detected loads to a motor to compensate for deformation due to the heat treatment. |
| US11905560B2 |
Methods for multiplex detection of alleles associated with corneal dystrophy
The present disclosure provides a method for detecting corneal dystrophy in a subject, comprising a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture comprising one or more labeled probes comprising a mutant TGFBI nucleotide sequence; the reaction mixture further comprises at least one amplification primer pair for amplifying a TGFBI gene sequence from a biological sample from the subject; and detecting one, two, three, four, five or six mutations selected from the group consisting of G623D, M502V, R124S, A546D, H572R, and H626R mutations in TGFBI gene, wherein the detecting comprises detecting the one or more mutations using the labeled detection probes. Further provided is a reaction kit comprising the reaction mixture. |
| US11905555B2 |
Methods for the amplification of bisulfite-treated DNA
The methods, compositions, and kits of the disclosure provide a novel approach for a whole genome, unbiased DNA analysis method that can be performed on limited amounts of DNA. can be used to analyze DNA to determine its modification status. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for amplifying bisulfite-treated deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules comprising: (a) ligating an adaptor to the DNA molecules, wherein the adaptor comprises a RNA polymerase promoter comprising bisulfite-protected cytosines; (b) treating the ligated DNA molecules with bisulfite; (c) hybridizing the bisulfite-treated DNA molecules with a primer; (d) extending the hybridized primer to make double stranded DNA; and (e) in vitro transcribing the double-stranded DNA to make RNA. |
| US11905551B2 |
MDA using bead oligonucleotide
Improved multiple displacement amplification (MDA) reagents and methods are provided. |
| US11905549B2 |
Method for modifying target site in genome of eukaryotic cell, and method for detecting presence or absence of nucleic acid sequence to be detected at target site
Provided is a method of modifying a target site in the genome of a eukaryotic cell, the method comprising: (1) a step of introducing into the cell, introduction nucleic acids comprising (a) a template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an RNA-guided nuclease, (b) a template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a guide RNA, or a guide RNA, and (c) a template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a selectable marker; and (2) a step of selecting a cell expressing the selectable marker, wherein the number of moles (C) of (c) the template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a selectable marker, subjected to the step (1), is smaller than any of the number of moles (A) of (a) the template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding an RNA-guided nuclease and the number of moles (B) of (b) the template nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a guide RNA, or the guide RNA. |
| US11905541B2 |
Efficient product cleavage in template-free enzymatic synthesis of polynucleotides
The present invention is directed to methods and kits for template-free enzymatic synthesis of polynucleotides that include or enable a step of efficiently cleaving the polynucleotide products from its initiator using an endonuclease V activity and initiator with a 3′-penultimate deoxyinosine. |
| US11905535B2 |
Genetic engineering of fungi to modulate tryptamine expression
Provided herein are methods for modulating the psilocybin biosynthesis pathway in fungi or other organisms. Also provided are genetically modified fungi and organisms with induced and/or increased expression of psilocybin and psilocin and psilocybin and/or psilocin compositions generated by the provided methods. |
| US11905530B2 |
Cell encapsulation device comprising a pancreatic progenitor cell population
Disclosed herein are cell culture compositions, for example, pancreatic cell culture compositions, derived from dedifferentiated human reprogrammed pluripotent stem cells, such as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, and methods for producing and using such cell culture compositions. |
| US11905528B2 |
Compound chimeric antigen receptor (cCAR) targeting multiple antigens, compositions and methods of use thereof
In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an engineered cell having a first chimeric antigen receptor polypeptide including a first antigen recognition domain, a first signal peptide, a first hinge region, a first transmembrane domain, a first costimulatory domain, and a first signaling domain; and a second chimeric antigen receptor polypeptide including a second antigen recognition domain, a second signal peptide, a second hinge region, a second transmembrane domain, a second co-stimulatory domain, and a second signaling domain; wherein the first antigen recognition domain is different than the second antigen recognition domain. |
| US11905526B2 |
Genome engineering with Type I CRISPR systems in eukaryotic cells
Disclosed herein are Type I Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated (Cas) system related compositions and methods of using said Type I CRISPR/Cas system related compositions for altering gene expression and genome engineering. The invention relates to compositions comprising Type I CRISPR-Cas polypeptides and CRISPR array nucleic acids designed for genome modification in eukaryotic cells and for targeted killing of eukaryotic cells. |
| US11905517B2 |
Optimized host/vector system for producing protective mono- and multivalent subunit vaccines on the basis of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis
The invention relates to recombinant Kluyveromyces lactis (K. lactis) yeasts which are capable of the highly efficient expression of one or more foreign proteins and are suitable for use as a vaccine for generating a protective immune response against pathogens. The invention provides in particular K. lactis strains for the targeted cloning of foreign antigen-coding nucleic acids into the yeast genome of the K. lactis strain, which is characterized in that the K. lactis strain has integrated expression cassettes for foreign antigens as an alternative or in addition to the KILAC4 locus on the KIURA3-20 locus (KLLA0E22771g) and/or on the KIMET5-1 locus (KLLA0B03938g). The invention further relates to integrative expression vectors and to methods for producing the K. lactis strains of the invention as well as to the use thereof as vaccines. |
| US11905516B2 |
Optimized vector for delivery in microbial populations
The present invention relates to a vector, preferably included in a delivery vehicle, comprising no more than (100), preferably no more than (10), restriction sites recognized by the restriction enzymes encoded by each bacterium of a group of bacteria of interest. The invention also relates to the use of said vector, preferably included in a delivery vehicle, as a drug, especially in the treatment of a disease in a patient in need thereof. |
| US11905508B2 |
Cell harvesting and isolation
This present invention provides means for cell harvesting and isolation to be carried out with a single apparatus. This represents a more convenient way for the processing of cells compared with known methods and represents a useful development for the manufacture of cell therapies. |
| US11905507B2 |
Networked incubator operation
Aspects of the present invention relate to a networked cell culture incubator and to methods for operating such an incubator. In one aspect, the cell culture incubator includes a network interface for communicating with a source of parameter data utilized successfully by other incubators. The incubator receives appropriate parameter data and conducts the incubation process as prescribed by the parameter data so as to provide an improved environment for cell culture growth. The incubator may share its own parameter data with the data source for use by other incubators. The incubator and data source may share other forms of data as well. |
| US11905506B2 |
Multilayered cell culture apparatus
A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the culturing of cells is disclosed. The cell culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between the cell culture chambers and the external environment. The flask body also includes an aperture that will allow access to the cell growth chambers by means of a needle or cannula. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck and cap section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus ideal for high throughput applications. |
| US11905504B2 |
Body cube and process for culturing tissue
A body cube for culturing tissue that includes: an organ chip holder; and a body barrier chip and a first body organ chip disposed in the organ chip holder, the first body organ chip including a first cell culture chamber that receives cell culture medium and produces a first tissue in the first cell culture chamber, such that the organ chip holder receives cell culture medium and communicates the cell culture medium to the first cell culture chamber of the first body organ chip in response to rotation of the organ chip holder. |
| US11905501B2 |
Hop products
The present invention relates to hop products, in particular to hop products for flavouring beer and enhancing the aroma of beers, ales and other brewed beverages. More specifically, the present invention relates to such products which are 100% hop-derived and which are readily dispersible in cold wort and beer. As a result of our research, we have determined that polar hop extracts, in particular aqueous extracts of hops, have emulsifying properties for hop oil or hop oil-based hop extract products. This has allowed us to develop hop flavouring and aroma products for beer consisting solely of natural products, without the need for artificial emulsifiers and thickening agents or solvents. Surprisingly and unexpectedly, we have found that our combinations of hop-derived constituents is readily dispersible in cold wort and in beer, even when formulated as a 100% hop-derived paste, and provides excellent hop flavour and aroma to the finished beer. Accordingly, the present invention provides a hop composition comprising a mixture of a polar extract of hops and a hop oil-containing component. |
| US11905496B2 |
Microbiological cleaning formulations
Microbiological cleaning formulations may include an aqueous solution of a microbial component comprising at least one sporogenous microbial species. The microbiological cleaning formulation may also include a nonionic surfactant. The microbiological cleaning formulations may further include additives, solvents, preservatives, stabilizers, and fragrance agents. The microbiological formulations are such that they may removes organic carcinogens from a surface of a material contaminated during firefighting-related activities or from exposure to organic carcinogens. Corresponding methods for removing organic carcinogens from a surface of a firefighting material may include applying the microbiological cleaning formulation on the surface of the firefighting material. Corresponding cleaning kits may include the microbiological cleaning formulation and an optional scrubbing element. |
| US11905494B2 |
Fabric detergent formulation
A fabric detergent formulation is provided. The formulation comprises a preservative system that includes one or more sorbates in an amount of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 0.8 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation; one or more anionic surfactants, wherein the weight ratio of the anionic surfactants to the sorbates is about 10 or more; and a solvent system that includes water in an amount of from about 50 wt. % to 100 wt. % of the fabric detergent formulation. The pH of the fabric detergent formulation is about 6.5 or more. |
| US11905491B2 |
Post CMP cleaning compositions
In general, the invention provides high pH cleaning compositions for dielectric surfaces such as PETEOS, SiO2, thermal oxide, silicon nitride, silicon, etc. The compositions of the invention afford superior surface wetting, dispersion of particles and organic residues, and prevents redeposition and re-agglomeration of the dispersed residue during cleaning to afford superior cleaning and low defectivity. |
| US11905487B2 |
Method of manufacturing non-aqueous secondary battery
A method of manufacturing a non-aqueous secondary battery includes the steps of preparing a case main body, preparing a lid, applying a lubricant to a contact location, and assembling a lid to an open end of the case main body. In the step of preparing a lid, a lid to be fitted to the open end of the case main body is prepared. In the step of applying a lubricant, the lubricant is applied to at least a portion of the contact location at which the case main body and the lid are in contact with each other. In the step of assembling the lid to the open end, the lid is assembled to the open end with the lubricant having been applied to the contact location. The lubricant may be a solvent used in a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for non-aqueous secondary batteries. |
| US11905485B2 |
Lubricant composition and use as a lubricant additive of guanidinium-based ionic liquids
Use of a guanidinium-based ionic liquid as detergent in a lubricant composition, notably for lubricating marine engines. A lubricant composition including a guanidinium-based ionic liquid. |
| US11905484B2 |
Fullerene-containing lubricating oil composition and method for producing same
A fullerene-containing lubricating oil composition including a base oil and fullerene, wherein the fullerene is dissolved, and the concentration is 1 ppm by mass or more and less than 50 ppm by mass. |
| US11905483B2 |
Tribological system
A tribological system, comprising a main body and a sandwich lubrication, in which the sandwich lubrication includes a binder-free solid lubricant layer comprising a solid lubricant, and a lubricant layer comprising a lubricant. The binder-free solid lubricant layer and the lubricant layer are present as separate layers on the main body and wherein the mass ratio of solid lubricant to lubricant is at most 0.05:1. |
| US11905475B1 |
Multi-zone catalytic cracking of crude oils
A method of processing a hydrocarbon feed may comprise fractionating the hydrocarbon feed into a light stream, a middle stream and a heavy stream; hydrotreating the heavy stream to form a hydrotreated heavy stream; feeding the light stream to a first Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) reaction zone; feeding the middle stream to a second FCC reaction zone; and feeding the hydrotreated heavy stream to a third Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) reaction zone. The light stream may comprise hydrocarbons boiling at less than 200° C. The middle stream may comprise hydrocarbons boiling at from 200° C. to 370° C. The heavy stream may comprise hydrocarbons boiling at greater than greater than 370° C. Each of the first and second FCC reaction zones may operate under more severe operating conditions than the third FCC reaction zone. |
| US11905474B2 |
Apparatus and method for refining waste plastic pyrolysis oil using a separator
Provided are an apparatus and a method for refining pyrolysis oil in which a dechlorination reaction is performed under a first hydrotreating catalyst. Hydrogen chloride as a by-product is removed, and then a denitrification reaction is performed under a second hydrotreating catalyst, thereby preventing production of an ammonium salt (NH4Cl), and providing refined oil. It is excellent in prevention of corrosion of a reactor, improvement of durability, occurrence of differential pressure, process efficiency, has very low contents of impurities such as chlorine, nitrogen, and metal and olefin, and has excellent quality. |
| US11905472B2 |
On-site solvent generation and makeup for tar solvation in an olefin plant
A system and process for generating, on-site, a sustained C6+C7 aromatic rich solvent stream for tar solvation within the olefin plant employing a two-fuel oil tower system receiving a hydrocarbon feed from a quench water separator drum, where the two-fuel oil tower system is configured to make a sufficient solvent stream containing C6+C7 aromatic rich hydrocarbons that is recycled and mixed with quench water going to the quench water separator drum to assist in removing tar molecules out of the quench water. |
| US11905466B2 |
Circular economy for plastic waste to polyethylene via refinery FCC and alkylation units
Provided in one embodiment is a continuous process for converting waste plastic into recycle for polyethylene polymerization. The process comprises selecting waste plastics containing polyethylene and/or polypropylene, and passing the waste plastics through a pyrolysis reactor to thermally crack at least a portion of the polyolefin waste and produce a pyrolyzed effluent. The pyrolyzed effluent is separated into offgas, a pyrolysis oil and optionally wax comprising a naphtha/diesel and heavy fraction, and char. The pyrolysis oil and wax is passed to a refinery FCC unit from which a liquid petroleum gas C3-C5 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is recovered. The liquid petroleum gas C3-C5 olefin/paraffin mixture fraction is passed to a refinery alkylation unit, with a propane and butane fraction recovered from the alkylation unit. The propane and butane fraction is then passed to a steam cracker for ethylene production. In another embodiment, a naphtha fraction (C5-C8) is recovered from the alkylation unit and passed to the steam cracker. In another embodiment, a propane/propylene fraction (C3-C3) is recovered from the FCC and passed to the steam cracker. |
| US11905460B2 |
Scale inhibitors and related controlled release particles
Controlled release particles may include stimuli-responsive coatings on porous particles to allow for controlled release of a material in the pores of the porous particles. For example, a composition may comprise: a porous particle; a material in pores of the porous particle; and a coating bonded to a surface of the porous particle, wherein the coating comprises a multi-urethane compound capable of reversibly converting between a condensed state and an expanded state upon exposure to a stimuli. |
| US11905459B2 |
Method to mitigate halite scale
Halite scales in an oilfield brine that has a potential for halite scaling can have halite scale formation inhibited or prevented by adding an effective amount of an additive, where the additive contains at least one non-water-soluble quaternary ammonium compound and at least one organic solvent. The quaternary ammonium compound may be benzyl-alkyldimethyl ammonium chloride, where the alkyl group has from 2 to 30 carbon atoms. The organic solvent may be one or more alcohol or glycol. |
| US11905455B2 |
Working fluid for heat cycle, composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system
To provide a working fluid for heat cycle having a low global warming potential, which can replace R410A, a composition for a heat cycle system comprising it, and a heat cycle system employing the composition.A working fluid for heat cycle, which comprises trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total proportion of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene based on the entire amount of the working fluid is from 70 to 100 mass %, and the proportion of trifluoroethylene based on the total amount of trifluoroethylene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is from 35 to 95 mass %, a composition for a heat cycle system comprising the working fluid for heat cycle, and a heat cycle system employing the composition. |
| US11905451B2 |
Abrasive particles, method of making abrasive particles, and abrasive articles
Shaped ceramic abrasive particles include a first surface having a perimeter having a perimeter comprising at least first and second edges. A first region of the perimeter includes the second edge and extends inwardly and terminates at two corners defining first and second acute interior angles. The perimeter has at most four corners that define acute interior angles. A second surface is disposed opposite, and not contacting, the first surface. A peripheral surface is disposed between and connects the first and second surfaces. The peripheral surface has a first predetermined shape. Methods of making the shaped ceramic abrasive particles, and abrasive articles including them are also disclosed. |
| US11905450B2 |
Liquid crystal mixture and liquid crystal display
The invention relates to a compound of formula I, wherein R11, R21, A11, A, Z, X11, X21, Y11, Y12, Sp11, Sp21, o and p have one of the meanings as given in claim 1. The invention further relates to method of production of a compound of formula I, to the use of said compounds in LC media and to LC media comprising one or more compounds of formula I. Further, the invention relates to a method of production of such LC media, to the use of such media in LC devices, and to LC device comprising a LC medium according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to a process for the fabrication such liquid crystal display and to the use of the liquid crystal mixtures according to the invention for the fabrication of such liquid crystal display. |
| US11905448B2 |
Liquid-crystal medium comprising polymerizable compounds
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) medium comprising polymerizable compounds, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in LC displays of the PSA (polymer sustained alignment) or SA (self-aligning) mode, to an LC display of the PSA or SA mode comprising the LC medium, and to a process of manufacturing the LC display. |
| US11905445B2 |
Organic luminescent complex and method for manufacturing organic luminescent complex
According to the present invention, an organic light-emitting composite and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting composite are provided. According to exemplary embodiments, an organic light-emitting composite includes a polymer matrix; a first light-emitting material provided in the polymer matrix; and a second light-emitting material provided in the polymer matrix and obtained by oxidizing the first light-emitting material, wherein the second light-emitting material may have the same molecular weight as that of the first light emitting-material. |
| US11905444B2 |
Quantum dots and processes for preparation thereof
Disclosed are processes for preparing hybrid perovskite quantum dots and the resulting hybrid perovskite quantum dots and uses thereof. Such quantum dots are useful as semiconductors in devices such as solar cells and light-emitting diodes. |
| US11905443B2 |
Quantum-dot containing resin sheet or film, method for producing the same, and wavelength conversion member
To provide a quantum dot-containing resin sheet or film, a method for producing the same, and a wavelength conversion member that can, in particular, solve the problem of aggregation of the quantum dots and the problem with the use of a scattering agent, suppress a decrease in light conversion efficiency, and improve the light conversion efficiency of a resin molded product containing quantum dots. The quantum dot-containing resin sheet or film of the present invention includes a stack of a plurality of resin layers, at least one of the resin layers containing quantum dots, and the plurality of resin layers is integrally molded through co-extrusion. |
| US11905435B2 |
Antimicrobial additive compositions for coatings
An antimicrobial formulation that can be directly added into a composition or onto a surface of a composition (e.g., forming a surface coating on a composition or device). The antimicrobial formulation includes sodium pentaborate, di-sodium tetraborate decahydrate, titanium diborite, titanium borate, sodium pyrithione, zinc pyrithione, benzhetonium chloride, or any combination thereof. |
| US11905434B2 |
Water-based compositions with long term gloss retention
