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| US11953069B2 |
System and method of evaluating performance of vehicle device having friction component
A system and method of accurately evaluating the performance of a vehicle device having a friction component, including a brake disc, a clutch disc, or the like, may be achieved by predicting the accurate friction coefficient of the friction component in consideration of changes in the temperature, rotation speed, and hydraulic pressure of the friction component, and determining the operating torque of the vehicle device or system having the friction component through reflecting the predicted friction coefficient, during the performance evaluation simulation process of the vehicle device including the friction component. |
| US11953066B2 |
Brake disc and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to a brake disc including a braking part having a circular plate shape having a hollow portion and a plurality of coupling portions protruding and extending from an inner diameter surface thereof, and a hat part disposed in the hollow portion and having a plurality of insertion portions protruding laterally, in which the plurality of coupling portions is respectively coupled to the plurality of insertion portions, and the coupling portion of the braking part and the insertion portion of the hat part are joined to only one of an outboard portion or an inboard portion of the braking part. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce noise occurring at a position at which the hat part and the braking part are coupled to each other and improve cooling performance. |
| US11953062B2 |
One-way clutch regenerative braking system
A one-way clutch regenerative braking system includes a sleeve which is arranged on an outer circumference of a hub and moved in an axial direction, a clutch gear which is arranged on a side of the hub and meshed with the sleeve, and a one-way clutch which is arranged on an inner circumference of the hub and rotated in a first direction, wherein, when the sleeve and the clutch gear are meshed with each other, the clutch gear is rotated in a second direction which is opposite to a rotational direction of the one-way clutch. |
| US11953060B2 |
Coupling and control assembly
A coupling and control assembly includes first and second rotatable coupling members. The first coupling member has a first coupling face with locking formations, and the second coupling member has a second coupling face with pockets and in opposition with the first coupling face of the first coupling member and a third face spaced from the second coupling face and with passages communicating with the pockets. Locking members in the pockets transmit torque between the first and second coupling members. A stator includes an electromagnetic source, and a translator is translatable, rotatable, and coupled to the second coupling member to be rotatable therewith. The translator may include springs in the passages to actuate the plurality of locking members, or a permanent magnetic source cooperative with the electromagnetic source to translate the translator. An apertured retainer plate may be coupled to the second coupling member to facilitate pivoting of the plurality of locking members. |
| US11953059B2 |
Clutch device
A speed reducer is configured to reduce a rotational speed of rotation generated by torque received from a drive device and output the torque of the rotation of the reduced rotational speed. A drive cam has a plurality of drive cam grooves formed at one end surface of the drive cam and is rotated by the torque outputted from the speed reducer. A driven cam has a plurality of driven cam grooves formed at one end surface of the driven cam while each of the plurality of rolling elements is clamped between a corresponding one of the plurality of drive cam grooves and a corresponding one of the plurality of driven cam grooves. At least a part of each of the plurality of drive cam grooves overlaps with the speed reducer in the axial direction. |
| US11953056B2 |
Shaft bearing assembly having a pressure reduction device and method of reducing a pressure inside a bearing housing supporting a shaft
A shaft bearing assembly having a shaft supported in a bearing housing is described. The shaft bearing assembly includes a pressure reduction device for generating an underpressure inside the bearing housing. The pressure reduction device is operated by employing an incompressible fluid. Further, a method of reducing a pressure inside a bearing housing supporting a shaft is described. The method includes using an incompressible fluid for operating a pressure reduction device for generating an underpressure inside the bearing housing. |
| US11953052B2 |
Fastener and housing device including the fastener
A fastener is adapted for assembling a first housing to a second housing. The first housing is provided with a protruding portion and a buckling portion, and the second housing has a first surface, a second surface, and a through hole. The fastener includes a first portion, at least one connecting portion, at least two elastic portions, and a second portion. The first portion movably abuts against the first surface and has a first opening. The connecting portion is accommodated in the through hole. One end of the connecting portion is connected to the first portion. The connecting portion is spaced apart from an inner edge of the second housing by a gap. The two elastic portions inclinedly extend into the first opening. The second portion movably abuts against the second surface and is disposed at the another end of the connecting portion. |
| US11953048B1 |
Rafter hanger
Disclosed is a channel hanger that is generally made up of a U-shaped hook that extends from an upper half of a channel member, the channel member configured to conform to the top of a rafter. The channel hanger further includes a center channel member having a first and second leg extending from either side of the center channel member. The center channel member is in the upper half and the distal ends of the legs are in the lower half of the channel member. The channel hanger also includes a web that bridges a convex region of the U-shaped hook with the first leg. The web extends into the lower half. |
| US11953045B2 |
Screw thread
To provide a screw thread which achieves a further reduction in screwing torque while securing removability of a coating film or the like and which is capable of stabilizing conductivity. In a screw thread in which a recessed portion (7) is partially provided on a flank surface (131) of a screw thread ridge provided on a screw thread shaft main body (5), a screw thread ridge (13) in a section where the recessed portion (7) is formed is smaller than a regular screw thread ridge (3), and a ridge height (H12) in a distal end portion in a screwing direction is lower than a ridge height (H11) in a rear end portion in the screwing direction W. |
| US11953042B1 |
Spline joints and spline joint installation methods
Spline joints and methods of installing the same. A spline joint may include a box and a pin each having a hollow cylindrical body. The pin may be received by the box. The spline joint may further include splines received by a first set of grooves of the box and grooves of the pin. The splines may be insertable between the first set of grooves through a first set of slots of the box to join the box and the pin. The spline joint may further include at least one O-ring to be received by a second set of grooves of the box to create a seal between the box and the pin. The spline joint may further include a key configured to be received by a second slot of the box and installed in a slot of the pin. |
| US11953039B2 |
Rotationally assembled plastic mesh
Assemblies plastic mesh for the manufacturing of furniture include a plurality of parts that can be used repeatedly, as all of them are made up of first male locking elements and second female locking elements that do not require extraneous fastening elements for their placement. The parts are joined by means of first locking elements and second locking elements (male and female) with a secure and easy-to-put-together assembly without the risk of the parts coming loose. |
| US11953038B2 |
Small fastener
A removable blind fastener includes: a body; a screw member; and a clamping member. The body includes a hollow cylindrical shaft with a proximal end and a distal end and a head at the proximal end, the head being hollow with an internal end face. The shaft has an open guide channel along a portion of its length and an urge channel opposite the guide channel located at the distal end of the shaft. The screw member has a threaded region that fits within the shaft and the screw member has a head at a proximal end that fits within the hollow head. The clamping member fits in the guide channel and has a threaded aperture for engaging with the threaded region of the screw member, such that rotation of the screw member causes the clamping member to move along the guide channel of the body. |
| US11953036B2 |
Anchor assembly with toggle for hollow walls
An anchor assembly (A) for hollow walls comprises an anchor body (400) and a toggle member (231) that is displaceable between a first position wherein the toggle member (231) is substantially aligned with the anchor body (400) such that the anchor assembly (A) can be inserted in the wall (W) via a cutting distal end (325) of the toggle member (231), and a second position wherein the toggle member (231) extends behind the wall (W) at an angle relative to the anchor body (400) which extends through the wall (W). The toggle member (231) is held captive in the first position but is released and then rotated to the second position by a fastener (218) introduced in the anchor body (400). The fastener (218) threadably engages the toggle member (231) thereby drawing the toggle member (231) against a hidden side of the wall (W). |
| US11953029B2 |
Automatic oil return structure for piston pump
An automatic oil return structure has a main body assembly mounted between an oil storage container and a housing, and having a pressure regulating blocking unit, a pressure regulating elastic unit, an engaging unit, and an engaging elastic unit. The pressure regulating elastic unit pushes the pressure regulating blocking unit to block a first pressure regulating channel. An engaging groove is formed radially inward on the pressure regulating blocking unit. The engaging elastic unit pushes the engaging unit toward the pressure regulating blocking unit. When a pressure in the first pressure regulating channel is higher than a set value and the pressure regulating blocking unit is pushed away to a set distance, the engaging unit is pushed to engage with the engaging groove of the pressure regulating blocking unit such that the pressure regulating blocking unit is unmovable to avoid blocking the first pressure regulating channel. |
| US11953028B2 |
Flow corrector and pump assembly including a flow corrector
A flow corrector (14) which includes a tubular body (40) with an entry end (42) and an exit end (44), and a plurality of parallel flow passages (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d) between the entry end and the exit end. |
| US11953025B2 |
Marine pump with nozzle interface and detachable strainer base
A marine pump may have a nozzle interface and a detachable strainer base. The nozzle interface may have an aperture for removably receiving a nozzle, and a detent channel defined therein. The detent channel may be configured to receive portion of a detent, which may be configured to contact the nozzle and hold the nozzle in place when inserted into the nozzle interface. The detachable strainer base may have a plurality of slots and a plurality of holes configured to interact with and stop particulates in a fluid passing through the strainer base. |
| US11953024B1 |
Centrifugal pump stage diffuser
A submersible pump assembly. The submersible pump assembly comprises a motor comprising a first drive shaft; a seal section comprising a second drive shaft that is coupled to the first drive shaft of the motor; and a centrifugal pump assembly comprising a third drive shaft that is coupled to the second drive shaft of the seal section and a plurality of pump stages, wherein each pump stage comprises an impeller coupled to the third drive shaft and a diffuser retained by a housing of the centrifugal pump assembly, wherein the diffuser of each pump stage comprises a first plurality of vanes each having a first axial length and a second plurality of vanes each disposed between a pair of vanes of the first plurality of vanes and each having a second axial length, wherein the second axial length is less than the first axial length. |
| US11953023B2 |
Two-vane pump and design method of two-vane pump for wastewater using machine learning
The present disclosure relates to a two-vane pump for wastewater and a design method of a two-vane pump for wastewater using machine learning, and more particularly, a design method of a two-vane pump using machine learning capable of having efficiency of a target head and performing optimal design for sizes of solids that can pass through and a two-vane pump for wastewater according to the machine learning. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a design method of two-vane pump for wastewater using machine learning, including: a) setting an objective function; b) setting design variables of the impeller and volute for deriving the set objective function and a range of each design variable; c) deriving a plurality of experimental points including values of the design variables within the range of the design variable; d) generating an input value by calculating the value of the objective function through numerical analysis of each of the derived experimental points; e) constructing a surrogate model through machine learning for the input value; and f) deriving an optimal design of the two-vane pump for wastewater from the constructed surrogate model. |
| US11953021B2 |
Air blower
An air blower includes an impeller rotatable about a central axis extending vertically, a motor to rotate the impeller, and a holder to hold the motor. The air blower is a centrifugal air blower which generates a radial airflow perpendicular to the central axis. The holder includes a base supporting the motor, attachments on a radial directional-outer side of the impeller, arms connecting the base and each of the attachments, and a wall surface on a side of the impeller, between the base and each attachment, and opposing a radial-directional inner side. An axial lower end of the impeller is located below an axial upper end of the wall surface. |
| US11953018B2 |
Multi-switch pump assembly
A multi-switch pump assembly is disclosed that facilitates switched flow and/or mixed flow from the pump assembly. The multi-switch pump assembly comprises a pump body, an electric motor, a rotating motor shaft, a first pump stage and impeller, and a second pump stage and impeller. The first pump stage includes a first inlet and first and second outlets disposed about the pump body. The second pump stage includes a second fluid inlet connected to a mix chamber. The mix chamber further connected to the second fluid outlet of the first pump stage. The second stage further includes a second and a third outlet disposed about the pump body. An actuator connected to a valve assembly is arranged to operate and place the valve assembly into at least a first, a second, a third and a fourth switched positions to direct fluid flow between the first and the second pump stages and the first, second, third and fourth fluid outlets. |
| US11953012B2 |
Cuff for air delivery conduit
A cuff for an air delivery conduit includes a first end portion provided to a tube and a second end portion adapted to engage a tubular connector. The second end portion includes an annular bead for sealing and retention. |
| US11953007B2 |
Rotary lobe pump with internal bearing
A rotary lobe pump having a pump housing with a pump room, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a first multi-lobe rotary piston, which is arranged in the pump room and is rotatably mounted about a first axis of rotation, a second multi-lobe rotary piston, which is arranged in the pump room and is rotatably mounted about a second axis of rotation spaced apart from the first axis of rotation and meshingly engages in the first rotary piston, wherein the first and second rotary pistons are drivable in opposite directions and are designed to generate a flow of a conveyed medium from the inlet opening through the pump room to the outlet opening by counter-rotation about the first and second axis of rotation, respectively, and a drive device, which is mechanically coupled to the rotary pistons for driving the rotary pistons. |
| US11953006B2 |
Screw compressor and control method therefor
A screw compressor (100), comprising a screw rotor (110) and a spool valve (120). The screw rotor (110) comprises a suction head end (111) and an exhaust tail end (112). Gas is sucked in from the suction head end (111) and compressed gas is discharged from the exhaust tail end (112). The spool valve (120) comprises a working side (125) for sealing a compression chamber of the screw rotor (110). The working side (125) comprises a spool valve head end (121) and a spool valve tail end (122) and can do a reciprocating motion along the axis direction of the screw rotor (110). When the spool valve (120) moves to a suction capacity adjusting position (240), the spool valve head end (121) is located at the inner side of the suction head end (111) of the screw rotor (110), and a suction capacity adjusting distance (D2) is formed between the spool valve head end (121) and the suction head end (111) so that the suction capacity of the screw compressor is adjusted. The suction capacity of the screw compressor (100) can be adjusted by means of the spool valve (120), so that the problem of motor temperature and exhaust gas temperature limits of conventional variable frequency screw sets is effectively solved and the operational range and the load regulation ability of the screw compressor are expanded. |
| US11953003B2 |
Scroll compressor having at least one valve fixedly inserted into block insertion groove of non-orbiting scroll
A scroll compressor is provided, the scroll compressor having a block insertion groove recessed by a predetermined depth into a rear surface of a non-orbiting scroll to accommodate a discharge port and a plurality of bypass holes, and a retainer block having a bypass valve that opens and closes the plurality of bypass holes fixedly inserted into the block insertion groove. The bypass valve may be fixed to a first axial side surface of the retainer block facing the block insertion groove. Through this, the bypass valve that suppresses or prevents overcompression of a compression chamber is not fastened to a non-orbiting end plate, which may allow the non-orbiting end plate to be reduced in thickness. This may shorten lengths of the plurality of bypass holes and the discharge port by the reduced thickness of the non-orbiting end plate, thereby decreasing a dead volume in the plurality of bypass holes and the discharge port. |
| US11953002B2 |
Scroll compressor for compressing a refrigerant and method for oil enrichment and distribution
A scroll compressor and a method for oil enrichment and distribution, wherein the scroll compressor includes a compressor housing, two scrolls, a respective base plate, an eccentric drive, a drive shaft, an axis of rotation, a balance weight, a first bearing, a second bearing, and a counter-pressure space, and wherein a sealing washer is fixed on the first bearing at a side of the first bearing directed to the cavity of the rotatable balance weight and of the second bearing such that the sealing washer seals the first bearing on one side in a radially outer part of a region between an inner ring and an outer ring through which fluid can flow and is, at the same time, spaced from the inner ring in a radial manner such that a gap through which fluid can flow remains. |
| US11953001B2 |
Horizontal type rotary compressor and home appliance including the same
A horizontal type rotary compressor includes a case including an inlet and an outlet and configured to store oil, a compressor having a compression space in which refrigerant is accommodated, a driver to drive the compressor, a rotating shaft to connect the driver and the compressor, an oil feed pipe disposed at a side of the compressor, a first plate configured to divide the case into a first area for the driver and a second area for the compressor. The first plate including a discharge hole through which compressed refrigerant is discharged from the compressor to the first area. A second plate dividing the case into the second area and a third area in which the oil feed pipe communicates with the outlet, and includes a second hole formed at the upper side to communicate the second and third areas. The first and second plates forming an oil flow path. |
| US11952999B2 |
Plunger pump base and plunger pump device
A plunger pump base and a plunger pump device. The plunger pump base includes a support assembly and an extension assembly. The support assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate and a support frame, the top plate and the bottom plate are oppositely arranged at an interval, and the support frame is respectively fixed with the top plate and the bottom plate. The extension assembly includes an extension block, a first telescopic mechanism and a second telescopic mechanism. One end of the first telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the extension block, the other end of the first telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the top plate. One end of the second telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the extension block, and the other end of the second telescopic mechanism is rotatably connected to the bottom plate. |
| US11952998B2 |
Crankshaft, inverter compressor, and refrigeration device
A crankshaft, an inverter compressor and a refrigeration device are provided. The crankshaft has a main shaft, a crank, and a crank shaft at an end of the main shaft through the crank. The main shaft has an oil suction inner chamber, and an oil distribution channel penetrating the crank shaft. An outer wall surface of the main shaft has a first spiral oil groove and a second spiral oil groove. One end of each of the first spiral oil groove and a second spiral oil groove is in communication with the oil suction inner chamber. Another end of the first spiral oil groove and another end of the second spiral oil groove are formed as a first hole channel and a second hole channel in communication with the oil distribution channel, respectively. |
| US11952997B2 |
Operating method of a compressor of a refrigerating machine and compressor of a refrigerating machine
An operating method is used for a compressor of a refrigerating machine, where the compressor includes an electric motor- and a power supply device configured to modulate a supply voltage and/or current and/or frequency for driving an electric motor. The method includes (a) setting a stator resistance calibration value and at least one threshold value for a control parameter, the threshold value being correlated to the calibration value; (b) injecting, continuously during operation of the electric motor, a disturbance signal into the electric motor (c) detecting a resulting voltage signal and a resulting current signal, corresponding to the perturbation signal; (d) associating with the control parameter a value calculated as a function of the resulting voltage signal and a resulting current signal; and (e) regulating or interrupting the supply voltage and/or current and/or frequency depending on the control parameter with respect to the at least one threshold value. |
| US11952995B2 |
Multi-phase fluid pump system
A method and system are disclosed for pumping a multi-phase fluid from an oil well. The method may comprise delivering a flow of a multi-phase fluid to a multi-phase fluid pumping system, wherein the multi-phase fluid has a gas/liquid ratio that varies during operation. The multi-phase fluid pumping system is operated to increase the pressure of the multi-phase fluid that is delivered thereto. Thereafter the flow of pressurized multi-phase fluid is delivered from the multi-phase fluid pumping system to one or more discharge conduits. The pump system may have a pump fluid chamber between opposed pairs of buffer chambers and driving fluid chambers. Seals may be provided to seal the respective chambers. |
| US11952994B2 |
Piezoelectric pump housing and terminal arrangement
A pump includes a pump housing, a vibrating plate, a driving element, and a power-feeding plate including a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion electrically insulated from the first conductive portion. The driving element has a first surface and a second surface. The first conductive portion includes a first outer terminal part, a first connecting terminal part electrically connected to the second surface of the driving element, and a first coupling part coupling the first outer terminal part and the first connecting terminal part to each other. The second conductive portion includes a second outer terminal part and a second connecting terminal part electrically connected to the second outer terminal part and to the first surface of the driving element. |
| US11952992B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes: a frame comprising a body portion, a flange portion extending from a front side of the body portion along a radial direction of the body portion, and a bearing communication hole that is in fluid communication with a front surface of the flange portion and an inner circumferential surface of the body portion, a cylinder coupled to the body portion, a piston that is disposed in the cylinder and that is configured to reciprocate along an axial direction of the cylinder, and a valve member that is disposed at the frame and that is configured to open and close the bearing communication hole based on a pressure of air between the cylinder and the piston. |
| US11952991B2 |
Piston and valve sheet arrangement in compressor assembly for refrigeration device
A piston assembly for a compressor assembly is provided. The piston assembly has a piston and a valve sheet. The valve sheet is arranged at an end of the piston. The valve sheet has a valve sheet body with a mounting port, and a valve tongue connected to the valve sheet body. At least part of the valve tongue is arranged in the mounting port. At least part of a contour of the mounting port matches with a circumferential contour of one end of the piston close to the valve sheet. |
| US11952990B2 |
Fracturing pump arrangement using a plunger with an internal fluid passage
A fluid end for use with a power end. The fluid end comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned adjacent one another. Each section includes a single horizontally positioned bore. A plunger is installed within the bore and includes a fluid passageway. Low-pressure fluid enters the bore through the plunger and high-pressure fluid exits the fluid end through an outlet valve installed within the bore. The intake of low-pressure fluid within the fluid end section is regulated by an inlet valve installed within the plunger. Low-pressure fluid enters the plunger through an inlet component attached to both the plunger and an inlet manifold. |
| US11952989B2 |
Linear compressor
A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston disposed in the cylinder and reciprocating along an axis of the cylinder, a stator core disposed outside the cylinder, a coil winding body that is disposed in the stator core and includes first to fourth coils that are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction, a mover connected to the piston and reciprocating along the axis by an electromagnetic interaction with the coil winding body, and a switch unit configured to connect the first and second coils and the third and fourth coils in series or in parallel depending on a magnitude of a load. The first and second coils are connected in series, and the third and fourth coils are connected in series. The first to fourth coils each have the same inductance. |
| US11952986B2 |
Fracturing pump arrangement using a plunger with an internal fluid passage
A fluid end for use with a power end. The fluid end comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned adjacent one another. Each section includes a single horizontally positioned bore. A plunger is installed within the bore and includes a fluid passageway. Low-pressure fluid enters the bore through the plunger and high-pressure fluid exits the fluid end through an outlet valve installed within the bore. The intake of low-pressure fluid within the fluid end section is regulated by an inlet valve installed within the plunger. Low-pressure fluid enters the plunger through an inlet component attached to both the plunger and an inlet manifold. |
| US11952982B2 |
Method for providing a requested real power
A method for providing a requested real power including receiving the requested real power at a transmission feed-in point; using a real power band with an upper band limit and a lower band limit, each of which is disposed with an offset from the requested real power. The real power band furthermore comprises at least one control threshold value between the upper band limit and the lower band limit. The method includes controlling at least one regenerative energy generator depending on the at least one control threshold value, in particular in order to provide the requested real power as transmission power at the transmission feed-in point. |
| US11952980B2 |
Method for controlling a wind power installation
A method for controlling a wind power installation having a rotor operated with variable speed and having rotor blades that are adjustable in their blade angle. The installation is controlled in a partial-load range by an open-loop operating-characteristic control, which uses an operating characteristic. The operating characteristic presets a relationship between the rotational speed and a generator state variable to be set that is a generator power or torque. A value of the generator state variable preset by the operating characteristic is set in dependence on a detected speed. The installation is controlled in a full-load range by a closed-loop pitch control, in which the rotational speed is controlled to a speed setpoint value by adjusting the blade angles. In a presettable range of the partial-load range and/or in a transitional range from the partial-load range to the full-load range, the installation is controlled by a speed-power control. |
| US11952977B1 |
Telescopic wind turbine tower
A telescopic wind turbine tower includes a base, a telescopic tubular tower, a wind turbine assembly, and one or more jacking systems. The telescopic tubular tower is configured with a bottom section and one or more upper sections. The bottom section is concentrically mounted onto the base. The upper section or sections are slidably engaged to the bottom section through one or more jacking systems. The wind turbine assembly is mounted onto a top section from the upper sections and as the telescopic tubular tower is positioned between the base and the wind turbine assembly. |
| US11952975B2 |
Wave energy plant
The invention relates to a system that includes a wave energy converter and an assembly, adapted to be driven by the wave energy converter. The wave energy converter includes an array, in the form of rows and columns, of floating elements adapted to float on a sea surface in the vicinity of a shore. Each floating element has a first and a second end, each end being connected to a lever, the lever being connected through a bearing to a pivot point. Each lever is connected in an articulated manner to a piston rod in a wave-actuated liquid pump, that is in fluid communication with the pipe, adapted to lead a liquid to a workstation, wherein the workstation includes the assembly. |
| US11952964B2 |
Sealing joint for aircraft turbojet engine nacelle
A sealing joint for an aircraft turbojet engine nacelle includes a bead designed to be mounted in a joint support. The sealing joint is characterized in that the bead includes a retaining projection which extends in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the sealing joint, the retaining projection being designed to extend through the joint support when the sealing joint is mounted in the support thereof and/or a sealing lip which extends under the bead in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sealing joint and which is designed to be compressed on the joint support when the sealing joint is mounted in the support thereof. |
| US11952960B2 |
Beta-type Stirling machine
A beta-type Stirling machine capable of operating in a refrigeration mode. The Stirling machine has a cold section and a hot section, a displacement piston having a friction zone, and an engine piston having a friction zone. The Stirling machine has a single liner arranged in the hot section of the Stirling machine operating in the refrigeration mode, wherein the friction zones of the displacement piston and the engine piston slide within the single liner. |
| US11952959B2 |
Interchangeable combustion engine
Systems and methods for combustion engines with interchangeable components are described herein. An engine sub-assembly for a gasoline powered engine can include a crankcase having an opening extending at least through an upper surface thereof, the opening being configured to receive a crank arm therethrough, and a first mounting plate configured to be coupled with the crankcase. The first mounting plate can be selectively removable from the crankcase. The opening of the first mounting plate can generally align with the opening in the crankcase when the first mounting plate is coupled with the crankcase. The first mounting plate can be configured to receive a first cylinder block and to couple the first cylinder block to the crankcase. A second mounting plate can be configured to couple with a second cylinder block that is different than the first cylinder block and to couple the second cylinder block to the crankcase. |
| US11952956B2 |
Automatic aircraft powerplant control
An automatic aircraft powerplant control system includes a throttle servo for adjusting a throttle valve via a throttle control linkage. A throttle control lever provides a user input to the throttle servo, and a throttle controller controls the throttle servo for controlling a throttle valve. A propeller servo is provided for adjusting a propeller governor setting of an engine. A propeller control lever provides a user input to the propeller servo, and a propeller controller controls the propeller servo. A mixture control servo is configured for providing a mixture control output to the engine via a mixture control linkage for adjusting an air-fuel mixture. A mixture controller is configured for controlling the mixture control servo. |
| US11952955B2 |
Method for operating a multiple direct injection internal combustion engine and mass-based switching of the number of injections
A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, wherein fuel is injected in a fuel injection device in a plurality of time-spaced partial injections per duty cycle directly into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. |
| US11952942B2 |
Gas turbine engine with diverter fences
A gas turbine engine includes a core engine casing and a bypass duct defined between a nacelle and the core engine casing. The gas turbine engine further includes a plurality of diverter fences pivotally coupled to the core engine casing. Each diverter fence is pivotable relative to the core engine casing about a pivot axis, which is circumferentially and obliquely inclined with respect to a principal rotational axis. Each diverter fence is configured to move between a first position in which an outboard edge is disposed adjacent to a casing outer surface, and a second position in which the outboard edge is radially spaced apart from the casing outer surface, such that each diverter fence radially extends outwards from the casing outer surface into the bypass duct. |
| US11952940B2 |
Gas turbine water injection for emissions reduction
A water delivery system (18) for delivering water for injection into gas turbine engine combustor (4) includes a centrifugal pump (19) and a metering valve (23). The centrifugal pump (19) has an inlet (20) connected to a water source and a discharge (21) connected to a water supply line (22). The metering valve (23) is connected to the water supply line (22) downstream of the discharge (21) of the centrifugal pump (19). The water supply line (22) is connected to an injector nozzle (14) downstream of the metering valve (23). The metering valve (23) is operable to regulate a flow rate of water in the water supply line (22), to thereby meter an amount of water supplied to the injector nozzle (14). |
| US11952939B2 |
Waste gate valve closing control
The valve closing control is performed to close the waist gate valve of the turbocharger when the hydraulic fluid temperature is less than the temperature threshold. By closing the waist gate valve, the output torque is increased by increasing the amount of air taken into the engine that is idling operation, to suppress the engine stall that may occur when switching from the non-driving range to the driving range. |
| US11952938B2 |
Split cycle internal combustion engine
Split-cycle internal combustion engine comprising at least one compressor cylinder and at least one combustion cylinder each associated with a relating piston and a relating head, equipped with at least one admission valve and one exhaust valve of the combustor piston, first controller of the at least one admission valve and second controller of the at least one exhaust valve, the piston of the combustion cylinder is associated with a crankshaft by a crank mechanism and when the engine is in a firing condition the second controller is arranged to cause a first opening event of the at least one exhaust valve in a first predetermined angular position of the crankshaft and when the engine is in the engine braking condition the second controller is arranged to reposition the first event in a second predetermined angular position out of phase by 180 degrees with respect to the first angular position. |
| US11952932B2 |
Method for controlling an exhaust flow in an exhaust aftertreatment system (EATS) of a vehicle
A method for controlling exhaust flow in an EATS of a vehicle. A NOx sensor output parameter is monitored. It is determined that the NOx sensor output parameter is below a limit. When the NOx sensor output parameter is below the limit, it is determined that a first part of the exhaust flow should bypass at least a first area of the SCR unit and that a second part of the exhaust flow should be inputted to at least the first area of the SCR unit. It is initiated that the first part is bypassed and that the second part is inputted to at least the first area of the SCR unit. An amount of reductant that should be added to the second part of the exhaust flow is determined. Addition of the amount of reductant is initiated. |
| US11952931B2 |
Exhaust emission control device, internal combustion engine equipped therewith and method for exhaust emission control
An exhaust emission control device has at least one exhaust gas line, at least one particulate filter and/or at least one exhaust gas catalytic converter connected to the exhaust gas line, and a heated catalyst assembly arranged upstream of the particulate filter and/or the exhaust gas catalytic converter. The heated catalyst assembly is designed to react fuel with exhaust gas, and has a housing provided with an inlet and an outlet connected to the exhaust gas line such that a partial flow of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas line can be fed through the inlet into the housing and can be discharged from the housing through the outlet back into the exhaust gas line downstream of the inlet. An exhaust emission control device of this type may be used in conjunction with an internal combustion engine, and may be used for emission control of exhaust gas. |
| US11952927B1 |
Water drop muffler for diesel powered marine generator
A marine muffler includes a housing having a wet exhaust inlet, a water outlet, and a dry exhaust outlet. An internal chamber is divided by an angularly disposed baffle into lower and upper chambers. Vertical exhaust ducts penetrate the baffle and function to allow exhaust gas and entrained cooling water to pass from the lower chamber into the upper chamber. The second chamber is bounded at the top a second baffle which terminates the upward flow of exhaust thereby redirecting the exhaust downward. A pair of exhaust conduits extend through the second baffle thereby allowing exhaust to pass upward and into a third chamber which is bounded at it's uppermost portion by a third baffle defining a plurality of slotted apertures in fluid communication with the exhaust outlet. Water separated from the exhaust gas is directed to the water outlet by the diagonal baffle whereby it exits the housing. |
| US11952920B2 |
Energy recovery system and methods of use
A system and method are provided for storing and recovering electricity generated from conventional/renewable energy sources. A thermal energy storage vessel contains thermal storage fluid (“TSF”) comprising a eutectic ternary nitrate molten salt, induction heating elements, turbine pumps, a heat exchanger, and various data acquisition sensors like thermocouples and thermistors. The immersion heating elements receive the electricity generated from conventional and/or renewable energy source to heat the eutectic ternary nitrate molten salt to the desired temperature. Coiled tubing is deployed within the thermal containment vessel to be distribution systems for the power cycle working gas and heat exchange for the power cycle working gas. The power cycle working gas is delivered under pressure to a steam turbine. The turbine converts the energy into mechanical shaft work to drive an electricity generator to produce electricity. The steam exhaust is gathered by a compressor and returned to the thermal energy storage vessel. |
| US11952918B2 |
Cooling circuit for a stator vane braze joint
A stator vane includes a platform that defines an opening. The stator vane further includes an airfoil that has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side wall, and a pressure side wall. The airfoil extends radially between a base and a tip. At least one of the base or the tip includes a protrusion. The protrusion extends into the opening of the platform such that the platform surrounds the protrusion of the airfoil. The stator vane further includes a braze joint disposed between and fixedly coupling the platform and the protrusion of the airfoil. The stator vane further includes a cooling circuit defined in at least one of the protrusion or the platform to cool the braze joint. |
| US11952917B2 |
Vane multiplet with conjoined singlet vanes
A vane multiplet includes first and second ceramic matrix composite (CMC) singlet vanes that are arranged circumferentially adjacent each other. Each of the CMC singlet vanes includes an airfoil section and a platform at one end of the airfoil section. The platform defines forward and trailing platform edges and first and second circumferential side edges. A CMC overwrap conjoins the CMC singlet vanes. The CMC overwrap includes fiber plies that are fused to the platforms of the CMC singlet vanes. |
| US11952914B2 |
Profile for a trailing edge of an airfoil and method to repair thereof
A profile for a trailing edge of an airfoil, the trailing edge including flanges, and the profile is U or V shaped, is made of composite material and includes: sections joined at a first profile end and defining an inner space, and recesses arranged along the two sections towards the inner space and complementary to each other between the two sections; wherein the profile is configured to follow a theoretical aerodynamic contour of the airfoil so that the two sections partially cover the trailing edge and the flanges are housed inside the inner space, and wherein each of the plurality of recesses defines at least two joining points through which the two flange of the trailing edge and the two sections are configured to be joined each other. |
| US11952913B2 |
Turbine blade with improved swirl cooling performance at leading edge and engine
A turbine blade includes a blade body, a division plate, a plurality of first protruding ridges, a plurality of second protruding ridges, a first jet hole group, and a second jet hole group. The blade body includes a suction-side wall surface and a pressure-side wall surface, which are provided with multiple film cooling holes. The stagnation region at the leading edge of the blade body is provided with multiple film cooling holes. The first and second jet hole groups are provided on the division plate. The first protruding ridges are provided on a suction-side inner wall surface, and the second ridges are provided on a pressure-side inner wall surface. An engine including the turbine blade is further provided. |
| US11952905B1 |
Detecting engine exhaust debris using saturation current
A method is provided for an engine. During this method, a saturation current of a gas flow is measured. The gas flow includes combustion products generated by the engine. The saturation current is monitored to determine presence of debris entrained within the gas flow. |
| US11952899B1 |
Bidirectional rotary hydraulic motor and pump