Water-based coating compositions or paint having improved gloss retention, including a latex or water-dispersible polymer, a UV-VIS absorber comprising a substituted benzophenone capable of being a free radical generator, a hindered amine light stabilizer, and optionally a low-VOC coalescent provided in a preferably desired amount. A composition comprising a blend a UV-VIS absorber comprising a substituted benzophenone capable of being a free radical generator, a hindered amine light stabilizer, and a low-VOC coalescent, providing a thermally-stable coalescent that can be used in a paint formulation for gloss retention. Gloss retention of paints containing the UV-VIS absorber and hindered amine light stabilizer being markedly improved over paints that do not have both components present. |
| US11905433B2 |
Energy-sensitive composition, cured product, and forming method of cured product
An energy-sensitive composition that yields a cured product with excellent thermal resistance and crack resistance, a cured product of the composition, and a method of forming a cured product. The energy-sensitive composition includes a polysilane and a thermal base generator, in which the thermal base generator includes an ionic compound and a nonionic compound. An anion moiety in the ionic compound preferably includes at least one of an anion having an oxaxanthone skeleton, an anion having a ketoprofen skeleton, and an anion having a fluorenone skeleton. |
| US11905429B2 |
Ink-receptive layers for durable labels
Coatable compositions for formation of ink-receptive layers, which may be aqueous suspensions, comprise a mixture of: a) 8.0-75 wt % (based on the total weight of a), b), c), and d)) of colloidal silica particles having an average particle size of 2.0-150 nm; b) 10-75 wt % of one or more polyester polymers; c) 10-75 wt % of one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polyurethane polymers and (meth)acrylate polymers; and d) 0-10 wt % of one or more crosslinkers. Ink-receptive layers, which may exhibit high gloss and high ink anchoring are also provided, as are constructions comprising such layers. Porous solids are also provided, comprising: a) 8.0-75 wt % of colloidal silica particles having an average particle size of 2.0-150 nm; and b) one or more water dispersible polymers. |
| US11905422B2 |
Glass textile coated with partially soluble dextrin-containing coating
The invention is drawn to a method of coating a glass fiber textile comprising the following steps: —Preparing an aqueous coating composition comprising (a) 5 to 95% by weight, with respect to the total weight of (a) and (b), of a synthetic polymer or oligomer dissolved or dispersed in the aqueous coating composition, and (b) 5 to 95% by weight, with respect to the total weight of (a) and (b), of a dextrin exhibiting a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 250 000 to 2 000 000 Da and a solubility, measured according to a test A, ranging from 50 to 85%, —Applying said aqueous coating composition to a glass fiber textile, thereby obtaining a wet-coated glass fiber textile, —Submitting the wet-coated glass fiber textile to a step of drying and/or curing thereby obtaining a glass fiber textile coated with a water-insoluble polymer coating. |
| US11905420B2 |
Tabular alumina particles and method of producing tabular alumina particles
To provide plate-like alumina particles that are less likely to wear apparatuses. Plate-like alumina particles containing germanium or a germanium compound. The plate-like alumina particles preferably have a molar ratio of Ge to Al, [Ge]/[Al], of 0.08 or more as determined in an XPS analysis. The plate-like alumina particles preferably contain the germanium or germanium compound in a surface layer. The plate-like alumina particles preferably have a density of 3.7 g/cm3 or more and 4.1 g/cm3 or less. The plate-like alumina particles preferably have a molar ratio of Ge to Al, [Ge]/[Al], of 0.08 or less as determined in an XRF analysis. |
| US11905419B2 |
Process for delamination of layered silicates
A process for delamination of a layered silicate in an aqueous medium includes treating a synthetic or naturally occurring 2:1 clay mineral layered silicate with a delamination agent, and contacting the treated layered silicate with an aqueous medium. An amount of the delamination agent used to treat the layered silicate can be at least equal to the cation exchange capacity of the layered silicate. A delaminated layered silicate can be obtained from the process and provided in a dispersion, a composite, or a barrier. |
| US11905417B2 |
Anthraquinone compound, liquid crystal composition for dimming including said compound, and dimming element
The present invention relates to an anthraquinone compound represented by formula (1) (in formula (1), R1 represents a C1-9 alkyl group and R2 represents a C1-8 alkyl group): a yellow dichroic pigment that includes this compound; a liquid crystal composition for light control that contains this yellow dichroic pigment and a liquid crystal material; and a light control element that uses this composition. |
| US11905416B2 |
Polymerized oils and methods of manufacturing the same
Described herein is a polymerized biorenewable, previously modified, or functionalized oil, comprising a polymeric distribution having about 2 to 80 wt % oligomer content, a polydispersity index ranging from about 1.30 to about 2.20, and sulfur content ranging from 0.001 wt % to about 8 wt %. Methods of manufacturing the polymerized oil as well as its incorporation into asphalt paving, roofing, and coating applications are also described. |
| US11905406B2 |
Foamed PET composite board and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure provides a foamed PET composite board and a preparation method thereof. The foamed PET composite board provided is prepared from a raw material including the following components in parts by mass: 100 parts of PET, 10-20 parts of a regulator, 100-200 parts of an inorganic filler, 1-2 parts of a blowing agent, and 1-4 parts of PE wax, and the PET is recycled PET. |
| US11905404B2 |
Resin composition, cured product thereof, fibre-reinforced plastic, and fibre-reinforced plastic flameproofing method
Provided is a resin composition that is capable of producing a cured product having excellent environmental suitability, high strength, and excellent flame retardancy, and that is suitably usable as a matrix resin for fiber-reinforced plastics. A resin composition contains (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a cyanate resin, (C) an aromatic amine curing agent that is liquid at 25° C., and (D) a phosphorus-containing compound represented by formula (1). Preferably, in formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group or an aryl group, and X and Y are an oxygen atom. |
| US11905401B2 |
Thermoplastic vulcanizate compositions
In an embodiment, a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) composition is provided. The TPV composition includes a thermoplastic polyolefin; and an ethylene based copolymer rubber, wherein the ethylene based copolymer rubber has: a Mw of from 500,000 g/mol to 3,000,000 g/mol, a Mw/Mn of 4.0 or lower, and a g′vis of 0.90 or greater. In another embodiment, a TPV composition includes a thermoplastic phase and an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer, wherein the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition has: a hardness of from 20 Shore A to 60 Shore D; and a stress relaxation slope of −1 to −5 (l/min) as measured by an Elastocon stress relaxation instrument. |
| US11905393B2 |
Cellulose acetate composition and molded article
An object of the present invention is to provide a cellulose acetate composition with excellent biodegradability and water solubility, and excellent thermoformability. A cellulose acetate composition comprising: a cellulose acetate having a degree of acetyl substitution of 0.4 or greater and less than 1.4; and a citrate ester-based plasticizer, wherein a content of the citrate ester-based plasticizer is 3 parts by weight or greater per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the cellulose acetate and the citrate ester-based plasticizer. |
| US11905385B2 |
Secondary battery pack with improved thermal management
The present invention relates to a novel secondary battery pack with improved thermal management useful for an all-electric vehicle (EV), a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), a hybrid vehicle (HEV), or battery packs used for other vehicles batteries, and more particularly, to the use of a specific material for thermally insulating a secondary battery pack and further minimizing the propagation of thermal runaway within a battery pack. |
| US11905376B2 |
SiOC-bonded, linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymers
The production of SiOC-bonded, linear polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymers comprising repeating (AB) units by reaction of polyether diols with trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-acidified, equilibrated α,ω-diacetoxypolydimethylsiloxanes is described, wherein the reaction is undertaken by adding a solid, liquid or gaseous base, optionally using inert solvents. |
| US11905374B2 |
Conductive member, bioelectrode, and biosignal measuring device
A conductive member contains silicone rubber and a conductive agent. The total content of cyclic dimethylpolysiloxane having 3 to 24 silicon atoms in the conductive member is 5000 ppm or less. |
| US11905373B2 |
Two-dimensional organic polymer and derivatives thereof for supercapacitor applications
The present invention provides two-dimensional polymers P1 and P2 of pyromellitic diimide and hexaamino benzene and derivatives thereof, from monomer of Formula (M), which are used to synthesize composites for supercapacitor applications. M |
| US11905372B2 |
Highly heat-resistant and low dielectric-polymide film and method for producing same
Disclosed herein is a polyimide film that is obtained by imidizing a polyamic acid solution containing two or more dianhydride components selected from the group consisting of 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), and a diamine component including m-tolidine and p-phenylenediamine (PPD) and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 320° C. or higher, a moisture absorption rate of 0.4% or less, and a dielectric dissipation factor (Df) of 0.004 or less. |
| US11905370B2 |
Method for synthesizing long carbon chain semi-aromatic nylon
The disclosure relates to a synthesis method of long carbon chain semi-aromatic nylon. The synthesis method comprises the following steps: mixing a wet powdery nylon salt, an antioxidant, a catalyst, a surfactant and pellets, and carrying out a one-step solid state polymerization under dynamic mixing to obtain a powdery nylon; under dynamic mixing, enabling the pellets to promote the stirring and mixing of the material and reducing material adhesion to the wall; the one-step solid state polymerization comprises a pre-solid state polymerization and a post-solid state polymerization; in the pre-solid state polymerization, ensuring the nylon salt and the prepolymer not to be molten; in the post-solid state polymerization, gradually reducing the system pressure to vacuum, and keeping the system pressure in vacuum state for at least 1 hour; the temperature of the post-solid state polymerization is not lower than the termination temperature of the pre-solid state polymerization. |
| US11905367B2 |
Branched monodispersed polyethylene glycol, intermediate and methods for producing same
A branched monodispersed polyethylene glycol represented by the formula (1): wherein X1 is a functional group that forms a covalent bond upon a reaction with a functional group present in a biofunctional molecule; n is an integer of 4 to 50, which represents number of repeating units of ethylene oxide units; and L1 represents a single bond, —NH—, -L2-(CH2)m1- or -L2-(CH2)m1-L3-(CH2)m2-, L2 represents an ether bond, an amide bond, an urethane bond or a single bond, L3 represents an ether bond, an amide bond or an urethane bond, and m1 and m2 represent each independently an integer of 1 to 5. |
| US11905362B2 |
Polymers and methods of producing thereof
Provided herein are methods of producing polymers from furan and optionally diol compounds, using an organocatalyst. A polymer composition comprising a polymer prepared by the method is contemplated. Provided herein are also polymer compositions, such as poly(alkylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate). In some embodiments, polymer compositions have any one of the characteristics discussed herein, or any combinations thereof. |
| US11905360B2 |
Method for producing a cross-linkable polymer with the formation of oxazolidinones
The invention relates to a method for producing a polymer comprising the following steps: (A) depositing a radically cross-linkable resin, obtaining a radically cross-linked resin; and (B) treating the radically cross-linked resin under conditions which are sufficient to trigger a chemical reaction that is different from the radical cross-linking in the radically cross-linked resin. The radically cross-linkable resin comprises a curable component, in which there are NCO groups, olefinic C═C double bonds and epoxide groups, and the chemical reaction in the radically cross-linked resin that is different from the radical cross-linking is the reaction of NCO groups and epoxide groups to form oxazolidinone groups. |
| US11905359B2 |
Polyurethane elastomers, bio-additive compositions
A polyurethane elastomer, which can be a foam, generated from (a) an organic diisocyanate, (b) a polyester resin, (c) a chain extender comprised of a polyhydric alcohol, (d) a crosslinker, (e) a plasticizer, (f) a surfactant, (g) a bio-additive, (h) a blowing agent, and (i) an optional dye; and optionally where the elastomer has, for example, a hardness value of, for example, from about 15 Asker C to about 60 Asker C, a tensile strength of from about 1 MPa to about 10 MPa, a resilience of from about 30 percent to about 60 percent, an elongation at break of from about 150 percent to about 700 percent, and a tear strength from about 2 Newtons/millimeters to about 4 Newtons/millimeters, and which elastomers can be selected for footwear. |
| US11905356B2 |
Bismaleimide compound, composition containing same, polybenzoxazole, and semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel photosensitive resin precursor that can be developed with an alkali and ring-closed even at low temperatures, and preferably has excellent thermal properties and excellent electric properties after curing, and also to provide a use application thereof. As means for achieving the object, disclosed are a bismaleimide compound comprising, in one molecule, two partial structures in each of which a carbon atom having a substituent represented by the following formula (A) (wherein Y represents a direct bond or a divalent linking group), and a carbon atom having a hydroxy group are directly bonded to each other, a polymer which is a self-polymer of the bismaleimide compound, and a benzoxazole which is an intramolecular dehydrated ring-closed product of the polymer. |
| US11905355B2 |
Flame resistant build materials and associated printed 3D articles
Polymerizable liquids for 3D printing applications are described herein which, in some embodiments, impart flame resistant and/or flame retardant properties to articles printed from the build materials. The polymerizable liquids may also impart desirable mechanical properties to the articles. In some embodiments, a polymerizable liquid comprises a curable isocyanurate component in an amount of at least 20 wt. %, based on total weight of the polymerizable liquid, and an organophosphate component comprises one or more organophosphate compounds. In some embodiments, the polymerizable liquid further comprises an acrylate component. |
| US11905351B2 |
Silicone hydrogel materials
A composition includes at least one siloxy-based (meth)acrylate monomer or prepolymer, at least one additional methacrylate monomer, UV, and Visible light blocking agents and one or more crosslinking agents. The final product results in a highly wettable material that possesses physical properties such as a low modulus of elasticity and high oxygen permeability without the need for a non-reactive solubilizing agent and that are free of cyclic and linear siloxanes. |
| US11905349B2 |
Ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer
An ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer satisfying the following formula (1): 75≤ tan δ(60)/tan δ(5)×100≤225 (1) wherein peak intensities, determined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, of vibrations derived from a —CF2H group, a —CF2CH2COF group, a —COF group, a —COOH group, a dimer of a —CF2COOH group and a monomer of a CF2CH2COOH group, a —COOCH3 group, a —CONH2 group, and a —CH2OH group satisfy the following formula (2): PIA/(PIB+PIC+PID+PIE+PIF+PIG+PIH)≥0.60 (2) wherein the loss tangents (tan δ) and peak intensities (PI) are as defined herein. |
| US11905341B2 |
Solvent-based processes for producing nanocellulose, and compositions and products produced therefrom
The present invention provides a process for producing a nanocellulose material, comprising: fractionating a lignocellulosic biomass feedstock in the presence of a solvent for lignin and water, but no acid catalyst, to generate cellulose-rich solids; and then mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids to form a nanocellulose material comprising cellulose nanofibrils and/or cellulose nanocrystals. Many organic or inorganic solvents are possible. In some embodiments, the solvent for lignin is an oxygenated organic compound, such as a C1-C18 alcohol, e.g. ethanol, ethylene glycol, propanol, propanediol, glycerol, butanol, or butanediol. The solvent for lignin may be an aromatic alcohol, such as phenol, cresol, or benzyl alcohol. The solvent for lignin may be a ketone, an aldehyde, or an ether, such as methyl ethyl ketone or diethyl ether. The solvent for lignin may be a non-oxygenated alkane, olefin, or aromatic hydrocarbon. In some embodiments, the solvent for lignin is an ionic liquid. |
| US11905335B2 |
Protein-nanoparticle conjugate purification methods
Methods and kits for purifying protein-nanoparticle conjugates are provided. In some embodiments, a multimodal medium having a size exclusion mode and a capture mode is used to purify the protein-nanoparticle conjugates. |
| US11905321B2 |
Compositions and methods of muscle specific kinase chimeric autoantibody receptor cells
The invention includes a chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) specific for anti-muscle-specific kinase (MuSK) B cell receptor (BCR), compositions comprising the CAAR, polynucleotides encoding the CAAR, vectors comprising a polynucleotide encoding the CAAR, and recombinant cells comprising the CAAR. |
| US11905319B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer 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. |
| US11905314B2 |
Influenza virus vaccines and uses thereof
Provided herein are influenza hemagglutinin stem polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides, vectors comprising said nucleic acid and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as methods of their use, in particular in the prevention and/or treatment of influenza virus infections. |
| US11905312B2 |
Methods and compositions for gene transfer across the vasculature
The present disclosure provides AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus capsids and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. The disclosure also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the disclosure to a cell or to a subject in vivo. |
| US11905311B2 |
System and method for producing interleukin receptor antagonist (IRA)
A system and method for producing high levels of autologous IL-1RA cytokine, includes a blood collection vessel, a cover, a portion of separation gel, an anticoagulant portion, a plasma collection syringe comprising a sharp needle, a buffy coat collection syringe and an incubation tube with cover. The blood collection vessel is adapted such that when containing whole blood and being centrifuged, after treatment yields separation fractions comprising, a first fraction of RBCs sediment, a second fraction of said gel, a third fraction comprising WBCs, platelets and a fourth fraction of plasma solution. |
| US11905305B2 |
Silicon precursor compound, preparation method therefor, and silicon-containing film formation method using same
The present application relates to a silicon precursor compound, a method for preparing the silicon precursor compound, a precursor composition for depositing a silicon-containing oxide thin film or nitride thin film, the precursor composition comprising the silicon precursor compound, and a method for depositing a silicon-containing oxide thin film or nitride thin film using the precursor composition. |
| US11905303B2 |
Metal-organic frameworks for gas adsorption
Disclosed are metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for adsorbing guest species, methods for the separation of gases using the MOFs, and systems comprising the MOFs. The MOFs comprise a plurality of secondary building units (SBUs), each SBU comprising a repeating unit of one metal cation connected to another metal cation via a first moiety of an organic linker; a layer of connected adjacent SBUs in which a second moiety of the linker in a first SBU is connected to a metal cation of an adjacent SBU, and wherein adjacent layers are connected to each other via linker-to-linker bonding interactions. |
| US11905281B2 |
KRAS G12C inhibitors and methods of using the same
Provided herein are KRAS G12C inhibitors, composition of the same, and methods of using the same. These inhibitors are useful for treating a number of disorders, including pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers. |
| US11905280B1 |
2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-N'-(picolinoyloxy)acetimidamide as an antimicrobial compound
A 2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-N′-(picolinoyloxy)acetimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11905279B1 |
Benzylidene derivatives of fenobam as anti-inflammatory agents
Benzylidene derivatives of fenobam compounds, a method of synthesizing said compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The benzylidene derivatives of fenobam, identified as COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors, are useful as anti-inflammatory agents. |
| US11905277B1 |
2-alkyloxy-6-(2-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl)-4-phenylpyridine-3-carbonitrile as an antimicrobial compound
A 2-alkyloxy-6-(2-oxo-2H-1-benzopyran-3-yl)-4-phenylpyridine-3-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11905276B2 |
Bicyclic compound that acts as CRBN protein regulator
A compound represented by formula (III) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and disclosed is an application thereof in the preparation of a medication for treating diseases related to a CRBN receptor. |
| US11905272B1 |
3-(2-(4-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-N,N-dimethylpropan-1-amine as an anti-cancer compound
A 3-(2-(4-methoxypyridin-3-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-N,N-dimethylpropan-1-amine compound, its synthesis, and its use as an anticancer agent. |
| US11905266B2 |
Covalent organic framework and method of preparing the same
A covalent organic framework and a method of preparing the same are disclosed. The covalent organic framework is used to produce an electrode material and includes a repeating unit represented by the following chemical formula: In the formula, A1, A2, and A3 are the same or different, and are independently a monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic ring, and R1 and R2 are the same or different, and are independently selected from hydrogen, a functional group containing at least one nitrogen, phosphorus, or sulfur, an unsubstituted or substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C2-C6 alkenyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C2-C6 alkynyl group, and an unsubstituted or substituted C1-C6 alkoxy group. |
| US11905264B1 |
N′-(2-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ylthio)acetoxy)-4-nitrobenzimidamide as an antimicrobial compound
A N′-(2-(5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ylthio)acetoxy)-4-nitrobenzimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11905251B1 |
1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-(2-hydroxy-3-(naphthalen-2-yloxy)propylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid as an eco-friendly insecticidal agent against Spodoptera littoralis (boisd.)
A compound 1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-(2-hydroxy-3-(naphthalen-2-yloxy)propylpiperazin-1-yl)-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid, its synthesis, and its use as an insecticidal agent. |
| US11905250B2 |
Methods for preparation of jasmonate compounds
This invention relates to methods for preparation of jasmonate compounds via a salt of jasmonic acid. |
| US11905241B2 |
Recovery of light olefins from dry hydrocarbon gas from refinery and petrochemical production processes for production of alkylate
Methods and systems for treating an olefin-containing stream are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems are particularly suitable for treating an off-gas stream in a refining or petrochemical process, such as from a fluid catalytic cracker (FCC), coker, steam cracker, and the like. The stream is treated in an absorber column to reject lighter stream components and to absorb ethylene and/or propylene into a solvent. The solvent is typically isobutane. The enriched solvent stream from the absorber column is fed to an alkylation reactor, which reacts the dissolved olefin with the isobutane solvent to produce an alkylate product. |
| US11905240B2 |
Cyclopropyl ethylene compound and arthropod pest control composition containing same
The present invention provides a compound that have excellent harmful arthropod controlling effects, the compounds being represented by formula (I) [wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom etc., and R21, R22, R31 and R32 are identical to or different from each other and each represents a hydrogen atom etc., Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 are identical to or different from each other and each represents CH etc.], as well as a composition comprising the same, and a method for controlling harmful arthropod comprising applying the same. |
| US11905235B2 |
Method for preparing 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)propane
The present invention provides a method for preparing 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)propane, comprising: hydrogenating a reactive solution containing 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane under a hydrogen atmosphere in a reactor with catalyst within a temperature range of 80-165° C. and a pressure range of 85-110 kg/cm2 to prepare the 2,2-bis(4-hydroxycyclohexyl)propane. The method of present invention has an advantage of high yield properties and achieves mass production easily, thereby enhancing the value of the industrial application. |
| US11905234B2 |
Ammonia removal from urea finishing
A method for the removal of ammonia from the off-gas of a finishing section of a urea production plant, a corresponding urea plant, and a method of accordingly modifying a pre-existing urea plant. In a scrubbing section, off-gas is brought into contact with acidic scrubbing liquid to provide a scrubbed off-gas and a utilized scrubbing liquid comprising ammonium salt. The method specifies an evaporation section, which is part of the urea plant that produces urea melt, that is divided into first and second stages. The first stage is part of the urea melt production plant. The second stage is decoupled, as regards recirculation of liquids other than the urea product stream, from the urea melt production plant. This is accomplished by sending utilized scrubbing liquid containing ammonium salts to the second stage evaporation section, and condensed vapours from said second stage evaporation section to said scrubbing section. |
| US11905233B2 |
Process for producing unsaturated nitrile
A process for producing unsaturated nitrile comprising a reaction step of subjecting hydrocarbon to a vapor phase catalytic ammoxidation reaction in a fluidized bed reactor to produce the corresponding unsaturated nitrile, wherein, in the reaction step, a powder is fed to a dense zone in the fluidized bed reactor using a carrier gas, and a ratio of a linear velocity LV1 of the carrier gas at a feed opening to feed the powder to the fluidized bed reactor to a linear velocity LV2 of a gas in the dense zone (LV1/LV2) is not less than 0.01 and not more than 1200. |
| US11905232B2 |
Process of making 3-(4′-aminophenyl)-2-methoxypropionic acid, and analogs and intermediates thereof
The disclosure provides a process for the preparation of 3-(4′-aminophenyl)-2-methoxypropionic acid, and analogs and intermediates thereof, contemplated to be capable of modulating the activity of receptors, e.g., PPARs receptors. |
| US11905228B2 |
Salts of diaminoacetals and diaminoketals and their synthesis, and their transformations to diaminoacetals and diaminoketals
This application relates, in part, to novel salts represented by the following structure of Formula (1): wherein R1a is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl (e.g., unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl, e.g., —CH3); R1b is optionally substituted alkyl (e.g., unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl, e.g., —CH3); each occurrence of R2 and R3 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, and optionally substituted aryl; R2 and R3 can combine with each other to form optionally substituted cycloalkyl; each m and n is independently an integer ranging from 1 to 20 (e.g., m and n is independently an integer ranging from 1 to 5); and each of Q1⊖ and Q2⊖ is independently a counterion (e.g., each of Q1⊖ and Q2⊖ is independently a counterion selected from the group consisting of chloride, bromide, fluoride, iodide, acetate, carboxylate, hydrogen sulfate, nitrate, and phenolate, and sulfonate, e.g., chloride), and methods of making the same. |
| US11905224B2 |
Method for fully recycling kitchen waste by using Hermetia illucens L. and aerobic microorganisms
The present application provides a method for fully recycling kitchen waste by using Hermetia illucens L. and aerobic microorganisms. The method includes first performing solid-liquid separation on the kitchen waste; then using the filtrate obtained through separation to feed young larvae of Hermetia illucens L. to convert salt in the filtrate into body fluid of Hermetia illucens L. in a larval stage, and using the kitchen waste filter residue to feed 2nd-6th-instar larvae of Hermetia illucens L. respectively; separating insects and insect feces residue in a timely manner, so as to reduce a salt content of insect feces and improve transabdominal transformation efficiency of Hermetia illucens L. and quality of the insect manure; and finally implementing full resource utilization through aerobic composting and insect drying and sterilization treatment. |
| US11905223B2 |
Fertilizer compositions having slow-release nitrogen compounds and methods of forming thereof
Methods of forming a fertilizer composition having slow-release nitrogen compounds with a molten process are disclosed. The methods include mixing of a polyethylene wax with urea, formaldehyde, and one or more of an acid catalyst and emulsifier to form a molten methylene urea mixture. The contents of the molten methylene urea mixture react to form slow-release nitrogen compounds. Fertilizer compositions formed of, or including, the slow-release nitrogen compounds are also disclosed. |
| US11905221B2 |
Dispersant for premixed fluidized solidified soil, preparation method and application thereof
A dispersant for premixed fluidized solidified soil includes the following raw materials in parts by weight: 5 parts to 15 parts of an anti-adhesion water reducer, 0.5 parts to 0.8 parts of a stabilizer, and 85 parts to 95 parts of water. The anti-adhesion water reducer is compounded by an inorganic dispersant and an aminosulfonic acid-based superplasticizer (ASP), and the inorganic dispersant is at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium silicate, sodium hexametaphosphate, and sodium pyrophosphate. In the present disclosure, on the premise of improving fluidity of mucky cohesive soil slurry, a strength of the fluidized solidified soil at each stage is adjusted through a water-reducing effect of the anti-adhesion water reducer. Moreover, rapid dispersion of the mucky cohesive soil slurry is realized, thus providing key technical support for preparation of the premixed fluidized solidified soil from undisturbed soil in non-dry conditions. |
| US11905220B2 |
Manufacture of a ceramic component
The method for manufacturing a ceramic component, in particular component containing zirconia and/or alumina, for a timepiece or a jewelry piece, is characterised in that it includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder, optionally bound, by atomic layer deposition (ALD). |
| US11905217B2 |
Refractory batch, a method for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product from the batch and an unshaped refractory ceramic product obtained by the method
The invention relates to a refractory batch, to a method for producing an unshaped refractory ceramic product from the batch, and to an unshaped refractory ceramic product obtained by said method. |
| US11905215B2 |
Low carbon emission concrete for walkways and paths, binders and methods thereof
A reduced carbon emission concrete including a novel combination of novel binder and rock quarry waste as the aggregate. The novel binder includes cements, lime and slag. Reducing carbon emission in all stages of concrete based walkways and paths construction, starting from the materials creating the concrete through the method of construction and included elements. |
| US11905211B2 |
Construction material without a hydraulic binder
The invention relates to a method for producing a solid construction material which is preferably substantially free of hydraulic binder, comprising the steps of: a. extracting a mineral fraction comprising argillaceous particles of a soil; b. optionally adjusting the particle size of the mineral fraction extracted, in particular in relation to its clay, sand, gravel or loam content, if necessary; c. preparing a first aqueous grout from at least one part of the mineral fraction extracted and optionally adjusted in terms of particle size; d. adding a dispersant that can disperse the argillaceous particles in the first grout in order to obtain a second aqueous grout, e. adding a coagulant that can promote the agglomeration of the argillaceous particles in the second grout in order to obtain an aqueous construction material grout; f introducing the construction material grout into a formwork; and g. allowing the evaporation of the water contained in the material grout in order to obtain a solid construction material. |
| US11905204B2 |
Cover glass and electronic device with the same and method for manufacturing cover glass
According to an embodiment, a cover glass includes a glass plate forming at least a portion of an electronic device, and a first coat layer deposited on a surface of the glass plate, the first coat layer at least partially including a network structure. The first coat layer includes silicon (Si), oxygen (O), and at least one impurity, and such that Si—O bonds are 80% or more by weight of the first coat layer. A polysilazane-applied coat is laid over one surface of the reinforced glass plate, providing an elegant haze glass cover. |
| US11905198B2 |
Product containing chromium 3 oxide for glass furnace
A glass furnace including an additive-containing product including an additive selected from: phosphorus compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, tungsten compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, molybdenum compounds other than glasses and vitroceramics, iron in the form of metal, aluminum in the form of metal, silicon in the form of metal, and their mixtures, silicon carbide, boron carbide, silicon nitride, boron nitride, glasses including elemental phosphorus and/or iron and/or tungsten and/or molybdenum, vitroceramics including elemental phosphorus and/or iron and/or tungsten and/or molybdenum, and their mixtures, and having the following chemical analysis, exclusively of the additive, as a percentage by weight on the basis of the oxides: Cr2O3≥2%, and Cr2O3+Al2O3+CaO+ZrO2+MgO+Fe2O3+SiO2+TiO2≥90%, and Cr2O3+Al2O3+MgO≥60%, the content by weight of additive being in the range 0.01% to 6%. |
| US11905197B2 |
Tooling design for a self-weight edge press molding element for thin-sheet glass and thin hybrid-glass stack forming
An edge-press molding element is part of a glass-bending tooling that includes a contoured-ring, gasket form factor. The edge-press molding element operates by self-weight bending a glass pane under a thermal load. The glass pane bends under molding conditions where a temperature differential of as low as 30° C. up to 100° C. is achieved between an edge of the glass pane and the center. |
| US11905192B2 |
Method for collaborative control of organic nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen in denitrification process
A method for collaborative optimization control method for organic nitrogen and inorganic nitrogen in a denitrification process is provided. The method includes: establishing ASM-mDON-DIN models for simultaneous simulation of microbial dissolved organic nitrogen (mDON) and inorganic nitrogen (DIN) in denitrification processes; and selecting a corresponding ASM-mDON-DIN model according to a set carbon/nitrogen ratio to collaboratively optimize the concentration values of mDON and DIN in the effluent in the denitrification process, to obtain best process operation parameter values. |
| US11905190B2 |
Reusable bath bomb vessel
A submersible vessel which can act as a reusable bath bomb delivery system is provided. The vessel may include a housing and an opening port. The interior of the housing and ports form a chamber, which can be segmented into multiple sub-chambers. Inlet one-way valve(s) and outlet one-way valve(s) are provided on the vessel. To use, the chamber is partially filled with a mixture including an effervescent material. When water is introduced through the inlet valve, it reacts with the effervescent material, releasing carbon dioxide and dissolving the other ingredients in the mixture, building pressure in the chamber. When the pressure builds to a certain level, the inlet valve(s) are closed, and the outlet valve(s) are opened. The outlet valves may be positioned such that when the fluid and gas is expelled, the force generated may cause the vessel to spin or be propelled in the bath. |
| US11905189B2 |
Method of refining and recovering barium sulfate from contaminated water sources
The present invention relates to methods of refining and recovering barium sulfate from contaminated water sources that include barium cation, such as hydrofracture wastewater. The methods of the present invention result in the formation of a refined and a recovered barium sulfate that has a density of at least 4.10 g/ml, and a content of calcium ion of less than or equal to 250 mg/Kg. |
| US11905188B2 |
Article and method for making same
An article includes a layer including a melt processable fluoropolymer, wherein the fluoropolymer includes a copolymer of a tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoroether, wherein the article has an ultraviolet transmittance of at least about 50% at a thickness of about 0.040 inches to about 0.062 inches when exposed to ultraviolet radiation of about 200 nm to about 280 nm. Further provided is a method of making the article and an apparatus for purifying water including an article, such as a flexible tube. |
| US11905186B2 |
Cryo-thermal desalinator
The Cryo-Thermo Desalinator (CTD) is a “fire and ice” approach to potability and water reuse using liquid natural gas (LNG) for systemic fuel and cooling. The upstream key heat exchanger (HX) uses LNG to differentiate raw water into pretreated ice melt and cryo-brine blowdown. Ice melt-diluted raw water is primarily sent to the mid-stream key HX condenser where it and LNG tube bundles collapse water vapor into potable water. The downstream key HX uses LNG to separate cryo-brine and thermo-brine into heavy brine and skimmed saline ice which is reinjected into pretreated raw water for maximum corrosion and scaling dilution and extra potability. Heavy brine discharge is more easily dewatered for mining salts, mineral and elements. Pressurized LNG, becoming high pressure natural gas, adds desirable latent heat of vaporization to downstream gas users, including the integrated CCGT/HRSG and is roughly-proportional to thirsty residential/industrial gas users which the CTD serves. |
| US11905184B2 |
Process for producing lithiated transition metal oxides
Provided are processes for the formation of electrochemically active materials such as lithiated transition metal oxides that solve prior issues with throughput and calcination. The processes include forming the materials in the presence of a processing additive that includes potassium prior to calcination that produces active materials with increased primary particle grain sizes. |
| US11905176B2 |
Method for manufacture of low silica MFI framework zeolite in the presence of ODSO
The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of low silica zeolite having MFI framework, such as ZSM-5. A sol-gel formulation includes a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products include low silica zeolite having MFI framework, whereas in the absence of the ODSO, the resulting products are zeolite impurities including analcime. |
| US11905172B2 |
High energy recovery nitric acid process using liquid oxygen containing fluid
A novel concept for a high energy and material efficient nitric acid production process and system is provided, wherein the nitric acid production process and system, particularly integrated with an ammonia production process and system, is configured to recover a high amount of energy out of the ammonia that it is consuming, particularly in the form of electricity, while maintaining a high nitric acid recovery in the conversion of ammonia to nitric acid. The energy recovery and electricity generation process comprises pressurizing a liquid gas, such as air, oxygen and/or N2, subsequently evaporating and heating the pressurized liquid gas, particularly using low grade waste heat generated in the production of nitric acid and/or ammonia, and subsequently expanding the evaporated pressurized liquid gas over a turbine. In particular, the generated electricity is at least partially used to power an electrolyzer to generate the hydrogen needed for the production of ammonia. The novel concepts set out in the present application are particularly useful in the production of nitric acid based on renewable energy sources. |
| US11905169B2 |
Acoustic transduction unit, manufacturing method thereof and acoustic transducer
An acoustic transduction unit, a manufacturing method thereof and an acoustic transducer, and relates to the technical field of electronic devices. A first electrode is arranged on a first substrate, a support layer is arranged on a side, close to the first electrode, of the first substrate, and a conductive diaphragm layer is arranged on a side, away from the first substrate, of the support layer; a cavity is enclosed by the support layer, overlapping areas exist between orthographic projections of the first electrode, the conductive diaphragm layer and the cavity on the first substrate, and the conductive diaphragm layer serves as both a diaphragm layer and a second electrode in the acoustic transduction unit, it allows the conductive diaphragm layer to be configured as both the diaphragm layer and the second electrode, a layer structure of the acoustic transduction unit is simple. |
| US11905168B2 |
Manufacturing method of miniature fluid actuator
A manufacturing method of miniature fluid actuator is disclosed and includes the following steps. A flow-channel main body manufactured by a CMOS process is provided, and an actuating unit is formed by a deposition process, a photolithography process and an etching process. Then, at least one flow channel is formed by etching, and a vibration layer and a central through hole are formed by a photolithography process and an etching process. After that, an orifice layer is provided to form at least one outflow opening by an etching process, and then a chamber is formed by rolling a dry film material on the orifice layer. Finally, the orifice layer and the flow-channel main body are flip-chip aligned and hot-pressed, and then the miniature fluid actuator is obtained by a flip-chip alignment process and a hot pressing process. |
| US11905163B2 |
Micro-nano channel structure, sensor and manufacturing method thereof, and microfluidic device
A micro-nano channel structure, a method for manufacturing the micro-nano channel structure, a sensor, a method for manufacturing the sensor, and a microfluidic device are provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. The micro-nano channel structure includes: a base substrate; a base layer, on the base substrate and including a plurality of protrusions; and a channel wall layer, on a side of the plurality of the protrusions away from the base substrate, and the channel wall layer has a micro-nano channel; a recessed portion is provided between adjacent protrusions of the plurality of the protrusions, and an orthographic projection of the micro-nano channel on the base substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the recessed portion on the base substrate. |
| US11905161B1 |
Form-coded underground storage tank filling port
A form-coded collar assembly that is configured to be attached around a filling pipe extending into an underground fuel storage tank and comprises a radial lip defining an opening at its open end, and a system having a plurality of such form-coded collar assemblies. The collar assembly has a base plate with a hollow center comprising a greater footprint than the filling pipe; a form-coded collar that corresponds to a substance contained within the underground storage tank; and a sidewall extending between a user-facing surfaces of said base plate and said form-coded collar. |
| US11905155B2 |
Scalable modular system and method for storing, preserving, managing, and selectively dispensing beverages
A system for selectively dispensing a portion of liquid volume stored in pressurized environment comprising: an incompressible, pressurized container including hollow housing and outer portion, pressurized container being airtight to maintain pressure level in an environment in housing portion, pressurized container including portal to access to housing portion and storage of compressible container; a dispensing system including transport conduit extending from outer portion to housing portion, interface maintaining pressure level in environment, an end of transport conduit creating sealed connection to compressible container, another end coupled to dispenser, transport conduit including valve to enable or disable flow of liquid volume; a carbonation component coupled to transport conduit to selectively add carbonation to flow according to blending profile; a pressure regulation system connected to pressurized container and includes pressure conduit extending from outer portion into housing portion to compress compressible container; and a control system to selectively open and close valve. |
| US11905152B2 |
Adjustable counterweight-based fork type autonomous mobile robot
Traditionally, counterweight fork type autonomous mobile robots (AMR) have been used for any kind of pallet. But the challenge is it occupies lot more maneuvering space while making turns, which cannot work in narrow operating zones. Hence fork over AMR is preferred. However, these fork over AMR have extended parts always touching the ground surface and thus are not suitable for pallets with a wooden plank at the bottom of the fork opening in the pallet. To overcome the above technical problems, an Adjustable Counterweight-based Fork Type Autonomous Mobile Robot (ACFTAMR) is provided that includes chassis assembly and vertical mast unit, a horizontal cross slide mechanism and forks. The chassis assembly is provided counterweight assembly and counterbalance shafts that move forward and backward during pickup and release of payload when the vertical mast unit moves in upward/downward direction, thus providing better stability and counterbalance to the ACFTAMR. |
| US11905151B2 |
Service lift for utility vehicles
A configurable service lift for servicing a utility vehicle in a cantilevered elevated condition. A carriage is carried on a vertical mast for travel between its lower and upper ends. The carriage independently supports the inboard and the outboard ends of the utility vehicle using at least one inboard platform and at least one outboard attachment carried on a boom. The inboard platform attached to the carriage and supports the inboard end of the utility vehicle. The boom extends longitudinally rearwardly to a distal lifting end upon with the outboard attachment is secured. The distal lifting end is moveable relative to the carriage in three directions—vertically, longitudinally and laterally. Retractable outrigger legs can be added for stability. The service lift can be a stationary fixture or configured with a towing package for mobile use. Optional tool holding accessories and an integrated waste oil receptacle are possible. |
| US11905146B2 |
Movable range display system and crane equipped with movable range display system
A system control device (36): acquires the three-dimensional information of the work site, the weight of a load W, and the operating condition of the crane (1) via an input device (34) or a system-side communication device (33); upon acquiring the arrangement position and arrangement direction of the vehicle (2) at the work site via the input device (34), calculates the movable range of the crane (1) in the arrangement position and arrangement direction of the vehicle (2) taking the three-dimensional information of the work site into consideration; and overlays the image (M1) of the crane (1) and the movable range (A) on the two-dimensional image or the three-dimensional image of the work site displayed on a display device (35). |
| US11905138B2 |
Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus equipped with sheet conveyance device
A sheet conveyance device capable of reducing occurrence of creases on a sheet includes first conveyance rollers that nip and convey a sheet, second conveyance rollers arranged downstream that convey the sheet, registration rollers arranged further downstream that nip and convey the sheet after correcting skew of the sheet, a switching portion that switches a state of the second conveyance rollers between contact and separated states, and a control unit that controls the rollers and the switching mechanism. The control unit switches between first and second conveyance operations. In both conveyance operations, the registration rollers start rotating to convey the sheet of which the skew has been corrected by the first conveyance rollers and the registration rollers and the second conveyance rollers are in the separated state. In the first conveyance operation, a sheet conveyance speed by the registration rollers is higher than that by the first conveyance rollers, whereas in the second conveyance operation, the sheet conveyance speed by the registration rollers is lower than that by the first conveyance rollers. |
| US11905135B1 |
Yarn feeding assembly for heat setting applications, and systems and methods of using same
A heat setting apparatus feeding assembly can comprise a yarn package rack having a first side and an opposing second side. A plurality of yarn package engagement elements can be positioned on each of the first side and the second side of the yarn package rack. The yarn package rack can be configured to rotate about a pivotal axis to orient one of the first side or the second side toward a yarn package loading area and to orient the other of the first side and the second side toward a feed direction. |
| US11905133B1 |
Systems and methods for bulk material load out
A weigh hopper assembly including a plurality of adjacently aligned weigh hoppers connected via a frame, and longitudinal conveyor mechanism extending along a top portion of the weigh hopper assembly. Each weigh hopper has independent load cells in order to individually weigh the material discharged into the weigh hopper. The conveyor mechanism includes a plurality of gates along a bottom surface of the conveyor mechanism, each gate being aligned with a corresponding weigh hopper of the plurality of weigh hoppers. The conveyor mechanism is in turn connected to a plurality of product bins. A top portion of the conveyor mechanism is in communication with a plurality of product bins via a series of inlet chutes and gates. The weigh hoppers are aligned adjacent to each other and spaced so that each weigh hopper aligns with the transport vehicle. |
| US11905130B2 |
System and method of providing delivery of items from one container to another container using a suction attachment system
A method is disclosed for using robots to move items from one container to another. The method includes positioning a source container under a suction robot having two degrees of freedom only, the suction robot having a flexible suction end having a variable suction component that can cause suction to occur within the suction end upon contact with an item in the source container. The contact can be non-orthogonal of an end of the flexible suction and a surface of the item. The robot retrieves the item from the source container with the flexible suction end by lowering the flexible suction end into the source container to retrieve the item and lifts the retrieved item from the source container. The robot then moves the retrieved item horizontally from the source container to a destination container. |