A hydraulic machine comprising a rotary toroidal piston chamber with two or more stationary pistons, which are provided to operate in such chamber, and having input and output ports for each piston provides a bidirectional motor or pump operable with high constant torque and high efficiency. Radially movable gates provide closed sections of the piston chamber and open to allow continuous rotation in one direction without reciprocating pistons or cranking mechanism. Rotation of the chamber is achieved by reaction to the force of hydraulic pressure on the pistons. A rotary piston chamber with four stationary pistons, operating as a four piston hydraulic motor simultaneously driving itself as a two piston pump functions as a pressure multiplier providing output pressure higher than the input pressure. Uses include sump pump, pumped energy storage and hydroelectric power generation. |
| US11952898B2 |
Atmospheric asteroid miner/packager
A system and apparatuses for breaking down and collecting asteroids. The asteroid miner apparatus comprises a body, an aperture, a plurality of holes, a plurality of speakers, a drill, an attachment piece, a fan, a baggage, and a set of air compressors. The drill and plurality of speakers are attached to the body to break down matter. The set of air compressors expel air through the plurality of holes to create an atmosphere around the body. The fan is attached to the body to create a current of air though the aperture. The baggage is attached to the body to collect pieces of asteroid. The system comprises a plurality of asteroid miners and an attachment piece to connect the asteroid miners. The system may be placed around an asteroid or other piece of material to break down the material and collect portions of the material. |
| US11952894B2 |
Dual piston rotary steerable system
A rotary steerable system including a steering section having not more than one piston or not more than two pistons in a transverse cross-sectional plane of the steering section. The steering section includes two distribution flow passages each extending from a valve to a piston. A ratio of a distribution flow passage diameter to steering section diameter is at least 0.07. The distribution flow passages are contained within a central area of the steering section, with a ratio of a central area diameter to steering section diameter being 0.5 or less, preferably 0.4 or less. The steering section may include two pistons having center points that are separated by an angle greater than 120 degrees, preferably about 180 degrees. A duration for which only one of the sets of pistons is activated is greater than 110 degrees of rotation of a valve rotor, preferably greater than 150 degrees. |
| US11952892B2 |
Automatic gas sample handling and preparation for surface data logging applications
A sample handling system receives a downhole sample. The sample handle system conditions the sample using a separator and filters to allow discharge of unwanted liquids and particulates prior to flowing the sample to one or more analyzers. Separating the moisture and particulates from the sample improves the operation of the components of the sample handling system, for example, by eliminating unwanted condensate or moisture. A coalescing filter, for example, may protect a proportional valve by removing unwanted particulates and liquids from the sample. Additionally, main components of the sample handling system are accessible from a front of a housing to allow for ease of repair and replacement. |
| US11952889B2 |
System and method for improving the exploitation of a wellbore
A method (1000) of improving the operation of a wellbore (1), said wellbore (1) including a drill pipe (2) in which a fluid (3) circulates and an optical fiber (5) positioned outside the drill pipe (2). The circulation of said fluid (3) is controlled at least in part by an outlet valve (4a) and/or an injection valve (4b). The method includes steps of generating (100) two digital orthogonal backscatter signals from at least one light signal, preferably polarized, injected into said optical fiber (5), and controlling (400) the opening of injection and/or outlet valves (4) depending on the two digital orthogonal backscatter signals. |
| US11952881B2 |
Method for drilling with projections based on adjusted Kalman Filters
The method for drilling includes extending a borehole from a surface location to a borehole end with a drill string having a bottom hole assembly with a drill bit. A surface sensor and a downhole sensor take measurements used to project borehole features, like the borehole end. The measurements are used to project the borehole end so that the drill bit can be steered through the rock formation. The downhole sensor is separated from the bit location by a plurality of segments. The method includes corrections when the measurements at the downhole location are not the measurements at the bit location. As the drill bit travels, the types of corrections change, including applying an initial Kalman filter, a first adjusted Kalman filter, a second adjusted Kalman filter, and a third adjusted Kalman filter, according to the plurality of segments between the downhole sensor and the bit location. |
| US11952875B2 |
Non-axisymmetric hub and shroud profile for electric submersible pump stage
Electric submersible pump and other centrifugal pump stages having non-axisymmetric components and passage contours are disclosed. Such a component can be a shrouded impeller having a non-axisymmetric profile for its hub and/or shroud. |
| US11952874B2 |
Electrical submersible pump lubricant and coolant
Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean well include an electrical submersible pump assembly with a motor, where the motor has a stator located within a motor housing. The stator has a stator body with an interior cavity. A rotor assembly is located within the interior cavity of the stator. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft, a rotor member, and an intermediate rotor bearing assembly. A liner is located along an interior surface of the interior cavity, the liner being a thin walled member that is secured to the motor housing and seals the stator body from a wellbore fluid. A rotor cavity is located within an inner bore of the liner. A membrane is located within the liner, the membrane formed of a material operable to bind a component of the wellbore fluid. A hydrophobic fluid is circulating within the rotor cavity. |
| US11952870B2 |
Method for constructing and exploiting a hydrocarbons production facility, notably on an expanse of water, and associated exploitation facility
The method comprises supplying, at a construction site, of a functional module comprising a hybrid cooler; verifying onsite the exploitation of the equipment of the functional module; mounting the functional module on a support structure; moving the structure to an exploitation site on the expanse of water. The verification involves passing a flow to be cooled through the air cooler of the hybrid cooler, the flow being cooled exclusively by a flow of air circulating through the air cooler of the hybrid cooler. The exploitation of hydrocarbons on the expanse of water involves the passage of a flow to be cooled through the water cooler of the hybrid cooling system, the flow being cooled by heat exchange with water taken from the expanse of water circulating through the water cooler. |
| US11952868B2 |
Methods for generating synthetic production logs for perforated intervals of a plurality of wells
A method for predicting oil flow rates is provided. The method includes accessing historical data from a plurality of databases, accessing historical perforation data and historical reservoir properties data from a simulation model, and determining fluid flow values and rock quality index values associated with perforated intervals of the plurality of wells. The method further includes corresponding the fluid flow values and rock quality values to the well production data, training, using the plurality of input values, a machine learning model for predicting oil flow values at perforated intervals of a plurality of target wells, predicting, using the trained machine learning model, the oil flow values at the perforated intervals of the plurality of target wells, and generating a synthetic production log that includes the predicted oil flow values at the perforated intervals of the plurality of target wells. |
| US11952864B2 |
Disengaging piston for linear actuation
An isolation valve includes a ball valve element, an actuation section to rotate the ball valve element, and a trigger section that actuates the actuation section in response to a pressure differential. The actuation section includes an actuation mandrel, a piston housing that at least partially encases the actuation mandrel, a collet piston, and a holding collet. The piston housing and the actuation mandrel define a hydraulic chamber, and the collet piston separates the hydraulic chamber into an upper hydraulic chamber and a lower hydraulic chamber. The holding collet supports the collet piston during a stroke of the actuation mandrel that is triggered by the trigger section. The collet piston is configured to assume a rest position on the actuation mandrel before and during the stroke of the actuation mandrel, and the collet piston is configured to disengage from the actuation mandrel after the stroke of the actuation mandrel. |
| US11952862B2 |
Wireless flow control devices and methods to reestablish fluid flow through a flow control device
A wireless flow control device includes a shiftable apparatus and a power source configured to provide power to shift the shiftable apparatus from a first position to a second position. The wireless flow control device also includes a valve that forms a first fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device while the shiftable apparatus is in the first position. The wireless flow control device further includes an actuation assembly, which, when actuated, forms a second fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device, and a turbine configured to recharge the power source. |
| US11952860B2 |
Staged cementing device and staged cementing method
A staged cementing device includes a cylindrical body having an inner chamber. A circulating opening and a liquid inlet recess open to the inner chamber are arranged on a wall of the body. An opening assembly is arranged in the body, which has an opening sleeve and an opening seat located in the opening sleeve. Initially the opening sleeve is connected with the body through a first shear pin and covers the circulating opening, and the opening seat is connected with the opening sleeve through a second shear pin and covers the liquid inlet recess. A packer includes a packing valve body and a packer rubber. The packing valve body includes a flow channel in communication with the liquid inlet recess, and the packer rubber includes a liquid reservoir in communication with the flow channel. The second shear pin is sheared off in response to primary cementing procedure. |
| US11952859B2 |
Sealing crude oil leakage through wellbore cement fracture using electrokinesis
The present invention provides a method of repairing one or more fractures in a wellbore cement by an electric field to move micelles from crude oil to the area to be repaired. |
| US11952858B2 |
Isolation tool and methods of use thereof
Apparatus and methods are provided relating to bottom hole assemblies (BHA) for the isolation and treatment of selected zones using an uphole and a downhole sealing element. The BHA also includes a location and shifting mechanism for locating, engaging and actuating features in a wellbore. The BHA provides for the selective location and actuation of downhole features such as flow valves, precise introduction of fluid, and real-time monitoring of downhole conditions. Methods of deploying a BHA and treating an area of interest using the BHA includes engaging sealing elements using hydraulic pressure. |
| US11952853B2 |
Subsea equipment alignment device
Systems and methods for coupling subsea tubular members together are provided. An apparatus may be used to properly orient and/or provide communication between a first subsea tubular member that is being landed on a second subsea tubular member. An apparatus for coupling subsea tubular members may include an alignment sub and a corresponding alignment member. The alignment sub includes: a generally cylindrical body having one or more fluid, electric, or fiber optic lines extending therethrough, one or more couplings coupled to at least one end of the alignment sub, and an orientation profile disposed on a surface of the alignment sub. The alignment member has a profile designed to interface with the orientation profile of the alignment sub. One of the alignment sub and the alignment member remains stationary while the other rotates relative to the stationary structure. |
| US11952852B1 |
Compacting wireline fishing tool and methods of use
A wireline fishing tool includes a body having opposing upper and lower ends and defining an inner flowpath extending between the upper and lower ends, a spear arranged within the inner flowpath and including a spear body having opposing uphole and downhole ends and an inner channel extending between the uphole and downhole ends. One or more hooks are pivotably attached to the spear body at the downhole end, wherein the spear is movable between a retracted state, where the one or more hooks are arranged within the inner flowpath, and an extended state, where the spear body extends out of the inner flowpath at the lower end and the one or more hooks exiting the inner flowpath, and the one or more hooks pivot radially outward and away from the spear body upon exiting the inner flowpath. |
| US11952847B2 |
Coupling mechanism
A coupling mechanism is disclosed for coupling a wireless communication device to a locating profile in a wellbore. The coupling mechanism comprises a coupling body arranged for connection to the wireless communication device, and an anchoring unit. The coupling body includes a conical portion with a tapered outer surface. The anchoring unit has a tapered inner surface arranged to oppose the tapered outer surface of the coupling body. The coupling body and the anchoring unit are configured for relative movement to cause the anchoring unit to expand radially to grip the locating profile. |
| US11952845B2 |
Managing gas bubble migration in a downhole liquid
Gas bubble migration can be managed in liquids. In one example, a system can execute wellbore-simulation software to simulate changes in gas dissolution in a liquid over time. This may involve dividing the wellbore into segments spanning from the well surface to the downhole location, each segment spanning a respective depth increment between the well surface and the downhole location. Next, for each time, the system can determine a respective multiphase-flow regime associated with each segment of the plurality of segments based on a simulated pressure level, a simulated temperature, a simulated pipe eccentricity, and a simulated fluid velocity at the segment. The system can also determine how much of the gas is dissolved in the liquid at each segment based on the respective multiphase-flow regime at the segment. The system can display a graphical user interface representing the gas dissolution in the liquid over time. |
| US11952844B2 |
Tubular string building system and method
A well system includes a well platform including a rig floor, a first rig floor robot and a second rig floor robot positioned on the rig floor, wherein the first rig floor robot is configured to guide a lower end of a pipe stand towards a setback position on the rig floor and the second rig floor robot is configured to guide a first pipe joint of the pipe stand into a first mouse hole formed in the rig floor, a mast extending from the rig floor, a racking board coupled to the mast, the racking board configured to secure an upper end of the pipe stand between a pair of finger boards of the racking board, a racking board robot positioned on the racking board and configured to position the upper end of the pipe stand between the pair of finger boards. |
| US11952837B1 |
Collapsible ladder
A collapsible ladder with steps that remained stored within the frame or automatically deploy for use. The ladder can be manual, semi-automatic, or remote controlled. |
| US11952831B1 |
Small gate within big gate within barrier
A barrier, for extending across a passageway of a residence, that includes first and second gates. The first gate has width and height, each of which is less than the width and height of the second gate. The first gate is co-planar with the second gate when the first gate is closed. The first gate is pivotally engaged to the second gate. The second gate can be closed to, for example, minimize access of toddlers to the passageway, while the first gate can be opened to, for example, maximize access of small dogs to the passageway. One example of the passageway is the head or bottom of a stairway. The second gate, when closed, minimizes toddlers from falling down or climbing up stairs. The first gate, when open, permits small dogs to walk down or climb up the stairs. |
| US11952827B1 |
Portable locker and docking station system
A system includes a portable locker configured to contain contents and a remote server. The portable locker is configured to prevent access to the contents until the portable locker arrives at a preset destination from a starting location and notify a remote server in response to a determination that the portable locker is not within a threshold range of a user device during transit to the predefined destination. |
| US11952826B2 |
Magnetic closure bumpers
A magnetic closure bumper assembly is used in conjunction with a movable structure that engages a stationary structure. The magnetic bumper assembly includes a first closure bumper and a second closure bumper. The first closure bumper includes a first bumper casing in which a first magnet is disposed. The first bumper casing has a mounting surface configured for attachment to the movable structure and an engagement surface opposing the mounting surface. The second closure bumper includes a second bumper casing in which a second magnet is disposed. The second bumper casing has a mounting surface configured for attachment to the stationary structure and an engagement surface opposing the mounting surface. Magnetic attraction between the first and second magnets causes the first closure bumper to be attracted to the second closure bumper, thereby urging the engagement surface of the first bumper casing to removably contact the engagement surface of the second bumper casing as the movable structure is moved toward the stationary structure. |
| US11952823B2 |
Apparatus and method for door control
In example implementations, a method is provided. The method includes determining, by a processor, that a vehicle is approaching a door of a building based on a velocity vector of the vehicle, calculating, by the processor, a time of arrival of the vehicle at the door based on the velocity vector of the vehicle and a distance of the vehicle from the door, and controlling, by the processor, the door to begin opening at a time based on the time of arrival and an amount of time for the door to open such that the door is opened when the vehicle arrives at the door. |
| US11952821B2 |
Control device for vehicle and vehicle
A control device is mounted on a vehicle including a door opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing a door of an entrance and exit where a passenger gets on and off, and a shift device for changing a driving range of a transmission. The driving range is input to the control device and the control device opens and closes the door by the door opening and closing mechanism. The control device permits opening of the door when the driving range is a parking range, and prohibits a change of the driving range of the shift device when the driving range is the parking range and the door is open. |
| US11952816B2 |
Guide system for guiding a movably mounted door leaf
A guide system is provided for guiding a door wing, in particular a folding-sliding-door, movably supported relative to a furniture carcass. The guide system includes a guide rail having a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction of the guide rail extending substantially parallel to a depth direction of the furniture carcass in a mounted condition on the furniture carcass. A carrier is provided for movably supporting the door wing, and the carrier is displaceably supported at least over a region along the guide rail. An abutment is provided for determining an end position of the carrier in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, and an adjustment device can adjust a position of the abutment. The abutment can be adjusted by the adjustment device in the longitudinal direction relative to the guide rail. |
| US11952810B2 |
Hood release lever cover assembly for a vehicle
A release lever cover assembly for a vehicle includes a bracket assembly, a first release lever, and a release lever cover. The bracket assembly is configured to be connected to a vehicle body structure of the vehicle. The first release lever is pivotally connected to the bracket assembly. The first release lever is movable between a first position and a second position in which a vehicle component is released. The release lever cover is slidably connected to the bracket assembly. The release lever cover is movable between a first position preventing movement of the first release lever and a second position allowing movement of the first release lever. |
| US11952808B2 |
Device for locking and/or unlocking a motor vehicle opening panel, vehicle comprising said device and method for locking or unlocking a motor vehicle opening panel using said device
A device and a method for locking and/or unlocking a motor vehicle opening panel and vehicle having the device. The device includes a detection wall having an inner side and an opposite outer side, the outer side forming a contact detection region, and a detection component arranged against the inner side for detecting contact between a user's finger or hand and the outer side. The detection component includes a sensor having a layer of a piezoelectric material which has surface undulations in the form of ridges. The layer of piezoelectric material is configured to detect predetermined contact on the outer side with a view to controlling the locking or unlocking of the opening panel. |
| US11952807B2 |
Optional actuatoric door opening support for a vehicle
A vehicle door arrangement includes a first closing element arranged on a vehicle door and a second closing element arranged on a bodywork of the vehicle. The first and closing elements can be connected to each other in a positive looking manner to hold the door on the bodywork. A door handle is connected to a sensor for detecting a pressure input or a pulling input of a user on the door handle. The sensor is connected to a control unit, which controls a locking actuator and a door opening actuator. The locking actuator separates the first and second closing elements, and the door opening actuator opens the vehicle door relative to the bodywork. The control unit controls the locking actuator to separate the first closing element and the second closing element in response to a detected pressure input or pulling input, and to control the door opening actuator to open the door relative to the bodywork. |
| US11952806B2 |
Motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch
A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl. An electromotive drive for a coupling lever is further provided as part of a power locking unit. In addition, a first operating lever is provided, wherein in the “unlocked” position of the power locking unit, said first operating lever works on the coupling lever that is then engaged in order to open the locking mechanism, and wherein in the “locked” position of the power locking unit, said first operating lever performs an idle stroke relative to the coupling lever that is then disengaged. According to the invention, the electromotive drive works with a linear thrust member on the coupling lever, wherein the linear thrust member is held in at least one position with the aid of a blocking levers). |
| US11952801B2 |
Electro-mechanical lock core with a cam member tailpiece
A removable lock core for use with a lock device having a locked state and an unlocked state is disclosed. The removeable lock core may include a cam member tailpiece which is moveable between a first position relative to a lock core body which corresponds to the lock device being in the locked state and a second position relative to a lock core body which permits removal of the removeable lock core from the lock device which corresponds to the lock device being in the unlocked state. The removeable lock core may include an electro-mechanical drive assembly which in a disengaged state is decoupled from the cam member tailpiece and in an engaged state is coupled to the cam member tailpiece. A cam lock having a locked state and an unlocked state for use with a catch is disclosed. |
| US11952795B2 |
Bollard setting and installation system
A bollard setting and installation system for efficiently installing a bollard wall without any restrictions relating to proximity to water or flood plains. The bollard setting and installation system generally includes a setting frame which is positioned on a ground surface. A plurality of bollards is positioned on the setting frame in a desired spacing and orientation to form a bollard wall. A vehicle having a vehicle arm connected to a lifting frame is positioned such that the bollards are secured to the lifting frame by clamps in the desired spacing and orientation. The vehicle may then move the lifting frame to position the lower ends of the bollards in an opening in the ground surface. Concrete may be poured to encapsulate the lower ends of the bollards. The lifting frame may then be removed, with the bollard wall being free-standing in the ground surface. |
| US11952792B2 |
Portable beach pole
A portable beach pole consists of a pole and a support base. The support base can be separated from the pole, and the pole itself can be separated into two or more pole pieces along its length, so that the support base and pole pieces can be easily transported from home to car to beach, in a bag. One or more of the pole pieces includes integral hooks from which wet beach towels, clothing and other items such as toys, food/beverage bags and beach bags may be hung. The pole pieces and support base can be quickly assembled into the beach pole, whereby the beach pole can be just as quickly disassembled. The support base provides a sturdy and secure structure for maintaining the beach pole vertical and in place. |
| US11952791B2 |
Freestanding enclosed office with wall support structure
A system for creating an enclosed room, such as an office, in an open space that has a floor and a ceiling. The system includes a support frame that is self-supported on the floor of the open space. The support frame includes a series of head rails supported by a series of vertical columns resting on the floor. The vertical columns support a series of wall panels and the head rails support a ceiling such that the ceiling is supported by the support frame independent of the wall panels. The ceiling of the enclosed room is created by a series of ceiling panels and at least one air intake panel and at least one air exhaust panel. The air exhaust panel includes an exhaust fan that removes air from within the enclosed room and draws fresh air into the enclosed room. The ceiling can include a plurality of adjustable louvers and lighting. |
| US11952790B2 |
Booth with ventilation system
A booth comprising a plurality of walls, a roof, and a ventilation system, the walls and the roof enclosing a space to be ventilated by the ventilation system, and the ventilation system comprising: at least one fan for providing an airflow, an air inlet through which air enters the space to be ventilated from outside the booth, and an air outlet through which air exits the space to be ventilated to outside the booth, wherein the air outlet comprises a first air outlet aperture and a second air outlet aperture and an air outlet channel extending between the first and second air outlet apertures, wherein the air outlet channel is provided at least partly inside one of the walls. |
| US11952785B2 |
Covering for underlays of flooring
A covering for underlays of flooring includes a membrane with a base from which studs extend which protrude upward with respect to the laying plane, a draining layer which is joined in an upper region to the membrane at the top of the studs, and a layer for anchoring to the underlay of the flooring, joined in a lower region to the membrane at least at the base. |
| US11952784B2 |
Panel and covering comprising the same
The present invention relates to a panel and to a covering including a plurality of such panels. The present invention particularly relates to floor panels, and more in particular to laminated floor panels, hardwood floor panels, solid wood floor panels, or PVC based floor panels. The invention proposes a coupling of the tongues of different adjacent panels that are arranged on the short side of those panels by a tongue of a further panel that is arranged on the long side of that panel. Compared to prior art panels, an improved coupling between the short sides of adjacent panels can be achieved, reducing the likelihood that these panels become detached. |
| US11952781B2 |
Watercraft canopy extension for existing covered dock
A structure includes a vertical support, a horizontal inner rail affixed thereto, a bracket affixed to the vertical support vertically lower than the inner rail, and a cantilever support affixed slidably-lockably to the bracket, wherein the cantilever support is affixed to the bracket in a manner that is either pivotable vertically and horizontally or fixed substantially perpendicular to the inner rail. A central rail substantially aligned with the inner rail is positioned distally from the inner rail and affixed to the cantilever support. An arch member is disposed perpendicular to the rails and is affixed to the inner rail and central rail. |
| US11952780B2 |
Drainage device for a construction, in particular a roof of a building or a terrace
A drainage device for a construction, e.g., a roof of a building or a terrace, for discharging rainwater, is provided. The drainage device includes a drainage head supported on the construction around a flow channel and defining a recovery space communicating with the outside and with the flow channel; and a mounting element having a support or attachment element capable of being engaged inside the discharge channel and abutting against the peripheral wall of the discharge channel. The device further includes a biasing element which connects the drainage head and the support or attachment element and is capable of acting on the support or attachment element so as to keep the drainage head supported on the outer surface of the construction. |
| US11952779B2 |
Insulation boards with interlocking shiplap edges
Foam insulation boards having an improved shiplap edge for interfacing with one another are disclosed. |
| US11952777B2 |
Modular ceiling accessible one by one, hidden grid, resting on all four sides, allowing for reduced thickness and larger formats
The present invention discloses a rectangular ceiling module, accessible one by one, that allows the use of larger-than-standard, reduced-thickness formats, with a front face, a rear face and four edges, with corners forming obtuse angles and robust geometry; it is installed from below without surpassing the height of the standard support grid; it rests on the grid by its four edges or sides and leaves the grid hidden. The module is useful as a standard false ceiling, hiding air-conditioning installations, electrical installations, fire-protection systems, low-current systems, etc., located under the slab, mostly in office buildings, while also serving as an element of insulation and/or sound absorption, depending on the material used. |
| US11952774B1 |
Top adjustable temporary wall system
An extendable wall panel assembly includes a first wall panel and a first core that includes a first and second surface. A first edge joiner comprises a first male extension extending therefrom. A second edge joiner has a first female receiver disposed therein. A second wall panel is slidably coupled to the first and second wall panels and has a second core. A third edge joiner extends between a third surface and a fourth surface and has a second male extension extending therefrom. A fourth edge joiner has a second female receiver disposed therein. A coupling mechanism has a first channel disposed in the first wall panel receiving a first clamp bar therein. A first fastener receiver is coupled to the second wall panel and a fastener extend through the first fastener receiver and into the first clamp bar in the first channel. |
| US11952771B2 |
Mobile insulation system
Rigid wall shelters are used throughout the world for shipping, living quarters, and housing for electronic systems and are energy inefficient. While investigating energy-efficient technologies for rigid wall shelters the discovery was made to insulate the outside of the shelter rather than the inside. Space is often limited inside of the shelter. The invention of an external, re-deployable insulation system was developed. The present invention is an insulating system composed of three main components. The first component is multiple, purpose cut flexible envelopes filled with insulating materials (which creates a panel). The second component is multiple insulating strips that cover the joint between the panels. The final component is a weatherproof outer covering that protects the entire system from the elements. |
| US11952770B2 |
System and method for retaining a decorative fin
A system for retaining a position of an architectural fin relative to a structure. The fin is generally planar and defines an edge. The system includes a first mounting bracket configured to retain the architectural fin. The first mounting bracket comprises a first element having laterally opposed surfaces configured to receive the architectural fin therebetween and to apply a compression force to the laterally opposed surfaces of the architectural fin. A second element connected to the first element so that the first element is rotatable relative to the second element about an axis of rotation of the first mounting bracket. The second element has a base for fixing the first mounting bracket relative to the structure. The first mounting bracket is configured to enable rotation of the architectural fin relative to the structure about the axis of rotation of the first mounting bracket. |
| US11952769B2 |
Modular process plant structural system
Disclosed herein is a modular process plant structural system which includes numerous modules, all ISO-certified under ISO 1496 and capable of holding within the entire module at least one chemical (or non-chemical) production plant piece of equipment, capable of individually being shipped or transported. The modules can be stacked vertically, horizontally, or mixed (both vertical and horizontal arrangement). The modules are pre-fabricated offsite, built with the desired equipment within the module, pre-plumbed with piping, instrumentation, and electrical wiring, and then the multiple modules are shipped multimodally as ISO 1496 containers to the desired location and assembled to form a plant. Generally, two or more modules are connected together to form a complete plant. The plant can be of any type, e.g., chemical, mechanical/production, thermal, and the like, or of any size, e.g., production, small, micro, or pilot plant scale. When no longer needed, the plant may be disassembled and reused at another site or facility. |
| US11952768B1 |
Fabricated concrete connection structure and construction method
The present disclosure relates to a fabricated concrete connection structure and a construction method, the structure including shear wall members. Tops of the shear wall members are fixedly connected to a plurality of connection female heads, and the plurality of connection female heads are arranged at equal intervals along length directions of the shear wall members. Reinforcing cage pre-formed holes penetrate through the tops and bottoms of the shear wall members. A plurality of connection male heads are arranged at equal intervals along the length directions of the shear wall members, and the plurality of connection male heads are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of connection female heads. One sides of the bottoms of the shear wall members are fixedly connected to folding plates. The present disclosure can achieve the purpose of connecting the shear wall members conveniently and quickly, improving the efficiency and quality of construction. |
| US11952767B2 |
Underground storage system with V shaped support legs
Individual four-sided shaped modules used in an assembly for underground storage of storm water and other fluid storage needs. Modules are assembled into a resultant four-sided tiling shape for maximized structural strength and material use efficiency. Internal four-sided shaped modules are assembled and encased by external four-sided shaped modules. Internal adjacent modules are in direct fluid communications with one another through a channel-less chamber. Internal four-sided shaped modules drain into four-sided shaped modules chamber where fluid is either stored or drained. Assemblies include various top and side pieces along with access ports for entry into said assembly. |
| US11952764B2 |
Flush toilet
A flush toilet according to embodiments includes: a toilet body, a function unit, a panel member, and a holding part. The function unit is arranged in a rear part of the toilet body. The panel member covers a side surface of the function unit. The holding part causes the toilet body and a side surface of the panel member to attract and hold to each other by using magnetic force. In a state where being attached to the toilet body, the panel member is formed to be curved toward the toilet body. The holding part is formed such that an attraction surface of a panel-side magnetic material that is provided to the panel member and an attraction surface of a body-side magnetic material that is provided to the toilet body are formed in plane-shaped. |
| US11952762B2 |
Flushing assembly, water supply assembly, lower position water suction assembly, water tank, check valve for use in a toilet, and method, device, and storage medium for controlling toilet water consumption
The present disclosure provides a lower position water suction assembly, including a jet flow element configured to convey water in a water tank and outside tap water together into a bowl part of a toilet. The lower position water suction assembly also includes a lower position water suction pipe connected to the jet flow element and configured to convey the water in a lower portion of the water tank into the jet flow element. The lower position water suction pipe includes a water suction pipe port comprising a plurality of projections configured to contact an inner bottom surface of the water tank and draw the water from the lower portion of the water tank. |
| US11952760B2 |
Sink having a separate insert plate that is tiltable
A sink includes a basin including a bottom wall and adjoining side walls which delimit a receiving space. An insert plate separate from the basin is inserted into the receiving space, and a lifting apparatus moves the insert plate relative to the basin. The lifting apparatus includes a lifting unit with a lifting device to move the insert plate in a vertical direction. The lifting apparatus includes a tilting device configured to perform a tilting movement of the insert plate relative to a horizontal plane. |
| US11952754B2 |
Backflow box and method
A method of using a backflow box with a water-using appliance comprising providing a backflow box including a backflow preventer and drainage; installing the backflow box in a wall cavity of a building in an accessible and viewable location; coupling the backflow preventer of the backflow box to a water supply and the water-using appliance; coupling the drainage of the backflow box to drain line of the building; inhibiting backflow from the water-using appliance from flowing into the water supply backflow preventer; and draining backflow through the drainage of the backflow box to the drain line of the building. |
| US11952744B2 |
Ditch forming apparatus
A ditch forming apparatus having: a frame; a primary ditch forming assembly having: a) a first subassembly for penetrating and separating subjacent ground material; and b) a second subassembly for directing separated ground material away from a ditch being formed; and a ground treatment assembly to facilitate delivery of ground material to the second subassembly and having a ground engaging component that is turned around a first axis. At least one of: a) a vertical height of the first axis relative to the frame; b) a variable vertical force generated between the at least one ground engaging component and frame; c) a fore and aft position of the first axis relative to the frame; d) a speed of turning of the at least one ground engaging component around the first axis; and e) a direction of turning of the at least one ground engaging component around the first axis, can be changed. |
| US11952736B2 |
System and method for installing an aggregate pier
A system and method for installing an aggregate pier in a soil matrix includes a pipe configured to interface with a torque driver for rotating the pipe. A helix is disposed on the pipe and configured to advance/withdraw the pipe based on direction of rotation. A compacting device is disposed between the distal end of the pipe and the helix. It extends radially outward and upward. In some embodiments, the compacting device is configured as a frustum. A lift in an aggregate pier is formed by rotating the pipe in a second direction to withdraw a portion of the pipe from the soil matrix thereby creating a void; (b) filling the void with aggregate; (c) rotating the pipe in the first direction to advance the pipe. The compacting device contacts the aggregate disposed in the void and imparts an axial and radial force. |
| US11952734B2 |
Ecological revetment for regulating wandering rivers
The invention belongs to ecological revetments in the technical field of river ecology, which particularly involves an ecological revetment to regulate wandering rivers. The ecological revetment is composed of porous concrete-piles, ecological connecting-plates, an ecological viewing-corridor and a slope green-belt. The ecological landscape-corridor and anchor rod are placed on the upper and middle parts of the pile structure, respectively. In virtue of the innovative structure, the ecological revetment will strengthen the revetment structure, reduce the revetment settlement, prevent the revetment from moving, and enhance the overall stability of the revetment project. The ecological holes exist on the ecological connecting-plates, which is beneficial to the exchange of material and energy from the river course and the bank slope, and the holes could greatly enhance the self-cleaning capacity of the water body. Not only do the plants on the ecological viewing-corridor provide the habitats for the organisms, but also green the revetment. |
| US11952732B2 |
Retro-reflective raised pavement marker and a method of manufacturing thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a retro-reflective raised pavement marker (100) and a method of manufacturing (200) thereof. The marker (100) comprises a marker body (1), at least one intermediate frame (6), and at least one retro-reflective lens (7) such that the marker body (1) completely houses the at least one intermediate frame (6) and the at least one retro-reflective lens (7). Further, the manufactured marker (100) is durable, effective and has better retention with the ground surface and better load distribution to the ground. |
| US11952731B2 |
Method for pivoting a travel unit of a road milling machine and road milling machine
A method for pivoting a travel unit on a machine frame of a road milling machine between an outer end position and an inner end position offset toward a center of the machine relative to the outer end position, the road milling machine having a travel mechanism with multiple travel units, of which at least one travel unit is height-adjustable via a lifting column, comprising the steps of positioning a support foot mounted on the machine frame in a ground contact position to support the machine frame, lifting the travel unit, pivoting the travel unit between the outer end position and the inner end position, lowering the travel unit, and positioning the support foot in a stowed position. |
| US11952728B2 |
Road structure reconstructed from large-scale independent underground garage and construction method thereof
A road structure reconstructed from large-scale independent underground garage and a construction method, which solves the problem of a newly constructed urban expressway passing through large underground space. The technical point is a construction method for the road structure reconstructed from large-scale independent underground garage, including the following steps: S100: segmentation for the garage, S200: preparation before construction: the materials and equipment required for construction are transported to the site, and the construction site is cleaned, S300: reconstruction for the front section, S400: reconstruction for the middle section, S500: reconstruction for the rear section. The inventiveness of the present disclosure is the application of segmentation construction, the front section is completely obsoleted, a transition section is provided at the middle, and the design of the rear section adopts a double-deck road, thus the original underground garage structure is fully utilized. |