| US11905129B2 |
System and method for slat installation/removal
Systems and methods are provided for conveyor operation and maintenance that employ one or both of a “smart shoe” technology where one or more conveyor shoes incorporate features, such as an RFID tag, and a “missing pin detection” technology where one or more pin components of conveyor shoes incorporate features, such as an RFID tag, allowing selective wireless tracking and identification capability. A conveyor system comprises a shoe management system allowing interactions directly with one or more RFID readers, which can detect, store and/or monitor information associated with “smart shoe” and/or “missing pin detection” RFID tags, where interface between this application and the reader can be implemented via a socket interface. System and method also or optionally provide for unique slat installation and removal. |
| US11905127B1 |
Helical container conveyance systems
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for helical container conveyance. In one embodiment, an example container conveyance system may include a set of rails having a first rail and a second rail, the set of rails configured to guide a container from an upright position at a first point along the set of rails to an inverted position at a second point along the set of rails. The system may include a drive mechanism configured to propel the container along the set of rails, and a conveyor disposed under a portion of the set of rails corresponding to the second point. |
| US11905125B1 |
Parcel cart loading system
A parcel cart loading system includes: a conveyor; parcel carts for receiving parcels offloaded from the conveyor; a loading station where parcels are offloaded to the parcel carts; and a vision and control subsystem that is operably connected to a plurality of mobile robots. The vision and control subsystem acquires one or more images of parcel carts within a loading area of the loading station and determines if any of the parcel carts are fully loaded based on the image data. Each parcel cart determined to be fully loaded is autonomously transported out of the loading area and to its intended destination by one of the mobile robots within the system. Each parcel cart transported out of the loading area is replaced by another parcel cart from a queue area of the loading station by another mobile robot of the system. |
| US11905123B2 |
Apparatus and method for varying the pitch between moving articles
Apparatus for varying a pitch between moving articles includes a phaser conveyor having a dosed-loop central belt and two closed-loop side belts including respective rows of stop elements configured to engage side portions of articles projecting laterally outside the central belt. As compared to rotary repitching devices, the apparatus according to the invention is much simpler and more energy-efficient, which has a positive impact on sustainability. |
| US11905121B2 |
Apparatus for turning elongate objects
An apparatus for turning elongate objects conveyed into a discharge orientation. The apparatus includes a feed device and a turning worm screw. The turning worm screw comprises at least one worm channel open radially outwards and is delimited by a feed side delimiting wall, discharge side delimiting wall, and a radially inner circumferential wall. Both the feed side delimiting wall and the discharge side delimiting wall have a screw pitch which reduces from a feed end to a discharge end of the turning worm screw. A feed path of the feed device approaches a feed portion of the turning worm screw to the side. The feed portion adjoins the feed end of the turning worm screw. The apparatus includes a discharge device assigned to the discharge end of the turning worm screw. |
| US11905120B1 |
Vibratory conveyor drive system
A vibratory conveyor drive system that can be fitted onto most existing vibratory conveyors. It replaces the conventional vibrational drive and its connections to the trough or trough frame and dramatically increases the longevity of the vibratory conveyor. It is a simple inexpensive retrofit. It has a drive arm with a vibratory drive that is hung from one of its ends and is partially vertically supported underneath by a vertical spring means. The other end of the drive arm is connected to the trough or the trough frame. Between the vibratory drive the drive arm and the trough or frame, there is at least one flexion means to negate the vertical forces of the drive and utilize only the lineal drive forces. The drive arm is at an acute angle with respect to the linear axis of the trough so as to impart an oscillating translational movement to the trough. |
| US11905119B2 |
Conveyor bowl, vibratory conveyor device having the conveyor bowl, and method for producing the conveyor bowl
A conveyor bowl for a vibratory conveyor device includes a main body made of stainless steel and manufactured by primary shaping. The main body has an interface section for coupling to a vibration unit, and a conveyor section for conveying conveyed parts. The main body may be designed as a cast part. The main body may be a precision cast part or an investment cast part. The main body may be made of austenite. The interface section and the conveyor section may be formed in one piece or formed integrally with the main body. |
| US11905117B2 |
Transporting device
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for a load handling system such that direction change of a transporting device is more easily and quickly realised. A transporting device includes an omnidirectional driving unit, and is arranged to transport a container, the container being stored in a facility. The facility is arranged to store the container in a plurality of stacks, a plurality of pathways being arranged in cells so as to form a grid-like structure above the stacks, the transporting device being arranged to operate on the grid-like structure and to be driven in a first direction and/or second direction. |
| US11905114B2 |
Assembly material logistics system and methods
An assembly material logistics system and methods includes a marketplace component storage area and an assembly area each including an aligned rack aisle for the selected positioning of predetermined full containers and empty containers depleted of components. A plurality of transfer vehicles movable along a material aisle positioned directly adjacent to the rack aisle reciprocally move between the component storage and assembly areas to retrieve and deposit full and empty component storage containers to support assembly of at least one product in the assembly area. In one example, the component storage area includes a large component storage area, small component storage area and a consumable materials storage area. In an alternate example, the transfer vehicles include a first support and a second support to simultaneously support and transfer both a full component container and an empty component container leading to greater efficiency of material logistics. |
| US11905109B2 |
Yard waste collection assembly
A yard waste collection assembly includes a tarp that is positionable on a horizontal support surface such that debris cam be positioned on the tarp. The tarp is foldable onto itself to enclose the debris positioned on the tarp. A plurality of adhesive strips is each coupled to the tarp and each of the adhesive strips adheres to a respective one of the adhesive strips when the tarp is folded. In this way the adhesive strips can retain the debris in the tarp thereby facilitating the tarp to transport the debris for disposal. A plurality of stakes is provided and each of the stakes is extendable through a respective one of the stake holes and engage the horizontal support surface to inhibit the tarp from moving on the horizontal support surface. |
| US11905101B2 |
Method of making double-walled structure, and structure formed by the method
The document relates to a method of making a disposable double walled structure comprising an inner wall portion (51) surrounding a product space presenting a cross section and extending along an axial direction, perpendicular to the cross section, between first and second axially spaced apart portions, and an outer wall portion (52) at least partially surrounding the inner wall portion (51), wherein an insulating space is formed between the inner and outer wall portions. The method comprises forming the inner and outer walls (51, 52) in one piece, such that the inner and outer walls are connected at the first axial portion and at least partially overlap as seen in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and bending at least one of the inner (51) and outer (52) wall portions in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction towards the other one of the inner (51) and outer (52) wall portions at the second axial portion, so as to form the insulating space. |
| US11905100B1 |
Disposable receptacle to dispense flowable solutions into oral cavity and to collect same from oral cavity
A receptacle having a fitment or straw that allows the user to dispense a flowable solution, typically a liquid, into the oral cavity, and to collect the solution back into the container for disposal. The receptacle contains a solution, such as mouth rinse, which is dispensed into the user's mouth by applying pressure to the receptacle. When the user is finished with the solution, the lips are placed around the straw or fitment, again forming a seal, the solution is expelled and returned into the receptacle without leakage. The straw may contain a baffle to avoid spillage while handling the receptacle with the cap off. |
| US11905092B2 |
Pack for products of the tobacco industry
A pack for products of the cigarette industry, having an outer pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material and is configured as a flip pack having a box part and a lid, and having at least one cuboid inner pack which is made from a dimensionally stable material, is disposed in the outer pack and encloses the products on all sides, the inner pack having a closure means which prior to the initial use of the inner pack closes a retrieval opening for retrieving individual products which extends at least in an end-side region of the inner pack, preferably additionally extends in a front-side region of the inner pack, and which is able to be converted from the state closing the retrieval opening to a state releasing the retrieval opening, with the closure means being composed of a dimensionally stable material, such as coated cardboard. |
| US11905091B2 |
Packaged food
A packaged food that includes a sealed bag defining therein a sealed cavity containing a food, the sealed bag being formed from a flexible packaging film that includes a monoaxially oriented polymeric layer defining a preferential tear direction extending along the film; wherein the packaging film is configured to form first and second elongate tear-away portions of the sealed bag which are on opposite sides of, and adjacent to, an elongate central portion of the sealed bag, the first and second elongate tear-away portions and the elongate central portion extending along the preferential tear direction, whereby tearing away of the first and second elongate tear-away portions along the preferential tear direction to open the sealed bag leaves the elongate central portion forming a handle portion of the opened bag. |
| US11905081B2 |
Pizza box toy and game delivery devices
A delivery pizza may include a pizza box and pizza disposed therein. A toy container may be disposed in a gap of the pizza region between the pizza and adjacent sidewalls of the pizza box. In another embodiment, a toy partition member may be used to separate the toy from the pizza. A toy container may be configured to be supported by an in-store pizza on a pizza tray. A board game delivery device may alternatively be included in the pizza box to include a board game delivery device to enable a board game and accessory pieces therefor to be delivered to a consumer of the pizza. The board game may be positioned beneath the pizza, and game accessories may be disposed in storage regions defined by the board game delivery device. |
| US11905072B1 |
Unitary coupling assembly closure (Cork-Cap)
The unitary coupling assembly closure of the present invention comprising an inner cork with an outer cylindrical cap body; wherein the inner cork comprises a cork-ring that cover the opening of a container, when the cork-ring center is extended, it becomes the cork-body that fits inside the opening of a container when the unitary coupling assembly closure gets screwed onto the container. This invention allows a container to be uncorked simply by unscrewing the unitary coupling assembly closure and removing it from the opening of the container. |
| US11905071B2 |
Auto-lock sealing valve structure of a rubber jointing ring in the containers using a lid attached to the rubber jointing ring
An auto-lock sealing valve structure of a rubber jointing ring using the lid attached to the rubber jointing ring includes a lid, a rubber jointing ring, and a bottle body. The rubber jointing ring connects the lid and the bottle body. The designation of the vapor escaping groove in the lid body helps the air inside the rubber jointing ring escape out, simultaneously the raised edge on the bottle lid prevents the rubber jointing ring part from coming out off. The gaps on the body part of the rubber jointing rings help the air inside the bottle body to entirely escape but still ensure that the liquid inside the devices cannot escape. |
| US11905070B2 |
Repulpable zipper for zip packaging
A repulpable zipper is provided for attachment to a repulpable flexible package. The repulpable zipper is formed using a water-soluble polymer combined with a repulpable material, such as a plant-based cellulose material. The repulpable zipper enables the repulpable package to be opened and closed by the consumer, so that the consumer has the option to determine, change or manipulate the contents of the repulpable flexible package. |
| US11905069B2 |
Display container for displaying a botanical specimen
A display container for displaying an aromatic botanical specimen includes: (a) a container body for enclosing the botanical specimen and scented air having a scent of the botanical specimen; (b) at least one scent discharge port in the container body; and (c) an air pump coupled to the container body and operable to discharge the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port. |
| US11905066B2 |
Pallet structure for autonomous work vehicle
A pallet structure includes a positioning mechanism is provided. The positioning mechanism includes an engaging element disposed on a sloping edge and adapted to be engaged with slits formed on the inclined surface of a vehicle. A coil spring is connected between the engaging element and the sloping edge and biasing the engaging element to protrude outward from an outer surface of the sloping edge. A retaining element is disposed between an inner surface of the sloping edge and a bottom deck board of the pallet and configured to retain the engaging element to move between an engaging position and a disengaging position. The protruding end of the engaging element is protruded outward from the outer surface of the sloping edge in the engaging position, and the protruding end of the engaging element is not protruded from the outer surface of the sloping edge in the disengaging position. |
| US11905065B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing a rolled curl on an open end of metal container
A method for forming a curl on an open end of a metal container, for adapting the metal bottle to be closed by a cap, comprising in sequence: inserting the open end of the metal container into a powered first curler roller housing, wherein the first curler roller housing houses a set of first curler rollers, to deform the open end by turning it outwardly so as to obtain a first stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container having the first stage curl into a powered second curler roller housing, wherein the second curler roller housing houses a set of second curler rollers, to further deform the open end and first stage curl by turning them outwardly and/or curling them so as to obtain a second stage curl; inserting the open end of the metal container or bottle having the second stage curl into a powered third curler roller housing, wherein the third curler roller housing houses a set of third curler rollers, to further deform the open end and second stage curl by turning them outwardly, curling them and/or compressing the second stage curl radially and/or longitudinally downward towards a bottom of the metal container so as to obtain a third stage curl. |
| US11905064B2 |
Labelling apparatus control
A control module for a labelling apparatus, including: an input configured to receive a label generation request indicating a food item to be labelled; an output configured to provide a print signal to a label printing device; and a processor configured to: identify a set of ingredients of the indicated food item in response to receipt of the label generation request; and verify that the identified set of ingredients of the food item is a most recent set of ingredients of the food item. If the identified set of ingredients of the food item is verified as the most recent, the print signal is output to cause the label printing device to print an information label indicating the set of ingredients of the food item. If the identified set of ingredients cannot be verified as the most recent set of ingredients, provision of the print signal is prevented. |
| US11905060B2 |
Method for the aseptic filling of a bag
Method for the aseptic filling of a bag with a pharmaceutical product or liquid which comprises the following steps: a) a first step in which the cap is inserted in the inlet of the bag; b) a second step in which said cap is raised and the pharmaceutical product or liquid concerned is introduced; c) a third step in which the cap is re-inserted in the inlet of the bag; and d) a fourth step in which the cap and the inlet of the bag are welded. |
| US11905059B2 |
Packaging machine for bedding products
A packaging machine for packaging a product. The machine has a frame for supporting the product and a source of packaging material for supplying packaging material into a position to be engaged by and at least partially surround the product. At least one upper sealing assembly is adapted to move between an actuated position and a non-actuated position. The upper sealing assembly comprises at least one sealing element for forming a seal along adjacent edges of the packaging material. At least one lower sealing assembly is adapted for cooperating engagement with the upper sealing assembly in its actuated position. The at least one upper and lower sealing assemblies are positioned for clamping engagement of the packaging material therebetween for forming the seal when the upper sealing assembly is moved to its actuated position in engagement with the lower sealing assembly. |
| US11905055B2 |
Doser assemblies, apparatuses including a doser assembly, and/or methods of making the same
In an example embodiment, a doser assembly includes a hopper assembly configured to receive plant material, a bracket assembly connected to the hopper assembly, and a roller in a hopper opening defined by the hopper assembly extending through the hopper assembly. An interior surface of the hopper assembly may define the hopper opening. The bracket assembly may include a shaft extending across a portion of the hopper opening. The roller may be in the portion of the hopper opening of the hopper assembly and may extend between a first part and a second part of the interior surface of the hopper assembly. The roller may be connected to the shaft and may be configured to rotate with rotation of the shaft. |
| US11905051B2 |
Loading device and method for loading storage and transport containers with plastic receptacles
A loading device for loading storage and transport receptacles or trays for plastic receptacles, such as plastic bottles, is disclosed which has a transport system for the trays that can be operated automatically and a transferring device for the plastic receptacles. The transferring device has a multi-gripper for securely grasping a predetermined number of plastic receptacles arranged in the form of a row. A stabilizing system is arranged in a loading station for the trays, which stabilizing system has a first support rack and a second support rack, which are arranged essentially parallel to one another and can be at least partially inserted into a tray that is to be loaded. |
| US11905049B2 |
Binding machine
A binding machine is configured to feed a wire in a first direction, to curl the wire, to surround a to-be-bound object with the wire, to return the wire in a second direction opposite to the first direction, to wind the wire on the to-be-bound object, and to twist the wire, thereby binding the to-be-bound object. The binding machine includes: a main body; a reel accommodation unit; a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a binding unit; a grip; a starter; and a feeding path. The reel accommodation unit is provided in the main body on an opposite side to the curl forming unit with respect to the starter, and the feeding path is provided with a load reducing part configured to reduce a load of the wire or the reel accommodation unit. |
| US11905047B2 |
Device and method for forming bundles of individual packages
A transport unit transports a package combination through a wrapping unit that wraps it with a cutout such that a front end of the cutout and a rear end of the cutout are arranged to overlap each other while lying on the transport unit. The transport unit includes a wrapping belt that passes through the wrapping unit for conveying the combination along a transport plane from an inlet to an outlet. The wrapping belt comprises long belts and short belts that are parallel to each other and that circulate in a transport direction. The long belts extend from the wrapping-belt inlet to the wrapping-belt outlet and the short belts extends from the wrapping-belt inlet as far as an end region that falls short of the wrapping-belt outlet. Each of the short belts is arranged between a pair of the long belts, thereby forming free spaces between the long belts. |
| US11905046B2 |
Systems and methods for wrapping an object
Systems and method of wrapping an object are disclosed. An object wrapping system includes a contractible loop, a positioning system, and a wrapping material system. The contractible loop is configured to be deployed in an expanded position and a contracted position. The positioning system is configured to position an object in alignment with an aperture defined by the contractible loop. The wrapping material system is configured to position a wrapping material between the object and the aperture. The positioning system is configured to move the object into the wrapping material and through the aperture when the contractible loop is deployed in the expanded position. The contractible loop is configured to deploy into the contracted position to at least partially close the wrapping material around the object. |
| US11905045B1 |
Deployable impactor payload
Provided herein are various enhanced systems, apparatuses, and techniques for on-surface analysis of celestial or terrestrial surfaces, such as for discovery and analysis of water ice deposits, locations, abundances, and depths. An example herein includes a swarm of spherical payloads sequentially deployed by a deployment host across a large area of a surface to impact the surface, sense properties of the surrounding environment using avionics and scientific instrumentation, and to establish a communication network to collect and transmit collected data. |
| US11905044B2 |
Solar sail for orbital maneuvers
A solar sail includes a bus and a plurality of separate movable vanes coupled to the bus. Each movable vane includes a reflective surface for generating solar radiation pressure and propel the solar sail in space. Each vane may be movable relative to the bus in a fully deployed configuration such that an amount of thrust generated by solar radiation pressure on each vane is controllable. |
| US11905041B2 |
Method of managing engine cooler maintenance schedule
A method of tracking an engine cooler in an aircraft includes recording an orientation of the engine cooler as orientation N. Prognostic health management data of the aircraft is tracked. A maintenance check of the aircraft is performed based on the tracked prognostic health management data. Whether to rotate an orientation of the engine cooler is determined with an aircraft maintenance database based on the tracked prognostic health management data of the aircraft. A recommendation is provided by the aircraft maintenance database as to whether to rotate the engine cooler. The orientation of the engine cooler is recorded as orientation N+1. |
| US11905040B2 |
Cart for non-destructive testing and inspection of a part
A cart for supporting a part to be inspected in a non-destructive testing (NDT) machine. The cart includes a base with wheels, a first support extending upright from the base, a second support extending upright from the base, and mounting fixtures being removably attachable to the first and second supports and having mounting ends engageable with the part to support the part from the first support or the second support. The base is displaceable with the wheels to enter and exit the NDT machine. The cart is lockable upon being within the NDT machine to secure the cart in position. |
| US11905039B2 |
Method of joining components of an aircraft structure
Two components of an aircraft structure are joined by providing a threaded opening in one of them and supporting an alignment insert in that opening. The alignment insert is used to guide drilling of the second component such that a hole is produced which is aligned with the threaded opening, for instance using an alignment projection which physically guides a drill. The alignment insert may then be removed. A fastener is then inserted through that hole and into the threaded opening, then tightened to form the completed joint. |
| US11905038B2 |
Contour enforcement for line assembled fuselage segments
Systems and methods are provided for assembling a section of a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes pulsing a half barrel section of the fuselage along a track in a process direction, utilizing an indexing feature associated with the half barrel section to determine a desired contour for a portion of the half barrel section, and enforcing the desired contour onto the half barrel section using components that enforce an inner mold line and components that enforce an outer mold line when the half barrel section is out of tolerance from the desired contour. |
| US11905033B2 |
Hard-landing detection system
A method of determining whether a landing event of an aircraft is hard may comprise: receiving, by a controller via a stroke position sensor, a stroke profile as a function of time for a shock strut; receiving, by the controller via a gas pressure sensor, a gas pressure in a gas chamber of the shock strut; receiving, by the controller via a wheel speed sensor, a wheel speed of a tire in a landing gear assembly; calculating, by the controller, multiple time dependent functions based on the stroke profile of the shock strut, based on the gas pressure, a shock strut temperature, and the wheel speed; and comparing, by the controller, the multiple time dependent functions to respective predetermined thresholds to determine whether the landing event is hard. |
| US11905030B2 |
Control device with control panel for air vehicles
The present invention relates to a control device with control panel (1) for air vehicles and for controlling the suitability of inputs entered into the control panel (CP) by a pilot in order to operate air vehicle and to give automatic input to the control panel (CP) independent of pilot in the event that predetermined conditions are met. |
| US11905028B2 |
Aircraft comprising hydrogen storage tanks
An aircraft comprises a hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system, a plurality of like generally cylindrical hydrogen storage tanks and a conveying system arranged to convey hydrogen from the hydrogen storage tanks to the hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system. The aircraft further comprises a fuselage having a cargo bay (502) including one or more (510A-G) of the plurality of hydrogen storage tanks, the longitudinal axes (511A-G) of the one or more hydrogen storage tanks within the cargo bay extending parallel to the longitudinal axis (501) of the fuselage and lying in one or more planes (595, 597) extending across the width dimension of the cargo bay. The hydrogen storage tanks within the cargo bay have a common aspect ratio R in the range 4.2≤R≤25.7, allowing the volume of space with the cargo bay occupied by stored hydrogen to be maximised or approximately maximised. |