| US11952727B2 |
Toilet tissue comprising a non-clingy surface
Fibrous structures, for example toilet tissue, having a surface including a plurality of fibrous elements, such as a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments that exhibit an average fiber diameter of less than 2 μm as measured according to the Surface Average Fiber Diameter Test Method such that the fibrous structure exhibits a Dual Surface Glide Value of less than 17.7 g as measured according to the Glide Test Method—3 Inch Sample and method for making same is provided. |
| US11952720B2 |
Repulpable packaging material
The invention relates to a heat-sealable packaging material comprising: a paperboard substrate comprising a first side and a second side, a first coating layer on the first side, a first barrier coating layer on the first coating layer, which first barrier coating layer comprises pigments, a second coating layer on the second side, and a second barrier coating layer on the second coating layer, which second barrier coating layer comprises pigments, wherein the coating layers and the barrier coating layers comprise a latex or a water-soluble polymer, wherein the first coating layer and the second coating layer are free of pigments, wherein the first barrier coating layer and the second barrier coating layer comprise pigments in an amount in a range from >40 wt % to <70 wt %, based on the dry solid content of the respective layer, and wherein the grammage of each of the first and second coating layer and of the first and second barrier coating layer is in a range from >1 g/m2 to <10 g/m2. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a respective packaging material and a packaging derived therefrom. |
| US11952715B2 |
Process of transforming waste material into useful material
In a process for transforming waste material into useful material, a quantity of waste material such as household garbage or municipal solid waste is provided. The waste material is pre-shredded into pre-shredded waste material. The pre-shredded waste material is processed to at least partially remove one or more selected material components, thereby providing a processed pre-shredded waste material. The processed pre-shredded waste material is then secondarily shredded into secondarily shredded waste material which is then hydrolyzed under pressure greater than ambient pressure to create an aggregate cellulose pulp. |
| US11952708B1 |
Method and apparatus for drying gloves and other objects
A portable glove drying apparatus having a housing defining an inner chamber containing a fan and power source, as well as a sized outlet for receiving a golf glove. A flexible but resilient loop is disposed across the sized outlet and can be inserted in a golf glove to support and expand the golf glove from its inside. The fan can generate air flow that is directed into a base opening of the glove and out of ventilation holes of the golf glove. The air flow acts to improve evaporation of moisture contained on or in the golf glove and thereby promotes rapid drying of the golf glove. |
| US11952706B2 |
Washing machine appliance and method for flood protection operation
A washing machine appliance, a controller, and a method for operating a washing machine appliance are provided. The appliance includes a controller operably coupled to a motor assembly that is operably coupled to a wash basket, and a drain pump assembly. The controller is configured to rotate the wash basket to at least a desired speed; determine one or more of whether at least the desired speed of the wash basket is achieved within a period of time, or whether an energy parameter threshold of a motor assembly is exceeded when rotating the wash basket within the period of time; and generate an output signal corresponding to fluid detection at a wash tub when the wash basket fails to rotate to at least the desired speed within the period of time or, when the energy parameter threshold is exceeded when rotating the wash basket within the period of time. |
| US11952700B2 |
Drum washing machine, and control method and apparatus for same
A drum washing machine, and a control method and a control apparatus for same are provided. The control method for the drum washing machine comprises the following steps: acquiring an average starting power of a drum in a starting process of the drum; acquiring a load range to which a current load of the drum belongs according to the average starting power; and setting a weighing protection velocity fluctuation threshold according to the load range to which the current load of the drum belongs. A value of the current load is obtained by using a correspondence between load with different weights and average starting powers. A weighing protection velocity fluctuation threshold is set according to the value of the current load to avoid the collision with the drum and non-dehydration in case of only one piece of clothing. |
| US11952697B2 |
Method of controlling washing machine
A method for controlling a washing machine supplying water to at least a portion of the drum in the tub, performing a first operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating a heater and the drum is rotated at a first set speed, draining the tub, supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub, and performing a second operation for heating the water in the tub by the heater and rotating the drum. The second operation includes rotating the drum at a second set speed lower than the first set speed, and repeating a first drum cleaning operation in which the drum is rotated at a third set speed lower than the second set speed, and a second drum cleaning operation in which the drum is rotated at a fourth set speed lower than the third set speed. |
| US11952693B2 |
Using neural networks in laser finishing of apparel
Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes using machine learning to create or extract a laser input file for wear pattern from an existing garment. Machine learning can be by a generative adversarial network, having generative and discriminative neural nets. The generative adversarial network is trained and then used to create a model. This model is used generate the laser input file from an image of the existing garment with the finishing pattern. With this laser input file, a laser can re-create the wear pattern from the existing garment onto a new garment. |
| US11952687B2 |
Method for producing cell-culturing polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber structure
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a cell-culturing polyvinyl alcohol-based nanofiber structure, the method comprising: electrospinning an electrospun solution to form a nanofiber mat, wherein the electrospun solution contains polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyacrylic acid (PA) and glutaraldehyde (GA); crosslinking the nanofiber mat via a hydrochloric acid (HCl) vapor treatment; and treating the crosslinked nanofiber mat with dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent to crystallize the nanofiber mat. |
| US11952679B2 |
Optimized growth of stable hybrid perovskite materials for electromagnetic and particle radiation detection
Inverse temperature crystallization processes are provided to produce perovskite single crystals (PSCs), as well as surface passivation techniques for producing stabilizing the PSCs in the bulk region. Stable hybrid perovskite material include a bulk region comprising a single crystal perovskite material having a first bandgap and a smooth perovskite surface layer having a second bandgap greater than the first bandgap. Devices for detection and energy conversion are also contemplated, including for spectroscopic photon and elementary particle detection, such as radiation detectors. Crystallization chambers for forming the PSCs are also provided. |
| US11952675B2 |
Surface-treated copper foil and method for manufacturing same
Provided is a surface-treated copper foil in which in order to avoid failures of electronic parts by corrosion, a high bond strength between an electrolytic copper foil and a resin base material can be maintained even when the surface-treated copper foil is exposed to corrosive gases and microparticles, and a method for manufacturing the same. The surface-treated copper foil of the present invention comprises an electrolytic copper foil, a roughened layer covering at least one surface side of the electrolytic copper foil, and a rust preventive layer further covering the roughened layer, wherein the rust preventive layer is at least one surface of the surface-treated copper foil; the rust preventive layer comprises at least a nickel layer; and the thickness of the nickel layer is 0.8 to 4.4 g/m2 in terms of mass per unit area of nickel; and the noncontact roughness Spd of the rust preventive layer is 1.4 to 2.6 peaks/μm2 and the surface roughness RzJIS of the rust preventive layer is 1.0 to 2.5 μm. The method for manufacturing the surface-treated copper foil forms the roughened layer having higher roughnesses than the noncontact roughness Spd and surface roughness RzJIS on one surface of the electrolytic copper foil, and thereafter forming the rust preventive layer meeting the predetermined condition. |
| US11952667B2 |
Method for depositing a decorative and/or functional metal layer on a surface of an article made of an electrically non-conductive ceramic material
A method for depositing a decorative and/or functional layer on at least a portion of a surface of a finished or semi-finished article made of a non-conductive ceramic material, this deposition method includes the following operations: subjecting the at least a portion of the surface of the article to a carburising or nitriding treatment during which carbon, respectively nitrogen atoms, diffuse in the at least a portion of the surface of the article, then depositing, by galvanic growth of a metallic material, the decorative and/or functional layer on at least a portion of the surface of the article which has undergone the carburising or nitriding treatment. |
| US11952662B2 |
Powder atomic layer deposition equipment with quick release function
Disclosed is a powder atomic layer deposition equipment with a quick release function, comprising a vacuum chamber, a shaft sealing device, and a driving unit connected to the shaft sealing device. The vacuum chamber is connected to the shaft sealing device, and an enclosed space is formed between the vacuum chamber and the shaft sealing device. At least one air extraction line is located in the shaft sealing device and fluidly connected to the enclosed space, the air extraction line being used in pumping gas out from the enclosed space to fix the vacuum chamber to the shaft sealing device so that the drive unit rotates the vacuum chamber via the shaft sealing device to facilitate the formation of a uniform thin film on powder surface. When the pumping stops, the vacuum chamber can be quickly released from the shaft sealing device to improve the process efficiency and convenience of use. |
| US11952661B2 |
Deposition method
A deposition method includes: forming an adsorption inhibiting region on an adsorption site formed on a substrate, by causing the adsorption site to adsorb adsorption inhibiting radicals by a predetermined amount; causing an area on the adsorption site, on which the adsorption inhibiting region is not formed, to adsorb a raw material gas; and depositing a film of a reaction product on the adsorption site by causing the raw material gas adsorbed on the adsorption site to react with a reactant gas activated by a plasma. |
| US11952660B2 |
Semiconductor processing chambers and methods for cleaning the same
A processing chamber may include a gas distribution member, a substrate support, and a pumping liner. The gas distribution member and the substrate support may at least in part define a processing volume. The pumping liner may define an internal volume in fluid communication with the processing volume via a plurality of apertures of the pumping liner circumferentially disposed about the processing volume. The processing chamber may further include a flow control mechanism operable to direct fluid flow from the internal volume of the pumping liner into the processing volume via a subset of the plurality of apertures of the pumping liner during fluid distribution into the processing volume from the gas distribution member. |
| US11952659B2 |
Methods for coating a substrate with magnesium fluoride via atomic layer deposition
Atomic layer deposition methods for coating an optical substrate with magnesium fluoride. The methods include two primary processes. The first process includes the formation of a magnesium oxide layer over a surface of a substrate. The second process includes converting the magnesium oxide layer to a magnesium fluoride layer. These two primary processes may be repeated a plurality of times to create multiple magnesium fluoride layers that make up a magnesium fluoride film. The magnesium fluoride film may serve as an antireflective coating layer for an optical substrate, such as an optical lens. |
| US11952657B2 |
Stain hiding fabric with metallic coating
This invention relates to a method for hiding stains in medical dressings and other textile substrates. The method includes applying a metallic silver coating to a textile substrate via a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVP) process. The metallic silver coating effectively hides any stain that comes into direct contact with the treated substrate by transferring the liquid beneath the surface of the coating. The invention also relates to textile substrates containing metallic silver coatings. |
| US11952654B2 |
Liquid sputter target
A sputtering device to sputter a liquid target. The sputtering device including a trough to receive a liquid target material and a device to stir or agitate the liquid target material. The device configured to degas the liquid target material or/and to dissipate solid particles or islands on a surface of the target or/and to move such particles or islands from an active surface region to a passive surface region and/or vice-versa, whereby the passive surface region is at least 50% less exposed to sputtering as the active surface region. |
| US11952653B2 |
Sputtering reaction chamber and process assembly of sputtering reaction chamber
The present disclosure provides a sputtering reaction chamber and a process assembly of the sputtering reaction chamber. The process assembly includes a liner, and the liner includes an integrally formed body member and a cover member. The cover member may extend from a bottom of the body member to an inner side of the body member and may be configured to press an edge of a to-be-processed workpiece when a process is performed. A cooling channel may be arranged in the cover member and the body member and may be configured to cool the cover member and the body member by transferring coolant. The process assembly of the sputtering reaction chamber and the sputtering reaction chamber provided by the present disclosure can reduce heat radiation of the process assembly to the to-be-processed workpiece and released gases and impurities to effectively reduce a whisker defect and improve a product yield. |
| US11952651B2 |
Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, production method thereof, iron core, and transformer
An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL×width WA calculated from the height difference between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 μm2. |
| US11952645B2 |
Refined goss-grain aluminum alloy plate and preparation method thereof
Provided is a refined Goss-grain aluminum alloy plate and a preparation method thereof. The refined Goss-grain aluminum alloy plate includes the following compositions: 3.7-4.8 wt % of Cu, 1.2-1.7 wt % of Mg, 0.3-0.8 wt % of Mn, 0.03-0.10 wt % of Ti, and the balance of Al. The refined Goss-grain aluminum alloy plate is prepared by a method including subjecting an Al—Cu—Mg alloy ingot with a certain composition to a homogenizing at a temperature of 470-505° C., a hot rolling at high temperature of 465-495° C. with a large deformation of 80%-98% and a high final temperature, then directly to a cold rolling with a small or medium deformation of 5% to 50%, and then to a recrystallization and annealing treatment at a temperature of 300-450° C., a solid solution treatment at a temperature of 460-505° C., and a natural aging treatment for at least 96 hours. |
| US11952642B2 |
Method for leaching platinum group metals from spent catalyst by UV-vis
The present invention belongs to the field of recovery of secondary resources of noble metals, and discloses a method for leaching platinum group metals from spent catalyst by UV-vis, which uses ferric oxalate complex/hydrogen peroxide-chloride salt solution as a solvent for extracting platinum group metals under the condition of UV-vis, converts the platinum group metals from metallic state to platinum group metal complex, and obtains platinum group metal lixivium to realize the leaching of the platinum group metals. The platinum leaching rate of the method of the present invention can reach more than 97%. The present invention has mild reaction conditions, realizes the green recovery of platinum group metals from spent catalyst, avoids the use of strong acids and bases and toxic substances and avoids the production of toxic gases in the leaching process, so as to reduce the environmental hazards of the spent catalyst. |
| US11952641B2 |
Non oriented electrical steel sheet
A non oriented electrical steel sheet consists of a silicon steel sheet and an insulation coating. The silicon steel sheet includes an internally oxidized layer containing SiO2 in a surface thereof, an average thickness of the internally oxidized layer is 0.10 to 5.0 μm, and a Vickers hardness in the internally oxidized layer is 1.15 to 1.5 times as compared with a Vickers hardness in a thickness central area. |
| US11952636B2 |
Devices and methods for antibiotic susceptibility testing
The disclosure relates generally to molecular diagnostic devices configured to amplifying a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) locus and discriminate between two or more allelic variants of the SNP, indicating presence or absence of a target allele. In some embodiments, the molecular diagnostic devices are capable of detecting, at point-of-care, SNPs associated with resistance or susceptibility to antibiotic treatment of organism infections. In other aspects, the disclosure provides methods of treatment for disease or disorders (e.g. organism infections) where treatment is guided by presence or absence of an allele at a SNP locus as determined by such molecular diagnostic devices. |
| US11952635B2 |
Biomarkers of low grade glioma and pediatric neuroblastoma
The present disclosure relates to biomarkers and methods for determining or predicting survival of patients with low grade glioma (LGG) or pediatric neuroblastoma. Further disclosed are methods of diagnosing and treating patients with low grade glioma (LGG) or pediatric neuroblastoma. |
| US11952631B2 |
Diagnostics and therapy for human respiratory syncytial virus
The present invention pertains to a method for the identification of genetic variants that are associated with the severity of an infectious disease. The invention further pertains to a set of genetic factors associated with the severity of Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) infection, for example in human infants. The genetic polymorphisms identified according to the present invention are for use in the diagnostic of infectious diseases and patient stratification in order to avoid or reduce the occurrence of fatal events during infection or to elect the most appropriate therapeutic approach to treat the disease. |
| US11952627B2 |
Methods for identifying a location of an RNA in a biological sample
Provided herein are methods of identifying a location of an RNA in a sample that include: (a) contacting the sample with an array comprising capture probes, where a capture probe comprises a capture domain and a spatial barcode; (b) releasing the RNA from the sample; (c) extending a 3′ end of the capture probe using the capture domain-bound RNA as a template; (d) generating nick(s) in the extended capture probe-hybridized RNA and performing random-primed DNA synthesis; (e) performing end repair on the second strand DNA molecule; (f) adding a single adenosine nucleotide to the 3′ end of the extended capture probe; (g) ligating a double-stranded sequencing adaptor to the double-stranded DNA product; and (h) determining all or a part of the sequence of the RNA, and the sequence of the spatial barcode, or complements thereof, and using the determined sequences to identify the location of the RNA in the sample. |
| US11952626B2 |
Probe-based analysis of nucleic acids and proteins
Provided herein are systems and methods for processing biomolecules (e.g., nucleic acid molecules, proteins) from a sample. A method for processing biomolecules may comprise hybridizing a probe molecule to a target region of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule) and barcoding the probe-nucleic acid molecule complex or derivatives thereof. Such a method can comprise performing a nucleic acid reaction, e.g., extension, denaturation, and amplification. A method for processing a sample may comprise hybridizing probes to (i) target regions of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., RNA molecule) and (ii) a reporter oligonucleotide of a feature binding group, and barcoding the probe-associated molecules. One or more processes of the methods described herein may be performed within a partition, such as a droplet or well. |
| US11952625B2 |
Methods and systems for genetic analysis
This disclosure provides systems and methods for sample processing and data analysis. Sample processing may include nucleic acid sample processing and subsequent sequencing. Some or all of a nucleic acid sample may be sequenced to provide sequence information, which may be stored or otherwise maintained in an electronic storage location. The sequence information may be analyzed with the aid of a computer processor, and the analyzed sequence information may be stored in an electronic storage location that may include a pool or collection of sequence information and analyzed sequence information generated from the nucleic acid sample. Methods and systems of the present disclosure can be used, for example, for the analysis of a nucleic acid sample, for producing one or more libraries, and for producing biomedical reports. Methods and systems of the disclosure can aid in the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and prevention of one or more diseases and conditions. |
| US11952617B2 |
Methods for multiplex detection of polynucleotides using unbound fluorescent probes and quencher oligonucleotides
Compositions and methods for quantitative detection of target nucleic acids, such as miRNAs are disclosed. The methods are especially advantageous for single-color multiplex detection of two or more targets simultaneously (e.g., in the same reaction). The methods can involve optional reverse transcription followed by amplification performed with universal primers, fluorophore-labeled detection probes, and quencher oligonucleotides for quenching fluorescence of any detection probe not bound to a target molecule. The methods employ differential stability of detection probe-quencher oligonucleotide complexes, and by extension, differential fluorescence at various temperatures to distinguish between different target molecules. |
| US11952610B2 |
Digital microbiology
Methods, compositions, and kits are provided for rapidly analyzing microbial growth and/or number in a plurality of water-in-oil emulsion droplets. |
| US11952608B2 |
Methods for production of oxygenated terpenes
The present invention relates to methods for producing oxygenated terpenoids. Polynucleotides, derivative enzymes, and host cells for use in such methods are also provided. |
| US11952607B2 |
Microorganisms and methods for improved biological production of ethylene glycol
The disclosure provides genetically engineered microorganisms and methods for improved biological production of ethylene glycol and precursors of ethylene glycol. The microorganism of the disclosure produces ethylene glycol or a precursor of ethylene glycol through one or more of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, oxaloacetate, citrate, malate, and glycine. The disclosure further provides compositions comprising ethylene glycol or polymers of ethylene glycol such as polyethylene terephthalate. |
| US11952604B2 |
Enzymatic method for preparing Rebaudioside J
Provided is a method for preparing Rebaudioside J using an enzymatic method, comprising using rebaudioside A as a substrate, and making the substrate, in the presence of a glycosyl donor, react under the catalysis of a UDP-glycosyltransferase-containing recombinant cell and/or UDP-glycosyltransferase prepared therefrom to generate Rebaudioside J. |
| US11952601B2 |
Recombinant botulinum toxin with increased duration of effect
This invention relates to novel recombinant clostridial neurotoxins exhibiting an increased duration of effect without a delayed onset of effect and to methods for the manufacture of such recombinant clostridial neurotoxins. These novel recombinant clostridial neurotoxins comprise a domain consisting of proline, alanine, serine, threonine, glycine and glutamate residues, and the methods comprise the steps of inserting a nucleic acid sequence coding for said domain into a nucleic acid sequence coding for a parental clostridial neurotoxin and expression of the recombinant nucleic acid sequence comprising said domain-coding sequence in a host cell. The invention further relates to novel recombinant single-chain precursor clostridial neurotoxins used in such methods, nucleic acid sequences encoding such recombinant single-chain precursor clostridial neurotoxins, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the recombinant clostridial neurotoxin with an increased duration of effect without a delayed onset of effect. |
| US11952598B2 |
Engineered glucosyltransferases
Disclosed herein are glucosyltransferases with modified amino acid sequences. Such engineered enzymes exhibit improved alpha-glucan product yields and/or lower leucrose yields, for example. Further disclosed are reactions and methods in which engineered glucosyltransferases are used to produce alpha-glucan. |
| US11952596B2 |
Application of glutamate dehydrogenase GDHA of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus in increasing yield of poly-r-glutamic acid from Bacillus licheniformis
Application of glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus in increasing the yield of poly-γ-glutamic acid from Bacillus licheniformis. The glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of the Bacillus licheniformis WX-02 per se is replaced with the glutamate dehydrogenase derived from the Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus by means of homologous recombination, which significantly increases the level of synthesizing the poly-γ-glutamic acid for the Bacillus licheniformis, and the yield of the obtained poly-γ-glutamic acid from strains is increased at least by more than 20% compared with control strains. |
| US11952595B2 |
Production of lytic phages
The present invention concerns a production bacterial cell for producing lytic phage particles or lytic phage-derived delivery vehicles, said production bacterial cell stably comprising at least one phage structural genes and at least one phage DNA packaging genes, said phage structural gene(s) and phage DNA packaging gene(s) being derived from a lytic bacteriophage, wherein the expression of at least one of said phage structural genes and/or at least one of said phage DNA packaging gene(s) in said production bacterial cell is controlled by an induction mechanism. |
| US11952594B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising bacterial delivery vehicles and uses thereof
The present invention relates to the delivery of a payload by bacterial delivery vehicle, i.e. the encapsulation and the delivery of a single plasmid by different bacterial virus particles. More specifically, the present invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition comprising a payload packaged in at least two different bacterial delivery vehicles and a method of production thereof. |
| US11952592B2 |
Systems and methods for growth of intestinal cells in microfluidic devices
Organs-on-chips are microfluidic devices for culturing living cells in micrometer sized chambers in order to model physiological functions of tissues and organs. Engineered patterning and continuous fluid flow in these devices has allowed culturing of intestinal cells bearing physiologically relevant features and sustained exposure to bacteria while maintaining cellular viability, thereby allowing study of inflammatory bowl diseases. However, existing intestinal cells do not possess all physiologically relevant subtypes, do not possess the repertoire of genetic variations, or allow for study of other important cellular actors such as immune cells. Use of iPSC-derived epithelium, including IBD patient-specific cells, allows for superior disease modeling by capturing the multi-faceted nature of the disease. |
| US11952588B2 |
Methods for allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
The disclosure provides methods for improved hematopoietic stem cell transplantations, including methods to enhance protection from graft versus host disease while maintaining effective immune responses such as graft versus tumor immune responses. The disclosure provides methods for administering, for example, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, regulatory T cells, and conventional T cells, wherein the conventional T cells are administered after the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and regulatory T cells. The disclosure also provides methods for administering, for example, hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, regulatory T cells, and conventional T cells, wherein the regulatory T cells have not been cryopreserved prior to administration. |
| US11952586B2 |
B-cell cultivation method
Herein is reported a method for the co-cultivation of single deposited B-cells, which can be of any source, with EL-4 B5 feeder cells in a suitable co-cultivation medium. In the herein reported methods the EL-4 B5 cells have been irradiated with a dose of less than 40 Gy, preferably 9.5 Gy or less. Thereby the EL-4 B5 cells have a higher viability and maintain the ability to divide in cultivation at doses less than 6 Gy. |
| US11952580B2 |
Heterologous production of psilocybin
A recombinant host cell is disclosed for producing psilocybin and related compounds, such as metabolic intermediates of the psilocybin biosynthesis. Also provided is a method of producing psilocybin and its synthesis intermediates and related compounds, such as metabolic intermediates of the psilocybin biosynthesis, in the host cell, as well as a production system for producing them. |
| US11952579B2 |
Interfering with HD-Zip transcription factor repression of gene expression to produce plants with enhanced traits
A recombinant DNA construct is disclosed. When the recombinant DNA construct is expressed in a plant or a plant cell, endogenous HD-Zip class II proteins become less able to repress DNA transcription of the genes they typically regulate. The recombinant DNA construct can be expressed in plant cells to produce plants with enhanced phenotypes. Methods of making transgenic plants comprising the recombinant DNA construct, and plants produced thereby are also disclosed. |
| US11952578B2 |
Compositions and methods for site directed genomic modification
The disclosure provides novel corn, tomato, and soybean U6, U3, U2, U5, and 7SL snRNA promoters which are useful for CRISPR/Cas-mediated targeted gene modifications in plants. The disclosure also provides methods for use for U6, U3, U2, U5, and 7SL promoters in driving expression of sgRNA polynucleotides which function in a CRISPR/Cas system of targeted gene modification in plants. The disclosure also provides methods of genome modification by insertion of blunt-end DNA fragments at a site of genomic cleavage. |
| US11952574B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting transmembrane serine protease 6 (TMPRSS6) expression
Oligonucleotides are provided herein that inhibit TMPRSS6 expression. Also provided are compositions including the same and uses thereof, particularly uses relating to treating diseases, disorders and/or conditions associated with hepcidin deficiency or suppression. |
| US11952573B2 |
RNA interference mediated inhibition of prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 (PHD2) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of PHD2 gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a beta-catenin gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against PHD2 gene expression. |
| US11952568B2 |
Device and methods for delivery of biphasic electrical pulses for non-thermal ablation
The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for electroporation-based therapies (EBTs). Embodiments provide patient-specific treatment protocols derived by the numerical modeling of 3D reconstructions of target tissue from images taken of the tissue, and optionally accounting for one or more of physical constraints or dynamic tissue properties. The present invention further relates to systems, methods, and devices for delivering bipolar electric pulses for irreversible electroporation exhibiting reduced or no damage to tissue typically associated with an EBT-induced excessive charge delivered to the tissue. |
| US11952563B2 |
Dendritic cell generating apparatus and method
A cell culture cartridge is provided comprising a plurality of zones geometrically configured to provide for symmetrical fluid flow with each of the plurality of zones to avoid dead areas in flow within each of the plurality of zones. In certain embodiments, at least eight inlets are provided, with an inlet positioned at each corner of the cell culture cartridge. In certain embodiments, a shared outlet is positioned on a top surface of the cell culture cartridge. |
| US11952560B2 |
Fabric treatment compositions comprising benefit agent capsules
Fabric treatment compositions that include benefit agent capsules and biphenyl brightener. Methods of using the same. Wash water that includes such compositions. |
| US11952554B2 |
Alkyl polyglycoside-containing cleaning formulations for chemically sensitive individuals
The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions in general, and cleaning compositions that are well suited for use by individuals, who experience adverse health effects that may occur upon exposure to certain chemicals. This condition, characterized as multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), makes it virtually impossible for certain individuals to use commercially available cleaning products without inducing immunological responses. The disclosure presents and describes protocols for the formulation and evaluation of a variety of cleaning products and dilutable cleaning product concentrates using a combination of 14C assay, head space analysis and screening of both ingredients and final products for governmentally-regulated materials. The methods and compositions newly presented herein avoid causing adverse health responses in individuals and are suitable for use by any person, particularly individuals who experience MCS. |
| US11952552B2 |
Metal working fluid additive composition
An industrial fluid additive composition comprises one or more sequestering agents one or more compounds of formula (A): (A) wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from substituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms. |
| US11952551B2 |
Gear oil composition
The presently claimed invention relates to a gear oil composition having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. in the range of ≥68 to ≤1000 cSt when measured in accordance with ASTM D445. The gear oil composition is useful as a lubricant in a gear box, especially in a wind turbine gear box. |
| US11952549B2 |
Grease composition and rolling bearing
Examples of the ester oil include diester oils such as dibutyl sebacate, dioctyl sebacate, di-2-ethylhexyl sebacate, dioctyl adipate, diisodecyl adipate, ditridecyl adipate, ditridecyl phthalate, and methyl acetyl ricinolate; aromatic ester oils such as trioctyl trimellitate, tridecyl trimellitate, and tetraoctyl pyromellitate; polyol ester oils such as trimethylolpropane caprylate, trimethylolpropane pelargonate, pentaerythritol-2-ethylhexanoate, and pentaerythritol pelargonate; carbonate oil; complex ester oil which is an oligoester of polyhydric alcohol and mixed fatty acid including dibasic acid and monobasic acid; etc. |
| US11952548B2 |
Systems, methods and techniques for torrefaction
A system for torrefaction of waste material comprising biogenic material and plastic material may comprise a material pre-processing system, a heating and compaction unit, a reactor system comprising a reaction portion and an extrusion portion, and a cutting unit adjacent an outlet of the reactor system. A method for operating a system for torrefaction of waste material comprising biogenic and plastic material may comprise processing the waste material to generate waste material having an aspect ratio between 0.8:1 and 1.2:1 and a largest dimension of less than 4 millimeters (mm); compressing and heating the pre-processed waste material in the heating and compaction unit; heating the compacted waste material in the reactor system to a temperature of 280° C.-500° C.; extruding material from the reactor system; and cutting the extruded material into pellets. |
| US11952537B2 |
Removal of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from oil or oil derivatives and treatment compositions for accomplishing the same
Aqueous treatment compositions for crude oil and/or petroleum distillates to remove sulfur compounds therefrom and treatment methods using such compositions are disclosed. The composition has less than 0.5% wt/wt di- or tri-benzohydroxy compound, a strong base, less than 1% wt/wt divalent metal gluconate, a balance of water, and a pH that is 9 or greater. The treatment method includes adding said treatment composition to crude oil or a petroleum distillate to form a mixture having 0.001% to 0.02% wt di- or tri-benzohydroxy compound/wt oil and 0.001% to 0.03% wt divalent metal gluconate/wt oil and mixing the same together. |
| US11952533B2 |
Filter cake removal compositions and methods of making and using same
A breaker composition comprising (i) an acid precursor, (ii) an accelerating agent wherein the accelerating agent comprises a Lewis acid and (iii) an aqueous fluid wherein the effective operating temperature of the breaker composition ranges from about 15° C. to about 120° C. A wellbore servicing system comprising (a) an aqueous-based drilling fluid, wherein the aqueous-based drilling fluid forms water-wet solids in the wellbore; and (b) a breaker composition comprising (i) an acid, (ii) an accelerating agent and (iii) an aqueous fluid. A method of dissolving a filtercake comprising contacting the filtercake with a breaker solution comprising (i) an acid precursor, (ii) an accelerating agent and (iii) an aqueous fluid wherein the filtercake comprises calcium carbonate. |
| US11952532B2 |
Sago-based formulations for gel applications including conformance control and water shutoffs
Formation treatment fluid compositions and methods are provided that include an aqueous base fluid, where the aqueous base fluid comprises one or more salts; and sago. The profile modification fluid may include sago in an amount in the range from 50,000 ppm to 100,000 ppm. Formation treatment fluid compositions may also include an aqueous base fluid, where the aqueous base fluid comprises one or more salts, and sago, where the formation treatment fluid may include sago in an amount in the range from 10,000 ppm to 50,000 ppm. Methods for using the formation treatment fluid may include introducing into a targeted stratum of a subterranean formation a treatment fluid. The subterranean treatment fluid may include an aqueous base fluid, where the aqueous base fluid includes one or more salts, sago, and the treatment fluid may include sago in an amount in the range from 10,000 ppm to 100,000 ppm. |
| US11952531B1 |
Compound grease coating for controlled dissolution of a dissolvable component of a downhole tool
A coating protects a dissolvable component of a downhole tool, so that the dissolvable component can be deployed to a desired downhole location, perform under high stress for fracturing operations, and be efficiently dissolved after the fracturing operations are completed. The present invention elevates known greases for this functionality usually performed by complex factory fabricated polymer and metal coatings. The coating includes an activation layer, a first grease layer, and a second grease layer. The first grease layer and the second grease layer have differential grease layer consistency ranges and thickness rages. The coating includes non-uniform layers of manually applied greases onsite to control degradation of the component substrate as effectively as factory coatings pre-fabricated on the components. |
| US11952530B2 |
Aryl-substituted saccharides or glycosides and use thereof in a drilling fluid composition
An aryl-substituted saccharide or glycoside or a mixture of a plurality of aryl-substituted saccharides or glycosides have at least good resistance to high temperatures and salt, and lower filtration loss. These aryl-substituted saccharide or glycoside are used in making a drilling fluid composition. The aryl-substituted saccharide or glycoside or the mixture of a plurality of aryl-substituted saccharides or glycosides each or in combination bears a substituent A and a substituent B, wherein the substituent A contains a unit —O—R6— in its structure and the substituent B contains a unit in its structure, and the substituents and the numbers are defined in the description. |
| US11952522B2 |
Quantum dot and manufacturing method for the same
An object is to provide a quantum dot that has a narrow fluorescence half-width and a high fluorescence quantum yield, and emits blue fluorescence. A quantum dot (5) according to the present invention includes at least Zn and Se and does not include Cd, and has a particle diameter of 5 nm or more and 20 nm or less. In addition, the quantum dot (5) according to the present invention includes at least Zn and Se and does not include Cd, and has a fluorescence quantum yield of 5% or more and a fluorescence half-width of 25 nm or less. In the present invention, the fluorescence lifetime can be made 50 ns or less. |
| US11952521B2 |
Processes for preparing color stable red-emitting phosphor particles having small particle size
A process for preparing a Mn+4 doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn+4 I includes combining a first solution comprising a source of A and a second solution comprising H2MF6 in the presence of a source of Mn, to form the Mn+4 doped phosphor; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7; and wherein a value of a Hammett acidity function of the first solution is at least −0.9. Particles produced by the process may have a particle size distribution with a D50 particle size of less than 10 μm. |
| US11952517B2 |
Back-off preventing resealable adhesives
Adhesive compositions that replace gaskets and liners in sealing applications for packages that are detachable with hand force are described. The adhesive compositions are particularly useful in preventing leaks and spillage during storage and transport of its packaged contents. Advantageously, the adhesive composition provides packages with (1) a removal torque of from about 4 to about 20 in-lb and (2) resealable torque on subsequent openings of from about 2 to about 15 in-lb, measured in accordance to ASTM D2063. |
| US11952513B2 |
Adhesive composition, film-like adhesive and production method thereof, and semiconductor package using film-like adhesive and production method thereof
An adhesive composition, containing an epoxy resin (A), an epoxy resin curing agent (B), a polymer component (C) and an inorganic filler (D), in which the inorganic filler (D) satisfies the condition (1) of (an average particle diameter (d50) is 0.1 to 3.5 μm) and condition (2) of (a ratio of a particle diameter at 90% cumulative distribution frequency (d90) to the average particle diameter (d50) is 5.0 or less), and a proportion of the inorganic filler (D) in a total content of the epoxy resin (A), the epoxy resin curing agent (B), the polymer component (C) and the inorganic filler (D) is 20 to 70% by volume; a film-like adhesive and a production method thereof; and a semiconductor package and a production method thereof. |
| US11952512B2 |
Chemical process for stripping surfaces
A method of chemically stripping a surface is described. The method comprises applying a sealant to at least a portion of a surface of an object, the surface comprising a coating and one or more ingression points, the sealant filling the one or more ingression points to form a sealed surface. The method further comprises applying a stripping agent to the sealed surface to remove at least a portion of the coating to form a stripped surface. |
| US11952509B2 |
Electrically conductive composition, electrically conductive film, and laminate
The conductive composition of the present invention includes a conductive polymer (A) having an acidic group, and a basic compound (B) having a cyclic amide and an amino group in its molecule. The conductive film of the present invention is formed from the conductive composition. The laminate of the present invention includes a substrate; an electron beam resist layer, formed on at least one surface of the substrate; and a conductive film formed on the electron beam resist layer. |
| US11952506B2 |
Coatings with early water resistance
A coating composition is shown and described herein. The coating composition comprises: the (meth)acrylic polymer containing at least one active hydrogen (a), the epoxy silane oligomer composition (b), emulsifier (c), titanium oxide particles (d), a siliceous particulate filler (e) and water (f) optionally one or more additives, where the epoxy silane oligomer composition comprises 5 to 15 weight percent monomer, 5 to 20 weight percent dimer, 5 to 20 weight percent trimer and 45-85 weight percent poly-oligomers components. The coating composition can provide a water-based coating composition exhibiting early water resistance such that defects in the coating are minimized if exposed to water prior to the coating being fully cured. |
| US11952505B1 |
One component self-crosslinking coatings
A waterborne one-component coating composition capable of self-crosslinking and exhibiting a gloss and hardness improvement when cured that is similar to a solventborne two-component composition. The composition includes a urethane phase including a polyurethane polymer with at least polyester diol monomer units, polycarbonate diol monomer units, and ketone-functionalized diol monomer units. The composition may include an optional acrylic phase including an acrylic polymer having monomer units selected from one of alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer units, vinyl acetate monomer units, styrene monomer units, ketone-functional vinyl monomer units, or combinations thereof. The composition includes a hydrazine-functionalized crosslinking agent configured to crosslink one of the ketone-functionalized diol monomer units, the ketone-functional vinyl monomer units, or both. The composition further includes one or more tertiary amine reaction moderators or neutralizing agents. |
| US11952497B2 |
Phycocyanin pigment composition
An object of the present invention is to provide a phycocyanin pigment composition insoluble in water and provide food, cosmetics, a coating material or a printing marker for pharmaceuticals or agricultural chemicals, a stationery product, a writing tool, a printing ink, an inkjet ink, a metal ink, a paint, a plastic coloring agent, a color toner, a fluorescent labeling agent, a fluorescent probe, or a chemical sensor, each containing the pigment composition. It was found that the phycocyanin pigment composition containing phycocyanin and a metal or a metal compound was insoluble in water, and thus the present invention was accomplished. |
| US11952496B1 |
Liquid and solid state laser from 7H-pyrano[2,3-B:4,5-B′]diquinoline derivatives using energy transfer mechanism
The present subject matter relates to a new liquid and solid-state laser system comprising a laser structure and novel 7H-pyrano[2,3-b:4,5-b′]diquinoline derivative compounds as the laser active media; the novel 7H-pyrano[2,3-b:4,5-b′]diquinoline derivative compounds comprising 10-chloro-7H-pyrano[2,3-b:4,5-b′]diquinoline [(Cl-PD)] and 10-methoxy-7H-pyrano[2,3-b:4,5-b′]diquinoline [(MeO-PD)]; and a method of synthesizing the organic 7H-pyrano[2,3-b:4,5-b′]diquinoline derivative compounds used in the laser system. |
| US11952495B1 |
Fluorogenic pH-sensitive compounds and their methods of use
The present disclosure provides for compounds of Formula (I), its corresponding compounds of Formula (II) or salts thereof and their use as fluorogenic pH sensors. |
| US11952494B2 |
Sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, vulcanizate of the rubber mixture, and vehicle tire
The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, to the vulcanizate thereof, and to a vehicle tire. The rubber mixture according to the invention comprises at least the following constituents: at least one diene rubber; and, at least one char (HTC char) obtained by hydrothermal carbonization of at least one starting substance. A vehicle tire according to the invention comprises at least one vulcanizate according to the invention of the rubber mixture in at least one component. |
| US11952492B2 |
Biodegradable, controlled release microcapsules
Controlled release biodegrading microcapsules comprising polypeptide chains. |
| US11952487B2 |
Resin spacer for chip stacking and packaging and preparation method thereof
A resin spacer for chip stacking and packaging includes a fiber glass fabric used as a base material, a weight percent of the fiber glass fabric is 10-60 wt %; and the following components are attached to the fiber glass fabric as a percentage by the total weight of the resin spacer: 8-40 wt % of epoxy resin, 10-30 wt % of quartz powder, 2-10 wt % of aluminum oxide, 1-8 wt % of calcium oxide, and 1-8 wt % of curing agent. The resin spacer further includes a pigment. The pigment has a weight percent of 1-3 wt %, and the pigment is preferably at least one selected from white carbon black and pearl powder. The resin spacer is formed by mixing, impregnating, partially curing, stacking and pressing the resin material. The thickness of the resin spacer is 0.07-0.13 mm. |
| US11952486B2 |
Thermoplastic elastomer compounds exhibiting retained clarity and improved surface structure
Surface structure modification is achieved for an acrylate block copolymer thermoplastic elastomer by the addition of an organo-functional polydimethyl siloxane but also without loss of clarity. |
| US11952485B2 |
(Meth)acrylic composition, composite material obtained from such a composition, method for producing same and uses thereof
The invention relates to a (meth)acrylic composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup comprising: (a1) from 10% by weight to 50% by weight of one or more (meth)acrylic polymers P1, and (a2) from 50% by weight to 90% by weight of one or more (meth)acrylic monomers M1 comprising only one (meth)acrylic function per monomer, (b) from 20 parts by weight to 300 parts by weight of a mineral filler C, (c) from 0.01 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic monomer M2 comprising at least two (meth)acrylic functions per monomer, (d) from 0.01 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic monomer M3, the monomer M3 being: either a (meth)acrylic monomer M31 comprising only one (meth)acrylic function per monomer and being different from the monomer(s) M1, or a (meth)acrylic monomer M32 comprising at least two (meth)acrylic functions per monomer and being different from the monomer M2, and (e) from 0.01 part by weight to 5 parts by weight of a polymerization initiator. The invention also relates to a composite material obtained from this (meth)acrylic composition, to a process for manufacturing this composite material and to the uses of the (meth)acrylic composition and of the composite material. |
| US11952484B2 |
Electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material and the manufacturing method thereof
An electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material and the manufacturing method thereof is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes three steps. Firstly, prepare a mother solution of PVDF. Then, add graphene powders into the mother solution of PVDF to prepare a graphene-PVDF slurry. At last, remove the solvent from the graphene-PVDF slurry to directly form an electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material. Due to the ability of transforming the non-electrical energy into the electrical energy, the electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material can be formed for many different applications in the form of individual film or of film with a substrate via various film formation methods. |
| US11952481B2 |
Heterophasic polypropylene composition with high flexibility and softness
The present invention relates to a heterophasic propylene copolymer polymerized the presence of a single-site catalyst with a low tensile modulus, a process for preparing such a heterophasic propylene copolymer and articles made therefrom. |
| US11952479B2 |
Fluorescent orange latex with enhanced brightness and toners made therefrom
Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided. |
| US11952478B2 |
Latex formulation and X-ray detectable glove prepared thereof
A glove that is X-ray detectable prepared from a latex formulation comprises a base polymer, an accelerator, a vulcanizing agent, a surfactant, a pH adjuster, an antifoaming agent and a thickener characterized in that the latex formulation further includes radiocontrast filler, wherein the radiocontrast filler comprises a radiocontrast agent, a surfactant, a thickener and a solvent, wherein the radiocontrast filler is used in an amount of at least 10 phr of the latex formulation and wherein the radiocontrast filler has total solid content of 45%. |
| US11952477B2 |
Curable composition
A curable composition includes a curable resin and a magnetic body, wherein the magnetic body comprises magnetic particles and a surface treatment agent present on a surface of the magnetic particles. The curable composition has low viscosity, and fluidity, and capable of effectively cured without causing curing shrinkage or the like to form a cured product having desired physical properties. |
| US11952468B2 |
Metabolic enzyme-induced micro-nano plastic particle biodegradation method and product analysis method therefor
A metabolic enzyme-induced micro-nano plastic particle biodegradation method and a product analysis method therefor are disclosed. The biodegradation method includes the following steps: step (1), cutting an appropriate quantity of plastic products into small pieces; step (2), placing the plastic products in a ball mill tank and milling the plastic products in vacuum in a ball mill; step (3), weighing and dispersing the milled plastic sample with water to prepare a dispersion with a concentration; step (4), mixing the micro-nano plastic dispersion with a metabolic enzyme solution, and placing the mixed solution in a vortex oscillator for mixing well; and step (5), incubating the mixed solution in a waterproof incubator. The present invention provides for the first time a method for biodegradation and metabolism of micro-nano plastics under mild conditions and under the induction of a metabolic enzyme, namely, glutathione S-transferase. |
| US11952461B2 |
Siloxy polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof
Disclosed are a novel monofunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) and derivatives thereof. More particularly, one terminal of each of the monofunctional polyethylene glycol and derivatives thereof is modified with a siloxy group. The novel monofunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG) offers an alternative to methoxy polyethylene glycol. |
| US11952460B2 |
Polycarbonate resin, method for producing the same, and optical lens
A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, a low Abbe number and a high moisture and heat resistance is provided. In an embodiment, a polycarbonate resin including a structural unit represented by general formula (1) below is provided. |
| US11952455B2 |
Foam and composition for foam
The present invention provides a foam having a surface which solates or gelates after absorption of water and appropriately absorbs the water. The foam is prepared by a foam reaction of a mixture comprising at least one polyol, a compound having at least one isocyanate group, and a hydrophilic polymer. |
| US11952454B2 |
Processes and production plants for producing polymer polyols
Processes for preparing a polymer polyol (PMPO) in which a base polyol is continuously produced in a continuous base polyol reactor, the base polyol is continuously discharged from the continuous base polyol reactor; the base polyol is continuously introduced to a continuous PMPO reactor, which is different from the continuous base polyol reactor, and PMPO is continuously removed from the PMPO reactor. Production plant configured to carry out such processes are also described. |
| US11952449B2 |
Poly(meth)acrylamide-based copolymers with carboxyl-terminated pendant chains
The invention is related to a class of hydrophilic poly(meth)acrylamide-based copolymers each comprising dangling (i.e., pendant) reactive chains each terminated with a carboxyl group groups and at least 50% by mole of (meth)acrylamide repeating units relative to all repeating units of the hydrophilic poly(meth)acrylamide-based copolymer. The hydrophilic copolymers have a relatively high affinity to a base coating of a polyanionic polymer on a medical device or contact lens and are highly reactive towards azetidinium groups of an azetidinium-containing polymer upon heating. They can find particular use in producing water-soluble highly-branched hydrophilic polymeric material and in producing water gradient contact lenses. |
| US11952447B2 |
Polymerizable composition for dental material, and dental material obtained from said composition
Provided are a polymerizable composition for a dental material that can yield cured molded bodies having superior mechanical strength, a molded body obtained by curing the composition, and a dental material including the molded body. A polymerizable composition for a dental material, the polymerizable composition containing: one selected from the group consisting of allyl compound (A) and an oligomer of allyl compound (A); and (meth)acrylate compound (B). |
| US11952440B2 |
Process for the preparation of polyethylenes
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a polyethylene by polymerisation of a reaction mixture comprising ethylene in the presence a catalyst system and an antistatic agent according to formula I: (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 stand for a moiety according to formula II or a hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 20 carbon atoms (II) wherein each of R4, R5 and R6 may be the same or different, and wherein each of R4, R5 and R6 is a hydrocarbon moiety having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and wherein at least one of R1, R2 and R3 is a moiety according to formula II. Such process allows for the reduction of sheeting in the polymerisation reactor without compromising the polymerisation reaction kinetics. |
| US11952438B2 |
1,3-dipolar compound comprising an epoxide group
A 1,3-dipolar compound including an epoxide group is provided. The epoxide group is a 3-membered ether ring in which a first member is a carbon atom having an attachment to the dipole of the 1,3-dipolar compound and a second member is a tertiary or quaternary carbon. The use of the 1,3-dipolar compound in the modification of a diene polymer makes it possible to improve the rupture properties of a rubber composition comprising the modified polymer, without the expense of its hysteresis properties, while at the same time improving its implementation. |
| US11952437B2 |
Processing method of natural rubber latex using creaming
A processing method of natural rubber latex using creaming includes the following steps: adding a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and deionized water to natural rubber latex, adding a preservative and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an upper rubber latex phase and a lower skim latex phase, separately; diluting the upper rubber latex phase with deionized water, adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase; and adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent to an obtained lower skim latex phase, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase. |
| US11952434B2 |
Immunomodulators
The present disclosure provides compounds which are immunomodulators and thus are useful for the amelioration of various diseases, including cancer and infectious diseases. |
| US11952425B2 |
High affinity B7-H6 antibodies and antibody fragments
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are antibodies, antigen-binding antibody fragments, chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and bispecific T cell engagers (BiTEs) that bind specifically to B7 homolog 6. Also provided herein are methods of using the same and cells comprising the same. |
| US11952423B2 |
Bispecific antibody
A novel antibody that can be used as an anti-tumor agent and an anti-tumor agent that comprises, as an active ingredient, a molecule containing such an antibody. |
| US11952421B2 |
Bispecific antibodies against CD3EPSILON and ROR1
The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies against ROR1 and CD3, their manufacture and use. |
| US11952420B2 |
Nucleic acids encoding anti-TREM-1 antibodies
Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that specifically bind and inhibit TREM-1 signaling, wherein the antibodies do not bind to one or more FcγRs and do not induce the myeloid cells to produce inflammatory cytokines. Also provided are uses of such antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of autoimmune diseases. |
| US11952417B2 |
Anti-IL12RB1 antibodies
The present invention is directed towards isolated antibodies that bind to IL12Rβ1. Specifically, anti-IL12Rβ1 antibodies, and methods of treatment using the antibodies are disclosed. The antibody is targeted against the beta 1 subunit of the receptors of IL-12 and IL-23 and is capable of blocking signaling by inflammatory cytokines IL-12 and IL-23, which could be useful in treating autoimmune inflammatory diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), RA, and psoriasis. |
| US11952416B2 |
Anti-annexin A1 antibodies
Anti-annexin A1 antibodies are provided and methods of treating FAP and cancer using Anti-annexin A1 antibodies, antibody fragments or fusion proteins, including bispecific antibodies targeting two different annexin A1 epitopes, are also provided. |
| US11952413B2 |
Dimerizing agent regulated immunoreceptor complexes comprising interleukin receptor signaling domains
The present disclosure provides improved compositions for adoptive T cell therapies for treating, preventing, or ameliorating at least one symptom of a cancer, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and immunodeficiency, or condition associated therewith. |
| US11952412B2 |
Exosome-based anticancer agent
The present invention provides a recombinant exosome and uses thereof. More particularly, the present invention provides a recombinant exosome wherein a phagocytosis promoting protein is presented on the surface of the exosome. |
| US11952404B2 |
Tomato mSIBZR1L gene and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to the field of biotechnology, and particularly to use of a tomato gene mSlBZR1L in changing the morphology of tomato fruits. The present disclosure discloses a tomato gene mSlBZR1L comprising a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No: 3, and the gene can extend the length of the tomato fruits. |
| US11952401B2 |
Recombinant foot-and-mouth disease virus with reduced immunosuppression activity, and preparation method and use thereof
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of biological products for veterinary medicine, and specifically relates to a recombinant foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) with a reduced immunosuppressive activity, a preparation method and use thereof, and a recombinant vaccine strain. According to the present disclosure, it is firstly discovered that FMDV 3B protein has an immunosuppressive function, and key sites for exerting the immunosuppressive function are found. A recombinant FMDV vaccine strain with a lost immunosuppressive function in FMDV 3B protein is constructed by introducing amino acid mutations into three repeated copies of FMDV 3B protein. |
| US11952400B2 |
Bovine rotavirus fusion protein and calf diarrhea multivalent vaccine
Provided are a bovine rotavirus fusion protein and calf diarrhea multivalent vaccine. The bovine rotavirus fusion protein contains a VP6 fragment, wherein the VP6 fragment contains an amino acid sequence as represented by SEQ ID NO. 4, and at least one loop region of the following (a)˜(c) is substituted with an antigenic epitope derived from bovine coronavirus and/or an antigenic epitope derived from E. coli: (a) amino acid residues of sites 168-177; with an amino acid sequence as represented by SEQ ID NO. 1; (b) amino acid residues of sites 194-205; with an amino acid sequence as represented by SEQ ID NO. 2; and (a) amino acid residues of sites 296-316, with an amino acid sequence as represented by SEQ ID NO. 3, The bovine rotavirus fusion protein contains a plurality of antigenic epitopes, and can enable a host to generate a plurality of antibodies after immunizing the host. |
| US11952399B2 |
Methods for purifying proteins
The invention pertains to methods of purifying fusion proteins, in particular TNFR:Fc fusion proteins. Methods disclosed herein can be used to produce highly pure TNFR:Fc fusion proteins (e.g., etanercept) having a biological activity by removing hard to separate product related impurities such as clipped and/or mis-fold/aggregated TNFR:Fc fusion proteins. |
| US11952397B2 |
Crystalline forms of a neuroactive steroid
This invention relates to crystalline forms of anhydrous Compound (1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed herein are methods of making crystalline solid forms of Compound (1), and methods of using the crystalline forms of Compound (1) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for modulating GABA activity (e.g., positive allosteric modulation of GABA activity) and treating CNS-related disorders. |
| US11952392B2 |
Arginase inhibitors and methods of use thereof
Disclosed include crystalline (S)-2-amino-N-((3R,5R)-8-hydroxy-6-oxo-7-oxa-1-aza-8-boraspiro[4.7]dodecan-3-yl)-3-methylbutanamide in Form D and in Form E: (3R,5R)-8-hydroxy-3-((S)-4-isopropyl-2,2-dimethyl-5-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)-7-oxa-1-aza-8-boraspiro[4.7]dodecan-6-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or the crystalline Form 1 thereof: and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the same. |
| US11952388B2 |
Crystal form of tri-cycle compound and application thereof
Disclosed are crystal form A and crystal form B of a compound represented by formula (I), and application thereof in the preparation of medicaments for treating HBV-related diseases. |
| US11952379B2 |
Small molecule modulators of PAR2 and uses thereof
This invention is in the field of medicinal pharmacology. In particular, the invention relates to a new class of small-molecules having a pyrazino-pyrimidine-dione (or related) structure which function as modulators (activators, inhibitors) of protease activated receptor type 2 (PAR2), and their use as therapeutics for the treatment of conditions involving PAR2 activity (e.g., asthma, chronic pain, cancer and/or vascular disorders). |
| US11952376B2 |
Substituted amino acids as integrin inhibitors
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein R1, G, L1, L2, L3, and Y are as described herein. Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are inhibitors of one, or both of, αvβ1 integrin and αvβ6 integrin that are useful for treating fibrosis such as in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP). |
| US11952375B2 |
Crystalline forms of Mnk inhibitors
The present invention provides crystalline solids of 6′-((6-aminopyrimidin-4-yl)amino)-8′-methyl-2′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,3′-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine]-1′,5′-dione: The crystalline compounds of the present application are inhibitors of Mnk and finds utility in any number of therapeutic applications, including but not limited to treatment of inflammation and various cancers. |
| US11952374B2 |
Bicyclic compounds
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound described herein (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a compound described herein) and methods of synthesizing the same. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US11952369B2 |
Belumosudil metabolites and uses thereof in the treatment of chronic graft-versus-host disease
The present disclosure provides metabolites of belumosudil and uses of the metabolites in of treating patients with ROCK2-mediated diseases including cGVHD. |
| US11952367B2 |
Pyridine and pyridimine compounds as PI3K-gamma inhibitors
The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases-gamma (PI3Kγ) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Kγ including, for example, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases. |
| US11952366B2 |
Substituted 1,3,5-triazines as inhibitors for a rho family of GTP-ases
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: It further discloses a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of Formula (I) and their uses, in particular in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated to increased relative to physiological or desired RhoJ/Cdc42 levels of expression or function. |
| US11952364B2 |
TRK inhibitors useful as anticancer drugs
A group of tropomyosin receptor kinase inhibitors including an amido-phenoxy-indazole structure fragment. These compounds show potent inhibitory effects on various oncogenic kinases, especially TRK, and thus can be used to treat tumors or cancers. |
| US11952362B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating epigenetic disease
The present disclosure provides compounds and compositions capable of treating cancer or an autoimmune disease, such as Crohn's disease, and methods of use thereof. |
| US11952355B2 |
Method of preparing malononitrile oxime ether compound and intermediate compound
Provided are a method of preparing a malononitrile oxime ether compound and an intermediate compound. The malononitrile oxime ether compound has a structure as shown in formula (VII), wherein W is selected from aryl or heteroaryl. The preparation method comprises: reacting a first raw material with a second raw material in the presence of a first solvent and a catalyst to obtain the intermediate compound, wherein the first raw material has a structure as shown in formula (IV), and the second raw material has a structure as shown in formula (V); and subjecting the intermediate compound, and a dehydrant to a dehydration reaction in the present of a second solvent to obtain the malononitrile oxime ether compound. Furthermore, the malononitrile oxime ether compound is obtained through one-step dehydration reaction. using the preparation method, is advantageous for improving the yield of malononitrile oxime ethers and reducing the cost. |
| US11952354B1 |
5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-3-(naphthalen-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole as an anti-cancer and antimicrobial compound
A 5-((2-isopropyl-5-methylphenoxy)methyl)-3-(naphthalen-2-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11952349B2 |
Anti-cancer nuclear hormone receptor-targeting compounds
The disclosure relates to anti-cancer compounds derived from a payload which binds to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and a nuclear steroid-targeting epitope (B of Formula I), which components are covalently linked via a linker, to products containing the same, as well as to methods of their use and preparation. |
| US11952348B1 |
4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-hexyl-2-(4-hydroxy-3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole as an antimicrobial compound
An 4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1-hexyl-2-(4-hydroxy-3-dimethoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent. |
| US11952337B2 |
Bioenergetically active esters for health and disease
Compounds, compositions, and methods related to bioenergetic metabolism are provided. The compounds and compositions are suited to promote bioenergetic processes including cellular respiration and glycolytic flux and may be used to treat mitochondrial disorders, neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), multiple sclerosis, and/or epilepsy. |
| US11952330B2 |
Antibiotic ammonium compounds and methods for the treatment of bacterial infections
The present disclosure provides ammonium compounds, e.g., compounds according to Formula I as set forth herein, which are useful as antimicrobial agents. Methods for the treatment of bacterial infections and associated conditions, e.g., gastrointestinal conditions, are also described, as well as methods for altering the microbiome of subjects such as humans. |
| US11952326B1 |
Photoswitchable isomerization of sterically hindered 2,2′,6,6′-tetraisopropyl-4,4′-diethynylazobenzene
A reversible photo-switchable isomerization of novel sterically hindered 2,2′,6,6′-tetraisopropyl-4,4′-diethynylazobenzene and its synthesis. |
| US11952322B2 |
Stabilization of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene
The joint use of a C3 to C6 alkene compound comprising a sole double bond and of at least one molecular sieve for limiting or preventing the isomerization of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene to cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, and/or for limiting or preventing the degradation of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. Also, a method for heating or cooling a fluid or a body, to a method for producing electricity and to a heat transfer installation. |
| US11952319B2 |
Selecting and applying metal oxides and clays for plant growth
A process of plant fertilization includes adsorbing phosphorus from an anthropogenic phosphorus source onto a plurality of particles of phosphorus adsorbent and then applying the plurality of particles of phosphorus adsorbent to a plant medium. A composition includes a soil amendment and a plant medium. The soil amendment includes a plurality of particles of phosphorus adsorbent and phosphorus from an anthropogenic phosphorus source adsorbed onto the particles. A process includes adsorbing a first amount of phosphorus from a phosphorus source onto a plurality of particles of phosphorus adsorbent to saturate the particles of phosphorus adsorbent with phosphorus. The process also includes processing the particles to maintain the first amount of phosphorus on the particles and permit additional adsorption of phosphorus onto the particles. The process further includes adsorbing an additional amount of phosphorus from the phosphorus source onto the particles to saturate the particles with phosphorus. |
| US11952317B2 |
CMAS-resistant barrier coatings
An example article includes a substrate and a barrier coating on the substrate. The barrier coating includes a matrix including a rare-earth disilicate extending from an inner interface facing the substrate to an outer surface opposite the inner interface. The barrier coating includes a graded volumetric distribution of rare-earth oxide rich (REO-rich) phase regions in the matrix along a direction from the inner interface to the outer surface. The graded volumetric distribution defines a first volumetric density of the REO-rich phase regions at a first region of the matrix adjacent the outer surface. The graded volumetric distribution defines a second volumetric density of the REO-rich phase regions at a second region of the matrix adjacent the inner surface. The second volumetric density is different from the first volumetric density. An example technique includes forming the barrier coating on the substrate of a component. |
| US11952315B2 |
Gypsum board and gypsum slurry formed using a phosphorus containing compound
In general, the present invention is directed to the use of particular phosphorus containing compounds for making a gypsum board. The phosphorus containing compound may be a phosphite or a phosphate having a certain formula. In this regard, the present invention is directed to a slurry for making a gypsum board wherein the slurry includes such phosphorus containing compound. The present invention is also directed to a method of making a gypsum board from the slurry as well as a resulting gypsum board. |
| US11952312B2 |
Low-modulus ion-exchangeable glasses for enhanced manufacturability
Glass compositions are provided with low Young's modulus and compatibility with slot drawing techniques, due at least in part to liquidus viscosity and liquidus temperature. When ion-exchanged the resulting glass articles are capable of exhibiting a ratio of a peak compressive stress value in MPa to a Young's modulus value in GPa of 13.0 or more. The glass articles may have a peak compressive stress value in a range of 850 MPa to 1400 MPa. The glass articles are suitable for various high-strength applications, including cover glass applications that experience significant bending stresses during use, for example, cover glasses for flexible displays. |
| US11952310B2 |
Silicate glass compositions useful for the efficient production of through glass vias
Disclosed herein are glass compositions that present several advantages over glasses and other materials currently used for redistribution layers for RF, interposers, and similar applications. The glasses disclosed herein are low cost, flat glasses that have high throughput for the laser damage and etching process used to create through glass vias (TGV). TGV generated using the silicate glasses and processes described herein have large waist diameters (Dw), which is a desirable feature with respect to producing glass articles such as interposers. |
| US11952306B2 |
High strength glass-ceramics having petalite and lithium silicate structures
In embodiments, a precursor glass composition comprises from about 55 wt. % to about 80 wt. % SiO2; from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Al2O3; from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Li2O; greater than 0 wt % to about 3 wt. % Na2O; a non-zero amount of P2O5 less than or equal to 4 wt. %; and from about 0.2 wt. % to about 15 wt. % ZrO2. In embodiments, ZrO2 (wt. %)+P2O5 (wt. %) is greater than 3. When the precursor glass composition is converted to a glass-ceramic article, the glass-ceramic article may include grains having a longest dimension of less than 100 nm. |
| US11952303B2 |
Increase in silicon content in the preparation of quartz glass
A quartz glass body and a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body is disclosed. One process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate from a pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder, making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. In at least one process a silicon component different from silicon dioxide is added. A quartz glass body is obtainable by this process. A light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, are each obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body. |
| US11952299B2 |
Gas-liquid recycling device and method of using same
The disclosure relates to the technical field of energy saving and consumption reduction, and in particular, to a gas-liquid recycling device. A gas-liquid recycling device and a method of using same provided by the disclosure includes a gas-collection hood, a gas delivery pipe and a liquid delivery pipe. A gas inlet port of the gas delivery pipe is connected to the gas collection hood, a gas outlet port of the gas delivery pipe is inserted into a liquid outlet port of the liquid delivery pipe, and a liquid inlet port is located at an end of the liquid delivery pipe opposite to the liquid outlet port. |
| US11952298B2 |
Method for deodorizing sludge with metal salt and tannin extract together, deodorized sludge, and use thereof
A method for deodorizing sludge with a metal salt and a tannin extract together, deodorized sludge, and use thereof are provided. The present invention provides a sludge deodorization technology that has high treatment efficiency, environmental friendliness, and low investment costs, and satisfies harmless requirements of subsequent resource utilization such as incineration, pyrolysis, or carbonization. Characterized by containing abundant phenolic hydroxyl groups, the tannin extract is used as a multidentate ligand to undergo a complexation reaction with metal ions, which reduces bioavailability of proteins and other macromolecules, and effectively inhibits production of low-volatile sulfides, thereby significantly deodorizing the sludge during standing and combustion. The whole deodorization process of the present invention is simple and feasible, is flexible in operation, requires no complex and harsh reaction conditions or expensive equipment, has low operating costs, and can be used as a supporting pretreatment technology for resource utilization of sludge. |
| US11952296B2 |
Water purifier
The water purifier includes a nozzle (9) in a jacket pipe (1). At least one inlet bore (21) connects an inlet-side section of the jacket pipe (1) to a turbulence chamber (19), which is open towards an outlet-side section of the jacket pipe (1). When flowing through the inlet bore (21), a water stream is deflected and is swirled in the turbulence chamber (19). The rotating water stream subsequently passes through the magnetic field of at least one magnet (11). This efficiently prevents deposits of limestone or scale. |
| US11952295B2 |
Control system of dual power supply type electrolyzer
A control system of a dual power supply type electrolyzer includes an electrolyzer, a first power supply circuit, and a second power supply circuit. The electrolyzer includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first power supply circuit connected to the first electrode. The second power supply circuit connected to the second electrode. The first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit simultaneously supply power respectively to the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode have a same amount of power, but the first electrode and the second electrode have different polarities and their polarities alternate periodically. |
| US11952294B2 |
System and process for removing polyfluorinated pollutants from water
A water treatment system is disclosed. The water treatment system comprises a filtration module comprising one or more ultrafiltration membrane configured to remove one or more non-PFAS contaminant from a PFAS contaminated water stream to provide a partially purified water stream containing soluble PFAS contaminants. The water treatment system also comprises a sorption module comprising one or more sorption units comprising a sorbent material, the sorption module being in fluid communication with the filtration module and downstream therefrom and configured to remove substantially all PFAS contaminants from the partially purified water stream to provide purified water that is substantially free from PFAS contamination. |
| US11952292B2 |
Process to recycle water condensate from CO2 off gas stream
A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas. |
| US11952290B2 |
System and method for producing alkaline water having pH stability and increased mineral content
A system and method for increasing total dissolved solids (TDS) concentration and pH of water is provided herein. The water is processed using a variety of filtration and purification methods, including carbon filtration, water softening, reverse osmosis, and electrodeionization. After filtration and purification, the water is pumped into a mineral infusion chamber, including a plurality of bioceramic components. At least one TDS sensor monitors the TDS concentration of the water stream, and a flow rate out of the mineral infusion chamber is controlled by a flow control valve based on sensor data produced by the at least one TDS sensor. |
| US11952287B2 |
Method for the precipitation of particles of a metal carbonate material without use of a chelating agent
In a method for the precipitation of particles of a metal carbonate material comprising nickel and manganese in an atomic ratio of 0≤Ni:Mn≤1:3, aqueous solutions comprising sulfates or nitrates of nickel and manganese are mixed with aqueous solutions of carbonates or mixtures of carbonates and hydroxides of sodium or potassium in a stirred reactor at pH>7.5 without the use of a chelating agent. Thereby agglomerated particles are formed without any subsequent process steps, in particular no subsequent process at temperatures higher than the precipitation temperature. |
| US11952280B2 |
Synthesis of quantum carbon nanotubes
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for producing a volume of substantially all armchair nanotubes of a preselected chirality for fabricating yarn consisting of substantially all metallic conducting armchair tubes. The systems and methods can be used for the synthesis of (10,10), (11,11), and (12,12) metallic armchair carbon nanotubes and potentially other chiralities. The elements of the present disclosure include: (i) a carbon source that provides substantial numbers of ethylene and acetylene radicals in combination with a high population of ethylene groups and a small amount of methane, (ii) a hydrogen to carbon ratio sufficient to “passivate” all other chiral growth sites to a higher degree than armchair growth sites, and (iii) a CVD process that can be tuned to create a well-controlled population of catalyst with tight diameter distribution with sparse modal distribution that falls within a range of the desired single wall diameters. |
| US11952274B1 |
Process for producing hydrogen product having reduced carbon intensity
A method for producing hydrogen product having a low carbon intensity is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrogen product using a hydrocarbon reforming process; (b) providing at least some of the required energy for the hydrogen production process from a biomass power plant; and (c) processing one or more flue gas streams from the biomass power plant in a carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions. The hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2. |
| US11952272B1 |
Process for producing hydrogen product having reduced carbon intensity
A method for producing hydrogen product having a low carbon intensity is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrogen product using a hydrocarbon reforming process; (b) providing at least some of the required energy for the hydrogen production process from a biomass power plant; and (c) processing one or more flue gas streams from the biomass power plant in a carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions. The hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2. |
| US11952268B2 |
Engineered substrates, free-standing semiconductor microstructures, and related systems and methods
A free-standing microstructure may be formed from an engineered substrate including a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer, and an intermediate layer. The second silicon layer may include a monocrystalline silicon film. The intermediate layer may be between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer. The intermediate layer may include a silicon- or germanium-based material having a different lattice constant than the first silicon layer or the second silicon layer. The intermediate layer of the free-standing microstructure may further include one or more voids wherein at least a portion of the silicon- or germanium-based material is absent between the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer. |
| US11952265B2 |
Actuator device
An actuator device includes a support portion, a movable portion, a connection portion which connects the movable portion to the support portion on a second axis, a first wiring which is provided on the connection portion, a second wiring which is provided on the support portion, and an insulation layer which includes a first opening exposing a surface opposite to the support portion in a first connection part located on the support portion in one of the first wiring and the second wiring and covers a corner of the first connection part. The rigidity of a first metal material forming the first wiring is higher than the rigidity of a second metal material forming the second wiring. The other wiring of the first wiring and the second wiring is connected to the surface of the first connection part in the first opening. |
| US11952262B2 |
Beverage dispenser with container washing system
Dispenser (10), for the dispensing of drinking water and/or other beverages, comprising: —a cabinet (100); —a user interface (112); —a dispensing compartment (113) having a support surface (1130) for a container (9) to be filled; —at least one nozzle (114) for the dispensing of drinking water and/or other beverages, positioned over said support surface (1130); —a washing compartment (1) for said container (9), said washing compartment (1) comprising: —a washing device for dispensing one or more washing fluids inside said container (9), —a drain (60) for draining one or more washing fluids outside said washing compartment (1), wherein said washing compartment (1) for said container (9) comprises: a basket (11) adapted to contain said container (9) to be washed in an upside down setup, said basket (11) being movable between: —a first operating position, wherein said basket (11) is completely inserted inside said washing compartment (1) to enable to wash the container (9) contained therein, —and a second operating position, wherein said basket (11) projects, at least partially, from said washing compartment (1) to enable to insert said container (9) to be washed and pull it out once the washing operations are concluded, said washing device being adapted to provide, alternatively, water and water plus ozone when said basket (11) is located in said first operating position. |
| US11952259B2 |
Beverage dispensing system
Embodiments are described of a beverage dispensing system configured to give the illusion it dispenses aquarium water. |
| US11952257B2 |
High volume reciprocating dispenser for viscous and other foodstuffs