| US11905025B2 |
Mounting system for aircraft engine
A system for mounting an engine on an aircraft. The system includes a lower forward element, lateral linkages, an upper forward element, and an aft element. The lower forward element couples a forward portion of an engine core with a lower forward portion of a pylon. The linkages extend laterally between the lower forward element and the forward portion of the engine core. The upper forward element couples an outer portion of the fan case with an upper portion of the pylon. The aft element is spaced aftwardly apart from the lower and upper forward elements, and couples an aft portion of the engine core to an aft portion of the pylon. The system reacts all major moments acting on the engine, and the system does not extend beyond an outer periphery of the fan case, which eliminates the need for or minimizes the height of an aerodynamic fairing. |
| US11905024B2 |
Electric propulsion architecture for a multi-rotor vertical take-off and landing aircraft and method for controlling such an architecture
An electric propulsion architecture for a multi-rotor vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes four electric generators; and four pairs of rotors. For each rotor, a first electric motor is configured to operate in an active mode, and a second electric motor is configured to be in a standby mode and being able to operate in an active mode in a breakdown situation. A propeller is coupled to the electric motors, wherein, for each pair of rotors, one of the electric generators powers the first electric motors, and another of the electric generators powers the second electric motors. The rotors form counter-rotors and for each counter-rotor, the electric motors are each powered by one of the four electric generators so that the four electric generators power the electric motors of the rotors of each counter-rotor. |
| US11905023B2 |
Evacuation slide with markings and lighting for egress from an aircraft
An evacuation slide to provide an egress path from an exit of an aircraft. The evacuation slide includes one or more slide lanes. One or more jump targets and indicators are positioned along each of the slide lanes to visually inform persons how to enter a ramp of the slide. Lights illuminate one or more sections of the slide to further provide visual guidance on how to enter the ramp. |
| US11905010B2 |
Short take off and landing aircraft
An aircraft has a pilot compartment and a power source, apparatus adapted to control attitude and direction, apparatus adapted to vary power of the power source, sensors sensing at least altitude, airspeed, power level, and aircraft attitude, a CPU coupled to a data repository, to the sensors and to actuators adapted to change the flight attitude and direction and to vary power, and safe flight envelope data and conditions stored in the data repository defining flight conditions at boundaries of safe and unsafe operation. The CPU monitors the sensors while the aircraft is in operation, determines if flight status is outside the safe flight envelope, and if so, drives appropriate actuators to manipulate the apparats adapted to control flight attitude and direction and/or the apparatus adapted to vary power of the power source in a programmed manner until the flight status is within the safe flight envelope. |
| US11905006B2 |
Multi-rotor aircraft and related systems and methods
An aircraft can include a frame and a plurality of electrical rotors coupled to the frame. The aircraft can further include a control system physically coupled to the frame and communicatively coupled with each of the plurality of electrical rotors. The control system can be configured to control a speed of each electrical rotor on an individual basis to control a direction of flight of the aircraft. The aircraft can further include an engine coupled to the frame, the engine being configured to combust a combustible fuel to generate thrust. |
| US11905003B2 |
Rotary-wing aircraft individual rotor blade pitch control system
A rotor blade pitch control system (15) comprising a rotor blade (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d) rotatable about both a central axis (20) and a pitch axis (24a, 24b, 24c, 24d), a pitch drive rotor (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d) rotatable about the central axis independently of rotation of the rotor blade about the central axis, a pitch follower (40a, 40b, 40c, 40d) rotatable relative to the pitch drive rotor, the pitch drive rotor and the pitch follower having an eccentric axis (33a, 33b, 33c, 33d), a linkage (50a, 50b, 50c, 50d) between the pitch follower and the rotor blade configured such that the pitch follower rotates with rotation of the rotor blade about the central axis, the pitch drive rotor, the pitch follower and the linkage configured such that the pitch drive rotor may be driven to control an angular displacement of the pitch drive rotor relative to the pitch follower about the central axis and thereby control the pitch of the rotor blade about the pitch axis. |
| US11905001B2 |
Wingtip to wing aircraft connection assembly
An aircraft assembly is disclosed having a wing tip device connected to a wing tip of a wing by a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector. The wing tip device includes a front device spar and a rear device spar. The first connector is associated with the rear device spar. The second connector is spaced apart in a chordwise direction forward of the first connector, and the third connector is spaced apart in a chordwise direction rearward of the first connector. The third connector includes a spigot mounting formation. |
| US11904999B2 |
Lighter than air balloon systems and methods
Lighter-than-air (LTA) systems and methods. The LTA may include a super-pressure balloon (SPB). A plurality of tendons may extend around and bias the SPB to a pumpkin shape. The SPB may use a compressor to provide a variable amount of ballast air by pumping in or expelling out ambient air. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) may be attached with the SPB. The ZPB may provide lift for the system. The SPB may include lifting gas and ballast air to provide both lifting and descent functions. The LTA may include a payload. |
| US11904997B1 |
Methods for maneuvering a marine vessel
A method for maneuvering a marine vessel includes receiving an input signal from an analog user input device and comparing a magnitude of the input signal to a predetermined threshold. In response to the magnitude of the input signal being less than the predetermined threshold, the method includes actuating a first marine propulsion device to produce thrust. In response to the magnitude of the input signal being greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, the method includes actuating the first marine propulsion device and a second marine propulsion device to produce thrust. The second marine propulsion device does not produce thrust when the magnitude of the input signal is less than the predetermined threshold. |
| US11904996B2 |
Methods and systems for controlling propulsion of a marine vessel to enhance proximity sensing in a marine environment
A method for controlling propulsion of a marine vessel powered by a marine propulsion system including a plurality of propulsion devices includes operating at least one proximity sensor to determine a relative position of the marine vessel with respect to an object, the at least one proximity sensor having a field of view (FOV), identifying a trigger condition for expanding the FOV of the at least one proximity sensor, and determining whether the object will be sufficiently captured based on recent vessel angle data of the marine vessel. Upon determining that the object will not be sufficiently captured, thrust and/or steering position of at least one of the plurality of propulsion devices is controlled to expand the FOV of the at least one proximity sensor by inducing a roll movement or a pitch movement of the marine vessel. |
| US11904995B2 |
Clutch mechanisms for steering control system
This application describes clutch mechanisms for use in a steering control system, e.g., a steering control system used to steer a trolling motor for a boat. Such clutch mechanisms can reduce and avoid damage to the steering control system (e.g., a steering motor) when the system is subjected to unusually large impact loads (e.g., when the trolling motor or boat contacts an obstruction). The clutches described in this application can be used to decouple the steering control system from a steering shaft (or other drive mechanism) upon application of a large impact load, thus reducing damage to and increasing the lifespan of such system. In some cases, the clutch is a ball and spring mechanism. In other cases, the clutch is a slip tooth mechanism. |
| US11904993B1 |
Supplemental techniques for vehicle and module thermal management
In a configurable vehicle a variety of mechanisms connect an external heat sink to an interior volume of the vehicle without creating a fluid conduit between the exterior and interior volume of the vehicle. Reliability of the vehicle is improved since exterior elements cannot penetrate to the interior of the vehicle. |
| US11904991B2 |
Scrubber-heating apparatus for diving rebreather
A scrubber-heating apparatus for a diving rebreather includes an oxygen supplying element. The oxygen supplying element has a gas mixing portion connected thereto. The gas mixing portion has a breath connecting element connected thereto. The breath connecting element has a scrubber connected thereto. The scrubber is provided with an absorbent heating element and a temperature detecting component. The temperature detecting component has a state display connected thereto. The absorbent heating element and the state display are electrically connected to a power supplying portion. Thereby, the scrubber can recycle gas exhaled by a user to prolong the duration of use of the rebreather. Additionally, the absorbent heating element increases the temperature in the scrubber, thereby enhancing the adsorption efficiency and prolonging the overall duration of use. |
| US11904990B2 |
Floating drive-on pontoon port
One example provides a floating drive-on pontoon port including a plurality of floating sections pivotally coupled together in series with one another to form an articulating port track base and an articulating starboard track base extending longitudinally in parallel with one another, the port and starboard track bases each having a lower surface to be disposed in water and an opposing upper surface to face away from the water. A port transport track extends longitudinally across the upper surface of the port track base, and a starboard transport track extends longitudinally across the upper surface of the starboard track base and in parallel with the port transport track, the port and starboard transport tracks each comprising a series of spaced apart rollers configured to respectively receive, transport, and support a port pontoon and a starboard pontoon of a pontoon during loading, unloading, and storage of the pontoon boat on the pontoon port. A lateral position of the port and starboard transport tracks relative to one another is adjustable to adjust a lateral distance between the port and starboard transport tracks to accommodate pontoon boats of different widths. |
| US11904989B2 |
Control device for battery of marine vessel, control method therefor, and marine vessel
In a control device for a battery of a marine vessel, a first value indicating either a voltage or a power storage amount of a main battery to supply electric power to start the engine is acquired. When the first value that has been acquired is smaller than a first threshold value, at least one of a prohibition of a transition to a motor drive mode in which a propeller is driven by using at least a motor regardless of an operation mode that is designated and a prohibition of charging a load battery is performed, and the engine is caused to rotate to charge the main battery. |
| US11904985B2 |
Detection of derelict fishing gear
The location of lost or entangled fishing gear, known as derelict gear, is detected. The motion or change of position of a buoy attached to fishing gear is determined via sensors mounted on the buoy and compared to typical buoy motion. If the buoy has moved beyond a threshold value from its original location, an alert is sent to the fisherman. The available sensor data will be used to determine the likelihood of loss or entanglement. This alert facilitates recovery of lost or entangled gear by identifying where immediate retrieval efforts should be focused. The number of traps lost to the ocean that otherwise would continue to trap or entangle marine life may be reduced. |
| US11904984B2 |
Ship mooring system and method
A mooring post unit is provided with a cable holding device on top of the mooring post. The cable holding device has a first pulley wheel, a second pulley wheel and a cable clamp, arranged to guide a mooring cable from a ship over the first pulley wheel to the clamp, back and forth via the second pulley wheel. A hydraulic force limiter is coupled between the second pulley wheel and the mooring post. The hydraulic force is expandable and compressible in the direction of a force exerted by the axis of the pulley wheel. The hydraulic force limiter temporarily gives way when a peak in the force exceeds a threshold. The clamp comprises a pair of drums, around which the mooring cable runs back and forth. By synchronously rotating the drums, the mooring cable may be hauled in or paid out under stress. |
| US11904980B2 |
Zero turn vehicle
A vehicle propellable by a human comprising a front assembly having a front wheel and a pair of hand pedals connect thereto; a rear assembly having a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel rotatably connected thereto; a chest rest located between the front assembly and the rear assembly, the chest rest configured to support the chest of a rider lying forward on the vehicle; and a first foot support structure operatively coupled to rotate the first rear wheel, and a second foot support operatively coupled to rotate the second rear wheel wherein the first rear wheel and second rear wheel are independently rotated by opposite feet of a rider when said feet are within said first and second foot support, respectively. |
| US11904979B2 |
Scooter with rotational connection
A scooter device that can be propelled by side to side movement of a user is disclosed. The scooter device includes at least a first front wheel, at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement and a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel, the steering mechanism further coupled to the frame structure such that the steering mechanism may be tilted relative to the frame structure. The frame structure can includes a first foot placement platform extending above the second wheel and a second foot placement platform extending above the third wheel. |
| US11904977B2 |
Compensator
A shock absorber includes a compensator and a variable volume chamber. The compensator contains a compressible fluid and the variable volume chamber contains a substantially incompressible fluid. During a compression stroke, an increase in the volume of the incompressible fluid in the variable volume chamber compresses the compensator and thereby increases the available volume in the variable volume chamber. |
| US11904976B2 |
Collapsible electric vehicle, vehicle frame for same, and vehicle frame lock
A collapsible electric vehicle includes a front vehicle member, a vehicle frame pivotally coupled to the front vehicle member, a seat disposed at the vehicle frame, a power supply, a set of wheels disposed at the front vehicle member and the vehicle frame respectively, and a drive motor eclectically connected to the power supply. The drive motor is connected to at least one of the wheels to drive the wheel to rotate. The collapsible electric vehicle has an expanded state and a collapsed state. In the expanded state, a first supporting frame is expanded and maintained upright to support the seat to be at a suitable position while the front vehicle member is expanded to be positioned apart from the vehicle frame. In the collapsed state, the first supporting frame is collapsed to a main frame, and the front vehicle member is collapsed to the first supporting frame. |
| US11904974B2 |
Overturn-notification-rider-informing-device and leaning vehicle
An overturn-notification-rider-informing-device includes: an acquisition section that acquires notification preparation information indicating that a leaning-vehicle-overturn-notification-system is preparing to notify of overturn occurrence information to outside of the leaning vehicle, or notification completed information indicating that the leaning-vehicle-overturn-notification-system has notified of the overturn occurrence information to outside of the leaning vehicle; and an actuation section that, based on the notification preparation information or the notification completed information, causes light to be radiated or sound to be generated by actuating at least one component among a front light and the like in an operating state that is different from an operating state of the relevant component at a time when, or immediately before, the leaning vehicle changes from a travelling state to an overturned state, and thereby informs of the overturn notification state to the rider. |
| US11904968B2 |
Bicycle accessory mounting bracket
A bicycle accessory mounting bracket includes a first member, a second member and a plug member. The first member has a first connecting pillar with a first sliding slot. The second member has a second connecting pillar. The plug member is inserted into the first and second connecting pillars inserted into each other through the first sliding slot and the through hole of the second connecting pillar. The plug member includes a shell, an actuating member and two abutting members. The actuating member has a wide portion and a concave portion. In the first position, the wide portion is located between the penetration holes, and the abutting members are pushed by the wide portion to enter the perforation holes. When in the second position, the concave portion is located between the penetration holes, the abutting members enter the concave portion, and the first and second connecting pillars can rotate relatively. |
| US11904967B2 |
Mould for a support element for the human body, such as a saddle
Mould for making a support element for the human body, such as a bicycle saddle or a motorcycle saddle, wherein the mould includes a first component or matrix, which is provided with a cavity open at the top, and at least one second component or false-male, in which the second component or false-male has a through opening, the cavity of the first component or matrix and the through opening of the second component or false-male determine a cavity, which has a conformation in use matching the conformation and/or the bulk and/or to the outer surface of the support element for the human body or the saddle; method for obtaining the support element for the human body and support element for the human body. |
| US11904964B2 |
Control system for a tiltable vehicle
A vehicle of the present disclosure may include at least one pair of opposing wheels coupled to a tiltable central chassis by a four-bar linkage or the like, such that the wheels are configured to tilt in unison with the central chassis. A steering actuator and/or a tilting actuator may be discretely controllable by an electronic controller of the vehicle. The controller may include processing logic configured to maintain alignment between a median plane of the chassis and a net force vector caused by gravity and any induced centrifugal forces. Various control algorithms may be utilized to steer the vehicle along a desired path, either autonomously or semi-autonomously. |
| US11904957B2 |
Rack-driven steering device
According to embodiments, there may be provided a rack-driven steering device, comprising a ball nut coupled with a ball screw via balls and rotating to slide the ball screw, a ball nut gear provided on an outer circumferential surface of the ball nut, a motor gear provided on a shaft of a motor providing driving force to the ball nut and disposed in parallel with the ball screw, and a middle gear coupled between the ball nut gear and the motor gear and transferring the driving force from the motor. |
| US11904954B2 |
Apparatus and method for a skirt assembly
A skirt assembly adapted for use on a motor vehicle including a first panel that is pivotally attached to the motor vehicle, a second panel that is pivotally attached to the first panel, a first rod that is pivotally attached to the first panel, a second rod that is pivotally attached to the second panel, a first actuator that is pivotally attached to the motor vehicle and pivotally attached to the first panel and the second panel. The first actuator is adapted to move between a retracted position and an extended position, and the skirt assembly is adapted to be moved between an open position and a closed position when the first actuator moves between the extended position and the retracted position. |
| US11904953B2 |
Modular saddle mount retained in a frame cross member for reducing vibration in heavy equipment cabs
A modular saddle mount and modified frame cross member for reducing vibration in heavy equipment cabs preferably includes a heavy equipment modified frame cross member, two modular saddle mounts and at least two vibration isolators. The modified frame cross member includes a frame cross member, two sets of opposed mounting blocks and two cutout filler plates. The two cutout filler plates are secured in first and second cutouts. Each opposed mounting block is secured to an outside of the frame cross member. The modular saddle mount preferably includes a saddle base member and a pair of fastening inserts. A fastening cutout is formed in each end of the saddle base member. The pair of fastening inserts are retained on an inside surface of the saddle base member at opposing ends thereof. At least one isolator opening is formed through the base saddle member to receive a vibration isolator. |
| US11904949B2 |
Vehicular steering device
A vehicular steering device includes a turning shaft, a housing storing therein the turning shaft, a stopper provided at a shaft end of the turning shaft, and an annular elastic body. An opening of the housing is formed in a U-shaped cross-sectional shape and in an annular shape opened toward the stopper by an external cylinder portion and an internal cylinder portion. The elastic body includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The first elastic portion is supported by an inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion and the bottom surface, and is provided with a first clearance from an outer circumferential surface of the internal cylinder portion. The second elastic portion extends toward the stopper from the first elastic portion, and is provided with a second clearance larger than the first clearance from the inner circumferential surface of the external cylinder portion. |
| US11904947B2 |
Deployable splash guard systems for motor vehicles
Exemplary deployable splash guard systems for motor vehicles may include features designed for blocking road spray. The deployable splash guard systems may include a flap that is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position for blocking the road spray. In the deployed position, the flap is positioned within a spray field of a tire of the motor vehicle and is therefore positioned to block the road spray from spraying onto a door handle and/or other structures of the motor vehicle. A control module of the deployable splash guard system may be programmed to utilize a sensor weighting scheme for accurately determining when to deploy the flap. |
| US11904943B2 |
Chassis frame
An embodiment chassis frame includes a plurality of partitions extending downwardly from an upper frame and having lower portions and a reinforcing member detachably connected to the lower portions of adjacent ones of the partitions. An embodiment chassis frame includes a plurality of partitions extending downwardly from an upper frame and having lower portions and a reinforcing member detachably connected to the lower portions of adjacent ones of the partitions, the reinforcing member including a first end portion and a second end portion opposing the first end portion, the first end portion and the second end portion detachably connected to the lower portions of the corresponding partitions, respectively, and a second reinforcing bracket at least partially surrounding an exterior surface of the second end portion, the second reinforcing bracket detachably connected to the lower portion of the corresponding partition through a second bolt and a second nut. |
| US11904942B1 |
Adjustable front axle and a vehicle having same
An adjustable front axle includes an axle housing; an axle tube connected to an end of the axle housing; an inner-C-forging disposed on the axle tube at an end away from the axle housing; and a mounting apparatus configured for detachably fixing the inner-C-forging to the axle tube. The inner-C-forging is provided with a first angle adjustment structure, the axle tube is provided with a second angle adjustment structure. The mounting apparatus is disposed on the axle tube, and capable of cooperating with the inner-C-forging to fix the inner-C-forging to the axle tube. The first angle adjustment structure and the second angle adjustment structure have different cooperation positions such that the inner-C-forging has different installation angles relative to the axle tube. A vehicle is also provided. |
| US11904940B2 |
Steering apparatus and sound output system
A steering apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a rim member, a center member connected to a steering shaft at a rotation center of the rim member, a first sound output apparatus provided on a front surface of the rim member or the center member, and a first rim chamber unit provided in the rim member and in communication with a space behind the first sound output apparatus. |
| US11904938B2 |
Obstacle avoidance guidance for ground vehicles
Systems, methods, and computer program products for guiding vehicles. A vehicle control system detects obstacles and avoids contact between the vehicle, and the obstacles by solving a path planning problem using a four-phase system. In a parking scenario, switching control laws are used to drive the vehicle to a target line, and a forward path segment and a reverse path segment defined. The two path segments are connected along the target line to define a path for entering or exiting the parking space. Objects in a driving environment may be avoided by identifying an obstacle corner, defining an avoidance circle (62), (185) around the obstacle corner, and determining a path that allows the vehicle to avoid penetrating the avoidance circle. A line-of-sight guidance method may be used to follow the path by defining target points on the path at a lookout distance l, and steering the vehicle using the target points. |
| US11904934B2 |
Running gear
Aspects of the invention are directed to running gear for transport devices comprising a guide ring, a wheel carrier configured and arranged to be pivoted within the guide ring about a vertical main axis of rotation and two wheels configured and arranged to be rotated about a common axis of rotation, and an inner ring pivotably mounted in the guide ring via a rotary bearing about the main axis of rotation, and the wheel carrier is pivotably mounted via at least one pivot bearing about a pivot axis perpendicular to the main axis of rotation. |
| US11904933B2 |
Steering column for vehicle
According to a steering column for a vehicle according to the present embodiments, a wide convenient space can be secured for a driver in a teles-in state by increasing a teles-stroke while securing an installation space for the steering column, the installation of the steering column is spatially convenient despite the increased teles-stroke, and a teles operation can be quickly performed without increasing the output of a motor, and thus a convenient space can be quickly secured for a driver without degraded noise performance. |
| US11904931B2 |
Steering system
A steering system configured to steer a vehicle includes a rotary shaft to which an operation member is coupled; a moving unit configured to move the operation member between a normal position that is a position where the operation member is operated by a driver, and a storage area located ahead of the normal position; an external force detection unit configured to detect an external force externally applied to the operation member while the operation member is moving; a determination unit configured to determine whether a direction of the external force detected by the external force detection unit is the same as a moving direction of the operation member; and a control unit configured to control operation of the steering system based on a determination result from the determination unit. |
| US11904930B2 |
Steering column for a motor vehicle