A fixed nozzle pump appropriate for food service and dispensing of other fluids of varying viscosities is contemplated. The components are modularly connectable for easy assembly and cleaning. A piston and sealing ring cooperate with the chamber extension formed in the pump body to facilitate reciprocating pump action while minimizing the number of components disposed in and exposed to the fluid flow path. A novel, injection-moldable valve is integrated on the dispensing nozzle. The entire assembly may be disposed within a container shell which itself includes a replaceable pouch filled with the fluid to be dispensed. |
| US11952254B1 |
Filling station
Hotel amenity fluid dispensing assemblies, systems, and methods for refilling empty reuseable jars from a source container positioned on separate scales within a housing. Each container/jar provides an RFID tag identity read by its respective scale RFID reader to provide selective operational parameters. Separate housing tower assemblies are fluidly connected to the central pumping assembly between the tower assemblies to draw product from the source container to the fill jar. Microprocessor-based control is electrically coupled to the pumping assembly, the scales, and RFID readers to turn fluid flow on and off. The control actuates the pumping assembly to dispense a precise amount of the fluid based upon the RFID identity and real time scale readings and activates tower assembly manifold movement to allow for replacement of empty source and full fill jars. |
| US11952252B2 |
Low foam nozzle
Techniques regarding multi-hole nozzle architectures and/or manufacturing methods are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a multi-hole nozzle component for a filling machine, the multi-hole nozzle component having a periphery, an inlet side having a surface, and an outlet side having a surface. The nozzle component can further comprise a plurality of separate passageways extending through the nozzle component from adjacent its inlet side to its outlet side. Also, the passageways can form a plurality of openings in the surface of the outlet side of the nozzle component. Further, each of the separate passageways can have a diameter of from about 1 mm to about 3 mm and a length of from about 5 mm to about 1.5 m. |
| US11952248B1 |
Hydraulic jack
A hydraulic jack for providing safety security is disclosed. The hydraulic jack comprises a hydraulic cylinder storing hydraulic fluid inside, and a piston installed in the hydraulic cylinder that is raised up from the hydraulic cylinder by a pressure of the hydraulic fluid stored in the hydraulic cylinder, thereby a heavyweight can be lifted by the piston. The piston has a drill hole on a body thereof that has a determined diameter and is perpendicular to the piston. When the piston is raised up, a safety pin is penetrable through the drill hole to secure the piston in place. |
| US11952244B2 |
Crane and method for determining weight state in crane
A tag reader acquires identification data and data of a reception intensity indicative of an intensity of a reception signal from a weight tag mounted on each weight, and a data processing device acquires the identification data and the data of a reception intensity of each weight tag from the tag reader, discriminates the identification data corresponding to each weight tag into attached weight data indicating that a reception intensity corresponding to the identification data exceeds a reference intensity set in advance and other non-attached weight data, and determines an attachment state of the weight to the main body portion based on the attached weight data. |
| US11952243B2 |
Moving system, method of moving an item and related components
The present invention relates to a racking bay tower construction method, the racking bay including upright members with shelf-frames installed therebetween, the construction method including use of a method of moving an item, the item being a preassembled shelf-frame, between adjacent upright members of a racking bay tower, the shelf-frame moving method including: mounting a first preassembled shelf-frame onto a jig table such that the shelf-frame is in an angular orientation; and lifting the first shelf-frame from the jig table, the jig table being positioned between lower ends of adjacent upright members, to an installation position between upper ends of the adjacent upright members, while maintaining the angular position of the first shelf-frame, and then installing the first shelf-frame in a desired orientation in its installation position; and then mounting a second preassembled shelf-frame onto a jig table such that the second shelf-frame is in an angular orientation; and lifting the second shelf-frame from the jig table, the jig table being positioned between lower ends of adjacent upright members, to an installation position between upper ends of the adjacent upright members but below the installation position of the first shelf-frame, while maintaining the angular position of the first shelf-frame, and then installing the second shelf-frame in a desired orientation in its installation position; wherein the mounting, and the lifting and installing, of subsequent shelf-frames is repeated until the racking bay tower is constructed. The present invention also relates to a jig table when used in the racking bay tower construction method, the jig table including a frame configured to hold a pre-assembled shelf-frame in an angled position. The present invention further relates to a preassembled shelf-frame when used in the racking bay tower construction method, the shelf-frame including at least two longitudinal members and at least two cross members connected together to form an assembled unit. Further still, the present invention relates to racking bay tower constructed by the construction method, the tower including upright members connected by shelf-frames. |
| US11952242B2 |
Guiding device, guiding method, and elevator
A guiding device according to the present invention generates and displays guidance information for displaying a sequence of operation states of an elevator on a three-sided frame corresponding to the car responding to a call for the elevator or the periphery of the three-sided frame. The sequence of operation state of the elevator includes the position of the lobby corresponding to the car number of the car selected from among a plurality of cars in response to the call for the elevator, the movement of the car of the elevator, the arrival direction of the car, a situation where the car arrives at the calling floor and the door opens, a situation where the door is fully open and starts closing, and a situation where the door is closing. Thus, a user in the lobby can intuitively determine the complicated sequence of operation states of the elevator. |
| US11952240B2 |
Elevator roller for an elevator system, elevator system having at least one such elevator roller, and method for producing an elevator roller
A roller for an elevator system has a roller body made of a metal material and a shell made of a POM material forming a running surface of the elevator roller. The shell and the roller body each have a wave profile running in a circumferential direction on a shared contact surface, wherein the shell has, on the running surface, a V-ribbed profile aligned with the wave profile of the roller body that has a rib spacing which substantially corresponds to a wave spacing of the wave profile. The elevator roller is manufactured using a molding process. |
| US11952237B2 |
Pneumatic transmission device
A pneumatic transmission device includes a transmitting channel, an air inlet and an air supply device. The transmitting channel includes a first feeding path, a second feeding path, and a compressing path communicated between the first feeding path and the second feeding path. The compressing path is gradually inclined downward and rearward from a front end of the compressing path to a rear end of the compressing path. The second feeding path is equipped with a scanning unit. The air inlet is slantwise extended upward and frontward from a top wall of the transmitting channel. An inside of the air inlet defines a passageway. The passageway is connected with the second feeding path. The air supply device is connected to the passageway. The air supply device injects high pressure air into the passageway. |
| US11952235B2 |
Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium; a post-processing apparatus configured to perform post-processing on the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a relay apparatus having a function of changing a transport speed of the recording medium on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus to a transport speed of the post-processing apparatus and transporting the recording medium to a subsequent stage; and a charge eliminating apparatus configured to perform charge elimination on the recording medium that is charged, by reducing a charge amount of the charged recording medium, and the charge eliminating apparatus is provided at a stage that is after the relay apparatus and before the post-processing apparatus. |
| US11952223B2 |
Dip treatment system and method for the dip treatment of articles, in particular vehicle bodies
A dip treatment system for treating articles, in particular for treating vehicle bodies, includes a dip treatment tank, which can be filled with a treatment liquid, into which articles to be treated can be fully or partially dipped. A conveying system defines a conveying path and includes at least one transport carriage, which can be displaced along the conveying path in a transport direction and includes a fastening device, to which at least one article can be fastened. The conveying system can convey the articles to be treated towards the dip treatment tank, fully or partially into the interior of the dip treatment tank, out of the dip treatment tank and away therefrom. The conveying path of the conveying system is divided into sub-paths, of which at least one first sub-path leads to the dip treatment tank or to an immersion region of the dip treatment tank and of which a second sub-path passes by said dip treatment tank or immersion region of said dip treatment tank. The invention further includes a method for the dip treatment of articles. |
| US11952221B2 |
Dynamic package sortation device
The dynamic package sortation device includes a track for handling a plurality of packages is provided. At least one conveyor extends away from the track towards at least two shipping containers. The at least one conveyor is extendable and retractable for dispensing the packages into a first shipping container of the at least two shipping containers and a second condition for dispensing the packages into a second shipping container of the at least two shipping containers. A controller is provided for providing an instruction to move the at least one conveyor between the first condition and the second condition based on a trigger. |
| US11952219B2 |
Drive assembly for a conveyor
A drive assembly for conveyor belt comprises a pair of opposing end plates for mounting a conveyor drive and mounting assemblies for mounting at least one of a position limiter assembly, a scraper assembly, a combined limiter-scraper assembly and side guards. The scraper assembly and combined limiter-scraper assembly include a leaf spring that is selectively tensioned by a tensioning element on an end plate to bias the scraper blade of the scraper assembly into an operational position. |
| US11952215B2 |
Automated-service retail system and method
A combination automated-service and self-service store for implementation at brick-and-mortar retail locations is provided. The store and corresponding method of implementation is an automated-service model in which robots, deployed at the brick-and-mortar location, fill orders for fungible goods placed by customers either online or in-store. The store also includes a shopping section where customers can select/order items and/or personally select non-fungible goods. The store includes a shopping section for non-fungible goods that customers prefer to pick out by hand and a back end automated order fulfillment section for other goods (e.g., fungible goods, dry goods, etc.). The two sets of goods are merged to a delivery bundle and delivered together for pickup by the customer. The combination automated-service and self-service store combines the convenience of online shopping and self-service shopping using an unconventional approach that reduces costs for the retailer and simultaneously increases customer satisfaction. |
| US11952213B2 |
Ceiling suspended shelf
An overhead transport vehicle temporarily places a FOUP at a ceiling suspended shelf while transporting the FOUP to a target position by traveling along a rail on a ceiling of a building from which the ceiling suspended is suspended. The ceiling suspended shelf includes an upper shelf including an upper support surface that supports the FOUP. A level of the upper support surface is the same or substantially the same as a level of the rail. |
| US11952210B2 |
Attached lid container with RFID tag
A container includes a base. A plurality of walls extends upward from the base. At least one handle is located on one of the plurality of walls. A slot is in one of the base, the plurality of walls or the at least one handle. The slot is at least partially defined by a pair of opposing walls with at least one retention projection extending from each of the pair of opposing walls. |
| US11952209B2 |
3 in 1 reverse vending machine
A 3 in 1 reverse vending machine. A vending machine that is solar powered and accepts bottles and cans made of plastic, aluminum, and glass. The machine includes a conveyor system, barcode reader and cleaning system, this prepares the bottle and cans to be shredded and then granulated into small pieces. The machine houses a delivery system that carries the smaller pieces of processed material to its predetermined receptacle for storage. Each bottle and can has a monetary value once received by the machine that will be issued to the user once all bottles and cans are received and calculated per user per transaction. |
| US11952200B1 |
Snack containment and dispensing apparatus and use thereof
The present invention is a snack containment and dispensing apparatus having a plurality of separate snack containment compartments, a preferably transparent lid having an opening therein, and a lockable plunger or like means to index or rotate the lid such that access to a singular snack compartment is obtained one-at-a-time. The rotation of the tray can alternately be accomplished through electromechanical means or through a ratcheting handle on the outside of the tray. The electromechanical actuation can be connected to external devices to track data about the use and contents of the device. Additionally, a door latch on the lid can selectively attach to and release from the tray through the depression of a door latch actuator. Additionally, the contents of the tray can be temperature controlled either through a passive heating or cooling back in the wall of the tray or through electromechanical means. An airtight seal can be created through the depression of a bottom button that pushes the tray and lid together into an airtight seal. |
| US11952198B2 |
Packaging for the cooled storage of at least one product and associated container
The invention relates to packaging (10) for the cooled storage of at least one product (12), with (a) an outer casing (14) that comprises (i) a base (22) and (ii) at least three walls (24), (b) an inner compartment (16) for accommodating the product (12) and (c) a coolant compartment (18) that (i) surrounds the inner compartment (16) on at least three sides and (ii) is water-tight, wherein (d) the outer casing (14) surrounds the coolant compartment (18) and wherein (e) the outer casing (14) and the inner compartment (16) are designed in such a way that the coolant compartment (18) is water-tight and can be filled with water such that, after the water freezes, the water cools the products (12) in the inner compartment (16). |
| US11952197B2 |
Thermal liquid container system
A thermal liquid container system comprising a main body, a phase change material (PCM) liner disposed within the main body having a PCM disposed therein, a liquid reservoir defined by PCM liner, a liquid dispensing partition disposed within the liquid reservoir such that the liquid reservoir is partitioned into a temperature conditioning channel and a liquid retention chamber, and a lid comprising a liquid ingress and a liquid dispensing opening, the temperature conditioning channel for placing a liquid passing therethrough in thermal contact with the PCM whereby thermal energy is exchanged between the liquid flowing through the temperature conditioning channel and the PCM such that the liquid is dispensed at a temperature that is within a desired temperature range determined by the selected PCM melting temperature. |
| US11952195B2 |
Cleaning fluid drawer for an appliance
A drawer includes a drawer base mounted to a housing, a drawer, and a bottom tray. The drawer slides relative to the drawer base and includes a front wall and a receptacle that includes a bottom wall with a front edge and a back edge. The front edge is mounted to the front wall. The bottom wall forms a first funnel that slopes downward from the front edge to the back edge. The bottom tray is mounted to the drawer base below the receptacle not to slide relative to the drawer base. The bottom tray includes a tray wall and a drain aperture wall. The tray wall includes a front edge and a back edge and forms a second funnel that slopes downward from the front edge to the back edge. The drain aperture wall is mounted to the tray wall at a lowest elevation of the second funnel. |
| US11952189B2 |
Article carrier and blank therefor
Aspects of the disclosure relate to an article carrier for packaging a plurality of articles. The article carrier (90) comprises a plurality of primary panels (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) which form a tubular structure having an interior chamber. The plurality of primary panels includes: a first panel (14, 28); and a second panel (18, 24) opposing the first panel (14, 28). The carrier (90) further comprises a partition structure (P1, P2) dividing the interior chamber into two or more article-receiving cells. |
| US11952187B2 |
High performance recyclable lid
The film structure has a first exterior layer having a high-density polyethylene and an inorganic particle, a second exterior layer having a polyethylene-based material for sealing, and an interior layer having a high-density polyethylene, a nucleating agent and a hydrocarbon resin. The film may be use as a heat-sealable lid component for packaging and offers high moisture barrier, good heat resistance, and push-through and/or child-resistance performance while maintaining an overall composition acceptable for recycling. |
| US11952186B2 |
Pawl-latching devices
Techniques and apparatuses directed to improved pawl-latching devices are described in this document. The disclosed techniques and apparatuses provide pawl-latching devices with pawls structured to avoid the sinking and warping problems present in some conventional injection molding processes. In aspects, the pawl-latching devices include a pawl having at least one of a pivot member including a notch, a release feature on the pawl spaced apart from the front and sides of the pawl, a recess defined in the top of the pawl, and/or a recess defined in the bottom of the pawl. |
| US11952184B2 |
Multi-chambered container
A container is configured to house a consumer product. The container includes a base, a cap, and an over-cap. The base has a bottom wall and a side wall extending from the bottom wall. The cap is engaged with the base so as to define a first compartment. The first compartment is configured to house the consumer product. The over-cap is engaged with the base and at least partially defines a second compartment. |
| US11952183B2 |
Cup lid for disposable cups
A lid for mounting on a cup opening defined by a brim of a cup body includes a cover having a substantially planar portion and a recessed opening disposed on the cover; a side wall disposed around the periphery of the cover; a flange extended from the bottom edge of the side wall and forms a trench space for accommodating the brim of the cup body when the lid is mounted on the cup opening; and a breathable film disposed below the substantially planar portion and covered the recessed opening of the cover. The cover and the breathable film of the present lid are integrally formed into a single piece. |
| US11952182B2 |
System for transporting hot food
A system for addition to a box for transporting hot food includes a sheet of paper having a fold at a midpoint defining a top sheet and a bottom sheet, the top sheet having a length and a width equal to an interior of the box, such that the top sheet fits within the box without being folded, the bottom sheet having a length and a width longer than the interior of the box, such that when the bottom sheet is placed within the interior of the box, edges of the bottom sheet are configured to extend upwards along sides of the interior of the box, a second fold defining a strip of paper above the top sheet, a food-safe laminate coating on an interior surface of the top and bottom sheets, wherein said coating has heat reflecting characteristics and oil-resistant characteristics, and orifices in the top sheet for allowing moisture to escape therethrough. |
| US11952176B2 |
Storage bag with shape-retaining strips at opening and an expandable bottom end
A storage bag has first and second side surfaces, and a sealable and an unsealable opening. A bottom end of the bag is movable between a flat configuration with the first and second side surfaces positioned adjacent to each other, and an expanded configuration with the first and second side surfaces being spaced from each other. Shape retaining strips are provided adjacent to the opening that can maintain the shape of the opening. The shape retaining strips are capable of maintaining the opening of the bag such that a distance between the first and second side surfaces at the top end of the bag is about equal to the distance between the first and second side surfaces at the bottom end of the bag. |
| US11952175B2 |
Cup made of paper or paper-like material
Cup made of paper material having a fillable interior space formed by a shell and a base. The base via a skirt at the lower end of the interior space is fastened in a substantially liquid-tight manner to the shell, and a lower periphery of the skirt forms a footprint for the cup. The cup has an external shell composed of a planar blank of paper or paper-like material. Longitudinal edges of the blank are connected to one another in an overlap region so that the external shell forms a sleeve. The external shell has a frustoconical shape having a first cone angle and, except for the overlap region, from the predefined spacing to the lower end is configured in a single ply. The shell, from the predefined spacing to the lower end, at least in portions tapers more heavily than in the region above the predefined spacing. |
| US11952173B2 |
Signal encoding for aluminum alloy containers
This disclosure relates to advanced image signal processing technology including encoded signals and digital watermarking. One claim is directed to a container comprising: a 3004 or 3003 aluminum alloy shell, the shell comprising an outer surface and an inner surface; a first layer of transparent ink printed on the outer surface as a flood within a first region; a second layer of the transparent ink printed over the first layer of transparent ink within the first region, in which the second layer of the transparent ink is printed to include a plurality of holes without any transparent ink printed therein; an opaque ink printed within the plurality of holes of the second layer of transparent ink on first layer of transparent ink within the first region, in which: i) the outer surface/first layer/second layer, and ii) the outer surface/first layer/opaque ink comprise a spectral reflectance difference at a machine-vision wavelength in the range of 8%-35%, and in which the plurality of holes are arranged in a 2-dimensional pattern according to a machine-readable signal, the 2-dimensional pattern being machine-readable from imagery captured of the first region. Of course, other containers, methods, packages, objects, systems, technology and apparatus are described in this disclosure. |
| US11952169B2 |
Collapsible storage container
Various aspects of the disclosure generally relate to a collapsible storage container with multiple sleeves. In some implementations a two-sleeve variant is described. In some implementations a three-sleeve variant is described. Both variants may be used to contain appropriately sized and shaped objects, for example bread, maps, posters, blueprints, plans, etc. |
| US11952167B2 |
Utility assembly and coupling mechanism
The present disclosure concerns a coupling mechanism for detachably attaching two or more utility modules to one another, utility assembles, mobile carriers and other attachable modules and articles. |
| US11952166B2 |
Container and integrated connector system
A container and integrated connector system includes a first container and an integrated connector. The first container includes a first body having a hollow first interior and a laterally projecting first shoulder disposed on an upper portion of the first body. The first container also includes a first neck, which is disposed on the first shoulder of the first body. The integrated connector is integrally connected to the first body. The integrated connector includes a connector member and a ring structure. The connector member projects laterally from the first body. The ring structure is disposed on a distal end portion of the connector member. The ring structure includes a connector opening, which is configured to fit over a second neck of a second container. The ring structure is operable to be removably secured to the second container when the connector opening is fit over the second neck. |
| US11952163B2 |
Container with reinforced neck
A container includes an outlet defining an opening that is in fluid communication with an interior portion of the container, the outlet having a central axis. The container also a neck portion having an upper structural ring lying in a first plane that is substantially perpendicular to the central axis, and a lower structural ring lying in a second plane that is substantially perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the first plane and the second plane being separated by a vertical distance. The neck portion may have a gusset extending between the upper structural ring and the lower structural ring, and the gusset may have a plane of symmetry, wherein the central axis lies in the plane of symmetry. The container further includes a shoulder beneath the neck portion, a waist section beneath the shoulder, and a base beneath the waist section. |
| US11952162B2 |
Label dispenser for product-transporting carts at retail facilities
A label dispenser coupled to product-transporting carts at retail facilities includes a label roll support arm supporting multiple label rolls thereon, a label guide arm including openings that permit a leading portion of the backing substrate of a label roll to pass therethrough, and a side wall interconnecting the label roll support arm and the label guide arm. The label guide arm also includes an upper portion located above the openings and configured to support the backing substrates of the label rolls thereon. The label guide arm further includes an edge configured to facilitate separation of a leading peelable label from the backing substrate in response to a force applied by the user when pulling the leading portion of the backing substrate of the label roll through the opening of the label guide arm. |
| US11952154B2 |
Binding machine
A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a butting part; a cutting unit; and a binding unit. The binding unit includes: a rotary shaft; a wire engaging body configured to move in an axis direction of the rotary shaft and to engage the wire in a first operation area in the axis direction, and to move in the axis direction and to twist the wire in a second operation area in the axis direction; a rotation regulation part; and a tension applying part configured to perform, in the second operation area, an operation of applying tension on the wire engaged by the wire engaging body in the first operation area. The tension applied to the wire is equal to or larger than 10% and equal to or smaller than 50% with respect to a maximum tensile load of the wire. |
| US11952147B2 |
Drone station
A drone station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a roof allowing a drone to land thereon; a side wall formed to be erected around all sides of the roof from the lower side of the roof; a nozzle which is formed at an edge at which the roof and the side wall meet each other, and sprays an air current upward; a grill formed on the side wall to allow external air to be introduced thereinto; a guide panel disposed inside the grill to guide fluid flow so that fluid flows from the grill to the nozzle; and a rotor disposed inside the guide panel to move fluid from the grill side to the nozzle side through a rotating operation. |
| US11952146B2 |
Systems and methods for loading and unloading a cargo aircraft
Systems and methods for loading a cargo aircraft are described. The system includes at least one rail disposed in an interior cargo bay of a cargo aircraft that extends at an angle relative to an interior bottom contact surface of a forward portion of the interior cargo bay, through a kinked portion and an aft portion of the interior cargo bay. Payload-receiving fixtures are described that can be used in conjunction with the rail system, allowing for large cargo, such as wind turbine blades, to be transported by aircraft. Methods of loading a cargo aircraft can include advancing the large payload into the interior cargo bay of the aircraft such that at least one of the payload-receiving fixtures rises relative to a plane defined by the interior bottom contact surface of the forward portion of the interior cargo bay. Various systems, methods, components, and related tooling are also provided. |
| US11952135B2 |
Shackle for fastening an aircraft engine comprising a pair of encapsulated anti-friction coatings, and aircraft comprising such a shackle
A shackle for fastening an aircraft engine including a ball joint with a pin including a ring including a first bore and a sleeve assembled in the first bore and having a second bore configured to receive the pin and the diameter of which progressively increases to have a flared inner surface at each of its ends, the fastening shackle being arranged such that a spherical outer surface of the ring bears an anti-friction coating produced on a region extending beyond the contact region with the body of the shackle, this first region being bordered by rims forming a projection around the coating, and/or the second bore bears an anti-friction coating on a region extending beyond its contact region with the pin, this region being bordered by rims forming a projection around this anti-friction coating, at the ends of the flared inner surface. |
| US11952131B2 |
Composite aerostructure with integrated heating element
A heated composite structure and a method for forming a heated composite structure. The structure includes carbon fibers embedded within a thermoplastic matrix. The carbon fibers are connected with first and second electrodes that are configured to be connected with an electric source such that applying current to the electrodes causes current to flow through the embedded carbon fibers to provide resistive heating sufficient to heat the composite structure to impede formation of ice on the composite structure. |
| US11952129B2 |
Carbon nanotube (CNT) or carbon allotrobe based induction heating for aircraft ice protection
A system for inductive heating of an aircraft surface includes a conductive outer layer configured to be located on an outer portion of the aircraft surface. The system further includes a carbon nanotube (CNT) yarn configured to receive and conduct electrical current. The system further includes an insulator located between the conductive outer layer and the CNT yarn such that the electrical current flowing through the CNT yarn generates induction heating on the conductive outer layer. |
| US11952128B2 |
Aircraft seat arm O-ring friction mechanism
An arm rest assembly and aircraft passenger seat including the same. The arm rest includes a friction mechanism for resisting abrupt rotational movements of the arm rest. A rotationally fixed frame member defining a rotational axis and receives a rotational member of the arm rest configured to rotate around the rotational axis. A groove formed in an outer circumferential surface of the rotational member seats a O-ring disposed between the groove and an inner circumferential surface of the frame member. Tolerance between the frame member and arm rest is such that the O-ring is held in the groove in a compressed state and frictionally engagement each of the rotational member and the frame member. |
| US11952127B2 |
Passenger seat arrangement for socialization and access for persons of reduced mobility
A passenger seat arrangement for a vehicle including first and second partition walls positioned in spaced apart relation forming an area therebetween, each of the walls including at least a portion angled relative to an aisle and each of the walls having an end position proximate the aisle such that the area formed between the walls is directly accessible from the aisle. A passenger seat positioned in the area is coupled to a guide mechanism such that the passenger seat is configured to travel within the area between a first position distal from the aisle and a second position proximate the aisle for facilitating transfer of a person of reduced mobility (PRM), and in some implementations through an intermediate position for enhancing socialization between the passenger seat and an adjacent passenger seat. |
| US11952124B2 |
Aircraft tray table with magnification lens
An aircraft tray table may include a body with a defined interior cavity, a personal electronic device support, and a magnification lens. The personal electronic device support may be configured to hold a personal electronic device when the personal electronic device support is in a support deployed position. The magnification lens may be configured to fit within the interior cavity when the magnification lens is in a lens stowed position. The magnification lens may include a lens configured to magnify content displayed on the personal electronic device held by the personal electronic device support when the magnification lens is in a lens deployed position. The personal electronic device support may be parallel to the magnification lens when the personal electronic device is in the support deployed position and the magnification lens is in the lens deployed position. |
| US11952123B2 |
Table device and passenger seat and vehicle cabin with a table device
A table device for a vehicle cabin, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft. The table device includes an active surface which is coated with at least one active material that is photoactive and antimicrobial. The table device furthermore includes an irradiation device, which is configured to irradiate the active surface with light. A passenger seat or a vehicle cabin may incorporate such a table device. |
| US11952121B2 |
Sensor systems and methods for an aircraft lavatory
A method may comprise receiving, via a processor, a first indication that an object is in a first zone of interest of a first sensor in the plurality of sensors; receiving, via the processor, a second indication that the object is in a second zone of interest of a second sensor in the plurality of sensors; and determining, via the processor, whether the first sensor or the second sensor is falsely detecting the object within the respective zone of interest. |
| US11952120B2 |
Multi-layer sleeping compartment
A multi-layer sleeping compartment for an aircraft is provided in order to more comfortable accommodate passengers to recline and sleep. The multilayer compartment houses a plurality of sleeping pods arranged either side of an entrance, and the sleeping compartment is generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. Further the pods may be booked for session times during the normal flight of an aircraft. |
| US11952116B2 |
Roof scan using unmanned aerial vehicle
Described herein are systems for roof scan using an unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, some methods include capturing, using an unmanned aerial vehicle, an overview image of a roof of a building from above the roof; presenting a suggested bounding polygon overlaid on the overview image to a user; determining a bounding polygon based on the suggested bounding polygon and user edits; based on the bounding polygon, determining a flight path including a sequence of poses of the unmanned aerial vehicle with respective fields of view at a fixed height that collectively cover the bounding polygon; fly the unmanned aerial vehicle to a sequence of scan poses with horizontal positions matching respective poses of the flight path and vertical positions determined to maintain a consistent distance above the roof; and scanning the roof from the sequence of scan poses to generate a three-dimensional map of the roof. |
| US11952112B2 |
Wing for an aircraft
A wing for an aircraft is disclosed having a main wing, a high lift body, and a connection assembly movably connecting the high lift body to the main wing, such that the high lift body can be moved between a retracted position and at least one extended position. The connection assembly includes a drive system having a first drive unit and a second drive unit, wherein the first drive unit has a first input section coupled to a drive shaft, a first gear unit and a first output section drivingly coupled to the high lift body. The second drive unit has a second input section coupled to the drive shaft, a second gear unit, and a second output section drivingly coupled to the high lift body. |
| US11952111B2 |
Electronic control of blade pitch on a tiltrotor
A system is provided for controlling the pitch of blades of a rotor, the system comprising an actuator for each blade, each actuator being configured for selective control of the pitch of an associated blade about a pitch axis. Sensors are configured for determining aerodynamic forces acting on the rotor, and a flight control system is configured to receive signals from the sensors and for operating the actuators in response to the signals to achieve a desired pitch-flap coupling value. |
| US11952108B2 |
Redundancy systems for small fly-by-wire vehicles
A universal vehicle control router for small fly-by-wire aircraft may include multiple vehicle control computers, such as flight control computers. Each flight control computer may be part of an independent channel that provides instructions to multiple actuators to control multiple vehicle components. Each channel is a distinct pathway capable of delivering a system function, such as moving an actuator. Each flight control computer may include a fully analyzable and testable voter (FAT voter). In the event of a failure to one of the flight control computers, the FAT voters may cause the failing flight control computer to be ignored or shut off power. Each flight control computer may comprise a backup battery. In the event of a power disruption from the primary power source, such as a generator and primary battery, the backup battery may power the flight control computer and all actuators. |
| US11952104B2 |
Spoiler control device, spoiler control method, and storage medium storing thereon program for controlling spoiler
If irregular movement is detected in a given one of left and right spoilers, a spoiler control device outputs a retracting signal for the given one of the spoilers and refrains from outputting the retracting signal for the other of the left and right spoilers, and if the difference between the angles of the left and right spoilers becomes equal to or less than a specified value, the spoiler control device outputs the retracting signal for the other of the left and right spoilers. |
| US11952100B2 |
Joint for connecting a center wing box and bulkhead in an aircraft
A joint for connecting a center wing box to a bulkhead of an aircraft. The joint includes a flex angle member with a first section shaped to abut against and be connected to the center wing box, a second section shaped to abut against and be connected to a first side of the deck of the bulkhead, and an intermediate rounded corner positioned between the first and second sections. First support members are attached to the center wing box at first pins and support a first side of the second section of the flex angle member. Second support members are attached to the web of the bulkhead at second pins and support a second side of the second section of the flex angle member. The first support members are positioned on a first side of the deck of the bulkhead and the second support members are positioned on an opposing second side of the deck. |
| US11952096B1 |
Method of reusing gas to elevate a flying object and an air sac for this purpose
When lighter-than-air gas compressed and filled in a pressure-resistant container is injected into an envelope, buoyancy created in the envelope causes an aircraft to ascend. When the aircraft finishes its flight role, a lid of an opening/closing mechanism is opened to exhaust from a port lighter-than-air gas from the envelope. When the buoyancy of the envelope is insufficient to counter the weight of the aircraft, the aircraft begins to descend. The lid of the opening/closing mechanism is closed on the port, and exhaust of lighter-than-air gas from the envelope stops. After the aircraft reaches a surface of land or water, an operator connects a duct to a gas suction device. The gas suction device collects the lighter-than-air gas remaining in the air sac into a container. The lighter-than-air gas collected into the container is transported to a gas collection facility, compressed by a compressor, and filled into a pressure-resistant container. |
| US11952094B2 |
Marine power system
A marine power system including multiple of fuel cells, multiple of D C/AC converters and at least one propulsion motor. In the marine power system, each fuel cell of the multiple of fuel cells is connectable to an input of a DC/AC converter of the multiple of DC/AC converters and at least one group of multiple of DC/AC converters is connectable to the at least one propulsion motor to provide variable frequency and amplitude voltage to the at least one propulsion motor. Further, at least one of the multiple of DC/AC converters is connectable to a fixed frequency AC bus to provide voltage with a fixed frequency and amplitude to the fixed frequency AC bus. |
| US11952093B2 |
Outboard motor cooling water induction system
An outboard motor cooling induction system. A pickup assembly is attached to a boat's transom proximate the keel. An uptake hose from this pickup assembly carries cooling intake water to one or more inlets on the outboard motor's lower unit. An intake plane is provided on the pickup assembly. This intake plane is preferably positioned so that the intake flow is optimized. |
| US11952092B2 |
Propulsion unit for a marine vessel
A propulsion unit for a marine vessel is adapted to receive power from at least one power supply unit. The propulsion unit includes a stationary part adapted to be mounted to a hull of the marine vessel, and a movable part comprising one or more thrust generating devices adapted to transform the received power into a thrust by acting on water carrying the marine vessel. The propulsion unit is adapted to receive exhaust gases from at least two internal combustion engines, wherein the movable part is adapted to release the exhaust gases into the water. |
| US11952091B2 |
Marine vessel propeller, propeller blade and method for installing the marine vessel propeller
A marine vessel propeller to convert engine rotational power into propulsive thrust is of a built-up propeller (BUP) type having a circular array of propeller blades, wherein each propeller blade is a single piece including a blade part and a base part. The base part has a generally circular inner surface with a number of radially extending cylindrical indents provided with planar end wall and fastening holes arranged through the base part at a location of the indents. A cylindrical insert is provided with a hole parallel to a longitudinal axis of the insert and arranged to fit into the indent, such that the propeller blades are attachable to a propeller shaft using exemplary fastening bolts through the fastening holes and inserts. A propeller blade and method for installing a marine vessel propeller are also disclosed. |
| US11952087B2 |
Smart apparel and backpack system
A smart clothing and backpack system enables a user to perform many actions. The smart clothing includes circuitry and/or is made of a conductive material enclosed in an insulation material. The smart clothing includes a set of sensors configured to detect body information. The smart clothing includes multiple electromagnets configured to adjust a size of the smart clothing. The electromagnets are configured to have an increased attraction to make the smart clothing tighter on the body of the user. The system includes a smart backpack to communicate with the smart clothing. The smart backpack includes a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) reader configured to detect RFID tags on or in items within the smart backpack. Many other features are able to be implemented with the smart clothing and backpack system. The smart clothing is able to include a wetsuit configured to communicate with a surfboard and/or a backpack. |
| US11952085B2 |
Houseboat assembly
The present disclosure relates to a houseboat assembly formed from a cabin assembly secured to a hull assembly. In some version of the houseboat assembly, one or both of the cabin assembly and the hull assembly may be formed in accordance with a boat type and/or a floor plan. The boat type and/or floor plan may be selected by a customer. The cabin assembly may be formed at a first location and the hull assembly may be formed at a second location. The cabin assembly and hull assembly may then be transported to a third location. At the third location, the cabin assembly may be secured to the hull assembly to form the cabin assembly at the third location. The third location may be requested or specified by the customer. |
| US11952082B2 |
Covert data delivery system for sub-surface oceanographic moorings
A system and method for sending instrument data from a sub-surface activity, such as data collection by one or more sensors, to another location, e.g., a satellite, a ground-based location, a vessel, etc., with minimal time exposure and minimal visibility of any system components at the water surface. Exemplary embodiments include a motorized payout-and-retrieval system or device, an air injection device, and a water-level sensor with automation control that together can be used to move a vessel, connected to an antenna, from a position in the water column in which the antenna is below the surface to a higher position in which the antenna is at or above the surface for data transmission. |
| US11952081B2 |
Control device for human-powered vehicle
A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller that controls a transmission to shift a ratio of a rotational speed of a wheel to a rotational speed of a crank axle in accordance with a control state. In a case where the controller controls the transmission to shift the ratio in accordance with an input from a shift operation device in a first control state, the controller changes the control state to a second control state. In a case where a change amount of a parameter related to a vehicle state of the human-powered vehicle becomes a predetermined amount or greater in the second control state, the controller changes the control state to the first control state. Shifting of the ratio in accordance with a shifting condition is more restricted in the second control state than the first control state. |
| US11952076B2 |
Three-wheeled tilting vehicle
There is described a three-wheeled vehicle (1) with two front steered wheels and two footboards (41.1, 41.2) on which the driver stands to drive the vehicle. The footboards are supported on a tilting four-bar linkage, having a front crosspiece 27 and a rear crosspiece 33, between which two rocker arms 31.1 and 31.2 extend. The front steered wheels are supported by the rocker arms and rotate around steering axes (S.1, S.2). |
| US11952075B2 |
Starting device for a motorcycle
According to an aspect of the disclosed embodiments, an apparatus for a vehicle includes a locking plate configured to be coupled to a first shaft of a suspension rod. A housing is configured to be coupled to a second shaft of the suspension rod that moves relative to the first shaft. The housing extends along a first longitudinal axis. A pin is configured to rotate about a second longitudinal axis. A locking mechanism is configured to lock the pin in starting position. |
| US11952073B2 |
Electronic device based vehicle performance instrument, system, and method
A performance instrument for a vehicle wherein an electronic device receives one or more operational quantities from internal sensors and/or external sensors and represents the one or more operational quantities as an analog clock face so that each clock hand is a function of one of the one or more operational quantities. The analog clock face representation provides at-a-glance apparency of the operational quantities for a user of the vehicle. |
| US11952072B2 |
Self-stabilizing vehicle
A system and method of stabilizing a vehicle are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect, a self-stabilizing vehicle having an articulated frame may generally comprise: a base frame portion coupled to one or more wheels; an operator frame portion to support an operator of the vehicle; a hinge assembly operably coupling the base frame portion and the operator frame portion; and a control unit to drive the hinge assembly causing the operator frame portion to rotate (relative to the base frame portion) about one or more hinge axes as a function of inertial data and speed data, and optionally steering control input signals. In some two-wheeled applications, both wheels are steerable; additionally, both wheels may be driven. Alternative vehicles are disclosed having one wheel and three wheels. |
| US11952070B2 |
Straddle type vehicle
A straddle type vehicle includes a front cowl configured to cover a front part of the vehicle, a shield arranged above the front cowl, and a detecting unit configured to detect a situation in front of the vehicle. The detecting unit includes at least an image capturing unit that is positioned above a lower end of the front cowl and in a central portion of the straddle type vehicle in a vehicle width direction, and is arranged in a position where the shield does not interfere with an image capturing range. The image capturing unit is arranged behind an upper portion of the front cowl. |
| US11952069B2 |
Cycling computer
A cycling computer includes a housing for enclosing an electronics package and a mount for removably securing the housing to the front of a bicycle. The housing has a wedge-shaped profile defined by a leading edge and a lower front surface extending rearward and downward to a bottom surface. The computer mount includes a cradle for removably receiving the housing. A bracket arm extends between the cradle and a mounting adapter which is used to connect to a handlebar or otherwise. The cradle further includes a curved underside surface extending rearward from a forward edge that is sized and shaped to align with the lower front surface of the computer housing to form a substantially smooth and continuous aerodynamic surface from the leading edge of the computer housing to a rear edge of the cradle. |
| US11952067B2 |
Airbag device for saddle-type vehicles
An airbag device for saddle-type vehicles including: an inflator; an airbag adapted to be expanded by gas discharged from the inflator; and a retainer accommodating the airbag, in which the inflator and the retainer are disposed as separate members. The retainer is provided on a turning axis of a handle stem in a side view of a vehicle, the inflator 53 provided around a head pipe in a top view of the vehicle, and the retainer and the inflator are coupled to each other with a connection tube. |
| US11952065B2 |
Vehicle restriction mechanism and vehicle carrier including the same
A vehicle restriction mechanism and a vehicle carrier including the same are provided, and the vehicle restriction mechanism is configured to be disposed on a supporting arm of the vehicle carrier and includes a base and a stem member. The base includes a sleeve portion, and the sleeve portion defines an axial direction. The stem member is adjustably positioned on the sleeve portion, and the stem member is rotatable between a restricted position and a release position relative to the base about the axial direction. One of the base and the stem member has a first guiding portion, and the other of the base and the stem member has a second guiding portion movably connected with the first guiding portion. Relative to an outermost bottom surface of the base, heights of at least two parts of the first guiding portion are different in the axial direction. |
| US11952062B1 |
Tree climbing robot
The tree climbing robot includes a central body and a pair of track carriers respectively pivotally attached to opposed sides of the central body. A set of wheels is rotatably attached to each of the track carriers, and a continuous track is mounted on, and is driven to rotate by, each set of wheels. At least one motor is mounted on each of the track carriers, such that each motor drives a corresponding one of the sets of wheels and a corresponding one of the continuous tracks to rotate. At least one cable is secured to the central body and is adapted for wrapping around a trunk of a tree. Each of the track carriers is elastically biased with respect to the central body such that the trunk of the tree is clamped between the pair of tracks, with the cable adding securement, stability, and aiding vertical movement. |
| US11952058B2 |
Method for controlling a steering system with two redundant power units
A method for controlling a steering system of a motor vehicle, including first and second channels in parallel, each including an electric power unit delivering an assist force to the steering system of the vehicle, in order to obtain the sum of two delivered assist forces, corresponding to the total assist force required, the method including: evaluating the channel having the lowest power unit power supply voltage value; defining a master channel function delivering an initial portion of the total assist force requirement and a slave channel function delivering a variable complementary portion of the assist force, corresponding to the difference between the initial portion of force actually delivered and the total force requirement; and pairing the master channel function with the channel having the lowest power unit power supply voltage value, and the slave channel function with the channel having the highest power unit power supply voltage value. |
| US11952056B2 |
Electric powered recirculating ball assembly
An electric powered recirculating ball assembly includes a steering rack. The electric powered recirculating ball assembly also includes a steering gear housing. The electric powered recirculating ball assembly further includes a plurality of rolling elements operatively coupled to the steering rack and in contact with mating geometry of a component operatively coupled to, or integrally formed with, the steering gear housing. |
| US11952054B2 |
Electric power steering apparatus
There is provided an electric power steering apparatus in which at least one of a motor housing and a control unit has a respiratory apparatus that performs a respiratory action, based on an inner pressure change in at least one of the motor housing and the control unit. |
| US11952049B2 |
Augmented rack and pinion steering system
The present invention is a steering system for a beam-type solid axle arrangement. The steering system is designed to operate in conjunction with the triangulated link-style suspension system with zero bumpsteer during suspension travel and negligible bumpsteer during articulation. Accurate steering throughout suspension operations is satisfied with mechanical linkages that include a slow ratio rack and pinion gearset and unique augmented chain and sprocket assembly. The slow ratio of the rack and pinion gearset ensures negligible bumpsteer during articulation, thereby leading to negligible if any bumpsteer throughout operation of the suspension system. Meanwhile, augmentation of the chain and sprocket assembly defines a steering quickener effect thereby speeding up the rack and pinion gearset and restoring quick steering response. Effortless steering is ensured by appropriate use of electric or hydraulic assist devices. |
| US11952044B2 |
All-terrain vehicle
An all-terrain vehicle is provided. The all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame unit. A steering mechanism is rotatably mounted to a front side of the vehicle frame unit. Front wheels are rotatable mounted to a lower side of the steering mechanism as being arranged pairwise as a left-side one and a right-side one and are controllable by the steering mechanism. The all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle cover unit covering a periphery of the vehicle frame unit. The vehicle cover unit includes a front vehicle cover section. An open receiving space is formed between a top side of the front wheels and the front vehicle cover section. An inertial sensor is arranged in the open receiving space. As such, mounting and servicing the inertial sensor can be carried out without removing the front vehicle cover section or other parts, and thus, mounting and servicing of the inertial sensor is made easy. |
| US11952042B2 |
Lower vehicle-body structure of vehicle
A lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle may include: a floor panel; a side sill; and a frame member that extends in the front-rear direction on the vehicle-width-direction inner side of the side sill and includes a front-rear extended portion that is in abutment against the side sill on the vehicle-width-direction inner side and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction along the side sill. The front-rear extended portion may include: a bottom face portion; an inner wall portion; and an inner-side flange that extends to the vehicle-width-direction inner side from a distal end portion of the inner wall portion and is joined to the floor panel. Deformation facilitating facilitators that facilitate deformation of the bottom face portion in the vehicle width direction when a collision load in the vehicle width direction is input may be formed in the bottom face portion. |
| US11952041B2 |
Cockpit for a vehicle
A cockpit for a vehicle, wherein the cockpit comprises a first module with a support and a second module with a support. The support of the second module is arranged in a first direction behind the support of the first module and higher than the support of the first module, so that the support of the first module slides at least partially under the support of the second module in the first direction in a crash case with a force acting on the first module. |
| US11952039B2 |
Vehicle frame for electric vehicle
An electric-vehicle frame includes a mid-section and an end section. The mid-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a first distance along a cross-vehicle axis defining a battery compartment therebetween. The end-section has first and second frame rails spaced from each other by a second distance along the cross-vehicle axis smaller than the first distance. A first connector is fixed to the first frame rail of the mid-section and to the first frame rail of the end-section. A second connector is fixed to the second frame rail of the mid-section and to the second frame rail of the end-section. |
| US11952036B2 |
Steering dolly
A steering system for steering a heavy haul trailer dolly comprising a turntable mounted on the dolly for connecting to another trailer unit. The dolly comprising a main frame, a wheel group mounted to the main frame, and a pivot frame mounted to the main frame between the turntable and the wheel group. A counter-steering linkage connects the pivot frame and the turntable. Hydraulic cylinders connect the pivot frame and the wheel group. To automatically steer the dolly, the hydraulic cylinders are locked in length. Rotation of the turntable in one direction causes the pivot frame and the wheel group to rotate in the opposite direction. To steer the dolly directly, the hydraulic cylinders are operated to extend and retract, pushing and pulling against the pivot frame and turntable to rotate the wheel group. |
| US11952034B2 |
Power column actuator mounting device
A power driven, telescoping steering column having a tubular outer jacket, a tubular inner jacket, and a tubular intermediate jacket arranged for coaxial telescopic movement relative with one another via actuation of an actuator assembly includes, a mounting device operably coupled against relative axial movement with the tubular outer jacket, with the actuator assembly being coupled to the mounting device without being fixedly connected or attached to the tubular outer jacket. |
| US11952032B2 |
Steering wheel with display and light source
To display information appropriately without making an occupant feel annoyed, a steering operation element 10 of a vehicle 2 includes a hub part 31 provided rotatably with respect to a vehicle body 15; an extending part 32 extending radially outward from an outer circumference of the hub part; an outer edge part 33 provided on an outer edge of the extending part; a display 40 provided on the hub part; at least one first light source 27A provided on the extending part; and an interface control device 41 configured to control the display and the first light source, wherein the interface control device is configured to cause the display to display an image corresponding to at least one of vehicle state information indicating a state of the vehicle and environment information indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle. |
| US11952027B2 |
Train identification system and method, and train safety inspection system and method
The present disclosure relates to a train identification system and method, and a train safety inspection system and method. The train identification system includes: a remote detection component, configured to acquire overall feature information of an inspected train through remote monitoring; and an identification device, configured to determine at least one of a type and a traveling situation of the inspected train according to the acquired overall feature information. |
| US11952025B2 |
Method for configuration of control software in a rail vehicle
Control software, which is intended for a multiplicity of rail vehicles, contains basic functions that are required for the basic operation of the rail vehicles. In addition, optional functions are implemented in the control software which are required for carrying out customer-specific requests. The basic functions and the optional functions are tested, validated and approved in their specifications, combinations and functional processes prior to installation in the rail vehicles. The basic functions and the optional functions are then implemented in the rail vehicles. In a selected rail vehicle, at least one optional function is activated or deactivated using a switching parameter which is individually associated with the optional function. The required switching parameter is created outside of the rail vehicle and subsequently transferred to the selected rail vehicle. The switching parameter is transferred encrypted to the selected rail vehicle, selectively specific to an individual vehicle. |
| US11952024B2 |
Transportation facility
A controller outputs, to a transport vehicle, a forward movement command for moving in the forward direction along a transport path toward a destination, and a reverse movement command for moving in a reverse direction along the transport path toward the destination. When a target task occurs, the controller determines a transport vehicle to execute the target task among a plurality of transport vehicles, while also including, as a candidate, a transport vehicle located on a downstream side of the transport path relative to the destination at a timing when the target task occurs. |
| US11952017B2 |
Sanding system for a rail vehicle
The invention relates to a sanding system for a rail vehicle with a grit container, with a conveying device and with a feeding device. The grit container contains a grit. The grit passes from the grit container into the conveying device and from the conveying device into the feeding device. The feeding device is configured in such a way that the grit can be introduced in a targeted manner into a wheel region and/or into a rail region of the rail vehicle. The conveying device has a driven conveyor worm which rotates about a longitudinal axis and by way of which the grit passes from the grit container into a conveying chamber. Compressed air can be introduced into the conveying chamber, in order to transport the grit from the conveying chamber into the feeding device. |
| US11952013B2 |
Trusted context self learning method for an in-vehicle network intrusion detection system developed to limit calibration proliferation and development costs
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicle apparatuses are provided. A method for determining a trusted context of operation by an in-vehicle Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) for learning of a vehicle platform, including executing the NIDS to monitor a set of Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and vehicle state elements by receiving a set of vehicle derived inputs about a vehicle's operating state; in response to a determination about the vehicle's operating state, identifying the trusted window during which learning about network topology and whitelisted messages contained in a vehicle platform is allowable; creating a vehicle-specific configuration containing a list of networks of topologies and whitelisted messages in use by the ECUs in the vehicle platform, and preventing misconfiguring of at least one network in the list of network topologies and whitelisted messages of the vehicle-specific configuration in the vehicle platform outside the trusted window. |
| US11952008B2 |
Driving assistance device for vehicle and driving assistance method for vehicle
An obstacle in a periphery of the vehicle is detected using a peripheral monitoring sensor for monitoring the periphery of the vehicle. It is sequentially determined whether an avoidance of the obstacle is necessary, according to a route of the vehicle. A warning device is controlled to issue a warning when determining that the avoidance of the obstacle is necessary. In a case where determining that the avoidance of the obstacle is unnecessary after starting the warning, the warning device is controlled to continue issuing the warning when an obstacle distance is less than a predetermined threshold value set in advance. |
| US11952001B1 |
Autonomous vehicle safety system validation
Driving simulations may be generated based on driving log data and used to validate autonomous vehicle safety systems. A driving simulation system may receive driving log data from autonomous vehicles and determine events which caused a vehicle to diverge from a planned trajectory. Driving simulations may be generated based on the driving log data, and executed using a simulated vehicle that follows the initial planned trajectory of the autonomous vehicle. The driving simulations may be analyzed to detect potential collisions and near misses, and to determine success conditions for the behaviors of vehicle safety systems. Driving simulations and associated success conditions may be aggregated and used in validation suites for vehicle controllers and/or vehicle safety systems, thereby providing more comprehensive and robust autonomous vehicle validation based on real-world driving scenarios. |
| US11951998B2 |
Secure system that includes driving related systems
A system that may include multiple driving related systems that are configured to perform driving related operations; a selection module; multiple fault collection and management units that are configured to monitor statuses of the multiple driving related systems and to report, to the selection module, at least one out of (a) an occurrence of at least one critical fault, (b) an absence of at least one critical fault, (c) an occurrence of at least one non-critical fault, and (d) an absence of at least one non-critical fault; and wherein the selection module is configured to respond to the report by performing at least one out of: (i) reset at least one entity out of the multiple fault collection and management units and the multiple driving related systems; and (ii) select data outputted from a driving related systems. |
| US11951997B2 |
Artificial intelligence-enabled alarm for detecting passengers locked in vehicle
The disclosed embodiments are directed to detecting persons or animals trapped in vehicles and providing automated assistance to such persons or animals. In one embodiment a method is disclosed comprising detecting that a vehicle is stopped; activating at least one camera and recording at least one image of an interior of the vehicle using the at least one camera; classifying the at least one image using a machine learning model; and operating at least one subsystem of the vehicle in response to detecting that classifying indicates that a person or animal is present in the at least one image. |
| US11951993B2 |
Vehicular driver monitoring system with driver attentiveness and heart rate monitoring
A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera and an electronic control unit. The camera is disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle. The system detects changes at the driver's eyes via processing of image data captured by the camera and determines driver attentiveness based at least in part on detected changes at the driver's eyes. The system functions as a remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) system. Based at least in part on the determined driver attentiveness, and responsive to monitoring the heart rate of the driver, the system determines impairment of the driver's capability to operate the vehicle. The system generates an alert responsive to (i) determination, via the rPPG system, that the driver's heart rate changes greater than a threshold change over a predetermined period of time and/or (ii) determination, via processing of image data captured by the camera, that driver attentiveness is below a threshold level. |
| US11951992B2 |
Vehicle positioning method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
Disclosed is a vehicle positioning method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method comprises: prelocating a target vehicle in a running state based on a global positioning system to obtain a priori position of the target vehicle in a map; acquiring running image data collected by a camera sensor in the target vehicle in a target area where the priori position is located; visually recognizing the running image data by using a vector map of the target area, so as to acquire lateral position information and longitudinal position information about a position where the target vehicle is located currently; determining a target lane in which a target vehicle is located according to the transverse position information, and positioning a travel position of the target vehicle in the target lane according to the longitudinal position information. The present invention solves the technical problem in the related art that the positioning accuracy of a vehicle is relatively low on the premise that the costs are limited. |
| US11951991B2 |
Semantic object clustering for autonomous vehicle decision making
The technology relates to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For example, sensor data identifying a plurality of objects may be received. Pairs of objects of the plurality of objects may be identified. For each identified pair of objects of the plurality of objects, a similarity value which indicates whether the objects of that identified pair of objects can be responded to by the vehicle as a group may be determined. The objects of one of the identified pairs of objects may be clustered together based on the similarity score. The vehicle may be controlled in the autonomous mode by responding to each object in the cluster in a same way. |
| US11951990B2 |
Gear shift control device of vehicle
A gear shift control device of an automobile including a driving motor, a relay clutch capable of disconnecting an engine, includes memory storing a gear shift map for determining the switching start timing of the gear position, a transmission control unit that switches the gear position based on the gear shift map, a regeneration control unit, and a relay clutch control unit. The gear shift map includes a cooperative regeneration map and non-cooperative regeneration maps that define the thresholds of relatively low revolutions. The threshold of a predetermined low gear shift point is defined to be smaller than the thresholds of the gear shift points higher than the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the non-cooperative regeneration maps, and is defined to be smaller than the threshold of the predetermined low gear shift point on the downshift side in the cooperative regeneration map. |
| US11951986B2 |
EHC warmup notification
Systems and methods of electrically heating catalyst (EHC) driver notification are provided. With the goal of increasing driver cooperation in reducing emissions, EHC driver notification systems notify the driver when the EHC is in an inefficient operation state. This notification is provided to the driver so that the driver may consciously operate the vehicle in a fashion that reduces emissions while the EHC is in the inefficient operation state. EHC driver notifications systems may also restrict operation of the vehicle when the EHC is in an inefficient operation state. However, for safety reasons, these systems provide the driver a function to bypass the restriction as needed. |
| US11951983B2 |
Autonomous controller for lateral motion and control method therefor
An autonomous controller for lateral motion includes a vehicle positioning module that calculates a lateral departure degree from the center of a virtual line after a line is lost using position information of a vehicle. The position information is derived by data obtained from the vehicle which is traveling. The controller also includes a driving route determination module that determines the virtual line connecting waypoints previously generated on a map for a section where the line is lost to connect an old line with a new line. A lateral control module then performs lateral autonomous control of the vehicle in a direction where the lateral departure degree is minimized to cause the vehicle to follow a driving route connecting waypoints set on the virtual line to travel. |
| US11951981B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting turn indicator light signals
Systems and methods of detecting and validating a turn light indicator in a vehicle include receiving optical perception data from an optical perception system. The optical perception data includes data describing a detected turn indicator light of another vehicle perceived by the optical perception system including a status of the detected turn indicator light. A turn indicator light signal is generated in the form of a time varying waveform based on the status of the detected turn indicator light. A duty cycle and frequency of the turn indicator light signal is obtained. An assessment is made whether the detected turn indicator light is a valid detection by comparing the duty cycle and frequency with predetermined bounds. When the detected turn indicator light is assessed to be a valid detection, then an automated feature of the vehicle is controlled based on the data describing the detected turn indicator light. |
| US11951979B1 |
Rapid, automatic, AI-based collision avoidance and mitigation preliminary
Disclosed are systems and methods for autonomous vehicles and vehicles with automatic driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to automatically detect an imminent collision, determine whether the collision is avoidable or unavoidable, and plot a course minimizing the hazard using an artificial intelligence (AI) model. For example, a collision is avoidable if the vehicle can avoid it by steering, braking, and/or accelerating in a particular sequence. The AI model finds the best sequence for collision avoidance, and if that is not possible, it finds the best sequence for minimizing the harm. The harm is based on an estimated number of fatalities, injuries, and property damage predicted to be caused in the collision. The AI-based situation analysis and sequence selection are directly applicable to human-driven vehicles with an emergency-intervention ADAS system, as well as fully autonomous vehicles. With fast electronic reflexes and multi-sensor situation awareness, the AI model can save lives on the highway. |
| US11951976B2 |
Method for automated parking, device, and storage medium
A method for automated parking, a device, and a storage medium, which relate to a field of automated parking. The method for automated parking includes: determining, based on a historical location of a vehicle over a first time period, a frequented region associated with one or more candidate parking routes for the vehicle; acquiring the one or more candidate parking routes for the vehicle based on one or more historical parking routes of the vehicle in the frequented region, where the one or more historical parking routes include a driving-in route and/or a driving-out route; and providing the vehicle with the acquired one or more candidate parking routes in response to determining that the vehicle is in the frequented region, for the vehicle to drive in or drive out. |
| US11951974B2 |
Drive unit for a drive train of an electrically driveable motor vehicle, and drive assembly and motor vehicle equipped with same
A drive unit and a drive assembly and a motor vehicle. The drive unit includes a first electric machine and a second electric machine and an output shaft, wherein a rotor of the second electric machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation. The drive unit further includes a disconnect clutch by which a rotor of the first electric machine can be connected to the output shaft. The drive unit further includes power electronics for controlling at least one of the two electric machines and a flow system for implementing a flow of a coolant, and the drive unit, being a component in the flow system, further includes a heat exchanger by which the coolant can be cooled. The drive unit and the drive assembly constitute equipment that allows control of individual assemblies in an efficient manner and with a low space requirement. |
| US11951969B2 |
Control arrangement for a brake system
A control arrangement for a brake system having a plurality of electrically-controlled hydraulic valves includes a primary electronic control unit (“ECU”) including a primary microcontroller for selectively providing at least one of electrical power and a control signal in a normal non-failure braking mode. A secondary ECU is electrically connected to the primary ECU via a power connector and a controller area network (“CAN”) communication bus. The secondary ECU obtains electrical power from a wiring system of a vehicle associated with the brake system. A backup microcontroller is associated with a chosen one of the primary and secondary ECUs, receiving electrical power and a control signal from the secondary ECU. The backup microcontroller selectively provides at least one of electrical power and a control signal in a backup braking mode responsive to the control signal from the secondary ECU. |
| US11951968B2 |
Electronic parking brake control apparatus and method
An EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) control apparatus may include: a first EPB switch of an EPB; a first controller connected to two terminals among the plurality of terminals of the first EPB switch, and configured to calculate a first signal value by combining signals received from the two terminals, and diagnose the state of the first EPB switch according to the first signal value, and a second controller connected to the other two terminals among the plurality of terminals of the first EPB switch, and configured to calculate a second signal value by combining signals received from the two terminals, and diagnose the state of the first EPB switch according to the second signal value. |
| US11951965B2 |
System and method for upgrading metamodel for friction coefficient prediction of brake pad, and brake control system using the metamodel
A system and method includes upgrading a metamodel for friction coefficient prediction of a brake, in which the metamodel for friction coefficient prediction may be constructed using various derivative parameters relating to the speed, temperature and pressure of a brake disc in addition to basic parameters, such as the speed, temperature and pressure of the brake disc, to greatly improve performance and accuracy in friction coefficient prediction using the metamodel for friction coefficient prediction and to improve accuracy in evaluation of the driving performance of a vehicle through an increase in accuracy of determination of brake torque. |
| US11951964B2 |
Method and system for control of trailer sway
Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle towing a trailer. In an exemplary embodiment, one or more sensors onboard a vehicle are configured to provide sensor data, and a processor onboard the vehicle is configured to at least facilitate: monitoring a trailer sway of the trailer using the sensor data, based on one or more parameters of the sensor data representing the trailer sway and application of a band-pass filter to the one or more parameters; and mitigating the trailer sway, via instructions provided by the processor to one or more braking systems of the vehicle, the trailer, or both, when it is determined that the trailer sway of the trailer is sufficient to warrant mitigation based on the one or more parameters of the sensor data representing the trailer sway and the application of the band-pass filter to the one or more parameters. |
| US11951962B1 |
Acceleration detection system for a vehicle and vehicle including a brake monitoring unit with acceleration detection system
An acceleration detection system for a vehicle includes at least one inertial measurement unit, which includes at least one acceleration sensor configured for measuring an acceleration of the vehicle. The acceleration detection system further includes a temperature sensor configured for measuring a temperature of the inertial measurement unit to obtain a measured temperature. A cooler is configured for cooling the inertial measurement unit in function of the measured temperature. |
| US11951960B2 |
Vehicle brake system and diagnostic method for determining a leak in one or more three-way valves
A diagnostic method to identify a leak in simulator valve in a vehicle brake system includes the steps of: (1) providing a simulator partially filled with a pressure medium and a de-energized simulator valve; (2) energizing a pumping valve, a secondary three-way valve, and a plurality of apply valves; (3) applying and retracting a plunger in a plunger assembly at least two cycles so that a predetermined pressure is achieved; (3) holding a plunger in position within the plunger assembly while maintaining a replenishing check valve in a closed/de-energized position and energizing the simulator valve; (4) obtaining a measured master cylinder secondary pressure decay; (5) comparing the measured master cylinder secondary pressure decay to a predetermined pressure decay value; and (7) identifying a leak in the simulator valve if the measured master cylinder secondary pressure decay does not match the predetermined master cylinder secondary pressure decay. |
| US11951957B2 |
Vehicle brake device component
A vehicle brake device component, which has a first connection element including a sealing edge and a second connection element including a sealing surface, the sealing edge being placed tightly against the sealing surface in an initial position prior to a temperature change, and at least one of the two connection elements undergoes a change in size during the temperature change, in the process of which the sealing edge is displaced into an end position relative to the sealing surface, the sealing surface being developed in such a way that the sealing edge is placed tightly against it also in the end position. |
| US11951952B2 |
Bicycle cross bar adaptor with a control unit
A bicycle retractable bicycle cross bar adaptor includes a bar having a first tube, a second tube and a control unit. The first tube has a first connection end and the second tube has a second connection end which is movably inserted into the first connection end. The second tube includes multiple holes. The control unit includes an inner part, a switch and a sleeve. A switch is pivotably connected to the inner part and the sleeve is mounted to the inner part and the switch. The sleeve includes a flexible tongue to pivot the switch. The switch includes a rod on one end thereof. When the switch is pivoted, the rod is inserted into one of the holes of the second tube to set the length of the bar. When the rod is removed from the hole, the second tube is moved relative to the first tube. |
| US11951943B2 |
Vehicle control system, vehicle control method in vehicle control system, portable device, control method for portable device, in-vehicle controller, and control method for in-vehicle controller
A vehicle control system includes a portable device configured to store information on an electronic lock of a vehicle and an in-vehicle controller configured to communicate with the portable device, the in-vehicle controller being installed in the vehicle. The in-vehicle controller is configured to generate a permission command to permit the specific operation to be performed when the in-vehicle controller determines that the operation requested to be performed on the vehicle is a specific operation that needs permission from the authorized user, in-vehicle controller when the in-vehicle controller determines that the portable device is within a predetermined range around the vehicle, and when the in-vehicle controller determines that near field communication between the portable device and the communication terminal based on a first telecommunications standard is established. |
| US11951938B2 |
Steering wheel locking control apparatus and method
A steering wheel locking control apparatus may include: a power supply switch configured to receive power from a battery when an ignition switch of a vehicle is turned off; and a switch unit connected to a motor, turned on when power is received through the power supply switch, and configured to lock a steering wheel through a closed circuit formed by shorting phases of the motor. |
| US11951934B2 |
Safety cutting devices for vehicle seat belts
Safety cutting devices for vehicle seat belts, in which the device is attached to the insertable components of such a seat belt. In this manner, the device is always readily available for use in an emergency situation. |
| US11951933B2 |
Webbing support device
In a lift-up buckle device, a worm wheel is engaged with a screw drive. When a worm is rotated in a forward direction and causes the screw drive to move downward, the worm moves the worm wheel downward. On the other hand, when the worm is rotated in a reverse direction and causes the screw drive to move upward, the worm moves the worm wheel upward. Consequently, the worm wheel may be stably engaged with the screw drive, and the worm wheel and worm may be stably mated. |
| US11951929B2 |
Occupant protection system including expandable curtain and/or expandable bladder
An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. In the deployed state, the expandable curtain may include first and second sides configured to extend along respective portions of first and second interior sides of the vehicle. The expandable curtain may also include a transverse portion extending between the first and second sides, and the first and second sides, and the transverse portion of the expandable curtain may form a contiguous barrier. The expandable bladder when deployed may be supported by the expandable curtain during contact by an occupant. The occupant protection system may also include a deployment control system configured to cause the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to expand to the deployed state. The occupant protection system may be used in vehicles having a carriage-style seating arrangement. |
| US11951927B1 |
Seatback supported airbag and seatbelt webbing
An assembly includes a vehicle seat having a seat bottom and a seatback supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seatback. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The assembly includes a seatbelt webbing extending from the seatback to the airbag. The seatbelt webbing is between the airbag and the seatback in the inflated position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device supported by the seat bottom and operatively coupled to the airbag. |
| US11951926B2 |
Seating state detection device
A seating state detection device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a detection signal group in a predetermined period that is output as a result of transmission and reception of waves by a radio wave sensor mounted on a vehicle, a signal extraction unit configured to extract specific-intensity signals in a predetermined reflection intensity range from the detection signal group, and a determination unit configured to determine whether an occupant in the vehicle is in a first riding state in which the occupant is directly seated on a seat or in a second riding state in which the occupant is seated in an infant auxiliary device, based on a distribution mode of the specific-intensity signals. |
| US11951918B2 |
In-vehicle power supply system and vehicle equipped with same
An in-vehicle power supply system includes: a main power supply configured to supply power; one or more power supply hubs; a plurality of electronic devices; a main power cable configured to connect the one or more power supply hubs to the main power supply; a sub power cable configured to connect each of the plurality of electronic devices to any one of the one or more power supply hubs; and a control unit configured to turn on/off power supply to each of the plurality of electronic devices through a power supply hub connected to the electronic device. For the plurality of electronic devices, a predetermined voltage is specified, and it is designed so that, while power is supplied to the plurality of electronic devices connected to the one or more power supply hubs, the predetermined voltage of at least one of the plurality of electronic devices is ensured. |