A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis extending in a length direction. The casing unit may have at least two casings that are adjustably guided relative to one another through a range of adjustment travel in the length direction. Part of the adjustment travel may correspond to a transitional portion, and part of the adjustment travel may correspond to a functional portion. The casings may be guided with a greater play in the transitional portion than in the functional portion. One casing may have a guide track and another casing may have a guide element that engages in the guide track and is guided in the length direction and has a guide play in the guide track that is greater in the transitional portion than in the functional portion. |
| US11904924B1 |
Motorised trolley
Respective electric drive motors (13a, 13b) drive left and right drive wheels (10a, 10b) having friction brakes, including an electromechanical service brake (31a, 31b) and an auxiliary brake (32a, 32b) mechanically biasing them to a braked state. An elongate handlebar (16) for user control is mounted via a pair of force-sensing couplings (17a, 17b) including a resilient member (18) and a load sensor (19) sensing forces applied by a user to the handlebar and transmitting respective load signals. A controller (37) receives the load signals and controls a current applied to the electric drive motors (13a, 13b) so as to amplify the force sensed by the force-sensing couplings and to generate a torque proportional to a force applied by the user to the handlebar and to actuate an electric release actuator of the auxiliary brake (32a, 32b) when the force applied by the user to the handlebar exceeds a threshold. |
| US11904921B2 |
Handcart
A handcart may include: a support frame; a container; a lock member configured to move between a locking position at which the lock member restricts rotation of the container relative to the support frame and an unlocked position at which the lock member allows the rotation of the container relative to the support frame; and a retainer member configured to move between a retaining position at which the retainer member restricts a movement of the lock member from the unlocked position to the locking position and a non-retaining position at which the retainer member allows the movement of the lock member from the unlocked position to the locking position. The lock member may be configured to move from the locking position to the unlocked position and be maintained in the unlocked position by a movement of the retainer member from the non-retaining position to the retaining position. |
| US11904920B2 |
Lift cart with mechanically actuated automatic braking device
A lift cart includes a lift table that moves between a raised position and a lowest position and a braking device attached to the lift cart. A braking device includes an actuator, a linkage bar, and a first brake assembly. The linkage bar connects to the actuator. The linkage bar translates in a first direction upon activation of the actuator. The first brake assembly connects to the linkage bar. The first brake assembly moves from a deployed state to a retracted state as the linkage bar translates in the first direction. |
| US11904916B2 |
System and method for short vehicle detection
A system and a method automatically detect whether a vehicle entering a track section of a railway network is shorter than a predefined length. The method includes detecting at a time T0 an entry of the vehicle on a first track subsection. From the time T0, the occupancy states of at least a first subsection and a third subsection are determined in dependence on the time. The occupancy state is either “occupied” or “free”. The occupancy states for at least first and third subsections is reported to an evaluation unit at least until the occupancy state of the first subsection is “free”. The reported occupancy states determined for the at least first and third subsections are processed by the evaluation unit, and from a temporal evolution of the occupancy states of the first and third subsections, it is determined whether the entering vehicle is shorter than the predefined length. |
| US11904905B2 |
Dynamic adjustment of autonomous vehicle system based on deep learning optimizations
The present technology is directed to dynamically adjusting an autonomous vehicle (AV) system based on deep learning optimizations. An AV management system can generate a downscaling signal based on a result of comparing a complexity of an environment for an AV to navigate with a predetermined complexity threshold. Further, the AV management system can perform a downscaling of a neural network associated with an AV system based on the downscaling signal and determine a scenario to test the downscaled neural network in a simulation. The AV management system can adjust one or more parameters of the AV system based on simulated outputs and perform the simulation of the AV based on the adjusted one or more parameters of the AV system and the downscaled neural network to generate simulated performance data. Furthermore, the AV management system can compare the simulated performance data with a predetermined performance threshold. |
| US11904903B2 |
Intelligent driving mode selection for autonomous vehicle delivery system
The present disclosure provides a method comprising identifying at least one of a characteristic and an identity of an item for delivery from an origin to a destination and selecting one of a plurality of possible routes between the origin and the destination. For each of a plurality of route segments of the selected route, mapping information is used to characterize the route segment and one of a plurality of driving modes is selected for the route segment based on the characterization of the route segment and the at least one of the item characteristic and the item identity. A driving plan comprising a collection of the selected driving modes corresponding to the plurality of route segments comprising the selected route is provided to a vehicle and the vehicle delivers the item from the origin to the destination via the selected route using the driving plan. |
| US11904901B2 |
User-specified location-based autonomous vehicle behavior zones
Systems and methods for creation of custom behavior zones for autonomous vehicles, providing a more tailored experience for passengers as well as businesses. Custom behavior zones allow passengers to request or select a specific pick-up/drop-off location on private property. In some examples, custom behavior zones are created in private gated communities, on residential properties with long driveways, on government property, and at businesses that have multiple entrances and/or offer different services at various locations on the business property. |
| US11904900B2 |
Autonomous vehicle for blind people
An autonomous vehicle for blind people is provided. The autonomous vehicle includes a riding and alighting point search device that searches for a riding point at which a user will ride and an alighting point at which the user will alight, in response to call information received from a terminal of the user, a passenger recognition device that recognizes the user who will ride in the vehicle at the riding point, and an autonomous driving controller that controls an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle. |
| US11904899B2 |
Limp home mode for an autonomous vehicle using a secondary autonomous sensor system
An autonomous driving system for an autonomous vehicle includes a plurality of on-board autonomous sensors that sense data related to operation of the autonomous vehicle and a surrounding environment and an automated driving controller in electronic communication with the plurality of on-board autonomous sensors. The automated driving controller is instructed to receive an indication one or more of the plurality of on-board autonomous sensors are non-functional and a secondary autonomous sensor system including one or more replacement sensors are installed. The automated driving controller is instructed to verify the secondary autonomous sensor system based on a security check and perform a redundancy check between the one or more replacement sensors and the plurality of on-board autonomous sensors. In response to determining the one or more replacement sensors are valid based on the redundancy check, the automated driving controller operates the autonomous vehicle in a limp home mode. |
| US11904897B2 |
Safety management apparatus for autonomous traveling cart
The safety management apparatus comprises a protective shield with automatic opening and closing, a sensor configured to obtain physical information related to an occupant boarded an autonomous traveling cart, and a controller configured to control the opening and closing of the protective shield. The protective shield is configured to be normally open and, when closed, shield an occupant space of the cart from the outside. The controller includes at least one memory including at least one program, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory. The at least one processor executes a first process and a second process upon execution of the at least one program. The first process is to determine whether the occupant is an infant based on the physical information. The second process, which is executed when the occupant is determined to be an infant, is to close the protective shield. |
| US11904895B2 |
Dual-mode cruise control
Systems, methods, and apparatus related to cruise control for a vehicle. In one approach, speed for a first vehicle is controlled in a first mode using data from sensors. The speed is controlled while keeping at least a minimum distance from a second vehicle being followed by the first vehicle. In response to determining that data from the sensors is not usable to control the first vehicle (e.g., the data cannot be used to measure the minimum distance), the first vehicle changes from the first mode to a second mode. In the second mode, the first vehicle maintains a constant speed and/or obtains additional data from sensors and/or computing devices located externally to the first vehicle. In another approach, the additional data can additionally or alternatively be obtained from a mobile device of a passenger of the first vehicle. The additional data is used to maintain a safe minimum distance from the second vehicle. |
| US11904891B2 |
Object tracking by generating velocity grids
A computer-implemented method is provided for creating a velocity grid using a simulated environment for use by an autonomous vehicle. The method may include simulating a road scenario with simulated objects. The method may also include recording image data collected from a camera sensor, the image data comprising a first 2D image frame comprising the simulated objects made up of a plurality of pixels. The method may also include identifying a first 3D point on the first simulated object in a 3D view of the simulated road scenario, wherein the first 3D point corresponds to the first pixel in the first 2D image frame. The method may also include generating a velocity of the first point based upon a velocity of the first simulated object, and projecting the velocity back into the first 2D image frame. The method may further include encoding the velocity for the first pixel prior to a simulated movement of the simulated object with respect to a second pixel after the simulated movement of the simulated object in a 2D velocity grid. |
| US11904889B1 |
Velocity adjustments based on roadway scene comprehension
Velocity adjustments based on roadway scene comprehension may include controlling an ego vehicle traveling in a first lane, wherein the first lane comprises a lane of travel for the ego vehicle of a multilane roadway including at least the first lane and a second lane; capturing object ranges by the ego vehicle using at least a first sensor corresponding to a first sensor type; identifying a first vehicle operating in the second lane from the first sensor; determining a first velocity of the first vehicle; generating a first lane flow rate for the second lane from one or more captured object velocities, wherein the lane flow rate of the second lane is based on at least the first velocity of the first vehicle and a traffic density estimation; determining whether to modify an ego vehicle velocity based on the first lane flow rate; and in response to determining whether to modify the ego vehicle velocity, generating instructions for the ego vehicle's velocity. |
| US11904885B2 |
Accommodation area management device
An accommodation area management device which manages an accommodation area for accommodating a moving body and stops the moving body at a predetermined accommodation position in the accommodation area includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire autonomous movement level information related to autonomous movement that the moving body can perform and a processing unit configured to determine an accommodation position for stopping the moving body based on the autonomous movement level information when the moving body enters the accommodation area. |
| US11904884B2 |
User-assisted maintenance of autonomous vehicle fleet
An autonomous vehicle (AV) maintenance system engages a user of an AV to assist in maintenance tasks. A sensor interface receives data captured by a sensor of the AV. An issue detector processes the sensor data to detect an issue in the AV. A user interface module instructs a user to perform a maintenance task addressing the detected issue. A verification module verifies that the user successfully completed the maintenance task. |
| US11904882B2 |
Setting device, display control device, and vehicle display control system
A setting device including a processor is provided. The processor is configured to, when occurrence of a secondary disaster is predicted after occurrence of a disaster, set a region in which the secondary disaster is predicted to a charging-prohibited zone in which use of a charging facility for charging a battery installed in a vehicle is prohibited. |
| US11904880B2 |
Systems and methods for vehicle coasting recommendation
A method for providing a coast recommendation for an operator of a vehicle, including receiving vehicle position data; determining a projected route; determining a first speed change position and a first speed change target speed; determining a first residual speed and a first residual speed position based at least in part on the first speed change position and the first speed change target speed; determining a first lower speed envelope; determining an overall lower speed envelope based at least in part on the first residual speed; determining an upper speed envelope; determining a target speed profile based at least in part on the first residual speed, the first residual speed position, the first lower speed envelope, and the upper speed envelope; determining a coast start point based at least in part on the target speed profile; and communicating the coast start point to the operator of the vehicle. |
| US11904878B2 |
System and method for off-road driving assistance for a vehicle
A vehicle control system for a vehicle may include a controller, a single pedal and a torque control module. The controller may be operably coupled to components and/or sensors of the vehicle to receive information indicative of operational intent of an operator of the vehicle and information indicative of vehicle status. The single pedal may be configured to provide the information indicative of operational intent. The torque control module may be configured to generate both a propulsive torque request and a braking torque request based on the information indicative of the operational intent and the information indicative of vehicle status. |
| US11904877B1 |
Vehicle medical device interface system
A vehicle and a method of operating a system operably connected to a personal medical device having a sensor is provided. The vehicle includes an indicator device having at least one of an audio device or visual indicator device. A medical device display interface is coupled to communicate with the personal medical device. A controller is operably coupled to the medical device display interface and the indicator device. The controller is operable to receive a first signal from the medical device display interface and activate the indicator device in response to the first signal including data regarding an undesired condition. |
| US11904876B2 |
Vehicle control system
In a vehicle control system, a sampling period change unit changes a sampling period such that the sampling period is made shorter, when a driving state of the vehicle becomes to have a higher possibility of accident as a result of driving control of the vehicle than when the driving state of the vehicle becomes to have a lower possibility of accident. A data storage control unit stores in an eMMC control instruction data stored in a temporary storage buffer in a non-volatile memory by sampling at the sampling period set by the sampling period change unit. |
| US11904867B2 |
Controller, vehicle body behavior control system, motorcycle, and control method
The present invention obtains a controller capable of improving safety of a motorcycle.The controller that controls vehicle body behavior of the motorcycle includes: an acquisition section that acquires trigger information generated in accordance with peripheral environment of the motorcycle; and an execution section that initiates a control mode making the motorcycle execute an automatic brake operation in accordance with the trigger information acquired by the acquisition section and makes the motorcycle generate a braking force. The acquisition section further acquires deceleration resistance information that is information related to a driver's driving posture on the motorcycle, and the execution section changes a control command that is output in the control mode in accordance with the deceleration resistance information acquired by the acquisition section. |
| US11904866B2 |
Systems and methods for brain-machine interfaces and EEG-based driver identification
A method of confirming an identity of a user, including displaying a first visual indicator, where the first visual indicator is flashing at a first frequency to induce a first brainwave activity. The first brainwave activity of the user may be measured by a sensor. The measured first brainwave activity may be compared against a user profile to confirm the identity of the user. |
| US11904862B2 |
Automated driving system
The automated driving system includes a vehicle speed detection device for detecting a speed of a vehicle, a display device capable of displaying a running lane and an adjacent lane of the vehicle, and a processor configured to control display content of the display device, and execute an autonomous lane change of the vehicle. The processor is configured to prohibit the autonomous lane change of the vehicle when a speed of the vehicle is less than a predetermined value. The processor is configured to hide the adjacent lane when the autonomous lane change is prohibited and start displaying the adjacent lane before the speed of the vehicle reaches the predetermined value if it is planned for the vehicle to accelerate from a speed below the predetermined value to a speed equal to or greater than the predetermined value in order to carry out the autonomous lane change. |
| US11904858B2 |
Driving speed control device for agricultural work vehicle, and driving speed control method for agricultural work vehicle
The present disclosure relates to a driving speed control device for an agricultural work vehicle, and a driving speed control method for an agricultural work vehicle, the device comprising: a confirmation unit for confirming set transmission information about a driving device of an agricultural work vehicle, and confirming a transmission mode for controlling an engine and a transmission of the driving device; an acquisition unit, which confirms, from the set transmission information, set revolutions per minute (RPM) relating to RPM of the engine when the transmission mode is an RPM designation mode, so as to acquire transmission information on the basis of the set RPM; and a control unit for controlling the driving device by using the acquired transmission information according to the transmission mode. |
| US11904856B2 |
Detection of a rearward approaching emergency vehicle
A method performed by a behavioral analyzing system for detection of an emergency vehicle approaching a vehicle from behind. The system derives a road configuration of a road along which the vehicle, based on ego-vehicle position obtained with support from localization sensors on-board the vehicle, is or was positioned. The system further determines unconventional driving criteria in view of the road configuration. The system determines based on surrounding vehicle detection data of a first and at least a second surrounding vehicle, obtained with support from surrounding detecting sensors on-board the vehicle, a respective first and at least a second surrounding vehicle trajectory along at least the road section. The system determines, when the first and the at least second surrounding vehicle trajectory fulfill at least a portion of the unconventional driving criteria, that an emergency vehicle is deemed to be approaching the vehicle from behind. |
| US11904855B2 |
Cooperative driving system and method
A cooperative driving system includes a processor and a memory having one or more modules. The modules cause the processor to determine a route that includes a road segment to a destination for an ego vehicle based on (1) an ego vehicle operating parameter that has information regarding a preferred operation of an ego vehicle by an occupant, and (2) a location of a like vehicle with respect to the ego vehicle when the ego vehicle is traveling on at least a portion of the route. The one or more modules also cause the processor to determine a road-segment-level decision for the ego vehicle for the road segment based on the ego vehicle operating parameter, communicate with the like vehicle near the road segment to negotiate the road-segment-level decision to generate a negotiated road-segment-level decision, and maneuver the ego vehicle inside the road segment using the negotiated road-segment-level decision. |
| US11904853B2 |
Apparatus for preventing vehicle collision and method thereof
An electronic apparatus provided in a first vehicle for determining a collision possibility can include an input unit configured to receive surrounding information of the first vehicle; a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one surrounding vehicle around the first vehicle; and at least one processor configured to operate in conjunction with the input unit and the communication unit, in which the at least one processor is further configured to receive a first image via the input unit, receive at least one second image from the at least one surrounding vehicle via the communication unit, and determine a collision possibility of the first vehicle based on the first image and the at least one second image. |
| US11904851B2 |
Work vehicle
The present invention is provided to more reliably keep a work vehicle from coming into contact with an obstacle during automated driving. The work vehicle includes an electronic control system for automated driving that automatically drives the vehicle body. The electronic control system includes an obstacle detection module configured to detect presence or absence of an obstacle, and a contact avoidance control unit configured to perform, upon the obstacle detection module detecting an obstacle, contact avoidance control to keep the vehicle body from coming into contact with the obstacle. The obstacle detection module includes a plurality of obstacle searchers that are distributed on the front end portion and the right and left end portions of the vehicle body such that the front side and the right and left lateral sides of the vehicle body are search-target areas. |
| US11904846B2 |
Remote parking apparatus
A remote parking apparatus comprises an electronic control unit which executes a remote parking control to move an own vehicle and park the own vehicle in a designated parking space in response to receiving a signal transmitted wirelessly from an operation terminal. The electronic control unit is configured to set a parking space as the designated parking space even when there is an obstacle interrupting parking the own vehicle in the parking space. |
| US11904842B2 |
Method for controlling driving force of vehicle
A method for controlling driving force of a vehicle in which driving force of the vehicle is controlled by pre-reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time during turning of the vehicle, to solve repeated occurrence of wheel slip and wheel slip control performance degradation due to roll motion, includes determining, by a controller, a basic torque command in real time based on vehicle driving information obtained while driving of the vehicle, obtaining information related to left wheel and right wheel vertical loads in real time based on information collected by the vehicle, determining a torque upper limit from the real-time vertical load information, determining a final torque command limited so as not to exceed the determined torque upper limit from the real-time determined basic torque command, and controlling operation of a driving device in accordance with the determined final torque command. |
| US11904841B2 |
Suspension system integration with advanced driver assistance system
A suspension system and associated control methods for improving the effectiveness of driver assistance systems is disclosed where the driver assistance systems can generate and send requests to a suspension control unit (SCU) of the suspension system to actuate (e.g., close) one or more comfort valves in the suspension system to increase the roll stiffness and/or pitch stiffness of the suspension system when the driver assistance systems are taking corrective action. As part of a two-way communication between the suspension control unit (SCU) and the driver assistance systems, the suspension control unit (SCU) communicates target stiffnesses and/or calculated effective stiffnesses to the driver assistance systems, which is used to update the vehicle stability models used by the driver assistance systems. |
| US11904833B2 |
Vehicle control device
A boundary is at an engine drive restricted zone where operation of the internal combustion engine is restricted. An adjusting device adjusts of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin using electric power, the humidity inside the cabin using electric power, or the air pollution degree inside the cabin. In response to a prediction that (1) a host vehicle will enter the inside of the engine drive restricted zone and that (2a) the time period for the host vehicle to reach the boundary is within a preset time period or that (2b) the distance between the host vehicle and the boundary is within a preset distance, the value of at least one of the temperature inside the cabin, the humidity inside the cabin, and the air pollution degree inside the cabin is reduced before the host vehicle enters the inside of the engine drive restricted zone. |
| US11904830B2 |
Cleaning system for an agricultural sprayer
A cleaning system for an agricultural sprayer may include a sprayer boom, a plurality of nozzle assemblies provided in association with the sprayer boom and configured to dispense an agricultural product during a spraying operation of the agricultural sprayer, a first cleaning fluid tank configured to hold a first cleaning fluid, and a nozzle assembly fluid circuit fluidly coupling the plurality of nozzle assemblies and the first cleaning fluid tank. Moreover, the cleaning system may include a cleaning station supported on the sprayer boom, the cleaning station comprising a first valve. Additionally, the cleaning system may include a first cleaning fluid circuit fluidly coupling the first valve and the first cleaning fluid tank. The first valve is configured to supply the first cleaning fluid therethrough when the first valve is in an open position. |
| US11904828B2 |
Traction control rollback mitigation on split mu grades
A stability control system of a vehicle utilizing an electronic control unit that minimizes rollback of a vehicle as a result of wheel slip immediately following a hill start assist operation. The electronic braking control module controls actuation and de-actuation of vehicle brakes on an inclined surface. Immediately following a hill start assist operation on the inclined surface after each wheel brake is de-actuated for allowing forward movement of the vehicle up the hill, a split-mu road surface condition is detected in response to sensing wheel slip for each of the wheels. The electronic control unit determines a respective undriven, or non-dominant driven, wheel having the highest coefficient of friction among the undriven, or less dominant driven wheels, as determined by the wheel speeds. The electronic braking control module actuates the vehicle brake of the undriven, or less dominant, driven wheels having the highest coefficient of friction relative to a tire/road surface interface for reducing rollback of the vehicle. The braking of the undriven, or less dominant, driven wheel is in addition to any standard stability control braking that may already be occurring. |