| US11951912B1 |
Door mount device holder
A holder for a handheld device, such as a cellular telephone, is a mount clip that attaches to a motor vehicle door. The first arm of the mount clip terminates with a hook or curve or bent edge. When inserted into the window slot of a motor vehicle door between the windowpane and the door panel, the hook or bent edge of the first arm engages with a portion of the window gasket. A mount fixture with a cradle or tray to hold the handheld device extends from the mount clip. When the holder is installed onto the driver's side door, the handheld device is positioned proximate or adjacent to the steering wheel and does not block the driver's access to the dashboard or the driver's view through the windshield. |
| US11951910B2 |
Working vehicle
A working vehicle includes a position detector to detect a position of a vehicle body based on a signal transmitted from a positioning satellite. A mounting stay pivotally supported by a base stay includes a counter surface that opposes an upper surface of the base stay when the position detector is in a first position. The position detector is movable from the first position to a second position according to rotation of the mounting stay causing the counter surface to face upward. When the position detector is in the second position, a front portion of the mounting stay is higher than an upper end of the roof and a rear portion of the mounting stay is lower than the upper end of the roof. |
| US11951909B2 |
Vehicle mounted articulating camera
An articulatable mount for temporarily affixing a camera and illumination system to a vehicle is disclosed. The articulating drive mechanism is lightweight, vertically compact, and ruggedized for severe service such as withstanding shocks from off-road travel and abrupt maneuvering. Articulation and illumination may be controlled remotely over Wi-Fi from inside or nearby the vehicle, and encrypted video feeds may be received by authorized users of an ad-hoc network of available smart-phone users and in-vehicle computer systems authorized and authenticated to participate in the network. |
| US11951908B2 |
Exterior rearview mirror or winglet for a vehicle having an electrical device attached to a housing
In at least one embodiment, an exterior rearview winglet assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes an exterior shell, a base bracket, a first housing, a finisher, and a first electrical device. The exterior shell includes a first side orientated toward a front of the vehicle and a second side orientated toward a rear of the vehicle. The base bracket is positioned in the exterior shell to couple the exterior shell to the vehicle. The first housing is positioned in the exterior shell. The finisher is being attached to the first housing and extending from at least a portion of the exterior shell at the second side of the exterior shell. The first electrical device is directly attached to the first housing and the first electrical device is independent of attachment to the finisher. |
| US11951897B2 |
Shipping container fastener and method
A device for fastening a container to a structure that stores or transports the container. The device has an elongated strip with first and second longitudinally-opposing ends. One end has a hook member and the other has an aperture through which a tie-down member may be extended, or another fastener for attaching a tie-down member or a tightener. The device's hook member may be inserted in a corner casting on an upwardly-facing surface of the container and the tie-down member may extend a first end through the aperture and a second end may be attached to the structure that stores or transports the container. By tightening the tie-down member, the container is drawn tightly against the structure that transports the container, which restrains the container. |
| US11951895B2 |
Pick-up truck stake support bracket
The present disclosure discloses a stake support bracket coupled to walls of a cargo bed of a vehicle such as a pick-up-bed truck for providing support to a stake of a standard size or a non-standard size. The stake support bracket includes a first panel, a second panel transverse to the first panel, and a third panel transverse to the second panel. The third panel includes a stake support opening. The stake support bracket further includes a first extension transverse to the third panel and extending away from the first panel and a second extension transverse to the first panel and extending away from the third panel. The stake support bracket provides support to the bottom and the sides of the stake and reduces probabilities of wobbling or pivoting of the stakes. |
| US11951894B2 |
Material handler tower
A tower for a material handler includes a housing surrounding an interior space. The tower has an interior mounting system including a base plate through which a plurality of interior mount openings pass. The interior mount openings are located at positions of the base plate that are interior of the housing. In some embodiments, the tower is part of a material handler that also includes two stabilizers located on opposite sides of the tower, a platform located above the tower, and a boom projecting away from the platform. |
| US11951891B1 |
Extruded strip for automotive floor mat
The present invention relates to an extruded rubber or plastic strip for adding it to the edges of textile and rubber vehicle mats with the purpose of keeping dust and grime inside of the mat, diminishing contamination of the vehicle's floor, and preventing the mat from slipping and obstructing pedal use, without need of replacing the whole mat. This strip is flexible enough to adapt to the shape of many rubber and textile vehicle mats. It has a slit in which the edge of the mat can be inserted to mount the accessory to the mat and an internal cavity, adjacent to the slit and higher than the slit, for imprisoning the edge of the mat and ensuring a firm grip. The exterior side is higher than the interior side, so that, once applied, the accessory stops the water, dust, or grime from exiting the mat. |
| US11951889B2 |
Seatback speakers
Various implementations include seats and related loudspeakers. In particular cases, a seat includes: a seat headrest portion; a seat backrest portion; and a loudspeaker assembly. The loudspeaker assembly includes at least one driver for generating an acoustic output; and an acoustic exit fixed in the seat backrest portion and angled to provide the acoustic output to a location below a nominal ear position of an occupant of the seat, wherein a firing angle of the at least one driver provides the acoustic output to achieve a consistent frequency response across a range of positions deviating from the nominal ear position. |
| US11951888B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion S1 and a seat back S2. The seat back S2 includes a seat back frame F2 constituting a framework thereof, a pressure-receiving member 30 located in the seat back frame F2 and designed to support an upper body of an occupant, elastically supporting members 26, 27 elastically supporting the pressure-receiving member 30 in the seat back frame F2, and a cover material covering the seat back frame F2 and the pressure-receiving member 30. The seat back is configured such that when a backward movement load is applied from the upper body of the occupant seated on the seat cushion S1 to the seat back S2, the pressure-receiving member 30 moves backward to allow the upper body of the occupant to sink into the seat back S2. A vibrating unit 50 is attached to the pressure-receiving member 30. |
| US11951887B2 |
Rear seat arrangement for a vehicle, and a vehicle having same
A vehicle, and a rear seat arrangement for a vehicle, includes at least one backrest. The at least one backrest comprises a strut bar, and at least one of the at least one backrest is adapted to be pivotally folded into a backward folded position for connecting the strut bar to a mounting structure at a body of the vehicle. |
| US11951886B2 |
Vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly
A vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly includes a safety seat and a prop assembly mounted with respect to the safety seat. The prop assembly has a stowed position and a safely deployed position. The prop assembly includes: a leg assembly; a foot assembly mounted to the leg assembly; and a first sensor, for example a tilt sensor, for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the stowed position. A second sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the safely deployed position is also provided. A warning system is also disclosed. The warning system changes from a timing state to the warning state if the second sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its safely deployed position by a pre-determined time after the change from a standby state to a timing state. |
| US11951884B2 |
Self-biasing recliner cross-talk tube coupler
A coupler for coupling a cross-talk tube of a vehicle seat with a shaft of a dual recliner assembly. The coupler comprises a generally cylindrical body extending axially between an inboard end and an outboard end. The inboard end includes an inboard aperture having an inboard planar surface. The outboard end includes an outboard aperture having an outboard planar surface. The inboard planar surface and the outboard planar surface transition from an axially offset position to an axially aligned position when the coupler is installed with the cross-talk tube and the shaft of the dual recliner assembly. |
| US11951880B2 |
Vehicle seat having an adjusting device and vehicle having such a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat has a seat base, a carriage, and an adjusting device. The adjusting device is formed in such a way that the vehicle seat is adjustable vertically or the inclination is adjustable by the adjusting device. The adjusting device has a rotation device arranged on the carriage such that the seat base is rotatable relative to the carriage about a vertical axis by the rotation device. The adjusting device includes a strut, a first end of which is pivotably attached to the carriage or to a rotation base fixed to the carriage and a second end of which is pivotably attached to the seat base. The adjusting device has first and second linear actuators. The seat base is supported on the first linear actuator, the second linear actuator, and/or the strut. The first and second linear actuators cooperate to adjust the vehicle seat. |
| US11951876B2 |
Multipurpose work vehicle
A multipurpose work vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes a driver's seat at the center of a vehicle body in the left-right direction of the vehicle body; and an occupant's seat to the left or right of the driver's seat in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, wherein the occupant's seat is offset rearwardly relative to the driver's seat. |
| US11951875B2 |
Multi-sensor life detection within vehicles
Sensor data can be collected from a first set of sensors associated with a first seat within a vehicle during a first vehicle stage. The outputs of each sensor of the first set of sensors can then be aggregated to calculate a probability of life within the first seat during the first vehicle stage. |
| US11951870B2 |
Battery monitoring apparatus
A battery monitoring apparatus is provided for monitoring unit batteries of an assembled battery which are grouped into battery blocks. The battery monitoring apparatus includes a battery ECU, voltage monitors each being mounted to a corresponding one of the battery blocks, and a monitor activation device. The battery ECU is configured to wirelessly transmit commands to the voltage monitors. The voltage monitors are configured to detect voltage information of the unit batteries and wirelessly transmit the detected voltage information to the battery ECU. The monitor activation device is configured to sequentially activate the voltage monitors with time lags in a predetermined order recognized by the battery ECU. Moreover, the battery monitoring apparatus is configured so that: the voltage monitors sequentially start wireless communication with the battery ECU in the predetermined order; and the battery ECU assigns IDs, via the wireless communication, sequentially to the voltage monitors in the predetermined order. |
| US11951868B2 |
Methods and apparatus for an active convertor dolly
The disclosure is directed at an apparatus for an active converter dolly for use in a tractor-trailer configuration. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a system to connect a first trailer towed behind a towing vehicle to a second trailer. The apparatus further includes a kinetic energy recovery device for translating the mechanical motions or actions of the dolly into electricity or electrical energy so that this energy can be used to charge a battery or to power other functionality for either the dolly or the tractor-trailer. The active dolly may also operate to assist in shunting the tractor-trailer. The active dolly is operable in a number of modes to increase vehicle performance and efficiency. |
| US11951866B2 |
Method and device for determining an operating temperature, operating method for a battery cell, control unit for a battery cell, and working device
A method for determining an operating temperature of a battery cell in which (i) a value of a measure variable for determining an external temperature of the battery cell is detected, (ii) an internal temperature of the battery cell is determined by detecting an electrical impedance of the battery cell, and (iii) a value of the operating temperature of the battery cell is determined from the external and/or the internal temperature. The internal temperature of the battery cell in a first operating state of the battery cell is determined more frequently when the value of the determined external temperature, the internal temperature and/or the operating temperature lies within a predefined first safe range, and is determined less frequently when the value of the determined external temperature, the internal temperature and/or the operating temperature lies outside the predefined first safe range. |
| US11951860B2 |
Battery charging management for multiple battery electric vehicles
The disclosure generally pertains to battery charging management of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In an example method, a processor generates an operational profile for a first BEV among a number of BEVs. The profile may be based on a mileage accumulation pattern, a parking pattern, and/or a battery charging pattern, detected over an information collection period. The mileage accumulation pattern may be based on the use of the first BEV for commuting from a residence to a workplace. The processor determines an availability of a battery charging outlet in a section of a garage of the residence, and based on the operational profile of the first BEV, identifies a period of time for charging a battery of the first BEV in the garage. The processor then issues a directive to park the first BEV in the section of the garage over the identified period of time for charging the battery. |
| US11951855B2 |
Integrated three-phase AC charger for vehicle applications with dual-inverter drive
A powertrain for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle applications with integrated three-phase AC charging featuring buck-boost operation and optional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability, along with corresponding methods and machine instruction sets for switch control. The powertrain can include of a three-phase current source converter (CSC) front-end with an associated input filter, a polarity inversion module, and in an embodiment, a dual-inverter motor drive. The dual-inverter drive is the source of both the back emf and requisite DC inductance for the CSC. A compact design is thus provided as no additional magnetics are required and the on-board cooling system required for traction mode can be re-deployed for charging and V2G mode. The powertrain is mode shifted between charging and V2G mode through an optional polarity inversion module. |
| US11951852B2 |
Charging apparatus
A charging apparatus includes a movable unit, an ascending and descending device, a detection device, and a control device. The movable unit includes a connection device configured to connect to a power storage device. The ascending and descending device causes the movable unit to ascend or descend between a first state and a second state. The first state is a state in which the movable unit is housed under the ground. The detection device detects an obstacle above the movable unit. The control device prohibits ascent of the movable unit when determination is made that the movable unit is in the first state and the obstacle is present above the movable unit based on a detection result from the detection device. |
| US11951832B2 |
Driver assistance system
A driver assistance system for vehicles, which is capable of preventing driver carelessness from causing a vehicle accident when a vehicle stops while traveling, includes a vehicle sensor unit configured to detect driver state data, a driver assistance unit operated to assist a driver when driver carelessness about vehicle driving is detected when a vehicle stops while traveling, and a control unit configured to identify whether the driver is careless based on the driver state data when the vehicle stops while traveling, and to operate the driver assistance unit when the driver carelessness is detected, preventing the vehicle from driving. |
| US11951827B2 |
Work vehicle
The work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a controller capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device. |
| US11951822B2 |
Battery carrier and vehicle having said battery carrier
A battery carrier having a trough formed from shaped sheet metal, which has at least one trough side wall and a trough bottom connected to the trough side wall, a plurality of support profiles provided in the trough and affixed to the trough, at least one battery pack, which is affixed to at least two support profiles extending adjacent to the battery pack, a lid, which is detachably connected to said trough, and a heat exchanger, which is thermally connected to the battery pack and has at least one flow channel for a liquid. In order to enable a simple design and simple assembly and maintenance, it is proposed for the lid to form the heat exchanger, wherein the battery pack is arranged at a distance from the trough bottom and the trough bottom is permanently connected to the trough side wall or embodied of one piece with it. |
| US11951821B2 |
Gearbox for an electric powertrain
A gearbox for an electric powertrain, said gearbox comprising a primary shaft, on which are arranged a first primary gear which is fixed in rotation with respect to the primary shaft, a second primary gear and a third primary gear and a secondary shaft, on which are arranged a first secondary gear that is meshing with the first primary gear and that is by default free to rotate around the secondary shaft, a second secondary gear meshing with the second primary gear and a third secondary gear meshing with the third primary gear. The gearbox further includes a first coupling member, which is arranged along the secondary shaft and which can be moved between an engaged position, in which it couples the first secondary gear in rotation with the secondary shaft and a neutral position. |
| US11951820B2 |
Openable vehicle roof having a wind deflector device
An openable vehicle roof having a wind deflector device which contains a wind deflector bow, which is produced from plastic material and has a central wind deflector profiled element having lateral deployment arms. At least the wind deflector profiled element has a profile leg, which delimits a groove, which is formed on the wind deflector profiled element and is open at the bottom and runs longitudinally, and the profile leg has, on the interior thereof facing the groove, a molded-on or attached fastening apparatus for an add-on part. A tool for producing a wind deflector bow is provided. |
| US11951819B2 |
Skeleton for truck bed and convertible top
A rack for a truck, SUV or vehicle is disclosed herein which allows the user to lift a load above a roof of the vehicle. The load can be secured to the roof via the rack. Rotating rails are attached to a stationary rails. The stationary rails are mounted to the roof of the vehicle. A basket may be traversably slideable from the rotating rails to the stationary rails. The rotating rails may be lifted up after loading a basket to also lift the basket and the load up and allow the basket to slide onto the stationary rails. Once the basket and load are on the stationary rails, the basket is locked into place with a lock so that the load remains in place while the user is driving. |
| US11951818B2 |
Golf cart foldable rear enclosure
A rearwardly extending golf cart enclosure is disclosed. The golf cart enclosure is movable from a stored position to a deployed position which covers the golf bag storage area of the golf cart. The enclosure includes a plurality of struts which are substantially the same size. The enclosure is mounted to the golf cart rear roof supports via a pair of mounting wings or brackets. The mounting wings include a cam member rotatably mounted to a lower end of the mounting wing. The cam member includes a slot which allows at least one strut to move within the slot as the cam member is rotated to store or deploy the enclosure. The enclosure is mounted to an underside of the golf cart roof such that in the stored position, the enclosure fits underneath the golf cart roof and is protected from the elements or sun by a rear end of the golf cart roof. A metallic member provided on the mounting wing is magnetically coupled to a magnet mounted in the enclosure cover to releasably secure the enclosure in the stored position. |
| US11951811B1 |
Kit for retrofitting a pivoting window of a vehicle
A kit for retrofitting a pivoting window of a vehicle including a secondary window frame attachable to the original window frame of the vehicle and adapted to provide additional clearance between the pivoting window and any adjacent panels or parts of the vehicle, a connector adapted to connect the secondary window frame to the original window frame, and a latch mechanism adapted to hold the pivoting window in a selected position with respect to the secondary window frame. |
| US11951805B2 |
Heat management system
A heat management system includes a high-temperature heat medium circuit, a low-temperature heat medium circuit, a circuit connection part, and a circuit switching part. The high-temperature heat medium circuit connects a heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger and a heater core. The low-temperature heat medium circuit connects a radiator and a heat generation equipment. The circuit connection part connects the high-temperature heat medium circuit and the low-temperature heat medium circuit such that the heat medium can flow in and out. The heat management system is switched by the circuit switching part between an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core and an operation mode in which the heat medium heated by the heat generation equipment and the heat medium and refrigerant heat exchanger is circulated through the heater core. |
| US11951802B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling heating of hybrid electric vehicle
A method of controlling heating of a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving a heating request from a driver; determining whether an entry condition of pre-FATC engine ON request (PFEOR) control is satisfied; checking whether the vehicle is capable of entering a HEV mode; determining whether the vehicle enters an idle mode for the PFEOR control; issuing a command for a target engine torque value and a target revolutions per minute for the idle mode to an engine control unit (ECU) from a hybrid control unit (HCU); and performing an engine idle speed control along with engine ON based on the command. |
| US11951801B2 |
Vehicle air conditioning device hot water pipe holding structure
A vehicle air conditioning device includes a case, disposed inside a vehicle cabin separated from a forward compartment by a dash panel, in which an internal space (11a) is formed, a heater core that is disposed in the internal space, a hot water supply pipe that can supply hot water to the heater core, a hot water collecting pipe that can collect hot water that has passed through an interior of the heater core, and a holder member that holds the hot water pipes. The holder member includes a first holding portion that comes into contact with the hot water pipes, and a second holding portion that opposes the first holding portion, is provided across a gap, and comes into contact with the hot water pipes. |
| US11951799B2 |
Thermal management for electrified vehicle
A thermal management system for an electrified vehicle and a method for managing such a system, includes a coolant subsystem to cool a battery pack and a refrigerant subsystem. The coolant subsystem includes a battery chiller in fluid communication with a cooling system inlet to the battery pack. The refrigerant subsystem includes a chiller cooling subsystem to cool the battery chiller and a cabin cooling subsystem to cool a passenger cabin, wherein the chiller cooling subsystem and the cabin cooling subsystem are completely separate from each other. |
| US11951798B2 |
Mobile air conditioner
The present embodiments relate to an HVAC system which is externally mounted on a vertical surface of an RV, truck or bus. The desire is to eliminate, or at least substantially reduce, a potential leakage path wherein water may sit on an upper surface of a vehicle and due to seal degradation over long periods of time, may find a pathway in through the roof of the vehicle and to an interior thereof. By positioning the HVAC on a vertical surface, gravity works to move water downward and away from the HVAC system rather than allowing it to stagnate in an area around potential apertures through the outer skin or outer surface of the vehicle. |
| US11951796B2 |
Bushing for a suspension and vehicle comprising such a bushing
A bushing for a wheel suspension adapted to connect a control bar to a structure of a vehicle, where the bushing comprises a first rotational center for the control bar having a first angular rotation range, where the bushing comprises a second rotational center for rotational angles outside of the first angular rotation range. |
| US11951794B2 |
Vehicle
A utility vehicle with ergonomic, safety, and maintenance features is disclosed. A vehicle is also disclosed with improved cooling, suspension and drive systems. These features enhance the utility of the vehicle. |
| US11951791B2 |
Controller
A controller includes: a noise reduction processing unit that acquires a sensor signal, which is based on an output from a sensor that detects time-series data and includes a noise, and that reduces the noise included in the sensor signal on the basis of a recurrent neural network trained so as to learn a correspondence relationship between a first signal including the noise corresponding to the sensor signal and a second signal indicating the first signal from which the noise has been removed; and a control processing unit that controls an actuator on the basis of an output from the noise reduction processing unit. |
| US11951785B2 |
Mechanical coupling device between vehicles, in particular for convoys of automatic vehicles
A coupling device between a first vehicle (A) and a second vehicle (B) includes a hinge coupling section associated with the first vehicle (A) and a drawbar section associated with the second vehicle (B). The drawbar section has an arc-shaped guide arranged horizontally in front of the second vehicle (B) to extend from the right side to the left side thereof, a slider sliding along the arc-shaped guide and a telescopic arm integral with one end of the slider and rotatably connected to the coupling section. A steering assistance mechanism provides for redundancy of the steering members (S) of the second vehicle (B). The coupling device allows the automatic guide system to control the vehicle position and trajectories without any substantial exchange of forces through the device and allows the safe stop of the convoy when there are anomalies in the operation of the automatic guide system. |
| US11951777B2 |
Tire
A tire can include a pair of beads, a carcass, an inner liner, and an insulation located between the carcass and the inner liner. The carcass can include one carcass ply. The carcass ply can include a plurality of carcass cords and a topping rubber. Each carcass cord can have a total fineness of not less than 6000 dtex and not greater than 9000 dtex. The insulation can be located between first and second beads. A ratio (ta/td) of a thickness to of the topping rubber located between the insulation and the carcass cords to a thickness td of the insulation can be not less than 0.2 and not greater than 0.6. |
| US11951771B2 |
Aerodynamic wheel covers and mounting assemblies
Aerodynamic wheel covers may include a hub assembly coupled with a hub of a large vehicle, such as a truck. A base assembly may be coupled to the hub assembly, and a disk assembly may be coupled with the base assembly such that removal and installation of the disk assembly may be accomplished without tools. |
| US11951768B2 |
Hub for retaining spokes with loops
A hub and spoke assembly includes a hub body having a first end and a second end. Projections are on each end. The projections are spaced apart from each adjacent projection about a rotational axis of the hub. Each projection comprises a base portion joined to the hub body and a support extending from the base portion to a free end. A plurality of spokes is provided. Each spoke comprises an elongated braided fiber having a loop at a first end and a second end configured for attachment to a rim. At least one spoke is joined to each support of each projection. |
| US11951766B2 |
Equal divider
Disclosed is an equal divider, including a mainframe and a plurality of indicator plates, wherein the mainframe is mainly made up of a plurality of first connecting rods and a plurality of second connecting rods pivoted by a plurality of pivoting structures to form a scissor structure. The mainframe is formed with a plurality of first pivoting parts and a plurality of second pivoting parts. The first pivoting parts and the second pivoting parts pivot the first connecting rods and the second connecting rods. The indicator plate is configured between the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod. The indicator plate is configured with a protruding indicating part. Each indicator plate is configured with a long through groove. The second pivoting part goes through the through groove. The indicating parts and the first pivoting parts maintain a fixed distance along the second axial direction. |
| US11951760B2 |
Information display medium and manufacturing method relating thereto
Provided is an information display medium that can enhance a forgery prevention effect. An information display medium (100) includes a light reflection layer (20) made of a metal or a metallic oxide and partially or fully placed on one surface of a substrate, and the light reflection layer (20) includes a first region (30) where first information is displayed by either of or a combination of an outline shape and a shape of an uneven region, and a second information display region (21a) where identification information formed by partial material removal of the light reflection layer (20), the second information display region being set to partially or fully overlap with the light reflection layer (20) where the first information is displayed in the first region (30). |
| US11951757B2 |
Pixel board print system with interchangeable elements and method of use
A print board with a grid for receiving one or more rubber or silicone stamps of various shapes, sizes, and patterns. A base board is provided to receive the print board, and the base board allows the print board to be turned upside down and pressed to a piece of paper or other surface once all inserted stamps have been secured. Each stamp has an upper portion which includes a shape, a letter, or some other pattern which can be stamped to a surface. Each stamp also has a lower portion which wedges into a selected opening within the grid of the print board. |
| US11951754B2 |
Printer and method
A printer in one example includes a thermal printhead with resistive heating elements. A motor is provided in the printer for conveying paper to the thermal printhead. A power supply is provided to supply power to the thermal printhead and the motor. A processor is configured to cause the supply of power to the motor to be paused after the supply of power to the thermal printhead exceeds a power threshold value and then to resume the supply of power to the motor after a predetermined period of time elapses after the pause of the supply of power to the motor. |
| US11951752B2 |
Controller, printer, and computer-readable storage medium
A controller includes a print controller configured to cause the print execution engine to convey the print medium in a conveying direction and execute a plurality of partial printings. The print controller causes the print execution engine to execute first and second partial printings. On a print medium, first and second target ranges on which printing is to be performed by the first and second partial printings, respectively, form an overlapping range. The first and second target ranges include first and second non-overlapping ranges, respectively, that do not overlap the second and first target ranges, respectively. The print controller generates print data based on non-overlapping range data and overlapping range data. The generating the print data includes increasing a density of at least a portion of the image to be printed in the overlapping range as compared with a density of the images to be printed in the non-overlapping ranges. |
| US11951750B2 |
System for regulating ink injector supply in a print head and printing equipment including same
The present invention relates to a system for regulating ink injector supply in a print head, of the type installed in printing equipment and that use ink injectors which, by the installation of a measurement assembly parallel to the head and configured to emulate said print head, allows making an ink pressure measurement that does not require placing the ink system next to the head and prevents the use of pressure sensors with a wide range, using a single sensor without having to known the elevation of the head with respect to the system, nor the density of the liquid, or even the variation of viscosity with temperature. |
| US11951747B2 |
Tank connectable to liquid container, and liquid supplying system including tank and liquid container
A tank includes: a tank body defining a storage chamber; a recessed portion provided at the tank body; a slider positioned in the recessed portion; a fitting portion provided at the slider; and a sealing member. The recessed portion has an injection opening in communication with the storage chamber, and a connection opening through which a liquid container is connectable. The slider includes a nozzle extending toward the connection opening in an extending direction and having a communication opening communicable with the injection opening. The slider is movable toward and away from the connection opening in the extending direction while rotating relative to the recessed portion. The fitting portion can be fitted with the liquid container. The sealing member can provide a liquid tight sealing to a gap between the slider and the recessed portion, and allow liquid flow between the communication opening and the injection opening. |
| US11951743B2 |
Method for producing a silicon substrate and method for producing a liquid ejection head
A method for producing a silicon substrate comprising a silicon base material; and a wiring formation layer laminated on a base material surface of the silicon base material, and being provided with a wiring member, an electrode member comprising a noble metal, and a close contact member comprising a base metal between the wiring member and the electrode member, wherein the method comprises a step of forming a deposition film by a fluorocarbon gas, in etching of the silicon substrate; and a removal step of removing, by a removal solution, the deposition film formed by the fluorocarbon gas; the removal solution comprises a primary amine and an organic polar solvent; a content of water in the removal solution is 10 mass % or lower; and a content of tetramethylammonium hydroxide in the removal solution is 1 mass % or lower. |
| US11951742B2 |
Substrate joined body
A substrate joined body including: a first substrate; a second substrate; an organic film that comprises silicon and carbon and joins the first substrate and the second substrate; and a protective film that comprises an inorganic element and is formed over the organic film from at least a part of the surface of the first substrate and at least a part of the surface of the second substrate, wherein the protective film comprises a region in which the ratio of carbon to silicon based on atomic percentage is from 0.0 to 5.0 in a region within 50 nm in a thickness direction from a surface of the organic film on the protective film side, when the surface is measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. |
| US11951735B2 |
Printing device and method for controlling printing device
A printing device includes: a printing unit printing on a recording paper; a feeder unit having a roller that rotates about a shaft and feeds the recording paper and a motor that rotates the shaft; a detection unit detecting the rotation of the shaft; and a control unit controlling the printing unit. The control unit calculates an electrifying time during which the printing unit is electrified and a non-electrifying time during which the printing unit is not electrified following the electrifying time, based on a detection signal from the detection unit. When the calculated non-electrifying time is less than a predetermined time, the control unit corrects the non-electrifying time in such a way that the non-electrifying time becomes equal to or longer than the predetermined time, and causes the printing unit to print. |
| US11951734B2 |
Recording device and recording method
A recording device, when recording is performed on a predetermined type target recording medium stored in a storage unit, drives a surface potential adjustment unit so that a surface potential is a positive potential within a predetermined range. By configuring such a recording device, it is possible to suppress adhesion of ink to an ejecting unit, and occurrence of an ink ejection failure can be suppressed. |
| US11951733B2 |
Printing machine with hybrid printing technology
The invention relates to a printing machine with hybrid printing technology for printing on a continuous material web. In order to create a printing machine with hybrid printing technology which is adaptable and flexible in use in the course of the current trend for digitization, the printing machine with according to the invention, hybrid printing technology for printing a continuous material web, is a printing machine with a rotating central cylinder, on the surface of which the material web is guided from a placement point to a separation point for printing; a plurality of inking units for digital printing of the material web are arranged in the region of an upper half of the central cylinder, and a plurality of inking units for flexographic printing of the material web are arranged in the region of a lower half of the central cylinder; an unwinding station is provided for unwinding the material web to be printed from a roll and a winding station is provided for winding the printed material web onto a roll, the unwinding station and the winding station being arranged on a first side of the central cylinder, with supply guide rollers for feeding the material web unwound from the unwinding station to the central cylinder and with discharge guide rollers for discharging the printed material web from the central cylinder to the winding station; the feed guide rollers and the discharge guide rollers being arranged on a second side of the central cylinder, with a feed guide roller for placing the material web onto the central cylinder at the placement point and a strip guide roller for detaching the material web from the central cylinder, the feed guide roller and the strip guide roller being designed in such a way that the placement point and the separation point are arranged on the lower quadrant of the central cylinder. |
| US11951730B2 |
Flexible display device, back film for a flexible display device and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure provides a flexible display device. The flexible display device has different base materials for the back supporting film at the bonding region and the non-bonding region, so that it can satisfy the requirements for AOI and bending resistance respectively. The present disclosure also provides a back film for a flexible display device and a preparation method thereof. |
| US11951725B2 |
Method of manufacturing bonding structural test block with defects
The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a bonding structural test block with defects. The method of manufacturing the bonding structural test block with defects includes: providing a first plate and a second plate; applying an adhesive on an upper surface of the first plate to form an adhesive layer; heating and curing at least partial region of the adhesive layer for the first time; placing the second plate on the adhesive layer; and heating and curing the adhesive layer for the second time to form a boding structural test block. According to the present disclosure, the at least partial region of the adhesive layer is heated and cured for the first time and chemical reaction occurs, so that the at least partial region forms a defect, and controllable manufacturing of the defect is realized. The test block with the defect is subjected to mechanical detection to simulate the actual defective product. Furthermore, according to the method provided by the present disclosure, weak bond defect and kiss-bonds defect with different bonding strength are simulated by controlling the percentage of the at least partial region in the entire region of the adhesive layer. |
| US11951723B2 |
Armor
The present invention relates to a flexible ballistic armor apparatus for deflecting high velocity firearm, fragmentation, or shrapnel projectiles with a flexible armor unit. The apparatus minimizes the deterioration of the armor when subjected to shock waves or shear forces of a ballistic impact. The present invention also relates to the use of a flexible armor unit with soft body armor, a vehicle, a vessel, an aircraft or in structural applications. |
| US11951716B2 |
Hybrid roofing membrane and methods of making same
A roofing membrane includes a thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) layer and a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer. The TPO layer forms a bottom layer of the roofing membrane, and the PVC layer is positioned atop the TPO layer so that the PVC layer forms a top layer of the roofing membrane. The TPO layer and the PVC layer are configured to be chemically compatible so that the TPO layer and the PVC layer are chemically bonded and function as a single roofing membrane. Compatibilizing includes at least one of (i) adding a compatibilizing agent to at least one of the TPO material and the PVC material prior to extrusion and (ii) positioning at least one compatibilizing film, prior to bonding, between the TPO material and the PVC material. |
| US11951713B2 |
Glass with unique fracture behavior for vehicle windshield
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a borosilicate glass composition as may be useful for windshield and other applications in particular due to unique fracture behavior. |
| US11951712B2 |
Multilayer facer
A glass facer for a constructions board includes a first non-woven layer of coarse fibers and a second non-woven layer of coarse fibers and microfibers. The glass facer also includes a binder that simultaneously binds or adheres the coarse fibers of the first non-woven layer together, the coarse fibers and the microfibers of the second non-woven layer together, and the first non-woven layer to the second non-woven layer. The first non-woven layer has a porosity and air permeability that enables the first non-woven layer to absorb a material of the construction board when the glass facer is positioned atop the construction board during manufacture of the construction board. The second non-woven layer is configured to block the material of the construction board from passing through the glass facer to an exterior surface of the second non-woven layer so that the material is not externally visible. |
| US11951705B2 |
Compactor arrangement and method for operating a compactor arrangement
A compactor arrangement (202) includes a compactor; an empty-container transport device for transporting empty containers in the compactor arrangement in a transport region above the empty-container transport device; a first anti-encroachment guard structure which laterally delimits the transport region and which is provided between the transport region and the compactor, wherein the first anti-encroachment guard structure defines a feed region through which empty containers can be fed laterally out of the transport region to the compactor; and a guard device having a second anti-encroachment guard structure which is configured such that, selectively, an encroachment from the direction of the transport region into the feed region can be prevented. |
| US11951704B2 |
Press device, press system, method for controlling press device, and motion creation device
The press device is a press device configured to press a workpiece, and includes a slide, a bolster, a servomotor, and a control section. The slide is movable. The bolster is placed to face the slide. The servomotor drives the slide. The control section is configured to be able to execute selectively either the productivity priority mode of setting a limit value slower than the maximum press speed of the press device to the press speed when performing a pendulum motion or a reverse motion, or the moldability priority mode of setting a stop time to the servomotor without setting the limit value. |
| US11951701B2 |
Expandable rim for tire tread buffing apparatus and method
A machine for retreading tires includes a rotatable hub that includes a moveable conical element, and an expandable rim disposed around the rotatable hub. The expandable rim includes a plurality of shoes. Each shoe of the plurality of shoes may have a base portion and a rim portion. The base portion may have a two-piece construction that allows for replacement of a worn interface that may include a channel and a ramp. A method for assembling an expandable rim for use in a tire retreading machine, and a method for servicing a machine having an expandable rim are also disclosed. |
| US11951693B2 |
Method for reinforcing a panel and a method for manufacturing a composite panel implementing such a method
A method for reinforcing a panel according to its thickness, including: a step a) of providing a reinforcing element which is elongated, flexible, with two longitudinal ends having a length strictly greater than twice the thickness of the panel; a step b) of positioning and holding the reinforcing element on one side of the panel, called the insertion side; a step c) of gripping the reinforcing element, in its middle, on the insertion side, an insertion step d) wherein the reinforcing element gripped by its middle is pulled through a bore passing through the panel, by folding the reinforcing element back on itself, and to a final position, wherein the two longitudinal ends project or not from the bore on the insertion side, a loop of the reinforcing element projecting or not from the bore on the side of the panel opposite to the insertion side. |
| US11951689B2 |
Primers for use with solvent cements
Provided are primer formulations for solvent cement bonding comprising cyclopentanone and, optionally, at least one additional organic solvent. The primer formulations are effective for solvent cement bonding plastic components together, wherein the plastic components may include ABS, PVC, or CPVC pipes and/or fittings. |
| US11951680B2 |
Sunken 3D printer and 3D printing method
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of 3D printers, and a sunken 3D printer and a 3D printing method are disclosed. The sunken 3D printer comprises a main platform, a first linear driving mechanism, a second linear driving mechanism, a printing platform and an optical machine scraper assembly. The main platform comprises a horizontal platform and a vertical platform which are perpendicular to each other, and a resin tank is provided in the horizontal platform; and the first linear driving mechanism and the second linear driving mechanism are installed at the two ends of the vertical platform, the first linear driving mechanism is used for driving the printing platform to move up and down, and the second linear driving mechanism is used for driving the optical machine scraper assembly to move up and down. |
| US11951677B2 |
Three dimensional manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing three dimensional manufactured product
A three dimensional manufactured product is manufactured A speed of filing an uncured light curing resin in a space for a next layer is enhanced, to improve a manufacturing speed. One surface of a container housing a light curing resin is configured by a gas-permeable sheet that faces the light curing resin, and transmits irradiation light of a light irradiating apparatus, and a light transmitting plate disposed at an outer side of the container from the gas permeable member. A pressurizing chamber controllable in pressure by a pressure controlling apparatus is defined between the gas-permeable sheet and the light transmitting plate. At moving a manufacturing stage, an inside of the pressurizing chamber is de-pressurized to cause the gas-permeable sheet to perform concave surface deformation, and at a time of performing light irradiation, gas in the pressurizing chamber is caused to permeate into the light curing resin by pressurizing. |
| US11951672B2 |
Multi-material fibers and methods of manufacturing the same
Methods of manufacturing multi-material fibers having one or more electrically-connectable devices disposed therein are described. In certain instances, the methods include the steps of: positioning the electrically-connectable device(s) within a corresponding pocket provided in a preform material; positioning a first electrical conductor longitudinally within a first conduit provided in the preform material; and drawing the multi-material fiber by causing the preform material to flow, such that the first electrical conductor extends within the multi-material fiber along a longitudinal axis thereof and makes an electrical contact with a first electrode located on each electrically-connectable device. A metallurgical bond may be formed between the first electrical conductor and the first electrode while drawing the multi-material fiber and/or, after drawing the multi-material fiber, the first electrical conductor may be located substantially along a neutral axis of the multi-material fiber. |
| US11951666B2 |
Stabilized adaptive hydraulic system pressure in an injection molding system
In one aspect, there is provided an injection molding system configured to operate in a plurality of cycles. The system comprises, amongst other things, a controller that is configured for performing a comparison of a variable pressure setpoint with a target pressure value. The controller is configured to, when the target pressure value is less than the variable pressure setpoint by at least a predetermined lower bound, (i) decrease the variable pressure setpoint to a reduced variable pressure setpoint and (ii) not further decrease the variable pressure setpoint from the reduced variable pressure setpoint until the pump assembly operates for a plurality of stabilizing cycles at the reduced variable pressure setpoint. |
| US11951662B2 |
Foamed sheet, product, and method for producing foamed sheet
A foamed sheet including: a polylactic acid; and a filler, wherein the foamed sheet has a compressive stress of 0.2 Mpa or less when the cushioning coefficient of the foamed sheet is 10 or less; and wherein the foamed sheet has a puncture strength of 2 N or more when the sheet thickness of the foamed sheet is 2 mm. |
| US11951658B2 |
Systems and methods for forming composite members
Systems and methods for manufacturing a composite member. The system and methods are configured to move different types of composite plies from different supply stations. The composite plies are moved along a conveyance member and then with a transfer station to a forming tool. One or more forming members form the composite plies onto the forming tool. |
| US11951656B2 |
Fiber-containing particles with dual-tapered shape
Recycled carbon fibers are processed by rotational tumbling in a mixture with binder material to prepare fiber-containing particles having a dual-tapered shape and general alignment of fibers with a longitudinal direction of the particles. Bulk products including such fiber-containing particles are compounded with polymer and pelletized to prepare fiber-reinforced composite pellets, which are useful for applications such as injection molding to prepare molded products of carbon fiber-reinforced composite material with recycled carbon fibers. |
| US11951654B2 |
Passive barrier layer placement within carbonated beverage container wall to improve shelf-life
A preform configured to form a carbonated beverage container. The preform includes a finish defining an opening. A body portion of the preform extends from the finish. A bottom portion of the preform is at an end of the preform opposite to the finish. A longitudinal axis of the preform extends through an axial center of the bottom portion. A base layer is included with the body portion and the bottom portion. The base layer has an inner portion with an inner surface at a carbonated product side of the preform. An outer portion of the base layer has an outer surface at an outer bottle side of the preform. A passive CO2 barrier layer is between the inner portion and the outer portion of the base layer. The passive CO2 barrier layer extends along the body portion to the bottom portion, and across the bottom portion. The passive CO2 barrier layer is arranged closer to the inner surface than the outer surface to increase the shelf-life of carbonated products. |
| US11951647B2 |
Node diaphragm scraping and sorting device for bamboo split
Provided is a node diaphragm scraping and sorting device for a bamboo split, which is configured to scrape node diaphragms of the bamboo splits and to sequentially sort the bamboo inner layers and bamboo outer layers of the bamboo splits towards the same direction. The device includes a scraping device, a sorting device and a clamping and conveying device which are arranged from front to back along an axis. The scraping device includes a conical cylinder, two pressing semi-rings, and a scraping ring. The sorting device includes an e-shaped sleeve composed of an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder, and two shifting forks located at both ends of the sleeve. The clamping and conveying device includes an inner ring moving on the axis, two clamping semi-rings and a conveying power device. The structure, function and technical parameters of each branch device are also introduced in detail. |
| US11951646B2 |
Wooden stave and barrel for drinks
A wooden stave and barrel for the maturing or storage of alcoholic or spirit drinks, in which the internal side of the stave is machined to have at least two first channels and at least two second channels crossing with the first channels, determining a pattern of geometric elements. The elements remain submerged in the liquid contained in the barrel, providing a greater contact surface, thereby producing a greater transfer of the substances of the wood itself to the liquid. In addition, the pattern formed by the crossing channels permits a continuous and obstruction-free path for the liquid when it is extracted through one of the staves with an opening for the entry and exit of the liquid inside the barrel, thereby preventing unnecessary losses and unwanted internal residue for future reuse of the barrel. |
| US11951644B2 |
Method for operating a sawline and a sawline
In a method for operating a sawline for logs, the sawline including a conveyor for conveying a log in the sawline, and a processing apparatus for processing the log, the log is fed into the sawline, the log is conveyed onwards in the longitudinal direction in the sawline, the overall length of the log is determined, and the log is guided into the processing apparatus, with which the log is processed at the same time, when the log is conveyed onwards in the sawline. The length of the part of the log that is outside the processing apparatus is determined with a camera apparatus, and the location of the end of the log in the processing apparatus is determined on the basis of the overall length of the log and on the basis of the length of the part of the log that is outside the processing apparatus. |
| US11951643B2 |
Miter saw
A miter saw has a base having a detent notch, a table rotatably connectable to the base, a pivoting assembly connected to the table, and a saw assembly supported by the pivoting assembly. The saw assembly has a blade movable downwardly for a cutting operation. A locking mechanism is disposed on the table. The locking mechanism is movable between an unlocked position and a locked position for selectively unlocking and locking the table for rotational movement relative to the base about the miter axis. The locking mechanism has a lock lever rotatably connected to the table. The lock lever has a handle for moving locking mechanism between the locked and unlocked positions. The saw also has a miter detent assembly for selectively engaging and disengaging the detent notch. |
| US11951640B2 |
Component separating device for beverage pods
A hand-held coffee pod processing device is provided that enables individual components of a coffee pod to be separated and recycled appropriately. The device includes a handle section defining an internal cavity and has opposite closed and open ends. A ring of teeth is formed on the rim of the open end and a series of ridges extend radially outward adjacent to the rim. The circular array of teeth may be inserted through a top foil of the pod and can be advanced into the mouth of the pod so that the ridges of the device are in close contact with a coffee filter within the pod. The device and pod can be rotated relative to one another so that the array of teeth of the device separates the foil from the pod and so that the ridges of the device separate the filter from the pod. |
| US11951639B2 |
Interconnecting member and handle for razor
An interconnecting member (10) for a razor comprises a housing (11), a pivoting support arm (12) and a resilient engaging arm (13). The housing (11) internally has a receiving cavity (111), the receiving cavity (111) penetrates through an upper end face (112) and a lower end face (113) of the housing (11); a free end (131) of the resilient engaging arm (13) is bent towards the rear of the housing (11) and is located in the receiving cavity (111), and the free end (131) of the resilient engaging arm (13) has an upper surface (1311), a lower surface (1312) and an inclined surface (1313). |
| US11951630B2 |
Systems and methods for providing a control solution for an actuator
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide a control solution for a robotic actuator. The actuator can have one or two degrees of freedom of control, and can connect with a platform using an arm. The arm can have at least two degrees of freedom of control, and the platform can have at least two degrees of freedom of control. The platform can be subjected to unpredictable forces requiring a control response. The control solution can be generated using operational space control, using the degrees of freedom of the arm, platform and actuator. |
| US11951628B2 |
Robot controlling method, motion computing device and robot system
A robot controlling method includes following operations. A depth image is obtained by the depth camera. A processing circuit receives the depth image and obtains an obstacle parameter of an obstacle and a tool parameter of a tool according to the depth image. The tool is set on the end of a robot. The processing circuit obtains a distance vector between the end and the obstacle parameter. The processing circuit obtains a first endpoint vector and a second endpoint vector between the tool parameter and the obstacle parameter. The processing circuit establishes a virtual torque according to the distance vector, the first endpoint vector, and the second endpoint vector. The processing circuit outputs control signal to the robot according to the tool parameter, the obstacle parameter and the virtual torque to drive the robot to move or rotate the tool to a target. |
| US11951624B2 |
Robotic arm system, control method thereof and computer program product thereof
A robotic arm system includes first robotic arm, second robotic arm and main controller. The first robotic arm and the second robotic arm are configured to grab object. The main controller is configured to: determine whether first force vector of first force applied by the first robotic arm to the object is equal to second force vector of second force applied by the second robotic arm to the object; when the first force vector and the second force vector are not equal, obtain a first difference between the first force vector and the second force vector; and according to the first difference, change at least one of the first force applied by the first robotic arm to the object and the second force applied by the second robotic arm to the object so that the first force vector and the second force vector are equal. |
| US11951618B2 |
Multi-procedure integrated automatic production line for hard alloy blades under robot control
A multi-procedure integrated automatic production line for hard alloy blades under robot control is provided. The production line includes a rail-guided robot. A cutter passivation device and a blade cleaning and drying device are arranged on one side of the rail-guided robot. A blade-coating transfer table, a blade coating device, a blade boxing transfer table, a blade-tooling dismounting device and a blade boxing device are sequentially arranged on another side of the rail-guided robot. The blade-tooling dismounting device is arranged on one side of the blade boxing transfer table. The production line further includes squirrel-cage toolings for carrying the blades. The squirrel-cage tooling that are loaded with the blades can run among the cutter passivation device, the blade cleaning and drying device, the blade-coating transfer table and the blade boxing transfer table. The blades after being treated through the blade-tooling dismounting device are sent to the blade boxing device. |
| US11951617B2 |
Robotic arm cooperating with an off-road capable base vehicle
An autonomous solar module installation platform can be used for solar module installation onto a solar tracker. The autonomous solar module installation platform can include an off-road capable base vehicle and a robotic arm, mounted on the off-road capable base vehicle, for the solar module installation onto the solar tracker.The off-road capable base vehicle and the robotic arm can communicate with each other and cooperate their movements to proceed to the solar tracker and align with the solar tracker in order for the robotic arm to pick up and lift the solar module during an installation of the solar module onto the solar tracker. |
| US11951615B2 |
Malfunction-type determination device and malfunction-type determination method
A driving force sensor detects a driving force in a rotating mechanism provided in an apparatus. A vibration sensor detects vibrations of the apparatus. A control unit determines a type of a malfunction of the apparatus in accordance with a combination of the detected driving force and the detected vibrations. |
| US11951613B2 |
Rotation mechanism and robot
A rotation mechanism according to the disclosure includes: an output portion for outputting, to a mating member, rotation of a drive source producing a rotational force; a coupling member for coupling the mating member and the output portion by elastic deformation; and an anti-rotation portion for preventing relative rotation between the mating member and the output portion. |
| US11951612B2 |
Soft picking tools for pick and place robotic systems
Soft picking tools for a pick and place robotic system are disclosed. A soft picking tool includes a body made of an integrated piece. The body includes stiff fingers located on a distal end of the body. The body also includes a portion of a soft-walled cavity configured to be deformed by application of a positive or negative pressure in the soft-walled cavity, leading to a motion of the stiff fingers, from a rest position, towards or away from a medial axis of the soft picking tool. The soft picking tool also includes one or more fingertips, where at least one of the stiff fingers includes a fingertip embedded on its distal end. The single-piece design and fingertips enable increased robustness, a reduced footprint, large gripping and spreading forces, and more efficient cluttered and flush grasping. |
| US11951609B2 |
Mechanical hand
A prosthetic or robot part (500) is described, including at least one phalange member (532) pivotally coupled to a base (509) at a pivot axis; and a drive assembly to selectively move the phalange member about the pivot axis along a flexion/extension plane between an open position and a closed position. The drive assembly includes a drive element (512) coupled to an actuator (506) and a driven element (514) coupled to the phalange member; wherein the driven element (514) is decouplable from the drive element (512) when the phalange member is caused to move in a first rotational direction about the pivot axis by an external force. |
| US11951607B1 |
Robotic waiter system
A robotic waiter system that is programmed to serve a patron at an eating establishment. The robotic waiter comprises of a base that supports a tablet. The base has a servomotor that spins the tablet toward a patron that is placing an order. The servomotor is controlled by a microprocessor that is programmed to spin a display toward the source of the sound. The sound is captured by a trio of acoustic sensors that are mounted on a housing, the acoustic sensors are operatively connected to the microprocessor, and the microprocessor ensures that the display is directly aligned to the source of the sound. |
| US11951605B2 |
Adapter and rotary tool
An adapter is configured to be removably mounted to a rotary tool, the rotary tool having a battery mounting part configured such that a battery can be removably mounted thereto and an output shaft that is rotationally driven by power supply from the battery mounted to the battery mounting part. The adapter has a housing, a first mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured to be removably mounted to the battery mounting part, a second mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured such that the battery can be removably mounted thereto, and a detection part that is configured to detect the moving state of the adapter in at least one direction. |
| US11951602B2 |
Power tool
A rotary hammer adapted to impart axial impacts to a tool bit. The rotary hammer includes a housing, a motor supported by the housing, a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor, causing the spindle to rotate, a reciprocation mechanism operable to create a variable pressure air spring within the spindle, an anvil received within the spindle for reciprocation in response to the pressure of the air spring, the anvil imparting axial impacts to the tool bit, a bit retention assembly for securing the tool bit to the spindle, and an electromagnetic clutch mechanism switchable between a first state, in which the reciprocation mechanism is enabled, such that the anvil imparts axial impacts to the tool bit, and a second state, in which the reciprocation mechanism is disabled, such that the anvil ceases to impart axial impacts to the tool bit. |
| US11951601B2 |
Lifter mechanism for a powered fastener driver
A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A rotary lifter is engageable with the driver blade and configured to receive torque from the drive unit for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. The lifter has a body, a drive pin coupled to the body, and a roller positioned on the drive pin. The roller includes an engagement section configured to receive an end portion of a tooth of the driver blade. The lifter includes a means for aligning the engagement section with the end portion of the tooth on the driver blade to facilitate meshing between the end portion and the roller. |
| US11951600B2 |
Setting tool system for anchoring systems
A setting tool system includes a housing. The housing includes a first conduit that receives one or more anchoring systems at a first end, and a second conduit at least partially separated from the first conduit with an interior wall. The second conduit includes a weighted shaft that moves freely within the length of the second conduit. The first and second conduits merge at a second end opposite the first end. The housing also includes a head having an opening at the second end. Each of the one or more anchoring systems inserted at the first end are individually received at the opening at the second end. Each anchoring system contacts the weighted shaft at a top surface, and contacts an external surface at a bottom surface. Each of the one or more anchoring systems are individually fastened via the weighted shaft to the external surface. |
| US11951599B2 |
Pipe coupon extraction tool
A pipe coupon extraction tool includes a rod defining a first end, a second end, and a central axis; and a spring bar defining a first end and a second end, the spring bar rotatably secured to the rod, a surface of the spring bar configured to be angled with respect to the central axis when the pipe coupon extraction tool is engaged with a pipe coupon. |
| US11951593B2 |
System and method for grit blasting an annular junction portion of a pipeline and laying vessel comprising said system
A system for grit blasting an annular junction portion of a pipeline extending along a longitudinal axis on board a laying vessel, comprises at least one carriage configured to advance along an annular path about the pipeline; at least one centrifugal turbine, which is configured to project grit towards the pipeline, rotates about a rotation axis lying on a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and is supported by the carriage; at least one feed device configured to feed the grit to the centrifugal turbine and comprising a hopper which extends along a respective axis, defines a feed chamber and is coupled to the respective carriage and a guide device configured to act in conjunction with the hopper to feed the grit to the centrifugal turbine at all the operating positions of the carriage. |
| US11951592B2 |
Shot-peening powder
Shot-peening powder that has ceramic particles. The powder having more than 95% by mass of beads. The beads having a median size D50 greater than 50 μm and less than 1200 μm, and having a value (D90−D10)/D50, or “S”, such that S≤−0.126·ln(D50)+0.980. |
| US11951587B2 |
Zone-based CMP target control
The present disclosure is directed to techniques of zone-based target control in chemical mechanical polishing of wafers. Multiple zones are identified on a surface of a wafer. The CMP target is achieved on each zone in a sequence of CMP processes. Each CMP process in the sequence achieves the CMP target for only one zone, using a CMP process selective to other zones. |
| US11951586B2 |
Abrasive flow machining method and article
A method for abrasive flow machining includes moving an abrasive media through a high-aspect passage of a workpiece. Local pressure of the abrasive media is increased at target abrasion surfaces of the high-aspect passage using a passage geometry that is configured to direct flow of the abrasive media into the target abrasion surfaces such that the target abrasion surfaces are preferentially polished by the abrasive media over other, non-targeted surfaces of the high-aspect passage at which the flow of the abrasive media is not directed into. |
| US11951580B1 |
Coolant processing apparatus
A coolant processing apparatus removes sludge from a coolant discharged from a machine tool. The coolant processing apparatus includes a first reservoir and a second reservoir provided in a tank for retaining the coolant. The first reservoir includes a flow path in which the discharged coolant flows, and a portion downstream of the flow path to retain the coolant such that the sludge remains in the first reservoir. The flow path has at least one bend to bend a flow of the coolant at least once in a horizontal direction. The second reservoir retains the coolant flowing out from the first reservoir. A boundary wall is provided between the first and second reservoirs, at a location downstream of the at least one bend of the flow path, and has such a height that allows a supernatant of the coolant in the first reservoir to flow into the second reservoir. |
| US11951579B2 |
Device and method for cooling and lubricating tools in machining processes
A device for cooling and lubricating a tool during a chip removal machining process, which includes: a first subsystem for cryogenic cooling that includes: a first entry configured to introduce CO2 in liquid state in a first conduit of the device; a first exit configured to supply CO2 in liquid state from a second conduit of the device; a third conduit located between the first and second conduit; and means for preventing the formation of dry ice in the first, second and third conduits; and a second subsystem for lubrication that includes means for supplying micro-particles of a cutting oil in liquid state; wherein the first subsystem and second subsystem are independent from each other, and wherein the first subsystem and second subsystem are configured to act either simultaneously or either one alone. Method of operation of the device. |
| US11951575B2 |
Automatic welding system and method for large structural parts based on hybrid robots and 3D vision
Disclosed are an automatic welding system and method for large structural parts based on hybrid robots and 3D vision. The system comprises a hybrid robot system composed of a mobile robot and an MDOF robot, a 3D vision system, and a welding system used for welding. The rough positioning technique based on a mobile platform and the accurate recognition and positioning technique based on high-accuracy 3D vision are combined, so the working range of the MDOF robot in the XYZ directions is expanded, and flexible welding of large structural parts is realized. The invention adopts 3D vision, thus having better error tolerance and lower requirements for the machining accuracy of workpieces, positioning accuracy of mobile robots and placement accuracy of the workpieces; and the cost is reduced, the flexibility is improved, the working range is expanded, labor is saved, production efficiency is improved, and welding quality is improved. |
| US11951570B2 |
Treating a target via a modular precision delivery system
Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system uses a treatment unit for spraying fluid at agricultural objects. The treatment unit is configured with a treatment head assembly that includes a moveable treatment head with one or more spraying tips. A first and second motor assembly are operated by the treatment unit to control the movement of the treatment head. The first motor assembly includes a first motor rotatable in a first rotational axis. A first linkage assembly is connected to the first motor and the treatment head assembly. The first linkage assembly is rotatable by the first motor. The second linkage assembly is rotatable by the second motor. |
| US11951569B2 |
Damage prevention during wafer edge trimming
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a wafer edge trimming apparatus that includes a processing chamber defined by chamber housing. Within the processing chamber is a wafer chuck configured to hold onto a wafer structure. Further, a blade is arranged near an edge of the wafer chuck and configured to remove an edge potion of the wafer structure and to define a new sidewall of the wafer structure. A laser sensor apparatus is configured to direct a laser beam directed toward a top surface of the wafer chuck. The laser sensor apparatus is configured to measure a parameter of an analysis area of the wafer structure. Control circuitry is to the laser sensor apparatus and the blade. The control circuitry is configured to start a damage prevention process when the parameter deviates from a predetermined threshold value by at least a predetermined shift value. |
| US11951567B2 |
Systems, and methods for diagnosing an additive manufacturing device
A system for diagnosing an additive manufacturing device is provided. The system includes one or more processors, one or more non-transitory memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing machine-readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: determine parameters associated with at least one subsystem of the additive manufacturing device, the parameters being related to a build generated by the additive manufacturing device; compare the parameters with threshold values; and determine a failure mode, among a plurality of failure modes, associated with a subsystem of the at least one subsystem of the additive manufacturing device based on the comparison of the parameters with the threshold values. |
| US11951566B2 |
Assignment of multiple print parameter sets in additive manufacturing
A method, medium, and system to obtain an assignment of one of a plurality of different additive manufacturing (AM) print parameter sets to each of a plurality of 3D volume elements forming a representation of the model of the part; define a plurality of groupings based on margin parameter values associated with the model of the part; assign a print parameter set to each grouping; automatically assign each of the plurality of print parameter sets to a laser of a multi-laser AM device; save a record of the determined print parameter sets to laser assignments; and transmit the record of the determined print parameter sets to laser assignments to an AM controller to control the multi-laser AM device to generate the part based on the model of the part and the determined print parameter sets to laser assignments, the generated part to be built in a single build. |
| US11951564B2 |
Method and computer program product for OCT measurement beam adjustment
A method determines translational and/or rotational deviations between the measurement coordinate system of a measurement mirror scanner and the processing coordinate system of a processing mirror scanner. A measurement beam reflected at a workpiece returns on a path of an incident measurement beam and is captured by a spatially resolving measurement sensor to ascertain spatially resolving information of the workpiece. The reflected measurement beam, in a sensor image of the measurement sensor, is imaged onto a previously known image position. This is accomplished by ascertaining a focal position deviation of the processing beam by scanning with the processing beam, evaluating a laser power detected at grid points, fixing the processing mirror scanner, capturing spatially resolving height information of the pinhole diaphragm by the measurement sensor, and determining a translational deviation between the processing and measurement coordinate systems based on the deviation. |
| US11951561B2 |
Method for producing a welded cavity valve
A method for producing a cavity valve is provided. The method includes providing a valve body which has a cavity in the interior. The valve body has a circular opening having an opening edge surface on a bottom side. A circular valve cover with a cover edge surface is provided. Inductive heating of at least one of the opening edge surface or the cover edge surface takes place and then welding the valve body to the valve cover by friction welding of the opening edge surface to the cover edge surface. |
| US11951555B2 |
Process for machining a gear workpiece, and corresponding pair of gears
The present disclosure relates to a process for machining a gear workpiece (100) comprising a plurality of tooth spaces (6), each of which is defined by two tooth flanks (5.1, 5.2); in said process, a gear tooth-forming tool (1) is used in order to provide at least one subset of all the tooth flanks (5.1, 5.2) with a non-periodically distributed modification of the flank geometry. |
| US11951554B2 |
Ring saw blade
A ring saw blade includes a flat annular support which has a side face and an outer circumference. One or more cutting elements are disposed along the outer circumference. An annular groove is recessed into the side face and has a radially inner flank and a radially outer flank. The radially inner flank is conical and a first cone describing the radially inner flank has a half opening angle of between 10 degrees and 30 degrees. |
| US11951553B2 |
Rotatable cutting head having tip portion with three radially extending cutting edges forming a rectilinear rotational profile
A cutting head rotatable about a central axis, comprising a tip portion and an intermediate portion. The tip portion has an axially forwardmost tip point contained in the central axis and three axially forward facing front surfaces forming three chisel edges extending axially rearwardly away from the tip point, each front surface having a radially extending cutting edge comprising a secondary cutting-edge portion extending radially outwardly from one of the chisel edges, and a primary cutting-edge portion extending radially outwardly therefrom. Each primary cutting-edge portion is contained in an imaginary annular ring surface having an annular ring width spanning at least radially inner and outer end points thereof. In a front-end view of the cutting head, each primary cutting-edge portion is concave, and radial planes intersect the imaginary annular surface to form imaginary rectilinear lines, each having a length equal to the annular ring width. |
| US11951545B2 |
Moderated nuclear cask composite
A cask liner includes a hollow cylinder comprising a boron-containing composition. The hollow cylinder has no longitudinal joints. The hollow cylinder may be formed as a single unit by isostatic pressing, for example by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) of a blend of a boron-containing powder and an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder which is blended by mechanical alloying. Casked nuclear fuel includes a nuclear fuel rod comprising uranium, which is disposed in or extends through the hollow cylinder of the cask liner. |
| US11951544B2 |
Method for manufacturing metal alloy foam
The present application provides a method for manufacturing a metal alloy foam. The present application can provide a method for manufacturing a metal alloy foam, which is capable of forming a metal alloy foam comprising uniformly formed pores and having excellent mechanical properties as well as the desired porosity, and a metal alloy foam having the above characteristics. In addition, the present application can provide a method capable of forming a metal alloy foam in which the above-mentioned physical properties are ensured, while being in the form of a thin film or sheet, within a fast process time, and such a metal alloy foam. |
| US11951543B2 |
Additive manufacturing machine and method with variable powder dispensing assembly
A powder dispensing assembly for an additive manufacturing machine is provided. The powder dispensing assembly includes a housing that defines a powder reservoir that receives additive powder; a first plate removably connectable to the housing, the first plate defining a first discharge orifice having a first discharge orifice geometry; and a second plate removably connectable to the housing, the second plate defining a second discharge orifice having a second discharge orifice geometry different than the first discharge orifice geometry, wherein with the first plate connected to the housing, the additive powder flows out of the first discharge orifice at a first dosing rate, and wherein with the second plate connected to the housing, the additive powder flows out of the second discharge orifice at a second dosing rate different than the first dosing rate. |
| US11951535B1 |
Casting furnace featuring submerged, mechanical control of liquid level
Disclosed is a casting furnace featuring submerged, mechanical control of liquid level, which relates to continuous casting and solves the problem of low billet productivity. The casting furnace featuring submerged, mechanical control of liquid level includes a melting furnace, a holding furnace, and a crystallizer, the crystallizer including a chamber for accommodating metal liquid, the holding furnace communicating with the melting furnace and the chamber, respectively, a traction head being provided on the crystallizer, the chamber maintaining communication with the holding furnace, the holding furnace including a liftable immersion device, the immersion device being submerged in the metal liquid to elevate liquid level height in the chamber; the crystallizer having a liquid level detecting device, lift height of the immersion device being adjusted based on a detection signal of the liquid level detecting device such that the liquid level in the chamber is maintained at a preset height. |
| US11951532B2 |
Additively manufactured core
A method of preparing a casting article for use in manufacturing a gas turbine engine part according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, communicating a powdered material to an additive manufacturing system and preparing a casting article that includes at least one trunk and a skin core that extends from the at least one trunk out of the powdered material. A casting article is also disclosed. |
| US11951529B2 |
Cartridge-type rivet feeding mechanism of flow drill screwing device
Disclosed is a cartridge-type rivet feeding mechanism of a flow drill screwing device including a rivet box, a magazine for storing rivets from the rivet box, a rivet pulling mechanism including a rivet pulling block, a rivet pulling block guide housing and a linear driving unit connected with the rivet pulling block, a blowing mechanism including a curved connecting tube and a third air inlet, the rivet pulling block is defined with a T-shaped through hole capable of accommodating a rivet and configured for transferring the rivet from the first connecting tube to the second connecting tube. The first air inlet and the second air inlet are both configured for introducing compressed air to push the rivet to move towards the riveter head. |
| US11951527B2 |
Method for producing a ball raceway on a workpiece and a ball screw nut having a ball raceway thus produced
A method for producing a ball raceway on a workpiece includes providing the workpiece, machining a preliminary thread profile on the workpiece and providing a thread rolling tool. The thread rolling tool has a tool shank, and the tool shank has a free end with a tool head having a roller profile. The method also includes clamping the workpiece into the thread rolling tool, rotating the workpiece about an axis of rotation, moving the tool shank longitudinally along the workpiece, and rolling the roller profile on the preliminary thread profile to generate a final thread profile. |
| US11951526B2 |
Press-formed product manufacturing method and forming die
A pressing step of forming a press-formed product includes: a primary formed product forming step of forming a primary formed product having an intermediate wall portion which will be a part of a convex-side wall part, and an intermediate flange continuous with the intermediate wall portion; and a secondary formed product forming step of forming a secondary formed product having a wall part which will be the convex-side wall part by extending at least a portion, on the intermediate wall portion side, of the intermediate flange formed in the primary formed product forming step such that the portion is aligned with the intermediate wall portion. In the primary formed product forming step, the intermediate wall portion is formed such that a boundary valley line between the intermediate wall portion and the intermediate flange is deeper at a large-curvature section than at a small-curvature section. |
| US11951523B2 |
Rotating-layering mold and press apparatus comprising rotating-layering mold
The present invention provides a rotating-layering mold whereby a punched sheet is rotated according to a prescribed angle and layered by an upper mold and a lower mold working in tandem, and provides a press apparatus comprising the rotating-layering mold. A rotating-layering mold comprises a squeeze ring in which is provided a holding hole for holding a punched sheet, the squeeze ring being capable of rotating with respect to a lower mold so that an upper outer circumferential surface of the squeeze ring lies along an inner circumferential surface of the lower mold. The rotating-layering mold further comprises a first thrust bearing, a second thrust bearing, and a radial bearing in order to support the rotation of the squeeze ring with respect to the lower mold. |
| US11951521B2 |
Method of manufacturing connection member
After an annular plate is blanked from a metal flat plate in a blanking step, an inner peripheral portion of the annular plate is deformed upward in a burring step. As a result, a hat-shaped intermediate product having an upstanding tubular portion and an annular plate portion is formed. After that, an outer peripheral portion of the annular plate portion is folded step by step toward an inner peripheral side of the annular plate portion. As a result, a folded portion composed of a first folded portion and a second folded portion is formed, whereby a connection portion having a second flange portion is formed. |
| US11951520B2 |
Blank and component
Provided is a blank made of a steel and comprising at least two protruding regions (313) having an outer edge (311) protruding outward in in-plane directions, in which a softened part (320) is formed at least partially in the protruding regions (313) and the softened part (320) is formed in at least a part of the outer edge of the protruding regions (313), a Vickers hardness of the softened part (320) is lower than a Vickers hardness of a main portion region (310), and the blank comprises at least two of the protruding regions (313) having the softened part (320). |