| US11904826B2 |
Degradation detection system, brake control device, and degradation detection method
A degradation detection system includes: a storage that stores measured values of command pressure and measured values of response pressure; and a simulator that calculates, using a physical model, the response pressure in accordance with the command pressure, thereby obtaining a waveform of the calculated response pressure corresponding to a waveform of the command pressure in a case in which the command pressure is changed. A waveform identifier identifies a waveform of the calculated response pressure that matches a waveform of the detected response pressure. A degradation identifier identifies a degraded component of a pressure regulating valve from a value of parameter acquired by the waveform identifier and a normal range defined for the parameter. |
| US11904821B2 |
Electronic parking brake device and method for operating an electronic parking brake device
The present invention relates to an electronic parking brake device for a vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle. As a function of at least one operating state of a towing vehicle parking brake supply line and/or a trailer parking brake supply line, a towing vehicle parking brake control valve is activatable by a control unit in such a way that a towing vehicle parking brake supply line can be deaerated or aerated by the towing vehicle parking brake control valve. By manually actuating a trailer parking brake control element, a trailer parking brake control valve is activatable by the control unit in such a way that a trailer parking brake supply line can be deaerated or aerated by the trailer parking brake control valve. The present invention also relates to a method for operating the above electronic parking brake device for a vehicle. |
| US11904820B2 |
Apparatus and method for control of a hydraulic brake by wire system
A brake system for selectively actuating at least one of a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes of a vehicle, one of which is hydraulically actuated and the other of which is electrically actuated, includes a reservoir. First and second integrated control units are in fluid communication with the reservoir and respective ones of the hydraulically actuated wheel brakes. The first and second integrated control units have first and second power transmission units connected to first and second electronic control unit, respectively. Each electronic control unit is configured to control a corresponding power transmission unit and a selected one of the electrically actuated wheel brakes on a contralateral side of the vehicle from the selected one of the hydraulically actuated wheel brakes which is actuated by the power transmission unit. |
| US11904819B2 |
Vehicle brake system
A brake system with a wheel brake has a fluid reservoir and a valve assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir via a first conduit. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the wheel brake via a second conduit. The valve assembly includes a bypass valve which only permits fluid flow from the first conduit to the second conduit when the fluid pressure within the first conduit is above a predetermined pressure level above atmospheric pressure. The valve assembly further includes a check valve in a parallel path arrangement relative to the bypass valve such that the check valve permits fluid flow from the second conduit to the first conduit, and prevents fluid flow from the first conduit to the second conduit. The brake system further includes a first source of pressurized fluid providing fluid pressure for actuating the wheel brake, wherein the first source of pressurized fluid is selectively in fluid communication with the second conduit. |
| US11904814B2 |
Actuator for pivoting bicycle rack
A latch mechanism for a pivoting bicycle rack provides a pivot release actuator on an extension that is added on to the bicycle rack. The latch mechanism comprises a connector body that is attached to the bicycle rack, and that may have an actuator for operating the pivot release. The rack extension assembly has an actuator and a linkage that connects to the connector body in the bicycle rack so that the actuator in the extension can release the pivot on the bicycle rack. The connector body may be shaped to guide the linkage during the process of attaching the extension assembly to the bicycle rack. The mechanism may be provided with a means for disconnecting the linkage from the connector body. |
| US11904813B1 |
Convertible carrier rack and platform
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a convertible carrier rack and platform including a platform, a front rail including a pair of front rail segments, and a back rail including a pair of back rail segments, wherein the front and back rail segments are each removable and/or rotatable between a wall position along the front and back faces of the platform and a leg position for operation in a table-type mode. |
| US11904811B2 |
Storage assembly for a vehicle
A storage assembly for a vehicle includes a console housing including a storage compartment and an access opening to the storage compartment. The storage assembly includes a tambour door assembly having a tambour door panel configured to move between a first position to close the access opening and a second position to open the access opening. The storage assembly also has a tray assembly including the tambour door panel. The tray assembly is configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the console housing. |
| US11904809B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device controls a vehicle including an occupant door and an opening and closing member for a shareable space. The vehicle control device is configured to control switching between a locked state and an unlocked state of an inlet, and to execute first control. In the first control, the inlet is switched to the unlocked state when the opening and closing member for the shareable space is unlocked by a user while the inlet is in the locked state. The inlet is not switched to the unlocked state when the opening and closing member for the shareable space is unlocked by a third person while the inlet is in the locked state. |
| US11904807B2 |
Techniques to detect theft of goods in vehicles
Techniques are described for determining an occurrence of theft in a vehicle. An example processor implemented method comprises receiving, by a computer located in an autonomous vehicle and at a first time, a first torque value that indicates a first amount of torque applied by an engine of the autonomous vehicle to drive the autonomous vehicle, receiving, at a second time that is later in time than the first time, a second torque value that indicates a second amount of torque applied by the engine of the autonomous vehicle, determining that a difference between a first value and a second value is greater than a pre-determined value, where the first value and the second value are functions of at least the first torque value and at least the second value respectively, and displaying, in response to the determining, a message that indicates a theft detection in the autonomous vehicle. |
| US11904805B2 |
Tamper-resistant actuator for a vehicle anti-theft feature
A tamper-resistant actuator includes a valid input, configured to deliver an input electrical current through a circuit. A high-pass filter is positioned within the circuit that degrades components of the input electrical current that are outside of a predefined current range. Components that are within the predefined current range define an output current. A transistor activates a switch when the output current from the high-pass filter is received by the transistor. |
| US11904802B2 |
Child safety seat device
A child safety seat device is provided and includes a child safety seat, a trigger mechanism and a driving portion. The child safety seat is for a child to be seated therein. The child safety seat includes a buckle assembly. The trigger mechanism is switchable between an open state and a closed state. When the buckle assembly is buckled, the driving portion is operated to switch the trigger mechanism from the open state to the closed state. The trigger mechanism of the child safety seat device is switchable between different states by buckling and unbuckling operations of the buckle assembly for preventing a dangerous scenario where the child is left in the car. |
| US11904801B2 |
Seatbelt buckle detection
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for detecting proper use of a seatbelt in a vehicle. A process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving, from a sensor, image data of one or more portions of a seatbelt. The process can further include steps for determining a length of the seatbelt that is dispensed based on the image data and determining if the seatbelt is buckled in front of a passenger's body based on the length of the seatbelt that is dispensed. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided. |
| US11904795B2 |
Seat assembly with deployable belt member
A seat assembly includes a seatback having an interior portion with a seatback frame disposed therein. A retraction mechanism includes a first bracket operably coupled to the seatback frame. A second bracket is operably coupled to the first bracket by an actuator that is operable between at-rest and actuated positions. A tether member includes a body portion that is operably coupled between the first and second brackets of the retraction mechanism for movement therewith. The tether member moves from a deployed position to a retracted position when the actuator moves from the at-rest position to the actuated position. A belt member is operably coupled to the tether member. The belt member is operable between a deployed position, wherein the belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback, and a stowed position, wherein the belt member is received in the interior portion of the seatback. |
| US11904794B2 |
Pet restraint system for a vehicle
A pet restraint system for a vehicle is provided. The pet restraint system includes a leash configured to connect to a restraint device on a pet, a wearable device comprising one of a collar and a harness configured to be worn on the pet and connected to the leash, a retractor device coupled to the leash and configured to be secured to a support structure on the vehicle, a sensor for detecting an expected condition of the vehicle, and a controller for controlling the retractor to retract or lock the leash based on the determined expected condition of the vehicle. |
| US11904791B1 |
Fabric molded roof rail airbag shell
Systems and methods are presented herein for an airbag shell. The airbag shell comprises a u-shaped channel formed of moldable fabric. The moldable fabric is configured to become malleable when exposed to temperatures exceeding a melting point of the moldable fabric. An external surface of the u-shaped channel is configured to interface with a roof rail. An inner surface of the u-shaped channel is configured to receive an airbag. |
| US11904788B2 |
Vehicle airbag system
A vehicle seat and an airbag system, the seat having a backrest and a squab, extending from the backrest in a longitudinal direction, the backrest extending in height from the squab at a first lower position to a second upper position arranged proximal to shoulders of an occupant in a seated position, the airbag system having an airbag to receive inflating gas from an inflator to inflate the airbag, in which the airbag includes an upper region that extends over a head of the occupant in the seated position and a lower region that extends between a first and second side of the backrest and around a mid-section of the seated occupant, the airbag system having a tether system interconnecting the seat at the second upper position of the backrest and airbag to restrain the lower region of the airbag in the inflated configuration in the longitudinal direction. |
| US11904787B1 |
Forward mount compact passenger airbag module with passive gas modulation
An airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflator, and a cushion operably connected to the inflator including a plurality of sealed cushion segments interconnected by a plurality of cushion joints. The activation of the inflator dispenses a flow of inflation gas into the cushion to sequentially inflate the plurality of sealed cushion segments from a stowed state to a deployed state. A passenger compartment of a vehicle includes an instrument panel including at least an upper panel surface and a downward panel surface, and an airbag system located in the instrument panel. |
| US11904785B2 |
Crash-event driven collapsible tray tables for autonomous vehicles
A safety apparatus may include a tray table coupled to an interior surface of a vehicle via a release mechanism. The safety apparatus may also include a collision detection system communicatively coupled to the release mechanism. The collision detection system is configured to engage with the release mechanism if the tray table is in an open position, and to de-couple the tray table from the interior surface of the vehicle or to break away the tray table from a portion of a tray table structure if a collision is detected with respect to the vehicle. |
| US11904784B2 |
Detecting objects within a vehicle
Provided are methods for detecting objects within a vehicle. The methods can include emitting at least one auditory signal within the vehicle during at least one first time interval; measuring a second auditory signal emitted by an object within the vehicle during the second time interval subsequent to the at least one first time interval, where the emission of the second auditory signal is caused by the emission of the least one first auditory signal; determining a location of the object within the vehicle based on the measurement of the second auditory signal; and generating an alert to a user indicating the location of that object. Systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US11904781B2 |
Wire harness with body protrusion
A wire harness that includes an electric wire and a first tube in which the electric wire is housed a clamp that holds the first tube. The clamp includes a main body in which the first tube is housed, and a protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the first tube. The first tube is fastened to the protrusion with a fastener, and the protrusion has an inner circumferential surface opposed to the first tube, a first end located on one side of the inner circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, and a second end located on the other side of the inner circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. A height of the inner circumferential surface in a vertical direction continuously decreases from the first end to the second end in a state in which the wire harness is installed in the vehicle. |
| US11904775B2 |
Indirect vision device
The present invention refers to an indirect vision device for vehicles integrating a lighting unit, like light indicators or light decorative elements, preferably for vehicles. The lighting device (1) comprises: a light source (2), a light guide (5) for guiding light emitted by the light source (2). The light guide (5) comprises a light guide material and scattering particles (10) admixed therein, and the refractive index of the scattering particles (10) is different than the refractive index of the light guide matrix material, such that light guided by the light guide (5), can be scattered by the scattering particles (10) out of the light guide (5). The invention provides an indirect vision device with enhanced homogeneous luminance and increased luminance. |
| US11904774B2 |
Vehicle mirror wiping unit
Wiper is utilized to clean side-view mirror of a vehicle. Existing wiper attached with the side-view mirror obstructs visibility of a driver while cleaning the side-view mirror in a rainy season or in a dusty environment, which leads to an accident. A vehicle mirror wiping unit is provided. The vehicle mirror wiping unit includes a mirror; a mirror shutter assembly; a mirror casing; a mirror mounting unit, consisting of: the mirror, a mirror spring, a spring retaining cap, and a mirror spring holder; a pin pass through a cut-out of the spring retaining cap, and a cut-out in the mirror spring holder; and a cleaning elastomer is triggered by the mirror shutter motor, and the mirror shutter moves from the first end of the mirror to the second end of the mirror. A frontal surface of the mirror shutter is a reflective surface functioning as a mirror. |
| US11904773B2 |
Method of assembling mirror reflective element sub-assembly for exterior rearview mirror assembly
A method for assembling a mirror reflective element sub-assembly for a vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes assembling an indicator module by heat staking a printed circuit board at a receiving part of a housing to form a housing and printed circuit board assembly and dispensing potting material at the printed circuit board to seal the printed circuit board at the housing and aligning and taping a diffuser at the housing. A back plate is provided that has an indicator attaching portion for attaching the indicator module. The back plate is placed at a support fixture and a mirror reflective element is attached at the back plate. The indicator module is attached at the indicator attaching portion of the back plate. Light emitted by the indicator module, when electrically powered to emit light, passes through the mirror reflective element at an aperture of the back plate. |
| US11904772B2 |
Acoustic vehicle alerting system and method
The invention discloses a method and system for providing an acoustic sound design for an electrified vehicle Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS). The method minimizes annoyance from sound leaking into a vehicle compartment. Road and other functional vehicle made sounds (tread noise, fans, wind noise etc.) are used to create an alert sound that mimics these existing vehicle sounds and can be potentially masked, interiorly, by those same sounds. The sounds are recorded and thereafter shaped, amplified and broadcast by speaker(s) placed outside the interior cabin, i.e., one in an engine compartment and another at a rear of the vehicle, so that vulnerable road users can hear the approaching hybrid/electric vehicle. The sound meets jurisdictional requirements in accord with specified frequencies and sound levels. The result is an alert sound perceived as non-irritating and pleasant outside the vehicle, and unobtrusive and background inside the vehicle. |
| US11904762B2 |
Vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly with illumination module
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflective element and an illumination module that includes a freeformed lens optic and a circuit board with an illumination source disposed thereat. With the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at a side of a vehicle, light emitted by the illumination source passes through the freeformed lens optic and provides ground lighting that illuminates a ground region located at the side of the vehicle. The ground lighting includes (a) ground illumination of the illuminated ground region and (b) within the ground illumination of the illuminated ground region, a logo formed by the freeformed lens optic. The logo formed by the freeformed lens optic has a light intensity greater than any light intensity of the ground illumination of the illuminated ground region. The illumination module is snap-attached at a portion of the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly. |
| US11904761B2 |
Exterior lighting system for motor vehicle
This disclosure relates to an exterior lighting system for a motor vehicle. An example system includes a plurality of lights configured to illuminate an area adjacent the motor vehicle, a plurality of sensors, and a controller configured to selectively activate and deactivate the lights based on signals from the sensors. The example system includes various aspects configured to preserve energy, including reducing the polling rate of sensors corresponding to deactivated lights, increasing light intensity in proportion to the speed of detected motion, and only illuminating those lights that correspond to locations of a recognized user. |
| US11904760B2 |
Vehicle lamp including bezel having a first and second through hole
A vehicle lamp comprising a housing having a space opened in a forward direction, a bezel mounted on a front of the housing and having first and second through holes, a first optical module having a first light source device provided to irradiate light to a road surface through the first through hole, the first optical module is contained in the space, mounted in the housing, and installed to be inclined to allow an optical axis of the first light source device to be gradually inclined downward in the forward direction, and a second optical module including a second light source device provided to irradiate light forward through the second through hole, the second optical module being contained in the space and mounted on the bezel, an area in which the first optical module is positioned in the bezel is formed to gradually protrude upward in the forward direction. |
| US11904758B2 |
Variable beam pattern lamp system for driver and control method thereof
A variable beam pattern lamp system for a driver provides an input device that receives personal information of the driver, a lamp driving device that drives an indoor or outdoor lamp of a vehicle to output a beam pattern matched to the driver, based on the personal information of the driver, the personal information being input through the input device, and a vehicle controller that determines whether the personal information is registered driver information or unregistered driver information, when the personal information of the driver is input through the input device, and controls the lamp driving device to drive the indoor or outdoor lamp of the vehicle using beam patterns respectively corresponding to that the personal information is the registered driver information and that the personal information is the unregistered driver information. |
| US11904757B2 |
Vehicle headlight device
Provided is a vehicle headlight device which can improve overlooking of pedestrians by a drive, even under adverse conditions such as nighttime or rain at night. A vehicle headlight device includes: a pattern photoirradiator (right-side pattern irradiation lamp) which irradiates light on a predetermined irradiation pattern light distribution region of a vehicle in an irradiation pattern in which a bright region and a dark region are alternately repeated; and a cornering light which irradiates a light distribution region under the irradiation pattern light distribution region in a form in which an entire area is a bright region. In this embodiment, the pattern photoirradiator irradiates light synchronously with the cornering light. |
| US11904750B2 |
Structural component, seat component and seat
A structural component may have a carrier structure and a substructure arranged on the carrier structure and having a variable contour. The substructure may have an adjustment mechanism with a plurality of adjustment elements. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to adjust the adjustment elements between a compressed position and an expanded position in order to vary the contour. |
| US11904745B2 |
Support assembly for seating assembly
A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a seatback and a seat that includes a seat frame and a support assembly. The support assembly is coupled to the seat frame and movable between an elevated position and a flattened position in response to an actuation force applied on the support assembly. The support assembly includes an extension member having a first end fixedly coupled to the seat frame and a second end rotatably coupled to the seat frame, and a plate having a first side rotatably coupled to the seat frame and a second side slidably coupled to the seat frame. |
| US11904743B2 |
Vehicle having transformable rear seat
A vehicle includes a cabin interior, a floor, and a tailgate at the rear end of the cabin interior, wherein at least a portion of the tailgate pivots between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position. The vehicle has a first seat track assembly is supported on the floor in the cabin interior, a second seat track assembly supported on the tailgate, and a seat assembly. The seat assembly including a first seat panel, a second seat panel, a bracket that allows the first seat panel and the second seat panel to pivot between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position, and a guide supporting the bracket on one of the first and second seat track assemblies, wherein the seat assembly may slide rearward along the first seat track assembly onto the second seat track assembly when the tailgate is in the open position. |
| US11904740B2 |
Child safety assembly
The present inventive concept relates to a child safety assembly. The child safety assembly comprises: a base portion, to be placed on a vehicle seat and for holding a child safety seat and a brace, to be pressed against a backrest of the vehicle seat. The brace being connected to the base portion, for preventing the base portion from tilting from the vehicle seat. The child safety assembly further comprises tensioning means, extending from the brace and secured to the base portion, and a biasing mechanism, coupled to the tensioning means. The biasing mechanism provides, to the tensioning means, a tension which draws the brace in a direction downwards to the base portion for providing a pressure of the brace against the backrest of the vehicle seat. |
| US11904738B2 |
Drive member
A drive member including a motor with a longitudinal axis and with at an actuating end a gear mechanism. A support member carries a displacement rod that is movably mounted on the support member. The motor is with its actuating end connected to the support member. The gear mechanism includes a hinge member allowing pivoting of the displacement rod about a pivot axis that is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis. The gear mechanism engages with the displacement rod and the support member is hingingly attached to a fixation bracket in a hinge connection that is hingeable about an axis which is oriented transversely to the longitudinal axis. The drive member can be used for the adjustment of the backrest of a rear seat in a motor vehicle. |
| US11904737B2 |
Seating assembly with swivel capability
A seating assembly is provided with swivel capabilities. The seating assembly includes a coupling member, a seat, a seatback, and a swivel plate. The seat is pivotably coupled to the coupling member. The seatback is also pivotably coupled to the coupling member. Additionally, the swivel plate is coupled to the coupling member. |
| US11904734B2 |
Seat slider device
A seat slider device may include an upper rail; a lower rail slidably holding the upper rail; a bolt fixing the lower rail to a vehicle body; a washer through which the bolt passes; and a retainer retaining the bolt to the lower rail before the lower rail is fixed to the vehicle body with the bolt. The lower rail may include a bottom plate; a pair of outer vertical plates extending upward respectively from ends of the bottom plate; a pair of upper plates horizontally extending respectively from upper ends of the outer vertical plates to an inside of the lower rail; and a pair of inner vertical plates extending downward respectively from inner ends of the upper plates. The retainer may be arranged in the lower rail and configured to retain the bolt with the bolt through the washer and the through hole. |
| US11904733B2 |
Longitudinal adjuster and vehicle seat
A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have at least one pair of rails which is formed from a first rail and a second rail. A spindle nut may be connected to the second rail and a spindle operatively connected to the spindle nut are located in the inner channel. A spindle gear, which can be driven a motor and interacts with the spindle, may be located at one end of the first rail. The spindle nut may be fixed to the second rail so that the spindle nut has a degree of freedom of at least one. The spindle nut may be fixedly connected to the second rail by a fixing device. A projection may be provided between a base body of the spindle nut and the second rail. The invention also relates to a vehicle seat with the longitudinal adjuster. |
| US11904729B2 |
Superconducting eddy-current brake for high- speed train
A superconducting eddy-current brake for high-speed trains includes a pair of superconducting magnet units with alternate arrangement of N and S poles; and a cryogenic system. The superconducting magnet units are fixed on a bottom of a bogie of the train and an air gap is provided between the superconducting magnet units and a top surface of a rail below the bogie. The cryogenic system is provided on the bogie of the train. Each superconducting magnet unit is embedded with a superconducting container including a coil case, a thermal shield and a Dewar successively from inside to outside. The coil case is filled with liquid helium. A superconducting coil is provided in the coil case and immersed in the liquid helium. A high-vacuum environment is provided in the thermal shield. Liquid nitrogen inlet and outlet pipes are provided on an outer wall of the thermal shield. |
| US11904728B2 |
Thermal management system for battery pack and thermal management system for electric vehicle
This application discloses a thermal management system for a battery pack and a thermal management system for an electric vehicle. the thermal management system for the battery pack includes: a thermal management device for the battery pack, a processor, and a solenoid valve network connected to the thermal management device for the battery pack. An external port of the solenoid valve network is connected to an external cooling system. The processor is configured to control operating status of a solenoid valve in the solenoid valve network, so that the thermal management device for the battery pack heats the battery pack by using heat generated by the external cooling system. |
| US11904727B2 |
Battery thermal management via current control
A power system includes a primary bus connected to a traction battery, a secondary bus connected to an auxiliary battery, a power converter between the traction and auxiliary batteries, and a controller. The controller commands the power converter to increase a magnitude of current output to the secondary bus when an amount of charge current received by the traction battery exceeds a first amount threshold and commands the power converter to decrease the magnitude when an amount of charge current received by the auxiliary battery exceeds a second amount threshold. |
| US11904726B2 |
Auxiliary power system and method
An accessory power system includes an accessory power module having primary power switches, a transformer, and secondary rectifiers. The primary power switches are electrically connected to the high-voltage bus, and the secondary rectifiers are electrically connected to the low-voltage bus. A peak detector is coupled to the high-voltage bus. A controller is in communication with the peak detector circuit, and operatively connected to the primary power switches. The controller dynamically monitors, via the peak detector circuit, a ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus, compares the monitored voltage with a maximum threshold voltage, and disables the plurality of primary power switches when the ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus is greater than the maximum threshold voltage, and reactivates the primary power switches when the ripple voltage of the high-voltage bus is less than the maximum threshold voltage. |
| US11904722B2 |
Server, charging system, and computer readable recording medium
A server includes a processor configured to: acquire a starting time representing a time when a user starts to use a moving object including a rechargeable secondary battery; estimate a charging completion time by which a required amount of power is charged to the moving object; determine whether or not charging of the moving object is completed by the starting time based on the starting time and the charging completion time; and switch a charging mode of charging the moving object performed by a charging device from a usual charging mode to a rapid charging mode in a case where the charging of the moving object is not completed by the starting time. |
| US11904721B2 |
Method and system for managing authorization credentials for an electrical charging process for a motor vehicle and server device
A method for activating an electrical charging process between an electric vehicle and a charging station. The certificate data for activating the charging process are stored in a server device by an operating device of a user distinct from the motor vehicle, and the operating device transfers the certificate data to a data memory assigned to the motor vehicle in the server device, by a predetermined transfer command, and, before or while the motor vehicle is connected to the charging station for the charging process, a control unit of the motor vehicle sends out access data for accessing the data memory to an activation circuit of the charging station and the activation circuit requests the certificate data from the data memory of the motor vehicle at the server device based on the access data and, if the requested certificate data meet a predetermined permissibility criterion, carries out the charging process. |
| US11904720B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
An information management apparatus acquires location information of one or more vehicles having electric power of only a first battery as a power source and a remaining level of the electric power of the first battery, acquires information of a surplus power accumulated in a second battery that is installed in each of a plurality of facilities and is capable of supplying electric power to devices installed in the facility and location information of the facility, and provides the location information of the facility to the vehicle in a case in which the remaining level of the electric power of the first battery is equal to or lower than a first threshold, the facility being in which the second battery of which the surplus power is equal to or higher than a second threshold is disposed and being present within a predetermined distance from a vehicle. |
| US11904719B2 |
Systems and methods for policing charging behavior
Systems and methods for policing charging behavior are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes an identification process such that a first iteration of the identification process includes identifying a first vehicle as a currently charging vehicle receiving a charge from a charging station during a current charging session. In a second iteration of the identification process includes identifying a second vehicle as the currently charging vehicle during the current charging session. The method further includes determining a difference between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. The method yet further includes modifying the current charging session based on the determined difference. |
| US11904711B2 |
Charging apparatus
Provided are a charging device and a vehicle capable of reducing the amount of noise flowing into a quick-charging facility. The pair of charging lines connecting the quick-charging facility (20) to an onboard battery (30) are referred to as quick-charging lines, and each of these quick-charging lines is provided with a relay (16-1, 16-2). Each relay (16-1, 16-2) is used to switch the current flowing in the respective quick-charging line on and off, the current being switched on during quick-charge and being switched off during normal charging. Each quick-charging line has a Y-capacitor (17) connected thereto closer to a QC port (15) than the respective relay (16-1, 16-2). |
| US11904706B2 |
Power supply device for vehicle
A vehicle power supply device converts power from high voltage to low voltage by selectively connecting a predetermined power storage element group to a low voltage electric load from a high voltage power supply formed by connecting power storage elements in series. A leakage current from the high voltage power supply is measured during the dead time period when the power storage element group is not connected to the low voltage electric load. When the value exceeds a predetermined value, the connection between the power storage element group and the low-voltage electric load is interrupted, so that electric shock is prevented. |
| US11904703B2 |
Electric vehicle and method and apparatus for calculating endurance mileage of electric vehicle
Provided is an electric vehicle driving mileage calculation method, comprising the following steps: calculate the energy consumption of a power battery of the electric vehicle per unit driving mileage; obtain the open-circuit voltage (OCv)-battery capacity (Q) reference curve of the power battery; obtain the OCv of the power battery; obtain the currently remaining available energy of the power battery according to the OCv and the OCv-Q reference curve of the power battery; calculate the driving mileage of the electric vehicle according to the energy consumption of the power battery per unit driving mileage and the currently remaining available energy of the power battery, whereby the driving mileage of the electric vehicle which is calculated is more accurate. Also disclosed is an electric-vehicle driving mileage calculation device and an electric vehicle. |
| US11904695B2 |
Integrated torque converter and P2 module
An assembly for power transmission between an output of a drive engine and an input of a transmission. The assembly includes a torque converter and a P2 module that are axially engage and retained for flexibility in assembling of the assembly. The P2 module including a clutch and an electric motor. |
| US11904693B2 |
Off-road vehicle
An off-road vehicle, including: an engine body having a cylinder and a crankshaft that extends in a horizontal direction; and a transmission disposed adjacent to the engine body in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the crankshaft in a horizontal direction, in which the cylinder has a center axis inclining to an opposite side to a direction in which the transmission is disposed in a horizontal direction or extending horizontally to the opposite side. |
| US11904679B2 |
Electric vehicle cooling system
An electric vehicle cooling system, including: a first radiator installed at a vehicle and configured to cool a power unit driven by electrical power; and a second radiator installed at the vehicle, disposed at a vehicle front side of the first radiator, and configured to cool an autonomous driving control device configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle. |
| US11904678B2 |
Electric vehicle cooling system
An electric vehicle cooling system, including: a first radiator installed at a vehicle and configured to cool a power unit driven by electrical power; and a second radiator installed at the vehicle, disposed at least at one side in a vehicle width direction, or another side in the vehicle width direction, of the first radiator so as not to overlap with the first radiator as viewed along a vehicle front-rear direction, and configured to cool an autonomous driving control device configured to control autonomous driving of the vehicle. |
| US11904677B2 |
Cooling module placed on side of vehicle
Provided is a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, a cooling module placed on a side of the vehicle with three-row mounting parts, in which components are mounted, to maximize cooling efficiency and space utilization inside the vehicle. |
| US11904676B2 |
Vehicle comprising a battery protection structure
The invention relates to a vehicle, comprising a rear end, a front end located forwardly of the rear end, a chassis extending between the rear end and the front end, a battery protection structure provided at the rear end of the vehicle, the battery protection structure comprising a frame portion defining an opening for housing a traction battery, the frame portion having a rear side and a front side, and a projecting portion which projects forwardly from the frame portion and which is connected to the chassis at the rear end of the vehicle, wherein the projecting portion is configured to remain in a fixed connection relative to the chassis under normal operating conditions and to move forwardly along the chassis when the rear side of the frame portion is subjected to a forwardly directed impact force which is greater than a threshold force. |
| US11904674B2 |
Battery pack support structure
A battery pack is placed on a battery frame. The battery frame has a lateral frame which extends in a lateral direction. A connection bracket for connecting the battery frame and a floor of a vehicle is joined to an end of the lateral frame. With the joining of the end of the lateral frame with the connection bracket, a crank shape is formed in the lateral direction. A reinforcement plate functioning as a brace is placed at a corner portion of the crank shape. |
| US11904657B2 |
Heat exchange system for vehicle
A heat exchange system for a vehicle includes a refrigerant circulation loop for circulating a refrigerant, a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, a first chiller and a second chiller. The first expansion valve and the first chiller form a group and the second expansion valve and the second chiller form another group. The two groups are arranged in parallel; a first coolant circulation loop comprising a first cooler, and circulating coolant which exchanges heat with the refrigerant via the first chiller; a second coolant circulation loop includes a second cooler, and circulating coolant which exchanges heat with the refrigerant via the second chiller. The first expansion valve and the second expansion valve are controlled so that the refrigerant passing through the first chiller during a cooling mode has a higher pressure, temperature, and rate of discharge than the refrigerant passing through the second chiller. |
| US11904653B2 |
Integrated radiator assembly
Provided is an integrated radiator assembly, and belongs to the field of vehicles. The integrated radiator assembly includes: multiple groups of refrigerant flat tubes, wherein multiple refrigerant flow channels are disposed in each group of the refrigerant flat tubes; a refrigerant collection tube, disposed at two ends of the multiple groups of refrigerant flat tubes and in communication with each of the refrigerant flow channels; multiple groups of cooling liquid flat tubes, wherein each of the refrigerant flat tubes is externally sleeved with each of the cooling liquid flat tubes, and multiple cooling liquid flow channels are formed between an outer surface of the cooling liquid flat tube and an outer surface of the refrigerant flat tube; and a cooling liquid collection tube, disposed at two ends of the multiple groups of cooling liquid flat tubes and in communication with each of the cooling liquid flow channels, wherein the cooling liquid collection tube is separated from the refrigerant collection tube, so that a refrigerant circulates in the refrigerant flat tubes and the refrigerant collection tube, and cooling liquid flows in the cooling liquid flat tubes and the cooling liquid collection tube. The integrated radiator assembly is capable of meeting heating use requirements of a heat pump system without air supplement and enthalpy increase. |
| US11904652B2 |
Vehicle control device
A vehicle control device that controls an air conditioning device and a battery in a vehicle that uses a coolant of the air conditioning device that cools a vehicle cabin for cooling the battery, the vehicle control device including: an air conditioning load determination unit that determines whether the air conditioning device is driven by a predetermined load or more; and a battery input-output control unit that controls at least one of an input power or an output power of the battery. When the air conditioning device is driven by the predetermined load or more, at least one of the input power or the output power is restricted without cooling the battery. |
| US11904651B2 |
Method for operating a ventilation device, ventilation device, charging device with a ventilation device and motor vehicle
This disclosure relates to a method for operating a ventilation device for providing an air flow. An equipment parameter value of an equipment element of a motor vehicle and a vehicle parameter value of the motor vehicle are detected. Then, the ventilation device is activated subject to the detected equipment parameter value and the detected vehicle parameter value. To activate the ventilation device, a rotational speed of a fan of the ventilation device is set, where the rotational speed is varied subject to the detected equipment parameter value and the detected vehicle parameter value. |
| US11904649B1 |
Vehicle with independently adjustable suspension
A vehicle may include a frame structure, four wheels, and four independent suspension systems coupled to the frame structure and configured to support the wheels relative to the frame structure. Each suspension system may include a suspension arm movably coupling a respective wheel to the frame structure, a torsion bar coupled to the suspension arm and imparting a spring force on the suspension arm, a preload arm coupled to the torsion bar, and a preload adjustment motor coupled to the preload arm and configured to rotate the torsion bar to adjust a preload on the torsion bar. |
| US11904646B2 |
Hydraulic gooseneck trailer coupler system and method
A system and method of raising and lowering a ball coupler for coupling to a ball hitch is provided. A combination of hydraulic pump and hydraulic piston are employed to raise and lower the ball coupler of a gooseneck trailer. Both custom and off the shelf parts combine to create a user friendly system to couple and uncouple a gooseneck trailer to the truck. The system described herein replaces the need to raise and lower a gooseneck trailer's coupling system by hand crank and gear box and even the need to climb into the back of the truck bed. Varying trailer frame configurations and ball coupler sizes can be employed with the present invention. Also described and shown in this provisional is a non-rotating free end hydraulic piston device and method. Also described and shown is a coupling bushing device and method for securing a conventional coupler to piston rod. |
| US11904627B1 |
Paintbrush guard
A paintbrush guard a hollow body sized to fit over a felt of a paintbrush, a pair of opposing side shields and end shields extending from the body, the side shields having a plurality of interlocking tabs which can be used to lock the shields in an open bell shaped position or a closed position for cutting in a painted surface. The paintbrush guard may also be equipped with a downward facing hook extending from an end shield to hold the guard and paintbrush on the side of a paint container. Further the paintbrush guard maybe equipped with a comb on the side of the guard for use in cleaning a paintbrush. |
| US11904625B1 |
Automatically retractable writing instrument
A writing instrument has a nib that can retract automatically upon release of a grip on the writing instrument. The writing instrument has one or more leaves that can be flexed to push the cartridge towards the front end of the writing instrument to expose the nib. A spring applies a force on the cartridge to automatically retract the nib when a grip on the writing instrument is released. |
| US11904624B2 |
Structure for secure containment of information
A structure for secure containment of information (SSCI) that is in the form of a laminate which includes at least two layers. The laminate is constructed to contain information such as a code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key or personal identification number (PIN). The information is located between the layer of the laminate such that the code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key, or PIN is not detectable from outside the laminate. The SSCI is configured to provide access and expose the code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key, or PIN by delaminating at least one layer, thereby indicating that tampering has occurred to the laminate. The SSCI can also function as a public key or private key for a blockchain, to provide access to a physical lock or to provide account access to claim financial value. |
| US11904617B2 |
Commodity-data processing apparatus
A commodity-data processing apparatus includes a housing, a printer unit mounted in the housing and movable between a housed position at which the printer unit fits in a printer housing space and a drawn-out position, and a controller. The printer unit includes a cover that is movable between a closed position and an open position when the printer unit is at the drawn-out position and not movable between the closed position and the open position when the printer unit is at the housed position. The controller is configured to determine whether the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, determine whether or not the printer unit is ready for printing, upon determining that the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and enable receipt printing by the printing unit, upon determining that the printer unit is ready for printing. |
| US11904616B2 |
Information processing apparatus, tape printing apparatus, and method and program for controlling information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus communicatively connected to a tape printing apparatus includes a tape width acquirer that acquires a tape width; a receiver that receives an instruction to print a print image; a calculator that calculates a margin length of a margin region of the tape measured in a tape width direction, the print region being where the print image is to be printed; a proportion determiner that determines whether or not the margin length is a particular proportion or above of the tape width; and a print controller that controls the tape printing apparatus to print a margin image when it is determined that the margin length is the particular proportion or above of the tape width, and controls the tape printing apparatus not to print the margin image when it is determined that the margin length is not the particular proportion or above of the tape width. |
| US11904608B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to according to a first terminal, a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to according to a fourth terminal, and a coil that has one end electrically coupled to the second terminal and the sixth terminal, and the other end electrically coupled to the discharge head, a shortest distance between the second terminal and the one end of the coil is shorter than that between the third terminal and the one end of the coil, a shortest distance between the sixth terminal and the one end of the coil is shorter than that between the fifth terminal and the one end of the coil. |
| US11904602B2 |
Printing device for performing partial cut
A printing device includes a transport roller performing a first transport that transports recording paper drawn from roll paper in a transport direction and a second transport that transports the recording paper in a direction opposite to the transport direction, a cutter having a first blade configured to move between an advanced position and a retracted position, and a second blade for cutting the recording paper together with the first blade moving from the retracted position to the advanced position, and a guide member provided downstream of the first blade in the transport direction and guiding the recording paper during the second transport. |
| US11904598B2 |
Conditioners including conditioner shutdown
A conditioner includes a pressure roller assembly, a tension roller assembly, a heating element, a pressure roller drive motor, a tension drive motor, and a controller. The heating element heats the pressure roller assembly. The pressure roller drive motor rotates the pressure roller assembly. The tension drive motor rotates the tension roller assembly. The controller receives a print job complete notification to initiate a conditioner shutdown. In response to the print job complete notification, the controller turns off the tension drive motor. The controller sets the heating element to a predetermined temperature and waits a first predetermined period. In response to the first predetermined period elapsing, the controller turns off the heating element. With the heating element turned off, the controller turns off the pressure roller drive motor. |
| US11904597B2 |
Printing pads and print pad machines
A printing pad machine that can print a 360 degree image on a cylindrical object. That objective is achieved by modifying a conventional printing pad machine. The modifications include using a single angled print pad having a contact wall having a first height, a lower wall having a second height that is less than the first height, an angled surface interconnecting the contact wall's distal end and the lower wall's distal end, and a base wall interconnecting the contact wall's proximal end and the lower wall's proximal end and connectable to a base. Another modification includes a flexion-extension hinge positioned between the support member and the base or the support member and the overhead gantry and controlled by the adjustable and moveable actuator system and power source. That objective can be accomplished with the conventional printing pad machine using the single angled print pad. |
| US11904596B2 |
Hot foil stamping press with a flow guiding element
A hot foil stamping press has a pressing system for pressing a foil onto a sheet, a blow unit which is positioned at a distance to the pressing system for directing a stream of gas between the sheet and the foil. The stream of gas to detaches the foil from the sheet after each stamping cycle. A gripper bar is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system for gripping the sheet. A flow guiding element is arranged between the blow unit and the pressing system, preferably on the gripper bar, for directing the gas from the blow unit between the sheet and the foil. Said element avoids the losses in the stream of gas due to the aperture that exist between the grippers in a typical gripper bar. |
| US11904590B2 |
Stretchable laminates
The present invention provides stretchable laminates with a flat appearance on the visible surface. The laminates comprise a textile layer, a functional layer, and a plurality of elastic fibers. The plurality of elastic fibers are in a substantially parallel arrangement and the internal distance between adjacent fibers does not exceed the maximum fiber spacing, which depends on laminate thickness in a stretched state. Also provided are garments and footwear comprising the stretchable laminates and methods of producing the stretchable laminates. |
| US11904582B2 |
Use of layer structures in wind power plants
The invention relates to the use of layer structures in the production of rotor blades for wind power plants, and to rotor blades for wind power plants. |
| US11904572B2 |
Manufacturing method of aluminum-based alloy plated steel
The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof. |
| US11904567B2 |
Carton blank erector and feeding and shuttle machine
A carton blank feeding and shuttle machine includes a first driven belt supported by a first plurality of pulleys and a second driven belt supported by a second plurality of pulleys, a first rod attached to the first driven belt and a second rod attached to the second driven belt. Each of the rods extend across the first and second opposing sides. At least one controller controls motions of (a) the first driven belt and (b) the second driven belt, and a plucking head is supported by the first and second rods such that the first and second driven belts create common motion to move the plucking head along a transport path and relative motion to extend and retract the plucking head. A linkage assembly includes a plurality of links configured to move a plucking head along a shaft in response to movements of the first and second belts. |
| US11904566B1 |
Pine straw baling apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for baling plant materials such as grasses, leaves and pine straw a hydraulic power unit, a conveyor operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, a hopper for depositing the material on a proximal end of the conveyor and a baler operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit and arranged for receiving a material from the conveyor. The power unit, conveyor and baler are supported on a trailer. An electronic control system is operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, the conveyor and the baler for automatically suspending operation of the conveyor when the baler contains a sufficient amount of material for initiating bundling of the material and automatically resuming operation of the conveyor following dispensing of a bundle of the material from the baler. |
| US11904564B2 |
Linear-actuated press machine having multiple motors and clutch system for multi-speed drive functionality
A press machine comprises a moveable press ram, an actuator, a first motor system, a second motor system, and a belt system. The moveable press ram holds a tool that forms a part. The actuator linearly moves the moveable press ram by use of a male-female thread mechanism. The actuator includes an actuator sprocket coupled to the male-female thread mechanism. The first motor system produces a high-force linear movement condition to the press ram, and includes a clutch coupled to a first motor and a first motor sprocket coupled to the clutch. The second motor system produces a high-speed linear movement condition to the press ram. The belt system couples the actuator sprocket, the first motor sprocket, and the second motor sprocket. The clutch allows the first motor to partially or fully disengage from rotational movement of the first sprocket when the belt is being driven by the second motor. |